# X and Y starring in Z **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [May 25, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423 "2020-05-25T08:51:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/1 "2020-05-25T08:51:36Z")
-One poster names two actors who worked together in a movie. The people answering will try to guess the movie without googling. -The actors need to be well known enough that the poster can name them from memory. -If the wrong movie is given, the poster will add another cast member from the movie they’re thinking of. -Once five cast members (including the original two) are given and there’s another wrong guess, the round stops and the first poster is declared the winner. -After the round is done, anybody can start the next one. Let me begin with a relatively easy one: **Nicolas Cage and Nicolas Cage starring in…** ---
**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:** [May 25, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/2 "2020-05-25T17:22:18Z")
Face/Off? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/3 "2020-05-26T09:45:15Z")
Nope. Meryl Streep. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/4 "2020-05-26T10:06:41Z")
Adaptation ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/5 "2020-05-26T10:29:54Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Adaptation Correct! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/6 "2020-05-26T12:30:07Z")
Ok. Paul Newman and Strother Martin starring in … ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/7 "2020-05-26T13:14:13Z")
Slap Shot? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/8 "2020-05-26T15:13:16Z")
Nope. … also starring George Kennedy. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/9 "2020-05-26T15:20:05Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Nope. > > … also starring George Kennedy. Then Cool Hand Luke. obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/10 "2020-05-26T16:32:50Z")
Right Your first guess was going to be wrong either way. _Snicker_ ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/11 "2020-05-26T21:23:10Z")
Juliane Moore and Robert Downey Junior starring in… ---
**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:** [May 26, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/12 "2020-05-26T23:09:55Z")
Chaplin? ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/x-and-y-starring-in-z/854423/13 "2020-05-27T01:04:00Z")
Nope. Also starring Andie MacDowell