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/**/ >
I got all but the first half of the red skelton question. Cheer's Rob.
