A TEST FOR OLDER KIDS

[cobra428]

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. 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

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

 

[Bernd]

I got all but the first one.

And now my question. How old am I? (without looking at the member info :big: )

Bernd

 

[GordTopps]

I didn't get 9 & 10, but being a Brit I didn't see these programs/adverts.
So how old does that make me?
Gordy

 

[cobra428]

Let's see, I'm soon to be 57 so I'll say your pretty close to that too. +/- 5yrs

Tony

 

[Bernd]

You got it Tony. 59

Bernd

 

[SAM in LA]

I missed the first part of #10 and new the song but not the answer to #13. :'(

86.6% correct. Does that mean that I am only 86% of my calendar age? :big:

I actually drove a Chevy Truck towing my hotrod boat on the Levy's in the Sacramento area. ;D ;D

SAM

 

[bearcar1]

I did not know #13, however, I did then and still do, hate that stupid song so to me it is a washout question. The rest I knew quite readily so apparently that makes me extremely OLD th_bs

BC1
Jim

 

[cobra428]

Jim

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Tony

 

[black85vette]

Got all of them. Could have used a Captain Kangaroo and Howdy Doody question also! :big:

1. What was the name of the clown on Howdy Doody? He only spoke 2 words in the entire run of the show. What were they?

2. Bob Keeshan, best known as Captain Kangaroo was on another show before that. What character did he play?

 

[cobra428]

BV,
Now your really showing your age. Howdy was just slightly before my time. I barely remember seeing the show just before it went off the air.

Tony

 

[Foozer]

Got all of them. Could have used a Captain Kangaroo and Howdy Doody question also! :big:

1. What was the name of the clown on Howdy Doody? He only spoke 2 words in the entire run of the show. What were they?

2. Bob Keeshan, best known as Captain Kangaroo was on another show before that. What character did he play?

Clarabell the Clown I think

He Spoke?

Robert

edit ah he did, two words, yup

 

[BigBore]

Clarabell was the mute clown with the horn he honked. Bob Keeshan was Clarabell on Howdy Doody

Bob Keeshan was Clarabel, then Corny the Clown on Time for Fun and the the Tinker on Tinker's Workshop, then Captain Kangaroo

I think?

Ed

 

[dsquire]

Hi Gang

Here are some more questions for the list.

We all watched Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
What was Roy Rogers horses name_______________.
What did their side kick Pat Brady ride/drive ___________________.
What was its name?_________________


Gene Audry.
What was his horses name? __________________.
What did he go on to own in later life?__________________.

Answers later tonight.

Cheers

Don

 

[cobra428]

Bigbore,
Then I'm guessing that's your grandchild in the avatar!

Tony

 

[kcmillin]

Ime 27 and I got all but three.

Lets see how old some of you are.

Anybody remember the Katzenjammer Kids?

Kel

 

[BigBore]

They are the longest running comic strip ever. Started before 1900.

Ed

 

[bearcar1]

[quote

Here are some more questions for the list.

We all watched Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
What was Roy Rogers horses name_______________.
What did their side kick Pat Brady ride/drive ___________________.
What was its name?_________________
[/quote]

#1 Trigger...... a Golden Palomino (Tonto's horse's name was Scout)\
#2 A Jeep
#3 Nelly Belle or was it Lulu Bell?

As for Gene Autrey, now THAT was before my time. Now you all can do the math and guess my age.

BC1
Jim

 

[cobra428]

I just thought of one

Skyking's daughter's name__________?

Tony

 

[bearcar1]

Penny



BC1
Jim

 

[Maryak]

10 out of 15 - that's what happens when your a culturally deprived antipodean, age..... well depends how old I feel on the day in question.

Best Regards
Bob