# New Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 19, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754 "2000-09-19T18:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/1 "2000-09-19T18:20:38Z")
It’s a guessing game based on fact (similar to 20 questions) but the answer is fun! I obtained the phone number of a celebrity today. One of the publishers that I work for belongs to a country club. The club’s directory lists the celebrity’s home, office and fax numbers. Ask yes and no questions to figure out who the celebrity is! ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/2 "2000-09-19T18:22:41Z")
Oh, as a prize, I’ll send the winner a six-pack of Brooklyn Lager. ---
**Author:** ![DuhMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DuhMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/3 "2000-09-19T18:24:03Z")
are they male? ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/4 "2000-09-19T18:25:33Z")
Has the celebrity been in any top grossing films in the past year? ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/5 "2000-09-19T18:29:12Z")
Is it Big Bird? Is it John Holmes? Wait, he’s dead…Um, howabout that Hedgehog guy… Is it Kevin Bacon? Kevin Smith? Will Smith? William Francis? Francis Ford Coppala? Betty Ford? Bette Midler? \ ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/6 "2000-09-19T18:32:21Z")
are they male? **Yes, he is male** Has the celebrity been in any top grossing films in the past year? **Not to my knowledge - No** Is it Big Bird? Is it John Holmes? Wait, he’s dead…Um, howabout that Hedgehog guy… Is it Kevin Bacon? Kevin Smith? Will Smith? William Francis? Francis Ford Coppala? Betty Ford? Bette Midler? **no to all** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/7 "2000-09-19T18:33:54Z")
Is it Tony Randall? ---
**Author:** ![DuhMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DuhMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/8 "2000-09-19T18:34:26Z")
musician? ---
**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/9 "2000-09-19T18:34:50Z")
Cecil! For the love of god, you found Cecil’s phone number! Whass he doin’ in a country club anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/10 "2000-09-19T18:35:50Z")
But to be serious (even though I REALLY want it to be Tony Randall), here’s some questions: Is this celebrity a movie celebrity? TV? Sports? Is this celebrity married to another celebrity? (Mrs. Tony Randall doesn’t count.) Is it Tony Randall? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/11 "2000-09-19T18:37:08Z")
Is the country club in New York? Is the celebrity an actor? A musician? An artist? A person in the publishing world? Is the celebrity under 30ish? Between 30-50ish? Over 50ish? ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/12 "2000-09-19T18:37:28Z")
Does the celebrity live in LA? New York? Vancouver? Toronto? ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/13 "2000-09-19T18:40:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SaxFace \* > \*\*Oh, as a prize, I’ll send the winner a six-pack of Brooklyn Lager. \*\* So we don’t get the phone number then? ☹ Did he have a role in the television series _Full House_? ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/14 "2000-09-19T18:41:28Z")
Is it Tony Randall? \*\*No, I wish. I have a board game by Tony Randall - I think it’s called Word Quest. I usually think of it as a BORED game, though \*\* musician? **yes!** Cecil! \*\* I wish \*\* Is the country club in New York? \*\* No!\*\* Is the celebrity an actor? **Yes (and a musician as stated above)** An artist? **Probably** A person in the publishing world? **Nope** Is the celebrity under 30? \*\* No \*\* Over 50? **No** ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/15 "2000-09-19T18:43:06Z")
Is it Woody Allen? ---
**Author:** ![DuhMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9c0ed/32.png) [@DuhMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DuhMan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/16 "2000-09-19T18:43:37Z")
singer? just play an instrument? rap musician? rock musician? classical? country? ---
**Author:** ![SaxFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@SaxFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaxFace)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/17 "2000-09-19T18:43:43Z")
Does the celebrity live in LA? **yes!** Did he have a role in the television series Full House? **No way, Jose** ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/18 "2000-09-19T18:44:20Z")
Is it Jon Bon Jovi? (Even though I know he lives in Florida)? Is it Sting? Is it David Bowie? If we all wished really hard, could we send this person back in time to both become Tony Randall, and appear on Full House? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/19 "2000-09-19T18:44:22Z")
Does this celebrity have a seven inch tongue and a past habit of breathing fire and drooling blood? ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754/20 "2000-09-19T18:46:07Z")
RATS! I missed the “Not over 50” answer. Is he a vocalist or an instrumentalist? Has he won a Grammy? Is he best known as an actor or a musician? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game/33754.md?page=2)