Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Thought this was interesting --- I scored 13, guess I'm starting to go over the hill faster than I think! Carole Barber > Old Geezer Test > > 1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located? > > a. On the floor shift knob > b. On the floor, left of the clutch > c. Next to the horn > > 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has 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 > b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled > c. Milkmen left deliveries outside 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 adapt to look as if they were wearing > stockings when none was 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 hair cut into a flattop 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 string or 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 worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex? > > a. A cold > b. VD > c. Cooties > > > 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, 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 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 pupils name on the top, to avoid failure > > > 17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with > purchases? > > a. To keep you out of mischief 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 group who 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 > b. Zavier Cugat > c. Gershwin > > > > > > ANSWERS: > > > 1. On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in > Europe, took till the '60s to catch on. > > 2. 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. 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) Cooties. > > 12. Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight! > > 13. c) Macaroni. > > 14. c) Hiding under your desk, 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 " high. " > > 17. 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 all male, all black group, The Inkspots. > > 20. a) Tony and he sounds just as good today. > > > > > > SCORING: > > 17 - 20 correct: You are definately a member of the Over-the hill > club! > > 12 - 16 correct: Not quite Over-the-hill. Still fighting that > Yuppie label! > > 0 - 11 correct: Whippersnapper! Hope you learned something from > this test! ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Whew I am a GEEZER King Size. Remembered them all. Barb -- "Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Carole, Many of those were 40's era. I got 19 but guessed at the ditto machine one (purple ink was ditto machine not mimeograph). I did not remember the Inkspots. Yes I am an old geezer ) Note too that the cream popped out of the milk bottle - no homoginization ) Take care, Bill Werre ============================================ > > > Date: 2002/08/21 Wed PM 07:08:06 CDT > To: shydrager > Subject: Re: Fw: Old Geezer Test > > Thought this was interesting --- I scored 13, guess I'm starting to go > over the hill faster than I think! > > Carole Barber > > > > > Old Geezer Test > > > > 1. Where did headlight dimmer switches used to be located? > > > > a. On the floor shift knob > > b. On the floor, left of the clutch > > c. Next to the horn > > > > 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle has 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 > > b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled > > c. Milkmen left deliveries outside 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 adapt to look as if they were wearing > > stockings when none was 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 hair cut into a flattop 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 string or 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 worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex? > > > > a. A cold > > b. VD > > c. Cooties > > > > > > 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, 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 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 pupils name on the top, to avoid failure > > > > > > 17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with > > purchases? > > > > a. To keep you out of mischief 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 group who 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 > > b. Zavier Cugat > > c. Gershwin > > > > > > > > > > > > ANSWERS: > > > > > > 1. On the floor, left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in > > Europe, took till the '60s to catch on. > > > > 2. 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. 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) Cooties. > > > > 12. Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight! > > > > 13. c) Macaroni. > > > > 14. c) Hiding under your desk, 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 " high. " > > > > 17. 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 all male, all black group, The Inkspots. > > > > 20. a) Tony and he sounds just as good today. > > > > > > > > > > > > SCORING: > > > > 17 - 20 correct: You are definately a member of the Over-the hill > > club! > > > > 12 - 16 correct: Not quite Over-the-hill. Still fighting that > > Yuppie label! > > > > 0 - 11 correct: Whippersnapper! Hope you learned something from > > this test! > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > > Join Juno today! 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Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Carole and Bill. The cream was the best part. I miss it. It tasted so good when frozen. Barb Hard to keep a lean figure with the rich cream. -- "Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2002 Report Share Posted August 21, 2002 Barb, I had to be extra careful in freezing weather, when I threw the newspapers as the top of the cream was out of the bottle and it would get dirty if I hit the bottle with the newspaper ) Normally it would just knock over the bottle. Some of the porches were small and hard to hit with a newspaper from 50 feet flying by on a bicycle ) Ah the good old days when I was glad to get $30 per month for delivering newspapers. The Washington Post was $0.90 per month for daily and Sunday in those days delivered to your door (well once in a great while (twice in 6 years) it landed on someone's roof ) Broke one window in those six years also, took half my earnings that month to fix the window. Take care, Bill Werre =========================== > > > Date: 2002/08/21 Wed PM 08:26:32 CDT > To: shydrager > Subject: Re: Re: Fw: Old Geezer Test > > Carole and Bill. The cream was the best part. I miss it. > > It tasted so good when frozen. > > Barb > [image]Hard to keep a lean figure with the rich cream. > > -- > " Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch > that never hurts. " > Dickens > > > Carole and Bill. The cream was the best part. I miss it. It tasted so good when frozen. Barb Hard to keep a lean figure with the rich cream. -- "Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tries, and a touch that never hurts." Dickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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