Can you name the The famous people/characters for each of the following common names? by Dunaway

John
Senator from Arizona, lost the 2008 election to Barack Obama
Member of the Beatles who was married to Yoko Ono
35th President on the USA, assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald
Second President of the United States of America
Assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Fords Theatre

Bob
Former host of 'The Price is Right' (retired 2007)
Jamaican musician who's hits included 'I Shot the Sheriff' and 'One Love'
Played Danny Tanner on 'Full House', also the first host of 'America's Funniest Home Videos'
Star of 'Iron-Man' and 'Tropic Thunder'
Unsuccessfully ran against Bill Clinton in '96 Presidential election

Michael
Singer of 'Thriller' and 'Bad'
Most gold medals at a single Olympics
Six time NBA Champion with the Chicago Bulls
Director of 'Bowling for Columbine' and 'Fahrenheit 9/11'
Actor from 'Family Ties' and 'Spin City'

Steve
Director of 'E.T.' and 'Saving Private Ryan'
Star of 'The Jerk' and 'The Pink Panther'
Lead singer of Aerosmith
Actor who plays Michael Scott in 'The Office'
Professional wrestler known as 'Stone Cold'

Kevin
Any Hollywood actor can be linked to him through the 'Six Degrees of Kevin...'
Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams, Tin Cup...
Dancer who married Britney Spears, and uh... not really sure why he's famous...
The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, the Negotiator...
Power forward for the Boston Celtics

David
Actor, 'Baywatch'. Singer, Germany.
Courteney Cox's husband
Played Ross on 'Friends'
English Footballer with movie named after him
Actor, 'Tommy Boy'

Fred
Husband of Wilma, lives in Bedrock
Frequent dance partner of Ginger Rogers
Lead singer of the band 'Queen'
His 'Neighborhood' children's show is the longest running show on PBS
George's twin from the Harry Potter series

Jack
,School of Rock, Shallow Hal, Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny, Tropic Thunder
The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Departed, The Bucket List
Founder of his own Whiskey
Musician for the White Stripes
Professional Golfer, Won 18 Major Championships

Jane
Author of 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'Pride and Prejudice'
Generic name for any female
Title character of Charlotte Brontë's novel
Cartoon wife of George & mother of Elroy & Judy
Star of 'Barbarella' and 'Coming Home'

Matt
Plays Jason Bourne in 'The Bourne Trilogy'
Plays Joey in TV's Friends
Actor who had a very famous 'Day Off' back in the 80's
Plays Chandler in TV's Friends
Actor in movies You, Me and Dupree; Crash; and There's Something About Mary

James
Agent
Voice of the dark side
Actor (Rebal without a cause)
Captain of The Starship Enterprise
Soul and Motown singer (Living in america)

Tom
Mark Twain Character
New England Patriots Quarterback
Couch-Jumping Actor
'It's Not Unusual' Singer
Patriot Games Author

Dick
US V.P. who Shot Someone in the Face
Mary Poppins Actor
Comic Strip Detective
American Bandstand Host
Nightwing and Robin

Harry
US President who Ended World War II
Boy Wizard
Escape Artist
Clint Eastwood Character
Simpsons Voice Actor

Jerry
Comedian, star of his own show
Father of famous actor Ben
NFL hall of fame wide receiver
Show him the money!! famous movie character
Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! TV show host

Larry
Talk show host on CNN
American Hall of Fame basketball player from the Boston Celtics
American football player for the Arizona Cardinals(Wide Receiver)
Emmy-winning actor, writer, comedian, producer, and film director
Stage name of American comedian, Daniel Lawrence Whitney.

Al
U.S. Vice President from 1993-2001
Actor, played Michael Corleone in the Godfather
American gangster, arranger of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre
SNL alum, current U.S. senator from Minnesota
Weatherman from the Today Show

Patrick
Star of 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost'
NBA star whose number 33 is retired by the Knicks
SpongeBob's best friend
Plays McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy'
Famously said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death!'

