11/15 right! I never actually watched the Lone Ranger or Red Skeleton, I'm too young for the Beatles debut, and I just plain forgot the Timex one, but I do remember the old ads now.
This is a test for us old kids. The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
1. 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?________________.
2. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. .In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
3. 'Get your kicks, __________________.'
4. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.'
5. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
6. 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 '_____________.'
7. Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . _______________.'
8. Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
9. 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 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 that we twirled around our waist. It was called the __ ______________.
ANSWERS :
1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
3. On Route 66
4. To protect the innocent
5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
6. The limbo
7. Chocolate
8. Louis Armstrong
9. The Timex watch
10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless'
11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop
How many did you get correct? I missed #13.
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11/15 right! I never actually watched the Lone Ranger or Red Skeleton, I'm too young for the Beatles debut, and I just plain forgot the Timex one, but I do remember the old ads now.
so if I got them all correct, without even having to think about it, does that make me old?
or just incredibly knowledgeable about useless trivia?![]()
Bruce, Life Member: NRA, NCRPA, GRNC, GOA
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I missed Freddy the Freeloader and Buddy Holly. That should have been ELVIS!
Eli![]()
100% 15/15
I'm 34 and I got 13 out of 15. What does that make me?I guess my Dad made sure to expose me to the classics.
I missed only the first half of #10.
I'm old!
...and ain't it GRAND(PA)!Originally Posted by Steve M1911A1
Eli![]()
missed first part of 10, 1 (never saw it, never heard it on radio, sorry) and 13- i have heard enough different versions of who. Buddy Holly, Elvis, etc.
BUT i ain't old.