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History Quiz
1. In the 1940’s, where were automobile head-light
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 cap of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For
what was it used?
a. Capture lightening bugs
b. Sprinkle clothes before ironing
c. Large salt shaker
3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in winter?
a. Cows got cold and wouldn’t produce milk
b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled
c. Left at the front door, 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 WWII?
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 with 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. Een-meeny-miney-mo
11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940’s - 50’s?
a. Smallpox
b. AIDS
c. Polio
12. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy’s pet pony?
a. Old Blue
b. Paint
c. Macaroni
13. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?
a. part of hide and seek
b. What you did when your Mom called you in
c. A-Bomb drill
14. “I’ll be down to get you in a ________, Honey.
a. SUV
b. Streetcar
c. Taxi
15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody
show?
a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
b. Princes Sacajawea
c. Princess Moonshadow
16. What did all the really “cool” students do when mimeographed
tests were handed out in school?
a. Sniffed the purple ink, as it was believed you could get “high”.
b. Made paper airplanes to 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 at 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 who made the song
“Cabdriver” a hit?
a. The Esquires
b. The Inkspots
c. The Supremes
20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?
a. Xavier Cugat
b. George Gershwin
c. Tony Bennet?
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