PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

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 Flit 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 d**g 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. Children’s 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. K**l 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

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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]

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 p**********l e******n. Trib publisher Col. Robt. R. McCormick got the news late..

6. b) Sticky fly paper h*****g 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 bowl 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) Children’s 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) K**l someone.
I can't remember ever seeing the Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers or other cowboy heroes actually k**l 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, let's 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.





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slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

I'm not sure. :roll: A lot of them I knew because of first-hand experience...some due to reading or coming across the info from elders. :wink: I will settle for geezer...at age sixty-six. 8-) I bow to your 'geezerness' :!: :lol:

PoppaGringo Loc: Muslim City, Mexifornia, B.R.

That is quite alright, I understand. You youngsters wouldn't have been exposed to all as we elders were.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Magnanimous & noble as usual, I see...thank you :!: :wink:

Searching Loc: Rural Southwest VA

Heck, and here I thought I was older than dirt, but apparently I'm just verging on being as old as dirt....

Geezer1948 Loc: Moving soon

I got 19...the only one I missed was the Dewey Truman one. I'm 67...that's why my handle is "Geezer1948."

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

That is why I am 'slatten49'...you old Geezer. :mrgreen: :lol:

Pap Pap Loc: Etna, PA

I did pretty well for only being 64. I got 18 correct. We never had Dixie cups when I was a kid so I had no idea what was on the top. I never had PF flyers but I got that one right because I always wanted them. I got the Dewey one and the Girdle ones wrong also. I guess that makes me a geezer. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Rufus Loc: Deep South

I got most of them. I'm probably borderline geezer. I admit I answered a,b and c to number 8.

Rufus Loc: Deep South

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: Thanks. That was great and brought back many memories. I doubt anyone can top that. This means you are now the old wise man on top of the mountain.

archie bunker Loc: Texas

Sixty six? Sorry dude! You are a geezer! :twisted:
I am 51, and my kids call me 'old man' all of the time!! I did get most of them right too... :oops: :oops:
I think I could possibly be a premature geezer! :shock:

AuntiE Loc: 45th Least Free State

Having been raised in a multigenerational home during my first fourteen years, I was able to answer sixteen correctly. I, therefore, look forward to "muck"ing up many "others" :shock: :shock: :) :lol:

BearK Loc: TN

Hey youngster, you're doing alright. No doubt you have 'listened' to your elders. :thumbup:


I've told this before, but #18 stands out to me because I have a cousin who, at a very young age, could swear a blue streak. One day his mother said to him, "One more swear word and I'll wash your mouth out with soap." Well, how could he resist a challenge like that, so yes it came out. She picked him up and did exactly what she said she would do. When she sat him down, he started spitting and said, "You didn't have to use so damn much did you?"

Rufus Loc: Deep South

Hey Beark. My teacher at school washed my mouth out and I doubt it was a curse word. But I'm sure I said something inappropriate. Of course back then the teachers or the neighbor could beat the hell out of you and then you would get beat again at home. But it worked. We had a lot more respect for our elders back then.

BearK Loc: TN

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