# Let's Play Connections! (Easy version) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 29, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479 "2011-08-29T07:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![luvtinayothers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@luvtinayothers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luvtinayothers)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/1 "2011-08-29T07:53:46Z")
A clown. Michael Jackson. Tycho Brahe. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/2 "2011-08-29T15:10:58Z")
Fake noses. John F. Kennedy C.S. Lewis Aldous Huxley ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/3 "2011-08-29T15:26:11Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Fake noses. > > John F. Kennedy > C.S. Lewis > Aldous Huxley Died on the same day. Carey Elwes Kevin Costner Russell Crowe ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/4 "2011-08-29T15:52:52Z")
All played Robin Hood. One Creep Bitch ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/5 "2011-08-29T16:15:27Z")
One-word song titles. Scaramanga Mark Wahlberg Anne Boleyn ---
**Author:** ![The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Doughnut_Thief)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/6 "2011-08-29T16:27:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > One-word song titles. > > Scaramanga > Mark Wahlberg > Anne Boleyn All have three nipples. Chevy Chase Dennis Miller Jimmy Fallon ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/7 "2011-08-29T16:54:12Z")
> [@The\_Doughnut\_Thief](#): > > All have three nipples. > > Chevy Chase > Dennis Miller > Jimmy Fallon Anchors on SNL news Cleveland Los Angeles St Louis ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/8 "2011-08-29T16:57:34Z")
Never mind–ninja’ed ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/9 "2011-08-29T19:05:14Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Cleveland > Los Angeles > St Louis Teams that have lost an NFL franchise. Atlantis Enterprise Colombia ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/10 "2011-08-29T19:07:00Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Teams that have lost an NFL franchise. Not what I was looking for, but ok. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/11 "2011-08-29T19:34:00Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Cleveland > Los Angeles > St Louis Cities in which the “the Rams” have played. 1. Baseball manager Casey Stengel 2. Gunfighter John “Doc” Holliday 3. Western novelist Zane Grey 4. “Petticoat Junction” star Edgar Buchanan ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/12 "2011-08-29T19:36:42Z")
1. Children’s author Roald Dahl 2. Senator George McGovern 3. Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/13 "2011-08-29T19:40:11Z")
1. Edgar Allan Poe 2. Mao Tse-tung 3. Sir Walter Raleigh ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/14 "2011-08-29T19:41:19Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Children’s author Roald Dahl > 2. Senator George McGovern > 3. Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry All were pilots in WWII. Connections? I love James Burke! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/15 "2011-08-29T19:49:24Z")
1. President Gerald Ford 2. Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey 3. Cult filmmaker David Lynch 4. Astronaut Neil Armstrong 5. Psycho sniper Charles Whitman ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/16 "2011-08-29T19:50:25Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > All were pilots in WWII. > Connections? I love James Burke! Yes, they were- good job! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/17 "2011-08-29T21:44:29Z")
To un-clutter a bit, a pair of answers without any new puzzles added > [@](#): > > Atlantis > Enterprise > Colombia Space Shuttles > [@](#): > > 1. President Gerald Ford > 2. Sex researcher Alfred Kinsey > 3. Cult filmmaker David Lynch > 4. Astronaut Neil Armstrong > 5. Psycho sniper Charles Whitman Eagle scouts ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/18 "2011-08-29T21:51:00Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Baseball manager Casey Stengel > 2. Gunfighter John “Doc” Holliday > 3. Western novelist Zane Grey > 4. “Petticoat Junction” star Edgar Buchanan Dentists. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/19 "2011-08-29T22:00:31Z")
Yes, President Ford et al were Eagle Scouts. And Casey Stengel & friends were all dentists, before pursuing the careers they became famous for. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/20 "2011-08-29T22:20:36Z")
BTW, I Googled to confirm the Eagle Scouts one-- I hope that’s OK? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479.md?page=2)