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*A large version of the comic picture can be found [https://xkcd.com/1970/large/ here]. | *A large version of the comic picture can be found [https://xkcd.com/1970/large/ here]. | ||
− | *A numbered version can be found [ | + | *A numbered version can be found [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/73/1970-_Name_Dominoes_-_The_large_image_with_numbers.jpg here]. |
==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{ | + | {{w|Dominoes}} is a family of boardgames played with rectangular "domino" tiles. A domino tile is divided into two squares, each displaying a number. Under most rules, a domino tile is placed on the table adjacent to another tile, and the adjacent ends must match in some way (usually by the number displayed on the touching ends). Randall's "name dominoes" shows a set of domino tiles with people's names instead of numbers, and adjacent tiles are matched by whether the closest name is the same (such as how Chris Evans' family name matches Evan Taylor Jones' given name). A large board is covered in rectangular "dominoes" (271 pieces), with each domino bearing the name of a "well-known" person or character (fictional). The dominoes are arranged as if a game of dominoes were being played, but instead of the game requiring the number of spots of adjacent dominoes to match up, this game requires adjacent ''names'' to match up. Because most people have two or more names, different matches are made at each end of a domino. Fun fact is that two of the people are "named after" the game: {{w|Fats Domino}} and {{w|Domino Harvey}}. |
− | + | The match can be exact (e.g., "Kevin" on one domino adjacent to "Kevin" on another), homonymic (e.g., "Klein" adjacent to "Kline"), nickname-based (e.g., "James" adjacent to "Jimmy", which in turn is adjacent to "Jim"), or gender different versions of a name (e.g., "Olivia" adjacent to "Oliver"). Sometimes last names are matched up with first names (e.g., "{{w|Elizabeth Warren}}" adjacent to "{{w|Warren Beatty}}"), and in some cases only a single name is used (e.g., "{{w|Columbo}}", "{{w|Drake_(musician)|Drake}}", "{{w|Garfield_(character)|Garfield}}", "{{w|Prince_(musician)|Prince}}"). Singular names are represented by a half-size square "domino" (or "{{w|Polyomino|monomino}}"), with a few exceptions: "{{w|Garnet_(Steven_Universe)|Garnet}}" has a full-size tile (a complex reference explained below), and "{{w|Batman}}" and "{{w|Superman}}" have full-size tiles and are placed as though they were two-part names: the first square of "Superman" is matched with "Super", and the second square is matched with the second square of "Batman" (as though both characters had the last name "Man"). Some people have three or more names (e.g., "{{w|Frank Lloyd Wright}}") and have a 3-square domino tile (or "straight {{w|Tromino|tromino}}", 50% longer than normal) which permits matching to a middle name (e.g. "Frank Lloyd Wright" is matched to "{{w|Lloyd Alexander}}" and "{{w|Harold Lloyd}}"). | |
− | The | + | The names come from a wide variety of fields: scientists (e.g., {{w|Isaac Newton}}), historical figures ({{w|George Washington}}), musicians ({{w|Drake (musician)|Drake}}), politicians ({{w|John Kerry}}), actors ({{w|Kevin Costner}}), writers ({{w|Washington Irving}}), fashion designers ({{w|Oscar de la Renta}}), and so on. Most of the names are real people but a few are fictional characters, including some non-human characters like {{w|Garfield_(character)|Garfield}} and {{w|Grover#Super_Grover|Super Grover}}. In one case the nick name for a company is used: {{w|Ma Bell}} aka Bell System. Another "play on names" can be seen on [[1529: Bracket]]. |
− | + | One notable reference beyond just the use of a name is in the bottom left, there is the connection [ {{w|William Safire}} ][ Garnet ][ {{w|Jack Ruby|Ruby, Jack}} ]. The connection seems to be based on the fact that {{w|Sapphire}}, {{w|Garnet}} and {{w|Ruby}} are all {{w|gemstones}}, which does not match the implied rules of the game. This tile is a reference to the character {{w|Garnet_(Steven_Universe)|Garnet}} in the cartoon {{w|Steven Universe}}, who is a "fusion" formed by two Gems: Ruby and Sapphire. Thus, the name "Garnet" is treated as though it was two names "Ruby" and "Sapphire", requiring a two-square tile despite having a one-word name. Randall has previously made references to this universe in [[1608: Hoverboard]]. (See [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/39/1608_1031x1095y_Steven_Universe_family_and_ice_cream_prediction.png this] and [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/f/fa/1608_1077x1109y_Darth_Vaders_talks_about_Steven_Universe_on_the_bridge_Megan_adjust_antenna.png this] image from that comic). Additionally, Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan and Rand Paul have been mentioned before, in the title text of [[1277: Ayn Random]]. That idea may have been the prototype for this. Connecting {{w|Marilyn Manson}} with {{w|Marilyn Monroe}} and {{w|Charles Manson}} is likely a tongue-in-cheek reference, as the musician's stage name was ''literally chosen'' in the same way as this. In at least one case it is not entirely clear who is being referred to: "John Kelly" most likely refers to Gen. {{w|John F. Kelly}}, Donald Trump's chief of staff, but the name is extremely common and could equally refer to {{w|John Kelly|any number of people}}. | |
