Are You A Geezer?

[frankbmd]

The following quiz results should correlate with your age.

Take the quiz without cheating and post the number of your correct answers and your age.

I am 67 and got 17.5 out of 20 correct, with the Kadiddlehopper Korrection. (Thanks Barry)

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? Only 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? ________

If you think your answer is correct, it probably is. Finding the answers online is not difficult, but PM me if you need help.

The first member to claim twenty correct answers will be the bonafide "Net54 First Geezer"

[nolemmings]

I am 55 and got 18 out of 20 correct. I prefer curmudgeon to geezer

[gopherfan]

I got 16.5 (I didn't know Red Skelton's character name).

I'm 44.

[bn2cardz]

11/20 32 years old

[Leon]

I am 53 and got about 15 of them...but am not very good at these kinds of games anyway. Too much partying in my younger years, or something.......

[39special]

I got 19 of them.I must be old.

[barrysloate]

I got 19. The only one I missed was the first, and I used to watch the Lone Ranger. I know Paladin left his calling card, but the Lone Ranger...eek.

At least I knew Clem Cadiddlehopper (sp)

Hmmm....maybe Clem was a different character. Let me keep thinking about this one.

I think Frank was looking for Freddie the Freeloader. Clem was kind of a country bumpkin. So I got 18.

[DaClyde]

I'm 38, very much a child of the 80s, and I got 19/20.

16 was the only one that completely stumped me.

The rest were well covered by TV reruns and oldies stations on the radio. Though someone 10 years younger than me, with the same resources would likely not get most of them, as most of those shows are no longer being aired in reruns (Nick-At-Night has showing stuff from the 70s & 80s now) and many oldies radio stations have gone the way of classic rock, basically no longer playing anything earlier than 1964.

In a lot of ways, TV and radio were a lot more diverse in the 80s and early 90s than they are today after all the consolidation.

My mind is also something of a steel trap for useless trivia. But don't ask me to remember where I last saw my hammer or measuring tape, or the name of that person I just met 10 minutes ago.

[bigtrain]

I am 58 and only missed one. I am feeling like celebrating with a tall
glass of Metamucil. Sigh..

[Jantz]

#s 10, 16 & 20 stumped me.

So I guess I'm 17 for 20.

Only 47, but now I feel old.

Thanks Frank!!

They say you should learn something new every day. Maybe tomorrow I should learn what the letters AARP stand for.


Jantz

[barrysloate]

Here is bonus question #21:

Arnold Stang was regularly featured in a TV commercial in the 1960's, taking a bite of candy and uttering what six word phrase?

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Here is bonus question #21:

Arnold Stang was regularly featured in a TV commercial in the 1960's, taking a bite of candy and uttering what six word phrase?

Barry, you are a "geezer", if you know the answer to this one.

[Bocabirdman]

55....19/20 missed 16.


Who played a fellow vagabond on the "Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner" ? (Hint: He "voiced" the Invisible Man in the rowboat at the end of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein)

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Here is bonus question #21:

Arnold Stang was regularly featured in a TV commercial in the 1960's, taking a bite of candy and uttering what six word phrase?

Gawd I wish I hadda beer....

[mrmopar]

I have not read the whole thread yet to see if anyone posted all the answers to save us time of looking up any we are not sure about. I am 45 and think I got maybe 15 correct. Several were definitely before my time, but general trivia knowledge allowed me to know them.

[Prof_Plum]

17 out of 20; 61 yrs
thought of Klem, not Freddie
#16 - no smokers in our house
#20 - not much need for Alka Seltzer either; all I could remember was "plop, plop, fizz, fizz....."

[nolemmings]

Originally Posted by Prof_Plum

17 out of 20; 61 yrs
thought of Klem, not Freddie
#16 - no smokers in our house
#20 - not much need for Alka Seltzer either; all I could remember was "plop, plop, fizz, fizz....."

Do you remember "I can't believe I ate that whole thing"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFKifpMtlNs

[EvilKing00]

I got 12 right, im 40 years old

[billyb]

Mike,

Freddie, that was Red Skeleton hobo character, that was driving me nuts, the only one I missed, thanks.

[GoldenAge50s]

I did NOT recall the Arnold Stang slogan, but I do now! (After looking it up!)

As a couple have said, Freddie was the hobo & Clem was the country hick--I also chose Freddie because of the 3 spaces or I would have said Clem 1st!

--and Frank, I DO remember that the prize was a choice of any 10 cards from your collection! I am anxiously awaiting your list!

[frankbmd]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I did NOT recall the Arnold Stang slogan, but I do now! (After looking it up!)

As a couple have said, Freddie was the hobo & Clem was the country hick--I also chose Freddie because of the 3 spaces or I would have said Clem 1st!

--and Frank, I DO remember that the prize was a choice of any 10 cards from your collection! I am anxiously awaiting your list!

I'm breaking up my 86 Topps Set. Take your pick.

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by GoldenAge50s

I did NOT recall the Arnold Stang slogan, but I do now! (After looking it up!)

As a couple have said, Freddie was the hobo & Clem was the country hick--I also chose Freddie because of the 3 spaces or I would have said Clem 1st!

--and Frank, I DO remember that the prize was a choice of any 10 cards from your collection! I am anxiously awaiting your list!

Chunky, what a chunk of chocolate...

[GoldenAge50s]

I'm breaking up my 86 Topps Set. Take your pick.


I'll take 10 Cecil Fielder RC's!

[Runscott]

56, 17.5

I missed the same 1/2 as Frank, which is weird as I never missed that show.

[earlywynnfan]

You need to do a 70's version for those of us who were born in the late 60's.

"That's a spicy meatball!!"

Ken