The Gipper Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Following are groups of like 10 names in various categories. Your task is simple: within each group of names, identify which names either were or were Not the name of someone who has played in the NFL. Have fun: 1. Presidents: Trump.....Obama.....Bush..... Clinton.....Reagan.....Nixon..... Truman..... Roosevelt..... Coolidge..... Lincoln 2. Multiple Oscar winning Actors: Bogart..... Brando.....Bacall.....DeNiro.....Nicholson.....Hanks.....Spacey..... Penn.....Hepburn.....Washington 3. Star Trek: Kirk.....Spock.....McCoy.....Scott.....Sulu.....Chekov.....Uhuru.....Pickard.....Riker.....Sisko 4. Rock Stars: Springsteen.....Jagger.....Hendrix.....Clapton.....Townshend.....McCartney.....Lennon.....Bowie.....Daltry.....Starr 5. Great Baseball players: Ruth.....Gehrig.....Aaron.....Mantle.....Mays.....Cobb.....Musial.....DiMaggio.....Griffey.....Clemente 6. Europe: Germany.....France.....England.....Ireland.....Spain.....Italy.....Holland.....Norway.....Greece.....Poland.....Sweden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bone Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 I'll take Lt. Uhura for 100 Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 24 minutes ago, D Bone said: I'll take Lt. Uhura for 100 Alex Are you actually trying to answer a question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bone Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 34 minutes ago, The Gipper said: Are you actually trying to answer a question? It's the only one I knew..... or at least thought I knew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted December 14, 2017 Report Share Posted December 14, 2017 Do you want us to google it or to try to guess it? It could be great if we actually knew how many are there in each category. Like: 1 Presidents (3 players). I guess they ARE/WERE players called Washington, McCoy, Scott, Starr, Aaron, Cobb and I'd say Spain just for patriotism, though I don't see anyone having a country as a last name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasAg1969 Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Christian Kirk will be in the NFL after the draft. Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 20 hours ago, D Bone said: It's the only one I knew..... or at least thought I knew. If you are saying that you think that there was an NFL player by the name of Uhuru...then the answer is NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 20 hours ago, Nero said: Do you want us to google it or to try to guess it? It could be great if we actually knew how many are there in each category. Like: 1 Presidents (3 players). I guess they ARE/WERE players called Washington, McCoy, Scott, Starr, Aaron, Cobb and I'd say Spain just for patriotism, though I don't see anyone having a country as a last name. Googling is never acceptable in these. Does Jeopardy allow you to Google the answers? No. But, on your guess. I will say that yes....there have been NFL players with 6 of the 7 names you guessed. Now just guess which one of the 7 you guessed is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 18 hours ago, TexasAg1969 said: Christian Kirk will be in the NFL after the draft. Does that count? Maybe not, but I will give it to you anyway....as there have been other Kirks that played in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Just a note.....I did not use the 4th Beatle.....Harrison....as there have been many many Harrisons who have played in the NFL.....but, there has never been a George Harrison. ...nor has there ever been a William Harrison or a Benjamin Harrison) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfooldoug Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 4:44 PM, The Gipper said: Following are groups of like 10 names in various categories. Your task is simple: within each group of names, identify which names either were or were Not the name of someone who has played in the NFL. Have fun: 1. Presidents: Trump.....Obama.....Bush..... Clinton.....Reagan.....Nixon..... Truman..... Roosevelt..... Coolidge..... Lincoln 1. Roosevelt, Lincoln, Bush, Clinton 2. Multiple Oscar winning Actors: Bogart..... Brando.....Bacall.....DeNiro.....Nicholson.....Hanks.....Spacey..... Penn.....Hepburn.....Washington 2.Penn, Washington 3. Star Trek: Kirk.....Spock.....McCoy.....Scott.....Sulu.....Chekov.....Uhuru.....Pickard.....Riker.....Sisko 3. McCoy 4. Rock Stars: Springsteen.....Jagger.....Hendrix.....Clapton.....Townshend.....McCartney.....Lennon.....Bowie.....Daltry.....Starr 4. Townsend, Starr 5. Great Baseball players: Ruth.....Gehrig.....Aaron.....Mantle.....Mays.....Cobb.....Musial.....DiMaggio.....Griffey.....Clemente 5. Aaron 6. Europe: Germany.....France.....England.....Ireland.....Spain.....Italy.....Holland.....Norway.....Greece.....Poland.....Sweden 6. Sweden, France, Holland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Bone Posted December 16, 2017 Report Share Posted December 16, 2017 4 hours ago, The Gipper said: If you are saying that you think that there was an NFL player by the name of Uhuru...then the answer is NO I'm saying NO, there was no Uhura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 12/14/2017 at 4:44 PM, The Gipper said: Following are groups of like 10 names in various categories. Your task is simple: within each group of names, identify which names either were or were Not the name of someone who has played in the NFL. Have fun: Answers. Highlighted means that there HAVE been players by that name play in the NFL 1. Presidents: Trump.....Obama.....Bush (12 Bushes)........ Clinton (only 1 Clinton...but also a Clinton-Dix HaHa).....Reagan.....Nixon (8 Nixons)..... Truman..... Roosevelt (One guy: Namaan Roosevelt)..... Coolidge..... Lincoln (only 2 Lincolns..including Keith) There was a Regan...but no Reagan. There was an Obamanu...but no Obama, and there was Bob Trumpy...but not Trump. 2. Multiple Oscar winning Actors: Bogart..... Brando.....Bacall.....DeNiro.....Nicholson (5 Nicholsons).....Hanks (3 Hanks including Merton).....Spacey..... Penn (3 named Penn).....Hepburn (1 Hepburn: Lonnie).....Washington (over 200 of these) There was a Brandeau, and a couple of Brandons. Closest to the others was a Bacchus 3. Star Trek: Kirk (3 Kirks).....Spock.....McCoy(15 McCoys...including Colt).....Scott (over 70 Scotts).....Sulu.....Chekov.....Uhuru.....Picard.....Riker.....Sisko There was a Pickard...but I believe the Star Trek guy was spelled Picard. There was a Sisk and Sitko...but no Sisko. And there was a Checkrye . Also...there was a Spach. 4. Rock Stars: Springsteen. (1: Bill)....Jagger.....Hendrix (3 Hendrix).....Clapton.....Townshend.....McCartney (3 McCartneys).....Lennon (1 Lennon: Reid) .....Bowie (3 Bowies) .....Daltry.....Starr (2 Starrs...including Bart) Closest to the others: Jeff Jaeger, Sam Claphan, and several Townsends...but none spelled with an H like Pete. 5. Great Baseball players: Ruth.....Gehrig.....Aaron.....Mantle.....Mays (12 including Dave).....Cobb (1 Cobb)....Musial.....DiMaggio.....Griffey.....Clemente Closest on the others: 1 Gehring, 1 Mantell, a couple of Griffens, and several Clements or Clemens... 6. Europe: Germany (2 Germans).....France.(2 France)....England (1 England).....Ireland. (1 Ireland)....Spain(2 Spain).....Italy.....Holland(9 Hollands).....Norway.....Greece.....Poland.....Sweden Closest on the others: a couple of Grecos, and several Pollocks....and one Sweed (Limas) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nero Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 It surprises me that there is people whose last name is a country. The only one I knew about was Holland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gipper Posted December 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 13 hours ago, Nero said: It surprises me that there is people whose last name is a country. The only one I knew about was Holland. It doesn't surprise us here in America. I believe the reason for that is that some immigrants that came here in the past used the name of the country they came from for their last name...instead of their original name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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