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A lot has changed since the 1950s, including school supplies. Many of them are already unfamiliar to us and seem strange, despite being useful in their time. Let's see if you can guess what these items were used for!
You can draw a circle with one of these.
A geometry needle
A compass
A roundel
A sextant
If you ran out of this, you might not be able to hand in your report.
Printer ink
Transfer tape
Masking tape
Typewriter ribbon
You’d probably know this item based on its brand name.
Correction fluid
Erase paste
Decoupage medium
Adhesive gum
The end of this tool peels off so you don’t need a sharpener.
Cray-Pas
Charcoal pencilv
Grease pencil
Tortillion
Every student was required to keep one of these on hand.
Thesaurus
Dictionary
Instruction manual
Novella
This was how teachers shared information with the class before casting or Smartboards were an option.
VHS player
Projector
Augmented reality lightbox
Microfiche
You’d need one of these to help keep your notebook in order.
Three-ring binder
Paperweight
Manual scanner
Loose-leaf hole punch
These old-school devices are now popular collector’s items.
File cabinet
Pencil box
Caboodles
Lunch box
You’ve probably used this without knowing its proper name.
Cellulose tape
Copy ribbon
Flypaper
Office adhesive
Your teacher needed one of these to put packets together.
Xerox
Filofax
Letterpress
Stapler
You could use this handy tool to make curves and angles.
Protractor
Ellipse
Compact
Yardstick
Children in the 1950s copied notes down off of this.
Greenboard
Noteboard
Blackboard
Whiteboard
If you got in trouble you might find yourself clapping this off erasers at the end of the day.
Oil pastel
Chalk
Candy cigarettes
Dry-erase marker
Girls wanting to enter the workplace needed to be skilled with one of these.
Vintage MacBook
Dip pen
Manual adding machine
Typewriter
You might’ve been distracted by the annoying sound of this while taking a test.
Pepper grinder
Manual pencil sharpener
Clock winder
VHS rewinder
Lover of new products
You buy new items as soon as they appear. And this applies to all areas, even to school supplies. You don't even remember some old items that seem outdated and useless to you. But after our test, you know a little more about them! Send this quiz to your friends, let's see if they can do it better!
Interesting history lesson
This test was an interesting history lesson for you. You already knew some of the facts, so you answered some of the questions correctly, but something was new to you. In any case, now you know more about the schools of the last century! Send this quiz to your friends, let's see if they can do it better!
Old, but gold
You are well aware of the history in the smallest details because you understand even the school supplies from the last century. While some people consider them useless, you are sure that there are things that will never become obsolete. Send this quiz to your friends, let's see if they can do it better!
