A REAL baby boomer's trivia quiz

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. What was the name of the villain on the Howdy Doody Show? (extra credit for his full name)

2. Which kids' show featured Claude Kirschner and Mary Hartline?

3. What were the names given to the days of the week on the Mickey Mouse Club?

4. What is a "Perry Como sweater"?

5. How much were McDonald's hamburgers when they first came out?

6. Who was on the 4 cent stamp (when it was standard postage) and what color was it?

7. How did you solve the cliffhanger mystery on the Winky Dink Show?

8. What products were these characters associated with?
a. Bucky Beaver
b. Tom and Wom, the Indians (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes)
c. the Chinese baby (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes)
d. Little Oscar
e. Sugar Bear

9. Complete the next line of these songs: (no fair Googling!)

a. "Hey look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover.___________________"

b. "Chantez chantez sing a little Paris song
____________________________________"

c. "Sixteen tons and whadda ya get
__________________________________"

d. "Find a ring and it goes round round round
_____________________________________"

e. "Rambling Rose, rambling Rose
_________________________________"

10. Who said these things? (the character and/or the actor)

a. "Great Caesar's ghost!"

b. "Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me!"

c. (squealing) "Work!"

d. "Genuine Indian souvenirs, made in Yugoslavia"

e. "Iiiiwwww" (how this character reacted when in a sticky situation)

Okay, if you can get 10a and 10b, you are a super trivia buff.

11. Who succeeded John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State?

12. Name at least one country where the U.S. sent troops between the end of the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War.

13. In the 1956 movie To Catch a Thief, what now-common food item does Cary Grant have to explain to his guest?

14. All of these movies were made by Walt Disney except two. Which were not made by Disney? Where were they made?
a. Pinocchio b. Peter Pan c. The Snow Queen d. Sleeping Beauty e. Song of the South f. Johnny Tremaine g. Magic Boy h. The Light in the Forest i. Big Red j. Perri k. Darby O'Gill and the Leprechauns

[Lydia Leftcoast]

1. No takers? Are all the fiftysomethings at work?

:shrug:

[MrBenchley]

14. Super Circus also featured the Banana Man

Which was an act so weird that I began to think I imagined it...until finally I ran into somebody else who remembered it....

Do you?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

15. No, I don't

Just Claude and Mary.

[MrBenchley]

17. The Banana Man...

Was dressed like an old tramp....it would pull a wagon out on stage while singing a peculiar song in falsetto.

The Banana Man would then pull off an article of clothing, and discover bunches of bananas....and would cry out "wow!" in the same goofy falsetto.

La-la-lalala....Wooooooow! (bananas)

Eventually the wagon would be full of bananas, the stage would be littered with clothes, and the "Banana Man" would yank off a mask and the remaining clothes and you would see the Banana Man was a scantily clad blond.

Wish I could do justice to the peculiarity of the spectacle...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

18. That does sound mighty peculiar

I'm sure I would have remembered it if I had seen it.

[MrBenchley]

21. One of the many weird acts from the early days of TV

Remember Louie the Wonder dog? His trainer would run around frantically setting up flaming hoops and ladders and seesaws while the orchestra would play the Sabre Dance frantically...and Louis would lie motionless and stare at the proceedings, occasionally yawning. The big fianlly was that the trainer would lift Louie up and pass him through the flaming hoop while the dog remained motionless.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. Yes, I DO remember Louie the Wonder Dog

:-)

[RubyDuby in GA]

2. Neato. I know some of these and I didn't make my debut until 1974

and just for the record, I think it's Darby O'Gill and the Little People. I wore that movie out when I was little.

working on the rest of the answers...

[MrBenchley]

3. Here goes...

1) Phineas T. Bluster

2) Super Circus

3) I remember Wednesday was "Anything Can Happen" Day...beyond that, the abyss....

4) A V-neck pullover...

5) ???

6) ????

7) You drew on wax paper over the TV screen with crayons

8a) Ipana Toothpaste (brush-a brush-a brusha)
8e) Can't get enough of that Sugar Crisp...

9a) mortgage up to here
9c) another day older and deeper in debt...
9d) and it fills your heart with a happy sound
9e) why I love you, heaven knows...

