Old Timers Trivia Quiz

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Everyone over 40 should have a pretty easy time with this quiz. If you are under 40 you can claim a handicap.

 

This is a Trivia Quiz 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. I will post the answers later.

 

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 on 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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[Bob]

Okay, I'll try:

 

 

1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?

b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch.

 

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it.. For what was it used?

b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.

 

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

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

 

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II?

b.. Leg painting

 

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?

b. Nash Metro

 

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?

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.

 

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?

a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.

 

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

b. Ask Mom.

 

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's and 1950's?

c. Polio

 

12.. 'I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey'

b. Taxi

 

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?

c. Macaroni

 

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

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

 

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.

 

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.

 

18. Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?

c. Ammunition

 

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song 'Cabdriver' a hit?

a. The Ink Spots

 

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?

a. Tony Bennett

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[Gaybutton]

Here's my attempt:

 

1. In the 1940's, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?

b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch.

 

 

2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it.. For what was it used?

b. To sprinkle clothes before ironing.

 

 

3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters?

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

 

 

5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II?

b. Leg painting

 

6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going?

a. Studebaker

 

 

7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?

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.

 

9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes?

a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key.

 

10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?

c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.

 

11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940's and 1950's?

c. Polio

 

12.. 'I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey'

c. Streetcar

 

13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony?

c. Macaroni

 

14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?

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?

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.

 

17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases?

b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items.

 

18. Praise the Lord, & pass the _________?

c. Ammunition

 

19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song 'Cabdriver' a hit?

a. The Ink Spots

 

20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ?

a. Tony Bennett

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Bob and GB each got 2 wrong, but not the same two. Answers later.

[Gaybutton]

Isn't anyone else going to take a shot at this? Damn, Bob, are we the only old farts here who remember any of those?

[Guest lvdkeyes]

I will wait a bit longer to post the answers to see if anyone else wants to give it a try.I should tell you I got all of them right. Guess that makes me the oldest fart.

[Bob]

Damn, Bob, are we the only old farts here who remember any of those?

 

Hey, I resent that! (resenting, of course, that I would remember anything and conceding the old fart part....).

 

I simply guessed on #6,#12, and #19, and wasn't sure of those answers. #10 probably doesn't have only one answer (so I just "eenie, minie, moed" that one).

 

I am currently only "hoksip" so I actually may be much younger than you two older farts!

[Guest lvdkeyes]

It looks like no one else is interested in trivia. Here are the 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.

 

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 Ink Spots.

 

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.

[Gaybutton]

"Do you realize that Howdy Doody's parents were the Doodys? 'Hello, I'd like you to meet Mr. and Mrs. Doody.'" - George Carlin

[Bob]

Okay, I have a trivia question for you old geezers (and don't be looking it up). Speaking of Howdy Doody, who was the first person to play Clarabelle the Clown? Hint: his first name was Bob.

[Gaybutton]

Hint: his first name was Bob.

I didn't look it up. Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm thinking of Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. That's the only Bob I remember offhand from that time period . . . unless of course it was you.

[Bob]

I didn't look it up. Somewhere in the back of my mind I'm thinking of Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. That's the only Bob I remember offhand from that time period . . . unless of course it was you.

 

Nah, I'm a clown....but you're right, the first Clarabelle was the Captain.

 

Okay....what was the name of Pat Brady's jeep in the Roy Roger's television show? Two baht for this answer.

[Gaybutton]

Okay....what was the name of Pat Brady's jeep in the Roy Roger's television show? Two baht for this answer.

I just lost two baht. I don't have any idea. I don't even remember Pat Brady. The only thing I remember is recently seeing an out-take video somewhere of Trigger taking a shit while they were filming a scene.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Nah, I'm a clown....but you're right, the first Clarabelle was the Captain.

 

Okay....what was the name of Pat Brady's jeep in the Roy Roger's television show? Two baht for this answer.

That's too easy, the jeep's name was NellyBelle

[Bob]

That's too easy, the jeep's name was NellyBelle

 

Okay, owe ya 2 baht. But did you look that up? I knew the name but would have spelled it differently.

 

Ok, another 2 baht question. Remember the television show "Sky King?" What was the name of his daughter on the show? And what was the name of his airplane?

[Gaybutton]

Ok, another 2 baht question. Remember the television show "Sky King?" What was the name of his daughter on the show? And what was the name of his airplane?

I know that one! And this time you've got it wrong. It wasn't his daughter. It was his niece, Penny. The airplane was the Songbird.

 

Here's one for you: Remember the television commercial "Mama mia, dat's a spicy meatball-a"? What was being sold?

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Okay, owe ya 2 baht. But did you look that up? I knew the name but would have spelled it differently.

 

Ok, another 2 baht question. Remember the television show "Sky King?" What was the name of his daughter on the show? And what was the name of his airplane?

No, I didn't look it up. I was a big Roy Rogers fan when I was a kid.

 

I have no idea about Sky King.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Here's one for you: Remember the television commercial "Mama mia, dat's a spicy meatball-a"? What was being sold?

Another of its commercial was "I can't believe I ate the whole thing." Alka Seltzer.

[Gaybutton]

Alka Seltzer.

Excellent! That's right. A lot of people think they were selling spaghetti sauce.

 

I think the old-timers out there will easily get this one right: Old Gold, Chesterfield, and Carlton were brand names. What was being sold?

[Bob]

Cigarettes, of course (I smoked Carlton until earlier this friggin' year....haven't been able to find them since).

 

Those cigarettes of the 50's and 60's were some pretty nasty smokes (not that the newer ones are all that healthy, of course). Anybody who smoked Camels or Lucky Strikes without filters had hair in places that other people didn't even have the places....

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Can you name any of the regulars on the Lucky Strike Hit Parade. I remember two of them, one guy and one girl.

[Gaybutton]

Ok, now I'll try to make it rather difficult. What was Ecomcon? No fair looking it up.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Ok, now I'll try to make it rather difficult. What was Ecomcon? No fair looking it up.

No idea. What about the Hit Parade regulars?

[Gaybutton]

No idea.

I'll hold off on giving the answer in case someone else, probably meaning only Bob, wants to give it a try.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

No guesses on the Hit Parade?