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Answers in subsequent post. Good Luck!
Yet Another Chance to Prove That Your Memory's (Almost) Intact
1. Who or what was Sparkle Plenty?
a. The second engagement ring Richard Burton gave Liz Taylor
b. A character in the Dick Tracy comic strip
c. A constellation in the Milky Way discovered in 1849 by A. J. Plenty
2. What are Curb Whiskers?
a. A cat's way of curbing bad habits
b. Springy projections mounted on a car to let a driver know she's getting close to the curb
c. In the '30s, "gates" that had to be removed from injection-molded curbs
3. Who among the following would NOT be ranked with the "Song Birds?"
a. Margaret Whiting
b. Doris Day
c. Jeanette MacDonald
d. Jo Stafford
4. Name the first couple ever to be shown in bed together on prime time TV?
A. Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans. Trigger was just outside the door
b. Matt Dillon and Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke
c. Fred and Wilma Flintstone
d. Mary Kay and Johnny
5. What comic used to say, "I'm a BAAAAAAD boy!"
a. Lou Costello to Abbot, after a lecture by Bud Abbot, telling Lou how he screwed up
b. The Lone Ranger to Tonto every time the masked man gave away a phony silver bullet
c. Fibber McGee to Molly when she would open their closet door and 50 tons of junk came tumbling out
6. What was the first novel ever to be written on a typewriter?
A. Portnoy's Complaint
b. Tom Sawyer
c. Tale of Two Cities
7. Name one song made famous by Doris Day other than "Que Sera?"
a. "Rock of Ages"
b. "Sentimental Journey"
c. "Blue Moon"
8. What year was the first commercial microwave introduced?
a. 1946
b. 1954
c. 1961
9. What was Walt Disney's first animated feature film?
a. Toot. Toot
b. Pinocchio
c. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
10. What company sponsored Capt. Midnight on the radio?
a. Ovaltine
b. Cracker Jack
c. Black Jack Chewing Gum
11. We collected them. We licked them. We got free merchandise with them.
a. Popsicle sticks
b. S & H Green Stamps
c. 10ยข War Bond Saving Stamps
12. What was it that you had to be careful that you wouldn't step on when walking on the sidewalk back then?
a. Ants
b. Cracks
c. Old gum
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