This is the moment a few of you have been waiting for, but first some comments.

I was happy to see that there were so many questions answered correctly. Many of these folks or things were pretty esoteric, to say nothing of old. And they were very Amerocentric. The only question which nobody got was #6, so there must be some awesome trivia buffs out there.

Seamus Kennedy had an outstanding 19 answers correct, followed by SINSULL with, I think, 14.

So without further adieu [Drumroll], the answers:

1) Perhaps the most influential American gossip monger of his (or any?) day. He was untouchable. WALTER WINCHELL – he narrated The Untouchables TV show
2) Underneath all that dirt, she was the most beyootiful Dogpatcher of them all. Eat your heart out Daisy Mae!   MOONBEAM MCSWINE
3) Life mate of the world's oldest comic strip detective still detecting (I think).   TESS TRUEHART (or TRACY).
4) This mobster's death wasn't a close shave. ALBERT ANASTASIA He was killed in a barber's chair.
5) This real-life cop became an actor who played mostly cops in movies, getting his start in a film portraying his real-life exploits.   EDDIE EGAN   The 'real' Popeye Doyle of The French Connection
6) Comic actress and radio personality; sort of a Gracie Allen type.    VERA VAGUE   Never quite understood what was going on around her, hence the sobriquet Vague.
7) He was part of a long time vaudeville (music hall to you Brits) team. All heck broke loose when they performed their greatest show.   OLE OLSEN of Olsen and Johnson's, 'Hellz-a-Poppin'.
8) The greatest Amazon of them all…in four colors.   WONDER WOMAN four color = comic books
9) He sang with Redheads…and that's no lie.    SUMTHIN' SMITH (and the Redheads)   Hit in 1950s with "It's a Sin to Tell a Lie"
10) She ain't no lady, but she sure is explosive.   BIG BERTHA the world's largest cannon?
11) Alter ego of this super arachnid.   PETER PARKER
12) The great escape-ist.   HARRY HOUDINI
13) This mobster was fortunate to only be deported.    LUCKY LUCIANO   Fortunate = lucky. Wasn't gunned down like #4.
14) "America's Fightin' Cowboy"…not to be confused with "The King of the Cowboys". RED RYDER Comics, movie and radio…intro-ed as America's fighten' cowboy. Used to promote Daisy BB guns.
15) Gossip biographer of the stars and famous…didn't like it when she was between the covers.   KITTY KELLY bioed Frank and Jackie etc., cried foul when she was the subject.
16) How are you doing?…respond in a Runyonesque way.   NICELY NICELY   character in Guys and Dolls
17) Funny silent film star, but he wasn't a tramp.   CHARLIE CHASE The dapper Charlie of the silents.
18) Yankee Doodle who went to London.    JOHNNY JONES per G.M. Cohan standard
19) The prettiest wrestler in the 1950's…if he did say so himself.   GORGEOUS GEORGE
20) Did this singer dent his car? Or his guitar? FREDDY FENDER one often dents a fender; a guitarist plays a Fender.
21) The English answer to la Monroe.   DIANA DORS
22) He kept the kids out of the pool…hall that is. HAROLD HILL   Trouble right here in River City.
23) A one hit wonder of the 1950s, he sang bloody well.    NERVOUS NORVUS hit song Transfusion; oft played by Dr. Demento
24) He was L'il Abner's ideel, a cop who looked like swiss cheese.    FEARLESS FOSDICK, Always shot full of holes
25) With his musical name he was a natural for the stage.   TOMMY TUNE

Compaints, compliments or comments welcome,
JotSC