Game: Mashups #1

[SirFozzie]

I take two names with something in common and take the first name from one, and the last name from the other, and you tell me what they have in common (try to be as specific as possible). For example: Barry Ruth would be a mashup of Barry Bonds and Babe Ruth, and the category would be: "Batters with more then 700 HR".

One guess per person per day

1. Gabby Joe
2. James Ullrich
3, Margaret Major
4. Wade Lansfield
5. Anne Anthony
6. Edward Dinkins
7. Ed Wapner
8. Harry Laroquette
9. Robert Jackson
10. Woody Leghorn

[mckerney]

10. Woody Leghorn

Cartoon birds.

[SirFozzie]

Point for Mckerney, correct!

[Karlifornia]

2.James Hetfield, Lars Ullrich-Metallica members

EDIT: Didn't read the rules..sorry

[Karlifornia]

Crap

[tanglewood]

3. Conservative party Prime Ministers of the UK

[SirFozzie]

Ok, Karl took it away, hopefully people didn't see it. Point for Karl

[SirFozzie]

3. Conservative party Prime Ministers of the UK

Correct.

[SirFozzie]

Correct.

Oh.. and if you've already guessed and think you know more of them, let me know via PM.. :)

[General Mike]

7. Ed Wapner

The 1st 2 judges on the People's Court, Ed Koch and Joseph Wapner.

[henry296]

8. Actors on Night Court (Harry Anderson and John Laroquette)

[Swaggs]

4. Wade Boggs, Carney Lansford -- contact hitting thirdbasemen with bad mustaches?

[SirFozzie]

ALl three are correct (I was going for Red Sox thirdbasemen, Swaggs, but it works :))

[ScottVib]

4. Wade Boggs, Carney Lansford -- contact hitting thirdbasemen with bad mustaches?

Or Red Sox 3B in the 80's ;)

[Pumpy Tudors]

Jeez, calling Carney Lansford a Red Sox 3B is stretching it a little bit, huh? Two years in Boston followed by ten in Oakland, but I'm just nitpicking. :)

[cuervo72]

They both won batting titles too, right?

[Brillig]

6. Edward Koch, David Dinkins. Mayors of NYC

[SirFozzie]

6. Edward Koch, David Dinkins. Mayors of NYC

Correct. Good job, was wondering if someone was going to see that I double dipped on a name.

Only a couple left..

[SirFozzie]

Gabby Joe
Robert Jackson
Anne Anthony

Left.. two of them are rather difficult, the third one should be guessed I think

[ShaefIllini]

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

High ranking Confederate officers (general and lieutenant-general)

[SirFozzie]

Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson

High ranking Confederate officers (general and lieutenant-general)


Good one! Now there's two left..

[Mustang]

Anne Anthony

Writers?

Anne Rice, Piers Anthony?

[SirFozzie]

Anne Anthony

Writers?

Anne Rice, Piers Anthony?

Ooooo.. Close!

Wrong, But a good guess.

[Mustang]

doh.. one guess per person.. I'll remove that one.

[chinaski]

someone get Anne Anthony, its driving me insane.

Ill waste my guess now, its bad; they dont relate..

Anne Frank & Susan B Anthony. Women in History...Inspiring Women in History?? i got nothin.

[SirFozzie]

chinaski: When I said CLOSE for Mustang, i meant it. In fact, I will award him half a point..

and nope. Incorrect. :)

[Eaglesfan27]

Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffery - Both Fantasy Writers.

[SirFozzie]

Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffery - Both Fantasy Writers.

Bingo. Famous Fantasy Writers :)

[AlexB]

Piers Anthony and Anne McCaffery - Both Fantasy Writers.

And wrote about about vampires in particular?

Edit - clutching at straws and too late!

[chinaski]

And wrote about about vampires in particular?

Edit - clutching at straws and too late!

Wouldnt Dragons be the common theme? I dont recall any Vampires in Piers' books..but its been a long long time since ive read either of them.

[AlexB]

There was a vampire character in Piers Anthony's 'Pornucopia' apparently... Like I said, clutching at straws ;)

[chinaski]

There was a vampire character in Piers Anthony's 'Pornucopia' apparently... Like I said, clutching at straws ;)

hahah, i just looked up Pornucopia; why wasnt this around when i was reading the Xanth series at age 10??

[SirFozzie]

Anyone for the Gabby Joe one? One of the folks who already guessed this round, PM'd me and guessed it :)

[QuikSand]

Gabby Jay and Glass Joe, from the Punch Out lineup.

[SirFozzie]

Bingo!

The first opponent.. Gabby Jay in the arcade, and Glass Joe in the Consoles:

Full Point Scorers for Game 1:

QuikSand, EaglesFan27, ShaefIllini, mckerney, Karlifornia, tanglewood, General Mike, henry296, Swaggs, Brillig

Half Point Scorer (Game 1)

Mustang

Should I do another round tommorrow?

