Hmm, that’s interesting. It’s a bit of a stretch to say that Holmes was based on Bell in some greater way than any character of a story is based on someone the author has known in real life. Still, maybe that’s the right answer. Just to revive my ego a bit, Little Jack Horner pulled out a plumb, there are 50 States, and of them Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, and Maine start with “M”. Did I miss any? 
Montana
Classic Family Feud moment.
Question: Name something that droops.
Contestant: (buzzes in, blushes, hangs his head and mutters) Breasts.
It was on the board.
And Maryland
Groucho had a standard question he would ask of any contestant who won nothing: “Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?”
One night he had a man on who was at least an octagenarian and hard of hearing. His answer?
“Me.”
Yep. True story. Philip Jose Farmer did an excellent bio of him called “Tarzan Alive.” Likewise, he wrote a book on James Clark Wildman, the real Doc Savage, in “Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life.”
I’ve played Family Feud for a local radio station a couple of times and done abominably (my answers aren’t really bad so much as I tend to misinterpret the questions quite badly), so I’m really in no place to make fun of others.
However,
Husband and wife doing the speed round:
Q: How many months does it take to house train a puppy?
Wife: Forever
Q: How many months does it take to house train a puppy?
Husband: Forever
At this juncture, it seems appropriate to bring up the episode of Saturday Night Live where the Coneheads were on Family Feud.
In the big money round at the end:
DAWSON: “Name a famous explorer.”
CONEHEAD: “Zen 1-2-3.”
DAWSON: “Name something that goes with eggs.”
CONEHEAD: “Fiberglass.”