Can you name the pairs of celebrities who form a set where the last name of one is the first name of the other?

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Celebrity Overlap Pairs Quiz

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Created May 16, 2012 in Entertainment
Featured Jul 24, 2012
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	shampoowoody:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 04:17 GMT		2 points
	martin lawrence lawrence welk

	needapausebutton:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 04:18 GMT		12 points
	You know.... this game would play a whole lot faster if you'd accept just last names for the first image of each set and just first names for the second one....

	Packman:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 04:33 GMT		11 points
	Fun quiz. I'd also like to see one where the celebrities with the matching names aren't paired up next to each other but instead are in random places throughout the quiz. This way, the quiz taker also has to search for the matching celebrities, adding a new dimension to the game.

	BamaRainbow:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 04:48 GMT		27 points
	I almost misunderstood the game. I started entering names at the top left and got to the third picture, and I'm thinking "Now I know that guy's first name isn't Sheen." I looked over the next few and finally got it that we just needed two names at a time (the first two shared a name, then the second two shared a name, and so on rather than each person sharing first and last names with the person on either side of them). Grokking the instructions before starting the game really, really helps.

	laschmela:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 04:58 GMT		3 points
	clever quiz!

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	ajaxfam:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 05:24 GMT		15 points
	The only critique I would give is that if you just said "name the famous people in the pictures", the quiz would play out about the same. Is there a way to set up the quiz so you have to enter one answer for each pair of pictures or something similar? Anyways, not complaining - just thought I would provide a suggestion. Cheers!

	SteelyMatt:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 07:08 GMT		9 points
	Rivers Cuomo: the black sheep of the New York political family.

	ensiform:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 07:29 GMT		20 points
	I'm with ajaxfm. This is just a 'Name the famous people' quiz. You ought to have set it up so that you need to put 2 names on one line, and pictures are mixed up, not adjacent.

	DaHumorist:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 07:32 GMT		35 points
	It's basically like the category Before and After on Wheel of Fortune. The answers could work like "James Cameron Diaz".

	mdpaul314:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 07:56 GMT		-1 points
	Here's another one: Meg Ryan and Ryan Reynolds

	Zak6009:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 09:01 GMT		8 points
	I recognized Joan Rivers but thought who is this that supposedly has 'Rivers' as a first name?!

	andy_edkins:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 09:27 GMT		11 points
	Unsurprisingly, Schwarzenegger wasn't the first name of someone.

	Koltrane:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 11:03 GMT		1 point
	I know I'm showing my pop cultural ignorance, but I have no idea who Rivers Cuomo is, and I'm really not worried about it.

	hibernia:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 11:21 GMT		34 points
	Rivers is the least guessed because people keep thinking "ya know, he "looks just like Buddy Holly.'"

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	rockgolf:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 12:05 GMT		19 points
	Great job eschewing the obvious pairings. I hope you do a sequel, but instead of two picture, pair them up as a single clue and have us enter the whole 3-word phrase "Michael Jackson Pollack" or "Martin Lawrence Olivier" rather than the separate parts.

	dummo:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 12:14 GMT		4 points
	I don't mind the current format. There's a few here I would never have got until I unless I knew the celebrity paired with them. @SteeleyMatt: You may be a Weezer fan, but he's hardly a household or reconizable face like most of the others.

	KerrieBee23:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 13:07 GMT		7 points
	Channing Tatum and Tatum O'neal

	sproutcm:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 13:38 GMT		4 points
	@All Yeah, the point of this quiz is NOT to have to name both to get credit, that you can get half right/or get half to confirm it and then work out who the other person it. There are plenty of other quizzes out there with name chains where you don't have pictures and you have to get the full set for credit. I also made one with Overlap trios: http://www.sporcle.com/games/sproutcm/celebrity-overlap-trios

	bigjoeco:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 13:58 GMT		10 points
	Shannon Elizabeth Banks, now there's a hot pair.

	barnztormre:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 14:16 GMT		10 points
	I knew it was Jane Russell, but I couldn't figure out the last name of Russell since I thought it was just some random homeless person named "Russell".

	hodgetiger:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 14:28 GMT		0 points
	Looked at the Dylan McDermott pic first and thought it was David Schwimmer, so thought his partner was going to be Hal David. Then I saw Bob, and realisation dawned.

	triviahappy:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 14:41 GMT		3 points
	Clever way to do a picture quiz. You're right, sprout, that knowing one person definitely helps with their other half if you're having trouble with it. Now I'm off to try your overlapping trios quiz! :)

	object_holder:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 14:48 GMT		12 points
	@Koltrane — Sporcle: the only trivia site where people brag about not knowing things.

	jeffg3wksapart:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 15:09 GMT		5 points
	Tony Orlando? Didn't recognize Orlando Bloom so kept thinking Tony was an all-dressed-up, perfectly coiffed Little Richard so then Richard who, and Joan RiverS?-- wonder how many players were thinking River Phoenix (RIP) doesn't fit.

	Jules824:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 16:43 GMT		3 points
	How about Molly Shannon Elizabeth Banks. A new quiz combining three celebrity names could be a lot of fun.

	DelGue:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 16:44 GMT		1 point
	I would have gotten one more if I could spell Arnold's last name.

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	ianbob:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 18:50 GMT		-3 points
	Three out of four of you don't know Rivers Cuomo? I'm disappointed.

	knosmo:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 19:06 GMT		0 points
	I had no clue who Rivers Cuomo was. Most of the other celebrities were known on their own, not the lead singer of a particular band, like Weezer. George Harrison had a successful solo career above and beyond his work with the Beatles. Tony Orlando and Dawn was the name of his group. Bob Dylan is well-known outside of the bands he collaborated with from time to time. I thought that was the only really obscure road block to this one. Most people would not know Rivers Cuomo individually by sight.

	Josh:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 21:16 GMT		2 points
	As much as I like Rivers Cuomo's music, I can't look at that picture of him and not want to punch him in the face.

	Logan2010:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 21:19 GMT		3 points
	Stockard Channing Tatum O'Neal.

	ACL:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 21:23 GMT		4 points
	Great concept, though I think the entry would be more interesting if the choices weren't split up, and you had to enter, to use an example not in the quiz, "Jon Stewart Copeland" for Jon Stewart and Stewart Copeland, or something like that.

	rockgolf:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 21:28 GMT		3 points
	Trivia note: Which recording has sold the most copies in any format? Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album or Rivers Cuomo's band Weezer's "Buddy Holly"? "Buddy Holly" was included on the Windows 95 installation disk, as a sample of that product's ability to play video files. (So was Edie Brickell's "What I Am".) Since Microsoft sold at least 40 million copies of that disk in the US alone, that effectively makes these two songs the biggest selling recordings in history. And most people who bought Windows 95 probably had no idea they owned those tracks. PS: No sympathy from me about not recognizing Rivers Cuomo by face. I didn't either, but how many celebs with the first name Rivers can there be?

	witz1960:	Jul 24th, 2012 at 23:42 GMT		1 point
	Had Russell for last name but just couldn't think of anyone other than Rosalind Russell... i guess I am one generation too late for that ID