How Many Do You Remember????...
FREAK......I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT YOU WEREN'T EVEN BORN IN THE 50'S OR 60'S!!!!!!!!!!
You're probably too young to get all of them, but old enough to be
surprised at some of the things you WILL remember!
50's & 60's Memory Test
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1. "Kookie; Kookie. Lend me your __."
2. The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was
"Turn on; tune in;______."
3. 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______?
4. Folk songs were played side by side with rock and roll. One of the
most memorable folk songs included these lyrics: "When the rooster crows
at the break of dawn, look out your window and I'll be gone. You're the
reason I'm traveling on_____."
5. A group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in
Chicago in 1968 achieved cult status, and were known as the ___.
6. When the Beatles first came to the US in early1964, we all
watched them on the ____show.
7. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our___.
8. We all learned to read using the same books. We read about the
thrilling lives and adventures of Dick and Jane. What was the name of
Dick and Jane's dog?______.
9. The cute, little car with the engine in the back and the trunk
(what there was of it) in the front, was called the VW. What other names
did it go by? ______ & ______.
10. A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the ____and
the _____.
11. In the late sixties & early seventies, nonconformists were called
"hippies." But in the early sixties, they were known as _____.
12. William Bendix played Chester A. Riley, who always seemed to get
the short end of the stick in the television program, "The Life of
Riley." At the end of each show, poor Chester would turn to the Camera
and exclaim, "What a _____."
13. "Get your kicks, ____________."
14. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been
changed __________."
15. The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special
way:_____________.
16. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____."
17. That "adult" book by Henry Miller - the one that contained all the
dirty" dialogue - was called _________.
18. Today, the math geniuses in school might walk around with a
calculator strapped to their belt. But back in the sixties, members of
the math club used a _________.
19. In 1971, singer Don Maclean sang a song about "the day the music
died." This was a reference and tribute to ________________.
20. A well-known television commercial featured a driver who was
miraculously lifted through thin air and into the front seat of a
convertible. The matching slogan was "Let Hertz ________."
21. After the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we "danced"
under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called
the _________.
22. "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best ... ____."
23. In the late sixties, the "full figure" style of Jane Russell and
Marilyn Monroe gave way to the "trim" look, as first exemplified by
British model ____.
24. Sachmo was America's "ambassador of goodwill." Our parents shared
this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ____.
25. On Jackie Gleason's variety show in the sixties, one of the most
popular segments was "Joe, the Bartender." Joe's regular visitor at the
bar was that slightly off- center, but lovable character ________.
(The character's name, not the actor's.)
26. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The
Russians did it; it was called _________.
27. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?____________.
28. One of the big fads of the late fifties and sixties was a large
plastic ring that we twirled around our waist; it was called the ___.
29. The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the
Broadway musical ______.
30. This is a two-parter: Red Skelton's hobo character was _____.Red
ended his television show by saying "Good night, and
________________."
I didn't do as well as I thought I would. Maybe I'm younger than I thought! Answers tomorrow
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