{"id":1079,"date":"2012-07-27T21:45:23","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/27\/smarter-than-a-65-year-old\/"},"modified":"2012-07-27T21:45:23","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T21:45:23","slug":"smarter-than-a-65-year-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumarchives.tmsites.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/27\/smarter-than-a-65-year-old\/","title":{"rendered":"Smarter Than A 65 Year Old?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Original Post Content --><br \/>\nThis may have been around before, but it was still fun. <\/p>\n<p>\tTHIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. <br \/>\n\tA COUPLE OF THE ANSWERS WERE ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE. <br \/>\n\tI REMEMBERED, BUT &#8230; <br \/>\n\tDON&#8217;T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED IT<br \/>\n\tA TEST FOR &#8216;OLDER&#8217; KIDS<\/p>\n<p>\tThis is a test for us &#8216;older kids&#8217;!<br \/>\n\tThe answers are printed below,<br \/>\n\t(after the questions)<br \/>\n\tbut don&#8217;t cheat! Answer them first.<\/p>\n<p>\t01.<br \/>\n\t   After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset,<br \/>\n\tthe grateful citizens would ask, Who was that masked man?<br \/>\n\tInvariably, someone would answer,<br \/>\n\t\u201cI don&#8217;t know, but he left this behind\u201d.<br \/>\n\tWhat did he leave behind? ____ ______ ______.<\/p>\n<p>\t02.<br \/>\n\tWhen the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964,<br \/>\n\twe all watched them on The ___ _________ Show.<\/p>\n<p>\t03.<br \/>\n\t&#8216;Get your kicks, ____ ________ ____.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t04.<br \/>\n\t&#8216;The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to<br \/>\n\t________ ____ _______.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t05.<br \/>\n\t&#8216;In<\/p>\n<p>\tthe jungle, the mighty jungle,<br \/>\n\t___ _____ _____ __________.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t06.<br \/>\n\tAfter the Twist , the Mashed Potato , and the Watusi ,<br \/>\n\twe &#8216;danced&#8217; under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go<br \/>\n\tin a dance called the &#8216;_____________.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\t07.<br \/>\n\tNestle&#8217;s makes the very best  _____________.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t08.<br \/>\n\tSatchmo was America &#8216;s &#8216;Ambassador of Goodwill.&#8217;<br \/>\n\tOur parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us.<br \/>\n\tHis name was ____  _____________.<\/p>\n<p>\t09.<br \/>\n\tWhat takes a licking and keeps on ticking? ________ _______.<\/p>\n<p>\t10.<br \/>\n\tRed Skeleton&#8217;s hobo character was named _______ ___ ________<br \/>\n\tand Red always ended his television show by saying,<br \/>\n\t&#8216;Good Night, and &#8216;_____ ________.&#8217;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t11.<br \/>\n\tSome Americans who protested the Vietnam War<br \/>\n\tdid so by burning their  ______ ________.<\/p>\n<p>\t12.<br \/>\n\tThe cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front<br \/>\n\twas called the VW. What other names did it go by?<br \/>\n\t___ _______  &amp; ___ __________.<\/p>\n<p>\t13.<br \/>\n\tIn 1971, singer Don MacLean sang a song about,<br \/>\n\t&#8216;the day the music died.&#8217;<br \/>\n\tThis was a tribute to ________ ___________.<\/p>\n<p>\t14.<br \/>\n\tWe can remember the first satellite placed into orbit.<br \/>\n\tThe Russians did it.<br \/>\n\tIt was called ___________________.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t15.<br \/>\n\tOne of the big fads of the late 50&#8217;s and 60&#8217;s<br \/>\n\twas a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist.<br \/>\n\tIt was called the \u2018_______ &#8211; _______\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tANSWERS :<\/p>\n<p>\t01.<br \/>\n\tThe Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet .<br \/>\n\t02.<br \/>\n\tThe Ed Sullivan Show .<br \/>\n\t03.<br \/>\n\tON Route 66<br \/>\n\t04.<br \/>\n\t\u2018To protect the innocent\u2019 .<br \/>\n\t05.<br \/>\n\tthe Lion Sleeps Tonight .<br \/>\n\t06.<br \/>\n\tThe limbo<br \/>\n\t07.<br \/>\n\tChocolate<br \/>\n\t08.<br \/>\n\tLouis Armstrong<br \/>\n\t09.<br \/>\n\tThe Timex watch<br \/>\n\t10.<br \/>\n\tFreddy, The Freeloader and &#8216;Good Night and God Bless.&#8217;<br \/>\n\t11.<br \/>\n\tDraft cards<br \/>\n\t( Bras were also burned . Not flags, as some have guessed)<br \/>\n\t12.<br \/>\n\tBeetle or Bug<br \/>\n\t13.<br \/>\n\tBuddy Holly<br \/>\n\t14.<br \/>\n\tSputnik<br \/>\n\t15.<br \/>\n\tHoola-hoop<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Replies:<\/h3>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Guest on July 28, 2012, 1:07 am<\/p>\n<div>Missed # 3 and 13.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"migrated-reply\" style=\"border: 1px solid #eee;padding: 15px;margin-bottom: 15px;border-radius: 5px\">\n<p><strong>Posted by:<\/strong> Dr Crapology on July 28, 2012, 4:14 pm<\/p>\n<div>Missed 10 and 11.  Just couldn&#8217;t remember Freddie the free loader.  And my mind (of a dirty old man) missed the draft card as I guessed bra.  <\/p>\n<p>\tThanks for sharing.<\/p>\n<p>\tDoc<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This may have been around before, but it was still fun. THIS WAS HARDER THAN I THOUGHT. 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