− | The | + | The title text spells out a rule that a player may only place a tile if they know who that person is. This is a variation of a rule in {{w|Scrabble}}, where a player loses a turn if their chosen word don't survive a dictionary challenge over the validity of the word. This rule implies that players are allowed to create new name dominoes tiles and that it is not a fixed set. In this case the player that is challenged has used the name Frank Johnson of which there are {{w|Frank Johnson|12 exact matches}} on Wikipedia along with six with a middle name and more. (The player was likely trying to place a tile in the upper-left area of the board, in an attempt to connect the "Frank Vincent" and "Lyndon Johnson" dominoes. The move was subsequently made impossible when the "Francis Drake" domino was played.) In a google search as of the day the comic came out the first hit was {{w|Frank Johnson (basketball)|Frank Johnson}} who is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. Randall has made several [[:Category:Basketball|references to basketball]] in his comics. |
− | + | ==Table of names== | |
− | + | The number # refers to the numbers on this [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/7/73/1970-_Name_Dominoes_-_The_large_image_with_numbers.jpg numbered picture]. Read more on this page: [[1970: Name Dominoes/Numbered images]]. | |
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|{{w|Christian Campbell}} | |{{w|Christian Campbell}} | ||
− | | | + | |Canadian American stage and screen actor, writer, and photographer. Most likely refers to the actor, but there are also a Trinidadian-Bahamian poet called {{w|Christian Campbell (poet)|Christian Campbell}}. |
− | | | + | |Neve Campbell <br>Naomi Campbell |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|1 | |1 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Neve Campbell}} | |{{w|Neve Campbell}} | ||
− | | | + | |Canadian actress, known for starring in the movie series {{w|Scream (1996 film)|Scream}}. |
− | | | + | |Christian Campbell <br>Joseph Campbell |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|2 | |2 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Joe McCarthy}} | |{{w|Joe McCarthy}} | ||
− | | | + | |Joseph McCarthy, (also called {{w|Joseph_McCarthy#Legacy|Joe McCarthy}}), served as U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. {{w|McCarthyism}} is named after him. It was the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, especially caused by fear of Communist influence during the beginning of the cold war. McCarthyism has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956. |
− | | | + | |Eugene McCarthy <br>Joseph Smith |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|3 | |3 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Eugene McCarthy}} | |{{w|Eugene McCarthy}} | ||
− | | | + | |Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. (He is not to be confused with the other Senator McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, see #3) |
− | | | + | |Joe McCarthy <br>Gene Vincent |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|4 | |4 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Gene Vincent}} | |{{w|Gene Vincent}} | ||
− | | | + | |American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. |
− | | | + | |Eugene McCarthy <br>Gene Kelly <br>Frank Vincent |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|5 | |5 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Gene Kelly}} | |{{w|Gene Kelly}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor and dancer known primarily for musicals such as 'Singing in the rain' |
− | | | + | |Gene Vincent <br>John Kelly |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|6 | |6 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kate Hudson}} | |{{w|Kate Hudson}} | ||
− | |Golden | + | |Golden Globe-winning American actress. Won for playing Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous in 2000. |
− | | | + | |Rock Hudson <br>Katherine Johnson |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|7 | |7 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Rock Hudson}} | |{{w|Rock Hudson}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor who was viewed as a prominent 'heartthrob' of the Hollywood Golden Age, staring as the lead man in many movies during the 1950s and 60s, among other {{w|Giant (1956 film)|Giant}}, James Deans last film, for which both where nominated for an Oscar in the best actor category. He later became known for his secret homosexual life. Hudson died from AIDS-related complications in 1985, becoming the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness. |
− | | | + | |Katie Hudson <br>The Rock |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|8 | |8 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Gordon Brown}} | |{{w|Gordon Brown}} | ||
− | | | + | |British Prime Minister from 2007-2010. |
− | | | + | |James Brown |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|9 | |9 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Brown}} | |{{w|James Brown}} | ||
− | | | + | |American singer, known as the Godfather of Soul |
− | | | + | |Gordon Brown <br>John Brown <br>James Newton Howard |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|10 | |10 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown}} |
− | | | + | |American abolitionist who led an attack on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. There are several other {{w|John Brown|John Browns}}. |
− | | | + | |James Brown <br>John Howard <br>John Wayne |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|11 | |11 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Howard}} | |{{w|John Howard}} | ||
− | |Australian politician. Served as 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007. | + | |Australian politician. Served as 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007. There are several other {{w|John Howard (disambiguation)|John Howards}} but this Prime Minister is by far the best known among them. |
