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I’ll Be Impressed If You Actually Know the Names of These 15 Obsolete Everyday Items

Have you even seen these before?

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Remember the last time you rented a movie at a video store? Paid a bill by check? Played a quick game of Snake on your non-smart Nokia phone? Maybe you still do—but chances are good you've replaced many of what used to be common, everyday things with better, modern technologies.

Advancements in technology come in leaps and bounds. Some products last just a few years, and others endure for centuries, but one thing is certain — obsolescence is often inevitable. These days it doesn't take long for gadgets to become obsolete and be replaced by even newer tech in smaller and more portable forms.

Today we're taking a nostalgic walk down memory lane, looking at some of the biggest, best and most memorable gadgets from the last century that have been outdated, outmoded or just forced into irrelevance by fresher technological trends. Take this quiz to see some of the once everyday items that have become utterly obsolete. You might remember many of these primitive items, but there are plenty of the younger generation that don't. Do you even remember their names?

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  1. · 3w ago

    Disk is an American spelling. I spell it ‘disc’ and was docked wrong. Boo to you.

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    Edie
    · 2mo ago

    I got 5 out of 15!
    You missed more than a few of these old-fashioned items. Perhaps you have not used many of these before.

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    · 3mo ago

    I got 14 out of 15!
    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

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    Money Jr
    · 4mo ago

    15/15

    All correctly named, but I have never used a fax machine, a pager, a game boy, or a disposable camera.

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    FELICIA
    · 4mo ago

    I got 14 out of 15 – 93%
    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

    Should have been 15 / 15 but misspelt floppy disk, I`m 65 & I`ve owned, used / seen them being used.

    13 / 3 /26

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    first_name's German Shepherd
    · 4mo ago

    I got 13 out of 15!
    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

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    Milo
    · 4mo ago

    15/15
    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

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    · 11mo ago

    I got 13 out of 15!

    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

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    Damian's Kuromi
    · 12mo ago

    I had all these either at home or it was in my classroom when I was in school. I’m 24 now

    I got 15 out of 15!
    Wow, you are an expert in old school items! Have you used all of these before?

  10. Cat
    · 1y ago

    I got 7 out of 15!
    You missed more than a few of these old-fashioned items. Perhaps you have not used many of these before.

  11. Cat
    · 1y ago

    I got 6 out of 15!
    You missed more than a few of these old-fashioned items. Perhaps you have not used many of these before.

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    Karley's Labrador
    · 1y ago

    15/15

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    · 2y ago

    Yes, I have used most of these. Just not the fax machine.

  14. Annie Taylor
    · 2y ago

    15/15

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    · 2y ago

    14/15 would’ve been perfect except for not knowing what the overhead projector was called. Just remember the meanest teacher ever had this in school

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    · 2y ago

    Wondering how this is supposed to be open ended

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      · 2y ago

      Open-ended means you come up with the answer yourself instead of multiple choice.


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