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This Is the Last Oldies Quiz of the Year

Have you been "Waitin' in School" for an oldies quiz? Well, this is an oldies quiz, and all 53 questions, including the bonus, have answers. The answers will be published in Tuesday's CRIMSON.

All undergraduates at Harvard and Radclifse are eligible for the prizes, and entries may be by team or individual. All other readers are encouraged to enter, but their rewards will be solely personal ones. Decision of the judges-on eligibility, correctness of answers, and on all other issues-is, of course, final.

Entries should be brought to the CRIMSON, c/o BHB by noon Sunday. By a vote of the CRIMSON, there are certain options open to entrants. They may turn the exam answers in by noon Sunday and receive either a letter grade, a pass-fail notation, or "credit." They may also turn them in in the fall with the same three grading options. Or oldies freaks may choose to never turn in the answers. In that case, they will only receive credit.

Anyone able to answer correctly all questions will be flown to Hollywood via TWA jet for a date with Annette.

1. Exactly two weeks ago, one of our idols turned 30. It was sad for all of us, but particularly for this great singer, who headed for a lonesome town to cry his troubles away. What is his name?

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2. The Beach Boys were not the only ones to sing repeatedly about water. There was a group of songs about water every year. What was Phil Phillips' contribution to this distinguished collection of discs?

3. Who tore open his shirt and showed the girls Rosy on his chest?

4. Buzz Clifford, one assumes, didn't groove to cutting lawns and washing cars. But he had to find some way to earn money for malteds and the juke box. Baby sitting proved to be the answer. He sang about one of the toddlers in a memorable tune by what name?

5. Gene Chandler recorded a popular tune about royalty. What was its name?

6. Breaking up is very hard to do, especially when you live next door to an angel. Who might have reasoned like that?

7. Many claim that James Brown is a dancer without equal, and they may be right. But there is another singer who did steps on the Dick Clark Show which might have cast some doubt over who is the best. He sang "Lonely Teardrops." Name him.

8. Who's not the kind who uses a pencil or ruler?

9. The Regents sang "Runaround," and Dion recorded "Runaround Sue" with "Runaway Girl" as a flip side. But who sang about a girl who ran away and said he wished she were there by him to end his misery? Hint: He recorded the song while he was on contract with Big Top.

10. The year was 1961. The song was "Spanish Harlem." Who was the singer?

11. Jan and Arnic had their first hit about the same time as Tom and Jerry recorded "Hey, Schoolgirl," which led to such recent hits as "Sounds of Silence," "I Am a Rock," etc. But Jan and Arnie went straight downhill after their first big record. Anyway, what was the record?

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