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- Back in the Day: Baby Boomer Trivia - How Much Do You Remember? We have a new quiz about the 1950s and 1960s for you! What do you remember? Let us know your score in the comments please!
P.S.: we do our best to make good quizzes, do you see something wrong, a mispronunciation or a misspelling? We are sorry for that, but these are for fun. Don't get upset about it please.
#quiz #trivia #1950squiz
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!
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. 😢😢😢
The Korean War was called a conflict...
When I was growing up, I was told that it was a police act. Yeah, our soldiers really got screwed.
Exactly!
Contrived to make profits for the arms dealers linked to the politicians
I served my time in Vietnam
The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson was Jack Parr.
And before that was Steve Allen.
Hey....that's right!!!!!
That's what I thought
Groucho Marx was never the host of The Tonight Show.
That's exactly right, and he wasn't even on the list!
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
60's here, it was great, high school not withstanding! ;)
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).
We must be related but I have no idea what Polk Salad is. ☺
"Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end"
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.
That's an incredible amount of memories you just gave me. Life was so much better then. I really do miss it.
@@barbarachippel2214 Neither do I but I do know Poke Salad is. From the Pokeweed plant.
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.
Same age. British. Same problem. The Americans only make quizzes for Americans!
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.
Moon walk, the first attempt at AI
I'm 70 and I had 24 wrong but was surprised on a few that I guessed correctly. ☺
Groucho never hosted the tonight show. Before Carson, it was Jack Parr. Steve Allen was first.
You are correct. Groucho hosted the show You Bet your Life.
Whether I know these things or not, I still grew up in the 50's and 60's.....hello.....
I was born in 1961. We were sheltered from so much.
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.
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.
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.
Being a true boomer loved this
Some are easy, some I don’t remember and didn’t care for sports then and I don’t know now!
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.
Before Carson it was Jack Paar but Groucho introduced Johnny as the new host. These are fun time killers lol.
Thank you. It confused me a bit when they put up the answer.
I always thought Marilyn Monroe was also the first Playboy Centerfold along with posing for the cover.
82 out of 100. Pretty sure Jack Parr was on The Tonight show before Johnny Carso 😊
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.
The first combat troops (Marines, Danang) arrived in Vietnam in 1965.
Yes! I remember that- those times
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.
Before Johnny Carson was Jack Parr and before him was Steve Allen
I did ok seeing how I was a late 50s boomer baby.
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? ;-)
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…..
Good one - 84, certainly a baby boomer.
Loved this !!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 more like this please …
74/100, better than I thought,I’m 70
Geez ...18 wrong!! ...and it was tough!!!!!
I grew up in those day's. I got 99. out of 100.
This 68 year old Canadian scored 64/100
Good quiz 65 right not bad for a 73 year old New Zealander
84/100 Those were great times as I remember.
Fond memories growing up. Didn’t realize I remembered so much.
94/100. I will turn71 in August!
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.
65% I'm 66years old. Canadian ❤
Thank you I scored 68 questions l am 77 y/o
I was born in the late 60s. My score was 85 out of 100
Awesome!
. 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 ❤
70/100, I was born in November 1955, so i was too little to remember much from the 50s!
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.😊
Got 96 out of 100
Show Off !!! 😂😂😂
Show off
It was fuuun 65% for me lol
9 out of 100...
Thanks for the learning experience...
I never cared about sports as a kid or any other time.
75/100 Had a great time in the 60s. Easy to remember them.
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!!
He was guest host before Johnny and introduced him
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
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
Oh my! I missed about 15 but it was really funny that I remembered so many jingles etc!
This boomer did pretty good. The grey matter is still alive!!!
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
I am 77 yrs old!❤😊
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.
You blew it on the Tonight Show question. The answer is Jack Parr. Groucho Marx and others guest hosted. and other
The Southdale Center mall in Minnesota opened in 1956. The Northgate mall near Seattle opened in 1950!
I have to APPLAUD YOU. Loved this quiz game…. Very interesting, fun, knowledgeable and at a pace that I could follow. Thank you!
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.
#8 is wrong. The Twist didn't appear on the scene until Chubby Checker's cover of the Hank Ballard song was released in 1960.
And #61 asks for the first "contestant." Pretty sure you meant to ask who was the winner.
83/100 not bad for 79yo
75 right. I'm 77.
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
I really enjoyed thia quiz with the easy listemimg music.
98/100
Number one rule for making a quiz for us "Boomers" is do some FACT CHECKING first or better yet, just ask a "Boomer".
As others have pointed out - Steve Allen, Jack Paar, and THEN Johnny Carson.
Groucho hosted, "You Bet Your Life" with George Fenneman acting as announcer and sidekick. [say the secret word and win a $100]
65/100 ...
Not bad for a Kiwi 😊😊😊
Miss 18 out of 100 don't know if that's good or bad, but it's what I got 😊😮😊
95/100 72 years old
I will be 75 yrs old this year. I scored about 80 correctly and some were lucky guesses!
Botswana did not gain its independence from England, but from the United Kingodml
Same diff.
I scored 69
My wife's first husband was in school with Norma Jean Baker.
69 yr. old Canadian here, scored 92.
American questions!!! Thanks a bloody lot!!!
There have been several people before Johny Carson. Marx was first, Steve Allen, Parr, Carson
81% for me👍
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.)
Johnny Carson took over Who Do You Trust from Groucho
Johnny Carson became host after Jack Paar walked off the show. Steve Aleen was the Orginal host..Groucho Marx show was called "Bet Your Life."
If I were born in the 50's, how can I answer these questions from the 50's? Same for the 60's.
I wasn’t born until ‘59 but remember some things from ‘63 on.
I am 78 yo and I got 90 of the questions correct. Yeah.
My score was 94 of 100...Not bad for my age of 83yrs
Jack Parr was Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson.
Born in 1960 I got 73 right. But to be fare some of those questions where pretty far out there.
I only missed 19, and I was born in 1957. Some I guessed, but most I knew. It's all useless information until someone's giving away money. I've won a few contests.
Got 35 wrong.. guess I'm a baby boomer.
Great 😊
For your information the Dodgers were in Brooklyn, NY at the time they won the World Series
82
Well done!
Groucho Marx die Not Host the Tonight Show. at all. Jack Paar came before Johnny Carson. Groucho hosted You Bet your Life.
Too much Americana for me. I’m 75 so definitely a baby boomer.
Born early 50's, in Canada - got 89
Shame you didnt say in the heading that it was just a quiz for Americans.
I didn't keep score but I only missed about 10 or less. 😊
Question 34 : Jack Paar was the host before Johnny Carson. So I marked my answer a 'write in' as correct !
I am pushing 67 only I cannot believe I got 78 out of 100 correct.
95 out of 100 😊
This is mainly for those coming of age in the 1950s, not the 1960s.
I know them all its to easy I got it all right
I'm 69 yezr
Jack Parr hosted the Tonight Show before Carson not Marks
Groucho marx did host the Tonight Show before Johnny Carson.
I think he was the announcer but Jack Parr was the host.
Question 26 about the first actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame had NO answer choices.
#34 is Jack Paar. Guys... you have ONE job... one.
I got 75.