So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. 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 to __________________.'/**/ > /**/ > /**/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./**/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 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 : > /**/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 God Bless.' > /**/11./**/Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have > guessed) > /**/12./**/Beetle or Bug > /**/13./**/Buddy Holly > /**/14./**/Sputnik > /**/15./**/Hoola-hoop/**/ >
I got all but the first half of the red skelton question. Cheer's Rob.
Travel Bug said
03:30 PM Jun 13, 2011
I didn't know what The Lone Ranger left behind... but I did know that it wasn't Tonto...
Zoomtopz said
03:47 PM Jun 13, 2011
Well there ya go , I thunk it waz a zee- th mark of Zorro.
Also thunk it was Goodnight Mrs MacGillacutty
I don't do chocalate & I don't wear watches , I stop em
So I got 4not right
Richo
Travel Bug said
04:17 PM Jun 13, 2011
You were almost right richo....
He used to say Good night Mrs MacGillacuddy just before he said Goodnight and God bless
Isn't it amazing how we can remember so much useless info
robell said
04:45 PM Jun 13, 2011
Got to agree with you there TB, totaly useless.
jules47 said
08:00 PM Jun 13, 2011
I got 12 out of 15. But then I do have a trivial brain.
So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. 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 to __________________.'/**/
> /**/
> /**/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./**/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 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 :
> /**/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 God Bless.'
> /**/11./**/Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have
> guessed)
> /**/12./**/Beetle or Bug
> /**/13./**/Buddy Holly
> /**/14./**/Sputnik
> /**/15./**/Hoola-hoop/**/
>
I got all but the first half of the red skelton question. Cheer's Rob.
I didn't know what The Lone Ranger left behind...
but I did know that it wasn't Tonto...
Well there ya go , I thunk it waz a zee- th mark of Zorro.
Also thunk it was Goodnight Mrs MacGillacutty
I don't do chocalate & I don't wear watches , I stop em
So I got 4not right
Richo
You were almost right richo....
He used to say Good night Mrs MacGillacuddy just before he said Goodnight and God bless
Isn't it amazing how we can remember so much useless info