The 1900 Challenge

Test your knowledge of everyday life at the turn of the century.

1.  Which of the following was not available in 1900?

 

A. 

Coca Cola

  

D.

Solid Chocolate Bars
 

B. 

Dr. Pepper

  

E.

Cornflakes
 

C. 

Gum

  

2.  What medical products were state-of-the-art at the turn of the century?

 

A.

Rubber surgical gloves    

D.

Q-Tips
 

B.

Leeches                         

E.

Band-Aids
 

C.

Tonics such as Pal-Pinto Water

3.  What was a common punishment for boys caught skinny-dipping at Galveston beach?

 

A.

 Getting their mouths washed out with soap
 

B.

 A whipping
 

C.

 Policemen carried off their clothes

4.  What toys were popular at Christmas time?

 

A.

 Roller skates

  

D.

Crayons
 

B.

 Wooden tops

  

E.

Bicycles
 

C.

 Teddy Bears

      

5.  Which Jello flavor was not available in 1900?

 

A.

  Raspberry           

D.

 Lemon
 

B.

 Orange                

E.

 Strawberry
 

C.

 Cherry

    

6.  What product was available in the summer of 1900?

 

A.

Crossword puzzle

C.

 The Brownie camera
 

B.

Spiral-bound notebooks

D.

 Zipper

7.  Who were the Houston “Mud Cats”?

 

A.

 A labor union of railroad workers

 

B.

 A baseball team
 

C.

 A colony of feral cats that prowled the ship channel area

8.  Which amusement park ride was invented first?

 

A.

 The roller coaster
 

B.

 The Ferris Wheel

9.  Which of these products was invented first?

 

A.

 Paper drinking straw

C.

 Toilet paper
 

B.

 Barbed wire         

D.

 Singer sewing machine

 

Historical trivia quiz compiled by Julie Lake, author of Galveston’s Summer of the Storm, an historical children’s novel that chronicles the Galveston hurricane of 1900.