Chapter 559

Are you smarter than a 60 yr old? THIS MAY BE HARDER THAN YOU THINK. THE ANSWERS WILL BE ON THE TIP OF YOUR TONGUE, BUT YOU JUST CAN’T QUITE REMEMBER THE CORRECT ANSWER. DON’T LOOK BELOW FOR THE ANSWERS UNTIL YOU HAVE TRIED TO FIGURE IT OUT. So have some fun my sharp-witted friends. This is a test for you ‘older kids’ The answers are printed below (after the questions) but don’t cheat! Try to answer them first...

1. 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?________________.

2. When the Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on The ____ ___________ Show.

3. ‘Get your kicks, __ _________ _______.’

4. ‘The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to _____ ____ _____.’

5. ‘In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____ ____ ____ ____.’

6. 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 ‘_____.’

7. Nestle’s makes the very best... _________.’

8. Satchmo was America’s ‘Ambassador of Goodwill.’ Our parents shared this great jazz trumpet player with us. His name was ______ ___________.

9. 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 ______ _____.

16. Remember LS/MFT _____ ____/____ _____ _____?

17. Hey Kids! What time is it? It’s _____ ______ _____!

18. Who knows what secrets lie in the hearts of men? Only The _____ Knows!

19. There was a song that came out in the 60’s that was “a grave yard smash”. It’s name was the ______ ______!

20. Alka Seltzer used “a boy with a tablet on his head” as its Logo/Representative. What was the boy’s name? ________

ANSWERS:

1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet.

2. The Ed Sullivan Show

3. On Route 66

4. To protect the innocent.

5. The Lion Sleeps Tonight

6. The limbo

7. Chocolate

8. Louis Armstrong

9. The Timex watch

10. Freddy, The Freeloader and ‘Good Night and God Bless’.

11. Draft cards and bras were also burned, but not flags, as some may 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

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.

These are compliments of Dave M

Sayings to help keep your sanity

The gene pool could use a little chlorine.

All generalizations are false.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.

I love cats ... they taste just like chicken.

Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.

Forget the Joneses, I keep us up with the Simpsons.

Born free ... Taxed to death.

Cover me. I’m changing lanes.

As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools.

The more people I meet, the more I like my dog.

Laugh alone and the world thinks you’re an idiot.

Rehab is for quitters.

I get enough exercise just pushing my luck...

Work is for people who don’t know how to fish.

Montana -- At least our cows are sane!

I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian.

Women who seek to be equal to men lack ambition.