# 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:** 2
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/21 "2009-05-11T04:31:28Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name seven people who have been in outer space. Yuri Gagarin Alan Shepard John Glenn Roger Crippen Sally Ride Jake Garn Wally Schirra ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/22 "2009-05-11T15:34:35Z")
1. Name seven films prior to 1990 that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Marty The Godfather Gone with the Wind Amadeus My Fair Lady The Sound of Music Ben-Hur ---
**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, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/23 "2009-05-11T15:38:57Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > …18. Name books of the Old Testament Genesis Exodus Joshua Judges Ruth I Kings II Kings I always remember “Joshua Judges Ruth” because that was the name of a Lyle Lovett album. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/24 "2009-05-11T15:48:55Z")
In college I could name the first five books of the Bible _in Hebrew_. At some point, that knowledge leaked out. I actually opened up a reply window … then I realized _zap_ it was gone. :mad: ---
**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, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/25 "2009-05-11T19:35:04Z")
:smack: > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Good! But that’s “Antietam.” :smack: Guess I was thinking of Dorothy aunt in the Wizard of Oz. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/26 "2009-05-11T19:59:06Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John C. Calhoun, Garrett Hobart, Andrew Johnson, Lyndon Johnson, Hannibal Hamlin. > 2. Name seven “good” British monarchs, repeating no name (i.e. Ralph I but not Ralph II, III or IV). > > . Alfred the Great Anne Edward the Confessor Elizabeth I George VI Victoria William of Orange (William III) Are they all “good” enough? Or at least, not TOO bad? 19. Name seven Heisman Trophy winners 20. Name seven plays by Shakespeare 21. Name seven knights of the Round Table 22. Name seven defunct airlines 23. Name seven hit singles by Elvis Presley 24. Name seven movies in which Humphrey Bogart starred 25. Name seven metallic elements ---
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/27 "2009-05-11T20:05:48Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > …Are they all “good” enough? Or at least, not TOO bad? Yes, I’d say so, although I know some better than others. > [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name seven plays by Shakespeare > 2. Name seven knights of the Round Table _Henry V MacBeth Titus Andronicus King Lear Romeo and Juliet A Midsummer Night’s Dream Hamlet_ Sir Kay Sir Gawaine Sir Launcelot Sir Galahad Sir Bedivere Sir Bors Sir Tristram ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/28 "2009-05-11T20:12:00Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > 1. Name six magicians that have done TV specials (not including David Blaine, David Copperfield, or Chris Angel). Toughie, let’s see… 1. Penn 2. Teller (you did say “magicians”, not “acts”, so I’m counting 'em separately) 3. Doug Henning 4. Lance Burton 5. Harry Blackstone Jr. 6. The Pendragons (I think) If you open it up to “appeared in” rather than “starred in their own”, I can come up with more, like Mac King and Jeff McBride and so forth… ---
**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/29 "2009-05-11T20:35:11Z")
1. Name seven Heisman Trophy winners Eddie George Sam Bradford Reggie Bush Hershal Walker George Rogers Tim Tebow Archie Griffin 1. Name seven defunct airlines Pan Am Eastern BOAC TWA Piedmont People’s Express Braniff 1. Name seven metallic elements Aluminum Silver Copper Iron Gold Sodium Titanium ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/30 "2009-05-11T21:13:49Z")
