Which Generation Are You?

If you answer mostly A, you're a pre-boomer. If you answer mostly B, you're a Baby-Boomer. If you answer mostly C, you're in Generation X. If you answer mostly D, you're in Generation Y.

  1. Who is the ideal figure of motherhood?
    1. Eleanor Roosevelt
    2. Donna Reed
    3. Mrs. Brady
    4. Roseanne
  2. What did you want to be when you grew up?
    1. Part of a nuclear family
    2. Someone who makes lots of money
    3. Living with your parents
    4. Living with your parents
  3. Music should be:
    1. Melodic and romantic
    2. Annoying to your parents
    3. Annoying to your parents
    4. Annoying to your parents
  4. Sex is for:
    1. Married couples who want to start families
    2. Anybody who wants to start a party
    3. Latex-clad partners in a labratory setting
    4. Watching on TV
  5. The scariest moment in film history was:
    1. When the mummy rose from his tomb
    2. When the Blob chased Steve McQueen
    3. When the alien burst from the man's chest
    4. When Freddy still would not die
  6. The most inspiring American is:
    1. John Wayne
    2. John F. Kennedy
    3. John F. Kennedy Jr
    4. Beavis or Butthead
  7. I expect my retirement to be:
    1. The golden years when I can look back on a happy, fulfilling life
    2. An opportunity to finally write my novel
    3. An agonizing slide into abject poverty
    4. A daily struggle to survive in a horribly polluted world
  8. America is becoming:
    1. More impersonal
    2. More frightening
    3. More expensive
    4. More bogus
  9. The American Dream is:
    1. A house with a two-car garage
    2. A healthy family
    3. Winning the lottery
    4. Touring with Metallica
  10. My college major was:
    1. Business
    2. Liberal arts
    3. Secondary to my bartending job
    4. Something far, far away
  11. A good meal would be:
    1. Meat and potatoes
    2. Vegetarian macrobiotic
    3. From a drive-up window
    4. Microwaveable
  12. My favorite footwear is:
    1. Sensible shoes
    2. Earth shoes
    3. Converse high-tops
    4. Doc Martens
  13. I learned to drive behind the wheel of a:
    1. '53 Packard
    2. '61 VW
    3. '78 Pinto
    4. Sega
  14. The "woman":
    1. Marilyn Monroe
    2. Raquel Welch
    3. Julia Roberts
    4. Sheryl Crow
  15. The "man":
    1. Cary Grant
    2. Paul McCartney
    3. Eddie Vedder
    4. Bart Simpson
  16. Lost idol:
    1. James Dean
    2. Jim Morrison
    3. Kurt Cobain
    4. Mario Bros
  17. My generation's most unhealthy habit:
    1. Smoking
    2. Smoking pot
    3. Smoking crack
    4. Moshing
  18. Fashion accessory best forgotten:
    1. Double knit
    2. Bell bottoms
    3. Skinny ties
    4. Ridiculiously baggy pants
  19. The best way to spend a weekend is:
    1. Playing golf
    2. Conciousness raising
    3. Mountain biking
    4. Internet surfing
  20. I remember where I was when:
    1. The Japanese surrendered
    2. John F. Kennedy was shot
    3. John Lennon was shot
    4. O.J. took a drive
  21. Life changing movie:
    1. East of Eden
    2. Easy Rider
    3. Heathers
    4. Home Alone
  22. Life-changing novel:
    1. Catcher in the Rye
    2. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    3. Bright Lights Big City
    4. TV Guide
  23. Sports hero:
    1. Mickey Mantle
    2. O.J. Simpson
    3. Michael Jordan
    4. O.J. Simpson
  24. Celebrity my generation would rather not claim:
    1. Joe McCarthy
    2. Barry Manilow
    3. Vanilla Ice
    4. Barney
  25. Computers are:
    1. Frightening and disconcerning
    2. Complicated
    3. Part of life
    4. My only link to the outside world
  26. The father is the one who:
    1. Brings home the bacon
    2. Is attuned to his sensitive side
    3. Left years ago
    4. Holds the remote control
  27. My after-college plans:
    1. Work hard to help build a strong America
    2. Take my pick of many job opportunities
    3. Take my pick of many low-paying temp services
    4. Would you like fries with that?
  28. My generation's most annoying fad is:
    1. Nuclear testing
    2. Hula hoops
    3. Body piercing
    4. Unemployment
  29. The voice of my generation:
    1. Walter Cronkite
    2. Bob Dylan
    3. Madonna
    4. MTV VJ Kennedy
  30. My generation's biggest fear is:
    1. Heart disease
    2. Getting older
    3. Collection agencies
    4. Things that suck