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Retro Ad Grab Bag

written by: Gilligan

Let's test your general knowledge skills and see exactly how well rounded you are. The questions will be from a wide variety of topics (nothing is off limits; everything from fly fishing to medieval architecture is fair game), but all questions will revolve around vintage advertisements. Sounds confusing? Give it a try, I promise it'll make sense!

Question 1:

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In this retro ad for an early copy machine there is an overt drug reference on one of the signs the women are holding. What drug is referenced on the sign?

cocaine
MDMA (street name: ecstasy)
methamphetamine
Lysergic acid diethylamide

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Question 2:

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Which of the following statements has to be true about this retro ad?

The ad is from a date between April 1917 and October 1929.
The ad is from before the stock market crash on October 29, 1929.
The ad is from a date after December 1941.
The ad is from a date after August 1939.

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Question 3:

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The vintage ad in the image provided demonstrates several activities that are listed by the World Health Organization as potentially lethal. Of the activities pictured, which is (by a fairly wide margin) the most common cause of death?

air transportation accidents
drowning
traffic accidents
sky diving

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Question 4:

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The product in the vintage ad is derived from what source?

both whole fish and the bones and offal from processed fish
an extraction from the collagen inside animals' connective tissue
a secretion from sebaceous glands of wool-bearing animals
a biliary secretion of whale intestines

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Question 5:

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This warning to World War II military personnel lists two types of disease. What is the pathogenic cause of these two illnesses?

protozoal
fungal
viral
bacterial

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Question 6:

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What ancient civilization would have use the product in the advertisement as far back as the tenth century?

Mongolian
Phoenician
Egyptian
Mayan

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Question 7:

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Who was the First Lady in the adminstration before the U.S. President featured in the ad entered the White House?

Rosalynn Carter
Pat Nixon
Betty Ford
Lady Bird Johnson

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Question 8:

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Which of the following statements is not true about the product featured in the ad?

it contains a chemical that acts as an insect attractant
Brazil is the largest exporting nation of this product
It is obtained from a shrub or small tree
it is generally thought to have first been consumed in Ethiopia

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Question 9:

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This 1968 ad mentions something called a maternal instinct. "Maternal", of course, refers to things pertaining to or befitting a mother. "Paternal" refers to a father. Which word refers to a son or daughter?

sibial
concordial
filial
enatal

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Question 10:

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Which of the following is a liquid containing water and ethanol purified by distillation from fermented grain or potato?

rum
brandy
congnac
vodka

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