Who is up for....Boomer Trivia Pursuit!

[dixiegrrrrl]

Answer the question, then post one of your own.
( No fair looking up answers)

Starting question:

A famous slogan was.."It takes a licking and keeps on ticking "

What product was it?

Extra points for what tv show was the product on
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who was the "pitchman" for the product?

Ready...set...go.!!!!!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

1. Obviously a Timex watch,

(but without cheating and looking it up), I seem to remember it advertised on outdoorsy type shows. So I'll take a guess and say it was Marlon Perkins on wild kingdom.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Correct-o-next trivia question is up to you, now.

I seem to remember John Cameron Swayze in a commercial for Timex, but also another guy..have not looked it up.
Seems to my memory those were the days where the host of the show also did the "word from our sponsor" things..ring a bell with you???

On edit...aha!!!
Found this:
The Timex “torture test” advertising was also used in TV ads, a series made popular by celebrity newscaster John Cameron Swayze who hosted the spots. A number of these ads also featured sports celebrities who doled out the tough treatment to the watches and/or supplied an endorsing statement. Swayze also hosted non-celebrity Timex ads in which the watch would be subject to other trials — whether placed in a washing machine or attached to the bow of a speed boat. Swayze had made a name for himself as a broadcaster and became a trusted national personality and a believable pitchman for Timex. For over 20 years – well into the 1970s – Swayze appeared in the advertising series with one kind of Timex watch or another being subject to various physical challenges to prove their durability, shock resistance, and/or superior waterproofing.

found this on a very cool site:"Pop History"
http://www.pophistorydig.com/?tag=john-cameron-swayze-biography

[Joe Shlabotnik]

4. cool.

I'm not even a boomer (I'm 40), but one ad I remember well was the Timex watch dropped into a creek for over a year. As a little boy, I though... cool I'd love to find a watch like that! I'll defer the next trivia question to someone better at than me though.

[olddots]

42. John Camron Swazey ? I can remember that and forgot what I did yesterday

[Scuba]

3. What month and year was "The Battle of the Sexes"? Who won? Who lost?

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. Drats..I know the obvious name, but cannot remember #2

nor the year...

Good luck to anyone who can come up with it.

Remember...no peeking.

[catnhatnh]

6. Bobby Riggs vs Billy Jean King....

Riggs lost but parlayed the loss into a guest shot on the Odd Couple TV show. Not sure of the year. If this counts as a win, what kind of a car was the Monkeymobile and who was the builder?

[Scuba]

7. September, 1973 (I was home from SEA on emergency leave, so I remember it well).

[Manifestor_of_Light]

10. at the Houston Astrodome.

Billie Jean King rode in on an elephant.

Must have been hilarious.

Billie Jean was 30 years old and Bobby Riggs was 55, according to Wikipedia.

[no more war]

24. Part of it

Billie Jean King...guess1973

[SheilaT]

33. I was working as a ticket agent at

National Airport in Washington DC at that time. That day, or shortly thereafter, Norman Mailer came to the counter. I waited on him. I wish I could have been wearing a t-shirt that said "Right on Sister" with a picture of Billie Jean King on it.

[rustydog]

8. Timex, takes a licking and keeps on ticking

I can see the pitchman's face, the name is not there!

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. go here....a pic

http://tinyurl.com/7mk7b9u

He also hawked Camel cigarettes.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

11. What brand of toothpaste had an "invisible shield"???

I love Trivial Pursuit. I got a head fulla the stuff from way too many years in school.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. uhhh...Colgate???

[Manifestor_of_Light]

13. Bzzzzztt!! Wrong!!

[Irishonly]

14. AIM?

[pipi_k]

15. Ipana?

[Manifestor_of_Light]

16. Yes!!!! You win....a few kind words.

Good for you, pipi_k!!!

[pipi_k]

17. Wow...lucky guess!

Actually I sort of ruled all the others out since they had already been guessed, and then I remembered Ipana and I think one of the commercials featured a beaver or something.

[no more war]

26. Well

I don't remember, But, what brand of toothpaste did Bucky Bucky beaver appear in?

[MADem]

18. Here's a pile of Quiz Questions!

Try to fill in the blanks and respond to the questions correctly. You will have to scroll down for the answers--no peeking ahead of time!!


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 _______ _________.


ANSWERS (Scroll down....) :

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Here they are!!!!!


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 (Chawk....Lattt!!!)
08. Louis Armstrong
09.The Timex watch
10. Freddy The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God Bless.'
11. Draft cards (Not flags, as some have guessed)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop

[dmr]

19. I got them all right, but -

it took me a long time to answer - and I don't know if this will make sense, but ...

