It's (Almost) Wordless Wednesday... and Denny the Dell Rat Wants To Know!

Put On Your Thinking Cap

(Avoid the Dunce Cap) -

It's Another

Shady's Place

Brain-Buster Quiz! 

That's right, dear friend, It's time to bust your brain

on Shady Del Knight's latest Mom & Pop quiz.

Try to contain your enthusiasm.

Can your noggin pass the test?

Denny the Dell Rat wants to know!

Hi, I'm Denny

the Dell Rat.

I might be a rat,

but I'm curious

as a cat. I'd like

to know if you

can find the

common link

between five

great recording

artists of the past.

Listen to their

hits and see if

you can tell me:

WHAT DO

ALL OF

THESE

SINGING

STARS

HAVE IN

COMMON?

BOBBY DARIN 

"If I Were a Carpenter" - Bobby Darin

(Oct./Nov. 1966, highest chart pos.

#8 Hot 100/#9 Cash Box)

RICKY NELSON 

"Never Be Anyone Else But You" - Ricky Nelson

(Mar./Apr. 1959, highest chart pos.

#5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100)

MARVIN GAYE

& MARY WELLS 

"Once Upon A Time" - Marvin Gaye & Mary Wells

(May/June 1964, highest chart position

#19 Hot 100 & R&B/#27 Cash Box) 

BELOW IS THE B SIDE OF THAT MARVIN & MARY SINGLE.

THE RECORD WAS A DOUBLE-SIDER AKA A TWO-FER.

BOTH SIDES CRACKED THE TOP 20. BUYING THE 45

MEANT YOU GOT TWO HITS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE.

"What's The Matter With You Baby" 

- Marvin Gaye And Mary Wells

(June/July 1964, highest chart pos.

#17 Hot 100 & R&B/#25 Cash Box,

B side of "Once Upon A Time")

MARVIN GAYE

& TAMMI TERRELL 

"Your Precious Love" - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

(Oct./Nov. 1967, highest chart pos. #2 R&B,

#5 Hot 100/#6 Cash Box)

What do all of these great

singing stars have in common?

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ANSWER:

All of these great singing stars died

before reaching the age of 50!

Tammi Terrell died at age 24.

Bobby Darin died at age 37.

Marvin Gaye died at age 44.

Ricky Nelson died at age 45.

Mary Wells died at age 49.

   Did you guess

   the correct

  answer before

 scrolling down?

Denny the

Dell Rat

wants to

know!

If you got the answer... good for you.

If not, you know the drill.

Have a Shady day!

NOTE: The character Denny the Dell Rat was inspired by

my high school classmate, fellow Shady Dell regular

and good friend Denny Neiman. 

Dennis "Denny" Neiman

1949 - 2010

Denny the Dell Rat Wants To Know

Put On Your Thinking Cap

(Avoid the Dunce Cap) - 

It's Another Shady's Place

Brain-Buster Quiz! 

That's right, dear friend, It's time to bust your brain

on Shady Del Knight's latest Mom & Pop quiz.

Try to contain your enthusiasm.

Can your memory pass the test?

Denny the Dell Rat wants to know!

Hi, I'm Denny

the Dell Rat.

I might be a rat,

but I'm curious

as a cat. I'd like

to know if you

remember the

name of a lovable

cartoon character

 of the early 60s.

Read the list

of clues below

and see if

you can

NAME THAT CARTOON CHARACTER!

* He is orange and magical.

* He is the mascot of a General Mills star-shaped breakfast cereal

advertised as "the only cereal in a storybook package" -

"stars inside, stories outside!" 

* His friends include Fulton the Camel, Sanford the Parrot

and Wilbur the Monkey.

* He has a rotor-tail.

* When he and his pals face danger, his familiar chant is

"Nose, nose, anything goes..." 

* His adventures were embedded in the animated cartoon series

King Leonardo and his Short Subjects and, for a short time,

in Rocky and His Friends. 

* Every 90 second vignette ends with "(name) only smiled"

or "(name) only laughed."

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

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TRIVIA ANSWER:

HE'S TWINKLES THE MAGIC ELEPHANT!

Twinkles was introduced as a "Big G" cereal in 1960.

Twinkles Cereal TV commercial - early 1960s

King Leonardo and his Short Subjects, the program

that carried Twinkles the Magic Elephant 90 second

adventure vignettes, started airing October 15, 1960.

"Twinkles and the Haunted House"

ON OCTOBER 15, 1960, THE # 3 SONG ON THE CHART WAS:

"Chain Gang" - Sam Cooke

THE #2 SONG ON THE CHART THAT WEEK WAS:

"My Heart Has A Mind Of Its Own" - Connie Francis

THE #1 SONG ON THE CHART THAT WEEK WAS:

"Save The Last Dance For Me" - The Drifters

   Did you guess

   the correct

  answer before

 scrolling down?

Denny the

Dell Rat

wants to

know!

If you were able to identify Twinkles from the

clues... good for you. If not, you know the drill.

Have a Shady day!

NOTE: The character Denny the Dell Rat was inspired by my high school

classmate, fellow Shady Dell regular and good friend Denny Neiman. 

Dennis "Denny" Neiman

1949 - 2010