The 50's Test

[Brutuskend]

The answers are below, but don't cheat.

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 ____________________.

05. In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _________________________.

06. 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 _________________________.

07. N-E-S-T-L-E-S, 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 Skeltons hobo character was ________________________, and he 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. 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 may God Bless."
11. draft cards (the bra was also burned)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. sputnik
15. hoola-hoop




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I got them all but the Red Skelton one. And I should have gotten that one as well.

 

[Orsorum]

I want to lay Marty McFly's mother.

 

[blackdogdeek]

got everything except 10 and 13. i never knew the answer to 10. i knew 13 but forgot at some point.

i was born in 1970.

 

[elektrolokomotive]

Got 'em all. Didn't cheat.

Born in 1962.

 

[SWScorch]

I knew most of those and I was born in 1984

 

[Colt45]

I knew most of them.. Not exactly a child of the 50's/60's.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Sad thing is, I got 14 correct and I'm a child of the 80s/90s.

 

[ITJunkie]

Well I didn't cheat and still managed to only miss #10 and 1/2 of number 12...forgot about the "bug"

Damn does this age me or what

 

[BigJ]

13/15 and I was born in '86, hah!

I didn't get the Lone Ranger reference or Red Skeltons.

 

[KarenMarie]

Got them all
Born in 1963

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
Got 'em all. Didn't cheat.

Born in 1962.

Same here.....except 1963 for me.

 

[Mandos]

Originally posted by: Orsorum
I want to lay Marty McFly's mother.

me too, man sh was fine

 

[JDub02]

Got them all except for the Red Skelton one ... and I was born in 1980 ..

 

[jemcam]

01. A silver bullett
02.

Crap, nevermind, I didn't notice you already posted the answers.

 

[jjones]

Born in 60 and knew them all. In fact, they were all very easy questions.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: jjones
Born in 60 and knew them all. In fact, they were all very easy questions.

OK, here's one for you.

They used to make a thing kinda like a AlkaSeltzer that you would put in water and it would make it like a carbonated beverage.

What were they called?

 

[badmouse]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend

Originally posted by: jjones
Born in 60 and knew them all. In fact, they were all very easy questions.

OK, here's one for you.

They used to make a thing kinda like a AlkaSeltzer that you would put in water and it would make it like a carbonated beverage.

What were they called?

Bet the answer is as funny as a flood in a fizzies factory

 

[MrDingleDangle]

04. to protect the innocent.
05. The Lion sleeps tonight.
06. The limbo
07. chocolate.
09. The Timex watch.
11. draft cards (the bra was also burned)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. sputnik
15. hoola-hoop

got all these and am only 26

 

[MisterCornell]

I was born in '82, and I got most of them.

 

[Ikonomi]

I was born in 1983 and I only got 10. I couldn't remember Ed Sullivan's name.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: MisterCornell
I was born in '82, and I got most of them.

change that to 84 and I'd have to second.

This test is way too general to be a 50's test.

 

[cavemanmoron]

missed one,

05. The Lion sleeps tonight LOL haven't heard the song in a while.

born shortly after Sputnik.
October 4, 1957 (40 years ago):
The Russians launched the first artificial satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which demonstrated the technological superiority of Communism (actually more of a propaganda pain for the US). They equipped the Sputnik with transmitters to broadcast on frequencies at 20 and 40 MHz so everyone will know it's up there.
The United States was shocked. Senator Lyndon Johnson said the Russians have jumped way ahead of us in the conquest of space. "Soon, they will be dropping bombs on us from space like kids dropping rocks onto cars from freeway overpasses!*" [*from a movie that dramatized the emotional impact of that day]. Everyone in the United States were constantly reminded that the Russians were well on the way in conquering space and newspaper headlines, "REDS ORBIT ARTIFICIAL MOON" and "SOVIET SATELLITE CIRCLES GLOBE EVERY 90 MINUTES".

http://www.nytimes.com/partner...ial/sputnik/scan1.html

 

[Harvey]

01. I'm tempted to say a broken heart, but the answer is, a silver bullet.

02. The Ed Sullivan Show.

03. Too many good answers, but you're looking for the Hoagy Carmichael tune, "Route 66"

04. ... to protect the sponsor... ummm... no... the innocent. Yeah, that's the ticket.

05. ... The Lion Sleeps Tonight.

06. How low can you go when you "Limbo"

07. Too many products, now, but they were talking about chocolate.

08. Louis Armstrong.

09. It's either a lollipop bomb or a Timex watch.

10. Freddy The Freeloader. "Good night, and God Bless."

11. I could never pass the physical to wear a bra so it must have been my draft card.

12. Beetle, bug.

13. "Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie" refers to:

Initially inspired by his memories of the death of Buddy Holly in 1959, ?American Pie? is autobiographical and presents an abstract story of Don McLean?s life from the mid 1950s until when he wrote the song in the late 1960s. It is almost entirely symbolised by the evolution of popular music over these years and represents a change from the lightness of the 1950s to the darkness of the late 1960s. This is also very symbolic of changing America during this era.

14. The Hudsucker Proxy... j/k Actually to the subject of that movie, the hula hoop.

I was around for all of it... the first time.

 

[jadinolf]

Good one Brutus. I was born 16 years after the end of WWI.