Baby Boomer Trivia - How Much Do You Remember?

[@vickietaylor253]

I was born in 1948 and I have said many times how thankful I am that I was born at that time. We were the first really free generation and there was so much change occurring everyday in our lives. Was the greatest time ever to be a teen. Life has been very good for the baby boomers and we are so blessed. I wish the younger generation could experience those days of joy and wonder. It was such a fabulous time to be alive!

[@suejohnson3972]

Same ! Born in 1948 !

[@sandralazaridis64]

I was born 1946 and it was the best of times.People were kind and thoughtful.We never locked the doors,and I will always cherish my memories.

[@RoseAutumn-i8b]

@@sandralazaridis64 I was born 1953. And we could even leave the windows open at night too.

[@greenapple4280]

60/100. I am a 72 years-old Swiss and I didn't understand all questions about sport and TV shows in the USA. Thank you.

[@vivienhodgson3299]

Same age. British. Same problem. The Americans only make quizzes for Americans!

[@katewebber1131]

Same here I'm an Aussie.

[@myrlkoehler5013]

@@vivienhodgson3299

[@cheriem432]

I am American and I didn't know these answers. They are not suited for this audience.

[@kevinsweeney4123]

75/100, 69 and Irish I guessed a lot of the American sport and television

[@rza1962]

I was born in the 60's and throughly enjoyed taking this quiz. I scored a 77 out of 100

[@cierakitty]

Back then it was a time for hula-hoops, transister radios, flavored straws for your milk, (choc., strawberry, or vanilla), for us girls starched petticoats under Sunday dresses that played havoc on our legs, home perms for little girls, elderly women at church smelling like their favorite dusting powder, station wagons, (cars), Shrinky Dinks, paper dolls, tinker toys, slinkeys, and such. Friday nights was Twilight Zone, Dragnet etc. Saturday mornings with The Lone Ranger, Superman, etc. Saturday nights was Rawhide, Have gun will travel etc.Sunday night was Bonanza (a must). Caption Kangaroo every morning with Mr. Rabbit, Moose, and Mr. Green Jeans and usually Tom Terrific and his mighty dog Manfred. For me.....every afternoon was American Bandstand with Dick Clark...and then Dark Shadows. We grew up learning things like how to cook, sew or mend, quilting, crochet, gardening, and on camping trips...survival tips, what to eat in the woods and what not to eat, fishing, about animals and snakes and such. Our moms made their own jams and jellies, preserves, pickles, relishes, etc. In the woods we ate huckleberries, muskedines, post oak grapes, wild pears, and such. Hickory nuts (hicker nuts) we used in cookies, cake icings, home made candies and fudges and candied sweet potatoes. Popcorn balls, home made taffy, ribbon cane syrup, wild honey, polk salad, oh goodness...so much more. (even skinny dipping at the pond).

[@barbarachippel2214]

We must be related but I have no idea what Polk Salad is. ☺

[@rbecerra321]

"Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end"

[@tommas2674]

not my Mom and not my Grandmother. Grandmother was a politician and teacher, Mom was church some and social orgs. in the country. And we kids at the end of the boomers whenever we could be outside we were. playing softball, building tree houses, ... as a very small girl I was not good at these things but the older kids helped me, never left me behind and when they became teens they still invited me to their parties. I'd dance on their feet.

[@karenmessinger9609]

That's an incredible amount of memories you just gave me. Life was so much better then. I really do miss it.

[@thomasharding1838]

@@barbarachippel2214 Neither do I but I do know Poke Salad is. From the Pokeweed plant.

[@charliesmith4479]

I WAS BORN IN 1947 . S.F. if i do come back I wouldnt change the 50s and 60s for any other time.thx for the memories

[@deezer-vj1ei]

60's here, it was great, high school not withstanding! ;)

[@deborahlemm3020]

The Vietnam WAR was not ever a declared a WAR! It was a CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN COUNTRIES THAT THE UNITED STATES SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN DRAGGED INTO! 😢😢😢. We lost too many of our soldiers and the ones that did come home that were not injured were spit on. The ones that were injured didn't get all of the necessary treatments and support that they really needed. The Veterans Administration really let our Veterans down Big Time! I was just a kid in the 60's but I have a great memory and watched the news and read the newspapers everyday, both the L.A.Times and The Herald Examiner. Sad situation for our soldiers and our country. 😢😢😢

[@ChristinaKeenan-u5s]

The Korean War was called a conflict...

[@southernbelle6108]

When I was growing up, I was told that it was a police act. Yeah, our soldiers really got screwed.

[@23Josilee]

Exactly!

