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Beryl
This is a quiz for all you oldsters out there. I got most of them right

The answers are printed below, but please 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 an d the trunk in the 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 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


mountain4greys
I did get 5 wrong. Crap! dry.gif
dad2paisley
I am not telling what I got cause you'll all think I cheated. tongue.gif
simile
Louis Armstrong and Buddy Holly were the only ones I couldn't think of.
Redstripe
i got 2, 3, 5 (its in the Lion King!), 6, 7, 10 (cuz my paw-paw use to watch that all the time) 12, 13, and 15!
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