You know you're old if...
You had to get up to change this on the TV.
What is the channel?
In the 1950s, a movie ticket cost about this much (under $1).
What is 25-50 cents?
This 1960s dance involved twisting your hips.
What is the Twist?
“Don’t sit so close to the TV or you’ll ruin your _____.”
What are eyes?
The clicking noise of dialing this kind of phone.
What is a rotary phone?
You rewound movies using this before returning them.
What is a VHS tape?
A new car in 1960 cost around this (under $3,000).
What is about $2,500?
This 1970s dance was made famous by disco clubs.
What is the Hustle?
“Money doesn’t grow on _____.”
What are trees?
The scratchy sound before a song starts playing on this.
What is a record player?
You memorized phone numbers because this didn’t exist.
What is a cell phone or contacts list?
A loaf of bread used to cost around this.
What is 20 cents?
This dance craze had everyone doing a line dance at weddings in the ’90s.
What is the Macarena?
“I walked to school uphill both ways in the _____.”
What is snow?
The ding when dinner is ready from this 1970s kitchen appliance.
What is a microwave?
You waited all week to watch your show because this didn’t exist.
What is streaming or DVR?
In 1970, gas averaged about this per gallon.
What is 35 cents?
The bunny hop is a variation on what dance created by dancers forming a line
What is a conga line?
“Close the door! Were you born in a _____?”
What is a barn?
The “ding” sounds when you finish each line on this machine.
What is a typewriter?
You learned this kind of writing in school and still sign your name this way.
What is cursive?
The average home in 1965 cost roughly this.
What is $20,000?
This 1950s dance was fast-paced and high-energy.
What is the Jitterbug?
“If everyone jumped off a _______, would you?”
What is a bridge?
The loud screech of connecting to the internet in the 1990s.
What is dial-up internet/modem?