Here is a test for us ‘old kids’! The answers are printed below, but don’t cheat.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man? Invariably, someone would answer, I don’t know, but he left this behind. What did he leave behind?________________.
02.When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The_______________ Show.
03′Get your kicks,__________________.’
04.’The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to_________________.’
05.’In the jungle, the mighty jungle,___________.’
06. After the Twist,The Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we ‘danced’ under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the ‘_____________.’
07. Nestle’s makes the very best …..___________.’
08.Satchmo was America ’s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill.’ Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was_________________.
09.What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?_______________.
10. Red Skeleton’s hobo character was named__________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, ‘Good Night, and ‘_______________. ‘
11.Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
12.The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in t he front was called the VW. What other names did it go by?____________ &_______________.
13.In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, ‘the day the music died.’ This was a tribute to___________________.
14.We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit.. The Russians did it. It was called___________________.
15. One of the big fads of the late 50’s and 60’s was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the________________.
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ANSWERS:
01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02.. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On Route 66
04. To protect the innocent.
05. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
06. The limbo
07. Chocolate
08. Louis Armstrong
09. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, TheFreeloader and ‘Good Night and God Bless.’
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
How many of you got all 15 right. If you did – you’re older than dirt.
How about 14?
