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Postby rockgolf » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:28 pm

Who are these famous people and what do their names have in common? Can you add anyone else to the list?


Well, I can identify 4 of the people:




1. Teri Garr
2. ?
3. Los Lobos
4. Jimmy Doolittle
5. Ali McGraw

As to the commonality, well at least 2 of them share a last name with a famous doctor (Dr Phil McGraw & Doctor Dolittle), but I can't get the others to fit.
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Postby TheConfessor » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:34 pm

I don't know who #2 is,

but in the others,

I see at least three world capitals: aLIMAcgraw, lOSLObos, teRIGArr
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Postby Russ » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:40 pm

#2 is Amber Nash
and I thought the pilot was Butch O'Hare, but you might be right.
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Postby robxlii » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:42 pm

Here's who they are, from top to bottom:

Teri Garr
Amber Nash
Los Lobos
Edward "Butch" O'Hare
Ali Macgraw

So, expanding on what TheConfessor figured out, that means the answers are:

RIGA
BERN
OSLO
DOHA
LIMA
"While my father was milking the cows my mother would come out and read something to him -- Lear, say -- leaving out the part of whomever my father felt like being that day, and he'd answer his lines from the cow. " (John Gardner)
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Postby robxlii » Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:47 pm

Here's another, possibly-too-obvious example:

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"While my father was milking the cows my mother would come out and read something to him -- Lear, say -- leaving out the part of whomever my father felt like being that day, and he'd answer his lines from the cow. " (John Gardner)
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Postby rockgolf » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:05 pm

I think it has to be split. Otherwise the list would grow significantly: Denzel, Irving, Ms Hilton. etc.
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Postby Ken Jennings » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:06 pm

Yeah, I made sure mine were all split, but I'm not sure if there are any good ones of those left.
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Postby robxlii » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:07 pm

Yeah, good point. She just happened to be the first one that came to mind...I can't come up with any others that satisfy the "split" rule, though.
"While my father was milking the cows my mother would come out and read something to him -- Lear, say -- leaving out the part of whomever my father felt like being that day, and he'd answer his lines from the cow. " (John Gardner)
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Postby TheConfessor » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:07 pm

Laura Batsell wasn't famous, but her death made the news.
http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story ... xc0EW_OV2A
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Postby BluesTenorSax » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:12 pm

I got comedian Jackie Vernon and photographer Pedro Meyer. Those were about the only somewhat-recognizable names I could find that fit the pattern.
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Postby Ken Jennings » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:21 pm

Writer William Manchester was sort of famous, I guess.
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Postby TheConfessor » Wed Jan 18, 2012 1:23 pm

There are lots of people named Ramon Acosta, including a doctor in New Jersey and a minor league baseball player.
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Postby skullturfq » Wed Jan 18, 2012 2:06 pm

I didn't know who Carlotta Walls LaNier is before today, but she has a Wikipedia page.
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Postby ArtVark » Wed Jan 18, 2012 6:50 pm

I found an Amber Lindauer on IMDB.
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Postby Ken Jennings » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:15 pm

Just to make the answer clear: (highlight below text to read):

These people's names conceal a world capital: teRI GArr, amBER Nash, lOS LObos, edwarD O'HAre, and aLI MAcgraw.
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Postby Eric Williams » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:30 pm

Archaic.

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Postby pikeprof » Fri Jan 27, 2012 5:28 am

I had no idea what the answer was, I just support the idea of someone posting pics of Terri Garr.
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Postby gvinet55 » Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:32 am

OMG, it turned out that I don't know a half of these famous people... I'm stupid
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