[@methaneman4045]

Contrived to make profits for the arms dealers linked to the politicians

[@georgethayer3533]

I served my time in Vietnam

[@barbarachippel2214]

I'm 70 and I had 24 wrong but was surprised on a few that I guessed correctly. ☺

[@ettaplace6716]

Loved this !!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 more like this please …

[@jimmeade2976]

Overall a good quiz, my score 89/100, which I'm happy with. Some clarifications: Q34 - Unfair question. Jack Paar hosted the Tonight Show before Johnny Carson. After Paar left and before Carson took over, there were several guest hosts, including Groucho Marx for one week. Q47: The first Super Bowl by name was actually in 1969. The first 2 were called "AFL-NFL Championship Game" in 1967 and 1968. Q87: Unfair question. Apollo 1, in which 3 astronauts died, was the first manned mission. Apollo 7 was the first manned mission that actually launched.

[@d.l.harrington4080]

I agree. I watch it happen. You can't call a guest host that filled in as The Host. Jack Paar was good but a little dry compared to Johnny. And I did not like Leno at all. I switched networks and went with Letterman.

[@MoonlightLadyDee]

The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson was Jack Parr.

[@glennso47]

And before that was Steve Allen.

[@susandevoe6002]

Hey....that's right!!!!!

[@carolgrosklags8933]

That's what I thought

[@conniewesselman9655]

Groucho Marx was never the host of The Tonight Show.

[@susan6800]

That's exactly right, and he wasn't even on the list!

[@paulbenson4809]

Being a true boomer loved this

[@sylviastreet]

Some are easy, some I don’t remember and didn’t care for sports then and I don’t know now!

[@karenmessinger9609]

I remember watching the walk on the moon on a black & white tv. I was pretty young. I remember watching Vietnam war news on tv & hippies. I was still too young to really understand much of it.

[@olegoat1110]

Moon walk, the first attempt at AI

[@kathleenwharton2139]

Moon walk was on the set of Star Trek 😊❤

[@jameswest3251]

Good one - 84, certainly a baby boomer.

[@rclrd1]

I'm also 84. I think we're _not_ Baby Boomers; aren't Baby boomers those born after 1945 - the end of WW2?

[@centexan]

Groucho never hosted the tonight show. Before Carson, it was Jack Parr. Steve Allen was first.

[@bartbutterfield7966]

You are correct. Groucho hosted the show You Bet your Life.

[@lilianaprina5991]

Thanks for the learning experience...

[@marcydobbs1653]

At 75 I scored 75/100. Wasn't a sports nut back in the day. I remember Jack Parr before Johnny. Definitely scored well on music and amusements. At 16 went to World's Fair. Disney debuted "It's a Small World" there. Thanks for the memory.

[@charliesmith4479]

. Missed about 12. Not bad I'm 77 now . sF chick. Those were wonderful years,I absolutely loved growing up in those times.very exciting times in San Francisco place of birth ❤

[@JenniferAllan-be1vf]

American questions!!! Thanks a bloody lot!!!

[@robertlivingston8835]

Before Carson it was Jack Paar but Groucho introduced Johnny as the new host. These are fun time killers lol.

[@RandalF-259]

Thank you. It confused me a bit when they put up the answer.

[@coloradopackratprepper]

Lolol at 73, i only missed 4 . Hadnt heard of those revolutions. it was jack paar before carson!!!!! It was not groucho!!!!!! I especilly knew the music ones.

[@Venusandjupiteinunion6434]

Yea that one was wrong. My parents used to watch Jack Parr, so I'm giving myself an extra point. 77/100😊

[@kathleenkonti4952]

82 out of 100. Pretty sure Jack Parr was on The Tonight show before Johnny Carso 😊

[@markkaminski2416]

Yeah I thought so too!

[@jean6822]

I did ok seeing how I was a late 50s boomer baby.

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

Jack Paar was the host of The Tonight Show before Carson. Where did you come up with Groucho Marx? There was Steve Allen, Jack Paar, Johnny Carson, Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon in that order. Valley of the Dolls was not even in the top 20 best novels of the 60s, but To Kill a Mockingbird was one of the very best. My parents bought a home in 1955 for $8000, it sold in the late 90s for over $300,000. It overlooks Lake Superior. I missed maybe 10, but not all the correct answers you gave were correct. Marilyn Monroe never actually posed nude for Playboy though her picture was on the cover of the first issue.

[@kevinsweeney4123]

Didn't she say she wore Chanel no 5 when asked about the playboy shoot?

[@enigmawrappedinaparadox7361]

Whether I know these things or not, I still grew up in the 50's and 60's.....hello.....

[@Robins-wings]

I was born in 1961. We were sheltered from so much.

[@Whatyathink-hy4kr]

84/100 Those were great times as I remember. Fond memories growing up. Didn’t realize I remembered so much.

