# New game: Dead Guy in the Envelope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749 "2006-09-14T20:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/61 "2006-09-14T22:01:28Z")
Not Rod Steiger. I have to check on the “more than one Oscar” question. I have to leave. I’ll be back in about 40 minutes. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/62 "2006-09-14T22:01:46Z")
Did he serve in the Navy? If “yes”, is it Rod Steiger? If “no”, is it Gregory Peck? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/63 "2006-09-14T22:03:13Z")
The thread! She moves too quick! ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/64 "2006-09-14T22:05:37Z")
I think we named all the Best Actor winners who have died since 2000 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/65 "2006-09-14T22:11:01Z")
Yep, looks like Peck is the only one left that meets the criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/66 "2006-09-14T22:46:08Z")
Wow! Yep - it’s Gregory Peck! Good job. I believe Bryan Ekers was first. Does somebody want to go next? It can be any type of (male) person - from history, science, entertainment, sports… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/67 "2006-09-14T22:48:17Z")
I got a dead guy in an envelope. Ummm, that is to say, I have the NAME of a dead guy in an envelope. Go ahead. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/68 "2006-09-14T22:50:16Z")
Was he an American? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/69 "2006-09-14T22:51:10Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I got a dead guy in an envelope. [/QUOTE] Is it Elvis? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/70 "2006-09-14T22:53:30Z")
Yes, he was American. It is not Elvis (Presley nor Costello). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/71 "2006-09-14T22:54:40Z")
Jimi Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/72 "2006-09-14T22:56:00Z")
No, not Hendrix. (I’ll be more more observant re: who asks what in future). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/73 "2006-09-14T22:57:10Z")
It’s tough! People jumping in all over the place! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/74 "2006-09-14T23:00:05Z")
Is he in the music field? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/75 "2006-09-14T23:03:07Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Rosewater] Is he in the music field? [/QUOTE] No. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/76 "2006-09-14T23:04:34Z")
Is he a politician? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/77 "2006-09-14T23:05:56Z")
[QUOTE=Dolores Reborn] Is he a politician? [/QUOTE] Rosewater hasn’t had his guess yet. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/78 "2006-09-14T23:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] Rosewater hasn’t had his guess yet. [/QUOTE] :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/79 "2006-09-14T23:11:28Z")
Calling tiome on Rosewater - five minute maximum. He is not a politician. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2006, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/80 "2006-09-14T23:11:31Z")
Calling time on Rosewater - five minute maximum. He is not a politician. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=5)