Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
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Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by retired2 Thu Nov 29, 2012 10:13 am
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
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 later.
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 ‘_______ - _______’.
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
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 later.
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 ‘_______ - _______’.
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by kishgo Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:09 pm
Missed three. Where are answers?
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by gale force Thu Nov 29, 2012 12:31 pm
Missed the first part of No. 10. The name just will not come back into my memory!!
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by kishgo Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:21 pm
Me too GF and the other name for the VW Beetle/Bug and number 11 is on the tip of my tongue..draft cards? Bras...no that would be women and for another cause!
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by kishgo Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:57 pm
Oh right on Duckey! As soon as I heard it, I knew it was right!
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by retired2 Thu Nov 29, 2012 9:03 pm
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
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
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Re: Are you smarter than a … 60 year old?
by growler Fri Nov 30, 2012 10:16 am
got the a part of the red skelton one wrong, isaid clem cadiddle hopper !
got the rest ok! (just lucky?) thanks
got the rest ok! (just lucky?) thanks
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