# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/141 "2016-03-29T04:41:53Z")
1. I prove sharks can test well enough to get into grad school. Assuming GRE and googling “greg shark” I get GRE Norman, who seems to be CEO of a company called Great White Shark. The google blurbs indicate Greg Norman is a famous golfer, and a lot of the answers seem to be athletes. Not famous enough – I never heard of him. ---
**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 29, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/142 "2016-03-29T12:26:22Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I prove sharks can test well enough to get into grad school. > > Assuming GRE and googling “greg shark” I get GRE Norman, who seems to be CEO of a company called Great White Shark. The google blurbs indicate Greg Norman is a famous golfer, and a lot of the answers seem to be athletes. Not famous enough – I never heard of him. Oof. Well, you got there anyway. Yes, GRE Norman. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/143 "2016-03-29T20:57:02Z")
I love these even though I’m having trouble guessing them! The only one I got was 38, Red Rogers, but someone was ahead of me there. 1. I look at my mountain before I ski, then I cover my eyes, then I look again. 2. I am a skier with my own mountain. This could have some connection to Picabo Street–does that help anyone? ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/144 "2016-03-30T00:50:03Z")
1. I’ve given up politics to be big, yellow, and hated by drivers. 2. With 71, I’m a child star who is utterly astonished in Minnesota. 3. With 70, I’m surprised when someone eats the daisies. ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/145 "2016-03-30T00:51:12Z")
Compiling again. Apologies for errors! \*\*8. I look at my mountain before I ski, then I cover my eyes, then I look again. 8. I am a skier with my own mountain. \*\* **19. I was a great tennis player until that dramatic explosion.** (Alternate answer “Arthur Ash” already given) **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. \*\* **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. \*\* **56. I could be a synthetic cow.** **57. I am licensed to take lots of steroids.** **59. My face was damaged in a car accident, not while looking at myself.** **62. I’m a diminutive actress who would feel right at home in a grass house.** **64. My animal companion knows exactly who I am.** **65. I like to start feuds, but I should bury the hatchet.** **66. I’m finished with music and politics now I got avant-garde and experimental performance art.** **67. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet.** **68. One of the letters in my surname blew away while making a movie.** **69. I’ve given up politics to be big, yellow, and hated by drivers.** **70. With 71, I’m a child star who is utterly astonished in Minnesota.** \*\*71. With 70, I’m surprised when someone eats the daisies. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/146 "2016-03-30T04:39:00Z")
1. People think I’m hot stuff, but I am really just an ass. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/147 "2016-03-30T04:44:49Z")
1. I’ve given up politics to be big, yellow, and hated by drivers. George Bus. (Or George Bus, or Jeb Bus…) ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/148 "2016-03-30T05:22:22Z")
1. One of the letters in my surname blew away while making a movie. Clark Gale! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/149 "2016-03-30T05:25:13Z")
1. I am licensed to take lots of steroids. Barry Bond? Like “bonded”? You know, “licensed and bonded”… ---
**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 30, 2016, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/150 "2016-03-30T12:36:23Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I’ve given up politics to be big, yellow, and hated by drivers. > > George Bus. (Or George Bus, or Jeb Bus…) > [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > 1. I am licensed to take lots of steroids. > > Barry Bond? Like “bonded”? You know, “licensed and bonded”… Correct and correct! The second one was “licensed” like James Bond. ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/151 "2016-03-30T15:07:34Z")
1. I’m always being told to sit without moving a muscle. 2. I wish you would come and see me sometime and babysit. 3. I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t open door number 3. 4. I like to give people automobiles. 5. I don’t have a big role at all, in fact it’s a very small part or amount. ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/152 "2016-03-30T15:13:00Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > 1. I wish you would come and see me sometime and babysit. Ma West, which may or may not be the answer to a previously provided question. 🙂 ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/153 "2016-03-30T15:32:09Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Ma West, which may or may not be the answer to a previously provided question. 🙂 Thus proving it’s not just great minds that think alike. 😃 ---
**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 30, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/154 "2016-03-30T15:47:10Z")
1. I’m easy to spot at the auction because I’m so tall and pale. 2. My laugh gives people headaches. I should go to a doctor. A rich doctor! I love rich doctors! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/155 "2016-03-30T16:11:08Z")
1. I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t open door number 3. –Monty Hal ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/156 "2016-03-31T00:48:03Z")
> [@Asimovian](#): > > Ma West, which may or may not be the answer to a previously provided question. 🙂 Is it #52? ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/157 "2016-03-31T00:52:20Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > 1. I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t open door number 3. > > –Monty Hal That’s it! ---
**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 31, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/158 "2016-03-31T00:52:21Z")
> [@Karen\_Lingel](#): > > Is it #52? It is indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/159 "2016-03-31T00:53:43Z")
1. There’s something magical about the way I swim through the water with my webbed feet. Mae Wet. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708/160 "2016-03-31T00:54:48Z")
XX. My indian companion indicates he is going to California. Me West [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/almost-famous-people/749708.md?page=9)