[Eaglesfan27]

Sure, look forward to another round tomorrow.

[SirFozzie]

Here's today's Mashups...

1. Al Luciano
2. Nikola Watson
3. Nadia Strugg
4. Christa Glenn
5. Joe Young
6. Ray Dawson
7. Joan Bishop
8. Gwen Ciccone
9. Bill Hannity
10. Mindy Fields

Remember, ONE GUESS PER DAY PER PERSON

[henry296]

9. Fox News Personalities (Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity)

[CamEdwards]

#1 Gangsters Al Capone and Lucky Luciano.

[Eaglesfan27]

8. Famous Female Singers (Gwen Steffani and Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)

[SirFozzie]

Both correct :)

[SirFozzie]

8. Famous Female Singers (Gwen Steffani and Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone)

Damn! I thought that was going to be one of the tougher ones, since Madonna's last name isn't out there anymore

[Eaglesfan27]

Well as I said in the Hot Or Not Poll, I DID think she was hot 20 years ago ;)

[Greyroofoo]

4. Christa Glenn

Christa McAuliffe & John Glenn - Astronauts

[ScottVib]

3.) Gold Medal winning gymnasts

Nadia Comanche & Kerri Strugg

[chinaski]

Mindy Cohen + Kim Fields = Facts of Life ladies

[chinaski]

ooooh you take the good, you take the bad, and there you have.... the facts of life, the facts of life..

[BillyNYC]

6. Hosts of Family Feud (Ray Combs, Richard Dawson)

[SirFozzie]

Damn, maybe I went easy on you guys.. all the answers above are correct.

2. Nikola Watson
5. Joe Young
7. Joan Bishop


remain..

In order, the way I ranked them
2-Easy
5-Moderate/Easy
7-Brainbender.

[cuervo72]

#7 - Joan Crawford and Joey bishop on What's My Line! ;)

http://www.tv.com/episode-546/episode/97341/summary.html

[SirFozzie]

Cuervo:

Half Point for you :)

[MrKordell]

Joe Young = Joe Montana and Steve Young, 49ers QBs

[SirFozzie]

Correct.

So Nikola Watson
and
Joan Bishop


still on the board

[Greyroofoo]

i thought Nikola-Watson was rather easy, I'm still scratching my head over Joan-Bishop though

[chinaski]

Nikola is easy. I initially thought Joan Crawford, Joey Bishop; but im scratching my head now.

[chinaski]

aha i know what it is

[SirFozzie]

Remember the rule of half-pointers.. that should help with Joan Bishop

[AlexB]

Nikola (Niki) Lauda & John Watson - former F1 McLaren teammates

[SirFozzie]

Nikola (Niki) Lauda & John Watson - former F1 McLaren teammates

Nice guess, not the answer.

[TazFTW]

Nikola Tesla/James Watson, science type people?

[SirFozzie]

I'll give it to you, since it's really tough

It was Nikola Tesla/THOMAS Watson (assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, and the target of the first sentence by telephone "Mr Watson, come here, I need you"

The category was "Inventors born in the 19th century"

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm thinking he was guessing James Watson, the genetics guy.

[SirFozzie]

yeah.

So that there's Joan Bishop left.

[TazFTW]

I'm thinking he was guessing James Watson, the genetics guy.

Indeed.

[SirFozzie]

If the final one isn't solved by midnight, I will post the answer. Two folks have guessed it via PM :)

[Karlifornia]

Joan Rivers/Joey Bishop....Jewish comedians

[SirFozzie]

Joan Rivers/Joey Bishop....Jewish comedians


OOf: I think I'm going to have to award you the other half point and declare it solved. You got both the names right, but the wrong category.

Category: TONIGHT SHOW GUEST HOSTS

(Joan Rivers and Joey Bishop held the record for most times guest hosting the Tonight Show (not counting Jay Leno)

[SirFozzie]

Round 2 scorers:
Full: CamEdwards, henry296, Eaglesfan27, greyroofoo, ScottVib, chinaski, MrKordell, TazFTW, BillyNYC
Half: cuervo72, Karlifornia

Here's Round 3's Mashups.. I tried to make em harder to guess, you guys hopefully won't run em through lickety split again :D (Although I always put some easy ones in there)


1. Jack Cullen
2. Bill Carter
3. Walter Matthewson
4. Ken Tucker
5. Jerry Martin
6. Robb James
7. Ken Quinn
8. Jerry Thurston
9. Andrew Vaughan
10. Dick Christie

Again: ONE GUESS PER PERSON PER DAY

[cuervo72]

7. Ken Ober and Colin Quinn - MTV's Remote Control

[QuikSand]

Dick Francis and Agatha Christie are both (British) mystery authors. MIght not be what you had in mind for #10, but it fits.

[Butter]

1. Jack Barry and Bill Cullen both hosted The Joker's Wild.

[Barkeep49]

5. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin -- Comedy Team.

