Thread: A Pop Quiz!
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Old Feb 02, 2008, 11:50 PM
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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."

silver bullet

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.

Ed Sullivan

03. 'Get your kicks, ______ ___'

on Route 66!

04. 'The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed __ ________ __ _________.' (Bonus points: what was the name of the show?)

to protect the innocent/Dragnet

05. 'In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _______________.'

The lion sleeps tonight. and GAWD do I hate that song!

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 '_____________.'

Limbo. And I have a picture of my kid doing it when he was about 10, so it lasted into the 1990s. ;-)

07. 'N_E_S_T_L_E_S', Nestle's makes the very best...... _______________.' (Bonus point: who said it?)

08. Satchmo was America 's 'Ambassador of Goodwill' Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was __________________ ."

Louis Armstrong, not to be confused with Satchel Paige, the great baseball pitcher, also sometimes called Satchmo. Do I get bonus points for that?

09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?
_____ __________.

Timex! I even (very, very dimly) remember John Cameron Swayze.



10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named
_______ __ _________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, 'Good Night, and '___ ________ ________'.

Not a clue, sorry.

11. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War
did so by burning their______________.

draft cards

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? __________ & _______.

Beetle, Bug


13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song
about, 'the day the music died.'This was a tribute to _______ _________.

Buddy Holly, who played his last show before dying in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 20 minutes down the road from me!


14. We can remember the first satellite placed
into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called _________.

Sputnik

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 _______ _________. !

Hula Hoop

So do I still qualify as a TOB?
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