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Are you over 40? FUN LITTLE TEST!!!!!

Posted on 06/15/2004 5:35:25 PM PDT by SandRat

Here's a little test for anyone over 40+

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 on _____________________________.

4. The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed ___________________________.

5. In the jungle, the mighty jungle, ____________________________________.

6. After the twist, the mashed potatoes, and the watusi, we "danced" under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go in a dance called the _______________________________.

7. Nestle makes the very best,______________________________.

8. Sachmo 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 Skelton's hobo character was, __________________________, and he always ended his television show by saying, "Good night, and_____________________________.

11. Some of us who protested the Vietnam war did so by burning our ________________________.

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 fifties and sixties was a large plastic ring that we twined around our waist; it was called the _________________________.

Scroll down,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,for answers.

DON'T YOU DARE CHEAT !!!

ANSWERS; 1. The Lone Ranger left behind a silver bullet. 2. The Ed Sullivan Show 3. Route 66 4. To protect the innocent. 5. The lion sleeps tonight. 6. The limbo 7. Chocolate 8. Louis Armstrong 9. The Timex watch. l0. Freddy the Freeloader, and "Good night and God Bless". ll. Draft cards. 12. Beetle or Bug 13. Buddy Holly. 14. Sputnik. 15. Hoola-hoop


TOPICS: Humor; Society
KEYWORDS: old; trivia
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1 posted on 06/15/2004 5:35:25 PM PDT by SandRat
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To: dakine

Here you go...I'm not 40 yet so I don't qualify.


2 posted on 06/15/2004 5:40:17 PM PDT by codyjacksmom (I may always be wrong.....but I'm always quick to respond.)
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To: SandRat

Ouch, got them all right. (I'm 49, going on 50)


3 posted on 06/15/2004 5:42:55 PM PDT by irishtenor (Spray the GRPL 58)
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To: codyjacksmom

damn I'm old, or I've seen before...knew 'em...


4 posted on 06/15/2004 5:42:59 PM PDT by dakine
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To: dakine

Must be that you are really old.


5 posted on 06/15/2004 5:43:59 PM PDT by codyjacksmom (I may always be wrong.....but I'm always quick to respond.)
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To: SandRat

I got them all right except #11.
The only thing I thought of was bras( of course draft cards
was correct )


6 posted on 06/15/2004 5:44:21 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Liberals are like catfish ( all mouth and no brains ))
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To: SandRat

I got them all. Dammit.


7 posted on 06/15/2004 5:51:22 PM PDT by spodefly (This post meets the minimum daily requirements for cynicism and irony.)
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To: spodefly

Sad isn't it? Me too!


8 posted on 06/15/2004 6:11:46 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

"6. The limbo "

I was close. I said the "mambo." Oh, well.


9 posted on 06/15/2004 6:12:17 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

They say the memory is the second thing to go and I forgot what the first thing is.


10 posted on 06/15/2004 6:16:16 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat
It's like the caption on the 10-year-old pic on my profile page: "Me in 1994. I've since grown more hair and lost a lot of weight. Or is it the other way around? Can't seem to remember."
11 posted on 06/15/2004 6:20:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

My WWII vet Father says that I'm now entering the metalic age.

Silver in my hair
Gold in my teeth

and.........

Lead in my behind.


12 posted on 06/15/2004 6:23:37 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: SandRat

I only missed the Red Skeleton question.

Clem Kadiddle Hopper was my answer.

I missed this same danged question when I saw this survey the first time it was posted here.


13 posted on 06/15/2004 6:47:22 PM PDT by Iowa Granny (Impersonating June Cleaver since 1967)
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To: SandRat

I missed number 7 and the first part of number 10. I'm only 23.


14 posted on 06/15/2004 7:06:09 PM PDT by Bogey78O (McDonalds rejected slogan "Billions served....millions if not counting Michael Moore")
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To: Hillarys nightmare

an "I'm so old I got every one" bump.


15 posted on 06/15/2004 8:23:44 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Intellectuals exist only if you believe they do. ©)
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To: SandRat

They say the memory is the second thing to go and I forgot what the first thing is.

How convenient. LOL


16 posted on 06/15/2004 9:01:07 PM PDT by ETERNAL WARMING (He is faithful!)
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To: SandRat

I'm 46 I missed 1/2. I said Clem Keddelhopper rather than Freddy the Freeloader.


17 posted on 06/15/2004 10:27:09 PM PDT by not_apathetic_anymore
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To: SandRat

41, missed a couple. Actually surprised at how many I got right.


18 posted on 06/15/2004 10:40:05 PM PDT by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: SierraWasp; Carry_Okie


19 posted on 06/15/2004 10:40:57 PM PDT by farmfriend ( In Essentials, Unity...In Non-Essentials, Liberty...In All Things, Charity.)
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To: farmfriend

Missed one.


20 posted on 06/15/2004 10:52:51 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (Three choices: War on Terror, submit to Islam, or die.)
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