# Quiz: which of these is not like the others? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [August 26, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520 "2014-08-26T00:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/1 "2014-08-26T00:19:22Z")
Some well-known organization names: [ul] [li]Johns Manville[/li][li]Owen Corning[/li][li]Black & Decker[/li][li]Johns Hopkins[/li][li]Fisher Price[/li][li]McDonnell Douglas[/li][li]Young & Rubicam[/li][li]Frito Lay[/li][/ul] One of these is not like the others, purely on a naming basis. No Googling. Which one is it? (It has nothing to do with the company, organization, field or history. Just names.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/2 "2014-08-26T00:23:19Z")
Wild guess: Frito Lay ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/3 "2014-08-26T01:24:17Z")
I think Frito Lay The others are two people ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/4 "2014-08-26T01:27:40Z")
> [@CT\_Damsel](#): > > I think Frito Lay > > The others are two people My thought too. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2014, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/5 "2014-08-26T01:34:07Z")
My thought three. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/6 "2014-08-26T01:37:11Z")
How about Fisher Price… man, corn, deck, hop, do, rub, la …all words. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/7 "2014-08-26T02:33:14Z")
Heh heh heh. I thought this would go in one shot, but three got it wrong in a row. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/8 "2014-08-26T02:52:41Z")
Owen Corning, The correct name is Owens Corning ---
**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:** [August 26, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/9 "2014-08-26T02:55:45Z")
Quote a spoiler response and the code will show up. [spoiler.] Blah, blah. blah… [/spoiler.] Remove the period. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/10 "2014-08-26T02:56:09Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Owen Corning, but I can’t tell you why because the Spoiler option is not presented in my list of codes, even when I go advanced. FYI, if you ever want to know the code for a function, quote a post that uses it. The code will be revealed! {spoiler} blah {/spoiler}. But with instead. No clue about the OP, though! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/11 "2014-08-26T03:10:08Z")
One is indeed one name rather than two, and that one is: Johns Hopkins. “Johns” was an ancestor’s surname. Nice quiz, by the way! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/12 "2014-08-26T13:28:29Z")
Ding ding ding, we have an Oscar Meyer… wiener, that is. The typo was unintentional. That’s one of my favorite name oddities. ---
**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/13 "2014-08-26T13:30:04Z")
Owens Corning because They made something for NASA? ---
**Author:** ![dunkleosteus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkleosteus/32/9331_2.png) [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/14 "2014-08-27T16:27:33Z")
Owen Corning starts with a vowel ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/15 "2014-08-27T17:20:33Z")
We already have a correct answer, there in #11. You may, however, notice the irony of my announcement in #12, if you like. Like the correct choice, “Oscar Mayer” is also one man’s name. ---
**Author:** ![dunkleosteus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkleosteus/32/9331_2.png) [@dunkleosteus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dunkleosteus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/16 "2014-08-27T17:33:39Z")
Hey, I’m not _wrong_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/17 "2014-08-27T17:54:43Z")
None of them have been in my living room. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/18 "2014-08-27T19:18:41Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > None of them have been in my living room. Then which one’s not like the others? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/19 "2014-08-27T19:24:34Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > Heh heh heh. I thought this would go in one shot, but three got it wrong in a row. Well how the hell is Frito Lay wrong? It includes a non-name. There never was a Mr. Frito. That makes it different from any of the others. And by the way, it’s Owen **s** Corning. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2014, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520/20 "2014-08-27T19:24:42Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > None of them have been in my living room. What about your kitchen? 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-which-of-these-is-not-like-the-others/696520.md?page=2)