A Test for old Kids

[Chuck]

Sorry but there's a couple of US ones in amongst them to make it harder....

DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE
TRIED IT OUT!

A TEST FOR OLD KIDS

I was picky who I sent this too. It had to be those who might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us 'old kids'! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.

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, __________________.'

4. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to
___________________.'

5. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'

6. 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 '_____________.'

7. Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . _______________.'

8. Satchmo 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 Skeleton'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 :

1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.

2. The Ed Sullivan Show

3. On Route 66

4. To protect the innocent.

5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

6. The limbo

7. Chocolate

8. Louis Armstrong

9. The Timex watch

10. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'

11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)

12. Beetle or Bug

13. Buddy Holly

14. Sputnik

15. Hoola-hoop


Send this to your 'old' friends, (better known as Seniors.) It will drive them crazy, keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes.

[ovenpaa]

A bit of an American bias 9/15

[Chuck]

Not really, most of these shows were on UK tV in the 50's /60's. The only ones that caught me out were 9 & 10 :shakeshout: :shakeshout:

[Sandgroper]

10/15 and I'm not that old! :shakeshout:

BTW Q13 the answer should be Buddy Holly, The big Bopper and Richie Valens.

[Chuck]

Sandgroper, agreed......just testing you..

[Sim G]

10/15 and I'm not that old! :shakeshout:

Ditto. 11/15

[Chuck]

Was the Lone Ranger ahead of his time, silver bullets....for vampires.....?? Zombies weren't around much then.

[Sandgroper]

Was the Lone Ranger ahead of his time, silver bullets....for vampires.....?? Zombies weren't around much then.

And werewolves! Maybe there was a problem they weren't telling us about in the shows? :shifty:

[dromia]

I think the score reflects how americanised you are as it does your age.

[Chuck]

sandgroper, could be...werewolves and vampires were commn in movies..like zombies today.

dromia....considering how much tele we importec (and still do) from the USA it isn't that hard. And as it says, it is for old kids..like us.

Anyway a lot of it was common in the UK back then