Answers to Baby Boomer Quiz

[82Rigger]

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Ya'll didn't get one of 'em!

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Answers in bold .




1. What line followed "Faster than a speeding bullet"?

More powerful than a locomotive


2. What product was proud to say it contained "a golden drop of retsin "?

Certs


3. What famed draft dodger said, "Every day they die in Vietnam for nothing. I might as well die right here for something."?

Cassius Clay / Muhammed Ali


4. What two things could you double with Doublemint Gum ?

"Double your pleasure , double your fun ..."



5. Who did Harry Truman say was a "shifty-eyed goddam liar, and people know it"?

Richard Nixon


6. What song put the Mamas and the Papas on the musical map?

California Dreamin'


7. Who hosted What's My Line ?

John Daly


8. What World War II hit did Bette Midler run back up the pole in 1973?

Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (from Company B)


9. What 1970s comedy-variety hour featured the Reverend Leroy from the Church of What's Happenin' Now?

The Flip Wilson Show


10. Who said "ting tang walla walla bing bang"?

The Witchdoctor


11. What followed the phrase "Come to where the flavor is"?

"Come to Marlboro Country.."


12. Who was Harry Truman's vice-president?

Alben Barkley


BONUS QUESTION:

How much did Big Bad John weigh?

Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.

Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John.

Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Louisiana fellow to the Promised Land - Big John

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last - 'cept John

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone - Big John

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save - Big John

With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John

Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand -
"At the bottom of this mine lies a big, BIG man."... Big John.

[Keith_Hixson]

John Daly was what' mine line.
But Gary Moore hosted I've got a Secret. Basically the same show.

Keith

[Stick]

Woke up this morning wondering why Sis doesn't post lyrics anymore and Steve comes to the rescue.
Thanks Rigger and BTW, I only got a couple on the rest of the quiz because it was before my time (please Lord, don't strike me now).

[BLUEHAWK]

I missed out on Alben Barkley...

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