{"id":4721,"date":"2022-06-23T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T10:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crestnetwork.com\/?p=4721"},"modified":"2022-12-16T07:06:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:06:39","slug":"contest-july-august-2022-official-baby-boomer-qualifying-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crestnetwork.com\/contest-july-august-2022-official-baby-boomer-qualifying-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Contest – July-August 2022 -Official Baby Boomer Qualifying Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964, during the post-World War II baby boom. The term is also used outside the United States, but the dates, the demographic context, and the cultural identifiers may vary. OK boomer” or “okay boomer” is a catchphrase and internet meme often used by millennials and Gen Z to dismiss or mock attitudes typically associated with baby boomers. But, putting jealousies aside, here is your chance to become an honorary boomer \u2013 and, more importantly, win a great prize!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are 25 questions.  In the appropriate spaces, simply fill in the missing words. Cheating (including looking up the answers and\/or getting help from others\u2014including natural born boomers) is permitted. Having fun is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scan or copy this page and send your entry to editor@crestnetwork.com <\/em><\/strong>or fax it to 817.924.7116 on or before July 31st<\/sup>  <\/strong>for a chance to win a valuable prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Name the Beatles\u2014both the first and last name of each. (Consider this a warm-up. If you can\u2019t answer this one without thinking, skip the test and move on to something else.)
    __________  __________  __________  __________
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  2. Finish the line: \u201cLions and tigers and bears, _____ _____!\u201d (Okay, this was long before boomers were born (1939 in fact), but what the heck!?)
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  3. \u201cHey, kids, what time is it?\u201d  _____ _____ _____ _____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. What do M&Ms do? ____ __ ____ ____, ___ __ ____ _____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. What helps build strong bodies 12 ways?  _____ _____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Before he was Mohammed Ali, we knew him as _______ ____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. \u201cYou\u2019ll wonder where the yellow went ___ __ _____ ____ _____ ___ _____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Before he was the Skipper\u2019s \u2018little buddy\u2019 on Gilligan\u2019s Island<\/em>, Bob Denver was Dobie Gillis\u2019s best friend _______ G. ______.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. \u201cM-I-C: See ya\u2019 real soon. K-E-Y, ___ ___  __ ___ ___.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Definition: A streaker is person who might run out on a sports field  _________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. \u201cBrylcream, __ _______ ___ ____ ___ ___.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  12. Rock & Roll: \u201cI wonder, wonder who, who-oo-ooh, ____ ____ ___ _____ __ _____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  13. Rock & Roll: \u201cWar…huh, yeah. What is it good for?  __________ _________.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Folk Rock: \u201cWhere have all the flowers gone long time passing? Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? Where have all the flowers gone? _____ _____ _____  _____ ______ _________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. \u201cMeanwhile, back in Metropolis, Superman finds a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ____  _________ ____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. \u201cI\u2019m Popeye the sailor man. I\u2019m Popeye the sailor man. I\u2019m strong to the finish, ______ __ ___ ___ _______. I\u2019m Popeye the sailor man.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  17. The original Peter Pan (not Robin Williams) was _____ _______.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. In The Graduate<\/em>, young Benjamin (played by Dustin Hoffman) was counseled about his future and told to consider one thing: __________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. In 1962, a dejected politician chastised the press after losing a race for governor of California and announcing his retirement from politics. \u201cJust think, you won\u2019t have _______ _____ to kick around anymore.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Country Music: \u201cEvery morning, at the mine, you could see him arrive. He stood six foot six and weighed 245. Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip. Everybody knew you didn\u2019t give no lip to ______ ________.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  21. Richie Cunningham (on Happy Days<\/em>) sang it, but Fats Domino made it famous: \u201cI found my thrill ___ __________ ____.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  22. \u201cGood night, David.\u201d \u201c_____ _______ _____.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  23. \u201cWhen it\u2019s least expected. You\u2019re elected. You\u2019re the star today. Smile! ______ ___ _______ _________.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  24. \u201cLiar, liar, ________ ___ _____.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  25. He came out of the University of Alabama, became a great quarterback in the NFL, appeared in a television commercial wearing women\u2019s stockings and now does Medicare commercials. He\u2019s Broadway ____  ____________.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n