Who are these famous people based on their jumbled-up names?

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In summary, Sean Connery is an actor who is probably most famous for playing James Bond. Charles Darwin is the father of evolution. William Shakespeare is the famous playwright. Nadia Comaneci is an athlete who became the first person to score a perfect ten at the Olympic Games. Donald Rumsfeld is the US Secretary of Defense. Sigmund Freud is the famous psychoanalyst. Henri Matisse is a famous painter.
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The following phrases are the jumbled-up names of fairly well-known personalities (living or dead). Each phrase itself gives a little clue about the person. Ignoring punctuation marks and other non-alphabetic characters, figure out who the people are. All names include first and last names (and no middle names).

Example : Mr. mojo risin' = Jim Morrison (songwriter/singer for the 60s rock group, The Doors) :rolleyes:

RULE :

# Only ONE answer per person (ONE answer total, NOT per question) until I announce a free-for-all.


Please read that rule again . . . .Thanks


Okay ! Here they come... :bugeye:


1. crawl had risen

2. simile peak ala shrew

3. an iconic dame - 'A'

4. fund armed dolls

5. on any screen

6. mind = drug + fuse

7. he is in 'em arts

8. he d' mad suni ass



That's the lot...and please don't use online anagram tools :yuck: - that's cheating ! :devil:
 
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I'll take the easy one.
8: Saddam Hussein.
 
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4. fund armed dolls - Donald Rumsfeld

I love this one.
 
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6 mind = drug + fuse = Sigmund Fread

Gokul : you are a genius. :approve:
Thanks again for providing us with your Games/Trivia
 
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7. he is in 'em arts - Mister Haines (don't know who that is though)

I`m just kidding.
 
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2. William Shakespeare
 
  • #7
Nice going folks !

Sorry Galileo, I don't know Mister Haines, either, but good try. In all fairness, that one's a little difficult.

2, 4, 6, and 8 are done. Find the odd ones out ! :smile: Hmmm...I didn't intend this but the most of the odds are harder than the evens - at least, the people are not as famous.

jcsd, Galileo, humanino, recon and check : check back soon, I may yet announce a f-f-a if the others get nowhere.
 
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Please don't kick me out the forum

1 crawl had risen = weird Carl Nash, or again : has CERN Dr. Wali ?Dr Hi anal screw
:redface: :blushing: :shy: :redface: :blushing:
I am really ashamed. I could not resist.

EDIT : this is less bad... everything is still here though. Sorry, I really love playwords, and bad jokes. Took me a while to figure out the others though. My mind must be sick.
 
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Ooo...that's bad :eek:
 
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#1 - Charles Darwin
 
  • #11
Now, that's better ! :smile:
 
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Okay, this seems to have hit a cul-de-sac, so I'm calling it a free-for-all, NOW !

BobG, jcsd, Galileo, humanino, recon and check are all back in. Personograms 3,5, and 7 still remain.
 
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Those last 3 are real toughies:

5. Sean Connery
 
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Yeah !
7 he is in 'em arts = Henri Matisse
I got the french guy :cool:
 
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I know no.3 , am allowed to post it?
 
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Yes you are...no new folk seem interested, so go ahead.
 
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Madonna Ciccone,

edietd to add: hmm, actually is that correct?
 
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Now, if this is correct, I certainly could not find it. I have been searching a real while for this one :cry:
 
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jcsd said:
Madonna Ciccone,

edietd to add: hmm, actually is that correct?

Hard luck, jcsd...that came close though, and few people know Madonna's last name.

HINT : Sportsperson. Also, I've seen an alternate (one letter different) spelling of the name, but I believe this is the right one.
 
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humanino said:
Now, if this is correct, I certainly could not find it. I have been searching a real while for this one :cry:

While other folks have been doing something useful with their time :wink: :rolleyes:
 
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I completely forgot about this...

Okay, here's the solutions (#3 remained unsolved) :


1. crawl had risen = Charles Darwin (evolution from crawlers to walkers)

2. simile peak ala shrew = William Shakespeare ('simile', a literary device; 'shrew' for 'Taming of the Shrew')

3. an iconic dame - 'A' = Nadia Comaneci (Gymnast, the first to score a perfect ten; hints in 'dame'; 'icon'; 'A' is the usually highest grade you can get)

4. fund armed dolls = Donald Rumsfeld (US Sec. of Defense)

5. on any screen = Sean Connery (actor)

6. mind = drug + fuse = Sigmund Freud (psychoanalyst)

7. he is in 'em arts = Henri Matisse (fauvist painter)

and,

8. he d' mad suni ass = Saddam Hussein (no introduction needed)



That's the lot... :smile:
 

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