Can you name the traits the people listed have in common? by miyomiyo3

People	Trait
Jane Austen, Thomas Edison, Daniel Radcliffe
Jim Carrey, Ryan North, Alex Trebek
William Jennings Bryan, Kirk Cameron, Chuck Norris
Pablo Picasso, Che Guevara, Guy Debord
Bill Clinton, Jimi Hendrix, M. C. Escher
Dan Castellaneta, Steve Jobs, 'Weird Al' Yankovic
Lewis Carroll, Ann Landers, Ayn Rand
Portia DeRossi, Neil Patrick Harris, Matthew Shepard
Hugh Laurie, Fidel Castro, Douglas Adams
Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Muhammed Ali

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Trait In Common Quiz

by miyomiyo3

Created Oct 20, 2009 in Miscellaneous
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	Kicking222:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:34 GMT	1 point
	Really? Carly Simon is gay? Are you sure about that? She's dated half the men in Hollywood... she wrote the most famous "F*** you, dude" song in the history of music... she claims to have a boyfriend.

	MargaretP:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:35 GMT	1 point
	You have to accept "pseudonym" for pen name

	Tahnan:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:37 GMT	1 point
	Wikipedia quotes her as saying: "I don't consider myself to be not gay... I've enlarged all of my possibilities." But "homosexual" doesn't really seem accurate for her. Incidentally, there are a lot of synonyms for the first one, like "pseudonyms", that you ought to include. Also, for some reason, "dead" didn't work, even though a lot of those people have that in common.

	Tahnan:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:45 GMT	0 points
	...actually, which "Sam Adams" is gay, exactly? The American football player is married with kids; the American revolutionary was married twice and fathered six children. Also, reading up on Jane Austen, she was forced to leave boarding school for financial reasons; I don't think that really makes her a "dropout"; and Thomas Edison left school at age seven, which means he never started high school, so he's hardly a dropout. And Picasso seemed to be generally apolitical. I think this quiz needs a lot more research.

	miyomiyo3:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:47 GMT	1 point
	"pseudonym" is accepted for pen name, you may have misspelled it. Also, although Wikipedia claims that Carly Simon is gay, that does seem strange, so I changed it to a less arguable candidate. Also, yes, not every trait that the people share is accepted; there's something in particular I'm looking for. Otherwise, you could enter "human" or "not blind" or something.

	Fidelio:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:52 GMT	2 points
	It still says Carly Simon (at least for me). I'd imagine the Sam Adams referred to is the mayor of Portland, Oregon - but outside of Oregon he's not nearly as well-known as the founding father/beer guy. He's another one I'd change. And is the African-American category really necessary? It just seems kind of silly to me. I really like the idea, though.

	miyomiyo3:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 02:56 GMT	1 point
	Resources for disputed claims (could not list multiple under source): Picasso - http://artnews.com/issues/article.asp?art_id=809 Sam Adams - http://www.newsweek.com/id/183028/output/print For the High School education one, I changed the wording to make it less debatable, and I clarified which Sam Adams I was referring to. Thank you for the feedback, it helps me improve my quizzes.

	miyomiyo3:	Oct 21st, 2009 at 20:10 GMT	1 point
	Sam Adams has been changed to Portia DeRossi.

	d3bates:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 16:32 GMT	1 point
	It still doesn't accept "pseudonym".

	d3bates:	Mar 5th, 2010 at 16:34 GMT	1 point
	Also, maybe accept "unfinshed high school career"?