# 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:** 8
**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 9, 2018, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/141 "2018-04-09T05:24:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > No one wants to try mine? You might need to give another clue. ---
**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 9, 2018, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/142 "2018-04-09T12:22:36Z")
Is animal, vegarable or mineral? ---
**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 9, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/143 "2018-04-09T13:03:19Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am an impossibly waning cemetery. > > What am I named? Tom Thumb? cemetery = tomb, sounds like tom waning = small ---
**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 9, 2018, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/144 "2018-04-09T16:32:32Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > You might need to give another clue. A famous actual person ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/145 "2018-04-09T19:47:34Z")
Peter (petering out) Graves ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/146 "2018-04-09T19:49:49Z")
Making better, physically, via sound and emotion. What am I named? [Also famous person, dead, in this case. Those are the ground rules, right?] ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/147 "2018-04-09T19:56:51Z")
Update for easier: > [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Making better, [del]physically[/del], **bodily** , via sound and emotion. > > What am I named? … [delete and bold mine] ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/148 "2018-04-11T12:12:21Z")
The two riddles still up are pretty hard to solve. If no one objects I’ll throw another one out there: I’m gambling but I’m pretty average at it. ---
**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 11, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/149 "2018-04-11T12:41:02Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > The two riddles still up are pretty hard to solve. If no one objects I’ll throw another one out there: > > I’m gambling but I’m pretty average at it. Betty White? bet + white=bland=pretty average ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/150 "2018-04-11T13:15:36Z")
Close, but no. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/151 "2018-04-11T14:09:02Z")
OK, it’s no fun if it’s too hard… I was actually waiting if Peter Graves was really right > [@](#): > > Making better, bodily, via sound and emotion. > > What am I named? Like the answer to this clue so far, she was never found after she died, although they still claim every now and then they think they found where she crashed. She probably saw a lot of clouds, from both sides… ---
**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 11, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/152 "2018-04-11T14:14:36Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > I’m gambling but I’m pretty average at it. Bette Midler ---
**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 11, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/153 "2018-04-11T14:17:16Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > Like the answer to this clue so far, she was never found after she died, although they still claim every now and then they think they found where she crashed. She probably saw a lot of clouds, from both sides… Amelia Earhart ameliorate + ear + heart ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/154 "2018-04-11T14:43:15Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Amelia Earhart > > ameliorate + ear + heart Yippers. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/155 "2018-04-11T14:44:36Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Bette Midler That sounds right too. ---
**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 11, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/156 "2018-04-11T14:52:59Z")
WAM, you’re up to give a clue. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/157 "2018-04-11T15:16:41Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > Bette Midler Yes! ---
**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 11, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/158 "2018-04-11T15:25:42Z")
Movie about someone getting past second base. What is it called? ---
**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 11, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/159 "2018-04-11T17:58:10Z")
Everest? ---
**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 11, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/160 "2018-04-11T18:16:18Z")
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