# What do the following have in common? (game) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 15, 2005, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927 "2005-05-15T12:31:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/61 "2005-05-16T18:42:54Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > All claimed Native American ancestry? Correct. **Robot Arm** ’s first one is Bela. Fleck, Bartok, and Legosi. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/62 "2005-05-16T18:51:53Z")
Yes. Also included in that round was… **Borodin** , **Stravinsky** and **Feldman** ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/63 "2005-05-16T18:56:11Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Yes. > > Also included in that round was… > > **Borodin** , **Stravinsky** and **Feldman** Igors – Borodin wrote an opera called “Prince Igor,” it was Stravinsky’s first name, and the name of Mary Feldman’s “Young Frankenstein” character. Yes, I _have_ had to clue “Igor” once or twice – why do you ask? BTW, for a fourth, you can use “Aeronautical engineer Sikorsky.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/64 "2005-05-16T19:25:38Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Obviously I haven’t seen Jefferson in Paris, but trying to picture Nick Nolte playing James Earl Jones’ father hurts my brain The movie starts out ca. 1870, when the elderly Madison Hemings (son of Sally & TJ [at least in the movie- don’t want to reopen that debate here]) is telling a reporter the story of his parents, then flashes back to 1780s Paris _When Tommy Owned Sally_. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/65 "2005-05-16T22:42:20Z")
Atilla the Hun, Winnie the Pooh ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/66 "2005-05-17T01:07:42Z")
Same middle name. Sharon Stone, Jerry Garcia, and Prince. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/67 "2005-05-17T03:18:58Z")
**dbygawdcapn** How about at least one more name? Okay this one should be easy: \*\*1) Red Skelton 2) Ringo Starr 3) Billy Vaughn (orchestra leader) 4) Treat Williams \*\* ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/68 "2005-05-17T04:21:40Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > **dbygawdcapn** > How about at least one more name? > > Okay this one should be easy: > \*\*1) Red Skelton 2) Ringo Starr 3) Billy Vaughn (orchestra leader) 4) Treat Williams > \*\* Their given first names are all Richard. I have no question just now, but I reserve the right to come back and post one when I think of one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/69 "2005-05-17T05:41:49Z")
> [@dbygawdcapn](#): > > Same middle name. > > Sharon Stone, Jerry Garcia, and Prince. Diabetics. J. Edgar Hoover, Jorges Luis Borges, Casanova, Nadia Krupskaya (Mrs. Vladimir Lenin), Golde Meir, the Brothers Grimm ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/70 "2005-05-17T06:00:01Z")
On a more somber note: Billy Wilder, Roman Polanski, Ruth Westheimer, Leon Askin ([character actor](http://www.askin.at/)) ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/71 "2005-05-17T06:09:49Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > On a more somber note: > > Billy Wilder, Roman Polanski, Ruth Westheimer, Leon Askin ([character actor](http://www.askin.at/)) Has to involve the Holocaust in some way – is it that both parents of each died in the death camps? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/72 "2005-05-17T06:31:00Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Has to involve the Holocaust in some way – is it that both parents of each died in the death camps? Yep (well, it’s that all lost parents in the Holocaust- Polanski’s father survived, but the others lost both parents.) ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/73 "2005-05-17T06:33:59Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > J. Edgar Hoover, Jorges Luis Borges, Casanova, Nadia Krupskaya (Mrs. Vladimir Lenin), Golde Meir, the Brothers Grimm Librarians? ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/74 "2005-05-17T06:35:17Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > J. Edgar Hoover, Jorges Luis Borges, Casanova, Nadia Krupskaya (Mrs. Vladimir Lenin), Golde Meir, the Brothers Grimm Cross-dressers? J Edgar Hoover we all know, Casanova dressed as a woman to get into woman-only places (three guesses why he did it, but you’re only going to need one), Nadia Krupskaya dressed as a man during the underground times before the revolution. The other three I’m not so sure of, but none of them would surprise me. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/75 "2005-05-17T06:36:20Z")
Might as well post one of my own: Elvis Presley, Vin Diesel, Linda Hamilton, Philip K Dick. No, it has nothing to do with science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/76 "2005-05-17T08:19:39Z")
**LifeOnWry** That’s right - all four people have “Richard” as their real first name. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/77 "2005-05-17T09:54:47Z")
Here’s a really straightforward one: John Lennon, John F Kennedy, Leonardo da Vinci, Charles de Gaulle. ---
**Author:** ![dbygawdcapn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dbygawdcapn/32/3995_2.png) [@dbygawdcapn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dbygawdcapn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/78 "2005-05-17T10:31:37Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Diabetics. Although it may be true, it wasn’t the answer I was seeking. **Wolfmeister** I’ll give two more names The Captain (Daryll Dragon) and (Toni) Tennille. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/79 "2005-05-17T15:21:56Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Librarians? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/80 "2005-05-17T15:23:20Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > Casanova dressed as a woman to get into woman-only places (three guesses why he did it, but you’re only going to need one) The drinks were two-for-one at Ladies Only Happy Hour? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927.md?page=5)