Quiz: mostly for us baby boomers here

[Maryanne]

I got them all right... gee I am getting old.

This is a Test for "Older" Kids. It should be easy for us baby-boomers.

I did miss number 13. It really was unlucky.

The answers are printed below, but don't you cheat.

READY????? Here we go!

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 r 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. R ed 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

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 ________________

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ANSWERS:

01. The Lone Ranger left behind a s ilver 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

Maryanne

[rvillella]

How is it that I can answer these questions right and not be able to remember the name of something or if I took my meds?

Ralph