1. Name seven rivers in Europe 2. Name seven operas 3. Name seven characters created by Charles Dickens 4. Name seven current U.S. Senators 5. Name seven moons that surround other planets in our solar system. ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/31 "2009-05-11T21:26:21Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name seven rivers in Europe 1.Rhine 2.Danube 3.Seine 4.Moselle 5.Thames 6.Liffey 7.Tey 1. Name 7 songs about boats, ships or life at sea. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/32 "2009-05-11T21:39:06Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > 1. Name seven operas _Aida_ _Carmen_ _Fidelio_ _Rigoletto_ _Tosca_ _Turandot_ _William Tell_ > [@](#): > > 1. Name seven characters created by Charles Dickens Ebenezer Scrooge Miss Havisham Oliver Twist David Copperfield Edwin Drood Uriah Heep Tiny Tim > [@](#): > > 1. Name seven current U.S. Senators Evan Bayh Richard Lugar Robert Byrd Edward Kennedy Barbara Boxer George Voinovich Dianne Feinstein > [@](#): > > 1. Name seven moons that surround other planets in our solar system. Phobos Deimos Io Europa Titan Ganymede Titania ---
**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, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/33 "2009-05-11T21:53:55Z")
> [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](#): > > …31. Name 7 songs about boats, ships or life at sea. “The Wreck of the _Edmund Fitzgerald_” “Roll _Alabama_ Roll” “The Eddystone Light” “Brandy” “He’s A Pirate” “A British Tar” “Heart of Oak” “Title Theme from _SpongeBob SquarePants_” 😉 1. Name seven TV shows cancelled before 1960 2. Name seven famous inventors 3. Name seven famous architects 4. Name seven polearms 5. Name seven edged weapons 6. Name seven warplanes of WWI 7. Name seven warplanes of WWII 8. Name seven famous U.S. warships 9. Name seven famous non-U.S. warships ---
**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, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/34 "2009-05-11T21:58:36Z")
1. Name seven suitable synonyms for ‘castle’ (castle can be one of them) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/35 "2009-05-11T22:06:02Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Name seven famous inventors Thomas Edison Eli Whitney Elias Howe Alexander Graham Bell Guglielmo Marconi Samuel F.B. Morse Charles Kettering > [@](#): > > 1. Name seven famous architects Frank Lloyd Wright I.M. Pei Christopher Wren James Hoban Inigo Jones Eero Saarinen Le Corbusier ---
**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, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/36 "2009-05-11T22:13:20Z")
> [@pedescribe](#): > > 1. Name seven suitable synonyms for ‘castle’ (castle can be one of them) 1. palace 2. mansion 3. plantation 4. chateau 5. fortress 6. estate 7. manor ---
**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, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/37 "2009-05-11T22:19:09Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Name seven TV shows cancelled before 1960 I Love Lucy Life of Riley The Honeymooners Cisco Kid Burns And Allen Your Show of Shows Adventures of Superman ---
**Author:** ![Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Amber\_in\_Treasury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amber_in_Treasury)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/38 "2009-05-11T22:26:52Z")
1. Name seven types of light source that have been used in outdoor/street lighting. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/39 "2009-05-11T23:02:17Z")
1. Name seven polearms Halberds Voulges Pikes Glaives Spears Guisarmes Lances 1. Name seven edged weapons Swords Axes Daggers Halberds Bat’leths (hey, why not?) Ninja stars Arrows 1. Name seven warplanes of WWI Sopwith Camel Se5a Fokker Dr.1, aka the Triplane Spad VII Vickers Vimy Nieuport 17 Albatros C-1 1. Name seven warplanes of WWII Spitfire, Hurricane, Tempest, Mosquito, Halifax, Lancaster, Wellington. 1. Name seven famous U.S. warships Constitution, Iowa, Hornet, Nimitz, Enterprise (WWII) and Enterprise (CVN-65), Maine 1. Name seven famous non-U.S. warships [/QUOTE] Jesus of Lubeck, Victory, Bismarck, Yamato, King George V, Haida, Golden Hind. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943/40 "2009-05-12T04:27:44Z")
1. List seven names held by multiple Popes. 2. Provide seven signers of the Declaration of Independence 3. Name seven properties in “Monopoly.” 4. Name seven ships that have sunk. 5. Name seven characters who appear in “The Iliad.” 6. Name seven songs written by Rodgers and Hammerstein 7. Name seven FORMER major league baseball teams. 8. Name seven types of rodent. 9. Name seven Muppets 10. Name seven actresses who have played James Bond’s girlfriends. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-seven-the-game/495943.md?page=3)