Answers to be given out later
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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#2 Finish the line: "Lions and tigers and bears, ____ _____!" Admittedly, this came along before we boomers were born. But we were raised with it.
#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 Muhammad Ali, before he was The Greatest, we knew him as _________ _________.
#7: "You'll wonder where the yellow went, _____ ____ ______ _____ ______ _____ ___________."
#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. _____________.
#9: "M-I-C: See ya' real soon; K-E-Y: ______? __________ ____ _______ ______."
#10: Definition: A "streaker" is someone who might go running through the lobby of the girls' dormitory ___________________.
#11: "Brylcream: ___ ________ _______ _______ ______ _______."
#12: Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone ________ _____.
#13: From the early days of our music, real rock 'n roll, finish this line:
"I wonder, wonder, wonder wonder who; _______ _______ ______ ______ ____ ________."
#14: And while we're remembering rock n' roll, try this one: "War...uh-huh, huh...yeah; what is it good for? ___________ ____________."
#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? ____ ______ _____ _______ _____ ______ ____."
#16: Meanwhile, back home in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ______ _______________ __________.
#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 pantyhose. He is Broadway _______ _____________.
#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."
#19: Your children probably recall that Peter Pan was recently played by Robin Williams, but we will always remember when Peter was played by ___________ _____________.
#20: In the movie, The Graduate, young Benjamin, played by Dustin Hoffman, was counseled about his future, and told to consider one thing: _______________.
#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, ____ ___ ___________ _____ _________________."
#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."
#23:"Every morning, at the mine, you could see him arrive; He stood six foot, six, weighed two-eighty-five. Kinda broad at the shoulder, and narrow at the hip. And everybody knew you didn't give no lip _____ ______ ________."
#24: "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.
#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.
#26: "Good night, David." "_________ __________, __________."
#27: "Liar, liar, ______ ___ _____ ."
#28: "When it's least expected, you're elected; You're the star today. Smile! _______ ___ _______ _______."
#29: From our parents' day, as I recall, it was Pogo, the comic strip character, who said, "We have met the enemy, and ___ ___ ___ ."
#30: Who put the bop in the bop she-bop she-bop? ______________