Sunday, February 24, 2008

A TEST FOR OLD KIDS
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> > 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.
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> > This is a test for us "old kids"! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
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> > 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?________________.
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> > 02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The _______________ Show.
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> > 03. "Get your kicks, __________________."
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> > 04. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________."
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> > 05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________."
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> > 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 "_____________."
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> > 07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best . . . . . _______________."
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> > 08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
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> > 09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
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> > 10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and "________ ________".
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> > 11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their __________.
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> > 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? ____________ &_______________.
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> > 13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died. "This was a tribute to ___________________.
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> > 14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
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> > 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 __________.
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> > ANSWERS:
> > 01. The Lone Rangerleft 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
> > 12. Beetle or Bug
> > 13. Buddy Holly
> > 14. Sputnik
> > 15. Hoola-hoop
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> > Send this to your "old" friends, better known as Seniors.
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