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Are_grits_groceries

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Sat Nov 9, 2013, 10:11 AM Nov 2013

Okay Boomers. How many of these questions can you answer correctly? [View all]

(I missed one)

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. 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.

03. 'Get your kicks, __ _________ _______.'

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

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

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 '_____________.'

07. Nestle's makes the very best . .. . . _______________.'

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

09. 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 __________ ______________.

16. Remember LS/MFT _____ _____/_____ _____ _____?

17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It's _____ ______ _____!

18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____ Knows!

19. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash". It's name was the ______ ______!

20. Alka Seltzer used a "boy with a tablet on his head" as it's Logo/Representative. What was the boy’s name?










How did you do?

Well, the answers are below!







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
16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco
17. Howdy Doody Time
18. Shadow
19. Monster Mash
20. Speedy
(From an email)




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I didn't know number 16 Oilwellian Nov 2013 #1
all of them. :D In living color and where necessary, the usual black and white. roguevalley Nov 2013 #49
LOL, isn't that the truth! Oilwellian Nov 2013 #84
I know. I remember a blur of green to red that you put over it. LOL! What a laugh now. :D roguevalley Nov 2013 #99
I heard a better answer for LS/MFT... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #63
I don't know what you mean but... El Supremo Nov 2013 #93
Also "Let's Stop, My Finger's Tired". Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #96
Do I need to go ahead and order a casket? I missed one also LiberalArkie Nov 2013 #2
We can order them together. Are_grits_groceries Nov 2013 #5
Costco has cheap caskets for your long dirt nap, LOL! Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #110
This was fun! I missed 1 #16 figures smoking question:-) redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #3
My dad smoked Luckies Tansy_Gold Nov 2013 #4
I knew 12 treestar Nov 2013 #6
I even remembered the name of the puppet dog in the Nestle's commercials! Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #7
Jimmy Nelson, Danny O'Day and Farfel Tansy_Gold Nov 2013 #36
It's official, I'm getting older than dirt...I got them all right! Lars39 Nov 2013 #8
I only missed the first part of #10. Damn, I'm old! And TV was so limited then. We all watched kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #9
15 of 15. My mind ain't gone yet. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #10
Must have since there are 20 questions. nt Are_grits_groceries Nov 2013 #13
So I can't count. hobbit709 Nov 2013 #17
Hey, I remember that show! classof56 Nov 2013 #68
I missed 1 - ruffburr Nov 2013 #11
14 out of 20 malaise Nov 2013 #12
I missed the first part of #10 (Red Skelton was never my favorite) Glorfindel Nov 2013 #14
That was the one I missed, too frazzled Nov 2013 #37
I guessed Clem Caddiddlehopper Doctor_J Nov 2013 #79
Got them all. Obviously I watched too much TV as a kid. Zen Democrat Nov 2013 #15
I missed 1 1/2! Greybnk48 Nov 2013 #16
Me too, sort of hootinholler Nov 2013 #44
Got them all. I now have a nice collection of earworms as well. The Velveteen Ocelot Nov 2013 #18
I missed 2: LWolf Nov 2013 #19
I was born the last yr of the Boom PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #20
I got them all .... oldhippie Nov 2013 #21
Gen Xer here, but got 17 of 20 TDale313 Nov 2013 #22
That's impressive, kid! Jim Lane Nov 2013 #54
Me too, I missed 4 of them.. glowing Nov 2013 #70
Another Gen Xer, I knew most of them too. kcr Nov 2013 #72
My 16 year old kid managed 6. I was impressed. DeadLetterOffice Nov 2013 #90
Leading edge of GenX ballabosh Nov 2013 #104
15 of 20 lumberjack_jeff Nov 2013 #23
I got 18 walkerbait41 Nov 2013 #24
I missed 1, 10, 16, & 20 phylny Nov 2013 #25
Geez, JimboBillyBubbaBob Nov 2013 #26
Perfect score. Is that good or bad? immoderate Nov 2013 #27
Fun, but on no. 11 Brainstormy Nov 2013 #28
I couldn't remember Beetle, brain fart. The rest I remembered. longship Nov 2013 #29
