ANSWERS
to the History/Trivia test in the MT-B Newsletter
1.
(b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in
to
catch on.
2.
(b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?
3.
(c) Cold weather cause d 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 shoestr ing around your
neck.
10.
(c) Een y-meeny-miney-mo.
11.
(c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other
public gathering places were cl osed 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 Summerfallwinterspri ng. 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.