Posted on 06/15/2004 5:35:25 PM PDT by SandRat
Here's a little test for anyone over 40+
1. 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?_______________________.
2. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on the, _________________________________Show.
3. Get your kicks on _____________________________.
4. The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ___________________________.
5. In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____________________________________.
6. 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 _______________________________.
7. Nestle makes the very best,______________________________.
8. Sachmo was America's "ambassador of goodwill". Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was, ________________________________________.
9. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? ___________________________.
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was, __________________________, and he always ended his television show by saying, "Good night, and_____________________________.
11. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our ________________________.
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 fifties and sixties was a large plastic ring that we twined around our waist; it was called the _________________________.
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DON'T YOU DARE CHEAT !!!
ANSWERS; 1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. 2. The Ed Sullivan Show 3. Route 66 4. To protect the innocent. 5. The lion sleeps tonight. 6. The limbo 7. Chocolate 8. Louis Armstrong 9. The Timex watch. l0. Freddy the Freeloader, and "Good night and God Bless". ll. Draft cards. 12. Beetle or Bug 13. Buddy Holly. 14. Sputnik. 15. Hoola-hoop
Here you go...I'm not 40 yet so I don't qualify.
Ouch, got them all right. (I'm 49, going on 50)
damn I'm old, or I've seen before...knew 'em...
Must be that you are really old.
I got them all right except #11.
The only thing I thought of was bras( of course draft cards
was correct )
I got them all. Dammit.
Sad isn't it? Me too!
"6. The limbo "
I was close. I said the "mambo." Oh, well.
They say the memory is the second thing to go and I forgot what the first thing is.
My WWII vet Father says that I'm now entering the metalic age.
Silver in my hair
Gold in my teeth
and.........
Lead in my behind.
I only missed the Red Skeleton question.
Clem Kadiddle Hopper was my answer.
I missed this same danged question when I saw this survey the first time it was posted here.
I missed number 7 and the first part of number 10. I'm only 23.
an "I'm so old I got every one" bump.
They say the memory is the second thing to go and I forgot what the first thing is.
How convenient. LOL
I'm 46 I missed 1/2. I said Clem Keddelhopper rather than Freddy the Freeloader.
41, missed a couple. Actually surprised at how many I got right.
Missed one.
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