CAUTION: ANYONE WHO SCORES 100% ON THIS QUIZ IS OLD…

The answers are below, but don’t cheat!

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____________________.

05. In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _________________________.

06. 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 _________________________.

07. N_E_S_T_L_E_S, 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 Skeltons hobo character was________________________, and he 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)

01. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
02. The Ed Sullivan show.
03. 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. Freddy the freeloader, and “Good night, and may God Bless.”
11. draft cards (the bra was also burned); And so, in some cases, were Flags
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. sputnik
15. hoola-hoop

I am proof that a person can be old without scoring 100% on this quiz! I missed number 8 and the first part of #10.
-Sheila Tolley-

The earliest record of the character Father Christmas comes from a play written by one of Shakespeare’s contemporaries, Ben Jonson.

Ben Jonson was convicted of killing an actor named Gabriel Spenser in 1598.

Jonson escaped the death penalty (which was still in action in England at the time) through a legal loophole called “Benefit of the  Clergy,” in which he only had to read a Bible verse to show his literacy. Instead of being hanged, Jonson was branded on his thumb and released.

After his death some 39 years later, Ben Jonson was buried standing up at Westminster Abbey, possibly because they were short on space.

When Shakespeare’s Globe Theater burned down in 1613, nobody was injured except a man whose trousers caught fire. The man put them out with a bottle of beer.

The fire at the Globe itself was believed to have been started by a misfiring stage cannon.

The word “background” was originally a theatrical term, used for the rearmost part of a stage, the greatest distance from the audience.

While the protagonist of a play is the most important character, the second-most important is called the “deuteragonist.”

JM Barrie’s classic story Peter Pan was originally written as a play for children in 1904. The fairy character of Tinkerbell was produced on stage by someone in the wings holding a mirror next to a lamp and reflecting a circle of light against the backdrop.

 

I choose a lazy person to do a hard job.
Because a lazy person will find an
easy way to do it.
Anonymous

THANKS TO ALL OF THE MOTHERS.

https://www.farmersalmanac.com/when-mothers-day

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/06/exclusive-first-lady-melania-trump-honors-american-military-moms-as-the-soul-of-our-nation-in-address/

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer will have his trial televised, just like O.J.

https://redstate.com/beccalower/2026/05/08/judge-decision-on-cameras-in-the-courtroom-during-charlie-kirk-murder-trial-n2202157

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You really can’t fix stupid.

https://pjmedia.com/tim-o-brien/2026/05/05/unitedhealthcare-learns-you-cant-fix-stupid-fires-social-media-manager-over-trump-post-n4952542

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Georgia’s Ossoff might as well be on the SPLC payroll.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/05/georgia-sen-jon-ossoff-has-a-few-hundred-thousand-reasons-to-stay-silent-on-splc-scandal-n2202034

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There is a great quote here,  she is like Mamstinky without the personality.   Change stinky to Hillary.

https://pjmedia.com/victoria-taft/2026/05/04/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-dumber-version-of-commie-mamdani-n4952474

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Everything is blamed on the Strait of Hormuz.   Didn’t COVID teach America to make important items at home ???????????

https://redstate.com/redstate-guest-editorial/2026/05/05/how-a-two-cent-item-threatens-us-national-security-n2202004

Too many politicians have an attitude.

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/07/tn-redistricting-unhinged-moment-n2202109

No to Virginia.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/08/nolte-virginia-supreme-court-kills-democrat-gerrymander-scheme/

 

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Mamstinky news.    The illegals want to make America what they left behind.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/opinion/one-way-or-another-mamdanis-rent-freeze-will-mean-disaster-for-those-he-claims-to-help/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/05/08/mamdani-allies-fed-up-over-nypd-interactions-with-ice-n2675764

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The Trashy Editor:    What is trash about, LL ?

The Clean Reporter:    It’s an update on how humans are poisoning themselves.    Here are some trash dead-zones.    They have doubled in size since my last report.

https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Humans are killing the oceans and the animals in them.

Circling the Earth, are more dangerous trash items than 5 countries should be able to leave behind.

This might be the saddest.   Politicians approve the toxic dumps and retire a few years later.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/20/health/new-jersey-neighborhood-cancer-cluster-includes-28-on-one-street/

In America, Andrew would be at least a Senator.

https://theonion.com/depraved-inbred-community-distances-itself-from-prince-andrew/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/

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She is a national treasure.

https://babylonbee.com/news/is-it-too-late-to-ask-who-gerry-mander-is-kbj-whispers-to-clarence-thomas

https://www.newsmax.com/

AOC thinks you can only acquire a Billion Dollars if your Sugar Daddy is Mr. Fraud.
She and her fellow Democrats have done quite well working with Mr. Fraud.
-MST-
.

Oh look! It is a Sissy Collage.
-MST-
.

