
Class of 1969

Trivia
Questions
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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?
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When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on what show?
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Finish this phrase: “Get your kicks, …”
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Finish this phrase: “The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to …”
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Finish this phrase: “In the jungle, the mighty jungle, …”
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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 what?
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Nestle’s makes the very best what?
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Satchmo was America’s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill.’ Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was what?
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What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?
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Red Skeleton’s hobo character was named what? And Red always ended his television show by saying, ‘Good Night, and …’?
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Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their what?
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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?
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In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, ‘the day the music died.’ This was a tribute to what?
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We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called what?
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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 what?
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Answers
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A silver bullet
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The Ed Sullivan Show
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On Route 66
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Protect the innocent.
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The Lion Sleeps Tonight
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The limbo
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Chocolate
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Louis Armstrong
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The Timex watch
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Freddy, The Freeloader and ‘Good Night and God Bless.’
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Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
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Beetle or Bug
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Buddy Holly
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Sputnik
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Hoola-hoop
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