[@voiceofreason7856]

100 questions - quite the marathon, there !!! I got 81 correct, but after about the first 50 ? I didn't care anymore - I just wanted it to END ! LOL

[@tedmabey1852]

94/100. I will turn71 in August!

[@TairnKA]

Number 71, I consider a trick question, but I got it right. I missed 37, though a few of the questions were only answerable by memory and at my age (nearly 68), what could be expected of me? ;-)

[@susandevoe6002]

Geez ...18 wrong!! ...and it was tough!!!!!

[@carolbraidwood305]

74/100, better than I thought,I’m 70

[@deborahstone9696]

65% I'm 66years old. Canadian ❤

[@RAIDERNINI1]

I have to APPLAUD YOU. Loved this quiz game…. Very interesting, fun, knowledgeable and at a pace that I could follow. Thank you!

[@grantsmith9267]

Good quiz 65 right not bad for a 73 year old New Zealander

[@germancamacho3944]

Thank you I scored 68 questions l am 77 y/o

[@nyneeveanya8861]

Vietnam war began in 1961 for the USA, French were fighting from 1946 to 1954 then came the accords. Then Russia started supporting the north Vietnamese and then we started in 1961.

[@cbwilson2398]

The first combat troops (Marines, Danang) arrived in Vietnam in 1965.

[@sandramyer7081]

Yes! I remember that- those times

[@TBTUSA]

​@@cbwilson2398Yes, correct sir.

[@cyndiebill6631]

75/100 Had a great time in the 60s. Easy to remember them.

[@ShirleyGregory-g1p]

Got 96 out of 100

[@New_Zealand_1]

Show Off !!! 😂😂😂

[@susandevoe6002]

Show off

[@deborahstone9696]

It was fuuun 65% for me lol

[@janetsanford6923]

83/100 correct, most of the ones I missed were sports, was one year off on Medicare question (1964 guess), and didn't know the couple without a multiple choice.😊

[@susan6800]

70/100, I was born in November 1955, so i was too little to remember much from the 50s!

[@cynthiaamitrano8915]

I was born in 1950 so I didn’t know many of the answers to 1950s trivia and I’m not a sports fan so…..

[@philliphoward7455]

I always thought Marilyn Monroe was also the first Playboy Centerfold along with posing for the cover.

[@suehollahan6910]

Oh my! I missed about 15 but it was really funny that I remembered so many jingles etc!

[@alanmajor130]

Thank you most enjoyable.

[@QuizTimePubQuiz]

Thank you 😊

[@nancydelu4061]

I remember we got a TV on a rolling cart, a castoff from auntie. We watched Steve Allen, when Mom fell asleep. He used to go on the street sometimes. It was the first look we got of a mainland city. (The Hollywood stuff was too "cutsy" to be true.)

[@NancyTitley-c4k]

I grew up in those day's. I got 99. out of 100.

[@J0Ann-e3k]

9 out of 100...

[@Squawking_Squatcher]

Jack Paar was the host of the Tonight Show before Johnny Carson. Groucho Marx never was an "official" host, but just a guest host.

[@truthseekerlarge7713]

You are correct!

[@sorayaellison9510]

Born 1957 and migrared to the US in 1966- 74 correct, I did pretty good some of the questions were before my time. 👍

[@haydeemotazarate7000]

Hi, I knew more than half, I’m not American born in 1946, enjoyed it thanks

[@sandramyer7081]

Ill try how many i remember- in East Texas, never had American Bandstand until much later1958 but early in Philly because my cousin was on this show

[@pennybechtold3524]

I am 73 and got 82 right out of 100. Not too bad.

[@sandramyer7081]

I was born 1947 and some of these newspapers stuff later than early 50's- TV was finally available in 1956 ( at my home) but lots of goodies weren't everywhere- like American Bandstand, for ex

[@sandramyer7081]

I am 77 yrs old!❤😊

[@mikemorgan5815]

I”m a little older than you . I remember our first TV. It was almost as big as our refrigerator, with a screen about the size of a phone book. My dad was alway taking the tubes out to go test them. The only place in town that sold tubes for TVs was the liquor store.

[@sooskevington6144]

66/100 a poor showing for a 69 year old but was handicapped by the quiz being so USA biased with such a large number of questions being unlikely to be known outside USA.

[@angelarichards6667]

I scored 69

[@susanhopemason]

I was born in July of 1954. I didn't keep track of how many I missed, but I'm going to guess that it was around 35 to 40.

[@karenbrown1190]

This 68 year old Canadian scored 64/100

[@lindaward6895]

75 right. I'm 77.

