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Alliteration by Letter - B

Based on the clues, name these alliterative answers that start with the letter B.
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First submittedSeptember 19, 2013
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Clue
Answer
Beginning of the universe
Big Bang
"1984" antagonist
Big Brother
Palace of Westminster clock tower
Big Ben
Large yellow "Sesame Street" character
Big Bird
Movie preceding "The Dark Knight"
Batman Begins
SpongeBob's hometown
Bikini Bottom
He stole Gollum's ring
Bilbo Baggins
Swede who won 5 straight Wimbledons
Björn Borg
U.S. generation born 1946-1964
Baby Boom
"What's up, doc?"
Bugs Bunny
Collectable stuffed animals
made by Ty, Inc
Beanie Babies
Clue
Answer
Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi
Blues Brothers
Alter ego of the Incredible Hulk
Bruce Banner
Rear component of the stovetop
Back Burner
"Won't you come home?"
Bill Bailey
"Pet Sounds"
Beach Boys
Career home run leader
Barry Bonds
Western showman William Cody
Buffalo Bill
Yogi Bear's pal
Boo Boo
Common piece of lab equipment
Bunsen Burner
Flight data recorder
Black Box
Boston food speciality
Baked Beans
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Level 51
Sep 20, 2013
Busby Berkeley?
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Level 61
Dec 30, 2017
Why don't you make your own BB quiz?
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Level 75
Sep 20, 2013
Good quiz
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Level 57
Sep 20, 2013
Big Ben refers to the main bell in the tower, not the tower itself. The tower is the "Elizabeth Tower".
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Level 70
Sep 24, 2018
That may be true, but it's also the de facto name of the entire monument.
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Level 55
May 9, 2019
No it’s not. It’s the name of the bell. Just because many are wrong does not make it right.
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Level 75
Dec 30, 2020
The only time I've ever heard anyone call it "The Elizabeth Tower" or "The Clock Tower" or whatever, is when they're pedantically pointing out that that is, aaactually, its real name. Every time human beings talk about the tower they call it Big Ben. If you were to ask someone in London how to get to the Elizabeth Tower, they would almost certainly say, "You mean Big Ben?" or, "Where?"

Just accept it that it's a common name for the tower as well as the bell...

(I used to work in Westminster BTW)

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Level 59
Sep 20, 2013
Who or what is Bill Bailey and why do we want him to come home? That clue flew right over my head.
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Level 92
Sep 20, 2013
It's the first line and a common refrain from a much-covered song, originally published in 1902. Also: This
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Level 79
Mar 13, 2020
Also a standup comedian
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Level 84
Dec 30, 2017
If it had been "won't you PLEASE come home" I would have gotten it..
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Level 86
Jan 2, 2018
But of course, the song starts out 'Won't you come home, Bill Bailey, won't you come home?"
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Level 85
Sep 20, 2013
About 73% need to listen to "Pet Sounds".
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Level 75
Sep 26, 2014
I grew up with the Beach Boys in the '60s, but I didn't connect them to the album. Even after I googled it I remembered some of the songs but the album name still didn't ring a bell. I love the easy-going Sloop John B.
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Level 64
Sep 22, 2013
Boston Baked Beans should be accepted.
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Level ∞
Sep 23, 2013
Okay
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Level 65
Sep 23, 2013
I kept thinking that the Beastie Boys would have made an album called "Pet Sounds".
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Level 59
Oct 21, 2013
Bilbo did not steal the ring. He found it and did not give it back, even when Gollum accused him of having it. And it wasn't even Gollum's because he killed his friend/brother? and stole it from him. AND there is evidence that the ring deliberately lost itself in order to be found by Bilbo because it "wanted" to get out of the cave. There, I feel much better.
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Level 45
Jun 16, 2014
OH YEAH!!!
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Level 86
Jul 23, 2018
So, if I found your wallet on the street, and then you asked me if I had it and I said no and kept it, that wouldn't qualify as stealing? And Gollum had the ring for centuries, I think that's long enough to qualify for ownership, regardless of how he originally obtained it.
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Level 86
Jul 23, 2018
I guess the clue could have been, "He acquired by morally questionable means the ring that Gollum was holding onto for Deagol (dead), who holding onto it for Isildur (dead), who was holding onto it for Sauron (disembodied and therefore not big on jewelry)"
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Level 66
Dec 10, 2018
Spoiler: you do realize either way it hasnt really happened?
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Level 45
Jun 16, 2014
The Big Bang should be called 'theory of the beginning of the universe'. As of yet, there is no proof that it actually happened.
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Level 63
Sep 8, 2016
I'd say the Big Bang is as much proven as possible for something so complicated to prove. There are models, signs and hypothesis that explain it. Can't say that about some things that are not called a theory.
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Level 65
Sep 24, 2018
Ooh! There goes the triggered religious nutjob...
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Level 73
Sep 25, 2018
It was a"religious nutjob", as you might say, who first proposed the big bang theory, which triggered more than a few secularist scientists at the time. It's interesting how things come around.
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Level 84
May 20, 2019
Who's more triggered? You or your accused?
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Level 88
Feb 10, 2022
They sounded calm to me, you however sound bitter
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Level 41
Jul 7, 2014
I would suggest that Big Brother would be better characterised as the "Dictator in 1984". He cannot really be considered antagonist in the literary sense of the word (the principal opponent of the hero) because he is not an active participant of the story (and it is highly disputable if he has a physical existence at all). Thus, he is more of a symbol. The real antagonist without doubt, is O'Brien (I actual spent some time wondering if O'Brien had a first name starting with B).
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Level 84
Sep 16, 2014
Yes, I kept trying to think of a character name. Well said.
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Level 86
Jul 23, 2018
I disagree. In 1984, the true "opponent," the thing that the main character struggles against, isn't any one person; it's the system itself. Big Brother, as you point out, probably isn't a person at all; he IS the system, at least symbolically. Therefore I think he's a better fit as the antagonist than O'Brien (who wouldn't be alliterative even if his first name started with B because his last name starts with O).
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Level 70
Aug 27, 2014
I really enjoy these alliteration quizzes.
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Level 76
Aug 5, 2015
I thought Boston bun was the obvious answer, but it seems it's not from Boston!
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2017
Wow, only 23% got the Beach Boys. I must be showing my age!
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Level 66
Dec 10, 2018
I think just like me, people were thinking of pet sounds (or names for them) that started with a b. the question would ve been better if it had the word band in it. It wouldnt give anything away, but people who wouldnt have known would waste time trying answer that have nothing to do with the appatent question
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Level 79
Dec 29, 2017
I could not for the life of me get Bill Bixby out of my head for Hulk. Then, as I read "Won't you come home" I thought to myself, "Won't you be my neighbor?" and I'm like, how in the hell is Mr. Rogers an alliterative B?
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Level 71
Apr 30, 2018
I don't understand. Big Ben is the name of the bell, not a palace.
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Level 59
Jul 18, 2019
You don't understand?

