March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

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Re: March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

#26 Post by T_Bone0806 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:41 pm

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1. Dennis Hastert
2. Penny Hardaway ANFERNEE
3. Duke Ellington EDWARD
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods ELDRICK
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
9. Pudge Rodriguez IVAN
10. Grover Cleveland
11. Tina Turner ANNA MAE
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 ARMANDO?
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Re: March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

#27 Post by AnnieCamaro » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:31 pm

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NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
Mr. Nelly, I don't know any of these. I'm going to make some excellent guesses, though. Maybe I'll get lucky. (I'm already lucky. Everybody says so.)

1. Dennis Hastert -- Matthew
2. Penny Hardaway -- Mark
3. Duke Ellington -- Luke
4. Wink Martindale -- John
5. Tiger Woods -- Paul
6. Pat Nixon --George
7. Lance Bass -- Ringo
8. Mitt Romney -- Moroni
9. Pudge Rodriguez -- Fats
10. Grover Cleveland -- Elmo
11. Tina Turner -- Annie
12. Rip Hamilton -- Warbucks
13. Mark Felt -- Lucious
14. Pacman Jones -- Mario
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s -- Elizabeth

BONUS
A Martinez -- Alice
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Re: March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

#28 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 5:52 pm

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NellyLunatic1980 wrote: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 - Anafree
3. Duke Ellington
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods - Eldrick
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 - Wendy

BONUS
A Martinez
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-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller

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Re: March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

#29 Post by etaoin22 » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:12 pm

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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
2. Penny Hardaway
3. Duke Ellington Edward
4. Wink Martindale
5. Tiger Woods Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon
7. Lance Bass
8. Mitt Romney
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
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Re: March 12 QoD -- "Government Names"

#30 Post by TheConfessor » Wed Mar 12, 2008 10:38 pm

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NellyLunatic1980 wrote: 1. Dennis Hastert JOHN
2. Penny Hardaway ANFERNEE
3. Duke Ellington JOHN
4. Wink Martindale WINSTON
5. Tiger Woods ELDRICK
6. Pat Nixon THELMA
7. Lance Bass JOHN
8. Mitt Romney JOHN
9. Pudge Rodriguez IVAN
10. Grover Cleveland JOHN
11. Tina Turner ANNA
12. Rip Hamilton (WHO?) JOHN
13. Mark Felt JOHN
14. Pacman Jones JOHN
15. Wendy Thomas Morse, daughter of Dave Thomas and namesake of Wendy’s JOAN

BONUS
A Martinez (WHO?) JOHN

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#31 Post by NellyLunatic1980 » Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:25 am

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.

1. Dennis Hastert - John
2. Penny Hardaway - Anfernee
3. Duke Ellington - Edward
4. Wink Martindale - Winston
5. Tiger Woods - Eldrick
6. Pat Nixon - Thelma
7. Lance Bass - James
8. Mitt Romney - Willard
9. Pudge Rodriguez - Ivan
10. Grover Cleveland - Stephen
11. Tina Turner - Anna Mae (If you said just Anna, you were OK.)
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 - Melinda

BONUS
A Martinez - Adolph

It lasted just one day. Greyhound is back with the best score of the day. He now leads by 70.

March 12 Scores / Scores after Day 11
Greyhound - 32 / 230
aj - 14 / 160 (+2 for humor)
fanny - 26 / 153
mrkelley - 24 / 149 (+4 for humor)
tansta - 10 / 141 (+4 for humor)
Confessor - 14 / 125.5
ne - 12 / 124.5
pea - 18 / 124
tlynn - X / 116
T_Bone - 12 / 114
Annie - 7 / 107.5 (+5 for humor)
Catfish - 6 / 97
Marley - 2 / 94
gsabc - 5 / 93.5 (+1 for humor)
plasticene - X / 88.5
nitrah - 10 / 86
lb13 - 10 / 84.5
mega - 7 / 82 (all humor)
krox - 8 / 72
mikehardware - X / 71.5
TMITSSS - X / 66
Sprots - 4 / 65
Dad - 14 / 56
winter - 14 / 51 (+2 for humor)
jarnon - X / 48
minty - 2 / 44
FrankT - X / 30
Bob#s - X / 28.5
ladysoleil - X / 28
starfish - X / 20
eyegor - 19 / 19 (+3 for humor)
Rexer - X / 18
trevor - X / 18
LFHP - 7 / 17
etaoin - 6 / 12
hermillion - X / 12
SirG - X / 11
christie - X / 9
TLITF - X / 8
macrae - X / 7
jsuchard - X / 5

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