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Volume 8, Issue 35 - Feature #2073

History Exam

I am older than dirt, but obviously gifted with great mental abilities, for I missed only one [#11 - polio] and that was a debate between me, myself and I. Thanks for the memories.

Jim Bradley - 2006-09-02 20:28:52

<u>ANSWERS:</u><br> 1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Handcontrols, popular in Europe, took till the late '60's to catch on<br> 2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?<br> 3. c) Cold weather caused the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top.<br> 4. a) Blackjack Gum.<br> 5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.<br> 6. a ) 1946 Studebaker.<br> 7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water.<br> 8. a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.<br> 9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.<br> 10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney-mo.<br> 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.<br> 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!<br> 13. c) Macaroni<br> 14. c) Hiding under your desk and covering your head in an A-bomb drill.<br> 15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring<br> 16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a high.<br> 17. b) Put in a special stamp book; they could be traded for household items at a Green Stamp Store.<br> 18. c) Ammunition (and we'll all be free)<br> 19. a) The widely famous 50's group - The Inkspots<br> 20. a) Tony Bennett<br><br> <u>SCORING:</u><br> 17-20 correct - You are older than dirt, but obviously gifted with great mental abilities. Now if you could only find where you left your glasses! (I definitely quality here!)<br> 12-16 correct - Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there<br> 0-11 correct - You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences.<br>

NW Okie - 2006-09-02 16:40:10

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