[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]BABY BOOMER QUALIFYING EXAM
(Answers are below.)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CAN YOU.............[/FONT]
QUESTION #1:[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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, forget the test and move on to something else. We have nothing further to discuss.]
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #2:[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #3:
"Hey kids, what time is it?" ______ _________ ________ ________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #4:
What do M&M's do? _____ ___ ______ ________, _____ ___ ____ _______.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #5:
What helps build strong bodies 12 ways? _________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #6:
Long before he was Mohammed Ali, before he was "The Greatest", we knew him as _________ _________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #7:
"You'll wonder where the yellow went, _____ ____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ___________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #8:
Those post-baby boomers, or baby boomer wannabes, know Bob Denver as the Skipper's "lil' buddy." But true boomers know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie's closest friend,
_____________ __ _____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #9:
M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: _____? _________ ___ ______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #10:
Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running through the lobby of the girls' dormitory ______________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #11:
"Brylcream: ___ ________ _______ _______ ______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #12:
Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ________ ____.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #13:
From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line: "I wonder, wonder, wonder...wonder who; _______ _______ ____ _______ ___ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #14:
And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yea; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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? ____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #16:
Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ____ _______________ _______.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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's ______ _____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 ___________ ____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #20:
In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman was counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing: _______________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #21:
In another movie from the late sixties, Luke (Paul Newman), 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 (Strother Martin) used this experience as a lesson for the other prisoners, and explained:
"What we have here, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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, ___ ____ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #25:
"Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ___________ ____ ____." This 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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #26:
"Good night Chet. - Good night, David." "___ ____ ______ __ ___ ____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #27.
"Liar, Liar, ______ ___ _____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #28.
"When it's least expected, you're elected; you're the star today! Smile! _______ ___ _______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #29.
From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and ____ ____ _____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #30.
Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/FONT]
Answers:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 hand
5 - Wonderbread
6 - Cassius Clay
7 - "when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"
8 - Maynard G. Krebs
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 Duncan
20 - plastics
21 - "is a failure to communicate"
22 - "**** 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 either, but he 'made my baby fall in love with me.'[/FONT]
(Answers are below.)[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CAN YOU.............[/FONT]
QUESTION #1:[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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, forget the test and move on to something else. We have nothing further to discuss.]
______________________________ ______________________________
______________________________ ______________________________[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #2:[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]
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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #3:
"Hey kids, what time is it?" ______ _________ ________ ________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #4:
What do M&M's do? _____ ___ ______ ________, _____ ___ ____ _______.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #5:
What helps build strong bodies 12 ways? _________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #6:
Long before he was Mohammed Ali, before he was "The Greatest", we knew him as _________ _________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #7:
"You'll wonder where the yellow went, _____ ____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ___________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #8:
Those post-baby boomers, or baby boomer wannabes, know Bob Denver as the Skipper's "lil' buddy." But true boomers know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie's closest friend,
_____________ __ _____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #9:
M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: _____? _________ ___ ______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #10:
Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running through the lobby of the girls' dormitory ______________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #11:
"Brylcream: ___ ________ _______ _______ ______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #12:
Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ________ ____.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #13:
From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line: "I wonder, wonder, wonder...wonder who; _______ _______ ____ _______ ___ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #14:
And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yea; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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? ____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #16:
Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ____ _______________ _______.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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's ______ _____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 ___________ ____________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #20:
In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman was counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing: _______________.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #21:
In another movie from the late sixties, Luke (Paul Newman), 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 (Strother Martin) used this experience as a lesson for the other prisoners, and explained:
"What we have here, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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, ___ ____ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #25:
"Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ___________ ____ ____." This 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.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #26:
"Good night Chet. - Good night, David." "___ ____ ______ __ ___ ____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #27.
"Liar, Liar, ______ ___ _____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #28.
"When it's least expected, you're elected; you're the star today! Smile! _______ ___ _______ _______."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #29.
From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and ____ ____ _____."[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]QUESTION #30.
Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]---------------------------------------------------------------------------------[/FONT]
Answers:
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]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 hand
5 - Wonderbread
6 - Cassius Clay
7 - "when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent"
8 - Maynard G. Krebs
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 Duncan
20 - plastics
21 - "is a failure to communicate"
22 - "**** 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 either, but he 'made my baby fall in love with me.'[/FONT]