Eric
Legendary guitarist of Cream and The Yardbirds
Actor, credits include 'Troy', 'The Hulk' and 'The Time Traveler's Wife'
Respect his authoritah! South Park Character
Member of Monty Python
1995 NHL Most Valuable Player

Kelly
She was the 1st winner of Ameican Idol
Her father was Ozzy, she is now on Dancing with the Stars
She is Regis's famous co-star, she played Faith Fairfield on 'Hope and Faith'
She is a Country Singer, her first hit song was 'Red High Heels', she started on American Idol
Founder of the girl band Destiny's Child, starred in Freddy vs. Jason as Kia Waterson

Dan
Authored 'The Da Vinci Code' and 'The Lost Symbol'
Played James Bond in 'Casino Royale' and 'Quantum of Solace'
Retired newsman
Hall of Fame Quarterback
Actor from 'My Left Foot' and 'There Will Be Blood'

Jennifer
Won an Oscar for Dreamgirls
Jenny from the Block
Her Alias was Sydney Bristow
The Ghost Whisperer
Played Rachel on the TV show 'Friends'

Chris
Star of such films as Tommy Boy and Beverly Hiils Ninja
Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World in 1492
Actor who portrayed Superman
Hip-Hop and R&B Recording Artist who pleaded guilty to felony Assault in 2009
Comedy Central voted him the 'fifth greatest standup comedian of all time'

Joe
Vice President of the United States
Former baseball player for the New York Yankees & husband of Marilyn Monroe
Famous NFL quarterback who played for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers
Actor famous for roles in My Cousin Vinny and Home Alone
Host of Fear Factor

Tim
Actor in Home Improvement
Producer of Edward Scissorhands
Actor in 'The Shawshank Redemption'
Current Captain of the San Antonio Spurs
Current Florida Gators QB

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The Ultimate Name Quiz

by Dunaway

Created Nov 1, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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	Dr_Know:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 04:20 GMT	2 points
	Jennifer Aniston is spelled as such. Great quiz, though.

	Weprin:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 05:20 GMT	2 points
	Not bad Dunaway.

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	Fawkes:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 05:42 GMT	22 points
	So much scrolling!

	RS89:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 05:51 GMT	8 points
	Also, you seem to have taken many of these descriptions directly from other quizzes.

	RandallPinkston:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 05:58 GMT	1 point
	A good quiz, but I agree with RS89--describe it as "famous people" rather than "the most famous people", and I know I read the Federline clue somewhere else on Sporcle.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 06:19 GMT	9 points
	Use shorter clues and try changing column widths to make the layout smaller so there won't be so much scrolling.

	Tchaikovsky08:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 06:43 GMT	0 points
	It's kind of confusing that some of these "famous people" are actually imaginary characters, and others are the actors that played those imaginary characters ... and Joe Rogan? Not exactly as famous as some of the others....

	BankofClarity:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 07:01 GMT	5 points
	besides the high amount of scrolling involved, fun quiz.

	rockgolf:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 07:05 GMT	1 point
	You really need to split this in two. And try using 3 columns instead of 5. More should fit on a page that way.

	eurythmech:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 07:08 GMT	2 points
	calling them "the most famous" is so very stupid

	beatrixkiddo:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 07:56 GMT	3 points
	fantastic game. missed all teh US sport clues (except a couple that i got through typing in other answers). need to sort out the scrolling though.

	Niques:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 10:15 GMT	1 point
	Good idea, but could there be anymore US sports/morning television questions?!

	White:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 13:33 GMT	1 point
	You can zoom out/shrink text.

	Escaho:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 13:45 GMT	3 points
	Is it sad that I managed 95/125 and forgot John Lennon? Yes, yes it is.

	Brobert2:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 15:09 GMT	3 points
	The thing I hate about these epic-scale quizzes is I always miss a couple of answers I knew but glossed over due to being overwhelmed by the scope of the quiz. Regardless, it was suitably epic.