[Barkeep49]

Dick Francis and Agatha Christie are both (British) mystery authors. MIght not be what you had in mind for #10, but it fits.
I was going to do this as well until I saw you had beaten me to it so if it's not what he intended he found at least two people who were going to give the answer.

[Butter]

3. I had a guess, then someone pointed out the rules, which I totally didn't read. Oops.

[Barkeep49]

I haven't read the whole thread. Are we now allowed to do more then 1 per day per person?

[SirFozzie]

Dick Francis and Agatha Christie are both (British) mystery authors. MIght not be what you had in mind for #10, but it fits.

Damnit, you're right :)

Ugh. I think after one or two more rounds I'm going to have to turn it over to someone else, it's too easy ;)

[SirFozzie]

1. Jack Barry and Bill Cullen both hosted The Joker's Wild.

*grumbles*

Correct.

[SirFozzie]

5. Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin -- Comedy Team.

yup.. this was one off the easier ones, Freun Leven!

[SirFozzie]

7. Ken Ober and Colin Quinn - MTV's Remote Control

and that makes four.

[cuervo72]

*grumbles*

Correct.

The problem is whith last names that are too well known for one thing - a couple are easy pegs. Of course, you *do* still have to find the link (which I didn't do with Bishop previously). Not sure how you avoid that though without making it too tough. Carter for instance could be a number of things, conceivably (though in that case I have a definite guess).

[AlexB]

2. Bill Clinton & Jimmy Carter - ex Democrat Presidents

[Critch]

9. Andrew Vaughan - Andrew Flintoff and Michael Vaughan - England Cricket team.

[AlexB]

:o There was me thinking how come all the Americans haven't got the ex-Presidents one, and I miss the England cricket team members :mad:

[SirFozzie]

:o There was me thinking how come all the Americans haven't got the ex-Presidents one, and I miss the England cricket team members :mad:

*grins* I figured to try to throw the Americans a curve ball, and I ended up throwing the British a wicked googly instead!

[hoopsguy]

3. Walter Matthewson = Walter Johnson + Christy Matthewson. Dead ball era pitchers with a ton of wins not named Cy Young.

[SirFozzie]

Ken Tucker
Robb James
Jerry Thurston

Remain..

(BTW, anyone who correctly solves Ken Tucker should get a bonus point.. I left my list on the home computer, and now I can't remember what that one was..)

[SirFozzie]

3. Walter Matthewson = Walter Johnson + Christy Matthewson. Dead ball era pitchers with a ton of wins not named Cy Young.

Damnit, you had to post this while I was updating the list. Got it.

[SirFozzie]

Also: Robb James can also be Rob James (the first name can be spelled both ways)

[cuervo72]

I'd definitely have one that makes sense for 'Rob' for that one...of course, no guarantee it's what you'd be looking for (besides, I don't have a guess!).

[Barkeep49]

I've got one for Robb James as well but am also out of a guess. I find Ken Tucker funny cause there is a prominent Film/TV critic with that name.

[Karlifornia]

Rob Neyer, Bill James.....baseball writers/analysts?

[SirFozzie]

Nope, someone else had that guess tho :)

[Karlifornia]

Phooey.

[cuervo72]

Bump.

[cuervo72]

If this is indeed one guess per day, then I guess Jerry Thurston = Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston, famous Green Bay Packer linemen from the Lombardi era.

[QuikSand]

If he's not allowed to guess that, then I will. Heh.

[Critch]

Ken Tucker = Ken Norton and Tony Tucker. Two World Heavyweight Champions who lost their title in their first defence of it?

[cuervo72]

Wrong! As has been discussed elsewhere, 'defense' is spelled with an 's'!

[SirFozzie]

If this is indeed one guess per day, then I guess Jerry Thurston = Jerry Kramer and Fuzzy Thurston, famous Green Bay Packer linemen from the Lombardi era.

Correct!

[SirFozzie]

Ken Tucker = Ken Norton and Tony Tucker. Two World Heavyweight Champions who lost their title in their first defence of it?


Good one!

[Barkeep49]

Rob Roy and Jesse James -- Famous outlaws?

[SirFozzie]

Nope, good try tho!

[SirFozzie]

Actually, I'm gonna call an end to the last one, because I think I screwed up thanks to a mislabeled song :)

Robb James would have been Rob(b) Zombie and Rick James (bitch), who both did Brick House songs..

[SirFozzie]

Here's a bonus one to make up for the error:

Bill Jackson (everyone is eligible to play on this one)

[TazFTW]

Bill Walton/Phil Jackson - tall hippies.

[cuervo72]

/patiently waits until 12AM to guess again/

[Pyser]

bill clinton/andrew jackson - southern democratic presidents

[TazFTW]

/patiently waits until 12AM to guess again/

I think you can guess at Bill Jackson, since Fozzie said everyone is eligible.

[edit]Of course, Pyser may have just got it.

[cuervo72]

Oh that's right...thanks.

In that case I guess Bill Simmons and Scoop Jackson, Page2 columnists.