Slightly off topic, but there are tune questions. Some of us are old enough to do very well on this test. Who can get a perfect score?
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 was _________ _________.
QUESTION #7:
"You'll wonder where the yellow went,
_____ ____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ___________."
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. _____________.
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:
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 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, _____ ____________ __________________." 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, ___________ ____ ____ ." 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.
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?
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