# 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:** 3
**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, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/41 "2014-02-14T01:12:31Z")
opt eta led ohm ---
**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, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/42 "2014-02-14T01:28:38Z")
Dahmer Bundy Gacy Chikatilolo Not Because Chikatilo is the only non american ---
**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, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/43 "2014-02-14T01:38:54Z")
Milk Soup Wheat Bread ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/44 "2014-02-14T02:05:56Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Prince > Madonna > Cher > Ringo Ringo All except Ringos names are their first names from birth ( or a contraction of first birth name for cher) Ringo name from wearing a lot of rings when he was in his first band, although his name did begin with R ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/45 "2014-02-14T02:09:58Z")
Van Halen The Jam The Pretenders ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/46 "2014-02-14T02:17:07Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > opt > eta > led > ohm Led is an acronym , the others are not. Eta greek letter, opt out of something and ohm is a unit. Led cant be used on its own unless as an acronym, or the beginning of led zepplin. Not sure they were thinking of flashy lights when they came up with the name though ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/47 "2014-02-14T02:26:54Z")
Ed O’Neill Bill Clinton Vladimir Putin Elvis Presley ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/48 "2014-02-14T02:31:34Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > Dahmer > Bundy > Gacy > Chikatilolo > Not Because Chikatilo is the only non american Dahmer. Bundy, Gacy and Chikitilo were sentenced to death and executed. Dahmer was sentenced to life and murdered in prison. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/49 "2014-02-14T02:36:27Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Ed O’Neill > Bill Clinton > Vladimir Putin > Elvis Presley Not looking for nationality, by the way. ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/50 "2014-02-14T03:03:45Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Led is an acronym , the others are not. > Eta greek letter, opt out of something and ohm is a unit. > Led cant be used on its own unless as an acronym, or the beginning of led zepplin. Not sure they were thinking of flashy lights when they came up with the name though no > [@pravnik](#): > > Dahmer. Bundy, Gacy and Chikitilo were sentenced to death and executed. Dahmer was sentenced to life and murdered in prison. yes ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/51 "2014-02-14T03:23:37Z")
The Hillside Strangler The Night Stalker The Beltway Sniper ---
**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, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/52 "2014-02-14T03:26:00Z")
John Adams Thomas Jefferson James Madison James Monroe Probably multiple answers to this one, but there is something uniquely American about this one. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/53 "2014-02-14T03:30:26Z")
> [@MadTheSwine](#): > > John Adams > Thomas Jefferson > James Madison > James Monroe > > Probably multiple answers to this one, but there is something uniquely American about this one. Madison. Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July. ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/54 "2014-02-14T03:34:46Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Madison. Jefferson, Adams, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July. yes ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/55 "2014-02-14T03:48:35Z")
Robert Downey Oliver Wendell Holmes Al Gore George W. Bush Kurt Vonnegut ---
**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 14, 2014, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/56 "2014-02-14T03:59:18Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Led cant be used on its own unless as an acronym, or the beginning of led zepplin. Not sure they were thinking of flashy lights when they came up with the name though They were actually thinking of the element. Apparently Keith Moon and John Entwhistle of The Who were discussing what it would be like if a supergroup of them, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck was formed. One of the two mentioned such a band would go over like a lead balloon. Jimmy Page decided to run with the name. > [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > Brian Cowen > Bertie Ahern > Enda Kenny The answer I was going for is that Kenny isn’t left-handed. ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/57 "2014-02-14T18:16:01Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > The Hillside Strangler > The Night Stalker > The Beltway Sniper The Night Stalker. He was one guy. The Hillside Strangler and Beltway Sniper both turned out to be a pair of killers. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/58 "2014-02-14T19:44:25Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Robert Downey > Oliver Wendell Holmes > Al Gore > George W. Bush > Kurt Vonnegut George W. Bush is the only one on the list who isn’t a Junior. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/59 "2014-02-14T19:46:05Z")
Still on the board: 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 President George Washington British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli Songwriter George M. Cohan England’s King Henry VIII ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892/60 "2014-02-15T19:39:33Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > The Night Stalker. He was one guy. > > The Hillside Strangler and Beltway Sniper both turned out to be a pair of killers. Correct! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spot-the-outlier-silly-game/680892.md?page=4)