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Are You Smarter Than A 60 Year Old?

Posted: 8/16/13 4:30pm Message 1 of 2
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DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE  ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT A TEST FOR 'OLDER'  KIDS.

  I was  picky who I sent this to It had to be those who might actually  remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test  for us 'older kids'! The answers are printed below, (after the  questions) but don't cheat! Answer them first.....

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 __  ______________.

  16.  Remember LS/MFT_____  _____/_____ _____  _____?

  17. Hey  Kids! What time is it? It's _____ ______  _____!

  18. Who  knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____  Knows!

  19. There  was a song that came out in the 60's that was "a grave yard smash"  it's name was the ______  ______!

  20. Alka  Seltzer used a "boy with a tablet on his head"  as

  it's  Logo/Representative. What was the boys Name?  ________

  











 

    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. Freddy, The Freeloader and 'Good Night and God  Bless.'

11. Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as  some have guessed)

12. Beetle or Bug

13. Buddy Holly

14.  Sputnik

15 Hoola-hoop

16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine  Tobacco

17. Howdy  Doody Time

18.  Shadow

19.  Monster Mash

20.  Speedy

 



 



 



 




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Re: Are You Smarter Than A 60 Year Old?

Posted: 8/23/13 6:37am Message 2 of 2
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