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Quiz about Vintage Hair Products
Quiz about Vintage Hair Products

Vintage Hair Products Trivia Quiz


This quiz is about hair products through history. Sometimes the images might be clues, sometimes they are just decorative. I hope you enjoy!

A photo quiz by PootyPootwell. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Photo Quiz
Quiz #
387,986
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
659
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: jrthomps2006 (8/10), Guest 172 (8/10), Guest 156 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Combs have been used for a long time by people all over the world; archeologists have identified combs as old as 5,000 years. What is one of the materials used in combs in ancient times and today? Hint


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Question 2 of 10
2. Leonardo da Vinci built the first documented hygrometer, and later Horace Bénédict de Saussure, a Swiss physicist and geologist, invented a hygrometer to measure something specific about hair. What does a hygrometer measure? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The Thermicon was invented by a French hairstylist in the late 1800s and involved running something hot through the hand-held device. What was the hot material? Hint


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Question 4 of 10
4. Circa the 1950s, women wanting long loose curls would use certain objects to create curls overnight. Can you name what items they often used? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Pomade, usually a waxy-type ointment used to control and add sheen to hair, has been around a long time. Pomade from Roman times was made from soap; later versions used lard, petroleum jelly, or beeswax as the base. The word "pomade" comes from a word referring to another early substance used to make the hair product. Can you name it? Hint


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Question 6 of 10
6. Handheld hair dryers have been around since about 1915. In 1951, a version of the blow dryer was invented that allowed the user to dry hair more evenly than a hand-held model. Can you name this type of dryer that came in a smart, round suitcase? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. In the mid-1860s, a man from Yorkshire working for the British Steam Brush Works invented a rubber-cushion hairbrush that has been called in recent times "the Ferrari of brushes." Eventually he had his own eponymous company. Can you name it? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. In 1906, an American businessman created a new company that made brushes. He launched his business by selling door-to-door, doing demonstrations right in people's living rooms. His salesmen were loosely the male version of "The Avon Lady." Can you name the man who would knock on your door and try to sell you brushes? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Pharmacist Eugene Schueller created the first off-the-shelf, do-it-yourself hair dye and thus launched his company which eventually became known as L'Oreal. What country was Schueller from? Hint


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Question 10 of 10
10. Some of the oldest versions of hairpins have been uncovered in a specific country, where both men and women used them for elaborate hairstyles. Girls would even go through "ji li", or "hairpin ceremony", when they came of age. Which country was this? Hint



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1. Combs have been used for a long time by people all over the world; archeologists have identified combs as old as 5,000 years. What is one of the materials used in combs in ancient times and today?

Answer: Bone

Historically, many cultures used bone to create their combs. Early Anglo-Saxons, Viking, and Persians all used bones for combs. Most cultures had dedicated craftspeople called bone workers to create all sorts of tools from bone, including weapons, fish hooks, and needles, as well as combs. Today you can buy combs made of real cow, sheep, or water buffalo horns.
2. Leonardo da Vinci built the first documented hygrometer, and later Horace Bénédict de Saussure, a Swiss physicist and geologist, invented a hygrometer to measure something specific about hair. What does a hygrometer measure?

Answer: Humidity

Bénédict de Saussure built a hygrometer to measure humidity using hair. It relies on the principal that organic materials, such as human hair, will contract and expand depending on the relative humidity in the air. The changes in the hair would be measured by a needle on the hygrometer and thus generate humidity data. A bottle of Frizz-Ease can come in handy on humid days.
3. The Thermicon was invented by a French hairstylist in the late 1800s and involved running something hot through the hand-held device. What was the hot material?

Answer: Heated water

The Thermicon was designed to have boiling water poured into it to warm its ceramic reservoir, which would in turn dry your wet hair as you used it somewhat like a comb. Think hot water bottle, only for wet hair. Fortunately, electric hair dryers were invented in the 20th century and were much more effective.
4. Circa the 1950s, women wanting long loose curls would use certain objects to create curls overnight. Can you name what items they often used?

Answer: Cans

Depending on the size of the desired curl, all sorts of cans would be used, including soup cans, orange juice concentrate cans, and soda or beer cans. Women would wrap their wet hair around multiple cans, affix them with whatever they could find, and then sleep, most likely without much comfort, with the cans on all night, waking up to loose, flowing curls. Fortunately, soft, foam rollers were invented and replaced the DIY versions.
5. Pomade, usually a waxy-type ointment used to control and add sheen to hair, has been around a long time. Pomade from Roman times was made from soap; later versions used lard, petroleum jelly, or beeswax as the base. The word "pomade" comes from a word referring to another early substance used to make the hair product. Can you name it?

Answer: Apple

An old European recipe for pomade consisted of mashed apples. The word pomade came to fruition this way: "Pomum" is Latin for "apple" or "fruit"; "pomata" or "pomo" is Italian for "apple"; and "pommade" is French for ointment, the word used for their early pomade.
6. Handheld hair dryers have been around since about 1915. In 1951, a version of the blow dryer was invented that allowed the user to dry hair more evenly than a hand-held model. Can you name this type of dryer that came in a smart, round suitcase?

Answer: Bonnet dryer

The bonnet dryer involved a round blower-engine that had a shower-cap style bonnet attached to it by a plastic hose. You could dry your hair hands-free, though it would take longer than a more targeted handheld would. You can still find them occasionally in vintage shops, and there's one in the back of my mom's closet.
7. In the mid-1860s, a man from Yorkshire working for the British Steam Brush Works invented a rubber-cushion hairbrush that has been called in recent times "the Ferrari of brushes." Eventually he had his own eponymous company. Can you name it?

Answer: Mason Pearson Brushes

Mason Pearson had worked at a textile factory on looms before he began engineering brushes for British Steam Brush Works; he used what he had learned on looms to create a faster manufacturing process for brushes. Mason Pearson is still owned and run by Pearson family members today, putting out brushes not much different from that that Mason made so long ago.
8. In 1906, an American businessman created a new company that made brushes. He launched his business by selling door-to-door, doing demonstrations right in people's living rooms. His salesmen were loosely the male version of "The Avon Lady." Can you name the man who would knock on your door and try to sell you brushes?

Answer: The Fuller Brush Man

"The Fuller Brush Man" became so familiar to American households that he showed up in pop culture, including a 1933 Disney version of "The Three Little Pigs" where the Big Bad Wolf identifies himself as the Fuller Brush Man. A more recent reference was in the 1997 movie "Donnie Brasco," where an undercover cop's wife laments that their children haven't seen their dad in so long, they might think he's the Fuller Brush Man when he finally returns.
9. Pharmacist Eugene Schueller created the first off-the-shelf, do-it-yourself hair dye and thus launched his company which eventually became known as L'Oreal. What country was Schueller from?

Answer: France

Eugene Schueller hailed from Paris, France, where he was born in 1881. His "platinum blonde" formula was quite popular with Hollywood stars. L'Oreal is still going strong as a beauty and cosmetics company.
10. Some of the oldest versions of hairpins have been uncovered in a specific country, where both men and women used them for elaborate hairstyles. Girls would even go through "ji li", or "hairpin ceremony", when they came of age. Which country was this?

Answer: China

Hairpins were an important symbols in ancient Chinese culture. When young men or young women were old enough, they were allowed to use pins which would indicate to others that they were now considered adults rather than children. Courting couples would also exchange hairpins to indicate a pledge of love.
Source: Author PootyPootwell

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