− | | | + | |John Brown <br>Howard Stern |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|12 | |12 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Columbo}} | |{{w|Columbo}} | ||
|Fictional character. Homicide detective from American TV show "Columbo"; portrayed by actor Peter Falk. | |Fictional character. Homicide detective from American TV show "Columbo"; portrayed by actor Peter Falk. | ||
− | | | + | |Chris Columbus |
− | | | + | |Only-Last (approximate) |
|13 | |13 | ||
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|{{w|Christopher Columbus}} | |{{w|Christopher Columbus}} | ||
|Italian explorer. Credited with "discovering" the Americas in 1492 by leading voyages and establishing continued ties between Europe and the Americas. | |Italian explorer. Credited with "discovering" the Americas in 1492 by leading voyages and establishing continued ties between Europe and the Americas. | ||
− | | | + | |Chris Columbus |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <i>and</i> Last-Last |
|15 | |15 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Naomi Campbell}} | |{{w|Naomi Campbell}} | ||
|British model and actress. | |British model and actress. | ||
− | | | + | |Christian Campbell <br>Joseph Campbell <br>Naomi Klein |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|16 | |16 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Joseph Campbell}} | |{{w|Joseph Campbell}} | ||
|American author. Most known for his book <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i> about the hero type found throughout world mythologies. | |American author. Most known for his book <i>The Hero with a Thousand Faces</i> about the hero type found throughout world mythologies. | ||
− | | | + | |Neve Campbell <br>Naomi Campbell <br>Joseph Smith |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|17 | |17 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Joseph Smith}} | |{{w|Joseph Smith}} | ||
− | |American religious leader; founder of | + | |American religious leader; founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other churches in the Christian Restorationist movement. Translator of <i>The Book of Mormon</i>. |
− | | | + | |Joe McCarthy <br>Joseph Campbell |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>First-First |
|18 | |18 | ||
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|{{w|Frank Vincent}} | |{{w|Frank Vincent}} | ||
|American actor. | |American actor. | ||
− | | | + | |Gene Vincent <br>Francis Drake |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|19 | |19 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|John Kelly}} | + | |{{w|John Kelly|John Kelly(1)}} |
− | | | + | |Many people are named John Kelly, it is unclear which one Randall is referring to. |
− | | | + | |Gene Kelly <br>Katherine Johnson |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last (approximate) |
|20 | |20 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Katherine Johnson}} | |{{w|Katherine Johnson}} | ||
|African-American mathematician at NASA. Calculated trajectories, launch windows, and flight paths for NASA moon missions and the Space Shuttle. | |African-American mathematician at NASA. Calculated trajectories, launch windows, and flight paths for NASA moon missions and the Space Shuttle. | ||
− | | | + | |Kate Hudson <br>John Kelly <br>Lyndon Johnson |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|21 | |21 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|The Rock}} | + | |{{w|Dwayne Johnson|The Rock}} |
− | |Nickname for Dwayne Johnson, a pro wrestler and actor. | + | |Nickname for Dwayne Johnson, a pro wrestler, and actor. |
− | | | + | |Rock Hudson <br>Chris Rock <br>Oscar the Grouch |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-Middle |
|22 | |22 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Chris Rock}} | |{{w|Chris Rock}} | ||
|American comedian. | |American comedian. | ||
− | | | + | |The Rock <br>Chris Isaac |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|23 | |23 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Chris Isaac}} | |{{w|Chris Isaac}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former quarterback in the Canadian Football League. Probable misspelling of {{w|Chris Isaak}}, American musician. |
− | | | + | |Chris Rock <br>Isaac Newton |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|24 | |24 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Newton Howard}} | |{{w|James Newton Howard}} | ||
− | | | + | |American composer, conductor, music producer and musician. |
− | | | + | |James Brown <br>Isaac Newton <br>Wayne Newton <br>Wayne Howard |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Middle-Last <br>Middle-Last <br>Last-Last |
|25 | |25 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Wayne}} | |{{w|John Wayne}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor, known primarily for roles in Westerns |
− | | | + | |John Brown <br>Wayne Newton |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|26 | |26 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Howard Stern}} | |{{w|Howard Stern}} | ||
|Radio talk show host. Known for {{w|The Howard Stern Show}}. | |Radio talk show host. Known for {{w|The Howard Stern Show}}. | ||
− | | | + | |John Howard <br>Howard Hunt |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First |
|27 | |27 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Howard Hunt}} | |{{w|Howard Hunt}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former CIA operative, convicted for Watergate burglary. |
− | | | + | |Howard Stern <br>Helen Hunt |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|28 | |28 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Chris Hughes}} | |{{w|Chris Hughes}} | ||
