From a old friend

Started by walkstall, May 08, 2011, 08:05:39 AM

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walkstall



  I got 100%   :o :o :o
I had to think hard on # 13

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

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

Solars Toy

Very fun...Solar and I only missed one...Buddy Holly never knew that one.  :) :)
I pray, not wish because I have a God not a Genie.

walkstall

Quote from: Solars Toy on May 08, 2011, 08:28:41 AM
Very fun...Solar and I only missed one...Buddy Holly never knew that one.  :) :)

He did not live very long so most will not remember him. 
My son like his sound so I got a lot of it in the back ground ever day.  LOL
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.- James Freeman Clarke

Always remember "Feelings Aren't Facts."

Solars Toy

Quote from: walkstall on May 08, 2011, 08:54:29 AM

He did not live very long so most will not remember him. 
My son like his sound so I got a lot of it in the back ground ever day.  LOL

I remember Buddy Holly just never realized the song was about him...  but then there were a lot of songs that as an adult I go "Ohhhhh that's what they meant." (I love MaryJane is a good example I actually thought he was singing about a girl. :) )
I pray, not wish because I have a God not a Genie.