Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Unbalanced]

A TEST FOR OLD KIDS
 
This is a test for us, old kids! The answers are printed below, but don't you 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
 

[Hoist!]

OMG Harry, how old am I? These were just rolling off my tongue. My distant cousin from Brooklyn sings #5. The band was the Tokens. Hoist!

[BADBUD]

Damn-------------- I must be old too!!!!!!!!!! Got em all right. 100% WTF

[The Mysterious Q!]

I got a few wrong and I'm 38

[hogheritage04]

Does this just prove that we are a bunch of old farts   I knew just about all!  Sure brought back some memories

[Twolanerider]

Getting them all correct does not prove old-fartedness.  Only proves the resiliance and strength of the cultural period that was our youth.  In other words, we rocked!

[hoody]

44 yr old missed 3

[SEULTRA]

I got 'em all right but can't remember where I left my glasses.... 

[Screamin_Beagle]

Ultra,
    This means you have sometimers..............that comes after CRS (can't remember sh$t).........start making lists!!!


_Beags

[hard10]

I got a few wrong and I'm 38

I'm 39 and only got 5 right.

[07 CVO]

I just turned 40 and missed 2, damn

[greglyon]

Also means we watched a lot of TV growing up

[rbmntx]

I got 'em all right but can't remember where I left my glasses.... 

I'm with you Ultra.  Why is it that I had answers for all of those questions instantly without giving it a second thought but don't remember what I had for breakfast?  (Sometimes selective memory works to our benefit though...)