IJMC - Official Baby Boomer Qualifying Exam
This is great. I can asnwer about two-thirds of these questions, and
about two thirds of the Generation X or Children of the Eighties
questions. So I guess I'm just sorta a mutt in the generational scheme of
things, eh? A Baby X or a Generation Boomer I guess... -dave
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, D_____________ 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?
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You're on your own; no answers were provided...but if you're a real baby
boomer, you already know them. If not, they probably wouldn't make sense
to you anyway...go ask your parents.
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