− | | | + | |American entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg. |
− | | | + | |Chris Columbus <br>Helen Hughes |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|29 | |29 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Naomi Watts}} | |{{w|Naomi Watts}} | ||
− | | | + | | Australian actress, born in Britain |
− | | | + | |Naomi Klein <br>James Watt (steam) |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last (approximate) |
|30 | |30 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Naomi Klein}} | |{{w|Naomi Klein}} | ||
− | | | + | |Best known for the book "No Logo" |
− | | | + | |Naomi Campbell <br>Naomi Watts <br>Kevin Kline |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>Last-Last (approximate) |
|31 | |31 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kevin Kline}} | |{{w|Kevin Kline}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor |
− | | | + | |Naomi Klein <br>Kevin Bacon |
− | | | + | |Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First |
|32 | |32 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Francis Bacon}} | |{{w|Francis Bacon}} | ||
|16th century English philosopher. Commonly credited with the phrase "knowledge is power". | |16th century English philosopher. Commonly credited with the phrase "knowledge is power". | ||
− | | | + | |Francis Drake <br>Kevin Bacon |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|33 | |33 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Francis Drake}} | |{{w|Francis Drake}} | ||
− | | | + | |English privateer |
− | | | + | |Frank Vincent <br>Francis Bacon <br>Frank Drake |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>First-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|34 | |34 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Lyndon Johnson}} | |{{w|Lyndon Johnson}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former American president (1963-1969) |
− | | | + | |Katherine Johnson |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|35 | |35 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Oscar the Grouch}} | |{{w|Oscar the Grouch}} | ||
− | |A muppet from the children's TV show {{w|Sesame Street}}. | + | |A muppet who lives in a trash can from the children's TV show {{w|Sesame Street}}. |
− | | | + | |The Rock <br>Oscar Isaac |
− | | | + | |Middle-First <br> First-First |
|36 | |36 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Oscar Isaac}} | |{{w|Oscar Isaac}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actor. |
− | | | + | |Oscar the Grouch <br>Isaac Hayes <br> Oscar de la Hoya |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First <br>First-First |
|37 | |37 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Isaac Hayes}} | |{{w|Isaac Hayes}} | ||
− | | | + | |American singer-songwriter |
− | | | + | |Oscar Isaac <br> Isaac Newton <br>Sean Hayes |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|38 | |38 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Isaac Newton}} | |{{w|Isaac Newton}} | ||
− | |Well-known | + | |Well-known 17th century physicist who discovered the three laws of motion. |
− | | | + | |Chris Isaac <br>James Newton Howard <br>Isaac Hayes |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Middle <br>First-First |
|39 | |39 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wayne Newton}} | |{{w|Wayne Newton}} | ||
− | | | + | |Musician. |
− | | | + | |James Newton Howard <br>John Wayne <br>Wayne Knight |
− | | | + | |Last-Middle <br>First-Last <br>First-First |
|40 | |40 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wayne Knight}} | |{{w|Wayne Knight}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor best known for playing Newman in the TV show {{w|Seinfeld}}. |
− | | | + | |Wayne Newton <br>Wayne Brady |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|41 | |41 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Helen Hunt}} | |{{w|Helen Hunt}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress |
− | | | + | |Howard Hunt <br>Helen Hughes <br>Helen Thomas |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|42 | |42 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Helen Hughes}} | + | |{{w|Helen Hughes (economist)|Helen Hughes}} |
− | | | + | |Australian economist |
− | | | + | |Chris Hughes <br>Helen Hunt |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|43 | |43 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Watt|James Watt (Steam)}} | |{{w|James Watt|James Watt (Steam)}} | ||
− | | | + | |Scottish inventor who perfected on the earlier Newcomen steam engine with a design that made it practical for widespread use and is credited with helping to usher in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. His name became the SI unit for power. |
− | | | + | |Naomi Watts <br>James Watt (Interior) <br>Stephen James |
− | | | + | |Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First <i>and</i> Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|44 | |44 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James G. Watt|James Watt (Interior)}} | |{{w|James G. Watt|James Watt (Interior)}} | ||
− | | | + | |U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981-1983 |
− | | | + | |James Watt (Steam) |
− | | | + | |First-First <i>and</i> Last-Last |
|45 | |45 | ||
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|{{w|Kevin Costner}} | |{{w|Kevin Costner}} | ||
− | |Academy | + | |Academy Award-winning American actor. |
− | | | + | |Kevin Bacon <br>Kevin Love |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|46 | |46 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kevin Bacon}} | |{{w|Kevin Bacon}} | ||
