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20th July 2014
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Picture: The Lone Ranger and Tonto
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Picture: The Z Cars team
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Picture: All together ‘ Crackerjack!’
Are
you smarter than a 60+ year
old?
Steve sent me this fascinating questionnaire based on the
TV programme. How well will you do? This
may be harder than you may think. The answers will be on the tip of your
tongue, but you just can't quite remember the correct answer.
Don't look below for the answers until you have tried it out.
This is a test for us 'older kids'! So in the spirit of 60+ here are 60
questions! ( I have added a few of my own!)
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 went tothe U.S. In early 1964, they appeared 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 and The Mashed Potato 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 great jazz trumpeter. His name was. _______ __________.
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their ______________.
11. The little car with the engine in the back and the boot in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ &_______________.
12. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
13. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
14. 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 ________________________.
07. Nestle's makes the very best “_______________.”
08. Satchmo was great jazz trumpeter. His name was. _______ __________.
09. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
10. Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their ______________.
11. The little car with the engine in the back and the boot in the front was called the VW. What other names did it go by? ____________ &_______________.
12. In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, 'the day the music died.' This was a tribute to ___________________.
13. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
14. 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 ________________________.
15. There was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash." Its name was the ______ ______!
16. Alka Seltzer used a "boy with a tablet on his head" as its Logo/. What was the boy's name? ________
17. What was the name of the lead character in the puppet series “Four Feather Falls?” --- ------
18. What were the opening lines of Dixon of Dock
Green? ------- ---
19. You are never alone with a what? ------------
20. Which children’s television programme was
first shown 11th July 1950?
---- -----
21. In 1954 the BBC aired the first TV soap
opera. What was it called? --- -----
------
22. Who was the Ranger Rider’s sidekick? ---- ----
23. Who was the first national
female newsreader on BBC television. --- ------
24. In what year did Dad’s Army start? ----
25. For how many years did Top of the Pops run
for? –
26. I Love ----
27. What was the sub title of the Phil Silvers
Show? (I do not mean Sgt Bilko) ----- ----- --- ----
28. Who was the band leader
in the original Come Dancing programmes? ------ ---------
29. In what year was Radio One launched? ----
30. Billy Bean and his ----- -------
31. Who was Mr Pastry? ------- ------
32. It’s time for bed said --------
33. What programme was the spin off from Z Cars/
------ ------
34. What programme was ITV’s answer to Blue
Peter? ------
35. Who were the two people responsible for Pingwings, Pogles' Wood, Noggin the Nog, Ivor the Engine, Clangers and Bagpuss? ------ -------- ----- ------
36. Who did Bruce Seaton play? ------ -- ---
-----
37. Who was the fat owl of the ‘remove? -----
------
38. When the Goon Show transferred to TV what was
it known as? --- ---------
39. One science fiction programme involving an
experiment scared the whole population in the 1950’s. What was it/ ---
---------- ----------
40. What was the real name of Ally Pally?
--------- -------
41. Who played Robin Hood in the 1950’s? -------
-----
42 Who was born on a mountain top in Tennessee? ----
-------
43. In the early 1960’s a medical programme was
broadcast in monochrome showing surgical operations. What was it called? ----
---- -- ---- -----
44. Who was the dragon in ‘ George and the
Dragon’ ? ----- -----
45. Have gun will travel was the card of a man.
Which man? -------
46. Who was Our Man at St Marks? ------ --------
47. What was Miriam Karlin’s character in The Rag
Trade? ----
48. What was wrong with Hopkirk? --------
49. In the 1950’s a childrens talent and hobby
programme was popular. What was it called? --- ---- ---
50. Who was the Hot Chestnut Man? ------ ------
51. Who was the original sergeant in The Army
Game? ------- --------
52. Nicholas Parsons was, for years, the straight
man to which comedian? ------ ------
53. What was the penalty if you dropped a gift in
Double or Drop? -------
54. Who was the Bed-sit Girl? ------ -------
55. Who played Budgie? ---- -----
56. Fanny and ------ Craddock
57. A famous hospital TV series starring Jill
Browne was ------- ---- ---
58. "Flintstones...
Meet the Flintstones, They're a
modern stoneage family. From the
town of -------? Where?
59. Who was the
quiz inquisitor? ------- -----
60. What was
TW3? ---- --- --- ---- --- ---
ANSWERS:
01.The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On 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. Draft cards (Bras were also Burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
11. Beetle or Bug
12. Buddy Holly
13. Sputnik
14. Hoola-hoop
15. Shadow
16. Monster Mash
01.The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan Show
03. On 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. Draft cards (Bras were also Burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
11. Beetle or Bug
12. Buddy Holly
13. Sputnik
14. Hoola-hoop
15. Shadow
16. Monster Mash
17. Tex Tucker
18. Evening all
19. Strand
20. Andy Pandy
21. The Grove Family
22. Dick West
23. Nan Winton
24. 1968
25. 42
26. Lucy
27. You’ll Never Get Rich
28. Victor Sylvester
29. 1967
30. Funny Machine
31.
Richard Hearne
32.
Florence
33.
Softly, Softly
34.
Magpie
35.
Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin
36.
Fabian of the Yard
37.
Billy Bunter
38.
The Tele Goons
39.
The Quatermass Experiment
40.
Alexandra Palace
41.
Richard Greene
42.
Davy Crocket
43.
Your Life in Their Hands
44.
Peggy Mount
45.
Paladin
46.
Leslie Phillips
47.
Paddy
48.
He was deceased
49.
All Your Own
50.
Johnny Morris
51.
William Hartnell
52.
Arthur Haynes
53.
Cabbage
54.
Sheila Hancock
55.
Adam Faith
56.
Johnny
57.
Emergency Ward Ten
58.
Bedrock
59.
Michael Miles
60.
That was the week that was.
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Shame to hear of the death of James Garner, to me he will always be Bret Maverick
Shame to hear of the death of James Garner, to me he will always be Bret Maverick
On this Day 20th July 1960-1965
On
20/07/1960 the number one single was Good Timin' - Jimmy Jones
and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack.
The top rated TV show was Rawhide (ITV) and the box office smash was Psycho. A pound of today's money was worth
£13.68 and Burnley were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1
champions.
On
20/07/1961 the number one single was Temptation - Everly Brothers
and the number one album was South Pacific Soundtrack.
The top rated TV show was No Hiding Place (AR) and the box office smash was One Hundred and One Dalmations. A pound of
today's money was worth £13.25 and Tottenham Hotspur were on the way to
becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On
20/07/1962 the number one single was I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles
and the number one album was West Side Story Soundtrack. The top rated TV show
was Coronation Street (Granada)
and the box office smash was Lawrence of Arabia. A pound of today's money was
worth £12.89 and Ipswich Town were on the way to becoming the Season's Division
1 champions.
On
20/07/1963 the number one single was Confessin' - Frank Ifield and the number
one album was Please Please Me - The Beatles. The top rated TV show was Coronation Street (Granada) and the box office
smash was The Great Escape. A pound of today's money was worth £12.64 and
Everton were on the way to becoming the Season's Division 1 champions.
On
20/07/1965 the number one single was Mr Tambourine Man - Byrds
and the number one album was The Sound of Music Soundtrack. The top rated TV
show was Coronation Street (Granada)
and the box office smash was The Sound of Music. A pound of today's money was
worth £11.69 and Manchester United were on the way to becoming the Season's
Division 1 champions.
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