# What am I named?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104>\
**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\
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**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, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/161 "2018-04-11T18:23:21Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Everest?

No.

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**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, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/162 "2018-04-11T19:57:31Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Movie about someone getting past second base. What is it called?

Below the Belt

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**Post date:** [April 11, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/163 "2018-04-11T20:28:36Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> Below the Belt

These are good guesses, but they’re not right. Added clue:

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> Movie about someone getting past second base with an alien. What is it called?

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**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 12, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/164 "2018-04-12T00:29:00Z")

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Another clue:

…na-na-na-nu-na…

…na-na-na-nu-na…

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**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 12, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/165 "2018-04-12T01:35:07Z")

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Earth Girls Are Easy?

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**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 12, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/166 "2018-04-12T01:42:22Z")

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Good guess, but no.

[Picture clue](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XLZo9SiL5eA/Wa3d7pmTDFI/AAAAAAAAUwU/aebxrzVio8QMXrIZYmhh4ObwgaDNqP3-gCKgBGAs/s1600/DSC_0235.JPG).

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**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 12, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/167 "2018-04-12T01:54:46Z")

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Close encounters of a third kind?

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**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 12, 2018, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/168 "2018-04-12T02:12:59Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Close encounters of a third kind?

Yes, that’s right! It’s the 1977 movie _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_.

“…na-na-na-nu-na…” is the five-tone musical phrase that plays a prominent part in the movie.

The picture clue is of [Devils Tower](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_Tower), Wyoming, which also features in the movie.

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**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 12, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/169 "2018-04-12T02:22:19Z")

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Well, since we don’t have an active one, here’s another:

Someone shot some footage of Clinton and Kennedy’s magnificent undertaking. What is it called?

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**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 12, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/170 "2018-04-12T02:43:12Z")

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The tones told me what’s what. Picture confirmed it.  
I have to think about the new one awhile.

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**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 12, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/171 "2018-04-12T04:17:33Z")

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> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#):
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> Well, since we don’t have an active one, here’s another:
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> Someone shot some footage of Clinton and Kennedy’s magnificent undertaking. What is it called?

Does it involve a phone booth and a guy named Rufus?

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**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 12, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/172 "2018-04-12T07:00:39Z")

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Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure?

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/173 "2018-04-12T15:40:31Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> Does it involve a phone booth and a guy named Rufus?

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Bill and Ted’s excellent adventure?

Yes way!

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**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 12, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/174 "2018-04-12T19:27:50Z")

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This movie features the return of rodents made of dried grain stalks that don’t require the start of thatching. What is it?

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/175 "2018-04-12T21:20:58Z")

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> [@Knowed\_Out](#):
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> This movie features the return of rodents made of dried grain stalks that don’t require the start of thatching. What is it?

- “dried grain stalks” would suggest _straw_
- “rodents” could be _rats_, and “return of rodents” could be a clue to reverse the letters, which would make _star_

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/176 "2018-04-12T21:22:51Z")

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_Star Wars_

“don’t require the start of thatching” would mean taking away the T from _straw_.

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**Post date:** [April 12, 2018, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/177 "2018-04-12T22:39:31Z")

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I am the record accounting the expenses for maintaining the moor. What am I named?

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**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 13, 2018, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/178 "2018-04-13T05:45:33Z")

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I know this is a stretch,  
Guinness Black Lager?

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**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 13, 2018, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/179 "2018-04-13T11:06:14Z")

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If it was “grasslands” instead of “moor,” you’d be Heath Ledger.

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**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 13, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-am-i-named/811104/180 "2018-04-13T14:31:56Z")

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Heath is a British synonym for moor, so, yes, that is it.

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