That Big Ben is the name of the bell [and it isn't in a palace it is in a tower that is named the Elizabeth Tower (named so on the Queen's 60th year on the throne)(It was originally St Stephen's Tower) The tower is part of the Houses of Parliament. A small part of what was once a palace was built around, in another corner of the site, when it became the home of Parliament over the years but the whole is not a palace]?

Or why nobody else seems to understand this information?

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Level 75
Dec 30, 2020
I wouldn't say it's part of the Houses of Parliament, it's part of the Palace of Westminster.
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Level 37
May 9, 2018
U. S. generation born 1946-1964" is the "Baby Boomers" generation, (not the Baby Boom) generation. And why is it limited to the US in any event? I thought many countries had a significant increase in births during that time.
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Level 66
Dec 10, 2018
I agree, answer should definitely be boomers. Especially since the generation is asked and not the event/term. And I think indeed it wasnt just a us thing. I remember learning it in biology with a diagram where a crosssection of the populatiin was shown. (Age and male or female. Hmm writing that I wonder how biology books are now. Cause aparently you can be many things inbetween nowadays. Even forms give the option "other" now)
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Level 31
May 15, 2018
It's the Elizabeth Tower not big ben
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Level 61
May 18, 2018
I was watching a random tv recording at 232 am and a character started playing the banjo and singing "bill bailey". but I didn't need the help. aaaaarrrgghhh!
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Level 91
Jun 2, 2018
19/22
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Level 60
Sep 24, 2018
As an aussie I couldn't understand why Boston Bun wouldn't work.
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Level 79
Sep 25, 2018
Same here
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Level 18
Sep 24, 2018
just a quick question, why is Boston famous for Baked Beans ?
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Level 75
Sep 24, 2018
They make theirs with only molasses or maple syrup and salt pork while tomato sauce is also added in other parts of the country. It's a different recipe, just as there is a difference between New England/Boston Clam Chowder and Manhattan Clam Chowder. (When I was in Boston I ordered Boston Clam Chowder, Boston Baked Beans, Boston Brown Bread, and Boston Cream Pie. They were all pretty good.)
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Level 56
Sep 24, 2018
for the pet sounds clue all I could think of was Dee Bradley Baker, the guy who does all the animal sounds for cartoons
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Level 62
Sep 24, 2018
As a parent of a toddler, you need to add Beanie Boos to the question about Ty collectibles. Same company, different toy, equally collectible waste of parents money.
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Level 79
Feb 21, 2021
Yeah i guessed that.
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Level 38
Jan 17, 2019
It took me the longest time to come up with Bruce Banner, because I had Bill Bixby stuck in my head :D
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Level 66
Apr 3, 2019
So it isnt big batman?? ;) you d allmost expect it since all the answers before it start with big.

and i dont think simply bilbo should be accepted. You either know the answer to the question or you dont. Otherwise just bruce for instance should be accepted aswell (which makes equally less sense)

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Level 34
Jun 24, 2019
Bill Bailey for me will always be the comedian XD

Is it really bad that I didn't know Boston was famous for baked beans? The only thing I could think of was 'beef burger'.

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Level 84
Nov 22, 2019
All-time home run leader? But Hank Aaron's initials aren't "B.B." ;-)
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Level 56
Nov 28, 2019
Why would you allow for short answers in a Alliteration Quiz? E.g. Bugs for Bugs Bunny - I'd expect to see some alternate spellings but not getting rid of the alliteration at all
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Level 43
Mar 13, 2020
Boomer should be allowed as a answer alongside baby boom.
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Level 71
Mar 13, 2020
The only tennis player that I could think of that met the requirements for this quiz is Boris Becker, but he isnt a Swede.
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Level 51
Mar 13, 2020
Beanie Boos should also be accepted, too.
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Level 79
Jul 27, 2020
The Palace of Westminster's clock tower is named Elizabeth Tower, or Clock Tower. The bell inside the tower is named the Big Ben.
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Level 79
Jul 27, 2020
I would have got Beach Boys if the clue were Surfin' Safari, Surfin' USA or Surfer Girl.
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Level 76
Jun 24, 2022
Please make us type in both "B" words for all answers, not just some of them.