Friday, February 10, 2012

Are you smarter than a sixty year opld ... Thks T & C!



Are you smarter than a 60 year old?

THIS WAS
HARDER THAN I THOUGHT.....THE ANSWERS WERE ON THE TIP OF MY
TONGUE....I REMEMBERED, BUT
............
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 __ ______________.

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

Send this to your 'older' friends, (Better
known as Seniors.) It will drive them crazy! And keep them busy and
let them forget their aches and pains for a few minutes

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