OFFICIAL BABY
BOOMER QUALIFYING EXAM
Give it a Try.
| 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.
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| QUESTION #3 | "Hey kids, what time is it?" "____
_____ _____ _____!"
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| QUESTION #4 | What do M&M's do? ____ ____ __ ____ _____ ___ ___ __ ____ _____.
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| QUESTION #5 | What helps build strong bodies 12
ways? ___________ _________
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| QUESTION #6 | Long before he was Mohammed Ali,
before he was The Greatest, we knew him as _____________ _________.
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| QUESTION #7 | "You'll wonder where the yellow
went.... _______ _____ _______ _______ _______ ____ ______________.
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| 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. _______.
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| QUESTION #9 | "M-I-C: See ya' real soon;
K-E-Y: _____? _________ ____ ______ _____."
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| QUESTION #10 | Definition: A "streaker" is
someone who might go running through the lobby of the girls' dormitory ____________ .
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| QUESTION #11 | "Brylcream: ___ ________ _____
_______ ___ ___."
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| QUESTION #12 | Bob Dylan advised us never to
trust anyone ______ _____.
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| QUESTION #13 | From the early days of our music,
real rock 'n roll, finish this line: "I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder who - _____ _______ ____ _____ ___ _____."
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| QUESTION #14 | And while we're remembering rock
n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yea; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."
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| 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? _______ _______ ________ _______ _______ _______."
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| QUESTION #16 | Meanwhile, back home in
Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ______ ______________ _____.
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| 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 _______ _____________.
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| 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."
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| 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 _______ __________.
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| QUESTION #20 | In the movie, The Graduate, young
Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman, was counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing: _______________.
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| 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, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."
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| 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."
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| 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, ___ ______ ________."
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| 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.
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| QUESTION #25 | "Good night, Mrs. Calabash,
___________ ____ ____ ." This originated long before even the first of us boomers was born.
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