Are You a Geezer?

by @ 8:41 am on June 20, 2006.

Test for Old  KidsThis is a test for us, the old kids! The answers are printed below, but don’t you cheat.

READY?????    Here we go!

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 if true. The names have been changed___________________.” 

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. “N_E_S_T_L_E_S”,  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 Skelton’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 ________________ 

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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 may God Bless.” 

11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned.) 

12. Beetle or Bug 

13. Buddy Holly 

14. Sputnik 

15.  Hoola-hoop  

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