March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

[NellyLunatic1980]

Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[fantine33]

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Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Dennis Hastert - HARVEY

I'm lucky I even know who this is, much less his real name. Ha!

2. Penny Hardaway - ANFERNEE

3. Duke Ellington - EDWARD

4. Wink Martindale - THOMAS

I read this when I was writing my game show QOD, but I'll be damned if I can remember it.

5. Tiger Woods - ELDRICK

6. Pat Nixon - THELMA

7. Lance Bass - TUCKER

8. Mitt Romney - WILLIAM

9. Pudge Rodriguez - JOSE

10. Grover Cleveland - STEPHEN

11. Tina Turner - ANNA

Or is it ANNAMAE? I hope this isn't a trick question.

12. Rip Hamilton - RICHARD

13. Mark Felt - FREDERICK

This is so funny, I answered just as a pure guess, then I read the next one.

14. Pacman Jones - ADAM

15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s - MAVIS

BONUS
A Martinez - ADOLPH

Yay, I finally know a bonus! I only know this because I had a major crush on him BITD

[fantine33]

Not allowed to alter my original post, but just so it makes sense (although I don't think extraneous comments matter):

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On the Mark Felt one, I meant to say that I had answered "Adam" just as a guess.

[littlebeast13]

Spoiler

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway - Anfernee (Something weird like that)
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods - Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez - Ivan (Rarely? Pudge is more of just a nickname, and hasn't really become a part of his name like for the other sports stars on this list, but I won't complain about a gift given how poorly I've done on recent games....)
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner - Anna
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones - Adam
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[LookingForHumorPoints]

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Dennis Hastert Newt
2. Penny Hardaway Ouchie
3. Duke Ellington Sir
4. Wink Martindale Blink
5. Tiger Woods Fuzzy
6. Pat Nixon Dick
7. Lance Bass Boogie
8. Mitt Romney Quit
9. Pudge Rodriguez Fatass
10. Grover Cleveland Super
11. Tina Turner Proud Mary
12. Rip Hamilton Alexander
13. Mark Felt Deep
14. Pacman Jones Trouble (Oh wait, that's his middle name)
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s Biggie

BONUS
A Martinez B


LFHP

[gsabc]

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4 certain points, and maybe one for humor.

1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway NICKEL
3. Duke Ellington EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods SHOULD KNOW THIS, BUT CAN'T DREDGE IT UP
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney WILLARD (NO, IT'S NOT "SLICK")
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez APPLE (AS IN "A IS FOR ...")

[Greyhound Dude]

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1. Dennis Hastert JOHN
2. Penny Hardaway ANFERNEE
3. Duke Ellington EDWARD
4. Wink Martindale WINSTON
5. Tiger Woods ELDRICK
6. Pat Nixon PASS
7. Lance Bass PASS
8. Mitt Romney WILLARD
9. Pudge Rodriguez IVAN
10. Grover Cleveland STEPHEN
11. Tina Turner ANNA
12. Rip Hamilton RICHARD
13. Mark Felt PASS
14. Pacman Jones ADAM
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s PASS

BONUS
A Martinez ADOLPH

P.S. THANKS FOR PUTTING SOME SPORTS FIGURES IN THERE.

[Catfish]

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5. Tiger Woods
Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon
Thelma
8. Mitt Romney
Milton?
10. Grover Cleveland
John?
11. Tina Turner
Anna Mae

BONUS
A Martinez
Albert?

[megaaddict]

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1. Dennis Hastert Menace
2. Penny Hardaway Nick L
3. Duke Ellington Earl
4. Wink Martindale Nudge (know what I mean, know what I mean?)
5. Tiger Woods Jehovah
6. Pat Nixon Lenny
7. Lance Bass Bruce
8. Mitt Romney Kermit D.
9. Pudge Rodriguez P-rod
10. Grover Cleveland Elmo
11. Tina Turner Mamie
12. Rip Hamilton Alexander
13. Mark Felt Patsy
14. Pacman Jones Donkey Kong
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s Pippi

BONUS
A Martinez Z

[andrewjackson]

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1. George
2. Anfernee
3. George
4. George
5. Eldrick
6. George
7. George
8. George
9. Ivan
10. Stephen
11. George
12. Richard
13. George
14. Adam
15. George

BONUS
The

[wintergreen48]

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3. Duke Ellington = Edward (and I think his middle name is Kennedy)
4. Wink Martindale = Winston
5. Tiger Woods = Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon = Thelma
7. Lance Bass = Smallmouth (WAG)
10. Grover Cleveland = Stephen
11. Tina Turner = Annamae?
12. Rip Hamilton = Alexander
13. Mark Felt = Deepthroat


BONUS
A Martinez = Bob

[ne1410s]

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1. Dennis Hastert --John
2. Penny Hardaway
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods --Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon --Thelma
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney --Willard
9. Pudge Rodriguez --Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland--Stephen
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones --Thomas
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

At's all I gots...

