[AT] an nother test a little easier this time if you are old likeme.

[Steve W.]

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> A Test for those Kids of the 50s & 60s
> The answers are below, but don't peek.
>
> 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?_______________________.
>

A Silver Bullet

>
> 02. When  the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all
watched
> them on the,  ______________________show.
>

Ed Sullivan Show, He had  A REALLYY Realy Big shoe for you tonight.....
>
> 03. Get your kicks,  _______________.
>

on Route 66

>
> 04. The story you are about to see is true.  The  names have been
changed
> ____________________.

To protect the innocent   from Dragnets intro

>
> 05. In the jungle,  the mighty jungle,_________________________.
>

The lion sleeps tonight

>
> 06. After the twist, the  mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we "danced"
under
> a stick that was lowered as  low as we could go in a dance called the
> _________________________.
>

Limbo  Let's go lower now....

>
> 07. N_E_S_T_L_E_S, Nestle's makes the very best, _______________.
>

Chocolate

>
> 08. Satchmo was America's "ambassador of goodwill."  Our parents
shared
> this great jazz trumpet player with us.  His name was,
____________________.
>

The Late Great Louie Armstrong  .... I see trees of green, red roses
too, I see it all for me and for you, and I think to myself,  What a
wonderful World

>
> 09 What takes a licking and keeps on  ticking?__________________.
>

Timex  stuck to a boat propeller or strapped to a hammer

>
> 10. Red Skeltons hobo character was  ________________________. and he
always
> ended his television show by  saying,  "Good night,
> and_____________________________."
>

Freddie the Freeloader ( he was a mime )  ,  God Bless

>
> 11. Some  Americans who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning
> their_________________.
>

Draft Cards  for some Joints for others....

>
> 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?__________________________&_______________________.
>

Bug, Beetle, Punch buggy

>
> 13. I n 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music
> died."  This was a tribute to____________________.
>

Buddy Holly, Ritchie Evans, and the Big Boppers  Plane crash.

>
> 14. We  can remember the first satellite placed into orbit.  The
Russians
> did  it; it was called_____________________.
>

Beep                       Sputnik                      Beep
Sputnik                          Beep

>
> 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 ___________.
>

Hula Hoop  And they are coming back...



How did this 38 year old do?

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown NY

"God grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change,
courage to change the things we can,and wisdom to know the difference."