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?

SCROLL DOWN

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