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 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, _____________ 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? ____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ______ ____."

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?