Let’s Laugh

This particular piece has shown up in my in-box several times. I’ve enjoyed it each time, probably because I’m getting to be an old fart and we have a tendency to take great joy in testing our memories. I think that for older people, like me, these serve as diagnostic self awareness tools. The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.

Test For Old Folks



1.  When 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?




2.  When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on the _______ Show.


3.  Get your kicks, on ___________.


4.  The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.





5.  In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ___________.




6.  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 _____________.


7.  Nestle's makes the very best _______________.



8.  Satchmo was America 's “Ambassador of Goodwill.” Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.

9.  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



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