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To: Wooly who wrote (11413)9/6/1999 9:21:00 PM
From: Mark Z  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 62549
 
For those of us 'older than dirt', I submit the following. This quiz originated on AOL circa 1995.

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, move onto the next message. We have nothing further to discuss.

2) Finish the line, "Lions and Tigers and Bears, ________!!".

3) "Hey, kids, what time is it?" ______________________

4) What do M&M's do? ___________________

5) What helps build strong bodies 12 ways? ___________________

6) Long before he was Mohammad Ali, before he was The Greatest, we knew him as ___________.

7) "You'll wonder where the yellow went _____________________________."

8) Those post-babyboomers (or boomer wannabees) know Bob Denver as the Skipper's 'little buddy'. But we true boomers know that Bob Denver is actually Dobie's close friend, _______ G. _______.

9) M-I-C, See ya' real soon;
K-E-Y, ____? _________________.

10) Brylcream: _________________________.

11) Timothy Leary advised us never to trust anyone _________.

12) From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line: "I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder who ______________________________."

13) And while we're remembering rock 'n roll, try this one: "War, what is it good for? ___________________"

14) From a kinder & gentler protest song, where have all the flowers gone? _______________________.

15) Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and _______________________.

16) I'm Popeye the sailor man
I'm Popeye the sailor man
I'm strong to the finish
___________________________
I'm Popeye the sailor man

17) Your children probaby recall that Peter Pan was recently played by Robin Williams but we will always remember when Peter was played by ___________________.

18) In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin was counseled about his future and told to consider one thing: _____________.

19) In another movie from the late sixties, Paul Newman played Luke, a ne'r 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 _____________________."

20) 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 _________________."

21) "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.

22) Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive
He tood six foot six weighed 245
Kinga broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew you didn't give no lip
______________________________

23) Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop?
(You may answer this in the Socratic manner)

24) "Good night Mrs. Calabash, _________________."

25) "Good night, David." "____________________."



To: Wooly who wrote (11413)9/6/1999 9:38:00 PM
From: William B. Kohn  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 62549
 
Why are you guys leaving out:

1. Commander Cody
2. Howdy Doody
3. Walter Kronkite
4. Edward R. Morrow
5. Jack Parr
6. 5 cent Cokes
7. Keyboards with a cent sign, where was it anyway.
8. 25 cent gasoline
9. Sales Tax in mils

Now I'm tryin' to date myself...

And I'm still young.

BK