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OFFICIAL BABY BOOMER QUALIFYING EXAM
(And below, you even get the answers! No cheating!)

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 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?____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ____."

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 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, 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 Chet. - 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?

O.K., How did you do? Did you qualify as a Baby Boomer?

THE 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. 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 Namath
18 - "'cause I eats me spinach"
19 - Sandy Duncan
20 - Plastics
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.

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