Baby Boomer Trivia - How Much Do You Remember? 

The Tonight Show host before Johnny Carson was Jack Parr.

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

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).

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

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.

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

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.

Being a true boomer loved this

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

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.

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

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.

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.

I turned 70 this year and missed most of these.

Good one - 84, certainly a baby boomer.

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

. 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 ❤

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? ;-)

94/100. I will turn71 in August!

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…..

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

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

Got 96 out of 100

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!!

74/100, better than I thought,I’m 70

83/100 not bad for 79yo

95/100 72 years old

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

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

65% I'm 66years old. Canadian ❤

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

I wasn’t born until ‘59 but remember some things from ‘63 on.

Thanks for the learning experience...

75 right. I'm 77.

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.)

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

9 out of 100...

I scored 69

81% for me👍

65/100 ... Not bad for a Kiwi 😊😊😊

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

Botswana did not gain its independence from England, but from the United Kingodml

82

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

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

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

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

This 68 year old Canadian scored 64/100

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

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."

98/100

I got 75.

Johnny Carson took over Who Do You Trust from Groucho

My wife's first husband was in school with Norma Jean Baker.

I am pushing 67 only I cannot believe I got 78 out of 100 correct.

95 out of 100 😊

Born in 61. I think I got a B- 😊

I'm almost 73 and I got 78 correct.

O.M.G. What a mess 😂😂😂😂

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

Imagine buying a house for $7,000 dollars in 2024. I could be a lovely purchase.

I am 78 yo and I got 90 of the questions correct. Yeah.

85/100 and I'm 57!

75 out of 100 not bad

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

78/100. I am 72 yrs old.

My score was 90.

I only got 78 of 100.

❗ I'm done , Groucho Marx ? Missed tv dinner year and Joanne Woodward ? up to now hes 🤣

#77 According to Brittanica, "Vietnam War, (1954-75), a protracted conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam and its allies in South Vietnam, known as the Viet Cong, against the government of South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. "

56/100

Chuck berry

I know them all its to easy I got it all right

#34 is Jack Paar. Guys... you have ONE job... one.

Mr. Ed

Groucho Marx die Not Host the Tonight Show. at all. Jack Paar came before Johnny Carson. Groucho hosted You Bet your Life.

Shame you didnt say in the heading that it was just a quiz for Americans.

Missed 22

I remember that Im a human not a baby boomer.

This is mainly for those coming of age in the 1950s, not the 1960s.

Made in America. Made for Americans.

75, 64/100. Ok, but not great 😃

85/100😅🎉

I am a war baby, but got 70 right

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

#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.

Jack Parr hosted the Tonight Show before Carson not Marks

100......Are you kidding me?

-7👍not too bad! 😉

Remember? These are not for boomer children. I was 3 when eero designed the flight center. I can google it, but I bet 99% can’t actually remember it. Pete sake

26 wrong.

Mr ed

There you Americans go again. In question 86 Confusing England with the United Kingdom. Of which there are 4 countries. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England. Please remember this, as it can cause resentment.

Missed three u miss tonight first was a jack Parr