# The celebrity alphabetical initials game (how long can it last?)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 6, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392 "2010-08-06T13:41:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/221 "2010-08-08T19:49:55Z")

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Harris Yulin (actor)

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/222 "2010-08-08T20:19:44Z")

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Howard Zinn (historian)

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/223 "2010-08-08T20:26:02Z")

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Ian Anderson

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/224 "2010-08-08T20:27:49Z")

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Irving Berlin

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/225 "2010-08-08T20:28:39Z")

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Ingrid Bergman

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/226 "2010-08-08T20:30:49Z")

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Irene Cara

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/227 "2010-08-08T20:33:30Z")

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Ian Drury of the Blockheads fame

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/228 "2010-08-08T20:34:51Z")

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Uh, never mind again.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/229 "2010-08-08T20:35:24Z")

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You skipped IE, and that’s a downer because I really wanted to post my IF. To that end:

Idris Elba

Isla Fisher

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/230 "2010-08-08T20:37:45Z")

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[del]Izzy Englander - Hedge Fund manager[/del] (I’s are tough)  
Ian Gomez

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/231 "2010-08-08T20:41:37Z")

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Irving Howe

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/232 "2010-08-08T20:42:47Z")

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Ima Hogg

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**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/233 "2010-08-08T21:22:45Z")

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never mind

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**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/234 "2010-08-08T21:34:06Z")

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[Irma Infante](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0408616/)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/235 "2010-08-08T21:40:09Z")

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[Illinois Jacquet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qiew_wDTMuU)

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/236 "2010-08-08T21:40:49Z")

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Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway distance runner

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**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/237 "2010-08-08T21:54:02Z")

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Igor Larionov, Russian hockey player

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/238 "2010-08-08T21:59:03Z")

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Imelda Marcos (shoe fan)

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/239 "2010-08-08T22:03:47Z")

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Isaac Newton

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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-celebrity-alphabetical-initials-game-how-long-can-it-last/549392/240 "2010-08-08T22:28:26Z")

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[Ian Oglivy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Ogilvy) - Actor

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