|American actor. Known for {{w|Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose}}, and for {{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}. | |American actor. Known for {{w|Footloose (1984 film)|Footloose}}, and for {{w|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Kevin Kline <br>Francis Bacon <br>Kevin Costner |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|47 | |47 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kevin Love}} | |{{w|Kevin Love}} | ||
− | | | + | |Relatively famous and accomplished professional basketball player who won an NBA championship with the much more famous and accomplished LeBron James in Cleveland. |
− | | | + | |Kevin Costner <br>Kevin Smith |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|48 | |48 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Lisa Frank}} | |{{w|Lisa Frank}} | ||
− | | | + | |American businesswoman who founded {{w|Lisa Frank Incorporated}}. |
− | | | + | |Frank Drake |
− | | | + | |Last-First |
|49 | |49 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Frank Drake}} | |{{w|Frank Drake}} | ||
− | | | + | |American astronomer and astrophysicist. |
− | | | + | |Francis Drake <br>Lisa Frank <br>Drake |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last <br>Last-Only |
|50 | |50 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Drake}} | + | |{{w|Drake (musician)|Drake}} |
− | |Grammy | + | |Grammy Award-winning Canadian rapper. |
− | | | + | |Frank Drake |
− | | | + | |Only-Last |
|51 | |51 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Oscar de la Renta}} | |{{w|Oscar de la Renta}} | ||
− | | | + | |Fashion designer. |
− | | | + | |Oscar de la Hoya |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|52 | |52 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Oscar de la Hoya}} | |{{w|Oscar de la Hoya}} | ||
− | | | + | |Professional boxer who won multiple titles in different weight classes as well as an Olympic gold medal before his retirement in 2009. |
− | | | + | |Oscar Isaac <br>Oscar de la Renta |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|53 | |53 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes}} | |{{w|Sean Hayes (actor)|Sean Hayes}} | ||
− | | | + | |Sean Hayes is an American actor, singer, comedian, and producer. He is best known for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. |
− | | | + | |Isaac Hayes <br>Wallace Shawn |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last (approximate) |
|54 | |54 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wallace Shawn}} | |{{w|Wallace Shawn}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor. Vizzini in The Princess Bride |
− | | | + | |George Wallace <br>Charles Wallace <br>Sean Hayes |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-Last <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|55 | |55 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wayne Howard}} | |{{w|Wayne Howard}} | ||
− | | | + | |African-American comic book artist. Best known for his work in the 1970s at Charlton Comics. |
− | | | + | |James Newton Howard <br>Wayne Brady |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|56 | |56 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wayne Brady}} | |{{w|Wayne Brady}} | ||
|American comedian, known for {{w|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?}} | |American comedian, known for {{w|Whose Line Is It Anyway? (U.S. TV series)|Whose Line Is It Anyway?}} | ||
− | | | + | |Wayne Howard <br>Wayne Knight <br>James Brady <br>Tom Brady |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|57 | |57 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Brady}} | |{{w|James Brady}} | ||
− | | | + | |White House Press Secretary for US President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) who was shot during an assassination attempt against Reagan in 1981. Subsequent gun control legislation known as the "Brady Bill" was named for him. |
− | | | + | |Wayne Brady <br>James Monroe |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|58 | |58 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tom Brady}} | |{{w|Tom Brady}} | ||
− | |Quarterback for the {{w|New England Patriots}}. Notable for winning | + | |Quarterback for the {{w|New England Patriots}}. Notable for winning 6 Super Bowls for the Patriots, and 1 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 7 Super Bowls, and NFL record. Regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, if not the greatest. |
− | | | + | |James Brady <br>Helen Thomas |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last (approximate) |
|59 | |59 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Helen Thomas}} | |{{w|Helen Thomas}} | ||
− | | | + | |American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership in the White House press corps—from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. |
− | | | + | |Helen Hunt <br>Tom Brady <br>Tom Hanks |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last (approximate) <br> Last-Last (approximate) |
|60 | |60 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tom Hanks}} | |{{w|Tom Hanks}} | ||
|Academy award winning actor. Known for {{w|Forrest Gump}}, {{w|Saving Private Ryan}}, {{w|Cast Away}}, and several other famous films. | |Academy award winning actor. Known for {{w|Forrest Gump}}, {{w|Saving Private Ryan}}, {{w|Cast Away}}, and several other famous films. | ||
− | | | + | |Helen Thomas <br>Hank Aaron <br>Hank Williams |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|61 | |61 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Hank Aaron}} | |{{w|Hank Aaron}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former Major League Baseball player. Hit 755 career home runs, a record at the time. |
− | | | + | |Tom Hanks <br>Aaron Carter |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-First |
