Trivia Questions
Don't try this on anyone under 30...
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,
thegrateful 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 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 U.S. in early 1964, we all
watchedthem 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 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 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 Portnoys Complaint??________.
18. Today, the math geniuses in school might walk around with a
calculator strapped to their belts. 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 ______________."