# Spot the outlier -- silly game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 9, 2014, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892 "2014-02-09T15:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/21 "2014-02-12T23:34:10Z")
Tony Iommi Martin Barre Phil Collins Roger Glover ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/22 "2014-02-12T23:52:21Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > I suppose it is a Silent Bob thing but can’t quite put my finger on it. Silent Bob has spoken on film, the others have not? Right idea, wrong person. Harpo Marx never spoke on film[sup]\*[/sup], the others all did. - There is some debate on this. In one of their films, the four of them are hiding in barrels and singing. There are definitely four voices. No one seems to know if it was Harpo singing. In any case, he was not really on film at the time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/23 "2014-02-13T01:04:12Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > _Says You_ does this game from time to time. That’s where I got the idea. I even sent my questions in (plus a few more) but he never used them. ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/24 "2014-02-13T04:54:31Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Right idea, wrong person. Harpo Marx never spoke on film[sup]\*[/sup], the others all did. > > - There is some debate on this. In one of their films, the four of them are hiding in barrels and singing. There are definitely four voices. No one seems to know if it was Harpo singing. In any case, he was not really on film at the time. But he was caught speaking on film in the premier for “The Great Ziegfeld”. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/25 "2014-02-13T05:20:43Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > But he was caught speaking on film in the premier for “The Great Ziegfeld”. That’s news to me. When I originally researched this question I didn’t find that. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/26 "2014-02-13T05:31:47Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Tony Iommi > Martin Barre > Phil Collins > Roger Glover I think Tony Iommi is the only one without any vocalist or backing vocalist credits on an album. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/27 "2014-02-13T16:56:56Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Tony Iommi > Martin Barre > Phil Collins > Roger Glover > [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > I think Tony Iommi is the only one without any vocalist or backing vocalist credits on an album. I picked Iommi too, but with the reasoning that he is the only one that was a founding member of his band. All the others joined after their associated band had already released at least one album. Or maybe it’s Phil Collins. All the others were in bands with a 2 word name. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/28 "2014-02-13T17:02:02Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Byron White. The only one in the college football Hall of Fame and NOT in the NFL Hall of Fame. SHoot… I spent a long time trying to get this right, and I still messed up! You are correct, certainly. WHite is the only one not in the Hall of Fame. I was looking for Csonka, as he was the only one who never led the NFL in rushing. Formulating these questions is tricky. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/29 "2014-02-13T17:06:23Z")
Asia Bad Company Emerson, Lake & Palmer Foghat ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/30 "2014-02-13T21:45:49Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > Asia > Bad Company > Emerson, Lake & Palmer > Foghat Foghat - the other 3 all contain a former member of King Crimson. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/31 "2014-02-13T22:37:42Z")
Tony Iommi Martin Barre Phil Collins Roger Glover > [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > I picked Iommi too, but with the reasoning that he is the only one that was a founding member of his band. All the others joined after their associated band had already released at least one album. > > Or maybe it’s Phil Collins. All the others were in bands with a 2 word name. Actually, it’s Roger Glover, but the others can certainly be correct. We could categorize this question as ‘unreasonably obscure’. The answer is Roger Glover. He was the only one to have never played a gig with Jethro Tull. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/32 "2014-02-13T22:40:55Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Foghat - the other 3 all contain a former member of King Crimson. More specifically, all three were founded by a former bassist and vocalist of King Crimson. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/33 "2014-02-13T22:44:18Z")
Anthony Hopkins Brian Cox Mads Mikkelsen Stellan Skarsgård ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/34 "2014-02-13T22:48:01Z")
Cy Young Award winner Jim Lonborg Irish statesman Eamonn da Valera Edgar Buchanan, who played “Uncle Joe” on sitcom _ **Petticoat Junction** _ Western novelist Zane Grey ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/35 "2014-02-13T22:49:31Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Anthony Hopkins > Brian Cox > Mads Mikkelsen > Stellan Skarsgård Stellan Skarsgard has never played Hannibal Lecter ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/36 "2014-02-13T22:52:04Z")
President George Washington British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Songwriter George M. Cohan England’s King Henry VIII ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/37 "2014-02-14T00:40:28Z")
Michael Keaton Freddie Mercury David Bowie Albert Brooks ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/38 "2014-02-14T00:49:43Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Michael Keaton > Freddie Mercury > David Bowie > Albert Brooks Freddie Mercury All the other’s birth names were already taken by other famous people. ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/39 "2014-02-14T00:49:59Z")
Prince Madonna Cher Ringo ---
**Author:** ![MadTheSwine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MadTheSwine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadTheSwine)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/40 "2014-02-14T00:51:59Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Freddie Mercury > > All the other’s birth names were already taken by other famous people. yes [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892.md?page=3)