Sorry Generation X, Only Baby Boomers Are Passing This Quiz

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By: Kennita Leon

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About This Quiz

If you aren't exactly clear on what Baby Boomers, Millennials and Gen Xers are, then you've come to the right place. Baby boomers are the demographic cohort that comes after the Silent Generation, a group of people who were born between the mid-1920s and mid-1940s. The baby boomers were born between the mid-1940s and 1964, so that means anyone who is currently between the ages of 54 and 73. 

These people enjoyed the '60s and '70s and were witness to childhoods that were not dominated by iPads and tablets and technology. They sat down to TV dinners, played with their pet rocks and Chatty Cathy dolls and even had the opportunity to encounter strange things like mimeographs and Burma Shave cream. These people grew up watching Huckleberry Hound, Mr. Magoo and Howdy Doody. If this is sounding like something strange to you, then you may not have what it takes to pass our quiz. 

In fact, if you've heard of a mood ring, have participated in an air raid drill, know what a Secret Sam toy is and can tell us the difference between and icebox and a refrigerator, then you'll do fine. So can you or can you not ace our baby boomers quiz?

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Produced by the Mattel Toy Company from 1959 to 1965, this pull string talking doll was depicted as five-year-old Caucasian girl blonde hair and blue eyes.

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The transistor radio was a small, portable, pocket-sized radio receiver, which was developed in 1954.

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This diet cola soft drink, of which there are several variations, was introduced in 1963 by The Coca-Cola Company.

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The Viewmaster was a special-format stereoscope which allows the user to view various images using a series of cardboard reels containing 3D pairs of images.

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A TV dinner was a ready-made meal which typically contained all the elements of a single-serving meal such as meat, vegetables and dessert.

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The mood ring, which was popularized during the 1970s, is a ring which changes color depending on the temperature of the wearer's finger.

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A milkman was one who delivered milk to customers, usually in a bottle or carton, back when there was a lack of refrigeration.

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This working toy oven was introduced in 1963 by Kenner Products and as of April 2016, was still produced by Hasbro, Inc.

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This fictional cartoon character is depicted as a sweet, laid-back, blue anthropomorphic dog with a Southern accent.

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Mickey Mantle was an American professional baseball player who is considered to be the greatest switch hitter in baseball history.

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Corded phones of the Baby Boomers generation typically featured a rotary dial in comparison to modern corded phones.

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This American toy is composed of a plastic potato model with eyes, nose, mouth, ears and a hat which can be attached and removed from the main body.

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This machine, which is usually mechanical or electromechanical, was used to type print-like characters on one paper at a time.

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Silly Putty is a silicone polymer based toy which is characterized by its unusual properties such as bouncing but not breaking when given a sharp blow.

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This type of cinema featured a large, outdoor movie screen and an enclosed area which allows customers to view movies from their vehicles.

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This equipment is a cheap duplicating machine which was frequently used to print small quantities of work.

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Developed by Allan Alcorn, Pong is an early two-dimensional arcade video game which simulates table tennis.

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This type of pot, which was popular throughout the 1970s, was commonly used to brew coffee before the automatic coffee drip makers.

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Howdy Doody, which ran from 1947 to 1960, was an American children's TV show which revolved around circus and western frontier themes.

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Air raid drills in the United States were particularly common during the Cold War in order to prepare the country for a nuclear attack. Duck and cover!

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These collectibles were introduced in 1975 and consisted of smooth round rocks which were marketed as pets.

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This American brand of brushless shaving cream was well-known for its roadside advertisements which involved humorous poems.

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Secret Sam was a '60s children's spy toy composed of a silver briefcase fitted with parts of a rifle which were to be arranged correctly.

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An icebox, also referred to as a cold closet, is a compact, wooden refrigerator which was used before the introduction of mechanical refrigerators.

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The variant of Barbie was more flexible than its other counterparts and by comparison, had more realistic looking limbs.

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The seventeen-man Apollo mission took place between 1969 and 1972, with the first ending in disaster and the eleventh resulting in the first humans to land on the moon.

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This toy is a bouncing ball made of a synthetic transparent rubber with pieces of glitter suspended in it.

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The skate key was used to adjust and lock in place the straps of the old-fashioned metal roller skates.

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This game features a variety of tools such as the wood-burning pen, which was used to create several designs on the pre-cut wood sheet provided.

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This cartoon character was voiced by Jim Backus and was depicted as wealthy, short old man who found himself in humorous situations due to his poor eyesight.

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Also known as lawn darts, javelin darts or yard darts, this game was played using four large darts which were to be thrown into the target ring.

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Buttermints are a type of soft mint which is made with a higher content of butter and melts more easily inside one's mouth.

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The Amazing Live Sea Monkey was a children's show which was based on the original 1970s comic books.

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Liquid Paper, originally known as Mistake Out, is a brand of correction fluid which was invented in 1956 by Bette Nesmith Graham.

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This fruit-flavored drink was invented 1957 by the General Foods Corporation and marketed in 1959 as a powdered form.

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Manufactured in the 1960s, this children's toy was used to melt and mold plastic into a variety of shapes.

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This brand of canned cooked meat, usually pork and ham, was introduced in 1937 by Hormel Foods Corporation.

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Introduced in 1964, this action game and toy features two blue and red fighting robots which are controlled by two players.

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The pogo stick is a jumping device which was initially introduced as a children's toy but is now used as an extreme sports instrument.

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This two- to four-player children's game was created in 1948 and launched in 1949 by William Schaper.

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