mrjjj
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:40:00 PM permalink
This is usually fun. Can you list the first or last name of a person (or nickname) and that person is already well known? Sports, politics, movies, music etc.

I could list 30 but I'll do a couple.

Tiger
Hillary
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:42:52 PM permalink
Quote: mrjjj

This is usually fun. Can you list the first or last name of a person (or nickname) and that person is already well known?

I could list 30 but I'll do a couple.

Tiger
Hillary



Sarah
Madonna
Saddam
Osama
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:46:35 PM permalink
Quote: AZDuffman

Sarah
Madonna
Saddam
Osama



Sarah? Enlighten me.
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:48:48 PM permalink
Mitt
Rush
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:49:19 PM permalink
I assumed he meant sarah Palin..
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:53:20 PM permalink
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LeBron
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:53:45 PM permalink
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:54:03 PM permalink
jesus
genghis
moliere
napolean
adolph
benito
hirohito
winston
mao
mahatma
liberace
pele
cher
sting
bjork
shakira
orpah
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:55:37 PM permalink
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:55:50 PM permalink
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June 16th, 2012 at 5:56:11 PM permalink
Quote: WongBo

jesus
genghis
moliere
napolean
adolph
benito
hirohito
winston
mao
mahatma
liberace
pele
cher
sting
bjork
shakira
orpah




Perhaps you're not familiar with the game? WELL KNOWN !!

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June 16th, 2012 at 6:00:48 PM permalink
i think those are all better known than "sarah"
which of those are not well known?

ok maybe i could have skipped moliere and pele
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June 16th, 2012 at 6:04:20 PM permalink
Quote: WongBo

i think those are all better known than "sarah"
which of those are not well known?



Who's jesus? ;)
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June 16th, 2012 at 6:09:29 PM permalink
jesus delgado, duh
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June 16th, 2012 at 6:41:00 PM permalink
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June 16th, 2012 at 7:17:55 PM permalink
Quote: winmonkeyspit3

Sarah? Enlighten me.

I think it's Sarah Connor?
But seriously no one uses just "Sarah", it's too common a name.

Quote: mrjjj

Perhaps you're not familiar with the game? WELL KNOWN !!Ken


Almost all people on his list are well known.

Anyway, this is too long a game to play, unless you're stuck on a month-long Alaskan vacation.
I'll just illustrate with some of the names that haven't been mentioned yet... just starting with A.

Abrams
Abraham
Adelson
Affleck
Aivazovsky
Akebono
Albert
Alfonso
Alexander
Amarillo
Antonio
Armani
Atkinson
Aurelius
Azimov

Perhaps Adelson might not be well known outside this forum. Amarillo too, and perhaps Akebono, but the rest I don't see anyone not recognizing.
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June 16th, 2012 at 7:52:46 PM permalink
all vegas (although not technically, only Vegas)

Trump
Sigfried
Carrot
Bugsy
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June 16th, 2012 at 7:54:07 PM permalink
Quote: P90

Azimov



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June 16th, 2012 at 8:04:53 PM permalink
Quote: bigfoot66

Mitt
Rush
Magic ;)



I'll argue against Rush. If you mention him in conversation without a contextual reference, many people will not know exactly who you mean. For example, If I say "I was just listening to Rush on the radio", you have no idea whether it was the political blowhard or the excellent Canadian Rock trio of Geddy, Alex, and Neil.
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:06:09 PM permalink
Van Damme

Are we limiting this to real people, or can I submit fictional characters too?

Holmes
Watson
Moriarty
Picard
Riker
Data
Kirk
Spock
McCoy
Sulu
Scotty
Checkov
Uhura
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:15:32 PM permalink
It's funny, there are names like "Tupac" that I have no reason to know at all, yet it's creeped into the collective awareness.
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:19:51 PM permalink
How about Elvis, and Yogi?
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:53:14 PM permalink
Quote: WongBo


Adolf


Coors?

How about:
Wong
Shackelford
Dancer
Grosjean
Nersesian
Moody

Maybe not widely famous, but I think the folks here will know most of them,
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June 16th, 2012 at 8:56:07 PM permalink
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June 16th, 2012 at 9:00:19 PM permalink
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June 17th, 2012 at 5:42:28 AM permalink
Quote: P90

I'll just illustrate with some of the names that haven't been mentioned yet... just starting with A.



Abraham ................................ early focal point of three religions?

Albert .................................... the prince?

Alexander .............................. Bell?

Antonio ................................. Scalia?
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June 17th, 2012 at 5:54:38 AM permalink
To be more Las Vegas specific,

Siegfried & Roy

Penn & Teller

Donny & Marie
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