# 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:** 6
**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 18, 2005, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/101 "2005-05-18T09:08:37Z")
Another repost, with a hint. Sharon Stone, Jerry Garcia, Prince, The Captain and Tennille. Ronaldo _almost_ made the list this year. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/102 "2005-05-18T11:06:24Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I thought Dean’s father outlived him by many years. My bad – after Dean’s _mother_ died. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/103 "2005-05-18T12:25:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I don’t know if this is the answer, but it’s true nonetheless: they all had four sons (as did Lincoln, whose maternal uncle is an ancestor of Tom Hanks). I’m guessing that’s not it, though. > > Nevertheless, just to bring James Doohan in a fourth time: > James Doohan, Charles Durning, Yogi Berra, Art Carney No, you used Doohan the same way I did. I was going for the D-Day connection also. (Jeffrey Hunter in _The Longest Day_, Tom Hanks in _Saving Private Ryan_, Doohan in the real thing.) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/104 "2005-05-18T12:30:55Z")
Warren Spahn, Ralph Houk, and Nathan Amchan. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/105 "2005-05-18T14:41:03Z")
> [@Priceguy](#): > > They all have airports named after them? > > I’ll repost mine too: Elvis Presley, Vin Diesel, Linda Hamilton, Philip K Dick. They’re twins. How about: Pablo Picasso, Eddie Vedder, Catherine Deneuve, Lauren Bacall and Patti Davis ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/106 "2005-05-18T16:12:08Z")
Scuba Ben: They all served in WWII 42fish: All have the same birthday how about these: **Moshi Dayan, Marjan, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr.** ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/107 "2005-05-18T16:14:39Z")
All have glass eyes? I know Duncan does, I _believe_ Davis Jr does… ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/108 "2005-05-18T16:56:12Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > They’re twins. Correct. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/109 "2005-05-18T17:37:43Z")
There are two answers to this one, one very easy and the other “literary”: JFK, C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley (Liberace could be added to the twins list, incidentally- like Elvis [a fellow worshipper of glitz and his Mama] his twin died at birth.) ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/110 "2005-05-18T17:46:26Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > Scuba Ben: They all served in WWII > > **Moshi Dayan, Marjan, Sandy Duncan, Sammy Davis Jr.** Ah, but _where_ in WWII? And as for yours – one-eyed Jews? (I think Moshe Dayan never had a glass eye.) ---
**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:** [May 18, 2005, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/111 "2005-05-18T18:38:02Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > Ah, but _where_ in WWII? > > And as for yours – one-eyed Jews? (I think Moshe Dayan never had a glass eye.) Where? Google doesn’t…I mean I dunno. Just one-eyed is what I was looking for. Marjan’s not Jewish. Unless eating zebra is kosher. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/112 "2005-05-18T18:52:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > There are two answers to this one, one very easy and the other “literary”: > > JFK, C.S. Lewis, Aldous Huxley They died on the same day. How about: Jeffrey Hunter (2nd appearance!), Donald Sutherland and Willem Dafoe ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/113 "2005-05-18T19:00:02Z")
> [@Knowed Out](#): > > 42fish: All have the same birthday Just checked; they don’t. (‘They’ being Pablo Picasso, Eddie Vedder, Catherine Deneuve, Lauren Bacall and Patti Davis) ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/114 "2005-05-18T23:03:16Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Charles de Gaulle, George V, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Clemenceau Yes; excellent job. Did you know that one, or did you find it on a web search? Didn’t know it, and confirmed it with a web search, but that’s not (directly) how I figured it out. My first thought was the ship link, and that didn’t pan out. I did know that George V was the name of a Paris hotel, so (given that two of the other names were French), I tried that theory with some web browsing. That didn’t pan out either, although it looked promising. (Oddly, there is a Paris FDR hotel, but I couldn’t find a Hotel Clemenceau there.) In trying to check the hotel theory, I came across references to streets and Metro stations in Paris with some of the names you listed. I checked it out, and found the link. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/115 "2005-05-18T23:19:10Z")
Here’s one: Lisbon, Knoxville, Rome, London. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/116 "2005-05-18T23:21:12Z")
> [@Random](#): > > Here’s one: Lisbon, Knoxville, Rome, London. I’m going to guess that they’re all located in Tennessee? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/117 "2005-05-18T23:23:22Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > How about: > Jeffrey Hunter (2nd appearance!), Donald Sutherland and Willem Dafoe I believe all played Jesus Christ on film. **Random** : World’s Fair sites? Still unguessed is mine – the very specific link among former U.S. presidents Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Ulysses Grant. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/118 "2005-05-18T23:32:34Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > I’m going to guess that they’re all located in Tennessee? Not the link I had in mind, but apparently there are, indeed, towns in Tennessee with his name. Good guess. The link I have in mind involves the London in the UK, the Rome in Italy, the Lisbon in Portugal and, yes, the Knoxville in Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/119 "2005-05-18T23:33:43Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > **Random** : World’s Fair sites? No, or at least this isn’t what I had in mind. ---
**Author:** ![Random](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/57b2e6/32.png) [@Random](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Random)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927/120 "2005-05-18T23:39:29Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Still unguessed is mine – the very specific link among former U.S. presidents Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, and Ulysses Grant. All had true first names other than the one they are known for. For example, Thomas Woodrow Wilson. (Knew this about Wilson, was pretty sure of Grant, and had to look up the other 2). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-following-have-in-common-game/303927.md?page=7)