TRIVIA
MATCH
Geezer test 1
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LaMont Cranston
2- Brace Beemer 3- Johnny Weismuller 4- Sonja Heinie 5- Nelson Eddy 6- Don Ameche 7- Joe Louis 8- Tab Hunter 9- Clint Eastwood 10-Betty Hutton 11-Gene Krupa 12-Judy Holliday 13-Tom Ewell 14-Jimmy Dean 15-James Dean 16-Dave Garroway 17-Gene Kelly 18-Howard Keel 19-Margaret O’Brien 20-Julius LaRosa 21-Steve Lawrence 22-Steve Allen 23-Karl Malden 24-Dirty Bird 25-Imogene Coca 26-William Bendix 27-John V. Kaltenborn 28-_____and Abner 29-William Boyd |
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Singin' in the Rain
B- Born Yesterday C- Big John D- Arthur Godfrey Show E- National Velvet F- Tarzan G- Lone Ranger H- Bickersons I- Boxing J- Young Love K- Drums L- Annie Oakley M- Seven Year Itch N- Jeanette MacDonald O- Ice Skating P- Today Show Q- Show Boat R- Giant S- Rawhide T- The Shadow U- Edyie Gorme V- Tonight Show W- Life of Riley X- News Y- George Gobel Z- Sid Cesar AA-Lum BB-Hopalong Cassidy CC-On the Waterfront |
TEST 2
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WLS Radio
2. Fred Allen 3. Ed Sullivan 4. Garry Moore 5. Alley Oop 6. Lonesome Polecat 7. Bob and Ray 8. Stringbean 9. Al Jolson 10. Jack Armstrong 11. Rex Allen 12. Jack Paar 13. Inner Sanctum 14. Sam Spade 15. Snooky Lanson 16. Leonard Slye 17. Arthur Godfrey 18. Phil Harris 19. The Three Suns 20. Ernie Kovacs 21. Eve Arden 22. Yma Sumac 23. Spike Jones 24. Arlo Guthrie 25. Jim Stafford 26. Marjorie Main 27. Kingfish 28. Betty Hutton 29. Percy Kilbride 30. Jack Barry 31. Nipsy Russell 32. Bob Steele 33. Let's Pretend |
A. Peru
B. Twilight Time C. Mammy D. Roy Rogers E. The Egg and I F. Ukelele G. Alice's Restaurant H. Frontier Doctor I. Nairobi Trio J. Quiz Kids K. Your Hit Parade L. Pa Kettle M. Spiders and Snakes N. The Thing O. Amos 'n Andy P. Monitor Radio Q. Ten-gallon hat R. Annie Oakley S. Li'l Abner T. Private Eye U. National Barn Dance V. Tonight Show W. Our Miss Brooks X. I've Got a Secret Y. Grand Ole Opry Z. Cream of wheat AA. Tin Pan Alley BB. Squeaking door CC. Dino DD. All American boy EE. Toast of the Town FF. What's My Line GG. City Slickers |
You don't have to be a geezer for the next two. Have fun!
Maxim I
| 1. Tenants of vitreous abodes ought
to have no lithoidal fragments.
2. Insufficient instruction to an aged canine will not result in its ability to undertake fresh stratagems. 3. Labor to the exclusion of frolic renders a lackluster soul. 4. The individual of the class Aves, arriving before an appointed time, seizes the invertebrate animal of the class Oligochaeta. 5. A painting has greater value than a vocabulary of ten times 100. 6. Double gray matter encasements are superior to a single such item. 7. What counts is not triumph or defeat but the process of the competition. 8. At no time, under any circumstances, say the words, "at no time under any circumstances." 9. Tolerate it with a particle of NaCI. 10. It is not proper for mendicants
to be indicative of preference.
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Maxim IIIM ii
| 1. A period of pre-eminence is
passed through by each and every canine.
2. It is fruitless to become lachrymose because of scattered lacteal fluid. 3. Similar sire, similar scion. 4. Articles which coruscate are not fashioned from aureate metal, at least not necessarily. 5. Prodigality is produced by precipitancy. 6. Pulchritude does not penetrate the dermal plane. 7. Your immature gallinaceans must not be calculated prior to thier being produced. 8. A perissodactyl ungulate mammal may be addressed toward aqueous fluid. 9. It is fondness for notes of exchange that constitutes the tuberous structure of all satanically inspired principles. 10. Beholden vessel never exceeds one hundred degrees Celsius. 11. A feathered creature clasped in the manual members is the equivalent, value-wise, of a brace on the bosky growth. and last but not least... 12. A detached fragment of
the terrestrial lithosphere, whether of igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic
orgin, and wheher acquiring its approximation of sphericity through hydraulic
action or other attrition, when continuously maintained in motion about
its temporary axis and with its velocity accelerated by an increase in
the angle of declivity, is, because of abrasive action produced by the
incessant but irrefular contact between its peripher and the contiguous
terrain, effectivly prevented from accumulating on its external surface
an appreciable amount of the cryptogamous vegetation normally propagated
in unbrageous situations under optimum conditions of undeviating atmospheric
humidity, quiescence and comparative sequestration from corrosive-erosive
agencies.
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nal challenge. There are no jok
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This test does not measure your intelligence, fluency with words, nor your mathematical ability. It will, however, give you some gauge of your mental flexibility and creativity. In the years since the test has been developed, we found few people who could solve more than half of the 25 questions on the first try. Many, however, reported getting answers long after the test had been set aside (particularly at unexpected moments when their minds were relaxed). Take this as your personal challenge. There are no jokes or tricks. They are all well known, actual items like the example below: EXAMPLE:
12 equals M. in a Y.
1. 26=L of the A 2. 7=W of the W 3. 1001=AN 4. 12=S of the Z 5. 54=C in a D (with the J) 6. 9=P in the SS 7. 88=PK 8. 13 = S on the AF 9. 18 = H on a GC 10. 32 = DF at which WF 11. 8 = S on a SS 12. 200 = D for PG in M 13. 3 = BM (SHTR) 14. 90 = D in RA 15. 4 = Q in a G 16. 24 = H in a D 17. I = W on a U 18. 5 = D in a ZC 19. 57 = HV 20. 11 = P on a FT 21. 1000 = W that a P is W 22. 29 = D in F in a LY 23. 64 = S on a C 24. 40 = D and N of GF 25. 80 = D to GA the W 26. 2 = No. it T to T |
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