1. In the
1950s, if you had a flat rear tire, you often had to remove the?
a. Necker knob
b. Curb feeler
c. Fender skirt
2. What
color flash bulbs did Dad use for color film?
a. Blue
b. Pink
c. Plaid
3. What
was the parking brake called when you were a kid?
a. Emergency brake
b. Pull Stop
c. Breaker. Breaker.
4. Way
before Air Jordan, what was a kids shoe of choice?
a. Buster Brown
b. PF Flyers
c. Old Stinkers
5. In what
year did Dewey Defeat Truman according to the Chicago Tribune?
a. 1946
b. 1948
c. 1952
6.. Before
the Orkin Man, what technology was part of most home bug deterrence?
a. Shoe Fly
b. Fly paper
c. 50 mm Phlit gun
7. Dixie
cups had what printed on their tops?
a. Secret decoders
b. Movie stars
c. WW II propaganda slogans
8. What
was the prevailing method of birth control in the 50s?
a. Heavy lifting and cold showers
b. Fear
c. Girdles and crinoline petticoats
9. Jimmy
Durante said what at the end of every show?
a. Aloha, my friends.
b. Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
c. Remember, wherever you go, my nose will get there first.
10. Popeye
the sailor man; Popeye the sailor man. I'm strong to the finish, _ _ _ _ _ ,
Popeye the sailor man.
a. cause I eats me spinach
b. my dad was big and Finnish
c. the music a bit tinnish?
11. In the
quaint greasy spoon jargon of yore, what did knock the horns off one, and drag
it through the garden mean?
a. 86 the customer, then kick him out the back door
b. Rare hamburger or steak with tomato and lettuce
c. Cooties
12.
Lincoln Logs were for what use?
a. A diary of the presidency
b. Keep track of fat cats who sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom
c. Building toy structures
13. Ward
and June bring what to mind?
a. A popular TV series called Leave it to Beaver
b. A Chicago family of butchers and knife sharpeners called The Cleavers
c. Inventors of the clicker, Jack Ward and Ernest June
14. Cops
and Robbers, Cowboys and Indians, and Zorro are all forms of what?
a. Alcoholic beverages
b. Capitalism
c. Childrens play
15. What
was the cheapest way to turn a bicycle into a motorcycle?
a. Baseball cards in the spokes
b. Rig an electric motor with a very long cord
c. Turning left into the path of a Harley
16. Tinker
toys date back to when?
a. 1914
b. 1949
c. 1967
17. In
grade school, what was the worst thing that could happen to you when being
picked for a team?
a. Getting picked last
b. Getting your uniform dirty
c. Not having the team tattoo
18. If we
dared to swear and our parents heard us, we immediately found out what _ _ _
tasted like.
a. Meatballs
b. Soap
c. Sarsaparilla
19. What
was one thing the Lone Ranger and Roy Rogers would never do?
a. Kill someone
b. Shot a squirrel
c. Eat lima beans
20. What
convertible offered an optional radio that automatically increased its volume
as the car accelerated?
a. 1912 Franklin
b. 1943 Jeep
c. 1957 Ford Thunderbird
Scroll
down for answers.........
ANSWERS
1. c) Fender skirts, attached to the rear fenders, covered fully half the wheel
streamlining the car.
2. a) Blue
3. a) Emergency brake. We grew up in much more dramatic times. [i still call it
that, do you too?]
4. b) PF Flyers.
BF Goodrich patented the Posture Foundation insole, an innovation in comfort
and performance, and began adding the new technology to its action shoes.
Goodrich shoes with Posture Foundation became known simply as PF in 1937.
Fashion trends in the Forties and Fifties saw PF Flyers escaping gyms and ball
fields to become fashionable active footwear for everyone. Everything you do is
more fun with PF read one 1947 magazine ad. In 2001, New Balance acquired the
rights to the brand.
5. b) It
was November 3,1948, when Truman upset Republican Thomas Dewey in the first
postwar presidential election. Trib publisher Col. Robt. R. McCormick got the
news late.
6. b)
Sticky fly paper hanging from kitchen ceilings was common in American homes
until insecticides like Flit became available in 40s.
7. b)
Movie Stars
Most people over 55 recall with nostalgia the Dixie Cup ice cream picture lids
that appeared all over America from 1930 to 1954. In the final year, the lids
were in 3D, full color, and styled in left and right action poses.
These were used in stereo card viewers for the 3D effect. [ http://www.go-star.com/antiquing/dixiecup.htm]
8. c) This is a tough one, but the answer is girdles and crinoline
petticoats.
9. b) Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.
10. a) cause I eats me spinach
11. b) Rare hamburger or steak with tomato and lettuce.
Other examples:
Axle grease: butter;
Blowout patches: pancakes;
Bowwow, barks, or groundhog: “hot dog;
Baled hay: shredded wheat;
Bessie: roast beef;
Bessie in a bow:l stew;
Cackle berries: eggs;
Rabbit food: salad;
Sinkers donuts;
and
Sweep the kitchen: hash.
12. c) Building toy structures.
13. a) A popular TV series called Leave it to Beaver, perhaps the most unrealistic,
misleading and shallow depiction of family life ever produced for TV.
14. c) Childrens play.
15. a) Baseball cards in the spokes. Who among you never did this?
16. a) 1914 Good then, 1935 Good now, 2000 Good always, read the back cover of
a 1935 Toy Tinkers catalog.
Charles H. Pajeau and Robert Pettit, the founders of The Toy Tinkers of
Evanston, Illinois, and the creators of the TINKER TOY construction set, knew
that the Thousand Wonder Builder would continue to inspire the
imaginations
of children because of its easy-to-use, yet versatile construction system. They
are still made today, now by Hasbro.
17. a) Getting picked last.
As an expert on this particular humiliation, I assure you that getting picked
last was far better than not getting picked at all.
18. b) Soap.
Was this a regional thing?
Where I grew up, spanking was the generally preferred method for punishing any
childhood misdemeanor.
We wouldn't have known a time out to save our lives.
19. a) Kill someone.
I cant remember ever seeing the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers or other cowboy heroes
actually kill someone.
They would just shoot the gun out of the bad guys hand.
There was no blood, no violence, just folks wondering who that masked man
was.
20. c) 1957 Ford Thunderbird.
Hard one but, lets face it, easy answer. The option was available only that
year.
SCORING
17-20
correct:
You are not only older than dirt, but obviously gifted with mind bloat.
12-16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy,
ready to muck up others.
0-11 correct: You are one sad excuse of a geezer.