Missed 1, 10, & 16 MiniMe Nov 2013 #30
I didn't know 1, 10, or 16. JNelson6563 Nov 2013 #31
Forgot the silver bullet randr Nov 2013 #32
Could have sat all day pipi_k Nov 2013 #33
Every effin one of them! tularetom Nov 2013 #34
I got'em all except I thought it was Clem Kadiddlehopper instead of Freddy the Freeloader. panader0 Nov 2013 #35
That was an easy mistake, and points for remembering his name Brother Buzz Nov 2013 #56
I got them all right this time Major Nikon Nov 2013 #38
Aced it! Lugnut Nov 2013 #39
Got 'em all without really thinking about it. Fuddnik Nov 2013 #40
I was born in 1959 and got 11 right gopiscrap Nov 2013 #41
65 and got em all! See, all that pot didn't hurt my memory! mountain grammy Nov 2013 #42
I didn't cheat! Only got 15. :( valerief Nov 2013 #43
100% OMG I'm old.... KauaiK Nov 2013 #45
I got... CSStrowbridge Nov 2013 #46
I got 15 - TBF Nov 2013 #47
Another oldie but good here ChazII Nov 2013 #48
I missed #16 Lebam in LA Nov 2013 #50
I didn't remember Freddy the freeloader ashling Nov 2013 #51
Three of my four children are Boomers Thirties Child Nov 2013 #52
Too many BeyondGeography Nov 2013 #53
It must be time to go buy my plots TheOther95Percent Nov 2013 #55
Missed #1 & 10 NastyRiffraff Nov 2013 #57
Hell I got them all right. zeemike Nov 2013 #58
I missed three. eggplant Nov 2013 #59
I got all of them, and i'm an early Gen-Xer Rhythm Nov 2013 #60
I just missed #1 HockeyMom Nov 2013 #61
Oh, Johnny WAS cute, pengillian101 Nov 2013 #119
Missed one and a half... prairierose Nov 2013 #62
not a baby boomer + i missed 4. pansypoo53219 Nov 2013 #64
16, but I'm a borderline baby buster--I just have siblings that were boomers. n/t Gore1FL Nov 2013 #65
Almost all! WinstonSmith4740 Nov 2013 #66
Got them all correct upaloopa Nov 2013 #67
Okay, I'll try (and I swear I'm not looking up anything): Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #85
Without looking them up: El Supremo Nov 2013 #86
Buttermilk! El Supremo Nov 2013 #94
I thought the Red Skelton character was Crazy Guggenheim. I didn't know the Alka Seltzer boy MadLinguist Nov 2013 #69
Another one was Clem Kadiddlehopper. (nm) Elwood P Dowd Nov 2013 #73
No, Crazy was the dumb drunk on on Jackie Gleason. valerief Nov 2013 #76
That would be Keds, I believe. nt Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #82
McGillicutty El Supremo Nov 2013 #95
I got them all Blue_In_AK Nov 2013 #71
I got 19, but I have been around for a long, long time. n/t RebelOne Nov 2013 #74
I got them all Spirochete Nov 2013 #75
I drew a blank on Speedy, got all the others pinboy3niner Nov 2013 #77
I got 18. BTW LSMFT also could mean Doctor_J Nov 2013 #78
or as I heard onethatcares Nov 2013 #89
Yep, got 'em all, my brain is filled Lifelong Protester Nov 2013 #80
I've found that singing the "Super Chicken" theme under your breath clears Buns_of_Fire Nov 2013 #83
I like it, bringing the crazy! Lifelong Protester Nov 2013 #97
Knew all but #10 -- never was a big Skelton fan... Fun quiz, AGG! Nt Stardust Nov 2013 #81
got 'em all except the Lucky Strike ad.... mike_c Nov 2013 #87
I missed two..but I remember well when I saw the answers... Sancho Nov 2013 #88
I answered Hitler's Revenge for the VW vanamonde Nov 2013 #91
Yep. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #111
they also were sometimes called... grasswire Nov 2013 #115
I missed 2. B Calm Nov 2013 #92
Got 'em all. And btw, #15 should be "hula hoop" - not "hoola-hoop." highplainsdem Nov 2013 #98
I got them all right, except the 1st part of #10 Contrary1 Nov 2013 #100
I knew way too many of them! babylonsister Nov 2013 #101
Gen X here xmas74 Nov 2013 #102
Couldn't remember 5, or Freddie the Freeloader in 10. Benton D Struckcheon Nov 2013 #103
Great way back machine. Thanks. pinto Nov 2013 #105
I missed 4 liberal N proud Nov 2013 #106
I missed 2 LiberalElite Nov 2013 #107
#13 had multiple correct answers Courtesy Flush Nov 2013 #108
Hahahaha!!!!!!! Major Hogwash Nov 2013 #109
I missed 3 and a half. ohheckyeah Nov 2013 #112
Way too easy. I'm not a boomer (Millennial here) and I got most of 'em. Drunken Irishman Nov 2013 #113
Okay, #18? NOT Boomers. It was a radio program for our PARENTS. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #114
This made me so nostalgic......... Capt.Rocky300 Nov 2013 #116
I knew way more of these Danascot Nov 2013 #117
1. "Plunk your magic twanger, ________!" NBachers Nov 2013 #118
Got 'em all oswaldactedalone Nov 2013 #120
I am 43. I got 19/20, but I owe it all to my dad... ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #121
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