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THE ANSWERS

1. b) A highlight of Chester Gould's Dick Tracy was the birth in 1947 of a beautiful
daughter to the characters B.O. Plenty and Gravel Gertie, named Sparkle Plenty.

2. b. Curb Whiskers or Feelers are springy projections mounted on a car to let a
driver know she's getting close to the curb. Very mportant in the days of whitewall
tires.

3. c) Jeanette MacDonald. The "Song Birds" were female vocalists who sang with
the big bands. Many went on to long and successful recording careers. Jeanette
MacDonald was a classically trained artist with a big voice who made many movies
with Nelson Eddy.

4. d) Mary Kay and Johnny on Nov. 18, 1947. Years later, the first couple to be
shown in bed together on prime time TV was Fred and Wilma Flintstone.

5. a) Lou Costello to Bud Abbot, after Abbot would tell Costello how he screwed
up again.

6. b) Tom Sawyer. Like all things Twain, who knows for sure? A true geezer, he
once said, "I can remember anything, whether it happened or not."

7. b) "Sentimental Journey"

8. b) 1954. The Raytheon RadaRange was five feet high, weighed 750 pounds,
and was rated at 1600 Watts. Amana introduced the first countertop microwave
for home use in 1967.

9. c) Snow White, made in 1938. This was followed by Pinocchio (1940), Fantasia
(1940), The Reluctant Dragon (1941), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942).

10. a) The series, born in 1938 on Chicago's WGN, was originally sponsored by the
Skelly Oil Company, Once it went network in 1940, Ovaltine took over sponsorship.
Millions of us kids were forced to buy one bottle of Ovaltine every year in order to
receive the free decoder badge which, most often, would decode the important
encrypted message at program's end as B-U-Y-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.

11. b) S & H Green Stamps

12. b) Cracks

SCORING

10 -12 correct: You are not only older than dirt, but plenty smart, too. Now if
you could only find your glasses.

7 - 9 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but your mind is definitely muddy.

0 - 6 correct: You are a sad excuse of a geezer. Redeem yourself. Wear yellow
pants or let your ear hairs grow into a comb-overs.
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