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Baby boomer quiz


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The "number 1 song on your birthday" thread reminded me of this...

 

1) Name the Beatles' first and last names. (Consider this first one a warm-up.

If you can't answer this one without thinking, save yourself some time and move on to something else right now.)

2. Finish this line: "Lions, and tigers, and bears ..." (2 words)

3. "Hey kids, what time is it?" (4 words)

4. What do M&M's do?

5. What helps build strong bodies 12 ways?

6. Before he was Mohammed Ali, before he was The Greatest,

we knew him as ... (2 words)

7. "You'll wonder where the yellow went, ..." (7 words)

8. Before he was the Skipper's little buddy, Bob Denver was

Dobie's best friend, ... (First and last names, and middle

initial)

9. "M-I-C...See ya real soon. K-E-Y..." (+5 letters)

10. A 'streaker' is someone who might run across campus wearing what?

11. "Brylcream: ..." (6 words)

12. Bob Dylan advised us never to trust anyone .... (2 words)

13. "I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder who ..." (6 words)

14. "War, uh-huh, huh, yeah, what is it good for? ..." (2 words)

15. Where have all the flowers gone?

16. Superman, "disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for

a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle

for truth, justice, and ..." (3 words)

17. Who came from the University of Alabama to become one of the

greatest QB's in NFL history and appeared in a TV commercial

wearing women's pantyhose? (And do you know his nickname?)

18. "I'm Popeye the sailor man! I'm Popeye the sailor man! I'm

strong to the finish ..." (5 words)

19. Who played Peter Pan before all these other imitators?

20. In "The Graduate," Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) was

advised about his future and told to consider one thing. What?

21. In 1962, a dejected politician, having lost a race for

governor, announced his retirement and chastised the press

saying, "You won't have... to kick around any more." (2 words)

He lied!

22. "Every morning at the mine you could see him arrive. He stood

6' 6", weighed 245, kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at

the hip and everybody knew you didn't give no lip to ..."

(2 words)

23. Where did Fats Domino find his thrill? (3 words

24. "Good night, Mrs. Calabash, ..." (3 words)

25. "Good night, Chet. ..." (3 words)

26. "Liar, liar, ..." (3 words) And it's not a Jim Carrey movie!

27. "When it's least expected, you're elected. You're the star

today! Smile! ..." (4 words)

28. Who put the bop in the bop shu-bop shu-bop? What follows?

(7 words)

 

Check your answers here.

 

I missed 5,7,8,12,15,20,23,24,25. Not bad considering I'm the last of the gen X'rs rather than a baby boomer...

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