Can you name the famous people who have last names ending in 'ing'?

Hint	Answer
Famous victim of L.A. police brutality
His books include A Brief History of Time and The Universe in a Nutshell
Gavin Macleod portrayed this character
Creator of James Bond
His film credits include Snow Dogs, Pearl Harbor and Radio
A U.S. president
Son of Archie, brother of Eli
Her film credits include I am Sam and War of the Worlds
Film character, O captain! My Captain!
Discoverer of Insulin
Nobel Prize in literature winner and author of Lord of the Flies

Hint	Answer
A friend also known as Miss Chanandler Bong
Computer Scientist known for his artificial intelligence 'test'
Three Time Tony Award winning singer and actress
Famous Dallas shooting victim
His 119 days as PM is the shortest term in UK history
Dr. J
The only man to win Nobel Prizes in two different fields
Soul singer of '(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay'
Jungle Book author
Good Matt Damon character
The only U.S. general to be named General of the Armies while alive

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Names that end in 'ING' Quiz

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Created by: betraisefold -
Contributed: January 19th, 2010
Published: January 24th, 2010
Category: Miscellaneous
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Tags: Begins and Ends Quizzes, Famous Quizzes, ending, ing, last

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	Etheridge2:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	34 points
	For famous Dallas shooting victim I was thinking 1963 all the way, didn't even think of the other guy.

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	kirarb:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:24 GMT	19 points
	Good quiz - and hard! Could the clue for the Tony Award-winning actress be a bit more specific, perhaps to include her most famous role as Dolly Levi?

	Detektor:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:27 GMT	3 points
	@redsxfenway: Not always true. Carl Spitteler, Knut Hamsun, Wladyslaw Reymont, Thomas Mann and Roger Martin du Gard were all recognized for specific novels.

	betraisefold:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:50 GMT	9 points
	So nice to have a quiz published, hope everyone enjoys it. Personally i find it funny that it is my least played quiz that they chose and also that while making this I debated over which Fleming to use without ever thinking of the one they put in.

	ianmez:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:58 GMT	22 points
	Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone?

	CalBenGan:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 04:59 GMT	12 points
	So this is a list of people who are perpetually doing something.

	cedwards90:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 05:34 GMT	16 points
	Thought Matt Groening might show up here..too bad

	Tahnan:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 05:46 GMT	10 points
	Mark me down if you need to, but: wow, would it hurt to have good clues? Like kirarb says, some specific reference to Carol Channing's work, rather than "think of every Tony-award winner ever"; something less show-specific than "Chanandaler Bong"...

	chikka2:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	3 points
	challenging,rewarding and amusing

	betraisefold:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 06:00 GMT	2 points
	@kirarb and Tahnan, sorry I know absolutely nothing about musical theater, Carol Channing's name just happened to pop into my head while coming up with names for this and I really didn't have any idea how hard that clue would be for people. My original clue for Chanandaler Bong simply read 'a friend' but I guess sporcle felt that it was too cryptic and difficult as I had it. @cedwards90: I can't believe I didn't think of him, that's almost as bad as the fact that I did not originally think of the discoverer of insulin despite being born in the same town as him and going to a high school named after him.

	johnnyd:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 07:01 GMT	1 point
	great quiz,dallas got me too,i learned a lot of my english in that time listening to Jr and hawkeye pierce on that other show :)

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	Nolij:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 10:49 GMT	5 points
	Heh, I got Carol thinking of Stockard.

	jakerules18:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 12:02 GMT	14 points
	wheres jk rowling, author of harry potter?

	nutgraphs:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 13:07 GMT	3 points
	Could Tony winner Ann Reinking (Chicago, Pippin, Sweet Charity) be acceptable too?

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	Sir_Lee:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 13:36 GMT	3 points
	Fun quiz, really enjoyed it. Pretty surprised at how people struggled. Thought Fleming, Manning etc. would have been answered by most people. I'm from the UK & didn't think it at all US-centric. Good mix of stuff there.

	rockgolf:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 13:50 GMT	25 points
	A book connoisseur once asked me if I enjoyed Kipling, Golding or Fleming. I told him "I don't know. I've never kippled, golded or flemed." He stopped talking to me after that.

	abanazerb:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 14:08 GMT	0 points
	Sir Lee, of COURSE it's US-specific - no Dr Beeching!

	AtoneMENT:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 14:21 GMT	10 points
	Don't take these things first thing in the morning -- Son of Archie, Brother of Eli -- hmmm, I don't remember anyone in the Bible named Archie...:)

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	cocky:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 14:44 GMT	8 points
	Atone....I was trying to remmeber if Gloria Bunker had any brothers before I figured it out.

	betraisefold:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 17:19 GMT	2 points
	@kingdaka11: I wanted to avoid repeating surnames and there were so many King options and already had plenty of writers, almost went with William Lyon Mackenzie on that one. @jakerules18 andelise222: if I had thought of JK while making this I would have definitely included her, it is out of my hands now. @rockgolf: that comment alone made the effort I put into making this worthwhile.

	danc1005:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 17:30 GMT	0 points
	*Miss Chanandler Bong

	davepro14:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 17:33 GMT	1 point
	Frustrated for being unable to think of the Dead Poets Society guy, I got to "Good Matt Damon Character" (and another Robin Williams movie of course) and I thought dang, what's with all the movie characters?!? I thought, it's been years since I've seen Good Will Hunting! How on earth am I going to remember the name of this guy? Oops.

	mellybmel:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 18:04 GMT	1 point
	Yes, the clues for Carol Channing also work for Ann Reinking. Could you either make it more specific--the Dolly Levi suggestion is a good one--or make her an alternate answer? As for US centric, I suppose, although Alan Turing was a major player in Great Britain's codebreaking of the Germans during WW II. Good quiz!

	betraisefold:	Jan 24th, 2010 at 18:38 GMT	2 points
	For those who have pointed out the problems with the Channing clue, thanks, I have written Sporcle asking them to correct this, hopefully it will be fixed soon. I stupidly neglected to check that while making this and have never heard of Reinking - with my knowledge of theater I am actually surprised that I have heard of Channing. For those who are complaining that it is too US-centric I understand your frustration (I'm not American either), however by my count there are 6 from UK and 1 Canadian (2 if you want to count Chandler- Matthew Perry is partially Canadian), which isn't too disproportionate to the demographics of Sporclers - my apologies to the rest of the world.