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05/13/14 Grif.Net – 1901 Quiz

05/13/14 Grif.Net – 1901 Quiz

Ever wonder what life was like in 1901 compared to 2014? On Part #1 of this
quiz, give your best guess as to what was happening more than 100 years ago:

_____ #1. What was the average life expectancy in the U.S.?

_____ #2. What percentage of homes had a bathtub?

_____ #3. What percentage of homes had a telephone?

_____ #4. How many cars in the entire U.S.?

_____ #5. How many miles of paved road in the U.S.?

_____ #6. What was the average city speed limits?

_____ #7. What percentage of births took place at home?

_____ #8. What was did the average worker earn as an hourly wage?

_____ #9. What percentage of physicians/surgeons had little high school and
NO college education.

_____ #10. Give the rank in population of the State of California:

_____ #11. How often did most women wash their hair?

_____ #12. What did they use to wash it?

_____ #13. Cost per pound of sugar?

_____ #14. Cost per pound of coffee?

_____ #15. In what nation was the tallest man-made structure in the world
located? BONUS: What was that structure? _____________________

[answers Thursday]

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Dr Bob Griffin
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