Every street once had its own morning sounds: the clink of milk bottles before sunrise, the baker’s van pulling up with warm bread, and later the ice cream van’s tune sending every child running for coins. Whenever I put an old glass milk bottle on the table in the lounge, someone tells me about the milko’s horse that knew the round better than he did.
This Milkman & Home Deliveries Quiz for Seniors has 29 multiple-choice questions in four rounds: a USA & Canada Round, a British Round, an Australia & New Zealand Round, and a short Everyone Remembers round that suits any group.
How to Play
Read each question and the four choices slowly, then give the group plenty of time to think. Play in teams, as one big group, or just for fun. There is no need to keep score.
Each round stands on its own, so you can run just the round that suits your residents, or play them all for a mixed room.
The printable A4 PDF has large print, each round starting on a new page, an answer key for every round for the activity leader, and reminiscing questions for each round.
A taste of what’s inside
Here are two sample questions from each country round.
🇺🇸🇨🇦 USA & Canada Round
Which Canadian department store’s mail-order catalogue was so loved in farm homes that people called it the “Farmer’s Bible”?
- AWoolworths
- BHudson’s Bay
- CSimpsons
- DEaton’s
Which American ice cream seller, dressed all in white, drove a white truck with bells on it?
- AThe Good Humor Man
- BThe Candy Man
- CThe Popcorn King
- DThe Soda Jerk
+ 8 more questions in the printable A4 PDF
🇬🇧 British Round
Which little garden birds were famous in Britain for pecking through foil bottle tops to drink the cream?
- AMagpies
- BBlue tits
- CSeagulls
- DPigeons
Which British tradesman went round with a horse and cart calling “Any old iron!” to collect unwanted household items?
- AThe rag-and-bone man
- BThe milkman
- CThe baker
- DThe knife grinder
+ 5 more questions in the printable A4 PDF
🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia & New Zealand Round
In Australia, what friendly nickname did people give the milkman?
- AThe garbo
- BThe postie
- CThe milko
- DThe rabbito
Which tune did Mr Whippy ice cream vans play in Australia and New Zealand?
- AWaltzing Matilda
- BPop Goes the Weasel
- CJingle Bells
- DGreensleeves
+ 5 more questions in the printable A4 PDF
⭐ PLUS a bonus Everyone Remembers round, 5 questions everyone can join in on
Premium Members get all 29 questions, the answer keys, reminiscing questions and the printable A4 PDF.
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1. Many American homes built in the 1920s to 1950s had a small door in the outside wall so the milkman could leave bottles inside. What was it called?
A. A coal hole
B. A dumbwaiter
C. A milk door (or milk chute)
D. A cat flap
2. American milkmen often left glass bottles holding a quart. How many pints are in a quart?
A. One
B. Four
C. Two
D. Eight
3. In Ontario and Quebec, how did Canadian families often buy their milk from the 1970s on?
A. In tins
B. In plastic bags
C. In paper twists
D. In stone jars
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