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.] ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ 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 MM'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, M_____________ 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, youknow 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? ___________________________________________ 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.