@the-gipper said:

Here is a trivia quiz for Mr. Pop Culture himself to delve into (and everyone else)...but this flows back and forth for a 90 year period, so be aware. A few items are even sports related:

Answers:

1. Who won the 1920 World Series?

The Cleveland Indians

2. What were the shanty towns that sprouted up during the Great Depression of the 1930s called?

Hoovervilles

3. During WWII, due to the War Department's restrictions on the amount of fabric that could be used in men's garments, what popular men's apparell item was discontinued?

Zoot Suits

4. Name this person: In November 1951 he played for Stanford and scored two 4th Qtr. TDs to defeat USC and earn a Rose Bowl Berth. The next summer, 1952, in Helsinki he won the Decathlon Gold Medal by a large margin. He later became a US Congressman.

Bob Mathias

5. What men's fashion became popular in the 1960s that was named after an Indian political figure?

The Nehru Jacket

6. Ms. Louise Brown was born in the 1970s. Who is she and why is she important?

She was the first "test tube" baby, i.e. the first artificially inseminated child.

7. Which Ivy League school became the last one to go co-ed in 1983?

Columbia, which previously was all male.

8. Interpret these slang terms that cropped up in various decades:

20s: Coffin Varnish: Bootleg liquor

30s: A Cadillac (not the car): An ounce of cocaine or heroine

40s: Hairy Axe Wound A Vagina

50s: Duck's Ass "Greaser" style hairdo worn by the likes of say Elvis or Fonzie

60s: Glasspacks Fiberglass line muffler (to reduce noise)

70s: Jap out to renege on a promise or to fail to perform e.g. "Craig was supposed to meet us at the movies but the son of a bitch japped out and never showed up and never called"

80s: Grindage Food, sustenance

90s: Pigeon A Goldigging bitch

00s: Muffin Top Fat that is overhanging from your pants. e.g. "Gipper could sure use a few sessions at the gym to get rid of that muffin top"

10s: Hashtag Something that is trendy or current or chic.

Other:

Colorado Cool Aid: Coors Beer of course.

"I'm going to Court", in lawyerspeak. (My associate is 'in court' as I write this:

Playing Golf.

@d-bone said:

4) Bob Mathias

6) She was the world's first test tube baby

Check on both.

@sisky-fringo said:

holy cow, i'm flattered! Thanks Gip!! LOL but there's NO WAY i'm not lookin up the answers to these bad boys!! Haha! I was only alive for one! as Tito Ortiz says, "if u ain't cheatin u ain't tryin".

to be cont...

NO, you are NOT supposed to "look up the answers". You are supposed to at least try to see what you can come up with on your own and give your best shot, by posting them.

Then, if you want, you can look them up (but keep them to yourself until someone else has come up with them or until I post the official answers)

6) She was the world's first test tube baby

to be cont...

@1-more-season said:

3. Zoot suit

That's a check.

@canton-mike said:

3-Leggings? No

4- Rafer Johnson. No, he was later.

5-The Nehru suit. Btw, I never owned one of the ugly damn things! Check

8 20s-cheap whiskey? Check

50s-greasy hair combed back on the sides to meet in the back like a duck's ass. Check

60s-loud, rumbling mufflers Well, not quite right, but close enough. They were mufflers filled with fiberglass to keep them from being loud and rumbling"I'm going to court"...the bathroom? NO

Mike

4- Rafer Johnson.

5-The Nehru suit. Btw, I never owned one of the ugly damn things!

8 20s-cheap whiskey?

50s-greasy hair combed back on the sides to meet in the back like a duck's ass.

60s-loud, rumbling mufflers

"I'm going to court"...the bathroom?

Mike

@d-bone said:

1) Cleveland Indians

2) Hoovervilles

7) Columbia

All correct.

2) Hoovervilles

7) Columbia