A Test For Old Kids
 

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. '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 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

Re: A Test For Old Kids
 

Damn...I'm getting old. I got 13 right.

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Dang I'm only 35 yet got 14 right.

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Old man trapped inside that young body. :r :r :r

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I've always said I was born in the wrong decade. I love all the "old" stuff.

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12 correct. I suppose the south was 20 years behind....

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LOL!! I said Clem Kiddlehopper, not Freddy Freeloader. Otherwise, nailed them all.

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Unfortunately I knew (and remember first hand) all of them. :hn

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14 outta 15, did I pass? :)

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Same here.
Sucks to be old.:r

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Walk with pride (while you still can :))

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It's an amazing experience when you get up one morning and discover how many different things can hurt all at the same time. :lr

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Shoot, I'm from the same neck of the woods, Jerry, and I got all 15 right. :r



Wait, what am I laughing about? That just means I'm old! :c

Re: A Test For Old Kids
 

Shoot, I'm 22 and got 11 of these

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I got 12 right...not sure if that's good or bad

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