Can you name the famous Simons?

Hint	Name
Former American Idol Judge
Children's game that tests your ability to follow directions
Villain from 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
1980's brothers detective show
Leslie Charteris' 'The Saint' was also known as
Singer-songwriter formerly married to James Taylor
'Murderers Among Us' starred Ben Kingsley as this Nazi hunter
Lead singer of Duran Duran
Singer of 'You Can Call Me Al'

Hint	Name
South American revolutionary
Met a pieman on his way to the fair
'The Odd Couple' and 'Lost in Yonkers' playwright
Actor from 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Star Trek'
Fictional character from the TV series Firefly
Creator of 'Pop Idol', 'American Idol' and 'So You Think You Can Dance'
This division of CBS Corp is one of the world's largest book publishers
Main villain from 'Die Hard With a Vengeance'
Actor who portrays Patrick Jane on 'The Mentalist'
Apostle
High voiced rodent and singer
Hero of the video game Castlevania

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Famous Simons Quiz

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Created by: winner -
Contributed: November 18th, 2009
Published: January 21st, 2010
Category: Entertainment
Plays: 48,617

Tags: Famous Quizzes, simon

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	TNez:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:17 GMT	0 points
	No Simon Amstell? : (

	Alexei:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:19 GMT	19 points
	Simon says this was hard. :(

	BrettCaudill:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:24 GMT	19 points
	this was difficult and it sure made me sigh, man.

	teh_DR:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:33 GMT	7 points
	To think the first answer i knew would be the least guessed right. Firefly ftw dammit!

	MightySparks:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 04:42 GMT	8 points
	Same here, Firefly is awesome. I can't believe it's the least guessed!

	fm_:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 05:26 GMT	12 points
	Having noticed the homepage icon for this quiz, I was confused for a moment by the second question.

	Bumper234:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 05:35 GMT	-1 points
	carly simon and james taylor are divorced...

	thegrimreaper:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 05:39 GMT	1 point
	Thought Simon Birch would be a lock on this one...guess not!

	reicherm:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:31 GMT	3 points
	'ot the fair'...typo on published quiz?

	JT007:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:41 GMT	-1 points
	I spotted that out too reicherm cant you still change it???

	smartart11:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 06:48 GMT	2 points
	Wow, I guessed on Simon Fuller AND IT WAS RIGHT? Idk why, but when I read that hint the name just popped in my head...DARN YOU AMERICAN IDOL AND YOUR SUBLIMINAL MIND CONTROL!

	random_cloud:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 07:09 GMT	12 points
	i tried alvin, simon and theodore for the 80s brothers detective show .... just in case

	sammyb:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 08:57 GMT	-1 points
	Haven't heard of many of these guys at all!

	ivyagogo:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 11:33 GMT	3 points
	As a huge Duran Duran fan, I knew I'd get at least one right!

	jholls_00:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 12:14 GMT	1 point
	Well you know my name is Simon and I like to do drawings... No Simon in the Land of Chalkboard Drawings?

	emy_bug3712:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 12:24 GMT	-4 points
	Without looking at teh clues I first guessed Cowell, Paul Simon and Simons says since they are the only Simons I really know. Then I got Simon and Simon from an educated guess, and Simon Baker. And thats all. Simon says I need to brush up on my Simons.

	wallyballz:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 12:54 GMT	6 points
	You could have had Randall Simon and mention him beating a sausage with a baseball bat in Milwaukee.

	barfobulator:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 13:37 GMT	1 point
	For the children's game, I put 'Simon'(the one with the beeping lights) several times before I realized another game named after Simon

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	jessbowen:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 14:13 GMT	5 points
	Simon no longer looks like it is the correct spelling.

	Mizzet:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 15:00 GMT	7 points
	I'm very disappointed at the lack of one of Underdog's enemies, Simon Bar Sinister. :(

	NobleDB:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 15:04 GMT	-2 points
	What about Simon Dumont?

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	midlifecrisis:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 15:49 GMT	-1 points
	Simon says I didn't do well, even though I was in the 70th percentile.

	RLthehammer:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 17:17 GMT	2 points
	Simon says fun quiz! :)

	NaturalStateReb:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 18:48 GMT	1 point
	I think it's actually Simon de Bolivar, which should be an acceptable alternative answer.

	Sabo:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 20:49 GMT	-1 points
	Michael Symon should be a bonus answer.

	drn211:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 21:20 GMT	3 points
	Simon the Cananean, Simon Seville (The Chipmunk) and Simon Belmont from Castlevania are the bonus answers

	WCRoentgen:	Jan 21st, 2010 at 21:50 GMT	-3 points
	It's sad that so many more people know Simon Cowell than Simon Wiesenthal.

	icing:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 02:08 GMT	3 points
	What an awesome quiz! Bolivar, Wiesenthal and a "Firefly" character in the same place - I knew all of that detritus in my mind would come in handy some day :)

	quent1979:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 02:23 GMT	0 points
	As any "As the World Turns" fan knows....Simon Frazier!

	gracie:	Jan 22nd, 2010 at 20:03 GMT	-3 points
	you might want to add in the instructions that simon can be either the first name or last name. i totally wasn't even thinking of people whose last name was simon.

	ecusen:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 10:17 GMT	0 points
	The only Firefly I've ever heard of is the car. Somehow I knew that wouldn't be right.

	mrgenova:	Jan 23rd, 2010 at 20:36 GMT	0 points
	Aww, no Simon Phoenix? "Simon says, 'Die!'" (while he goes to jail for income tax evasion)

	SkiBum2345:	Feb 1st, 2010 at 19:58 GMT	-3 points
	who is simon cowell?

	eab21:	Feb 10th, 2011 at 21:41 GMT	1 point
	^seriously?

	bsnalex:	Nov 25th, 2011 at 12:07 GMT	1 point
	The song is called "Bodyguard" not "You Can Call Me Al"

	Jimh:	Jan 21st, 2012 at 18:42 GMT	1 point
	An interesting bit of trivia is that Carly Simon is the daughter of the Simon in Simon and Schuster, so her family is represented twice in this quiz. The more you know!