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Judy Hamilton
8th June 2007, 07:06 PM (19:06)
This 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___________________."

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 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:

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

Joanne Vergin
8th June 2007, 09:40 PM (21:40)
11/15. Not bad for this gen-x-er.

Joel Merrill
8th June 2007, 10:05 PM (22:05)
I got all of them but #11. I remember them burning flags. I think I may still have my draft card somewhere. I don't know why.

Joel

Jim Franklin
9th June 2007, 09:59 PM (21:59)
14/15 Don't remember any Buddy Holly.