old timers quiz
Posted Monday, September 26, 2011 07:55 AM

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

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 to ___________________.'
 
05.'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.'
 
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
'_____________.'
 
07.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 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 :
        01.The Lone Ranger left 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 (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
        12.Beetle or Bug
        13.Buddy Holly
        14.Sputnik
        15.Hoola-hoop