From: Gim Ong <gimcong@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: April 18, 2022 5:20 PM
Subject: Fw: Are You Smarter Than A 60 Year Old?
Good luck old timers.
THIS MAY BE HARDER THAN YOU THINK.
This test is 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 50s and 60s 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 60s 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. 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
Now send this to your 'older' friends, (better known as Seniors.)
It'll keep 'em busy and forget their aches and pains for a few minutes.
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