WWTBAM Bored

1. Daniel Handler Alive (Dang, this sounds familiar)
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin Dead Voltaire?
3. Gari Weinstein Alive
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento Alive Pele
5. Kemal Amin Kasem Alive Casey Kasem
6. Eleanor Gow Dead
7. William Drayton Dead
8. Curtis Jackson Alive
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. Alive Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski Dead

Total WAG on the theme: celebrity kid's book authors

1. Daniel Handler - Alive
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - Dead (Sacagawea's baby son, immortalized on her dollar coin)
3. Gari Weinstein - Alive
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Dead
5. Kemal Amin Kasem - Alive (Kasey Kasem)
6. Eleanor Gow - Alive
7. William Drayton - Dead
8. Curtis Jackson - Alive (Jesse Jackson?)
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. - Alive (Lew Alcindor)
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski - Dead (Joseph Conrad)

Theme: Children of famous people?

Dead or Alive? Game 27 12/28/07

Identify the following people as either dead or alive. Then take a guess at the theme (four words in my notes). If your guess is correct, at least one other name ought to suggest itself for each person. You can earn one additional point for each of those names you identify correctly. Good luck!

1. Daniel Handler - ALIVE
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - DEAD Moliere
3. Gari Weinstein - ALIVE
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento ALIVE Pele (had you used him in the soccer game (ha!), I might have had a shot at the theme)
5. Kemal Amin Kasem - ALIVE Casey Kasem (Keep one foot on the ground and keep reaching for the stars, whoo!)
6. Eleanor Gow - ALIVE Elle Macpherson
7. William Drayton - ALIVE FLAVA FLAV!!1
8. Curtis Jackson - ALIVE 50 Cent
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. - ALIVE Kareem Abdul Jabbar
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski - DEAD Joseph Conrad

Had you put in Maybyner Rodney Hilario, I would have loved you forever!

Dang, if it wasn't for Moliere and Joseph Conrad (although he's an educated guess), my theme was people who are all still alive. Instead, I'll go for:

PEOPLE BETTER KNOWN BY A NAME (PEN, STAGE, RELIGIOUS, NICKNAME, AMERICANIZED)OTHER THAN THEIR BIRTH NAME (I couldn't make it fit into four words)

1. Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) - Alive
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (Moliere) - Dead
3. Gari Weinstein (Garry Kasparov) - Alive
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento (Pele) - Alive
5. Kemal Amin Kasem (Casey Kasem) - Alive
6. Eleanor Gow (Elle Macpherson) - Alive
7. William Drayton (????) - Dead?
8. Curtis Jackson (Fiddy, or 50 Cent for the Ebonically challenged) - Alive
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) - Alive
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski (Joseph Conrad) - Dead

I don't have the first clue what these 10 people have in common.

1. Daniel Handler - Alive - Lemony Snicket
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - Moliere - Dead
3. Gari Weinstein - Alive - Gary Kasparov
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Dead - Pele
5. Kemal Amin Kasem - Alive - Casey Kasem
6. Eleanor Gow - Alive - Elle MacPherson
7. William Drayton - Alive - Flava Flav
8. Curtis Jackson - Alive (as of this moment) - 50 Cent
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. - Alive - Kareem Abdul Jabar
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski - Dead - Joseph Conrad

People With Changed Names

Another Nenê fan, I see. You're a girl after my own heart.

Tough one
1 A Lemony Snicket
2 D
3 A
4 D
5 A Casy Kasem
6 A
7 D
8 A Fitty cent
9 A Kareem Abdul Jabbar
10 D Joseph Stalin

Pepole known by other names

1. Daniel Handler = Alive
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin = Dead
3. Gari Weinstein = Dead
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Alive Pele (the soccer guy)
5. Kemal Amin Kasem = Alive Kasey Kasem (the DJ guy)
6. Eleanor Gow = Dead
7. William Drayton = Dead
8. Curtis Jackson = Dead
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. = Alive Kareek Abdul Jabar (the basketball guy)
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski = Dead Joseph Conrad (the author guy)

People Known By Psudonyms, um, Psuedunyms, um, different names than the ones they were born with.

1. Daniel Handler - Dead?
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin - Dead?
3. Gari Weinstein - Alive?
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento - Dead?
5. Kemal Amin Kasem - Alive - Casey Kasem?
6. Eleanor Gow - Dead?
7. William Drayton - Dead?
8. Curtis Jackson - Alive - 50 Cent?
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. - Alive - Kareem Abdul Jabbar
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski - Dead - Pope John Paul II?

People Who Changed Names?

1. Daniel Handler --ALIVE
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin --DEAD VOLTAIRE
3. Gari Weinstein --ALIVE
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento --ALIVE PELE
5. Kemal Amin Kasem --ALIVE CASEY KASEM
6. Eleanor Gow --ALIVE ELLE MCPHERSON
7. William Drayton --ALIVE
8. Curtis Jackson --ALIVE 50 CENT
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. --ALIVE KAREEM ABDUL JABAR
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski--DEAD JOSEPH CONRAD

FAMOUS PEOPLE BIRTH NAMES

1. Daniel Handler A?
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin D Moliere
3. Gari Weinstein A?
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento A?
5. Kemal Amin Kasem A Casey Kasem
6. Eleanor Gow A?
7. William Drayton A?
8. Curtis Jackson A?
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. A Karem Abdul-Jabar
10. Józef Teodor Nałęcz Konrad Korzeniowski D Joseph Conrad

Of the few I know they come form diverse backgrounds.

Birth names of famous people?

something as simple as "people with name changes"

1-Lemony Snicket ALIVE
2-Dead
3-Alive
4-Dead
5-Casey Kasem ALIVE
6-Alive
7-Dead
8-50 Cent ALIVE
9-Kareem Abdul Jabbar ALIVE
10-Dead

Dead or Alive? Game 27 12/28/07

Identify the following people as either dead or alive. Then take a guess at the theme (four words in my notes). If your guess is correct, at least one other name ought to suggest itself for each person. You can earn one additional point for each of those names you identify correctly. Good luck!
These are birth names, I beleive, of those far better known otherwise.
1. Daniel Handler
2. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin
3. Gari Weinstein
4. Edson Arantes do Nascimento
5. Kemal Amin Kasem Casey Kasem. alive
6. Eleanor Gow
7. William Drayton
8. Curtis Jackson
9. Ferdinand L. Alcindor, Jr. Alive. AKA Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
10. Józef Teodor Na??cz Konrad Korzeniowski dead. Horror! AKA.....

Joseph Conrad