# Three of a kind **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 16, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983 "2015-08-16T11:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/1 "2015-08-16T11:19:20Z")
Pick three works that you think fit together as a set. They might be three works in the same medium, for example: True Lies Mr & Mrs Smith Knight and Day (Three movies featuring Spies, couples, tango music, and deception) Of they coukd be three items from different media: Tetris Legoland Minecraft And so on. Only three, and maybe say why you think they go together ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/2 "2015-08-16T12:22:10Z")
The Mask of Zorro The Phantom The Shadow All period movies of masked pulp heroes. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/3 "2015-08-16T12:43:06Z")
Apple pie Vanilla ice cream Caramel sauce Each of the three pairs well with any other of the three. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/4 "2015-08-16T20:27:56Z")
Name three towns in Mississippi that rhyme: Lula Tchula Tula Then, name blues musicians associated with each town! I know the multitude of answers to the latter triple posit, but it would make for too long a post. Nobody but blues fanatics (such as I) would care, anyway :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/5 "2015-08-16T21:01:09Z")
Three streets in Chicago that rhyme with “vagina” Paulina, Melvina, Lunt ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/6 "2015-08-16T21:22:44Z")
This will fit better over in Thead Games. Off we go! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/7 "2015-08-17T00:22:38Z")
Empress Matilda Mary Queen of Scots Edward, the Black Prince Heirs to the English throne who never managed to rule - but their sons did ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/8 "2015-08-17T10:18:03Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Three streets in Chicago that rhyme with “vagina” > > Paulina, Melvina, Lunt HILARIOUS! I am familiar with all these streets, 'cuz I am an ex-pat Chicagoan. :rolleyes: :eek: 🆒 :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/9 "2015-08-17T11:35:12Z")
**Handle with Care** , by Jodi Picoult **The Warrior’s Apprentice** , by Lois McMaster Bujold Several episodes of **Diff’rent Strokes** , all featuring Melanie Watson, beginning with “Kathy”. All featured a character with extremely brittle bones. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/10 "2015-08-17T15:11:53Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Three streets in Chicago that rhyme with “vagina” > > Paulina, Melvina, Lunt And my first thought was to go to this one as well. Earl Campbell Walter Payton Joe Perry NFL running backs who all had jersey number 34 retired by their teams. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2015, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/11 "2015-08-18T11:36:46Z")
The Liberation of Clementine Tipton, by Jane Flory The Golden Compass, by Philip Pullman A Drowned Maiden’s Hair, by Laura Amy Schlitz All are novels that begin with a female character eavesdropping. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/12 "2015-08-19T12:09:03Z")
Jane Wyman Patty Duke Marlee Matlin [spoiler]Actresses who have won Academy Awards for playing deaf characters: Jane Wyman, Best Actress for _Johnny Belinda_ (1948) Patty Duke, Best Supporting Actress for _The Miracle Worker_ (1962) Marlee Matlin, Best Actress for _Children of a Lesser God_ (1986) [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/13 "2015-08-19T19:31:07Z")
_**The Lion King West Side Story Ten Things I Hate About You**_ (Movies loosely based on Shakespeare plays.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/14 "2015-08-22T16:45:32Z")
Hair Grease Hairspray (Three Broadway musicals, debuted in that order) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/15 "2015-08-29T17:30:37Z")
Annie It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark All are Broadway musicals based on comics. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/16 "2015-08-29T17:36:50Z")
Dracula Lestat Dance of the Vampire Broadway’s vampire musicals (and they all bloody sucked the big one) ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/17 "2015-08-29T18:23:57Z")
**The Green Mile Forrest Gump A League of Their Own** Movies in which Tom Hanks’ urination (or inability to do so) is a plot point. ---
**Author:** ![atimnie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atimnie/32/11_2.png) [@atimnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atimnie)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/18 "2019-09-22T19:21:52Z")
Big Apollo 13 This is Spinal Tap Movies directed by former actors. ---
**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:** [September 22, 2019, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/19 "2019-09-22T19:34:00Z")
Obi-Wan Kenobi R2D2 C3PO Wan, 2, 3 ---
**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:** [September 23, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983/20 "2019-09-23T13:49:14Z")
Van Halen Spice Girls Eagles Bands that split up and later re-formed [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-of-a-kind/727983.md?page=2)