# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/21 "2011-08-29T23:02:48Z")
John Tyler Millard Fillmore Calvin Coolidge Harry S Truman ---
**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 30, 2011, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/22 "2011-08-30T01:55:52Z")
I assume “they were all Presidents” is too general… Did they all succeed to the Presidency from the Vice-Presidency? I know that Tyler and Truman did. ---
**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 30, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/23 "2011-08-30T02:58:48Z")
Oh, and this one isn’t original to me, but it’s too good not to share: The USS Fletcher An unseasonable frost in Florida A hula hoop with a nail in it ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/24 "2011-08-30T03:19:21Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I assume “they were all Presidents” is too general… Did they all succeed to the Presidency from the Vice-Presidency? I know that Tyler and Truman did. Specifically, each succeeded someone who died in office – William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and FDR, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/25 "2011-08-30T03:37:31Z")
> [@luvtinayothers](#): > > A clown. > > Michael Jackson. > > Tycho Brahe. Brahe had a fake nose, and Jackson’s nose wan’t the one he was born with either. Pass to someone else until I hopefully get the hang of posing the problem. Oops- sorry i somehow missed several posts. ---
**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 30, 2011, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/26 "2011-08-30T16:11:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > One-word song titles. Not what I was going for. Here’s another one to add to the list: Wish You Were Here Previous: One Creep Bitch (And no, one-syllable words isn’t it either.) ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/27 "2011-08-30T17:51:52Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Specifically, each succeeded someone who died in office – William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and FDR, respectively. Need EVEN more specific! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/28 "2011-08-30T18:19:06Z")
1. NY Jets quarterback Joe Namath 2. Heart surgeon Michael DeBakey 3. “The Odd Couple” star Tony Randall 4. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara 5. Comedian Bill Cosby 6. Alabama Governor George Wallace 7. Scientist/left-wing activist Noam Chomsky ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/29 "2011-08-30T18:23:13Z")
1. Short story author O. Henry 2. TV comedian Tim Allen 3. Boxing promoter Don King ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/30 "2011-08-30T18:25:53Z")
1. Glam rock star David Bowie 2. “Batman” star Michael Keaton 3. “Scaramouche” star Stewart Granger 4. Singer Katy Perry ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/31 "2011-08-30T18:34:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Glam rock star David Bowie > 2. “Batman” star Michael Keaton > 3. “Scaramouche” star Stewart Granger > 4. Singer Katy Perry Changed their last name because a more famous person already had it. 1.Jones 2.Douglas 3. unsure 4.Hudson ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/32 "2011-08-30T18:57:16Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Changed their last name because a more famous person already had it. > > 1.Jones > 2.Douglas > 3. unsure > 4.Hudson Absolutely right! Before he came to Hollywood, Stewart Granger was “Jimmy Stewart” to all his friends. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/33 "2011-08-30T19:26:36Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Short story author O. Henry > 2. TV comedian Tim Allen > 3. Boxing promoter Don King spent time in prison ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/34 "2011-08-30T19:27:10Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The USS Fletcher > An unseasonable frost in Florida > A hula hoop with a nail in it A naval/navel destroyer. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/35 "2011-08-30T19:36:18Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > spent time in prison Quite right ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/36 "2011-08-30T19:39:40Z")
1. White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen 2. “This Is Spinal Tap” director Rob Reiner 3. “I Love Lucy” co-star Desi Arnaz 4. Singer/songwriter Paul Simon 5. Sex symbol Raquel Welch ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/37 "2011-08-30T19:55:32Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Not what I was going for. Here’s another one to add to the list: > > Wish You Were Here > > Previous: > One > Creep > Bitch > > (And no, one-syllable words isn’t it either.) All were titles of two (or more) otherwise unrelated songs: Wish You Were Here: Eddie Fisher/Pink Floyd One: Three Dog Night/the cast of ‘A Chorus Line’/U2/Metallica Creep: Radiohead/TLC Bitch: The Rolling Stones/Meredith Brooks ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/38 "2011-08-30T20:03:54Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen > 2. “This Is Spinal Tap” director Rob Reiner > 3. “I Love Lucy” co-star Desi Arnaz > 4. Singer/songwriter Paul Simon > 5. Sex symbol Raquel Welch Hosted “Saturday Night Live” during its first season ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/39 "2011-08-30T20:22:00Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Hosted “Saturday Night Live” during its first season Correct! ---
**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 30, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/40 "2011-08-30T22:32:21Z")
> [@](#): > > All were titles of two (or more) otherwise unrelated songs: > > Wish You Were Here: Eddie Fisher/Pink Floyd > > One: Three Dog Night/the cast of ‘A Chorus Line’/U2/Metallica > > Creep: Radiohead/TLC > > Bitch: The Rolling Stones/Meredith Brooks OK, that’s ironic. I was considering looking them up to see if they were all the same artist, but then I said “Nah, there are a ton of songs titled “One”; it’d be a pain to try to track them all down”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479.md?page=3)