# Marvelous Monograms **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931 "2010-01-29T19:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/1 "2010-01-29T19:23:27Z")
My puzzle-a-day calendar had a good one yesterday: > [@](#): > > Many famous people’s initials lend themselves to self-descriptive phrases. For example, “Wrote Sonnets” works well for “William Shakespeare.” See if you can identify these famous folks from the clues. > > 1. Famous Nurse > 2. Noteworthy Astronaut > 3. Mayor Billionaire > 4. Played Bond > 5. Resigned Notoriously > 6. Generated Ballets > 7. Fettered Cuba? > 8. Created Drood These are actually not all that easy to come up with – I’ve only found one worth posting so far, and it’s kind of a fudge: 1. Jerkish Late-nighter Surely some of the wordplay regulars can do better … **Sternvogel** , I’m lookin’ at you. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/2 "2010-01-29T19:33:16Z")
1. Wrote Music Yours sounds like Jay Leno. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/3 "2010-01-29T19:42:39Z")
Molested Juniors ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/4 "2010-01-29T19:43:40Z")
1. Assassinated Liberator 2. Suffrage Advocate ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/5 "2010-01-29T19:47:00Z")
1. Generated Ballets 2. Created Drood These are the ones I don’t know. Is #10 Wolfgang Mozart? ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/6 "2010-01-29T19:54:10Z")
1. Painted Pictures 2. Just Died. Sorry! Rafe – you got it… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/7 "2010-01-29T19:57:16Z")
1. Antichrist Crooner ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/8 "2010-01-29T20:03:21Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > 1. Painted Pictures > 2. Just Died. Sorry! > > Rafe – you got it… Pablo Picasso JD Salinger ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/9 "2010-01-29T20:08:16Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > 1. Generated Ballets > > 2. Created Drood > > These are the ones I don’t know. George Ballanchine; Charles Dickens ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/10 "2010-01-29T20:18:12Z")
> [@faithfool](#): > > 1. Antichrist Crooner Alice Cooper? Jeez, these _are_ hard to create. ---
**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:** [January 29, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/11 "2010-01-29T20:51:55Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Alice Cooper? > > Jeez, these _are_ hard to create. Yeah, but Alice Cooper is a self described born again Christian whose father was a minister, so I don’t really understand the Antichrist part. (Or, for that matter, the crooner, though, the nature of these things must allow for some leeway in meaning.) ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/12 "2010-01-29T20:59:06Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > Molested Juniors Michael Jackson? ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/13 "2010-01-29T21:31:52Z")
1. Ravens’ Runner 2. Atreyu Vocalist 3. Born Overseas? (:D) ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/14 "2010-01-29T21:35:38Z")
1. is clearly Barack Obama I should know 17, but don’t off the top o’ my head. ETA: very challenging coming up with them ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/15 "2010-01-29T21:35:56Z")
> [@roland orzabal](#): > > 1. Born overseas? (:d) bwaaaahahhahaahahahahhaha!!! 1. Sleuth Dog ---
**Author:** ![yevgeny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/839c29/32.png) [@yevgeny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yevgeny)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/16 "2010-01-29T21:37:03Z")
> [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](#): > > 1. Assassinated Liberator > 2. Suffrage Advocate Abraham Lincoln Susan Anthony 1. Memorable Mime 2. Wrote Surreal Books 3. Absurdism Champion 4. White House Tubby 5. Darth Portrayer ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/17 "2010-01-29T21:44:17Z")
1. Dude Likes Rock 2. Also Eccentric 3. Wildly Zany 4. Dreadful Toupee ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/18 "2010-01-29T21:56:25Z")
> [@yevgeny](#): > > Abraham Lincoln > Susan Anthony > > 1. Memorable Mime Marcel Marceau (spelling is probably way off) I almost have a headache from thinking so hard! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/19 "2010-01-29T21:58:26Z")
1. Logical Nonhuman ---
**Author:** ![Roland\_Orzabal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@Roland\_Orzabal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roland_Orzabal)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931/20 "2010-01-29T21:58:28Z")
1. Marcel Marceau 2. William Seward Burroughs 3. ? 4. William Howard Taft 5. Couldn’t remember this without looking it up, so I’ll let someone else have it. I’m getting my geek cards revoked all over the place today… 6. Beefy Batter 7. Monkees Drummer 8. Played Scrooge [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marvelous-monograms/526931.md?page=2)