Fun Test For (Us) Old Geezers

Geezer Test
 

NO Cheating - don't look at the answers until you take the test!!!!  

 

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 & pencil & number from 1 to 20. Write the letter of each answer & score at the end.

 

 

QUESTIONS:

 

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 WW 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 and 1950'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 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 in 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, & 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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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) 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.

Driver Reaction Test

Don’t be sheepish. Try it!

The driving manual says the average driver's reaction time is: 75 seconds
Or 1 car length for every 10 mph
Test your average reaction time.
Be very careful this can be addictive.
Click on the blue link below and good luck.

Reaction Test
 
Click here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/sleep/sheep/reaction_version5.swf

Motorcycle Going 192mph on the Long Island Expressway

BMW S1000RR Motorcycle Going 192mph on the Long Island Expressway

There exists in New York a small cadre of underground riders who do incredibly dangerous things on sportsbikes. Despite creating an incredibly negative perception of all motorcyclists among the general public and the police, these specific riders are nevertheless highly respected throughout most of the motorcycle community for the risks they take. Here, one of the better known members of that small group decided to take his BMW S1000RR to the L.I.E during the middle of the night to see how fast it would go. The result? A GPS-verified sustained maximum velocity of 192mph. We shouldn't have to tell you not to try this yourself.  

 

Real Deal. BMW S1000RR 9 1/2 mins top speed run.192 on GPS. NYC Fastest

Rape-aXe: The Anti-Rape Condom

Rape-aXe: The Anti-Rape Condom

This is so brilliant! An anti-rape female condom invented by Sonette Ehlers… A South African women working as a blood technician with the South African Blood Transfusion Service, during which time she met and treated many rape victims.

The device, known as The Rape-aXe, is a latex sheath embedded with shafts of sharp, inward-facing microscopic barbs that would be worn by a woman in her vagina like a tampon. If an attacker were to attempt vaginal rape, their penis would enter the latex sheath and be snagged by the barbs, causing the attacker pain during withdrawal and (ideally) giving the victim time to escape. The condom would remain attached to the attacker’s body when he withdrew and could only be removed surgically, which would alert hospital staff and police. This device could assist in the identification and prosecution of rapists.
 

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