I was having brain farts. I knew the answers. I could see the answers in my brain, and while some answers came quickly enough, others were just stuck in ketchup or gravy ...

[MADem]

20. Get used to it...! You'll be yelling "What was...the THING-A-MA-BOB, dammit!"

at the TV in response to that Jeopardy clue in no time!

[annabanana]

46. not a tricky list... All you had to be was conscious. . . .n/t

[obama4ever11]

21. great show

great show!

[no more war]

22. timex

this is a guess, no I can see the guys face, no idea on the show

[no more war]

23. My first question

What show did Elvis first appear on?

[dixiegrrrrl]

25. Ed Sullivan????

[no more war]

27. Dixie girl

I'm sensing you are anti war. I am and have been so since 1964. I have'nt been any suitable threads here which seem impossible. I lived in AL.1966 to 1970. Then I went to Ca.

[no more war]

28. The D ( question answered)

Dorsy brothers TV show

[dixiegrrrrl]

29. Dorsy Bros...wow....I have no idea who they are...

good trivia question!

[no more war]

31. Thank you

thank you for the compliment on the question & you are right, it has an e in it. The Dorsey's were best known for big band era.

[dixiegrrrrl]

32. ahhhhhh...THEM I know.

Jimy and Tommy Dorsey..
But, my tv access was sporadic when I was growing up, so I had no idea they had a tv show.
I DO still have some of their music in my collection, tho.
Interesting juxtaposition, the beginning of rock and the fading out of Big Band Sound.

[pipi_k]

30. Would that be

Dorsy or Dorsey, as in Tommy and Jimmy?

[ClueMan]

34. Daniel Boone

Daniel Boone (1964–1970) aired on what TV network?

Bonus points if you can name the day and time.

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. wow...you picked the time period I had no tv...

in fact, I did not even know there was a show called Daniel Boone.

[no_hypocrisy]

36. Fess Parker. NBC.

I think it was Thursday nights but I can't remember if it was 7 or 8 p.m. EST.

[jambo101]

43. Was that the show starring Fess Parker? NT

[ConcernedCanuk]

38. I didn't even have to look - Timex it is

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After I decided that, THEN I peeked at the thread . .

Hell. I'm 62, musta seen a hundred or more ads on that.

Dunno what show it was on, but remember one video of it bouncing off the water behind a water skier

I also remember "Howdey Doody" and the Ed Sullivan Show . .

I must be gettin old . . .

(sigh)

[dixiegrrrrl]

39. Post a trivia question of your own, now....

[ConcernedCanuk]

40. In this thread of yours? or start another one ?

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This ole Canuk is full of trivia! (some say it not so politely!)

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. Why don't we start another one, since this is old.

Sorry I did not reply faster..was out gathering eggs and all that suny outdoorsy stuff.

[Sparky 1]

44. Another question . . .

Without looking it up . . . Jimmy Durante ended his show each night with, "Goodnight ___ ________ ________ ___ ___!"

[dixiegrrrrl]

45. I think I know but I want others to have a chance...

so will check back later.
I remember it because it too became a family saying.

I barely remember seeing Durante on 1950's tv....but I did not like him..something about him was off-putting.
Now I realize there was so much history before television for guys like him.

[annabanana]

47. !. .don't open if you want to guess

"Mrs. Calabash, Wherever you are"

(to his deceased wife)

yep,

I'm old

[whathehell]

48. Jimmy Durante!

Good night, Mrs. Calabash..!

[MADem]

50. Mrs. Calabash, where ever you are!

Jeez...I'm old.

[ConcernedCanuk]

49. Not my turn really, sue me!

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Red Skelton always ended his show with

"___ ___ _____"

CC

[MADem]

51. I thought he said

Goodnight and Gawd Bleeeesssssssss.....

[ConcernedCanuk]

52. Close enough!

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I didn't even remember it exactly -

shoulda checked before I posted the question

anyhoo

it was

"Good night and may God bless"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Skelton

Red was one heck of a great entertainer.

Made thousands laugh and smile.

Nothing wrong with that.

CC

[MADem]

53. Here's one most of us should be able to get...which people signed off with...

(fill in the blanks).


Good night, ____________

Good night, ____________ .


And Good night, for _____ ________



All will be revealed by clicking on this link (skip ahead to 2 minutes fifty seconds if you want to cut to the chase! Of course, part of the answer is in the header of this clip, doggone it...)

Bonus points for the music that accompanied... (Highlight the grey box to get the answer....)

[div style="color:#ccc; background-color: #ccc; display: inline;"] Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125, second movement by Ludwig van Beethoven