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Old 04-13-2008, 09:49 AM   #1
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Sunday Special- Famous Names II

Sunday Special- Famous Names II

1. Lawyer known as "King of Torts"...
2. He planted fruit trees in the Ohio valley in the early 1800's...
3. He founded DeBeers...
4. The "Father of Science Fiction"...
5. Actor known as "The Great Profile"...
6. "The Lone Eagle"...
7. "The Great Communicator"...
8. "The man of a thousand voices"...
9. "The Chairman of the Board"...
10. He made Stainless Steel cars; accused and cleared of doing large drug deals....
11. He broke the sound barrier in 1947...
12. He chairs the Astrophysics department, Cambridge University...
13. The "King of Ragtime"...
14. Charles Manson's prosecutor...
15. Boy's Town founder, 1917...
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1. Melvin Belli
2. Johnny Appleseed
3. Cecil Rhodes
4. Jules Verne
5. John Barrymore
6. Charles Lindbergh
7. Ronald Reagan
8. Mel Blanc
9. Frank Sinatra
10. John DeLorean
11. Chuck Yeager
12. Stephen Hawking
13. Scott Joplin
14. Vincent Bugliosi
15. Father James Flannigan
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Old 04-13-2008, 02:00 PM   #2
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This is getting really embarrasing. Zippo. Nada.
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Old 04-13-2008, 04:06 PM   #3
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Pew. Only got 5.
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Old 04-13-2008, 09:47 PM   #4
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I pulled the name Melvin Belli out of thin air--was very surprised it was him! I don't know how I didn't remember Mel Blanc and Frank Sinatra. I got:

1. Melvin Belli
2. Johnny Appleseed

3. Cecil Rhodes
4. Jules Verne
6. Charles Lindbergh
11. Chuck Yeager
14. Vincent Bugliosi
15. Father James Flannigan


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Old 04-13-2008, 10:58 PM   #5
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i missed 1,3,5,14, and 15.
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Old 04-14-2008, 06:02 AM   #6
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The funny thing is, a couple weeks ago I wouldn't have gotten the one about Cecil Rhodes right. The only reason I knew about him was that I ran across him while trying to "Guess what this is a photo of." The photo was his grave! Who says you can't learn anything at Discuss Cooking?! LOL

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