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21st October 2006, 21:06
Someone e-mailed me this quiz. Not too bad.
Post you answers, and I'll update as they come in..
By the way, some of them seem a bit North American, so may not apply.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the suns et, 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? Silver Bullet
02. When the Beatles first came to the U. S. in early 1964, we all watched them on:
The ED Sullivan Show.
03. "Get your kicks, On Route 66 ."
04. "The story you are about to see i s true. The names have been changed To Protect the Innocent."
05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The Lion Sleeps tonight
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"
07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best Chocolate"
08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was Louis Armstrong
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? Timex
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named ????????????? and Red always ended his television show by saying, Good Night and God Bless
11. Some Americans who protested the Viet nam 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? Herbie & (love) bug.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died." This was a tribute to Buddy Holly
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
Post you answers, and I'll update as they come in..
By the way, some of them seem a bit North American, so may not apply.
01. After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the suns et, 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? Silver Bullet
02. When the Beatles first came to the U. S. in early 1964, we all watched them on:
The ED Sullivan Show.
03. "Get your kicks, On Route 66 ."
04. "The story you are about to see i s true. The names have been changed To Protect the Innocent."
05. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, The Lion Sleeps tonight
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"
07. "N_E_S_T_L_E_S", Nestle's makes the very best Chocolate"
08. Satchmo was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was Louis Armstrong
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? Timex
10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named ????????????? and Red always ended his television show by saying, Good Night and God Bless
11. Some Americans who protested the Viet nam 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? Herbie & (love) bug.
13. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, "the day the music died." This was a tribute to Buddy Holly
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