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Quiz about An American Baby Boomers Weekend

An American Baby Boomer's Weekend Quiz

Millennials and Gen Xers may have difficulty with this quiz about life before cable TV, cell phones and the internet. Follow a typical Saturday in the life of BB the Baby Boomer.

A multiple-choice quiz by pscottsa. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
pscottsa

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
374,830

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
8 / 10

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Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. It's Saturday and BB wakes up hungry. He "knows his oats" and hurries to the kitchen. What does BB have for breakfast? Hint

Sugar Smacks

Cheerios

Captain Crunch

Lucky Charms

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Question 2 of 10

2. BB eats his breakfast in front of a small black and white television set. If he is not watching a cartoon, which of the following is he most probably enjoying on a Saturday morning? Hint

News

Quiz show

Western

Reality show

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is "vertical hold" in BB's world? Hint

Wrestling maneuver

Television adjustment control

Yoga position

Telephone setting

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Question 4 of 10

4. BB's little sister, toy doll in hand, joins him in front of the television complaining that her dolly has a wet diaper. What is the doll's name? Hint

Heidi

Wendy

Susie

Betsy

5. BB and his sister are big Heckle and Jeckle fans, and roar in laughter at the antics of the two cartoon magpies. Jeckle speaks with a pronounced British accent. What type of accent does Heckle have? Hint

Spanish

Southern

New York

Irish

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Question 6 of 10

6. String plays an important part in many of BBs Saturday activities. Which of the following does not require string? Hint

Tin can phone

Kite

All require string

Yoyo

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Question 7 of 10

7. BB has PF Flyers for outdoor play. What are they? Hint

Footwear

Frizbees

Bicycles

Model airplanes

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Question 8 of 10

8. BB is very proud of the watch that he got for Christmas, but his mother does not allow him to wear it while he plays outdoors. After seeing the commercial where the watch is attached to a motor boat propeller and "keeps on ticking", he begged his parents for one. What brand of watch does BB have? Hint

Timex

Seiko

Rolex

Fossil

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Question 9 of 10

9. Bicycling home for lunch, BB sees a car with a bumper sticker, "I like ___".
What politician's name goes in the blank? Hint

Harry

Joe

Mike

Ike

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Question 10 of 10

10. Occasionally on Saturday nights BB's parents would take him and his sister to the drive-in movies in his father's new Edsel. They did not know then that the car with the funny-looking front grill work would become synonymous with failure. What company made the Edsel? Hint

Chrysler

General Motors

Ford

Toyota

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. It's Saturday and BB wakes up hungry. He "knows his oats" and hurries to the kitchen. What does BB have for breakfast?

Answer: Cheerios

CheeriOats were introduced by General Mills in 1941 and renamed Cheerios in 1945. The breakfast cereal remained unchanged until 1976 when Cinnamon Nut Cheerios came out. "If you know your oats you too will go for nutritious, delicious Cheerios."

2. BB eats his breakfast in front of a small black and white television set. If he is not watching a cartoon, which of the following is he most probably enjoying on a Saturday morning?

Answer: Western

In pre-cable television days, Baby Boomers had very few stations from which to select. Saturday mornings were filled with innocuous cartoons such as "Tom and Jerry" or reruns of westerns like "The Lone Ranger". The major networks have mostly ceased Saturday cartoons. Thankfully, the vast number of cable stations still offer children a taste of simpler days gone by.

3. What is "vertical hold" in BB's world?

Answer: Television adjustment control

Poor BB has to manually change television channels and adjust the volume, as TV remote controls were years in the future. Early analog televisions were subject to numerous types of signal interference, requiring additional controls for annoyances such as horizontal hold and fine tuning.

4. BB's little sister, toy doll in hand, joins him in front of the television complaining that her dolly has a wet diaper. What is the doll's name?

Answer: Betsy

Perhaps the most popular Baby Boomer doll, Betsy Wetsy urinated after taking her bottle. Manufactured by the Ideal Toy Company, she debuted in 1934 and was named for the daughter of the company.

Answer: New York

Heckle calls friends "chum" or "pal" while Jeckle prefers "old chap". Their first television appearance was on the CBS Cartoon Theatre in the mid-1950s.

6. String plays an important part in many of BBs Saturday activities. Which of the following does not require string?

Answer: All require string

String was also necessary to have a helium balloon and many other hobbies and activities. String could also be used to take of care of a loose tooth with the string attached to a door knob.

7. BB has PF Flyers for outdoor play. What are they?

Answer: Footwear

The the popular athletic shoes of the 1950s and 1960s were first produced by B.F. Goodrich in 1937. Converse purchased the brand in 1972 and it was later acquired by New Balance. PF stands for Posture Foundation in insole technology.

Answer: Timex

Television commercial announcer John Cameron Swayze presided over many live torture tests of the popular timepiece. Each ad would end with, "Timex - takes a licking and keeps on ticking".

9. Bicycling home for lunch, BB sees a car with a bumper sticker, "I like ___". What politician's name goes in the blank?

Answer: Ike

President Dwight David Eisenhower served two terms from 1953 until 1961 before he turned the keys of the White House over to John F. Kennedy. An Army five-star general nicknamed Ike, he also named the presidential retreat Camp David after his grandson.

Answer: Ford

Expectations were high with the model named after the only son of Henry Ford. Unfortunately, the company lost millions and the Edsel died after a three year run from 1958 to 1960.

Source: Author pscottsa

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