Test #1

 

History Exam...

Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time at this exam.
If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

This is a History Exam for those who don't mind seeing how much they really remember about what went on in their life. Get paper and pencil and number from 1 to 20.

NUMBER 1-20, Write the letter of each answer and score at the end.

Then, best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject line, send to friends AND HAVE FUN!!!!

　

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 W.W.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. NashMetro

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-50'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 your 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 mimeographed 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 the 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. TonyBennett

b. XavierCugat

c. GeorgeGershwin

　

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ANSWERS

1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late '60's to catch on.

2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?

3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.

4. a) Blackjack Gum.

5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.

6. a) 1946 Studebaker.

7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.

8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.

9. a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.

10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

11. c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease.

12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!

13. c) Macaroni.

14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.

15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.

16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.

17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.

18. c) Ammunition, and we'll all be free.

19 a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots.

20. a) TonyBennett, and he sounds just as good today.

SCORING

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.

 

Test #2

 

Welcome to "The Doo-Wop Oldies Quiz." Take the quiz and see how you score as a true "Oldies Fan". Write down your answers and check them with the answers below.   1. When did "Little Suzie" finally wake up? a)       The movie's over, it's 2 o'clock b)       The movie's over, it's 3 o'clock c)       The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock   2. "Rock Around The Clock" was used in what movie? a)      Rebel Without A Cause b)      Blackboard Jungle c)      The Wild Ones   3. What's missing?_____Baby, Earth_____, _____On My Shoulder Love a)      Angel b)      Head   4. "I found my thrill..." where? a)      Kansas City b)      Heartbreak Hotel c)      Blueberry Hill   5. "Please turn on your magic beam, _____ _____ bring me a dream" a)      Mr.Sandman b)      Earth Angel c)      Dream Lover   6. For which label did Elvis Presley first record? a)      Chancellor b)      RCA c)      Sun   7. He asked, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?" Who was he? a)      Bad Bad Leroy Brown b)      Charlie Brown c)      Buster Brown   8. Bobby Darin's "Mack The Knife", the one with the knife, was named: a)      MacHeath b)      MacCloud c)      MacNamara   9. Name the song with "A-wop bop a-loo bop a-lop bam boom"? a)      Good Golly Miss Molly b)      Be-Bop-A-Lula c)      Tutti Fruitti   10. Who is generally given credit for the term "Rock And Roll"? a)      Dick Clark b)      Wolfman Jack c)      Alan Freed   11. In 1957, he left the music business to become a preacher. a)      Little Richard b)      Frankie Lymon c)      Tony Orlando   12. Paul Anka's "Puppy Love" is written to what star? a)      Brenda Lee b)      Connie Francis c)      Annette Funicello   13. The Everly Brothers are... a)      Pete and Dick b)      Don and Phil c)      Bob and Bill   14. The Big Bopper's real name was: a)      Jiles P. Richardson b)      Roy Harold Scherer Jr. c)      Marion Michael Morrison   15. In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. started a small record company called... a)      Decca b)      Cameo c)      Motown   16. Edd Brynes had a hit with "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb.".What TV show was he on? a)      77 Sunset Strip b)      Hawaiian Eye c)      Surfside Six   17. In 1960 Bobby Darin married: a)      Carol Lynley b)      Sandra Dee c)      Natalie Wood   18. They were a one hit wonder with "Book Of Love." a)      The Penguins b)      The Monotones c)      The Moonglows         Answers: 1.         c)  The movie's over, it's 4 o'clock 2.         b)  Blackboard Jungle 3.         a)  Angel 4.         c)  Blueberry Hill 5.         a)  Mr. Sandman 6.         c)  Sun 7.         b)  Charlie Brown 8.         a)  MacHeath 9.         c)  Tutti Fruitti 10.       c)  Alan Freed 11.       a)  Little Richard 12.       c)  Annette Funicello 13.       b)  Don and Phil 14.       a)  Jiles P. Richardson 15.       c)  Motown 16.       a)  77 Sunset Strip 17.       b)  Sandra Dee 18.       b)  The Monotones   #3    You know you're from Erie when... You consider walking around the Millcreek Mall a totally viable option for a date You take your girlfriend to the public dock on State Street to watch the submarine races You've never purchased beer in a convenience or grocery store The words 'to be' are not used in sentence structure, e.g. The car needs washed or the grass needs mowed <--More likely Pittsburghese. Been bar-hopping downtown, visited 32 bars and never left 1 block Think it's normal for the citizen to pizza shop ratio to be 4:1 Know what a davenport is You think going to Northeast is a long drive You know that Northeast is in the northwest corner of the state "Pop" has everything to do with beverages and nothing to do with your dad You have three choices - Browns, Bills or Steelers that's it. It's completely normal to see people you've known since kindergarten every weekend Perch is on the menu If it's not a Smith dog, I don't want it. You think Greek sauce and pepperoni balls are available everywhere Pizza and wings are your favorite meal - whether at home or eating out You keep an ice scraper in your car for 10 months out of the year, because you never know You've heard "it's a horse apiece" and know what it means Two feet of snow does not mean a snow day You find drive through beer distributors in your neighborhood You find zero degrees "a bit chilly" You don't care to go to the Peninsula, but 100,000 people from Pittsburgh do Peach jam refers to traffic problems You see people wearing hunting clothes at social events You know several people who have hit deer more than once Vacation means going south past Pittsburgh for the weekend You can drive 65 mph through two feet of snow during a raging blizzard without flinching You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow You measure distance in hours You know all four seasons as: almost winter, winter, still winter, and road construction You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again Otters are a hockey team and the Seawolves play baseball When choosing a pumpkin for Halloween, you often have to dig through snow to find one Every time you hear "Carol of the Bells" you start singing "Star Mobile Home, Star Mobile Home..." You know all the lyrics to the "Braendel Painting" jingle Getting dressed up means putting on something OTHER than sweatpants (or at least the ones without the holes) "80s hair" isn't a thing of the past It wouldn't be summer, it wouldn't be fun without ice cream from Sara's Your weekend plans include a stag and drag and a diaper party You've bought a beer for a quarter You really DID walk uphill, both ways in two feet of snow to school every day A register is something that heat comes out of. You go to a beach and comment on the "good" sand You've gone to a "prep dance" You've been to a "Save-An-Eye" game You remember the Pop Man at Jerry Uht Park You wear shorts when it's the least bit warm No Matter what because you never know when you'll get to do it again Going 30mph is speeding You know what ox roast is You have a pool table in your basement and you are on a bowling league You've tried to leave and Erie just keeps sucking you back in You know it is your lucky day when you get all of the green lights on West 12th St You know what sponge candy is When you eat out, you get a side of ranch dressing for your french fries You eat french fries on your chicken/steak salad and they actually look at you like your crazy when you ask why it isn't like that everywhere... You get these jokes and probably have a few of your own...please pass them on