MONDAY MIND GAME

BABY BOOMER QUALIFYING EXAM

 QUESTION #1:

 Name the Beatles - both the first and last name of each, of course.

 Consider this a warm-up.

 [If you can't answer this one without thinking, close up the test, and move on to something else. We have nothing further to discuss.]

 QUESTION #2:

 Finish the line: "Lions and tigers and bears, ____   _____!"

(Admittedly, this came along before we boomers were born. But we remember it from both the movies and television.)

 QUESTION #3:

 "Hey kids, what time is it?" ______ _________ ________ ________.

 QUESTION #4:

 What do M&M's do? _____  ___  ______  ________ , _____ ___  _____ _______ .

 QUESTION #5:

 What helps build strong bodies 12 ways? _________  _________.

 QUESTION #6:

 Long before he was Mohammed Ali, before he was The Greatest, we knew him as _________ _________.

 QUESTION #7:

 "You'll wonder where the yellow went, _____  ____  ______  _____ ______ _____ ___________."

 QUESTION #8:

 Those post-baby boomers, or baby boomer wannabees, know Bob Denver as Gilligan, the Skipper's "little buddy." But we true boomers know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie Gilliis’ closest friend, _____________ G. _____________.

 QUESTION #9:

 "M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: ______?  __________ ____ _______ ______."

 QUESTION #10:

 Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running through the lobby of the girls' dormitory ___________________.

 QUESTION #11:

 "Brylcream: ___ ________ _______ _______ ______ _______."

 QUESTION #12:

 Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ________  _____.

 QUESTION #13:

 From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line: "I wonder, wonder, wonder...wonder who; _______ _______ ______ ______ ____ ________."

 QUESTION #14:

 And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yea; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."

 QUESTION #15:

 This is from a kinder and gentler protest song, but the question is just as profound: Where have all the flowers gone? Perhaps you could use a little help here: "Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? Where have all the flowers gone?

 ____ ______  _____  _______ _____  ______  ____."

 QUESTION #16:

 Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ______ _______________ __________.

 QUESTION #17:

 He came out of the University of Alabama, and became one of the best quarterbacks in the history of the NFL, and later went on to appear in a television commercial wearing women's stockings. He is Broadway

 _______ _____________.

 QUESTION #18:

 "I'm Popeye the sailor man; I'm Popeye the sailor man. I'm strong to the finish, ______  __  _____ ___ _______ . I'm Popeye the sailor man."

 QUESTION #19:

 You might recall that Peter Pan was once played by Robin Williams, but Boomers will always remember when Peter Pan was played by

 ___________ _____________.

 QUESTION #20:

 In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman, was counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing:

 _______________.

 QUESTION #21:

 In another movie from the late sixties, Paul Newman played Luke, a ne'er do well who was sent to a prison camp for cutting off the heads of parking meters with a pipe cutter. When he was captured after an unsuccessful attempt to escape, the camp commander (played by Strother Martin) used this experience as a lesson for the other prisoners, and explained, "What we have here, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."

 QUESTION #22:

 In 1962, a dejected politician chastised the press after losing a race for governor while announcing his retirement from politics. "Just think, you won't have ________  ____________ to kick around any more."

 QUESTION #23:

 "Every morning, at the mine, you could see him arrive; He stood six foot, six, weighted 245. Kinda' broad at the shoulder, and narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn't give no lip, _____  ______  ________."

 QUESTION #24:

 "I found my thrill, _____  ____________  __________________." 

 QUESTION #25:

 "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ___________  ____  ____ ." 

(This originated long before even the first of us boomers were born. But in order to be a true baby boomer, you have to have some breadth.)

 QUESTION #26:

 "Good night, David." "_________ __________ , __________."

 QUESTION #27:

 "Liar, liar, ______  ___  _____ ."

 QUESTION #28:

 "When it's least expected, you're elected; You're the star today. Smile! _______  ___  _______  _______ ."

 QUESTION #29:

 From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and ___  ___ ___ ."

 QUESTION #30:

 Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop? _________   ________

Give up?

Drag your cursor between the asterisks for the answers:

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Question 1: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr

Question 2: “oh my”

Question 3: It’s Howdy Doody Time

Question 4: Melt in your mouth not in your hand

Question 5: Wonder Bread

Question 6: Cassius Clay

Question 7: when you brush your teeth with 

Pepsodent

Question 8: Maynard G. Krebs (the “G” stood for “Walter”)

Question 9: Why? Because we like you

Question 10: naked

Question 11: a little dab will do ya

Question 12: over 30

Question 13: wrote the Book of Love

Question 14: Absolutely nothing

Question 15: Gone to young girls, every one

Question 16: the American Way

Question 17: Joe Namath

Question 18: ‘cause I eats me spinach

Question 19: Mary Martin

Question 20: Plastics

Question 21: is a failure to communicate

Question 22: Dick Nixon

Question 23: to Big John

Question 24: on Blueberry Hill

Question 25: wherever you are

Question 26: Good night, Chet

Question 27: pants on fire

Question 28: You’re on Candid Camera

Question 29: he is us

Question 30: Barry Mann

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