The Good Ol' Days

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100

A record player that was hand-wound was called a?

Victrola

200

What were two things rationed during WWII? 

Sugar, meat, gasoline, tires, coffee, cheese, canned goods, shoes 

300

"Ear bobs" are another name for? 

Earrings 

400

A product that combined aspirin and baking soda that is still on the market is? 

Alka-Seltzer 

500

A new mental exercise was introduced in a New York newspaper in 1913 was called what? 

A crossword puzzle 

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100

Some popular children's toys are still popular today. They are little round glass balls called?, an object you spin called?, a cord wound around a peg that bobs up and down called a ?, and something you fly in the wind called a ? 

marbles, top, yo-yo and kite 

200

which president inspired the creation of the stuffed bear called a teddy bear?

Theodore Roosevelt 

300

What kind of soup had 57 varieties?

Heinz 

400

What brand of coffee is good to the last drop?

Maxwell House Coffee 

500

A jingle for coca-cola went like this : I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect what? 

harmony 

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100

If you were eating an Eskimo Pie, what would you be eating? 

Ice cream 

200

A cast iron stove had to be blackened so it would not what?

Rust 

300

What was always at the top of a full bottle of milk?

Cream

400

Underwood, Remington, L.C. Smith, and Royal all manufactured what?

typewriters 

500

Name four United States presidents that have been assassinated. 

Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy 

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100

What do these words have in common? Lindy Hop, Suzy-Q, Black Bottom, Charleston.

They are all dances 

200

A "privy" is another name for? 

outhouse or bathroom

300

Name a vegetable you husk?

Name a vegetable you hull?

Name a vegetable you snap? 

Corn

Peas

Beans 

400

If you are feeding Rhode Island Reds, what are you feeding? 

Chickens 

500

In October 1938, who was it that scared the nation with an "Invasion from Mars" radio show?

Orson Wells 

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100

A popular carnival ride was first constructed for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. It was the?

Ferris Wheel 

200

The finest of music boxes were thought to come from? 

Switzerland 

300

In the early 1900's, you could obtain many musical instruments from what famous catalog?

Sears 

400

Because of the hard labor involved on wash day, Mondays were often referred to as what color?

Blue 

500

In 1851 President Fillmore installed something in the White House that was considered a luxury at the time, what was it? 

A bathtub