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. ]
ANSWER: JOHN LENNON, PAUL McARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON, AND RINGO STAR
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.)
ANSWER: OH, MY
QUESTION #3:
"Hey kids, what time is it?" ______ _________ ________ ________.
ANSWER:IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME
QUESTION #4:
What do M&M's do? _____ ___ ______ ________ , _____ ___ _____
_______ .
ANSWER: MELT IN YOUR MOUTH, NOT IN YOUR HANDS
QUESTION #5:
What helps build strong bodies 12 ways? _________ _________.
ANSWER: WONDER BREAD
QUESTION #6:
Long before he was Mohammed Ali, before he was The Greatest, we knew
him
was _________ _________.
ANSWER: CASSIUS CLAY
QUESTION #7:
"You'll wonder where the yellow went,
_____ ____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ___________."
ANSWER: WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH PEPSODENT
QUESTION #8:
Those post-baby boomers, or baby boomer wannabees, know Bob Denver as
the Skipper's "little buddy." But we true boomers know that Bob Denver is
actually Dobie's closest friend, _____________ G. _____________.
ANSWER: MAYNARD G. CREBS (who, by the way was a beatnik on the Dobie Gillis Show)
QUESTION #9:
"M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: ______? __________ ____ _______
______."
ANSWER: WHY? BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU
QUESTION #10:
Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running through the
lobby of the girls' dormitory ___________________.
ANSWER: NAKED
QUESTION #11:
"Brylcream: ___ ________ _______ _______ ______ _______."
ANSWER: "A LITTLE DAB WILL DO YOU"
QUESTION #12:
Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ________ _____.
ANSWER: OVER 30
QUESTION #13:
From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this
line:
"I wonder, wonder, wonder...wonder who; _______ _______ ______ ______
____
________."
ANSWER: WHO WROTE THE BOOK OF LOVE
QUESTION #14:
And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one:
"War...uh-huh,
huh...yea; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."
ANSWER: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
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? ____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ______ ."
2 POSSIBLE ANSWERS: 1) YOUNG GIRLS PICKED THEM EVERY ONE
OR 2) GONE TO GRAVE YARDS EVERY ONE
QUESTION #16:
Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending
battle
for truth, justice, and ______ _______________ __________.
ANSWER: THE AMERICAN WAY
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
_______
_____________.
ANSWER: JOE NAMATH
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."
ANSWER: 'COZ I EAT MY SPINACH
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
___________ _____________.
ANSWER: MARY MARTIN
QUESTION #20:
In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman,
was
counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing:
_______________.
ANSWER:PLASTICS!
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, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."
ANSWER: IS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE
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."
ANSWER: DICK NIXON
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, _____ ______ ________."
ANSWER: TO BIG JOHN
QUESTION #24:
"I found my thrill, _____ ____________ __________________." You may
remember Richie Cunningham singing this. But if you are a true boomer,
you
know it was Fats Domino who made this line famous.
ANSWER: ON BLUEBERRY HILL
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.
ANSWER: WHEREVER YOU ARE
QUESTION #26:
"Good night, David." "_________ __________ , __________."
ANSWER: GOOD NIGHT, CHET
QUESTION #27.
"Liar, liar, ______ ___ _____ ."
ANSWER: PANTS ON FIRE
QUESTION #28.
"When it's least expected,
you're elected;
You're the star today.
Smile! _______ ___ _______ _______ ."
ANSWER:YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA
QUESTION #29.
From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip
character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and ___ ___ ___ ."
ANSWER: IT IS US
QUESTION #30.
Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop? (the next line is...)
___________________________
ANSWER: WHO PUT THE RAM IN THE RAMA LAMA DING DONG
