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This week, we are giving you a test to see how much you know (or
remember) about the “Good Old Days.” This was sent by two our readers
from Tucker County:
1. In the 1940’s, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches
located?
A. On the
floor shift knob
B. On the floor
board, to the left of the clutch
C. Next to the
horn
2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For
what was it used?
A.
Capture lightning bugs
B.
To sprinkle clothes before ironing
C.
Large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern
winters?
A. Cows got cold and wouldn’t produce milk
B.
Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
C.
Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk
would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard
bottle top.
4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?
A.
Blackjack
B. Gin
C. Craps
5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing
stockings when none were available due to rationing during World War II?
A. Suntan
B. Leg painting C.
Wearing slacks
6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you
couldn’t tell whether it was coming or going?
A. Studebaker
B. Nash Metro C.
Tucker
7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?
A. Strips of dried
peanut butter
B.
Chocolate licorice bars
C. Wax coke-shaped
bottles with colored sugar
water inside
8. How was Butch wax used?
A. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood
up
B.
To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing
C.
On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust
9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached
to your shoes?
A.
With clamps, tightened by a skate key
B.
Woven straps that crossed the foot
C.
Long pieces of twine
10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?
A. Consider all the facts
B.
Ask Mom
C.
Eeny-meeny-miney-MO
11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940’s?
A. Smallpox
B. AIDS C. Polio
12. “I’ll be down to get you in a ________, Honey.
A. SUV
B. Taxi C.
Streetcar
13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy’s pet pony?
A. Old Blue
B. Paint C.
Macaroni
14. What was a Duck-and-Cover drill?
A. Part of the
game of hide and seek
B.
What you did when Mom called you in to do chores
C.
Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with
your arms in an A-bomb drill.
15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show?
A.
Princess Summerfallwinterspring
B.
Princess Sacajawea
C.
Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeo-graphed
tests were handed out in school?
A.
Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed
to get you high
B.
Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out
the window
C. Wrote another
pupil’s name on the top, to avoid their
failure
17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with
purchases?
A.
To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs,
which tasted like bubble gum
B.
They could be put in special books and redeemed for
various household items
C. They were given to
kids to be used as stick-on tattoos
18. Praise the Lord, and pass the ________.
A. Meatballs
B. Dames C. Ammunition
19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song
“Cabdriver” a hit?
A. The Ink Spots
B. The Supremes C. The
Esquires
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
A.
Tony Bennett B. Xavier Cugat
C. George Gershwin
1. B
11. C
2. B
12. B
3. C
13. C
4. A
14. C
5. B
15. A
6. A
16. A
7. C
17. B
8. A
18. C
9. A
19. A
10. C
20. A
17-20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with
mental abilities. Now, if you could only find your glasses. Definitely
someone who should share your wisdom.
12-16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you’re getting there.
0-11 correct: You are not old enough to share the
wisdom of your experiences.
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