Test for you old folks
07.06.08 (3:56 pm) [edit]
> > > *A* *TEST FOR OLD KIDS*
> > > 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. This is a test
> > > for us 'old kids!' The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
> > > 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.
> > > 'N_E_S_T_L_E_S,'
> > > 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 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
> > > ________-________.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------
> ------------------------- --------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _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
> > >
> > > 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. This is a test
> > > for us 'old kids!' The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.
> > > 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.
> > > 'N_E_S_T_L_E_S,'
> > > 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 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
> > > ________-________.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ------------------------- ------------------------- ------------------------
> ------------------------- --------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > _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
> > >
posted by: surrogate (reply)
post date: 07.06.08 (3:36 pm)
100%
posted by: PastorDave (reply)
post date: 07.06.08 (6:29 pm)
About 2/3
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 07.06.08 (9:07 pm)
Got em all!!!
Guess that makes me an Old Kid! :)
posted by: PirateGirl (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (5:57 am)
durn I'm old - was hoping not to pass THIS test!
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (1:38 pm)
Reply to: surrogate
Hey!!!! you're an old folk!!!!
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (1:39 pm)
Reply to: PastorDave
Well...you'll get a little older then!!
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (1:39 pm)
Reply to: auntconi
That makes you an oldie!!!!
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (1:43 pm)
Reply to: PirateGirl
Haha Welcome to the oldies club!!!!
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (2:00 pm)
Reply to: barnabus1
Now it looks like we should have an OLDIES party ~ ya think?
posted by: auntconi (reply)
post date: 07.07.08 (2:01 pm)
I'll bring the chips and salsa, m'kay?
posted by: PirateGirl (reply)
post date: 07.08.08 (4:49 am)
Reply to: barnabus1
Gee thanks Barn - you're swell
LOL! ;)
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.08.08 (9:59 am)
Reply to: auntconi
Hey!!! Great idea...invite Pirate Girl! hehe
posted by: barnabus1 (reply)
post date: 07.08.08 (10:00 am)
Reply to: PirateGirl
Auntconi thinks we shout have an old ladies party...I told her great...invite Pirate Girl!! hehehehe
posted by: PirateGirl (reply)
post date: 07.08.08 (6:33 pm)
Reply to: barnabus1
ohhh! You're clever, you are, Barn! ARRRRR! :P
posted by: inkspector (reply)
post date: 07.12.08 (1:18 pm)
I am surprised that Old School did not take this test. He would have gotten a hundred . . . maybe, uhhh, he likes the old days.