[Dixielandjazz] Re: Oldies test

[Patrick Cooke]

I'm older than dirt!  I got 18.
I never watched Howdy Doody.  We couldn't afford a TV.  I could have sworn 
it was the Mills Bros who did Cabdriver?????
Pat Cooke



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>   1. Subject: History Exam (TCASHWIGG at aol.com)
>   2. Re: Subject: History Exam (Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon)
>   3. trombone for sale (Jim Kashishian)
>   4. Re: Subject: History Exam (Louis Lince)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 12:51:47 EDT
> From: TCASHWIGG at aol.com
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Subject: History Exam
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> Here is something to have a little fun with which came in from my buddy 
> and
> Sax player TYREE GLENN, Jr.
>
> Answers:  at the end, no cheating:  :))
>
> Enjoy and hope it brings a grin to a few faces.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom Wiggins
>
>
>
>
> 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 and pencil and number
> from 1 to 20. Write the letter of each answer and score at the end. Then,
> best of all, before you pass this test on, put your score in the subject
> line!
>
> 1. In the 1940s, 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 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 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 i
> tems
> 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
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ANSWERS
>
> 1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in
> Europe , took till the late '60s 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.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:12:06 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
> From: "Fr M J (Mike) Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Subject: History Exam
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> I got 17, and I'm only 39.  (The real 39, not the Jack Benny 39...),
>
> --
> Etc,
>
> Fr M J "Mike" Logsdon
> Special Assistant to the Presiding Archbishop
> North American Old Roman Catholic Church (Utrecht Succession)
> www.naorc.org
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:52:15 +0200
> From: "Jim Kashishian" <jim at kashprod.com>
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] trombone for sale
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> I've got an Olds tenor trombone, circa 1973 (Super Olds model) for sale. 
> I
> bought it a proper music store in California awhile back just to have a go
> at a different brand for awhile.  However, I've found that the bore is too
> small for my liking.
>
> This horn is the perennial "little old lady owner who only drove it to the
> corner shop" item.  It has its original laquer, and it is in excellent
> condition.  The slide is very good, no dents whatsoever.  Apparently, it 
> was
> unused for most of its life.
>
> I'll be going to Warsaw, Indiana at the end of June, and could bring it 
> with
> me if anyone is interested.  Just need to ship it on to your from Indiana
> then.  Happy to sell it on for what it cost me.  (And, you won't hear that
> kind of a statement often from an Armenian!)
>
> Interested buyers can contact me off list at jim at kashprod.com
>
> Jim Kashishian
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 19:18:03 +0100
> From: "Louis Lince" <louislince at neworleansmusic.demon.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Subject: History Exam
> To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
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> I Got 16 and I'm a Brit!!!!
>
> Louis
>
>
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