# Name Seven: The Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 10, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943 "2009-05-10T14:10:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/1 "2009-05-10T14:10:14Z")
It’s simple. You have to name seven, without using Google or any other reference work of any kind. And it’s best if you do it in 60 seconds. Go ahead and cheat if you want but you’ll know in your heart you’re a cheating bastard. Add more questions as you see fit. 1. Name seven novels you have read that would be likely to be used as subject matter in a high school English course. 2. Name seven Vice Presidents of the United States, not counting the last three. 3. Name seven players who have played for the Dallas Cowboys. 4. Not counting the title theme, name seven songs that have been performed on “Family Guy.” 5. Name seven films prior to 1990 that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 6. Name seven completely different kinds of home computer that have existed (all PCs are one kind; you gotta think of six others!) 7. Name seven brands of shampoo. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/2 "2009-05-10T14:36:45Z")
I’ll tackle #2 and add one: Nixon, Ford, Rockefeller, Agnew, Mondale, Truman, Bush 1. Name seven US State that begin with M. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/3 "2009-05-10T17:57:01Z")
1. To Kill a Mockingbird Lord of the Flies Huckleberry Finn The Great Gatsby A Tale of Two Cities The Scarlet Letter The Red Badge of Courage ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/4 "2009-05-10T17:58:05Z")
1. Name seven players who have played for the Dallas Cowboys. Roger Staubach Bob Hayes Calvin Hill Troy Aikman Emmitt Smith Michael Irvin Charles Haley ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/5 "2009-05-10T20:27:52Z")
1. Shipoobi This House Is Freakin Sweet The FCC The Road to Rhode Island Somewhere That’s Green Can’t Touch This (Except you. You can touch this) It’s Peanut Butter Jelly Time ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/6 "2009-05-10T20:33:45Z")
1. Montana Missouri Mississippi Maine Michigan Massachusetts Minnesota ---
**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:** [May 10, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/7 "2009-05-10T20:54:40Z")
1. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John C. Calhoun, Garrett Hobart, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Hannibal Hamlin. 2. Name seven American Civil War battles that took place outside of Virginia. 3. Name seven “good” British monarchs, repeating no name (i.e. Ralph I but not Ralph II, III or IV). 4. Name seven British prime ministers before 1997. 5. Name seven U.S. attorneys general before 1993. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/8 "2009-05-10T21:32:47Z")
I’m a girl, so I’ll take #7 (brands of shampoo): Suave Breck (you didn’t say they had to be current) Head and Shoulders Prell Pantene Paul Mitchell White rain and, if you’re going to disallow Breck: Herbal Essence 13: Name 7 figure skaters (other than Michelle Kwan) who have been world champion ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/9 "2009-05-10T21:53:33Z")
1b. Name seven modern pieces that you hope, wish, or expect will become typical matter in a high school English course. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/10 "2009-05-10T22:21:23Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > 13: Name 7 figure skaters (other than Michelle Kwan) who have been world champion Females only: Olympic and/or World Champions Dorothy Hamill Oksana Biaul Katerina Witt Peggy Fleming Sonja Henie Kristie Yaniguchi Tara Lipinski 1. Name 7 World Capital Cities beginning with B ---
**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:** [May 10, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/11 "2009-05-10T22:47:29Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > 1b. Name seven modern pieces that you hope, wish, or expect will become typical matter in a high school English course. I’ve read each of these and think they’d be great in that context: _Tuf Voyaging_ by George R.R. Martin - sf _In the Lake of the Woods_ by Tim O’Brien - mystery _Gun Monkeys_ by Victor Gischler - hardboiled _The Reader_ by Bernhard Schlink - tragedy _You Remind Me of Me_ by Dan Chaon - tragedy _The Time Traveler’s Wife_ by Audrey Niffenegger - romance _Last Chance to See_ by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine - environmentalism ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/12 "2009-05-10T23:19:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Name seven British prime ministers before 1997. Sir Robert Peel Benjamin Disraeli Ramsay McDonald Winston Churchill Anthony Eden Harold Wilson Margaret Thatcher ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/13 "2009-05-10T23:21:09Z")
1. Name seven people who have been in outer space. 2. Name 7 TV Western series. 3. Name 7 characters who appeared regularly in “Peanuts” 4. Name books of the Old Testament ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/14 "2009-05-11T00:23:49Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > 1. Name seven completely different kinds of home computer that have existed (all PCs are one kind; you gotta think of six others!) [ol] [li]Macintosh[/li][li]Amiga[/li][li]Commodore 64[/li][li]Apple IIe[/li][li]Timex Sinclair 1000[/li][li]Coleco Adam[/li][/ol] 1. Name six magicians that have done TV specials (not including David Blaine, David Copperfield, or Chris Angel). ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/15 "2009-05-11T00:41:33Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name 7 characters who appeared regularly in “Peanuts” 1. Snoopy 2. Charlie Brown 3. Sally 4. Lucy 5. Linus 6. Peppermint Patty 7. Woodstock ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/16 "2009-05-11T00:45:11Z")
1. Name seven dwarfs, other than the Seven Dwarfs. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/17 "2009-05-11T00:48:01Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name 7 TV Western series. Gunsmoke Rawhide Bonanza The Big Valley Wild Wild West Branded The Virginian ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/18 "2009-05-11T03:38:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Name seven American Civil War battles that took place outside of Virginia. 1. Vicksburg (Miss) 2. Gettysburg ¶ 3. Antiem (Md) 4. Chickamuga (Ga) 5. Shiloh (Tn) 6. Mobile Bay (Ala) 7. Fort Sumter (SC) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/19 "2009-05-11T04:28:41Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > 1. Name seven dwarfs, other than the Seven Dwarfs. Kili Fili Bifur Bombur Dwalin Dain Ironfoot Thorin Oakenshield ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/20 "2009-05-11T04:29:56Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. Vicksburg (Miss) > 2. Gettysburg ¶ > 3. Antiem (Md) > 4. Chickamuga (Ga) > 5. Shiloh (Tn) > 6. Mobile Bay (Ala) > 7. Fort Sumter (SC) Good! But that’s “Antietam.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943.md?page=2)