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ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 60 YR OLD?
THIS MAY BE HARDER THAN YOU MAY THINK.
THE ANSWERS
WILL BE ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE,
BUT YOU JUST CAN'T QUITE
REMEMBER THE CORRECT ANSWER.
DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT.
A TEST FOR '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 boy's 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. Timex watch
10 Freddy, The Freeloader & "Good Night & God Bless."
11. Draft cards (Some burned bras
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-Hoop
16. Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco
17. Howdy Doody Time
18 The Shadow
19. Monster Mash
20. Speedy
 
I only got 8 right (but I'm not even American!) It could have been nine but I just could not remember it was called the Limbo! Duh! :lolno:
 
I got them all right. My grandmother smoked Lucky Strike. When she died at 99 years old my aunts and uncles said "Smoking killed her!"
Lucky Strike had a red circle on the white pack when I smoked them but during WWII it the pack was green. There's some story about that that can be found if you google it. :grin:

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