[nitrah55]

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1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway ANFERNEE
3. Duke Ellington EDWARD KENNEDY ELLINGTON
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods ELDRICK
6. Pat Nixon THELMA
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney WILLARD
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland THOMAS
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt FREDRICK
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[MarleysGh0st]

Man, this is bad...

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1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods - E...something.
6. Pat Nixon - Patricia
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney - Willard
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[mntetn]

Well, at least I know ...

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14. Pacman Jones = Adam

[eyégor]

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1. Dennis Hastert - John
2. Penny Hardaway - Anfernee
3. Duke Ellington - Edward Kennedy
4. Wink Martindale - Blinken
5. Tiger Woods - Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon - Thelma
7. Lance Bass - Ellen
8. Mitt Romney - Willard
9. Pudge Rodriguez - Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland - Elmo
11. Tina Turner - Annabelle
12. Rip Hamilton - Richard
13. Mark Felt - Wesley
14. Pacman Jones - adam
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s - Ronald

[peacock2121]

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1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway
3. Duke Ellington - Edward
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods - Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney - Willard
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner - Anna Mae
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez - Aldolf

I should know far more of these than I do.

Of course, I don't even know who some of them are.

[fantine33]

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If the answer to number one is actually John, then that's very funny. I originally put John down as my guess (on most of them I guess normal names unless I was trying to be funny). But then I changed it because I thought "If somebody has the second most perfect name in the world, why would they go by their middle name? Unless their middle name is the most perfect name in the world (which would be Thomas)."

Also, who would have guessed that two other people also had a massive crush on A Martinez? Although I think I remember seeing Peacock at the convention back in '74. Ha!

[DadofTwins]

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1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway -- Anferne
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods -- Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney -- Mitchell
9. Pudge Rodriguez -- Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland -- Stephen
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton -- Richard
13. Mark Felt -- William
14. Pacman Jones -- Adam
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[tanstaafl2]

Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

Spoiler

1. Dennis Hastert
John
2. Penny Hardaway
Dime
3. Duke Ellington
Earl
4. Wink Martindale
Squirt
5. Tiger Woods
Eldred
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[tanstaafl2]

Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

Spoiler

1. Dennis Hastert
John
2. Penny Hardaway
Dime
3. Duke Ellington
Earl
4. Wink Martindale
Squirt
5. Tiger Woods
Eldred
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

"Premature" submission. Not that I was going to get many of these anyway...

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6. Pat Nixon
Thelma. Odd what you remember...
7. Lance Bass
Spear
8. Mitt Romney
Glove
9. Pudge Rodriguez
Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[/spoiler]

[tanstaafl2]

Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

Below is a list of famous people who either do not or rarely ever use their real first names. For each, you must tell me his or her real first name. So if I said “Bob Hope”, you would say “Leslie”. Simple as that.

Answers are due by Thursday at 5 PM Eastern.

Spoiler

1. Dennis Hastert
John
2. Penny Hardaway
Dime
3. Duke Ellington
Earl
4. Wink Martindale
Squirt
5. Tiger Woods
Eldred
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

"Premature" submission. Not that I was going to get many of these anyway...

Spoiler

6. Pat Nixon
Thelma. Odd what you remember...
7. Lance Bass
Spear
8. Mitt Romney
Glove
9. Pudge Rodriguez
Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[/spoiler]

Can't believe I did it twice! Might as well quit now. Oh well, answering for "fun" since i don't know the rest of these anyway.

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10. Grover Cleveland
Oscar
11. Tina Turner
I dunno
12. Rip Hamilton
Torn
13. Mark Felt
Smudge
14. Pacman Jones
I dunno
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s
Dave

BONUS
A Martinez
Z

[mrkelley23]

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1. Buddha
2. Anfernee
3. Edward
4. Barnum
5. Eldrick
6. Thelma
7. Talentless Wiener
8. Willard
9. Ivan
10. Stephen
11. Anna (Mae)
12. Richard
13. Joseph
14. Adam
15. Gwendolyn

Bonus: Arthur

[tanstaafl2]

And then I go and screw up the answer for Tiger to boot...

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1. Dennis Hastert
John
2. Penny Hardaway
Dime
3. Duke Ellington
Earl
4. Wink Martindale
Squirt
5. Tiger Woods
Eldred
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

"Premature" submission. Not that I was going to get many of these anyway...

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6. Pat Nixon
Thelma. Odd what you remember...
7. Lance Bass
Spear
8. Mitt Romney
Glove
9. Pudge Rodriguez
Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner
12. Rip Hamilton
13. Mark Felt
14. Pacman Jones
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s

BONUS
A Martinez

[/spoiler]

Can't believe I did it twice! Might as well quit now. Oh well, answering for "fun" since i don't know the rest of these anyway.

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10. Grover Cleveland
Oscar
11. Tina Turner
I dunno
12. Rip Hamilton
Torn
13. Mark Felt
Smudge
14. Pacman Jones
I dunno
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s
Dave

BONUS
A Martinez
Z

[kroxquo]

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2. Penny Hardaway Anfernee
5. Tiger Woods Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon Claudia? Or is that Lady Bird Johnson? Or am I just completely wrong?
9. Pudge Rodriguez Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland Stephen