Codger Quiz -- Are you over the hill?

[11 Bravo]

1. 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?

2. When the Beatles first came to the US in 1964 we watched them on the __________________ .

3. "Get your kicks _____________________."

4. "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ____________________."

5. "In the jungle, the mighty jungle ___________________."

6. 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 ________________.

7. N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best __________.

8. Satchmo was "America's Ambassador of Goodwill". His name was _____________________.

9. What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _____________

10. Red Skelton's hobo character was named ____________, and Red ended every show by saying, ___________________.

11. The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was the VW. It was also called the ____________ and the _______________.

12. In 1971 Don MacLean sang about "the day the music died. This song was a tribute to __________________.

13. The Russians placed the first man-made satellite into orbit. It was named _________________.

14. From Atlantic to Pacific, you know ________________.

15. A '50's fad involved a plastic ring twirled around the hips or waist. This was called the _________________.


Scroll down for the answers. I got them all right. Apparently I am so old I fart dust.


1. A silver bullet
2. The Ed Sullivan Show
3. On Route 66
4. To protect the innocent
5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
6. The Limbo
7. Chocolate (Bonus points if you stretched it out)
8. Louis Armstrong
9. A Timex watch
10. Freddy the Freeloader and "Goodnight, and may God bless."
11. Beetle or Bug
12. Buddy Holly
13. Sputnik
14. Tom Terrific
15. Hula-Hoop

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

1. I was able to answer most of these questions

and I'm 26. Is 26 over the hill these days?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

13. Ask any teenager. You're old.

Welcome to the club.

[MrSandman]

2. Missed one but got the bonus...nt

[MarianJack]

3. 13 & 1/2 Right!

i missed half of # 10 and # 14.

If I'm not farting dust, I'm close!

[JitterbugPerfume]

6. I not only know ALL of them

I thought it was easy <sigh>

[MarianJack]

17. The Scary Thing For Me Was...

...not that I couldn't remember "Freddy the Freeloader", but that I KNEW that I knew the answer.

I guess my brains are starting to dry up!

[OldLeftieLawyer]

4. Who the hell remembers?

I was too stoned to notice.


(My high school graduation picture)

[tinfoilinfor2005]

5. So sad...

I knew every single answer without a second's hesitation.

[swimmernsecretsea]

7. Ooooooo! Mad Libs! I love it! I haven't played them in years!

I'll tell you a little trick we used to do which would bust us up laughing--for nouns, you simply use "my butt." Try it!

[evlbstrd]

8. 100% here, too.

Makes me kinda proud that I can still remember so much useless shit.

[hippiechick]

9. Ok, so I'm old ...

... honestly I think it's cause my parents were old (in their 40's) when they had me so I grew up assimilated to their friends who were also older and their leftover post-WWII culture.

[Burma Jones]

10. I missed 10 and 14

Most of the rest are semi-common knowledge. My 6 year old could answer 2, 3, 5, 8, 12.

Who the hell was Tom Terrific?

[11 Bravo]

14. Tom Terrific was a '50's cartoon character.

He wore an upside-down funnel for a hat. IIRC the cartoon appeared regularly on "Captain Kangaroo".

[mitchtv]

16. I vaguely remember the name

but I was too old when Cpt. Kangaroo came on. Now ask me about Howdy Dowdy....

[cruadin]

19. And Tom Terrific had a dog named "Manfred, the Wonder Dog."

[nickinSTL]

11. I got 10 right...

and I'm only 32...is that old? :shrug:

Really, I didn't know all of them because I rememberthem, though.

I certainly don't remember Sputnik, the songs I don't remember from when they came out...and some kids had hula-hoops for a while in the 70s...

[mitchtv]

12. amazed myself I missed two

who in fuck is Tom Terrific? I live by two axioms " when you are over the hill, you just pick up speed" and. " when you're too old to cut the mustard, you can always lick the jar".

[MuseRider]

15. Damn 100%

and none of it was because I had heard of it, I lived it. Damn. How did this happen?

[jswordy]

18. Yer not over the hill til yer under it. n/t