I wonder if IIhan’s wedding ring is from her current husband or her Brother that she married first.
It is funny that her name starts Eleven.
-MST-

These BLM Vandalizers are as Sharp As A Marble, aren’t they?
-MST-

Be a pineapple:
Stand tall, wear a crown,
and stay sweet on the inside.
Anonymous

Modern theater was developed in Ancient Greece. Back then, audiences tended not to clap to show their appreciation, instead they would stomp their feet.

“Encore!” literally means “again” or “once more” in French, it  implies that a performance has been so good that you would like to see it again.

“Bravo!” means “brave” in Italian. Originally used only for operatic performances, it is sometimes changed to “brava” (feminine) when the performer is female and “bravi” (plural) for an ensemble performance.

Shakespeare wrote 37 plays.

At the time of Shakespeare’s life, acting was an exclusively male profession. So even some of his most famous female roles, including Cleopatra and Romeo and Juliet, would have originally been played by men.

Shakespeare is known to have collaborated on some of his work with other contemporary playwrights. He in return also worked on their plays, and scholars today can recognize his style of poetry and prose in other writers’ work.

Shakespeare was also an actor and performed with a theater troupe known as the “King’s Men.”

The famous Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe, who wrote Dr. Faustus, was killed in a brawl at a London tavern in 1593. He was just 29 years old.

Senator Kennedy advises Obama and Colbert to get a motel room.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/05/08/comedy-gold-sen-kennedy-mocks-lovefest-between-fawning-host-and-obama-get-a-motel-room-n2202123

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A two times mother.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/07/karoline-leavitt-announces-birth-of-daughter-viviana-god-is-good/

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Hochul is caught lying.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/07/us-news/hochul-set-to-announce-deal-on-nys-budget-with-a-little-more-help-for-mamdani-nyc/

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Iran can’t be trusted–PERIOD.   Their word is as good for as long as a carrier–group remains nearby.

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-iran-conflict-nuclear-weapons/2026/05/06/id/1255459/

Curb doesn’t mean stop or quit.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curb

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Do you think that Mayor Bowser gave instructions ????????   She just retired to be with her family.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/05/06/dc-police-finally-hold-those-accountable-for-cooking-the-books-on-crime-data-n2675609

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Ketanji is a national treasure.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/05/05/justice-alitos-just-took-ketanji-brown-jackson-to-the-cleaners-n2675532

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Good luck.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/05/04/kamala-harris-said-what-about-la-mayor-karen-bass-n2202006

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Musk will take us to Mars.

https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/05/04/spacexs-last-big-test-was-all-wet-n4952477

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Rubio is getting on-the-job training from be Pope.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2026/05/04/vatican-confirms-marco-rubio-will-meet-pope-leo-xiv-on-may-7/

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School administrators need training.   Victims should be able to sue them individually, no taxpayer liability.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/05/04/phoenix-family-suing-school-after-sexual-assault-n2675496

Has Pharaoh Ramses 2 been rediscovered ?

https://nypost.com/2026/05/04/science/archaeologists-uncover-massive-artifact-depicting-pharaoh-thought-to-have-challenged-moses-in-exodus/

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The regular season doesn’t mean much.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/05/07/report-ncaa-votes-to-expand-march-madness-tournament-for-men-women-to-76-teams/

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The Current Events Editor:    What is happening in America, LL ?

The Weekly Reader Cat:    Will Jack Daniel’s Whiskey wind up like Budweiser, owned by a foreign company ?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/amy-curtis/2026/04/28/jd-takeover-n2675185

Maybe the owners or Trump will stop the merger.

Here is a success story.   Actors on the ‘Friends’ rerun shows make 20 Million bucks per episode.

https://pagesix.com/2026/04/28/entertainment/lisa-kudrow-divulges-staggering-amount-friends-cast-still-makes-on-residuals/?_gl=1*40rl11*_ga*NTg1MzMxMTkyLjE3NzIyMTkxMjU.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*czE3Nzc0MDExOTkkbzY0JGcwJHQxNzc3NDAxMjAwJGo1OSRsMCRoMA

A favorite BBQ chain closes.

https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/business/smokey-bones-bbq-abruptly-shuts-us-restaurants-after-filing-for-bankruptcy/

This is a tough one.   Trump might swap Minnesota for Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, with Canada.  It is only 16 miles to the 51st state Greenland.

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

https://tolleystopics.com/2026/01/27/the-somali-waltz/

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Enroll before Mitch McConnell passes to the other side.

https://theonion.com/aarp-releases-strong-april-jowls-report/

https://www.washingtontimes.com/

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It is amazing.

https://babylonbee.com/news/media-still-stumped-as-to-motive-of-gunman-with-manifesto-titled-why-im-going-to-kill-donald-j-trump

https://www.breitbart.com/