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?_A glove? Hard to come by those days, so I'll guess a bullet (not too sure, though)_______________.

02. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The Ed Sullivan show, of course and I can see it, as if it were just last might.Can you name the song, for 20 points?_______________

03 'Get your kicks, On the route 66. For 40 points, name the two TV stars that rode that road. Ten more points for the color and the name of their auto.__________________.'

04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to _Protect the innocent. Ten more points who starred in that TV show.__________________.'

05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The lion sleeps tonight. 20 points for who sang the song, 10 more for the year________________.'

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 '_It was Chubby Checker's hit Limbo stick.____________.'

07. Nestle's makes the very best . . . . __Chocolate_____________.'

08. Satchmo was America's 'Ambassador of Goodwill.' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _My pal Luie. "Oh, what a wonderful world..."________________.

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? Timex. 20 points for the spokesman (his son is currently a movie star)_______________.

10. Red Skeleton's hobo character was named _The Freeloader_________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and 'Good night and may God bless (What a smile and the name was Skelton, no "e")________ ________. '

11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their_This is tough. Their bras, flags??? Do not know._____________.

12. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in t he front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? _Beetle, or a Bug?___________ & _______________.

13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.'  This was a tribute to _Just a guess, Bobby Kenedy? Nah, it had to be a singer. I don't know. Did it go something like "Bye, bye sweet American pie, I went to the levee in my Chevy...No idea whom he tried to honor.__________________.

14. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it.   It was called _What a gift. The Sputnik, of course (meaning the Traveler) 20 points for the first living thing in orbit, a Russian dog. 20 more points for the year.__________________.

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 __ _Before my time, but "Hula Hoops"?_____________.


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