|62 | |62 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Aaron Carter}} | |{{w|Aaron Carter}} | ||
|American singer. | |American singer. | ||
− | | | + | |Hank Aaron |
− | | | + | |First-Last |
|63 | |63 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Stephen James}} | + | |{{w|Stephen James (model)|Stephen James}} |
− | | | + | |British model and former footballer |
− | | | + | |James Watt (Steam) <br>Steve Harvey |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|64 | |64 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Will Smith}} | |{{w|Will Smith}} | ||
|American actor. Known for {{w|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}} | |American actor. Known for {{w|The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air}} | ||
− | | | + | |Kevin Smith |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|65 | |65 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kevin Smith}} | |{{w|Kevin Smith}} | ||
− | | | + | |American writer and director of {{w|Clerks}} and other films who often also plays the character Silent Bob in his films. |
− | | | + | |Will Smith <br>Kevin Love <br>Kevin James |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|66 | |66 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kevin James}} | |{{w|Kevin James}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor. Known for {{w|Paul Blart: Mall Cop}} |
− | | | + | |Kevin Smith <br>James Saint James |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|67 | |67 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Garfield (character)|Garfield}} | |{{w|Garfield (character)|Garfield}} | ||
|A fictional cat and the star of the eponymous ''{{w|Garfield}}'' comic by {{w|Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis}}. Previously appeared in [[78: Garfield]]. | |A fictional cat and the star of the eponymous ''{{w|Garfield}}'' comic by {{w|Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis}}. Previously appeared in [[78: Garfield]]. | ||
− | | | + | |James Garfield |
− | | | + | |Only-Last |
|68 | |68 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Garfield}} | |{{w|James Garfield}} | ||
|20th President of the United States. Notably, he was assassinated after only 6 months. | |20th President of the United States. Notably, he was assassinated after only 6 months. | ||
− | | | + | |Garfield <br>Etta James <br>James Saint James |
− | | | + | |Last-Only <br>First-Last <br>First-Last |
|69 | |69 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Warren Buffett}} | |{{w|Warren Buffett}} | ||
|Billionaire and CEO of {{w|Berkshire Hathaway}}. | |Billionaire and CEO of {{w|Berkshire Hathaway}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Jimmy Buffett <br>Warren Beatty |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|70 | |70 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jimmy Buffett}} | |{{w|Jimmy Buffett}} | ||
|American country musician. | |American country musician. | ||
− | | | + | |Etta James <br>Warren Buffett <br>Jim Jones |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|71 | |71 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Warren Beatty}} | |{{w|Warren Beatty}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actor. |
− | | | + | |Warren Buffett <br>Elizabeth Warren |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-Last |
|72 | |72 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Elizabeth Warren}} | |{{w|Elizabeth Warren}} | ||
− | |Massachusetts | + | |Massachusetts Senator since 2013. Known for her work as a consumer rights activist. |
− | | | + | |Warren Beatty <br>Earl Warren <br>Elizabeth Kolbert |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|73 | |73 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Earl Warren}} | |{{w|Earl Warren}} | ||
− | | | + | |Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969. Presided over several landmark cases including ''Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka'' (ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional), ''Reynolds v. Sims'' (electoral districts for state legislature must be equal in population), and ''Miranda v. Arizona'' (suspects detained by police must be informed of their rights as an accused). |
− | | | + | |Elizabeth Warren <br>James Earl Jones |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Middle |
|74 | |74 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Elizabeth Kolbert}} | |{{w|Elizabeth Kolbert}} | ||
− | | | + | |American journalist and author. Best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. |
− | | | + | |Elizabeth Warren <br>Stephen Colbert |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last (approximate) |
|75 | |75 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Stephen Colbert}} | |{{w|Stephen Colbert}} | ||
|American talk show host. Known for {{w|The Colbert Report}} and {{w|The Late Show with Stephen Colbert}} | |American talk show host. Known for {{w|The Colbert Report}} and {{w|The Late Show with Stephen Colbert}} | ||
− | | | + | |Elizabeth Kolbert |
− | | | + | |Last-Last (approximate) |
|76 | |76 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|George Wallace}} | |{{w|George Wallace}} | ||
− | | | + | |American politician, who initially supported, but later renounced racial segregation. |
− | | | + | |Wallace Shawn |
− | | | + | |Last-First |
|77 | |77 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Charles Wallace}} | + | |{{w|Charles William Wallace|Charles Wallace}} |
− | | | + | |American scholar and researcher. Famed for his discoveries in the field of English Renaissance theatre. |
− | | | + | |Wallace Shawn <br>Charles Manson |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-First |
