Can you name the phrases containing first names indicated by these definitions?

Definition	Phrase
A male goat
Neither better off or worse off
An ordinary person
A voyeur
A constantly anxious person
Drab, dull or ordinary
A revolving tray found at center of a dining table
To lose steam
Showy or a person who is showy
A pessimist
Someone on hand to perform a service, seize an opportunity or deal with an emergency
A cramp in a thigh muscle
An overly talkative person

Definition	Phrase
Ground meat with tomato sauce and spices served on a bun
A foolish fellow; a simpleton
A late arrival or participant
A person capable of many different types of work
A typical member of the general public
In a haphazard or spontaneous manner
A projection in the front of the neck formed by the largest cartilage of the larynx
Full-legged, warm underwear
Personification of England or the English people
Personification of the United States or its people
A flat wire hairpin with prongs that press close together
A stuffed toy bear
One who is habitually incredulous or unwilling to believe

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Name Phrases Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Published: March 17th, 2009
Category: Language
Plays: 84,648

Tags: Definition Quizzes, phrase, indicated, containing

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	indeedity:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:01 GMT	35 points
	John Bull... Is that what Americans call us, because we certainly don't use it in the UK! (Not that I have ever heard anyway)

	dashoff:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	6 points
	Ah, Gloomy Gus! I was thinking "Grumpy Gus". That's what my mom always said, anyway. Oh well.

	theGrit:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:03 GMT	21 points
	@indeedity: I'm American . . . never used it or even heard it!

	skyritz:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:06 GMT	27 points
	No love for Gloomy Gus' female counterpart Debbie Downer? Or is that just an SNL sketch?

	davidr:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	9 points
	@indeedity and theGrit: John Bull was originally an English personification of Englishness. But he's not so well-known these days as the corresponding American personification of Americanness.

	davidr:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:08 GMT	5 points
	"Joe public" should be accepted for either the ordinary person or the typical member of the public.

	phils93:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:09 GMT	-1 points
	was actually going to comment exactly what steve said

	Jaspers:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:10 GMT	18 points
	I was thinking Joe Six-Pack for an average person.

	JoeGrzzly:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:11 GMT	0 points
	What about Jolly Roger?

	Dodge:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:13 GMT	5 points
	No Joe Six-Pack?

	tddbd:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:14 GMT	16 points
	Never heard of Fancy Dan. Anyone?

	Mikinda:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:17 GMT	17 points
	I was thinking Negative Nancy for pessimist. Oh, well.

	cottb128:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:17 GMT	9 points
	Gloomy Gus and Debbie Downer had a daughter named Negative Nancy

	sammyhain2364:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:18 GMT	0 points
	I think a better clue for the second one down on the left would be a tie game

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	chikka2:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	1 point
	and yep, Debra, fancy Dan was what my Mom used to call me when I got all dolled up...

	Booger:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:22 GMT	7 points
	Ah, the recurring problem of similar answers. I certainly agree with putting: (1) Joe Six Pack as an alternate answer for an average person; (2) Joe Public as an alternate answer for a typical member of the general public; and (3) Grumpy Gus and Negative Nancy as alternate answers for a pessimist. Debbie Downer, however, is not a common term outside of a TV show, it seems. Sporcle Admin, please wave your magic wand!

	omg_ponies:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:22 GMT	-1 points
	Negative Nancy is another one for a pessimist.

	Shades703:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:24 GMT	1 point
	Very glad to see other people trying out Negative Nancy. Thought I was alone for a second. Now can we put in Jackass for someone who is showy? ;-)

	debbiedoesnothin:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:25 GMT	2 points
	I thought the one for latecomer only meant newcomer - I learned something. Loved this quiz.

	organicearthmama:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:30 GMT	25 points
	What about Dapper Dan? That's what I always say instead of Fancy Dan.

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	Cuthbert_Twilley:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:33 GMT	4 points
	I've heard all these, but that's mostly because my mother thought littering your vocabulary with cliches was a good thing. Nevertheless, the list left out a big one: The John ;)

	beatrix kiddo:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:40 GMT	3 points
	the personification of England was the character in all those old punch cartoons of the 1800s ... hasn't really persisted into the present day, having been taken over somewhat by 'john smiths' man instead

	tcalleen:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:43 GMT	12 points
	Has anyone else ever heard a foolish person called a Tom Fool? That's what I kept trying to put. And, I've always heard Dapper Dan instead of Fancy Dan too.

	AdamL:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 19:58 GMT	5 points
	Tried Steady Eddie for Even Steven (although got it eventually.) Tried Joe Public and Joe Sixpack and even Joe the Plumber for Avergae Joe (which I didn't get.) Good quiz though.

	peanut4:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:15 GMT	15 points
	No smart Alec?

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	Booger:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:23 GMT	4 points
	@Paul. Funny you ask. Smart Aleck was originally part of the quiz but must have been removed to streamline the quiz.

	leob:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:26 GMT	3 points
	Chatty Kathy/Cathy/Katty/Catty needs to have more spelling alternatives.

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	Tom:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:50 GMT	0 points
	Fancy Dan and John Bull are new ones on me.

	Kinsey:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:58 GMT	7 points
	I've never heard of John Bull, I could only guess Union Jack

	chambers:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	2 points
	tricky

	jessbowen:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 21:22 GMT	3 points
	John Bull appears in older political cartoons to represent England. Dapper Dan is definitely better known to me than Fancy Dan (it's the only one I missed in fact) and I kept looking for his wallflower sister - shrinking violet.

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	DWolf:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 21:37 GMT	-2 points
	Never heard John Bull or Fancy Dan before. I also tried Union Jack for England. Johnny-on-the-spot I am also unfamiliar with. I also mixed up negative nancy and nervous nelly to produce nervous nancy, but got it eventually.

	deej:	Mar 17th, 2009 at 22:19 GMT	12 points
	johnny-come-lately is less of someone who is late per se, than someone who is a bandwagon jumper. like "oh, so once the cleveland cavs start playing well after years of sucking, you're their biggest fan? what a johnny-come-lately!"