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I blew one question, had to do with "Lucky Strike" cigarettes.
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 hey, 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:
No Cheating!!!
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
nuxvomica
(12,429 posts)What the Lone Ranger left behind and Red Skelton's hobo. I feel old now but I can't tell if it's more for how much I knew or the ones I couldn't remember.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)although Speedy made me think for a minute.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I have no reason for missing the Lone Ranger one.
Although I realized Fter reading the answers that I do remember Freddy the Freeloader (just not when I need to!). All I could come up with was Clem Kaddiddlehopper (sp?). Apparently, we're all about the same age, no?
OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)cyberswede
(26,117 posts)I think absorbed a lot from my older siblings who were born in the 50s.
I missed the Lone Ranger question, Freddy the Freeloader, and Lucky Strike.
Thanks for posting - this was fun.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)HarveyDarkey
(9,077 posts)Now GET OFF MY LAWN!!
murielm99
(30,745 posts)But I never liked him, so I did not watch his show.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The Long Ranger/ silver bullet and LS/MFT (although if you had written it as "___ ___ means fine tobacco" I probably would have gotten it, since I remember all those cigarette slogans (but fortunately never took up the habit).
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)Loose Straps Mean Flabby Tits.
Though thinking about it it doesn't even make sense.
becca da bakkah
(426 posts)Or....the ever popular, "Lets Screw, My Finger's Tired!" I'm sure there's others that I've either forgotten, or never knew.
HERVEPA
(6,107 posts)(Junior High in Philadelphia)
antiquie
(4,299 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)right before the correct answer did.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)Number 11 is wrong.
Flags were most definitely burned protesting the Vietnam War.
http://iml.jou.ufl.edu/projects/fall01/gause/history.htm
Bras weren't burn either protesting the war or supporting Women's Liberation. Strictly an urban legend.
http://www.snopes.com/history/american/burnbra.asp
antiquie
(4,299 posts)the legend refused to die. Thanks.
petronius
(26,602 posts)Bertha Venation
(21,484 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,734 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,736 posts)I'm 55.
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)AnneD
(15,774 posts)but I was a precocious child. Took me a sec on the Red Skelton question, kept thinking of Clem Kadiddlehopper.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)except the first part of the Red Skelton question. I could only come up with Clem Kadiddlehopper. I was pretty young, but I remember watching Red Skelton occasionally with my parents.
Rochester
(838 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,392 posts)trof
(54,256 posts)"Who knows what EVIL lurks in the hearts of men?"
Yeah, I knew 'em all.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)But I'm in my 60s and I still remember
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nolabear
(41,986 posts)susanr516
(1,425 posts)I remember calling VWs bugs, but I blanked on the beetle until I checked the answers.
GAWD, I'm old.
JoeyT
(6,785 posts)I only sort of know who Red Skelton is, and though I've heard Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco, I didn't know LSM/FT.
Hula Hoops and Beetle/Bugs as a nickname were still around when I was a kid in the late 80s.