Can you name the pairs of people with the same last name?

created by PhilSandifer

Enter a last name (last names acceptable) in the box below
Correctly named last names will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
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Clue	Last Name
Astronaut and jazz great
Game show host and Nobel-winning medical pioneer
Famous author's real name and former Yankees pitcher
60 Minutes commentator and Premier League striker
Infamous figure skater and US President
Clint Eastwood title role and Wikipedia founder
African-American novelist and deceased rock star
Grey's Anatomy actor and corporate founder
University of Florida football coach and vampire fiction writer
US President and funk musician

Clue	Last Name
Medical thriller author and British explorer
Segregationist governor and author of Infinite Jest
Famous nurse and actress on the OC
NPR host and minimalist composer
Architect and SimCity game designer
Harry Potter actress and Nobel winning biologist
Children's television host and sci-fi comic strip character
Oscar-winning actor and video game protagonist
Detroit Tigers hall of famer and 12 Angry Men actor
Supreme Court chief justice and songwriter
Grand Slam winning tennis player and civil rights leader

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Same Last Name Quiz

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Created by: PhilSandifer -
Published: January 19th, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
Plays: 92,652

Tags: Celebrity Quizzes, Famous Quizzes, clue, last, pair, Last Names, same

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	Tim Allen:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:31 GMT	6 points
	Fun quiz. Pretty inventive. Nice one, Phil.

	Bretzky:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:35 GMT	2 points
	For the U.S. Chief Justice and songwriter I was thinking Waite, as in Morrison and John.

	demo0043:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:40 GMT	4 points
	Meyer is spelled Stephenie, not Stephanie.

	mungar:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	8 points
	Cool, I found a bonus answer: Grand Slam winning tennis player and civil rights leader Billy Jean and Martin Luther King Jr. Anybody find any different ones?

	Rossum:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 04:45 GMT	14 points
	No surprise that Ira and Philip Glass have the same last names - they're cousins! :-)

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	Jaspers:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 05:23 GMT	15 points
	Well, as long as we're only pretty sick, I guess we're okay then.

AhLeah:

Jan 19th, 2009 at 05:33 GMT

20 points

African-American author and deceased rock star could have been Alex and Bill Haley. Just sayin'. :)

	Kicking222:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 05:40 GMT	11 points
	Definitely a great idea, but juuuuuuust a bit too vague on many of the clues (including some of the ones I got right).

	littlegoldwoman:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 05:48 GMT	12 points
	Would someone explain to me why Paul was offended? I hate being in the dark.

	RipTatermen:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 06:12 GMT	8 points
	Pretty much any supreme court chief justice would work for that last one: John and Chan Marshall, Morrison Remick and John Waite, Edward Douglass and Jack White, Harlan Fiske and Sly Stone, etc.

	ku_sucks:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 06:12 GMT	12 points
	this is a really creative quiz idea. i think for many of them, you have to know one of the persons in particular, because the other is just too vague. for example, there are countless corporate founders (even famous ones), so without knowing the cast of Gray's, it is tough to pick out which one.

	ku_sucks:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 06:13 GMT	7 points
	...i meant to add- that wasn't a complaint. very fun quiz

	debbiedoesnothin:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 06:28 GMT	8 points
	@Paul - Buh bye! Good quiz - hard but fun.

	Esteban:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 07:05 GMT	12 points
	To Paul: Ass - door. Bye!

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	davidr:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 08:32 GMT	-4 points
	This is a really great idea but far too many of these have one of the pair almost completely unknown outside the US. I'd say at least eight fall into that category and maybe two more. Surely, there are enough people in the world who are famous both inside and outside the US to make a quiz like this work for everyone?

	starsaphire:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 09:29 GMT	7 points
	Ahhhh... I wasn't thinking Bill and George for that clue; I was thinking Ulysses S. and Eddy. Silly me! Great quiz, btw.

	Lyn_Marie:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 09:48 GMT	10 points
	Paul, I thought you were leaving... obviously, you have the need to have the last word. Good riddance.

	Liberal:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 10:26 GMT	11 points
	For Oscar-winning actor and video game protagonist I put down "Cage". As in Nicholas Cage and Johnny Cage.

	Fitzgib:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 12:17 GMT	10 points
	I got 4! And by the way, hello everyone, have been playing Sporcle for ages but don't normally comment..thought it was about time.

	chikka2:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 13:27 GMT	7 points
	great quiz, inventive and challenging. Bonus q:Janis and Scott Joplin.

	raggedyanne:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 13:35 GMT	7 points
	I can't believe I missed the second one. When I was learning about the one in bacteriology, the mental image I got was the face of the game show host. :::Kicks self:::

	stealthamo:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 13:36 GMT	6 points
	Paul, you say we're the ones who need a life, yet you're the one who keeps coming back.

	jesus:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 14:35 GMT	6 points
	@Paul: If we didn't have a life we'd be dead. And if we were dead we wouldn't be able to play on Sporcle. Therefore, as we are all playing on Sporcle we must have a life.

	dposseman:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 15:23 GMT	9 points
	Clemens should be classified as a former Red Sox pitcher. He pitched for them for about a dozen years and only pitched for the Yankees for 4-5.

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	TallKool1:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 15:57 GMT	1 point
	only one thing davidr...I like this quiz site to learn things. I've heard many new names and will be checking into them to find out new information. I think this was a good educational quiz, and maybe down the road they can do a more American-centric one.

	pr:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 16:04 GMT	2 points
	Great idea. Cool quiz.

	PhilSandifer:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 16:07 GMT	6 points
	I apologize for any possible alternatives that aren't in there. I tried to get the clues narrow enough to prevent overlap but still broad enough that you couldn't guess the pair from just knowing one. Clearly in a few cases I didn't quite get it.

	C_W_Browne:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	4 points
	Henry and Gerald ford is a good one

	ntnon:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 22:07 GMT	0 points
	I tend to agree with DavidR's critique, although I certainly like the idea (and much of the execution). TALLKOOL1 - I assume (hope!) you mean less American-centric for the next time round..

	IHateRegistering:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 22:20 GMT	4 points
	I don't understand how mentioning something that is true is "offensive or disrespectful". Thats like saying we are offensive and disrespectful to Lincoln because we acknowledge that he was assassinated.

	Catherine_F:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 22:57 GMT	6 points
	I got "Armstrong" straight away and thought I was up for an easy quiz - wrong! The rest require a lot of specific knowledge, well, except for the two that I guessed. Five overall.

	sactoshc:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 23:25 GMT	5 points
	Great quiz, Phil. It was a real brain stretcher because it's not the way I usually categorize. Only 6 out of 20, including what appears to be a bonus. Other possible musical/presidential combo: Isaac and Rutherford B. Hayes.

	mysoxarered05:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 02:46 GMT	1 point
	Interesting idea, but I feel like the clues are too vague sometimes. Oh well, I guess this quiz just isn't for me. Nice idea though.

	cocky:	Jan 20th, 2009 at 03:20 GMT	5 points
	@davidr.....Speed skating gold medalist and British Prime minister. Bonnie and Tony Blair.