1. In the 1940’s, where were automobile headlight high beam switches located?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. On the floor shift knob<\/p>\n b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch<\/p>\n c. Next to the horn<\/p>\n 2. What would you do with an old soda bottle with holes the bottle cap?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Capture lightning bugs<\/p>\n b. Sprinkle clothes before ironing<\/p>\n c. Shaker for sea salt<\/p>\n 3. In the 50\u2019s what cost 20 cents?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Gallon of gas<\/p>\n b. Postage stamp<\/p>\n c. Loaf of bread<\/p>\n 4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Blackjack<\/p>\n b. Gin<\/p>\n c. Craps!<\/p>\n 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?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Suntan<\/p>\n b. Leg painting<\/p>\n c. Wearing slacks<\/p>\n 6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn’t tell whether it was coming or going?<\/strong> a. Studebaker<\/p>\n b. Nash Metro<\/p>\n c. Tucker<\/p>\n 7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Strips of dried peanut butter<\/p>\n b. Chocolate licorice bars<\/p>\n c. Wax coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside<\/p>\n 8. How was Butch wax used?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up<\/p>\n b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing<\/p>\n c. On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust<\/p>\n 9. Before in-line skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached<\/strong> a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key<\/p>\n b. Woven straps that crossed the foot<\/p>\n c. Long pieces of twine<\/p>\n 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Consider all the facts<\/p>\n b. Ask Mom<\/p>\n c. Eeny-meeny-miney- mo<\/p>\n 11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940’s-50’s<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Smallpox<\/p>\n b. AIDS<\/p>\n c. Polio<\/p>\n 12. "I’ll be down to get you in a ________, Honey"<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Station wagon<\/p>\n b. Taxi<\/p>\n c. Streetcar<\/p>\n 13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy’s pet pony? <\/strong> a. Old Blue<\/p>\n b. Paint<\/p>\n c. Macaroni<\/p>\n 14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Part of the game of hide and seek<\/p>\n b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores<\/p>\n c. How you prepared for an A-bomb attack<\/p>\n 15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody<\/strong> a. Princess Summerfallwinterspring<\/p>\n b. Princess Sacajawea<\/p>\n c. Princess Moonshadow<\/p>\n 16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests<\/strong> were handed out in school?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink<\/p>\n b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window<\/p>\n c. Wrote another pupil’s name on the top, to avoid looking bad when they flunked<\/p>\n 17. Why did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with<\/strong> a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum<\/p>\n b. They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items<\/p>\n c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos<\/p>\n 18. Praise the Lord, and pass the _________?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Meatballs<\/p>\n b. Dames<\/p>\n c. Ammunition<\/p>\n 19. 1930\u2019s college fad<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Swallowing goldfish<\/p>\n b. Collecting bottle caps<\/p>\n c. Streaking 20. Who left his heart in San Francisco?<\/strong><\/p>\n a. Tony Bennett<\/p>\n b. Xavier Cugat<\/p>\n c. George Gershwin<\/p>\n www.familyreunionhelper.com<\/a><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n ANSWERS<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n 1. b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand controls, popular in Europe, took till the late ’60’s to catch on.<\/p>\n 2. b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron?<\/p>\n 3. a) Gallon of gas- 20 cents, stamp- 3 cents, bread- 14 cents<\/p>\n 4. a) Blackjack Gum.<\/p>\n 5. b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with eyebrow pencil.<\/p>\n 6. a) 1946 Studebaker.<\/p>\n 7. c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water. They were called "Nik-L-Nip"<\/p>\n 8 a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut.<\/p>\n 9. a) With clamps, tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck.<\/p>\n 10. c) Eeny-meeny-miney- mo.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 12. b) Taxi. Better be ready by half-past eight!<\/p>\n 13. c) Macaroni.<\/p>\n 14. c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill.<\/p>\n 15. a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet.<\/p>\n 16. a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink.<\/p>\n 17. b) Put in a special stamp book, they could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store.<\/p>\n 18. c) Ammunition, and we’ll all be free.<\/p>\n 19. a) Swallowing goldfish<\/p>\n 20. a) Tony Bennett<\/p>\n SCORING<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n 18-20 correct: You are older than dirt!<\/p>\n 12-18 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you’re getting there.<\/p>\n 0-11 correct: You are just a young \u201cwhippersnapper\u201d and if you don\u2019t know what that is ask someone that is \u201colder than dirt\u201d.<\/p>\n For more fun family reunion and party games visit www.familyreunionhelper.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m always looking for fun games to play at our family reunions- especially pencil and paper games, so I was quite excited when a friend of mine sent me the following game. 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