CAUTION: ANYONE WHO SCORES 100% ON THIS QUIZ IS OLD...
The answers are 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 potatoes, 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 Skeltons hobo character was________________________, and he 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. 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 (the bra was also burned); And so, in some cases, were Flags
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. sputnik
15. hoola-hoop
Forgot Red Skelton said but got the rest. At 71 I knew it anyway.
That was fun but I knew going in I would be classified as "old" & I was. So be it.
It's rotten being told your old and then having it proven
I prefer to be "well versed in history"!
Dang this quiz verified what I already knew.
jayd
Loc: Central Florida, East coast
Well guess 59 is old....gottem all correct... or do i say i am well informed
dancers
Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia
13 correct....must be ageing well.
I will not be old until next week when I turn 80.
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Small plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, February 1959.
Beowulf wrote:
Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper. Small plane crash in Clear Lake, Iowa, February 1959.
Richie got a ride at the last minute. Whose place did he take?
No looking it up. You have to know it.
dancers
Loc: melbourne.victoria, australia
cant remember his name but he died last year, aged 85..............guitar man?
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