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 one weren't 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 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 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 Sacajewea
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 your 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. Tony Bennett
b.
Xavier Cugat
c. George Gershwin
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