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Are You Smarter Than a 60 Year Old?

posted at February 10, 2012 10:17 AM EST
Posts: 184
First: June 3, 2010
Last: August 15, 2012
So, Try the test, and see how many you remember!


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
GOOD LUCK!

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 somehave 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

Re: Are You Smarter Than a 60 Year Old?

posted at June 18, 2012 12:16 PM EDT
Posts: 1
First: June 18, 2012
Last: June 18, 2012
Good morning AARP........I would like to know where one might find postive proof that AARP does not endrose to take any funds from governmental or private sources to use for any tiypes of abortions.  thank you for your time.
john w. griney

Re: Are You Smarter Than a 60 Year Old?

posted at June 21, 2012 1:05 PM EDT
Posts: 1
First: June 21, 2012
Last: June 21, 2012
I answered every single one correctly.  A piece of cake. 

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