10 ways you 'told us your age without actually telling us your age'

We asked you to tell us your age without actually saying how old you are.

Was there a particular historic event that happened the year you were born? Do you share a birthday with a celebrity?

England's victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final. (AP Photo)placeholder image
England's victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup Final. (AP Photo)

Here is 10 ways you told us how old you were without actually telling us your age:

Rosie Caw - "Kenan and Kel."

Steve Clark - "England won the World Cup."

Daniel Bond - "Abba's Mamma Mia was charting at no 1 the day I was born."

Daniel Northfield - "Go, go Power Rangers!"

Rebecca Owens - "I was born the same year as the title of a famous George Orwell book."

Richard R Bensen - "One less than the total number of the states in America!"

Dawn Michelle - "Top of the Pops."

Joan Phillips - "Queen's Coronation, Edmund Hillary climbed Everest."

Raymond Diamond - "One day younger than Cher."

Camaran Ah - "Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election, becoming the party's first ever female leader."

How would you describe your age without actually telling us your age? Mine would be.... Google was founded the year I was born!

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