10a) Perry White
10b) Jingles
10c) Maynard G. Krebs

12) Guatemala

13) Quiche Lorraine

14) c & g??

[RubyDuby in GA]

4. I think McDonald's hamburgers

were 5 cents when they first opened.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Nope

:-)

[MrBenchley]

9. They were West Coast only for the longest time

They didn't get to Maryland until at least the mid-60s....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

6. What you got you got right

although the Guatemalan operation, shameful as it was, was run by the CIA and involved no regular U.S. military.

[MrBenchley]

13. I think it was also CIA only

that toppled the democracy in Iran and installed the Shah...

Did we send troops to the Congo?

Nice to see somebody else remembers Perry Como...how about Garry Moore?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. Oh, yes, Garry Moore, both on his own show and

on I've Got a Secret.

Mad Magazine once included him in a list of people who are famous and no one can figure out why.

[MrBenchley]

19. Garry at least could sing, dance and tell jokes

although not very well......

Durward Kirby, his sidekick, was equally famous and could do none of those....

Garry introduced Carol Burnett to the world...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. But she actually made her TV debut on

The Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney Show.

They had a clubhouse set up, and people who were going to appear on the show slid down a chute into the clubhouse. The first regular female character was named Mary Ellen, but one day, when they were expecting Mary Ellen, the doorbell rang, and when Paul Winchell asked who it was, there was just a sound like chickens squawking. When he asked the person to come in, it was Carol Burnett, and she was a regular on the show after that.

So I already knew who Carol Burnett was when she began appearing with Garry Moore.

[MrBenchley]

31. Paul Winchell and Jerry Mahoney!!

Did you know Paul Winchell invented the aritficial heart?

Now, what was the name of the ventriloquist with the dog, Farfel?

[China_cat]

29. Durward Kirby later became more famous

thanks to a pair named Rocky and Bullwinkle. Kirwood Derby, anyone?

[bertha katzenengel]

5. is the answer to number 5

nineteen cents?

My mom once took three tiny little tow-headed girls to McDonald's and ordered five hankamers. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

8. CHEESEburgers

were 19 cents. :-)

[bertha katzenengel]

10. then hankamers were

ten cents?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

11. Split the difference

:-)

[bertha katzenengel]

12. Well, shit.

Harrumph.

[IChing]

26. Just 47 cents for a three course meal at McDonalds

I still remember the jingle song.
Hamburger,
shake,
fries
is what was consider 3 courses.

[warrens]

20. About all I know is 10 a. and b.

10 a. was Perry White in Superman, and I think 10 b. was Jingles or something, played by Andy Devine. I also know two of the song ones, another day older and deeper in debt and why you Ramble, no one knows. And 12, the Dominican Republic and Panama.

Other than that, a big goose egg.

[MrBenchley]

23. Andy Devine

besides playing Jingles, also had a kid's show called "Andy's Gang" that featured Sabu films and the wonderful Froggy the Gremlin...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

28. Yes, I liked those films that took place in India with

Rama and Ganga.

[China_cat]

30. Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy.

[MrBenchley]

32. Yes!!

What a hoot those were....

Back in the 60s there was actually somebody (can't remember whether it was a writer or a politican) who blamed Froggy for the anti-war movement....

[Burma Jones]

22. Wow, I feel young - I have barely a clue.......thanks

1. What was the name of the villain on the Howdy Doody Show? (extra credit for his full name) No Idea

2. Which kids' show featured Claude Kirschner and Mary Hartline? - No Idea

3. What were the names given to the days of the week on the Mickey Mouse Club? No Idea

4. What is a "Perry Como sweater"? - Button Down Cardigan?

5. How much were McDonald's hamburgers when they first came out? 25 cents

6. Who was on the 4 cent stamp (when it was standard postage) and what color was it? Red and Washington

7. How did you solve the cliffhanger mystery on the Winky Dink Show? - Huh?

8. What products were these characters associated with?
a. Bucky Beaver - Feminine Hygene?
b. Tom and Wom, the Indians (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes) - Dunno
c. the Chinese baby (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes) - Dunno
d. Little Oscar - Oscar Meyer Wieners
e. Sugar Bear - Sugar Crisp Cereal

