Thursday, February 10, 2011

Do You Remember?

> A TEST FOR OLD KIDS
> 
> I was picky who I sent this to. It had to be those who might actually
> remember. 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' to the world. Our
> parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His real 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 '50s and '60s 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

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