# The "Am I Old?" Test
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373 "2022-06-17T14:54:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/1 "2022-06-17T14:54:22Z")
An idea hit me and I want to test it out. I’m going to list 24 names and I want to simply know
- yes/no: Do you recognize more than half of the names i.e. 13 or more
Recognize means you are familiar with their work. Something more than “I’ve heard that name before.”
You are more than welcome to tell us how many names you recognized
- Your age
Bonus points if you can figure out where I got this list of names. OK, here we go
Juliet Prowse
Connie Stevens
Joel Grey
Ruth Buzzi
Rita Moreno
Jim Nabors
Florence Henderson
Paul Williams
Charles Aznavour
Harvey Korman
Lena Horne
Peter Ustinov
Bruce Forsythe
Sandy Duncan
Candice Bergen
Avery Schreiber
Ben Vereen
Phyllis Diller
Vincent Price
Valerie Harper
Twiggy
Ethel Merman
Kaye Ballard
Mummenschanz
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/2 "2022-06-17T14:56:29Z")
All but Charles Aznavour.
Months shy of 70.
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### Author:  [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/3 "2022-06-17T14:58:41Z")
No. Only like 4 to the level that I could name something they’ve been in/worked on.
1. Still got that youthful ignorance!
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### Author:  [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/4 "2022-06-17T14:59:52Z")
I’m 53, and I recognize most of them because they were all guests on The Muppet Show.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/5 "2022-06-17T15:00:23Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
>
> Bonus points if you can figure out where I got this list of names. OK, here we go
I recognize them all. Muppet show.
ETA: I’m 62.
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### Author:  [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/6 "2022-06-17T15:00:30Z")
yes. Age 59
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/7 "2022-06-17T15:01:19Z")
I just suck at names. I’ve passed my sixtieth birthday and i can only place four of them. Another one or two names i recognized as “I’ve heard that, it must be some celebrity”.
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### Author:  [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/8 "2022-06-17T15:01:19Z")
Yes
80
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### Author:  [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/9 "2022-06-17T15:02:28Z")
Yes
50
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### Author:  [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/10 "2022-06-17T15:02:36Z")
More than half -
I recognized a lot of them as appearing on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In.
I’m 63.
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### Author:  [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/11 "2022-06-17T15:04:00Z")
23 of them. I am 61.
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/12 "2022-06-17T15:04:01Z")
22 out of 24; I don’t recognize Charles Aznavour or Bruce Forsythe.
I’m 57.
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### Author:  [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/13 "2022-06-17T15:06:52Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#):
>
> Bonus points if you can figure out where I got this list of names. OK, here we go
The last one gives it away.
The original Muppet Show, it’s the only reason I know who or what
“Mummenschanz” is. Once I saw that, looking back I realized all the others were also on The Muppet Show
I got 13, btw.
ETA: 53 (and a half!)
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### Author:  [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/14 "2022-06-17T15:07:12Z")
My guess on where the list came from:
Guests on _The Muppet Show_
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### Author:  [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/15 "2022-06-17T15:10:05Z")
12 for me
Didn’t watch the Muppet Show, so that’s consistent. I’m 63.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/16 "2022-06-17T15:11:32Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> 22 out of 24; I don’t recognize Charles Aznavour or Bruce Forsythe.
>
> I’m 57.
TEACHER! He cheated! That was **my** answer. And I’m 10 years older, so punish him!
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### Author:  [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/17 "2022-06-17T15:14:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#):
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> 22 out of 24; I don’t recognize Charles Aznavour or Bruce Forsythe.
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> I’m 57.
Same here, but two years older.
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### Author:  [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/18 "2022-06-17T15:14:21Z")
Do I get extra points for remembering that at the end of one particular Muppet Show, they accidentally tossed Paul Williams in the trunk with the other muppets?
[ ](http://hensonblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/paulwilliams-300x191.jpg)
Fake news… but why are we spoilering the Muppets?
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### Author:  [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/19 "2022-06-17T15:18:20Z")
7 I don’t know, I’m 54.
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### Author:  [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)
#### Post date: [June 17, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-am-i-old-test/966373/20 "2022-06-17T15:23:02Z")
I got everyone but Bruce Forsythe, and I’m 64.
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