Medicare Quiz

If you can pass this quiz, you should qualify for medicare. Needless to say I got a 100. I will post the answers later this week.


1. In the 1940s, 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 WW 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 com ing 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 flat-top 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
> > 1940s and 1950s?
> > 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
> > 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 in theHowdy Doody Show?
> > a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring
> > b. Princess Sacajawea
> > 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 their 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 , & 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
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