IJMC Official Baby Boomer Qualifying Exam

              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.]
______________________________  ______________________________
______________________________  ______________________________
 
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?
___________________________________________

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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