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Old Farts Quiz
- 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?____________
- When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all
watched them on The __________________ Show.
- "Get your kicks, ___________________."
- "The story you are about to see if true. The names have been
changed___________________."
- "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________."
- 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 "_____________."
- "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best _______________."
- Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was_________________.
- What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________
- Red Skelton's hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, "Good Night, and "_______________".
- Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their____________.
- 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? ____________&_______________.
- In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died." This was a tribute to ___________________.
- We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
- 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:
- The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- On Route 66
- To protect the innocent.
- The Lion sleeps tonight
- The limbo
- Chocolate
- Louis Armstrong
- The Timex watch
- Freddy, The Freeloader, and "Good Night, and may God Bless."
- Draft cards (Bras were also burned.)
- Beetle or Bug
- Buddy Holly
- Sputnik
- Hoola-hoop
I've got them all except #10.?ÿ And I dispute #13 because there were a couple of other big names involved in that incident.
It's official. I only missed No.3. Should have gotten that one.?ÿ
I'm an old fart. 100%
Either an old fart or watched too much TV...100%
100%?ÿ I read them to a guy about my age at a meeting tonight and he got 100%.?ÿ Tried a few of the questions on the waitress, age 30 to 40, and she didn't get any of them.
100%, Will only admit to being a dinosaur and the fact that when any national or global event was happening it was shown live and uncensored on TV.
The accident airplane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, had a non-standard attitude indicator and the pilot had failed the instrument check ride at least once.
All of them. ?ÿSimilar to what nickname Wally used when referring to his younger brother? ?ÿOr, what label was applied to Maynard G. Krebs? ?ÿWhich gal did not live at Petticoat Junction? ?ÿBillie Jo, Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo or Becky Jo? ?ÿWhat brand of cigarettes did Fred and Barney smoke? ?ÿWho was the first married couple to appear on TV occupying the same bed? ?ÿThere were more than three stooges. ?ÿHow many different stooges appeared?
I'm only 50 and I missed 3 of them. I think that's acceptable. 🙂
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I only missed the Red Skelton one....?ÿ ?ÿAnd the VW wasn't just called?ÿ a "VW".?ÿ ?ÿIt was a Type I, to be technical.?ÿ ?ÿ I don't know if "beetle" and/or?ÿ "bug" were ever officially used, until the more modern inception of the car.?ÿ?ÿ
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I only missed the Red Skelton one....?ÿ ?ÿAnd the VW wasn't just called?ÿ a "VW".?ÿ ?ÿIt was a Type I, to be technical.?ÿ ?ÿ I don't know if "beetle" and/or?ÿ "bug" were ever officially used, until the more modern inception of the car.?ÿ?ÿ
I always thought they were called "Herbie".?ÿ And I always thought the Lone Ranger left Tonto behind. (at the saloon)
