# A Poll: The Most Famous\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Take II

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 23, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous_______-take-ii/397253 "2007-03-23T22:09:09Z")\
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**1) Candy Bar**  
Snickers Bar

**2) Hymnal**  
Amazing Grace

**3) Baseball Player**  
Babe Ruth

**4) Football Player(American)**  
Joe Montana

**5) Football Player(Soccer)**  
Pele

**6) Hockey Player**  
Wayne Gretzky

**7) Basketball Player**  
Michael Jordan

**8) Porn Star**  
Ron Jeremy

**9) Serial Killer**  
Jeffrey Dahmer

**10) Brand Liquor**  
Jack Daniels

**11) Brand Beer**  
Budweiser

**12) Board Game**  
Monopoly

**13) Card Game**  
Go Fish

**14) Actor or Actress**  
Audrey Hepburn

**15) Comedian or Comedienne**  
**16) City**  
New York City

**17) SDMB Poster**  
**What Exit?**  
**18) World Leader(Past or Present)**  
(Past) Franklin D. Roosevelt  
(Present) George W. Bush

**19) Drug**  
Marijuana

**20) Most Famous Pig**  
Wilbur

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Just a comment - I’m surprised that there’s a dichotomy here between people looking at #19 (Most Famous Drug) as, either, a potentially abused substance or as a medicine.

Fascinating.

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1. Hershey bar
2. N/A
3. Babe Ruth
4. O.J. Simpson
5. N/A
6. Gordie Howe
7. Kareem Abdul Jabar
8. John Holmes
9. Jack the Ripper
10. Smirnoff
11. Budweiser
12. Monopoly
13. Poker
14. Marilyn Monroe
15. Phyllis Diller
16. Paris
17. Cecil
18. John F. Kennedy
19. Pot, man
20. Babe

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous_______-take-ii/397253/24 "2007-03-24T11:41:54Z")

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1. Candy Bar: **Hershey**
2. Hymnal: **What a Friend we have in Jesus**
3. Baseball Player **Babe Ruth**
4. Football Player(American) **Joe Montana**
5. Football Player(Soccer) **Pele**
6. Hockey Player **Wayne Gretzky**
7. Basketball Player **Michael Jordan**
8. Porn Star **Ron Jeremy**
9. Serial Killer **Jack the Ripper**
10. Brand Liquor **Jack Daniels**
11. Brand Beer **Budweiser**
12. Board Game **Chess**
13. Card Game **Blackjack**
14. Actor or Actress **Marilyn Monroe (tough choice between her and Chaplin)**
15. Comedian or Comedienne **Bob Hope**
16. City: **New York**
17. SDMB Poster
18. World Leader(Past or Present): **Julius Caesar**
19. Drug: **Aspirin (if we’re talking illegal, heroin)**
20. Most Famous Pig: **Henry VIII**

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous_______-take-ii/397253/25 "2007-03-24T12:11:19Z")

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1. Candy Bar - **Mars Bar**

2. Hymnal - **Onward Christian Soldiers**

3. Baseball Player - **Babe Ruth**

4. Football Player(American) - \*\*Joe Theismann \*\*

5. Football Player(Soccer) - **Pele**

6. Hockey Player - **Wayne Gretzky**

7. Basketball Player - **Magic Johnstone?**

8. Porn Star - **Ron Jeremy**

9. Serial Killer - **Jack the Ripper**

10. Brand Liquor - **Johnny Walker**

11. Brand Beer - **Budweiser**

12. Board Game - **Monopoly**

13. Card Game - **Snap**

14. Actor or Actress - **Clint Eastwood**

15. Comedian or Comedienne - **Billy Connolly**

16. City - **Paris**

17. SDMB Poster - don’t know

18. World Leader(Past or Present) - **Hitler**

19. Drug - **Marijuana**

20. Most Famous Pig - **Babe**

NB the American sports people I named are in most cases the only player I’ve heard of - and I almost answered Joe Shlabotnik to the US football one.

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1. Candy Bar: **Mars**
2. Hymnal: **Amazing Grace**
3. Baseball Player: **Babe Ruth**
4. Football Player(American): **Joe Montana**
5. Football Player(Soccer): **Pelé**
6. Hockey Player: **Gretzky**
7. Basketball Player: **Michael Jordan**
8. Porn Star: **Jenna Jameson**
9. Serial Killer: **Bundy**
10. Brand Liquor: **Jack Daniel’s**
11. Brand Beer: **Guinness**
12. Board Game: **Monopoly**
13. Card Game: **Poker**
14. Actor or Actress: **Tom Cruise**
15. Comedian or Comedienne: **Richard Pryor**
16. City: **New York**
17. SDMB Poster: …
18. World Leader: **Julius Caeser**
19. Drug: **Pot**
20. Most Famous Pig: **whatshisface who built his house from straw**

I’m good at this game!

