By MICHAEL SCHENKLER

When a weekend of being under the weather, prevented me from getting to my column, I was grateful to received this "How Well Do You Remember? quiz via email from longtime political hoohah Marcia Livson. Its an old one — I’ve received before.

Honestly, the first time I got it, I was able to answer 28 and a half of the questions in a minute or so. Neither Jackie Gleason nor Red Skelton were watch watched very much in my house making questions #25 and #30 my stumbling blocks. But, if like me, you’re a New York child of the sixties, you should have fun with this.

Answers: next week (probably).

HOW WELL DO YOU REMEMBER?

1. "Kookie; Kookie. Lend me your ________________."

2. The "battle cry" of the hippies in the sixties was "Turn on; tune in;________________."

3. 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?________________.

4. Folk songs were played side by side with rock and roll. One of the most memorable folk songs included these lyrics: "When the rooster crows at the break of dawn, look out your window and I’ll be gone. You’re the reason I’m traveling on, __________________."

5. A group of protesters arrested at the Democratic convention in Chicago in 1968 achieved cult status, and were known as the ________________.

6. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on the ______________show.

7. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our _____________.

8. We all learned to read using the same books. We read about the thrilling lives and adventures of Dick and Jane. What was the name of Dick and Jane’s dog?

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9. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk (what there was of it) in the front, was called the VW. What other name(s) did it go by? _____________ & ___________.

10. A Broadway musical and movie gave us the gang names the ___________ and the __________.

11. In the seventies, we called the drop-out nonconformists "hippies." But in the early sixties, they were known as ________________.

12. William Bendix played Chester A. Riley, who always seemed to get the short end of the stick in the television program, "The Life of Riley." At the end of each show, poor Chester would turn to the camera and exclaim, "What a _____________."

13. "Get your kicks, ___________."

14. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ________________."

15. The real James Bond, Sean Connery, mixed his martinis a special way:________________.

16. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle, _______________________."

17. That "adult" book by Henry Miller - the one that contained all the "dirty" dialogue - was called _________.

18. Today, the math geniuses in school might walk around with a calculator strapped to their belts. But back in the sixties, members of the math club used a _________.

19. In 1971, singer Don Maclean sang a song about "the day the music died." This was a reference and tribute to _______________.

20. A well-known television commercial featured a driver who was miraculously lifted through thin air and into the front seat of a convertible. The matching slogan was "Let Hertz ________________."

21. 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________________.

22. "N-E-S-T-L-E-S; Nestles makes the very best... ________________."

23. In the late sixties, the "full figure" style of Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe gave way to the "trim" look first exemplified by British model _______.

24. Satchmo was America’s "ambassador of goodwill." Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ________________.

25. On Jackie Gleason’s variety show in the sixties, one of the most popular segments was "Joe, the Bartender." Joe’s regular visitor at the bar was that slightly off- center, but lovable character,_____________. (The character’s name, not the actor’s.)

26. We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it; it was called ____________.

27. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking?____________.

28. One of the big fads of the late fifties and sixties was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist; it was called the__________.

29. The "Age of Aquarius" was brought into the mainstream in the Broadway musical ______________.

30. This is a two-parter: Red Skelton’s hobo character (not the hayseed, the hobo) was ________________. Red ended his television show by saying, "Good night, and ______________."

Check next week for answers.

Memorial Light Sculpture

Two weeks ago we requested that readers send us their photos of the World Trade Center Memorial Light Sculpture. We wanted to share this one taken by Queensite Kevin Dooley of Sunnyside. Although sent to us in color, we believe the image is equally powerful in black and white.

In The Newsroom, The Taxman Is King

Newspaper offices are pretty tolerant places. They adjust to whatever comes their way.

Newspaper people are pretty tolerant, hardened and unfazed by just about anything.

Newspaper editors are tough sons of guns. Take Tamara Hartman, please.

Seriously, spending a great deal of your life in the newsroom environment, leads you to take things in stride. Murder, rape, mayhem come with the beat.

Death, terrorism, homelessness, sinking houses, abused children, corruption are all part of the scene even when the newsroom is housed on the service road of the Long Island Expressway. Yes even journalists for weekly newspapers get to live and write about the worst our society offers.

At times, you may hope to cover the best of the community, but you’re always ready for the worst. It comes with the turf.

With an office frequented by police officers, elected officials and community crazies, the staff barely breaks stride at occurrences that cause other offices to come to a standstill.

And Tamara Hartman, our trusty editor who has taught journalism at Queens College and is wrapping up her first decade as a dedicated journalist, claims to be immune to the celebrities and villains that cause ordinary folk to turn their heads.

Well, all those beliefs came crashing down recently when the receptionist walked into Tamara’s office where I was standing and announced out loud, "Kevin McKeon from the IRS is here to see you."

Gulps were audible in the newsroom. Tamara turned white and her body language yelled, "please, Mike don’t make me see him." Eyes from throughout the office were staring.

I paused, just for a moment — my life and business tax filings flashed before me — and then I recalled the name.

Kevin McKeon is the local IRS press guy. He sends us releases about a kinder and gentler Internal Revenue Service. He offers articles on electronic tax filings. He’s the New York go to guy when you have an IRS question and are afraid "they" might get your name.

He was just dropping by to say hello and offer his assistance with stories as we approached April 15.

Now cops don’t faze Tamara. Nor does the FBI. The military? Nah, she likes them. Government bureaucracy annoys her and politicians have vacillated from boring to corrupt to not bad on her list.

But bring in one revenue agent – a press guy at that — and this tough editor falls apart. So does everybody else.

Interesting, on the list of whose eyes to avoid, the taxman is king.

Some things never change.

However, judging by her reaction, the girl is hiding something.

How do you spell audit?