|78 | |78 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Monroe}} | |{{w|James Monroe}} | ||
− | | | + | |Founding father and Fifth president of the USA |
− | | | + | |James Brady <br>Marilyn Monroe |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|79 | |79 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Marilyn Monroe}} | |{{w|Marilyn Monroe}} | ||
− | |American actress and pin up model from the 50s. She was immensely famous during her time, and unexpectedly committed suicide at age 36. | + | |American actress and pin-up model from the 50s. She was immensely famous during her time, and unexpectedly committed suicide at age 36. |
− | | | + | |James Monroe <br>Marilyn Manson |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br> First-First |
|80 | |80 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Hank Williams}} | |{{w|Hank Williams}} | ||
− | | | + | |Country singer |
− | | | + | |Tom Hanks <br>William C. Williams <br>Robin Williams |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|81 | |81 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|William C. Williams}} | |{{w|William C. Williams}} | ||
− | | | + | |American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. |
− | | | + | |Hank Williams <br>Billy D. Williams |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) <i>and</i> Last-Last |
|82 | |82 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Steve Harvey}} | |{{w|Steve Harvey}} | ||
|Host of {{w|Family Feud}}. | |Host of {{w|Family Feud}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Stephen James <br>Domino Harvey |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|83 | |83 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Domino Harvey}} | |{{w|Domino Harvey}} | ||
− | | | + | |British bounty hunter in the United States. Her fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino. |
− | | | + | |Steve Harvey <br>Harvey Milk <br>Fats Domino |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-Last |
|84 | |84 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Harvey Milk}} | |{{w|Harvey Milk}} | ||
|American politician and gay rights activist. | |American politician and gay rights activist. | ||
− | | | + | |Domino Harvey |
− | | | + | |First-Last |
|85 | |85 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|James Saint James}} | + | |{{w|James St. James|James Saint James}} |
− | | | + | |television personality, author, celebutante, frequent collaborator with Mathu Andersen. |
− | | | + | |Kevin James <br>James Garfield <br>Jimmy John |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|86 | |86 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Etta James|Etta James (1)}} | |{{w|Etta James|Etta James (1)}} | ||
− | | Used again in | + | |American Singer. Used again in 268. |
− | | | + | |James Garfield <br>Jimmy Buffett |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|87 | |87 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jim Jones}} | |{{w|Jim Jones}} | ||
− | | | + | |Cult leader behind the 1978 {{w|Jonestown}} mass suicide in Guyana. |
− | | | + | |Jimmy Buffett <br>James Earl Jones <br>Tom Jones |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|88 | |88 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Earl Jones}} | |{{w|James Earl Jones}} | ||
|American actor. Voiced {{w|Darth Vader}} in the original Star Wars. | |American actor. Voiced {{w|Darth Vader}} in the original Star Wars. | ||
− | | | + | |Earl Warren <br>Jim Jones <br>Quincy Jones <br>James Earl Ray |
− | | | + | |Middle-First <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|89 | |89 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Charlie Parker}} | |{{w|Charlie Parker}} | ||
− | | | + | |Jazz musician. |
− | | | + | |Ray Parker Jr. <br>Charles Manson |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|90 | |90 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ray Parker Jr.}} | |{{w|Ray Parker Jr.}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer and songwriter who wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film {{w|Ghostbusters}}. |
− | | | + | |Charlie Parker <br>Man Ray <br>Rachael Ray |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last <br>First-Last |
|91 | |91 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ray Charles}} | |{{w|Ray Charles}} | ||
|American blues musician. Blind from the age of 7. | |American blues musician. Blind from the age of 7. | ||
− | | | + | |Charles Manson <br>Rachael Ray <br>Ray Allen |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-Last <br>First-First |
|92 | |92 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Charles Manson}} | |{{w|Charles Manson}} | ||
− | |Cult leader of the {{w|Manson Family}}. Convicted of 7 murders. | + | |Cult leader of the {{w|Manson Family}}. Convicted of 7 murders; used Beatles songs as bases. |
− | | | + | |Charles Wallace <br>Charlie Parker <br>Ray Charles <br>Marilyn Manson |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First (approximate) <br>First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|93 | |93 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Marilyn Manson}} | |{{w|Marilyn Manson}} | ||
|American musician. Known for esoteric performances. | |American musician. Known for esoteric performances. | ||
− | | | + | |Marilyn Monroe <br>Charles Manson |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|94 | |94 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Robin Williams}} | |{{w|Robin Williams}} | ||
|American stand up comedian. Voiced the Genie in {{w|Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin}}. | |American stand up comedian. Voiced the Genie in {{w|Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Hank Williams <br>Billy D. Williams <br>Robin Wright |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|95 | |95 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Billy D. Williams}} | |{{w|Billy D. Williams}} | ||