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1. Candy Bar - Mars
2. Hymnal -?
3. Baseball Player- dimaggio
4. Football Player(American) - O.J.
5. Football Player(Soccer) - Cruijf
6. Hockey Player - Floris Jan Bovenlander
7. Basketball Player - Jordan
8. Porn Star - Jenna Jameson
9. Serial Killer- Mengele
10. Brand Liquor - J.D.
11. Brand Beer - Heineken
12. Board Game - Chess
13. Card Game - Poker
14. Actor or Actress - Sean connery
15. Comedian or Comedienne - John Cleese
16. City - Rome
17. SDMB Poster - Cecil Adams
18. World Leader(Past or Present) - JWB
19. Drug - Cocaine
20. Most Famous Pig - Miss Piggy

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1. Candy Bar: Hershey’s
2. Hymnal: ?
3. Baseball Player: Joe DiMaggio
4. Football Player(American): Dan Marino
5. Football Player(Soccer): Pele (I know nothing about soccer - that just came to me)
6. Hockey Player: I can’t think of even one name!
7. Basketball Player: Michael Jordan
8. Porn Star: Ron Jeremy
9. Serial Killer: Jeffrey Dahmer
10. Brand Liquor: Jack Daniels
11. Brand Beer: Budweiser
12. Board Game: Chess
13. Card Game: Poker
14. Actor or Actress: I can’t answer this. Way too broad.
15. Comedian or Comedienne: Same as above. Maybe Chaplin.
16. City: Rome
17. SDMB Poster: I don’t post often enough to know, but I always notice WhyNot.
18. World Leader(Past or Present): Hitler
19. Drug: Asprin
20. Most Famous Pig: Babe

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**Post date:** [March 24, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-poll-the-most-famous_______-take-ii/397253/29 "2007-03-24T13:47:30Z")

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[QUOTE=MadTheSwine]  
That said, what do you believe is the Most Famous  
[/quote]

1. Candy Bar – Hershey’s

2. Hymnal – The Anglican one (I guess the title I’m looking for is _The Anglican Hymn Book_)

3. Baseball Player – Babe Ruth

4. Football Player(American) – O.J. Simpson (if non-athletic notoriety is included)

5. Football Player(Soccer) – Edson Arantes do Nascimento, aka Pelé

6. Hockey Player – Wayne Gretzky

7. Basketball Player – Michael Jordan

8. Porn Star – Jenna Jameson

9. Serial Killer – Jack the Ripper (if only actual names are eligible, Jeffrey Dahmer)

10. Brand Liquor – Smirnoff

11. Brand Beer – Guinness

12. Board Game – Monopoly

13. Card Game – bridge

14. Actor or Actress – John Wayne (if actress only, Elizabeth Taylor)

15. Comedian or Comedienne – Charlie Chaplin (if stand-up comedy, Jerry Seinfeld is the first that comes to mind, but I’m aware that’s a USA-specific answer)

16. City – Paris

17. SDMB Poster – **Eve** is the one that I think the most members of this board would recognize. If you mean “person who’s posted here, identified himself, and is most likely to be known by an average person off the street”, then [this guy.](http://www.hbo.com/deadwood/cast/actor/jimbeaver.shtml)

18. World Leader(Past or Present) – Hitler

19. Drug – Marijuana

20. Most Famous Pig – Porky of Warner Brothers cartoons

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Here’s my vote:

1. Candy Bar - mars bars are probably eaten everywhere

2. Hymnal - this is a wild guess, but kumbayah my lord?

3. Baseball Player - baseball who? Have some mercy for us furriners too

4. Football Player(American) - these are those sissies running ariund in helmets and body armour isn’t it? Pfft, any rugby union team would eat them foir breakfast

5. Football Player(Soccer) - Pele

6. Hockey Player - Wayne Gretzky

7. Basketball Player - Shakeil Oneil

8. Porn Star - Linda Lovelace

9. Serial Killer - Jack the ripper

10. Brand Liquor - vodka

11. Brand Beer - the beer that I find anywhere is Heineken

12. Board Game - darts

13. Card Game - whist

14. Actor or Actress - Peter Sellers

15. Comedian or Comedienne - Carlie Chaplin

16. City - Rome

17. SDMB Poster - me of course. But seriously, I would say its Cecil

18. World Leader(Past or Present) - Elisabeth I

19. Drug - cocaine

20. Most Famous Pig - I only know of one, and that is Babe

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That said, what do you believe is the Most Famous

1. Candy Bar - Mars Bar
2. Hymnal - ?
3. Baseball Player - Babe Ruth maybe
4. Football Player(American) - OJ Simpson
5. Football Player(Soccer) - Maradona
6. Hockey Player - Wayne Gretsky
7. Basketball Player - Michael Jordon
8. Porn Star - That guy - Ron Jeremy
9. Serial Killer - Jack the Ripper
10. Brand Liquor - Absolute Vodka
11. Brand Beer - Heineken
12. Board Game - Monopoly
13. Card Game - Fish
14. Actor or Actress - Amitab Batchun (sp)
15. Comedian or Comedienne - Bill Cosby
16. City - London
17. SDMB Poster - ?
18. World Leader(Past or Present) - Hitler
19. Drug - Cocaine
20. Most Famous Pig - ?

