Baby Boomer Exam
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OFFICIAL 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.]
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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 the boob tube.
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 wannabes, know Bob
Denver as the Skipper's "little buddy." But we true boomers
know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie's closest friend,
_____________ _ _____________.
QUESTION #9:
M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: _____? _________ ___ ______
_______."
QUESTION #10:
Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running
hrough 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
his 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 flower
gone? Perhaps you could use a little help here: "Where have
all the flowers gone, long time passing? 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
he 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:
Your children probably recall that Peter Pan was recently
played by Robin Williams, but we will always remember when
Peter was played by ___________ ____________.
QUESTION #20:
In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by
Dustin Hoffman was counselled 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,
he camp commander (played by Strother Martin) used thi
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, _____ ____________ __________________."
You may remember Riche Cunningham singing this. But if you
are a true boomer, you know it was Fats Domino who made this
line famous.
QUESTION #25:
"Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ___________ ____ ____." Thi
originated long before even the first of us boomers was born.
But in order to be a true baby boomer, you have to have some
breadth.
QUESTION #26:
"Good night Chet. - Good night, David." "___ ____ ______ __
___ ____."
QUESTION #27.
"Liar, liar, ______ ___ _____."
QUESTION #28.
"When it's least expected, you're elected; You're the star
oday. 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?
Answers:
1 - John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr
2 - "oh my"
3 - "It's Howdy Doody Time"
4 - melt in your mouth, not in your hands
5 - Wonderbread
6 - Cassius Clay
7 - "when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"
8 - Maynard G. Kreb
9 - "Why? Because we like you."
10 - naked
11 - "a little dab will do you."
12 - "over thirty"
13 - "who wrote the book of love."
14 - "absolutely nothing" (Seinfeld fans probably got this one.)
15 - Girls have picked them every one
16 - The American Way
17 - Joe Nameth
18 - "'cause I eats me spinach"
19 - Sandy Dunca
20 - Plastic
21 - "is a failure to communicate"
22 - "Dick Nixon"
23 - "to Big John"
24 - "on Blueberry Hill"
25 - "wherever you are"
26 - "And good night for NBC News".
27 - "pants on fire."
28 - "You're on Candid Camera."
29 - "he is us."
30 - I don't know, but he made my baby fall in love with me.