# What am I named? **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 24, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104 "2018-03-24T02:03:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/201 "2018-04-17T00:21:36Z")
Wilson/Philips? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2018, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/202 "2018-04-17T01:56:52Z")
Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/203 "2018-04-17T02:04:24Z")
Single-handed follower of the Qin dynasty. Who is this fictional character? ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/204 "2018-04-17T02:13:50Z")
Wilson Flatheads (edit:Nipped at the post) ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/205 "2018-04-17T02:40:35Z")
Han Solo ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/206 "2018-04-17T02:43:22Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Single-handed follower of the Qin dynasty. Who is this fictional character? Han Solo? (Wag) ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/207 "2018-04-17T02:45:47Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Han Solo? (Wag) Yes! The Han dynasty followed the Qin dynasty, and single-handed is a synonym for solo. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/208 "2018-04-17T03:01:36Z")
Nm, I was bragging but I see Isamu actually ninja’d me. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/209 "2018-04-17T03:26:08Z")
Let me try one. This is a most horrible, horrible pun. As a sort of clue, my 7th grade teacher complained about the legibility of my penmanship, calling it “chickenscratch”. I startle the chicken. What am I named? (not a person) ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2018, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/210 "2018-04-17T11:05:16Z")
Is Phillips part of the name? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/211 "2018-04-18T17:45:19Z")
Of mine? No. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/212 "2018-04-18T17:54:47Z")
Lee “Scratch” Perry & The Upsetters? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/213 "2018-04-18T17:57:28Z")
It is a famous thing with a person’s name attached to it. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/214 "2018-04-18T22:08:28Z")
Frighten (fright hen) Peckerwood Hen-pecked ???(WAGs) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/215 "2018-04-18T22:10:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Is Phillips part of the name? If you mean the screwdriver/volleyball, that was mine, and it was guessed: “Wilson Phillips”. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/216 "2018-04-19T03:06:18Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Frighten (fright hen) > Peckerwood > Hen-pecked > ???(WAGs) Try a somewhat less common word for a (young-ish) chicken. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/217 "2018-04-19T22:26:49Z")
Is it Chick Corea? Meanwhile, a new one: _This person initially started off in Kansas, and then followed the path of swindling. What is this person named?_ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/218 "2018-04-19T22:56:52Z")
Oz? As is ‘The Wizard of’? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/219 "2018-04-19T23:04:41Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oz? As is ‘The Wizard of’? Good guess, but no. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/220 "2018-04-19T23:36:17Z")
Ok, I will try to clarify. My teacher called my penmanship “chickenscratch”. If your chickenscratchings are very exemplary, you are awarded with me. I startle the chicken. What am I named? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104.md?page=12)