Statistics for Names in Cliches, Idioms and Phrases

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
A voyeur	Peeping {Tom}	93%
Name used for a female corpse when the real name is unknown	{Jane} Doe	87%
The government of the United States	Uncle {Sam}	86%
A person with a wide variety of skills	{Jack} of all trades	83%
Owing nothing; tied (in a game)	Even {Steven}	78%
Absolutely not!	No way, {Jose}!	78%
Sherlock Holmes catch phrase	Elementary my dear {Watson}	73%
A person's signature	{John} Hancock	73%
A weakness in spite of overall strength	{Achilles'} heel	72%
The average man	Average {Joe}	69%
The belief that anything that can go wrong will go wrong	{Murphy}'s Law	63%
Phrase commonly used in the UK that means "and there it is"	{Bob}'s your uncle	60%
A naysayer or pessimist	{Debie} Downer	60%
An obnoxious know-it-all	Smart {Aleck}	60%
An annoyingly talkative woman	Chatty {Cathy}	51%
A skeptic	Doubting {Thomas}	50%
A genuine item	The real {McCoy}	49%
A gullible, unintelligent person	Simple {Simon}	45%
To pay off a debt with another loan	Rob {Peter} to Pay {Paul}	43%
A person who spreads disease	Typhoid {Mary}	37%
Someone new to a group or philosophy	{Johnny}-come-lately	35%
A hedonist	Goodtime {Charlie}	29%
Not working properly	On the {Fritz}	29%
Diarrhea suffered by travelers, especially visitors to Mexico	{Montezuma}'s Revenge	28%
Biblical reference meaning extremely old	As old as {Methuselah}	24%
Award given to folks who, through stupid actions, accidentally kill or sterilize themselves	{Darwin} Award	24%