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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