# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/61 "2011-09-01T20:29:09Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Hint on “Lou Reed, Mel Torme, Bobby Vinton”: Prague '89. The ‘Velvet’ Connection: Velvet Underground/Velvet Fog/Blue Velvet/Velvet Revolution ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/62 "2011-09-01T21:10:29Z")
Elendil’s Heir, true, I think, but not what I was after with “Rhett Butler, King David, Barry Lyndon”. Hint: fatality. Cheeze, Math, Comics = “Whiz” WTG 42fish. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2011, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/63 "2011-09-01T23:58:29Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Cheeze, Math, Comics = “Whiz” Ee-yup. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2011, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/64 "2011-09-02T03:16:17Z")
> [@Dave\_Hartwick](#): > > Elendil’s Heir, true, I think, but not what I was after with “Rhett Butler, King David, Barry Lyndon”. Hint: fatality… Benefited from the death of their true love’s first husband? ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/65 "2011-09-02T03:35:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Benefited from the death of their true love’s first husband? Jeez, yes, I believe that’s true, too. I was going for “lost a child due to mishap with a horse” but I’ve since remembered that Absalom died riding a mule. WTG Elendil’s Heir. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/66 "2011-09-02T14:24:36Z")
1. Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis 2. Comedian Tim Allen 3. Singer Ray Charles 4. Talk show host Jon Stewart ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/67 "2011-09-02T19:28:23Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Heavyweight boxer Joe Louis > 2. Comedian Tim Allen > 3. Singer Ray Charles > 4. Talk show host Jon Stewart All dropped their last names (Joseph Louis Barrow, Timothy Allen Dick, Ray Charles Robinson, and Jonathan Stuart Liebowitz) ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/68 "2011-09-02T21:13:53Z")
Hints. Wasp, moon, cut, **tiger** House, style, star, **collar** ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/69 "2011-09-03T13:48:40Z")
Wasp, moon, cut, tiger… answer starts with P House, style, star, collar… answer starts with D ---
**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:** [September 3, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/70 "2011-09-03T14:02:26Z")
Paper and dog/doggy ---
**Author:** ![Dave\_Hartwick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@Dave\_Hartwick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dave_Hartwick)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-play-connections-easy-version/594479/71 "2011-09-03T21:52:40Z")
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