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Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: A Wandering Minstrel Date: 18 Sep 03 - 07:50 AM Actually the proper answer to question 9 is c) long bits of string cos the big boys always bashed you and pinched the key and tied it to the coalmans horse. anyone seen me zimmer frame? |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: Noreen Date: 18 Sep 03 - 07:12 AM Well, I got 12 out of 20, despite living in the UK and being far too young... We had green stamps too, and Blackjacks and frozen milk and the headlight switch on the floor... and my mum told me about painting her legs (with gravy browning which dogs tried to lick off) and she used to sing the Darktown Strutters Ball to us when we were little... :0) |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: GUEST Date: 18 Sep 03 - 07:03 AM As to # 3, milk was not homoginised and therefore, it was the cream that would be at the top, protruding in the frigid temperatures. My first guitar, a Silvertone was had for 3 3/4 books of TV stamps. BTW, I had a perfect score -- Tom |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: Hrothgar Date: 18 Sep 03 - 06:52 AM Green stamps were all she gave to me ... |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: catspaw49 Date: 18 Sep 03 - 02:35 AM Too easy.......Yeah, that's it....I'm no geezer....yeah..right...... Was just talking about stamps the other day.......TV stamps, S&H Green Stamps, Buckeye Stamps (here in Ohio), Plaid Stamps........Ya' know it's hard to believe you had competing stamp companies but even harder to imagine how truly important stamps were back then! I mean you made shopping decisions based on stamps and I knpw from a business owner's standpoint that the stamps you gave made a difference. But geeziz what a pain they were for some.....like the poor gas jockey with his pad of stamps on a rainy day......been there, done that one..... Spaw |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: Mark Clark Date: 18 Sep 03 - 02:18 AM Damn, 17! Although Amos only gets 50% on #15. Princess Summerfall Winterspring was played by a real actress from 1951 on. - Mark |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: GUEST,pdc Date: 18 Sep 03 - 12:55 AM I am not a geezer! Am not! Not! Oh, damn... |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: Amergin Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:21 PM you got them all right didnt you amos? BG |
Subject: RE: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: artbrooks Date: 17 Sep 03 - 11:16 PM Were those supposed to be difficult? |
Subject: BS: 'Think You're a Geezer??' Exam! (US) From: Amos Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:54 PM History Exam 1. In the 1950s, 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 flattop 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 Sacajewea 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 your 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, 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 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 all male, all black group: The Inkspots. 20. a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SCORING 17- 20 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but obviously gifted with mind bloat. Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely a GEEZER! 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy. 0 -11 correct: You are a sad excuse for a geezer or you are younger than springtime! |