The "Older Than Dirt" Quiz!

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:36 am

SUDDENLY SENIOR 'S 3RD ANNUAL 'OLDER THAN DIRT'
TRIVIA QUIZ!

(Yet Another Chance to Prove That Your Memory's [Somewhat] Intact)

By Frank Kaiser

1. During WW II, what was a Victory Garden?

a. The top floor of Madison Square Garden
b. House plants you could win with S&H Green Stamps
c. A home garden to raise food for family and friends

2. What would 'A little dab'll do ya' do?

a. A dab of Brylcreem would keep your hair in place like car grease
b. A little dab of Ovaltine in milk would turn you into Capt. Midnight
c. Rumor was that a dab of Spanish fly would do it, but no one ever knew
for sure

3. Sears used to be called _________, _________ and Co.?

a. Girdles, Corsets and Co.
b. Cheap, Cheaper and Co.
c. Montgomery Ward and Co.
d. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

4. What was "duck and cover?"

A. Hunting fowl during the Great Depression
b. A drill for school children, for use in case of atomic attack
c. A ducktail haircut toupee

5. The oldest man in the US died recently at 113. To what did he attribute
his long life?

a. Giving up cigars at age 97
b. Never marrying
c. Brussels sprouts and chocolate

6. What was a 'party line' with which many of us grew up?

a. 'Your place or mine?'
b. Telephone lines shared by several homes, or parties
c. 'A chicken in every pot.'

7. What postwar WWII auto was said to not know whether it was coming
or going?

a. '48 Tucker
b. '53 Henry J.
c. '51 Studebaker

8. What was NOT delivered to homes in the US in the 1940s?

a. Prescriptions
b. Ice
c. Milk
d. Pizza

9. What color were flash bulbs for use with COLOR film?
a. Pink
b. Blue
c. Plaid

10. What was the average life expectancy in the US 100 years ago?

a. 60
b. 23
c. 47
d. 78

11. You know you've grown old when...?

a. Your house plants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them
b. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question
c. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer 'pretty good stuff'
d. All of the above

12. When you "put your right foot out, and shake it all about," what are
you doing?

a. Throwing out your back
b. Going for a Section 8
c. The Hokey-Pokey

ANSWERS on next post! (Whaddya want for free?)

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:47 am

Answers to the 3RD ANNUAL "OLDER THAN DIRT" QUIZ:

1. c) Victory gardening enabled more food supplies to be shipped
to our troops around the world.

2. a) "Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya!" "Brylcreem, you look so
debonair! The gals will all pursue ya. They'll love to get their fingers in
your hair..."

3. d) Sears, Roebuck and Co. was named in 1893. It is said that
Roebuck, a watchmaker, disappeared when he objected to customers
using catalogs for toilet paper.

4. b) A drill for school children. Today's equivalent is Tom Ridge's
plastic and duct tape.

5. a) John McMorran quit cigars at 97, and got 16 years more of life.

6. b) Telephones were great neighborhood entertainment in the
days when each home on the party line had a unique ring and the phones
of every subscriber on the line rang at the same time. It was great sport
to listen in to the conversations of everyone on the line.

7. c) The '51 Studebaker had so much glass in the rear, folks were
concerned that other drivers wouldn't know front from back.

8. d) 'za!

9. b) Blue flashbulbs were used with color film, daylight balanced.

10. c) In 1903 the average life expectancy was 47. Only 8 percent
of homes had a telephone, and the average wage was 22 cents an hour.

11. d) All of the above.

12. c) You're dancing the Hokey-Pokey. In 1953, bandleader Ray
Anthony bought the rights and recorded The Hokey Pokey on the B-side
of another novelty record, The Bunny Hop.*

SCORING

10 - 12 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but smart
as a buggy whip. Now, if you could only remember yesterday.

7 - 9 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely
dusty.

0 - 6 correct: You are a sad excuse for an old coot. Redeem
yourself. Wear yellow pants or let your ear hairs grow into a comb-over.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:38 am

Dude! I AM old! I got ten of those correct.

Yesterday? What is this "yesterday"?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:00 pm

awip2062 wrote:Dude! I AM old! I got ten of those correct.

Yesterday? What is this "yesterday"?

Coolness! I missed #5.

Yesterday....a day for 'yes-ters?' LOL

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:01 pm

So does that mean you are older, because you missed fewer?

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:25 pm

awip2062 wrote:So does that mean you are older, because you missed fewer?

Well, the law of averages isn't helping me here, so I gotta say yes....LOL

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:32 pm

Well................I took the test.

Results on my next post.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:48 pm

*awaits this next posting from Bro*

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:51 pm

12 out of 12.

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:59 pm

Walkinghairball wrote:12 out of 12.

old goat.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:00 pm

HA!

Eldest yet!

*RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:02 pm

Walkinghairball wrote:12 out of 12.

BAAAAAH! **heaves sigh of relief**

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:35 pm

yee old fogies i got 6/12, and most of those were logicing things out like what the hecka victory garden is.

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 2:06 pm

Kids these days!

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:06 pm

SCORE THIS

1. During WW II, what was a Victory Garden?

c. A home garden to raise food for family and friends

2. What would 'A little dab'll do ya' do?

a. A dab of Brylcreem would keep your hair in place like car grease

3. Sears used to be called _________, _________ and Co.?

d. Sears, Roebuck and Co.

4. What was "duck and cover?"

b. A drill for school children, for use in case of atomic attack

5. The oldest man in the US died recently at 113. To what did he attribute
his long life?

c. Brussels sprouts and chocolate (educated guess)

6. What was a 'party line' with which many of us grew up?

b. Telephone lines shared by several homes, or parties

7. What postwar WWII auto was said to not know whether it was coming
or going?

b. '53 Henry J. (guess)

8. What was NOT delivered to homes in the US in the 1940s?

d. Pizza (guess)

9. What color were flash bulbs for use with COLOR film?

b. Blue (guess)

10. What was the average life expectancy in the US 100 years ago?

c. 47

11. You know you've grown old when...?

d. All of the above (LOL)

12. When you "put your right foot out, and shake it all about," what are
you doing?

c. The Hokey-Pokey

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