DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT!
A TEST FOR OLD KIDS
Have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us 'old kids'! The answers are printed below, but don't cheat. 01After 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?________________. 02When 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 '_____________.' 07Nestle'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 _________________. 09What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?_______________. 10Red Skeleton's hobo character was named__________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________________.. ' 11Some 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?____________ &______________. 13In 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
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Sunday 12th of May 2013 09:47:55 AM
Rip and Rosie said
05:08 PM May 12, 2013
Missed 2 and 9................ very american though, would like an aussie version
barina said
05:38 PM May 12, 2013
A bit of nostalgia there...I missed # 9
neilnruth said
10:49 PM May 12, 2013
I didn't do so well...only got 8 of them correct. Yes, an Australian version would be good.
Sheba said
02:58 AM May 13, 2013
Missed 1 and 9.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Travel Bug said
06:16 PM May 14, 2013
Sheba wrote:
Missed 1 and 9.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Ditto Sheba :)
Jack Mac said
01:11 AM May 15, 2013
One more.
What were the names of the seagulls on the Red Skleton Show?
jules47 said
01:36 AM May 15, 2013
Got em all correct - No. 9 also had another jingle thing - do you know it?
Jack Mac said
08:36 AM May 15, 2013
jules47 wrote:
Got em all correct - No. 9 also had another jingle thing - do you know it?
A tttt timex a ticka ticka timex
Based on the song Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones
-- Edited by Jack Mac on Wednesday 15th of May 2013 09:53:50 AM
Travel Bug said
10:00 PM May 15, 2013
Jack Mac wrote:
One more.
What were the names of the seagulls on the Red Skleton Show?
Gertrude and Heathcliff.
Jack Mac said
01:48 AM May 16, 2013
Travel Bug wrote:
Jack Mac wrote:
One more.
What were the names of the seagulls on the Red Skleton Show?
Gertrude and Heathcliff.
showing your age Pam
Scotty01 said
02:26 PM May 16, 2013
Hmmmm I got all of them! Does that make me OLD or just stupid!
Travel Bug said
08:20 PM May 16, 2013
Jack Mac wrote:
Travel Bug wrote:
Jack Mac wrote:
One more.
What were the names of the seagulls on the Red Skleton Show?
Gertrude and Heathcliff.
showing your age Pam
Ha! Ha! Jack. Very naughty
I suppose it's too late to add that I used to watch it with my Mum and my Grandad. (True story).
Cheers.
Big Gorilla said
10:42 PM May 16, 2013
Glad you all liked the little test !! I note some comments that some questions are Americanised. If you can remember back when TV first hit Australia, that's all we had to watch. American shows, there were no, or very few Aussie Shows. It was some years later that the Government legislated that all free to air TV stations had to show a certain percentage of Australian content...
01After 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?________________.
02When 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 '_____________.'
07Nestle'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 _________________.
09What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?_______________.
10Red Skeleton's hobo character was named__________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '________________.. '
11Some 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?____________ &______________.
13In 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
-- Edited by Big Gorilla on Sunday 12th of May 2013 09:47:55 AM
A bit of nostalgia there...I missed # 9
Missed 1 and 9.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Ditto Sheba :)
One more.
What were the names of the seagulls on the Red Skleton Show?
A tttt timex a ticka ticka timex
Based on the song Good Timin' by Jimmy Jones
-- Edited by Jack Mac on Wednesday 15th of May 2013 09:53:50 AM
Gertrude and Heathcliff.
showing your age Pam
Hmmmm I got all of them! Does that make me OLD or just stupid!
Ha! Ha! Jack. Very naughty
I suppose it's too late to add that I used to watch it with my Mum and my Grandad. (True story).
Cheers.
Glad you all liked the little test !! I note some comments that some questions are Americanised. If you can remember back when TV first hit Australia, that's all we had to watch. American shows, there were no, or very few Aussie Shows. It was some years later that the Government legislated that all free to air TV stations had to show a certain percentage of Australian content...