Smarter Than A 70 Year Old?
Some of you might actually remember. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for us ‘older kids’! The answers are below the fold, (after the questions) but don’t cheat! answer them first…..
- 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?________________.
- When the Beatles first came to the U.S. In early 1964, we all watched them on The ____ ___________ Show.
- ‘Get your kicks, __ _________ _______.’
- ‘The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to ___________________.’
- ‘In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ________________.’
- 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 ‘_____________.’
- Nestle’s makes the very best . .. . . _______________.’
- Satchmo was America’s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill.’ Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was _________________.
- What takes a licking and keeps on ticking? _______________.
- Red Skeleton’s hobo character was named __________________ and Red always ended his television show by saying, ‘Good Night, and ‘________ ________… ‘
- Some Americans who protested the Vietnam War did so by burning their______________.
- 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? ____________ &_______________.
- In 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about, ‘the day the music died.’ This was a tribute to ___________________.
- We can remember the first satellite placed into orbit. The Russians did it. It was called ___________________.
- 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 __________ ______________.
- Remember LS/MFT _____ _____/_____ _____ _____?
- Hey Kids! What time is it? It’s _____ ______ _____!
- Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? The _____ Knows!
- There was a song that came out in the 60’s that was “a grave yard smash”. It’s name was the ______ ______!
- Alka Seltzer used a “boy with a tablet on his head” as it’s Logo/Representative. What was the boy’s name? ________
ANSWERS:
- The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.
- The Ed Sullivan Show
- On Route 66
- To protect the innocent.
- The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- The limbo
- Chocolate
- Louis Armstrong
- The Timex watch
- Freddy, The Freeloader and ‘Good Night and God Bless.’
- Draft cards (Bras were also burned. Not flags, as some have guessed)
- Beetle or Bug
- Buddy Holly
- Sputnik
- Hoola-hoop
- Lucky Strike/Means Fine Tobacco
- Howdy Doody Time
- Shadow
- Monster Mash
- Speedy
Don’t squeeze the _____.
It’s not nice to fool ____ ____.
Strong enough for a ____, but made for a ____.
Aced it. Of course I’m a few years past that three score and ten.
Well – I got all but two just because I knew but couldn’t remember the name.. similar to seeing a familiar face but can’t get the Rolodex in you head to spin fast enough
Got 18. And all three of McChucks. I knew 13 but also thought it was for The Big Bopper.
And Ritchie Valens.
But not Waylon Jennings.
Missed Q 20. The kid’s name never seemed to come to me.
(I’m 71)
Sixteen and a half (Beetle – forgot Bug. I OWNED one ’66 VW Bug, last year of six volt battery). Forgot Speedy and mixed up Dizzy Gillespie for Louis Armstrong. I am old.
Route 66 was written by Bobby Troup. He played Dr. Joe Early on Emergency and was married to Julie London, who was Nurse Dixie McCall on the show. Her ex-husband, Jack Webb, was the show’s producer.
Without looking at other replies…
(or after the ‘Continue Reading’)
1. Silver bullet (NOT a “beer”!)
2. Ed Sullivan (a rilly big shew…)
3. on Route 66
4. protect the innocent
5. the lion sleeps tonight
6. limbo
7. chocolate (chawwwwk-lit)
8. Louis Armstrong
9. Timex
10. —- & —–
11. draft cards
12. Beetle, Bug
13. the three who died in a plane crash near Mason City, IA.
14. Sputnik (I)
15. Hula Hoop
16. Lucky Strike / Means Fine Tobacco (Be Happy – Go Lucky!| It’s toasted!)
17. Howdy Doody Time (said the peanut gallery…)
18. Shadow
19. Monster Mash
20. Speedy
And McChuck’s were a bit easier< I'd say.
Here’s another one: How did Walter Winchell begin his radio broadcasts?
Good evening North and South America, and all the ships at sea
I recall it as:
Good Evening Mr. and Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.
sigh…
Um,I got most of them, but I watched a lot of reruns and stuff on afternoon UHF TV in Houston and Omaha.
Got’em all. Will be 69 in a month, so apparently close enough. 🙂
Got ’em all. 81 and still sharp as a _______.
LOL, I’m surprised (NOT)… Y’all are sharp as jacks…er…tacks…
Couldn’t recall 8,18and 20 but 16 had a second meaning. Loose straps means
floppy tatas.
I got sixteen out of 20, and I’m pretty sure I’m not in the demographic. Some of this stuff has entered the memetic zeitgeist and floats around even when people aren’t familiar with it.
Aye. I recall during Gulf War I “It’s Saudi duty time” was a bit of a thing.
For those of you who listened to AFRTS back in the day:
And now, another episode in the life of the most fantastic crime fighter the world has ever known: ____ ____!
*appropriate noises*
He’s everywhere! He’s everywhere!
Chicken Man
Got ’em all, and could sing all the musical ones. On active duty, we referred to LSMST as Legally Sufficient, Mighty Fine Trial…
56y/o. Missed 20,16,partial on 10 (went with Clem Kadiddlehopper and “God Bless”), &7 the correct answer was too simple, so I invented a wrong answer.
Those who’ve been will maybe smile a bit at this old memory… Shut your eyes and inhale deeply… Cubi point… Some of you time traveled there for a bit.
Delete if too… LSMFT/Lets suck my finger’s tired