[@New_Zealand_1]

65/100 ... Not bad for a Kiwi 😊😊😊

[@Venusandjupiteinunion6434]

Well I was only born in 1956, but amazingly got 76 of those right. I have this weird thing where I can sort of discern the answer, by eliminating those that are not possible. Or I'm psychic, because there's no way that I should have known so many of these. I'm incredibly proud of myself.

[@roxanneyoung670]

I really enjoyed thia quiz with the easy listemimg music.

[@prioress]

I never cared about sports as a kid or any other time.

[@rmorris334]

Born in 1946. Got 86/100.😊

[@kayja2949]

I was born in 1949. I missed 25 out of 100. I had to guess on most of the specific date questions.

[@catworld8119]

Question 26 about the first actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame had NO answer choices.

[@geoffschulz]

#49 Cookie Monster made his debut in 1966 in a General Foods commercial.

[@Barbara-m2h]

I didn't really keep score bad I didn't do super good I was a baby in the 1950s so I really had to rely on History lessons in order to get any of them correct but I still think I did pretty well with something like 50 or good quiz

[@60bigmoe]

I'm 77 years old and I only got 44 out 100 that I knew for sure. There were many others that I guessed correctly, but I didn't count them. There were also many that I knew only because I knew the alternative choices were wrong. I didn't count them either. I figured if I'm going to be honest with myself, and true to the spirit of this test, I should only include those I knew for sure.

[@dianeknight4839]

I only got 10 wrong but then I am from the UK. Born in 1954 guess I have still got all my marbles.

[@pandabear153]

I will be 75 yrs old this year. I scored about 80 correctly and some were lucky guesses!

[@mikehayes8656]

Before Johnny Carson was Jack Parr and before him was Steve Allen

[@JudyMenzel7]

81% for me👍

[@silvertailfins]

The Southdale Center mall in Minnesota opened in 1956. The Northgate mall near Seattle opened in 1950!

[@adriaandeleeuw8339]

85. /100 I am a 64 year old Australian that also guessed a few I wasnt sure of.

[@jeanrinaldi1309]

Groucho Marx never hosted the Tonight Show!! After Jack Paar came Carson!! Anyway, I got 90/100! I’m 82 n grew up in that era!!

[@noonie8331]

He was guest host before Johnny and introduced him

[@feral4813]

Johnny Carson took over the Tonight Show after Jack Paar. Groucho Marx hosted "You Bet Your Life".

[@EricWoodyVariety59]

I got 75 correct.

[@deniserusinski5354]

I didn't get any choices on the Elvis question. Hello

[@MaryOntano]

This boomer did pretty good. The grey matter is still alive!!!

[@centexan]

You blew it on the Tonight Show question. The answer is Jack Parr. Groucho Marx and others guest hosted. and other

[@arby163]

98/100

[@PastaMakerCordy-qy4uz]

100/100

[@JAMESMEAUX-h3j]

Tonight Starring Jack Paar (in later seasons The Jack Paar Tonight Show) is an American television talk show broadcast by NBC. The show is the second installment of The Tonight Show. Hosted by Jack Paar, it aired from July 29, 1957 to March 30, 1962, replacing Tonight Starring Steve Allen and was replaced by The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

[@maryp8725]

Bill Haley and HIS comets

[@optitom9033]

83/100 not bad for 79yo

[@sylviagerritsen7975]

This title should also state IF YOU’RE AMERICAN. I still got 91/100

[@anitawright7169]

I got 70 of them correct.

[@user-yv4eb5sp3m]

There have been several people before Johny Carson. Marx was first, Steve Allen, Parr, Carson

[@genewaddlerandomstuff2122]

I'm sure many others have corrected you on this, but Johnny Carson took over the tonight show from Jack Paar in 1962. Groucho never was a full time host of the show.

[@JudithWright-f5y]

Miss 18 out of 100 don't know if that's good or bad, but it's what I got 😊😮😊

[@patriciaharris4971]

Too much Americana for me. I’m 75 so definitely a baby boomer.

[@BettyMorefield]

I got 83

[@donnaluna6013]

I didn't keep score but I only missed about 10 or less. 😊

[@Jeanette-gw9qy]

My score was 94 of 100...Not bad for my age of 83yrs

[@tammyvanlue2417]

95 out of 100 😊

[@carlyk502]

I don’t even know? I didn’t write them down & didn’t keep track. There were answers to questions that I took a stab @ & guessed, & got them right. Some of the answers I was mildly surprised that I even knew them. Somewhere, in my storage vaults of information they were buried, & were accessed when needed.

[@MartyHochwart]

85 out of 100.

[@debbiemcnamara7059]

G. Marx never hosted the Tonight show. It Was Jack Parr!

[@RandyBowen-w7p]

Born in 1960 I got 73 right. But to be fare some of those questions where pretty far out there.

[@nancyneal5377]

69 yr. old Canadian here, scored 92.