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Can you name the people who go by their initials?
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Known for:
Benjamin Franklin
Radial tire industrialist
Billy Joe
Singer: 'Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head'
Carol Christine Hilaria
Actress: ER, The Shield
David Herbert
Author: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
Donald Joseph
Actor: 'Road Trip', 'The New Guy'
Edgar Lawrence
Author: 'Ragtime', 'Billy Bathgate'
edward estlin
poet known for only using lower case in his name
Everett Grunz
Actor: '12 Angry Men', 'Chicago Hope'
Ieoh Ming
Architect: Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame building
James Cash
Founder of US department store chain
James Ewell Brown
US Civil War, Confederate General
Jeffrey Jacob
Creator of 'Lost' & 'Alias'
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Initialled name
Known for:
Kate Victoria (known as KT)
Singer: 'Black Horse & the Cherry Tree'
Ladies Love
Rapper/actor: 'Mama Said Knock You Out', NCIS: LA
Leon Leonwood
Founder of US mail order company
Patrick Jake
Author/satirist: 'Give War A Chance', 'Parliament of ****s'
Pieter Willem
Prime minister of South Africa (1978 to 1984)
Polly Jean
British singer/songwriter: 'Down By The Water'
Richard Joshua
Tobacco Company founder
Susan Eloise
Author: 'The Outsiders', 'Rumble Fish'
Virginia Cleo
Author: 'Flowers In The Attic'
William Claude
Actor: 'Never Give A Sucker An Even Break'
William Edward Burghardt
Founder of the NAACP
Yelberton Abraham
Hall of Fame quarterback
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Initialed People II Quiz
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Created Aug 27, 2009 in
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Golem
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT
12 points
Went obscure here, Sporcle! Surprised that more people aren't getting LL Bean.
JohnJF
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:37 GMT
7 points
Rockgolf is becoming the Stephen King of Sporcle quizzes: In spite of an insane production cycle, the quality is always there. Keep 'em coming.
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MovieDynamic
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:38 GMT
-13 points
No D.W. Griffith!?!?! *Shocked face*
MRL
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:38 GMT
7 points
@MovieDynamic: Try the first quiz for that one.
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RandallPinkston
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:41 GMT
-6 points
This is a fun one. "Y A Tittle" seems to work, but not "YA Tittle", though that method of spacing works for all of the other answers. And though it's not beyond dispute, I believe E.E. Cummings mostly preferred his name be capitalized.
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MovieDynamic
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:42 GMT
-12 points
Is anyone else wondering about the conspicuous absence of periods? A strange decision.
Giants2082
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 04:43 GMT
2 points
YA Tittle didn't work for me and I was very frustrated because if I were to get any it should have been that (as you can tell by my name)
eln77
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:01 GMT
22 points
Use Jeopardy! rules here, people: if allowed (as it is in this quiz), always use just the last name. That way, you don't get screwed if you mess up the first name.
steeltown
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:04 GMT
7 points
Note to self: read clues & then you won't try to make K T Tunstall into K D Lang.
starfish
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:07 GMT
3 points
I was really hoping to see MC Hammer make it into this edition of the Initialed People quiz, if only so the clue could reference "Stop! Hammertime" and parachute pants.
Sesel
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:11 GMT
6 points
P.W. Botha did not win the Nobel Peace Prize; his successor as state president, Frederik Willem (F.W.) de Klerk did.
chikka2
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:16 GMT
-1 points
Kept writing CC pounder(maybe looping to CC Rider?)Tough quiz.
rockgolf
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:18 GMT
1 point
@SporcleAdmin: That dang "A" in Y.A. Tittle is getting dropped in editing because it's treated as the word "a". Can you set up "Y tittle" as an alternate answer and the problem will be fixed?
Quizhappy
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:25 GMT
-3 points
Did anyone else hold a small glimmer of hope that W.E.B. Griffin founded the NAACP?
BamaRainbow
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT
-2 points
@ starfish: MC Hammer doesn't qualify. His real name is Stanley Kirk Burrell. The "MC" in most rapper names developed from the classic "emcee" (or "master of ceremonies") who was historically required to provide a lot of patter while acts are getting ready backstage back in the days of vaudeville. In that sense, the "emcee" is now generally just the host of any type of pageant or variety program, like awards shows; of course, the emcee's duties still involve a lot of talking between segments.
Havok3595
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 05:38 GMT
3 points
@RandallPinkston: Yes, EE Cummings used uppercase for his name most of the time, but his publisher started using the now famous lowercase after he signed a book in lowercase to show "humility."
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mattrd08
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:02 GMT
-5 points
This was a hard one. Only got DuBois, Cool J, and Tunstall, although I missed a few that I shouldn't have, this one was harder than last.
Hungover
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:10 GMT
1 point
no idea who the guy in the picture is
Archer16
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:26 GMT
1 point
Much harder than the first one.
bsd987
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:30 GMT
-2 points
e.e. cummings is 100 percent incorrect. He prefered to be called E.E. Cummings. He wrote in lower case, but his name was always upper-cased until after his death.
raisingfear101
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:33 GMT
2 points
For some reason, J.D Drew jumped into my head when I saw the quiz title.
fortunecookie
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 06:52 GMT
2 points
As great as he is, LL Cool J should not be so much better known that e.e. cummings. I hate the world.
RandallPinkston
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 07:20 GMT
3 points
@Hungover: I believe that's J.J. Abrams.
debbiedoesnothin
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 07:37 GMT
2 points
@BamaRainbow: They don't all refer to the person's real name. Example: Ladies Love Cool James.
debbiedoesnothin
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 07:37 GMT
0 points
PS: LL CJ was on the first initials quiz.
rockgolf
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 08:06 GMT
1 point
@debbie: Really? I don't see him there and I don't have any way to modify other people's quizzes.
debbiedoesnothin
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 08:29 GMT
1 point
Oops - he's actually on this one. The clue is "rapper/actor."
biggers
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 09:44 GMT
2 points
oh dear, only scored 5. Are you sure that the tobacco company founder wasn't RJ Silkcut or the tire company guy wasn't BF Continental ???
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kingstony
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 11:17 GMT
-21 points
Only got three - too usa based
Isstvan
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 12:20 GMT
1 point
This one could have used that hide clue feature that the recent director debut quiz had. Giving the names made it too easy.
alkeiper
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 12:47 GMT
3 points
Just 8 right, but I got the least popular answer. 12 Angry Men is really an excellent movie.
cigarette
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 15:05 GMT
11 points
@kingstony: A web site based in the USA is too USA-based?! Alert the presses! Our next story: The New York Times: Why are they so obsessed with Manhattan?
geowiz85
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 15:14 GMT
18 points
@kingstony, really too US based?! with a south african leader, a scottish singer, an english writer, and a chinese architect, more like just too hard for kingstony
Dantonpix
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 16:46 GMT
2 points
Musicians and actors/producers always kill my score on these quizzes.
RandallPinkston
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 18:47 GMT
3 points
@geowiz85: I.M. Pei was born in China but has been an American citizen for over 50 years. Nevertheless, like most Sporcle quizzes, this one is more than adequately inclusive of international names.
bcamp85
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 19:15 GMT
4 points
Yelberton... now that's a name you don't hear everyday
Kris
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 21:34 GMT
1 point
I expected this quiz to be a lot better than it was.
cocky
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Sep 5th, 2009 at 21:48 GMT
2 points
@bcamp...I guess that's why he went by YA.
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cate
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Sep 6th, 2009 at 01:16 GMT
-5 points
I only got one name. They're all too american
rockgolf
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Sep 7th, 2009 at 05:39 GMT
0 points
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