Wednesday, January 09, 2008

A TEST FOR OLD KIDS

This one is a test for the older kids. People like me, unlike my daughter she would know maybe 2 or 3. ;) 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___________________."

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. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", 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 Skelton'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 calle d ___________________.

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? ________________. !


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, The Freeloader,and "Good Night,and may God Bless."
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned.)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop

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