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This is a test for us, the older kids! I only missed #10 but I remembered the show (scary)


The answers are printed below, but don't you cheat. READY????? Here we go!



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 if true. The names have been changed___________________."



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. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S," 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 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 ________ ________!



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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 may God Bless."

11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned.)

12. Beetle or Bug

13. Buddy Holly

14. Sputnik

15. Hoola-hoop



Send this to your "old" friends. It will drive them crazy! And, keep them busy and let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes
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15 for 15! - does this mean I watched too much TV back in those days and/or I'm getting old?? Since DeTom won "First Prize" do I get "Second Prize"? BTW, I don't think todays kids will remember much nostalgia about todays' "Garbage TV" - just my opinion!
I think I get the booby prize. The only answers I knew were the more historical questions... Louis Armstrong, Beetle, Sputnik and Hoola-hoop.

And who the heck is Don MacLean? Everone knows "the day the music died" was done by Madonna. :-)

Cut me some slack, I'm 38 and my parents didn't allow a TV in the house until 1984 when they wanted to see the Olympics.

Robert
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Originally posted by 1973UFO:
15 for 15! - does this mean I watched too much TV back in those days and/or I'm getting old?? Since DeTom won "First Prize" do I get "Second Prize"? BTW, I don't think todays kids will remember much nostalgia about todays' "Garbage TV" - just my opinion!


I agree, today's TV programming is garbage. TV back then was clean and taught kids right from wrong and integrity, todays programs teach violence and criminal activity. TV and lawyers are the downfall of our country. (no offense to any ethical lawyers here)
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Originally posted by RobertVegas:
I think I get the booby prize. The only answers I knew were the more historical questions... Louis Armstrong, Beetle, Sputnik and Hoola-hoop.

And who the heck is Don MacLean? Everone knows "the day the music died" was done by Madonna. :-)

Cut me some slack, I'm 38 and my parents didn't allow a TV in the house until 1984 when they wanted to see the Olympics.



Robert


Don McLean is a musician famous for the song "American Pie" which is full of hidden messages and basically a tribute to Buddy Holly, the 50's rock and roll star who was killed in the crash of a plane named "American Pie" along with Ritchie Valens (LaBamba) and the Big Bopper (a popular DJ at the time) No TV until until '84 you poor deprived child! Eeker
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BTW - Do you remember what Jimmy Durante used to say at the end of his show? (now we're going waaaay back!)

Goodnight Mrs. McGillicutty, wherever you are.

Now my question, Roy and Dale Rogers had two horses..........



Trigger and Buttermilk.

You didn't think it would be THAT easy, did you?

They had a sidekick who drove a Jeep, his name was Pat Brady.

What was the name of the Jeep? Razzer
It is interesting to watch everyone talk about these shows. Because of my unique experience (no TV in the house until '84) I think of old TV as Miami Vice. Bwahaahaa.

Yeah, I saw some episodes of MASH and such, but I don't think I have ever seen anything that was in black and white (other than historic stuff).

What is the average age on this forum?

Robert
I can't speak for the other folk here, but I was in my early twenties when the Pantera came out. They were rare even back then. If there was one or two running around your town you were lucky. It was like ten years earlier if you saw a Shelbby Cobra or a Jag XKE, it was like a real noatable occasion. Only well healed people could afford such cars but that didn't mean you didn't lust after them. I remember in the late seventies when used Panteras, when you could find one, were still selling for $7,500. Still more than I could swing. That was still new Corvette territory. It was the late seventies when I realized that the Pantera was a dream that would pass me by. Right up until ten years ago when my wife found one in the paper for sale. Now I am living the dream. But am too old to enjoy it. :P
What is a memory anyway? I got 12 correct. Found my pantera in 1976 for $6750 plus a beat up 6 cylinder cheby van that I paid $700.00 for. It had only 6800 miles on it. Remember; If you don't grow old you can only grow "cold". If I'm 57 years young does that make an old fart?????
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Originally posted by LF - TP 2511:
...What was the Lone Ranger's Mask made from...


The vest of his dead brother, and fellow ranger, Dan Reid. As the song goes, six rangers rode into an ambush. The Reid brothers were two of them. In case you were wondering, nobody ever mentioned the Lone Ranger's true first name.

cowboy from hell
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Originally posted by DeTom:
...I can't speak for the other folk here, but I was in my early twenties when the Pantera came out. They were rare even back then. If there was one or two running around your town you were lucky...


I grew up in the area of southern california known as the south bay area. There were two Lincoln dealers nearby, Murphy Lincoln/Mercury and Peyton Lincoln/Mercury. The two highest volume Pantera dealerships in the world. I could ride to either dealership on a bicycle. Panteras were not rare in the South Bay area. Nah, nah, nah, DeTom! Razzer
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