	Dunaway:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 15:22 GMT	0 points
	Alright to answer a few questions... Yes i took most of the hints from other quizzes, it was the easiest way to get names fast, otherwise it would have taken a long time to make. I changed it so it didnt say most famous, but to my credit i used the top five people from every quiz so you could make the argument they are the five most popular. I understand the problem with the scrolling, i made the font small and the columns tiny but there isnt much else i can do. if you have any other suggestions please tell me. making it three columns instead of five only makes it worse.

	Archer16:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 17:07 GMT	3 points
	Fine quiz, too bad it's hard to improve the scrolling issue. Spelling corrections: Courteney Cox, Something about Mary, Rebel without a cause, Quantum of solace, wide receiver (lower-case i, in the leading rec. TD clue).

	tstatts:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 17:32 GMT	2 points
	on the dan qb question - fouts should also be acceptable, as dan fouts is an nfl qb...i realize you may say "most famous", but in reality, not a lot of these are that famous...

	Escaho:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	1 point
	Dunaway, what I would do is drop one of your categories altogether (leaving 24 of them instead of 25). Then, limit your columns to four columns instead of five. With the correct ratio between length of the 'Hint' column and length of the 'Answer' column, they'll actually take up less space and make scrolling easier. Just a suggestion.

	IsThisIt:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 18:01 GMT	1 point
	I love how I got Jennifer Garner by absent-mindedly typing Kevin Garnett.

	peanut4:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 18:26 GMT	1 point
	Nice idea but far too much scrolling.

	kidcanada:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 20:12 GMT	3 points
	Agreed that "Hall of Fame Quarterback" named Dan should accept Fouts as well as Marino.

	Gomoodys:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 21:52 GMT	1 point
	haha, I didn't realize there was more than one row and skipped tons of them.

	ipitydafoo:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 22:22 GMT	3 points
	Maybe you should include Dirty Harry as an acceptable answer.

	dogg:	Nov 1st, 2009 at 22:37 GMT	0 points
	james brown never sang for motown bro

	Doctor_Tom:	Nov 2nd, 2009 at 03:55 GMT	3 points
	This quiz is very male-centric.

	alyr57:	Nov 2nd, 2009 at 04:43 GMT	1 point
	Jamaican musician who's hits included 'I Shot the Sheriff' and 'One Love' Should be Whose, not who's, which means who is. Also, for not making things like JFK or many other answers acceptable, you shouldn't make David acceptable for Larry David. David comes before Larry so you might as well not even have Larry David on there since it's basically a give in and no one can miss it. You also need to change the clue because that is way too vague. How about creator of Seinfeld or star of Curb Your Enthusiasm??? The clues definitely have room for an improvement. And what's with, "Dancer who married Britney Spears, and uh... not really sure why he's famous..." I definitely saw that EXACT same clue in the famous kevins quiz.

	alyr57:	Nov 2nd, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	1 point
	Ah, well I take that last part back after seeing your earlier post about purposely copying other peoples' clues.

	Dunaway:	Nov 2nd, 2009 at 16:23 GMT	0 points
	again, i used the clues from all the other quizzes on sporcle so if anybody thinks the clues are too vague or too long i didn't write them, and for the Larry David thing that alyr57 brought up, most people just type in the last names of the people because the first name is already given to you. If Larry David was a giveaway then why has only 46% of people at this time gotten him?

	CAV:	Nov 3rd, 2009 at 22:29 GMT	1 point
	needed about 30-60 more seconds

	York:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 22:39 GMT	1 point
	Poor "Dirty" Harry Callahan :(

	MeltedMan:	Nov 23rd, 2009 at 04:51 GMT	2 points
	My brain is in a knot. I loved the quiz. Didn't do so great, but hey, fun quiz.

	ceiiinosssttuu:	Dec 15th, 2009 at 05:27 GMT	1 point
	consider accepting "dirty harry" for "harry callahan."

	jhg1031:	Jun 4th, 2010 at 21:34 GMT	1 point
	great quiz! you shoudl do a part two!