Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **gman** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:37 pm

Lets see how well you can do with this test. I guess I'm not as old as I think.
Some of this stuff I had never heard of before.

SEE THE BOTTOM FOR THE ANSWERS!!!

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.
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!

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 highway! s 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. 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 t! o 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 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 d o 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 ou! t 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 pa! ss 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 GershwinANSWERS

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 hou!
sehold 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) Tony Bennett, 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.

Send this to your friends with your score in the subject line!

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by **Boodro** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:50 pm

Hey Gman , look at the bottom of what ? There are no answers on the bottom of your post!

Hurry , I nned to find out how OLD I am!!! :fb

See , I can't tell either! :lol:

by **gman** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 1:54 pm

see above

by **Boodro** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 2:02 pm

Oh Man ! I must be alot older than I think!

I am sorry , Gman but your response made no sense to me!
Can ya speak a little slower ? I don't hear that fast!! :cry:

by **madjack** » Tue Feb 14, 2006 3:48 pm

I knew em all except for 19 and wasn't completely sure of Caroline's horsey's name. But I answerered all of Gman's old fart questions last time and figured it was somebody else's turn to prove they are "old farts" :gas:

madjack

by **gman** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:03 pm

A curious fellow died one day and found himself waiting in the long
line of judgment.
As he stood there, he noticed that some souls were allowed to march
right through the Pearly Gates an into Heaven. Others though, were led
over to Satan, who threw them into the burning pit.
But every so often, instead of hurling a poor soul into the fire,
Satan would toss a soul off to one side into a small pile.

After watching Satan do this several times, the fellow's curiosity got
the best of him. So he strolled over and asked Satan what he was
doing.

"Excuse me, Prince of Darkness," he said, "I'm waiting in line for
judgment, but I couldn't help wondering, why are you tossing those
people aside instead of flinging them into the Fires of Hell with the
others?" "They are from the Northwest, too damp to burn"

by **Chris C** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 9:29 pm

gman, I'm still waiting for the punchline on that one!

by **asianflava** » Wed Feb 15, 2006 10:54 pm

Chris C wrote:gman, I'm still waiting for the punchline on that one!

Good, I thought it was just me. I read it twice to make sure I diddn't miss something. Like the punch line.

by **kajamelu4** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:54 am

All right gman

Do the Paul Harvey thing and give us "The Rest of the Story".

Karol

by **Kevin A** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 1:48 am

It seems that I fall in this category:
12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there.
I got 16 of the questions correct.

by **gman** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 12:02 pm

The Van Gogh Family Tree

After much careful research, it has been discovered that the artist
Vincent Van Gogh had many relatives.
Among them were:

* His obnoxious brother.................................Please Gogh
* His dizzy aunt .........................................VertiGogh
* The brother who ate prunes.............................Gotta Gogh
* The constipated uncle ..................................Cant Gogh
* The brother who worked at a convenience store..........Stopn Gogh
* The grandfather from Yugoslavia............................U.Gogh
* The brother who bleached his clothes white...............Hue Gogh
* His magician uncle................................Wherediddy Gogh
* His Mexican cousin....................................Ah-mee Gogh
* The Mexican cousin's American half brother.............Gring Gogh
* The nephew who drove a stage coach..................Wellsfar Gogh
* The ballroom dancing aunt...............................Tang Gogh
* A sister who loved disco..................................Go Gogh
* The bird lover uncle.................................Flaming Gogh
* His nephew psychoanalyst...................................E.Gogh
* The fruit loving cousin..................................Man Gogh
* An aunt who taught positive thinking...................Wayto Gogh
* The little bouncy nephew.................................Poe Gogh
* And his niece who travels the country in a van....Winnie Bay Gogh
* The cousin from Illinois...............................Chica Gogh