9. Complete the next line of these songs: (no fair Googling!)

a. "Hey look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover.___________________"

b. "Chantez chantez sing a little Paris song
____________________________________"

c. "Sixteen tons and whadda ya get
Another day older and deeper in debt"

d. "Find a ring and it goes round round round
_____________________________________"

e. "Rambling Rose, rambling Rose
_________________________________"

10. Who said these things? (the character and/or the actor)

a. "Great Caesar's ghost!"

b. "Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me!"

c. (squealing) "Work!" - Maynard G. Krebbs

d. "Genuine Indian souvenirs, made in Yugoslavia"

e. "Iiiiwwww" (how this character reacted when in a sticky situation)

Okay, if you can get 10a and 10b, you are a super trivia buff.

11. Who succeeded John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State?

12. Name at least one country where the U.S. sent troops between the end of the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War. Honduras

13. In the 1956 movie To Catch a Thief, what now-common food item does Cary Grant have to explain to his guest?

14. All of these movies were made by Walt Disney except two. Which were not made by Disney? Where were they made?
a. Pinocchio b. Peter Pan c. The Snow Queen d. Sleeping Beauty e. Song of the South f. Johnny Tremaine g. Magic Boy h. The Light in the Forest i. Big Red j. Perri k. Darby O'Gill and the Leprechauns

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. Well, you got 8d&e and 10c right

:-)

I guess you ARE young.

[Burma Jones]

27. Well, I was born at the tail end of the baby boom

But I always figured if you weren't old enough to go to Woodstock or Vietnam, you ain't a boomer......

[Lydia Leftcoast]

33. Let's see if any other boomers want to tackle these after dinner

:-)

[ikojo]

34. Why do they say that people born in 1963 are part of the

baby boom? I don't know the answers to any of those questions!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

35. ANSWERS!!!

What was the name of the villain on the Howdy Doody Show? (extra credit for his full name) Phineas T. Bluster aka Mr. Bluster

2. Which kids' show featured Claude Kirschner and Mary Hartline? Super Circus

3. What were the names given to the days of the week on the Mickey Mouse Club?

Monday--Fun with Music Day, Tuesday--Guest Star Day, Wednesday--Anything Can Happen Day, Thursday--Circus Day, Friday--Talent Roundup Day

4. What is a "Perry Como sweater"? a V-necked pullover

5. How much were McDonald's hamburgers when they first came out? 15 cents

6. Who was on the 4 cent stamp (when it was standard postage) and what color was it?

a dark pink stamp with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln

7. How did you solve the cliffhanger mystery on the Winky Dink Show?

Put a plastic sheet up on the TV screen and draw lines as directed

8. What products were these characters associated with?
a. Bucky Beaver--Ipana Toothpaste
b. Tom and Wom, the Indians (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes)--Welch's Grape Jelly--the ads ended with "woo-woo Welches (I wish I were making this up.)
c. the Chinese baby (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes) Jello
d. Little Oscar--Oscar Meyer wieners
e. Sugar Bear--Sugar Crisp

9. Complete the next line of these songs: (no fair Googling!)

a. "Hey look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover.mortgage up to here"

b. "Chantez chantez sing a little Paris song
_Chantez, chantez, everybody sing along_"

c. "Sixteen tons and whadda ya get
another day older and deeper in debt_"

d. "Find a ring and it goes round round round
As it spins along with a happy sound"

e. "Rambling Rose, rambling Rose
why you ramble, heaven knows

10. Who said these things? (the character and/or the actor)

a. "Great Caesar's ghost!"--Perry White on Superman

b. "Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me!"--"Jingles Jones" (Andy Devine) on Wild Bill Hickock

c. (squealing) "Work!" "Maynard G. Krebs" (Bob Denver) on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

d. "Genuine Indian souvenirs, made in Yugoslavia" "Cheif Hawkeye" (J. Carroll Naish) on Guestward Ho!

e. "Iiiiwwww" (how this character reacted when in a sticky situation) "Margie" (Gale Storm) on My Little Margie

Okay, if you can get 10a and 10b, you are a super trivia buff.