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[QUOTE=Struan]  
7) Basketball Player - **Magic Johnstone?**  
[/quote]

Sounds like one of those _Flintstones_ characters whose names were created by “petrifying” celebrity monikers (“Ann-Margrock”, “Stony Curtis”, etc.)! You’re thinking of Magic Johnson.

> [@](#):
>
> 1. Football Player(American) - \*\*Joe Theismann \*\*
> 
> \<snip\>
> 
> NB the American sports people I named are in most cases the only player I’ve heard of - and I almost answered Joe Shlabotnik to the US football one.

Joe Shlabotnik is a (fictional) baseball player – he’s Charlie Brown’s favorite in the _Peanuts_ strip.

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[QUOTE=Sternvogel]

Joe Shlabotnik is a (fictional) baseball player – he’s Charlie Brown’s favorite in the _Peanuts_ strip.  
[/QUOTE]

Yeah I know he’s fictional, that was kinda the point. Got the sports mixed up though - US sports register very little over here.

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1. Candy Bar - M&Ms
2. Hymnal - No idea
3. Baseball Player - Babe Ruth
4. Football Player(American) - Peyton Manning
5. Football Player(Soccer) - Pele
6. Hockey Player - Wayne Gretzky
7. Basketball Player - Michael Jordan
8. Porn Star - Ron Jeremy
9. Serial Killer - Jack the Ripper
10. Brand Liquor - Jack Daniels
11. Brand Beer - Guinness
12. Board Game - Chess
13. Card Game - Poker
14. Actor or Actress - Tom Cruise
15. Comedian or Comedienne -
16. City - London
17. SDMB Poster -
18. World Leader(Past or Present) - Adolf Hitler
19. Drug - Opium
20. Most Famous Pig - Porky

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1. Candy Bar – Snickers
2. Hymnal – Amazing Grace
3. Baseball Player – Babe Ruth
4. Football Player(American) – Brett Favre
5. Football Player(Soccer) – David Beckham
6. Hockey Player – Wayne Gretzky
7. Basketball Player – Michael Jordan
8. Porn Star – Pamela Anderson, and if she doesn’t count since she’s primarily an actress…Ron Jeremy
9. Serial Killer – Jack the Ripper
10. Brand Liquor – Jack Daniels
11. Brand Beer – Budweiser
12. Board Game – Monopoly
13. Card Game – Poker
14. Actor or Actress – Tom Cruise
15. Comedian or Comedienne – Robin Williams
16. City – NYC
17. SDMB Poster – Sampiro
18. World Leader(Past or Present) – Hitler
19. Drug – Marijuana
20. Most Famous Pig – Babe

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[QUOTE=matt\_mcl]  
A hymnal is a _book of hymns_, folks. (Unless there’s an actual hymn book out there called _Amazing Grace_…)  
[/QUOTE]  
It’s like beating your head against a brick wall, isn’t it?

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1. Candy Bar…Hershey Bar
2. Hymnal…?
3. Baseball Player…Babe Ruth
4. Football Player(American)…Joe Namath
5. Football Player(Soccer)…Pele
6. Hockey Player…Gretzky (sp?)
7. Basketball Player…Michael Jordan
8. Porn Star…Jenna Jamerson
9. Serial Killer…Ted Bundy
10. Brand Liquor…Jack Daniels
11. Brand Beer…Budweiser
12. Board Game…Monopoly
13. Card Game…Poker
14. Actor or Actress…Deniro
15. Comedian or Comedienne…Seifeld
16. City…NYC
17. SDMB Poster…Someone here must be famous in the real world.
18. World Leader(Past or Present)…GWB
19. Drug…Weed
20. Most Famous Pig…Arnold Ziffle

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[QUOTE=matt\_mcl]  
A hymnal is a _book of hymns_, folks.  
[/QUOTE]  
That much is obvious. What makes things confusing is that for 99.94% of people, there is no such thing as a “famous hymnal”, only famous hymns.

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[QUOTE=Hal Briston]  
That much is obvious. What makes things confusing is that for 99.94% of people, there is no such thing as a “famous hymnal”, only famous hymns.  
[/QUOTE]

Right. At least in the US, if you stop 100 people on the street and ask them what the most famous hymnal is, the great majority would stop and wonder why you added an extra syllable, then proceed to answer “Amazing Grace” or “The Old Rugged Cross” or what have you.

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1. Candy Bar - Hershey’s chocolate bar
2. Hymnal - You mean hymn? Joy To The World
3. Baseball Player - Babe Ruth
4. Football Player(American) - Johnny Unitas
5. Football Player(Soccer) - David Beckham
6. Hockey Player - Wayne Gretzky
7. Basketball Player - Michael Jordan
8. Porn Star - John Holmes
9. Serial Killer - Jack the Ripper
10. Brand Liquor - Stoli
11. Brand Beer - Budweiser
12. Board Game - Monopoly
13. Card Game - Poker
14. Actor or Actress - Tom Cruise
15. Comedian or Comedienne - Jerry Seinfeld
16. City - NYC
17. SDMB Poster - uhm…Cecil?
18. World Leader(Past or Present) - Hitler
19. Drug - Marijuana
20. Most Famous Pig - Babe

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