Here are the answers to the The Baby Boomer Quiz of August 28:
What is the claim to fame of Ned Morgan of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Judith Owens of Schenectady, New York? THEY WERE THE CHAMPIONS ON CALL MY BLUFF, TEAMING WITH CELEBRITY PARTNER GENE RAYBURN
What was the name of Joe Namath’s bar in NYC which Pete Rozelle forced him to sell his interest in? BACHELORS THREE
What was Joe Namath’s signing bonus with the Jets? $400,000 What was John Huarte’s signing bonus the same year? $200,000
Who played the Joker, Penguin and Riddler on the original Batman series? CESAR ROMERO, BURGESS MEREDITH, FRANK GORSHIN
Who was the original host of Jeopardy? ART FLEMING
In the original Hollywood Squares, who was the most common celebrity in the center square? PAUL LYNDE Who mostly sat in the lower left square? CHARLEY WEAVER What was his real name? CLIFF ARQUETTE
Who were Dick Van Dyke’s fellow staff writers on The Dick Van Dyke Show? SALLY (ROSE MARIE) AND BUDDY MOREY AMSTERDAM) What was the name of the star of the show they wrote for? ALAN BRADY Who played him? CARL REINER
In one famous episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, Dick dreamed that Earth was invaded by aliens who had eyes in the back of their head. What famous comedian played the alien? DANNY THOMAS
Who had a sore throat when the Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show? GEORGE HARRISON
What was the name of the two-part episode of Star Trek which was the series’ original pilot? THE NAME OF THE TWO-PART EPISODE WAS "THE MENAGERIE", ALTHOUGH THE PILOT--WHICH WAS ACTUALLY ABOUT HALF OF THE EPISODE--WAS CALLED “THE CAGE”
Who should have won the Heisman Trophy the year Archie Griffin won his second award? CHUCK MUNCIE WAS RUNNERUP WITH MUCH BETTER STATS
How do you really pronounce Joe Theisman’s name? JOE THEESMAN Why did he change it? TO RHYME WITH HEISMAN (IT WAS ACTUALLY CHANGED BY NOTRE DAME’S ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT)
Who was George McGovern’s original running mate in 1972? THOMAS EAGLETON Why was he removed from the ticket? HE HAD VISITED A PSYCHIATRIST PREVIOUSLY Who replaced him? SARGENT SHRIVER
Who was the other Yankee slugger named Roger who hit lots of homers when he first arrived on the team, then faded just like Kevin Maas, Steve Balboni, and others too numerous to mention? ROGER REPOZ
Paul Hewson is to David Evans as Gordon Sumner is to whom? PAUL HEWSON IS BONO; DAVID EVANS IS THE EDGE; GORDON SUMNER IS STING. SO BONO IS TO THE EDGE AS STING IS TO ANDY SUMMERS
What famous rock star originally titled one of his albums Ol’ Pink Eyes is Back? ELTON JOHN (IT BECAME ROCK OF THE WESTIES)
There are two famous rock stars named David Jones. One was a Monkee. Who is the other? DAVID BOWIE
What iconic movie role was originally played by Buddy Ebsen? THE TIN MAN IN WIZARD OF OZ Why did he quit the role? HE WAS ALLERGIC TO THE MAKEUP Who replaced him? JACK HALEY
Several decades later Buddy Ebsen played the sidekick of a legendary American in a tv series. Who was that legend? HE PLAYED DAVY CROCKETT’S SIDEKICK Who played him? FESS PARKER PLAYED CROCKETT
What Beatle song did Chicago regularly play as one of their encores in the 1970s? (Think about it; it’s a very logical choice) GOTTA GET YOU INTO MY LIFE
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