11. Who succeeded John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State?--Christian Herter

12. Name at least one country where the U.S. sent troops between the end of the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War. Lebanon, the Dominican Republic

13. In the 1956 movie To Catch a Thief, what now-common food item does Cary Grant have to explain to his guest? quiche Lorraine

14. All of these movies were made by Walt Disney except two. Which were not made by Disney? Where were they made?
a. Pinocchio b. Peter Pan c. The Snow Queen d. Sleeping Beauty e. Song of the South f. Johnny Tremaine g. Magic Boy h. The Light in the Forest i. Big Red j. Perri k. Darby O'Gill and the Leprechauns

The answer is "c" and "g." The Snow Queen was made in the Soviet Union, and Magic Boy was made in Japan

Does this stir any memories?

[SW FL Dem]

37. I'm a boomer but I can't answer most of these

Born in 58.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

38. Many of them are from before 1958

That's probably why you can't answer them. :-)

[rustydog]

39. #8:d. oscar meyer e. honey comb cereal

9. c....anotherday older and deeper in debt (tennessee ernie ford)
e...why you ramble, no one knows. wild and wind-blown, that's how you've grown, who can cling to a Ramblin' Rose. (Nat King Cole)

10: a. Mr. magoo b.Andy Divine
14: big red and The snow queen.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. You got some right

Check the answers in Post #35.

[tyedyeto]

41. Damn, I failed the Boomer test....

and I am definitely a boomer.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

45. Answers in Post #35

:-)

[RushIsRot]

42. I don't know 'em all, but... here goes...

1. What was the name of the villain on the Howdy Doody Show? (extra credit for his full name)

Fineas T. Bluster

2. Which kids' show featured Claude Kirschner and Mary Hartline?

?

3. What were the names given to the days of the week on the Mickey Mouse Club?

?

4. What is a "Perry Como sweater"?

?

5. How much were McDonald's hamburgers when they first came out?

0.15

6. Who was on the 4 cent stamp (when it was standard postage) and what color was it?

?

7. How did you solve the cliffhanger mystery on the Winky Dink Show?

You drew on the TV screen over a plastic cover with crayons.

8. What products were these characters associated with?
a. Bucky Beaver
b. Tom and Wom, the Indians (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes)
c. the Chinese baby (yeah, I know, racist stereotypes)
d. Little Oscar

Oscar Meyer weiners

e. Sugar Bear

Honeycomb cereal

9. Complete the next line of these songs: (no fair Googling!)

a. "Hey look me over, lend me an ear
Fresh out of clover.___________________"

Mortgaged up to here.

b. "Chantez chantez sing a little Paris song
____________________________________"

?

c. "Sixteen tons and whadda ya get
__________________________________"

Another day older and deeper in debt.

d. "Find a ring and it goes round round round
_____________________________________"

As it spins along with a happy sound.

e. "Rambling Rose, rambling Rose
_________________________________"

?

10. Who said these things? (the character and/or the actor)

a. "Great Caesar's ghost!"

Perry Mason

b. "Hey, Wild Bill, wait for me!"

Andy devine

c. (squealing) "Work!"

d. "Genuine Indian souvenirs, made in Yugoslavia"

e. "Iiiiwwww" (how this character reacted when in a sticky situation)

Okay, if you can get 10a and 10b, you are a super trivia buff.

11. Who succeeded John Foster Dulles as Secretary of State?

?

12. Name at least one country where the U.S. sent troops between the end of the Korean War and the beginning of the Vietnam War.

?

13. In the 1956 movie To Catch a Thief, what now-common food item does Cary Grant have to explain to his guest?

?

14. All of these movies were made by Walt Disney except two. Which were not made by Disney? Where were they made?
a. Pinocchio b. Peter Pan c. The Snow Queen d. Sleeping Beauty e. Song of the South f. Johnny Tremaine g. Magic Boy h. The Light in the Forest i. Big Red j. Perri k. Darby O'Gill and the Leprechauns

G & K

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. Answers in Post #35

See if they jog your memory. :-)

[Hardrada]

43. I got Lebanon and Christian Herter. And most of the song lyrics.

Actually I might have been a little old for this test since I knew those kid's shows but my younger siblings watched them more intently than I did since I was busy reading the Hardy Boys mysteries (after having read all of the Bobbsey Twins whom I NEVER hear referred to on DU).