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Word Puzzles - People #1

Guess each short clue. Then combine the answers to create the full name of a person.
Combine the answers using sounds, not spelling
Enter the person's first AND last name
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Last updated: August 26, 2015
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First submittedDecember 26, 2014
Times taken14,500
Average score54.2%
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Clue
Answer
Face card
Jack
Metallic element
Nickel
Louis XIV: The ___ King
Sun
(Person)
Jack Nicholson
 
 
Person from the UK
Brit
Patellar region
Knee
Units of asparagus
Spears
(Person)
Britney Spears
 
 
Finer than gravel
Sand
Chromatically boring
Drab
Toro
Bull
Scottish lake
Loch
(Person)
Sandra Bullock
 
 
Steal from
Rob
Ernie's pal
Bert
Rouge
Red
Way to cross a stream
Ford
(Person)
Robert Redford
 
 
To disfigure
Mar
Element Sn
Tin
British bathroom
Loo
Norse god
Thor
Henry VIII, e.g.
King
(Person)
Martin Luther King
 
 
Clue
Answer
What follows Jay
Kay
Ultrasound surprise
Twins
Rent an apartment
Let
(Person)
Kate Winslet
 
 
Capital of Bulgaria
Sofia
Sound made by a cow (not moo)
Low
Certain songbird
Wren
(Person)
Sophia Loren
 
 
Gardening tool
Hoe
4:3 or 10:1, for example
Ratio
Ring a bell slowly for a funeral
Knell
Male offspring
Son
(Person)
Horatio Nelson
 
 
Female sheep
Ewe
Be victorious
Win
Mr. Jagger
Mick
Type of brain matter
Gray
Blood and guts
Gore
(Person)
Ewan McGregor
 
 
Chinese cooking utensil
Wok
Neato!
Keen
___ fi fo fum
Fee
Put the kibosh on
Nix
(Person)
Joaquin Phoenix
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Level 76
Dec 27, 2014
Neato! = keen? Help me out here please!
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Level 77
Dec 29, 2014
Someone who reacts with "Neato!" is very keen on whatever it is.
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Level 38
Mar 30, 2015
"Keen" can mean "cool," also. It was likely chosen as the answer by being a synonym.
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Level 58
Feb 20, 2017
Neat-o and keen are old-fashioned ways of saying "Totally rad, dude!"
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Level 82
May 3, 2022
Farm out, Right arm!
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Level 72
Jan 8, 2015
Fee fi fo fum? Huh?
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Level 76
Dec 1, 2022
It's from the old English folk tale "Jack and the Beanstalk." Jack sneaks into a giant's castle, and when the giant smells Jack he says:

"Fee-fi-fo-fum,

I smell the blood of an Englishman,

Be he alive or be he dead

I'll grind his bones to make my bread."

Versions of it predate the story and can be found in other sources, going back to at least the 1500s.

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Level 44
Mar 29, 2015
Not all people from the UK are Brits, only the ones actually from that island. Also, you should say 'rent out an apartment', landlords let, rentees lease.
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Level 83
Mar 29, 2015
... and not all face cards are Jacks, and not all metallic elements are nickel, etc. etc.
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Level 70
Mar 29, 2015
could have used a little more time.
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Level 75
Mar 29, 2015
Really enjoyed this one. Had to think a lot and still missed 10.
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Level 75
Mar 29, 2015
Somehow I saw the clue as "Ultrasound of surprise" and I was typing things like "Oh," "Wow," etc. So sad.
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Level 55
Mar 29, 2015
If you can only think of "Neato!" as a clue and Nix (US slang) as an answer, maybe just drop that particular name!
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Level 35
Mar 29, 2015
"What follows Jay" I cant have been the only person to say Z right??
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Level 66
Mar 30, 2015
What about Jimmy Fallon?
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Level 55
Mar 29, 2015
Very clever!
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Level 92
Mar 30, 2015
Might consider changing the clue to 'Ultrasound surprises,' as the answer is plural, the clue ought to be.
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Level 84
Jul 21, 2017
Nah. I can see the technician saying, "Uh-oh, I've got a surprise for you!" Knowing you're pregnant, and then being told you have TWINS is a surprise. It's not 2 surprises.
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Level 66
Jul 29, 2019
exactly
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Level 62
Mar 31, 2015
Would be nice if it said, "Pitch" of sound cows make. Cows don't say, "Low, Low" ... they do say, "Moo, moo" ... right?
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Level 66
May 19, 2020
It is not about whether the sound they make is a high-pitched sound or low pitch, that is not the meaning of the word low in this case, not the opposite of high

Like you can say snakes hiss, cows low.

(lowing is cognate with dutch loeien (pronounced something like loo-yun. )

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Level 72
Aug 26, 2018
Very clever quiz, but it needs an example in the instructions. I was about two minutes in before I figured out what it was all about. And, yes, I did read the instructions but they didn't make much semse to me. Add an example to them and hey presto.

It also needs a tad more time. Those of us on Ipads have a lot of scroling up and down to do.

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Level 77
Jan 29, 2019
There seems to be a problem with the final question. I can't see where the "Jo" comes from.
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Level 66
Jul 29, 2019
I think that is how they pronounce it ( in some places) it is like howa-kien but with the ho silent.
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Level 68
Sep 23, 2019
Fun quiz, but most of these are super ambiguous
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Level 50
Dec 23, 2019
This quiz is a bit overreaching.
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Level 46
Jan 12, 2020
Yeah Cows are really known to say "Low"......... very overreaching
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Level 84
Feb 5, 2020
"The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, the little lord Jesus, no crying he makes..."
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Level 66
May 19, 2020
Just because a word is not in your personal vocabulary does not mean it is overreaching.

I am sure there are plenty of terms you haven't heard of, that does not mean they do not exist.

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Level 76
Dec 1, 2022
I mean... yes? @overtired quoted a famous example from the hymn "Away in a Manger."
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Level 92
Sep 3, 2020
I was stuck for a while on how to spell "loo". Kept typing "lue" and "lew".
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Level 69
Feb 28, 2021
I feel like a wok would be better described as a Chinese cooking "vessel" or "pot"
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Level 56
May 25, 2022
I feel like these hints are too open ended. Great potential for a quiz, but the hints to be more specific. Metallic element? Chinese utensil?
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Level 84
Jan 16, 2024
I loved this quiz, really got me thinking.

If you ever make another one i think Tony Hancock would be a good addition ;)