# Almost Famous People **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 20, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708 "2016-03-20T22:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/101 "2016-03-26T01:39:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Eve Knievel! Corrrrectamundo! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/102 "2016-03-26T01:42:40Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 1. You’d buy pants from me at my very own store, if you’re wise. Jean Mart? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/103 "2016-03-26T01:44:57Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Jean Mart? Yup. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/104 "2016-03-26T01:52:32Z")
1. Between vampire hair and a fishy face, I’m a bit odd looking. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/105 "2016-03-26T01:54:11Z")
1. I’m still dead, but I’m worth about $1.02 now. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/106 "2016-03-26T01:55:01Z")
I’ll compile the unsolved ones again: **6. I prove sharks can be excellent at standardized tests.** **15. I’ll be there for you, and I’m really, really strong.** **19. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion.** (Alternate answer “Arthur Ash” already given) **29. We’ll get you to the other side, but unconventionally.** **31. I play versatile cultural roles, primarily for the horses and pigs.** **36. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition.** **42. I should hold my new phone a cubit from my ear.** \*\*43. You could call me a golden god of the kitchen. \*\* (Alternate answer “Rachel Ra” already given.) \*\*44. Wait, wait, I need to light up this doobie. \*\* \*\*48. I’m a baseball player who is way cooler than you are, though I hope I don’t get too popular. \*\* \*\*50. I’m a seminal film director with a case of the clap. \*\* \*\*51. My best friend’s boyfriend Ken always ogles me when I drop by to sing. \*\* **52. I’ll probably change your diapers if you cross the continental divide.** \*\*54. Between vampire hair and a fishy face, I’m a bit odd looking. \*\* \*\*55. I’m still dead, but I’m worth about $1.02 now. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/107 "2016-03-26T02:11:48Z")
1. I could be a synthetic cow. 2. I am licensed to take lots of steroids. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/108 "2016-03-26T02:15:38Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 1. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition. Yan Goes? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/109 "2016-03-26T02:16:30Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Yan Goes? Heh…no, sorry. I do like the “Brazilian” tie-in, though. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/110 "2016-03-26T02:17:05Z")
1. I like to do impressions, but only while covered in tiny spots. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/111 "2016-03-26T02:24:39Z")
1. My face was damaged in a car accident, not while looking at myself. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/112 "2016-03-26T02:41:52Z")
1. If I went to Lankhmar, I’d find some swanky digs. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/113 "2016-03-26T12:36:03Z")
LOL You were on the right track, jsgoddess. 1. It makes me sick to hear about the terrible things I did in the past. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/114 "2016-03-26T13:55:39Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > 1. When it comes to diamonds, I always blow out the competition. Mark Race? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/115 "2016-03-26T13:57:28Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Mark Race? I’m going to say this fits as an answer — nicely done! But when you figure out the one I was thinking of, you’ll find it fits even better. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/116 "2016-03-26T14:02:35Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I prove sharks can be excellent at standardized tests. > > 2. I am a skier with my own mountain. I really don’t think these are solvable as-is, so I’m revising them. 6. I prove sharks can test well enough to get into grad school. 1. I look at my mountain before I ski, then I cover my eyes, then I look again. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/117 "2016-03-26T14:10:15Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > **15. I’ll be there for you, and I’m really, really strong.** Courteney Ox! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/118 "2016-03-26T14:16:29Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > LOL You were on the right track, jsgoddess. > > 1. It makes me sick to hear about the terrible things I did in the past. Ill Cosby? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/119 "2016-03-26T14:24:45Z")
> [@Thin\_Ice](#): > > LOL You were on the right track, jsgoddess. How about when I confess I started thinking about the “Dal Lama” singing karaoke? ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/120 "2016-03-26T17:16:28Z")
Yes to Cosby. Try spelling the first name Doll instead of Dal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=7)