Many THANKS Darwin...I shared the quiz (&answers) with many friends...great
way to brighten the day!!
Kelly in Calgary
----- Original Message -----
From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 8:59 AM
Subject: Answers to Remember Back Then


> Sorry, I forgot my promise. I have to be retrained every Monday! Here they
> are:
>
>
> > THE ANSWERS:
> >  1.  "Kookie; Kookie; lend me your comb." If you said "ears," you're in
> >  the wrong millennium, pal; you've spent way too much time in
> >  Latin class.
> >  2.  The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was "Turn on; tune
in;
> >  drop out." Many people who proclaimed that 30 ! years ago today are
Wall
> >  Street bond traders and corporate lawyers.
> >  3.  The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.  Several of you
probably
> > said he
> >  left behind his mask.  Oh, no; even off the screen,Clayton Moore would
> >  not be seen as the Lone Ranger without his mask!
> >  4.  "When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window
> >  and I'll be gone.  You're the reason I'm travelling on; Don't think
> > twice,
> >  it's all right."
> >  5.  The group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in
> >  Chicago in 1968 were known as the Chicago seven.  As Paul Harvey says,
> >  "They would like me to mention their names."
> >  6.  When the Beatles first came to the U.S.  in early 1964, we all
> > watched
> >  them on the Ed Sullivan Show.
> >  7.  Some of those who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning their
> >  draft cards.  If you said "bras," you've got the right spirit, but
nobody
> >  ever burned a bra while I was watching.  The "bra burning" days came as
a
> >  by-product of women's liberation movement which had nothing directly to
> >  do with the Viet Nam war.
> >  8.  Dick and Jane's dog was Spot.  "See Spot run." Whatever happened to
> >  them?  Rumor has it they have been replaced in some school systems by
> >  "Heather Has Two Mommies."
> >  9.  It was the VW Beetle, or more affectionately, the Bug.
> >  10.  A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the Sharks
> >  and the Jets.  West Side Story.
> >  11.  In the early sixties, the drop-out, non-conformists were known as
> >  beatniks.  Maynard G.  Krebs was the classic beatnik, except that he
> >  had no rhythm, man; A beard, but no beat.
> >  12.  At the end of "The Life of Riley," Chester would turn to the
camera
> >  and exclaim, "What a revolting development this is."
> >  13.  "Get your kicks, on Route 66."
> >  14.  "The story you are about to see is true.  The names have been
> > changed
> >  to protect the innocent."
> >  15.  The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special
> >  way: shaken, not stirred.
> >  16.  "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight."
> >  17.  That "adult" book by Henry Miller was called Tropic of Cancer.
> >  Today, it would hardly rate a PG-13 rating.
> >  18.  Back in the sixties, members of the math club used a slide rule.
> >  19.  "The day the music died" was a reference and tribute to Buddy
Holly.
> >  20.  The matching slogan was "Let Hertz put you in the driver's seat.!
"
> >  21.  After the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we "danced"
> >  under a stick in a dance called the Limbo.
> >  22.  "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very
> >  best...........chooo-c'late."
> >  In the television commercial, "chocolate" was sung by a puppet - a
> >  dog.
> >  (Remember his mouth flopping open and shut?)
> >  23.  In the late sixties, the "full figure" style gave way to the
"trim"
> >  look, as first exemplified by British model Twiggy.
> >  24.  Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us.  His
> >  name was Louis Armstrong.
> >  25.  Joe's regular visitor at the bar was Crazy Googenhiem.
> >  26.  The Russians put the first satellite into orbit; it was called
> > Sputnik.
> >  27.  What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?  A Timex watch.
> >  28.  The large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist was
> >  called the hula-hoop.
> >  29.  The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the
> >  Broadway musical "Hair."
> >  30.  Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader.  (Clem
> >  Kaddiddlehopper was the "hay seed.") Red ended his television show by
> >  saying, "Good night, and may God bless."
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > From:         Edward Kleinmeyer[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent:         Monday, March 13, 2000 3:46 PM
> > Subject:      Re: Remember back then?
> >
> > OK DARWIN,it's time to give with the answers!!!!!!!!!!!! Shirley
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 11:50 AM
> > Subject: Remember back then?
> >
> >
> > > Here's some fun and nostalgia to work on this weekend.
> > > I'll post the answers Monday. No cheating or collusion, but gum
> > > chewing is allowed, if you get my drift. You can even sleep on it.
> > >
> > >
> > > > This is a "remember back then" game. Don't cheat now.  And, have
fun!!
> > > >  ***********************************************
> > > >  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 travelling 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 U.S.  in early 1964, 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
name(s)
> > > >  did it go by?  ___________ & ________________
> > > >  10.  A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the
> > > >  ___________and the ________________.
> > > >  11.  In the seventies, we called the drop-out nonconformists
> > "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 tele-vision 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, ________________."
> > > >  1! 7.  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 (not the
> > hayseed;
> > > >  the hobo) was ________________.  Red ended his television show by
> > > >  saying, "Good night, and ________________."
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >