# Setting the standard **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [January 31, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930 "2024-01-31T20:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/1 "2024-01-31T20:57:00Z")
The way this game is played is by creating a category in which the next player names an example which they think is most typical, standard, or quintessential for the previously named category. That player then creates their own new category which the next player responds to and so on. The category can be literally anything for which there are multiple examples to draw from. For example: Player 1: PC’s of the 1980’s Player 2: Commodore 64! Next - 19th Century US Presidents Player 3: Benjamin Harrison! Next: Hanna Barbara cartoons and so on. I actually like that last one, so the first category is: **Hannah Barbara cartoons** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/2 "2024-01-31T22:05:44Z")
Top Cat ! **Film star comedians of the silent era.** ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/3 "2024-01-31T22:26:01Z")
Buster Keaton **NFL quarterbacks of the 1980s** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/4 "2024-01-31T22:27:32Z")
Jim McMahon **European capitals** ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/5 "2024-02-01T02:41:54Z")
Athens **1980-85 pop songs** ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/6 "2024-02-01T04:14:45Z")
Africa, by Toto _(1982)_ **Super Bowl commercial** _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/7 "2024-02-01T12:37:35Z")
Coca-Cola, with Mean Joe Green - “Hey kid, catch” **Fictional private detective** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/8 "2024-02-01T12:43:05Z")
Sam Spade. **profanities** ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/9 "2024-02-01T13:32:25Z")
Digitus impudicus **Reality TV show** ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/10 "2024-02-01T14:58:34Z")
Survivor **radioactive elements** ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/11 "2024-02-01T15:03:29Z")
Plutonium **90s Singers/Bands** ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/12 "2024-02-09T13:28:19Z")
Nirvana **Marvel superheroes** ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/13 "2024-02-09T14:13:08Z")
Spiderman **Tenor saxophone players** ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/14 "2024-02-13T23:22:57Z")
Charlie Parker **Comfort food** ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/15 "2024-02-13T23:28:04Z")
Mac&cheese **Beloved children’s book or series** ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/16 "2024-02-14T04:07:55Z")
The Bobbsey Twins **The GOAT (Tour de France division)** _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/setting-the-standard/996930/17 "2024-02-14T15:46:22Z")
Jacques Anquetil **Construction machines**