Submitted : by Dave Medeiros

Subject: Are You Smarter Than a Sixty Year Old


OK, y'all - clean out your cerebral cobwebs! Time for a little fun!


DON'T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT OUT!


A TEST FOR OLD KIDS
I was picky to whom I sent this. It had to be those who might actually
remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for
us 'old kids'!? The answers are printed below, but don't cheat.


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 some have guessed.)
12. Beetle or Bug
13. Buddy Holly
14. Sputnik
15. Hoola-hoop

Send this to your 'old' 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.

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