|American actor best known for playing {{w|Lando Calrissian}} in ''{{w|The Empire Strikes Back}}'' and ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}''. | |American actor best known for playing {{w|Lando Calrissian}} in ''{{w|The Empire Strikes Back}}'' and ''{{w|Return of the Jedi}}''. | ||
− | | | + | |William C. Williams <br>Robin Williams <br>Will Wright |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <i>and</i> Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|96 | |96 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Will Wright}} | + | |{{w|Will Wright (game designer)|Will Wright}} |
− | | | + | |American video game designer and co-founder of the former game development company Maxis. |
− | | | + | |Billy D. Williams <br>Robin Wright <br>Wilber Wright |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|97 | |97 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Fats Domino}} | |{{w|Fats Domino}} | ||
− | | | + | |Jazz musician. |
− | | | + | |Domino Harvey <br>Fatty Arbuckle |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|98 | |98 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Bill Clinton}} | |{{w|Bill Clinton}} | ||
− | |42nd president of the United States | + | |42nd president of the United States. His wife, {{w|Hillary Clinton}}, ran against [[Donald Trump]] in the 2016 presidential election and was Secretary of State. |
− | | | + | |George Clinton |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|99 | |99 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jimmy John}} | |{{w|Jimmy John}} | ||
− | | | + | |Founder of the sandwich shop chain Jimmy John's. |
− | | | + | |James Saint James <br>John Kerry |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First |
|100 | |100 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tom Jones}} | |{{w|Tom Jones}} | ||
− | | | + | |Can refer to the Welsh Singer or to the fictional character from the book of the same name by Henry Fielding |
− | | | + | |Jim Jones <br>Tommy John <br>Quincy Jones |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) <br> Last-Last |
|101 | |101 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tommy John}} | |{{w|Tommy John}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former baseball pitcher who had a surgical graft done to replace a blown ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974; the procedure is now called Tommy John surgery. |
− | | | + | |Tom Jones <br>John Irving <br>John Quincy Adams |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First <br>Last-First |
|102 | |102 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Quincy Jones}} | |{{w|Quincy Jones}} | ||
− | | | + | |American Jazz musician |
− | | | + | |James Earl Jones <br>Tom Jones <br>John Quincy Adams |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-Middle |
|103 | |103 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Earl Ray}} | |{{w|James Earl Ray}} | ||
− | | | + | |Killer of Martin Luther King Jr. |
− | | | + | |James Earl Jones <br>Man Ray |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|104 | |104 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Man Ray}} | |{{w|Man Ray}} | ||
− | | | + | |Photographer (Dada, Surrealism). Possibly referring to the SpongeBob villain. |
− | | | + | |Ray Parker Jr. <br>James Earl Ray <br>Batman |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|105 | |105 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Rachel Ray}} | |{{w|Rachel Ray}} | ||
|Celebrity chef. | |Celebrity chef. | ||
− | | | + | |Ray Parker Jr. <br>Ray Charles |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First |
|106 | |106 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ray Allen}} | |{{w|Ray Allen}} | ||
− | | | + | |Professional basketball player who retired in 2013. Won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, making him the second teammate of {{w|LeBron James}} to appear on this list. |
− | | | + | |Ray Charles <br>Tim Allen |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|107 | |107 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tim Allen}} | |{{w|Tim Allen}} | ||
− | |American actor. Voiced Buzz Lightyear in {{w|Toy Story}}. | + | |American comedic actor. Created and starred in the long running sitcom "Home Improvement". Voiced Buzz Lightyear in {{w|Toy Story}}. |
− | | | + | |Ray Allen <br>Tim Cook <br>Lily Allen |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First <br> Last-Last |
|108 | |108 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tim Cook}} | |{{w|Tim Cook}} | ||
− | | | + | |Current (as of the time of this comic) Chief Executive Officer of {{w|Apple, Inc.}} |
− | | | + | |Tim Allen <br>Tim Howard |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|109 | |109 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Tim Howard}} | |{{w|Tim Howard}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former goalkeeper for the United States men's national soccer team. Holds the record for most saves made in a World Cup match (15 against Belgium in 2010). |
− | | | + | |Tim Cook <br>Ron Howard |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|110 | |110 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Robin Wright}} | |{{w|Robin Wright}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress, aka Robin Wright-Penn |
− | | | + | |Robin Williams <br>Will Wright |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|111 | |111 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wilbur Wright}} | |{{w|Wilbur Wright}} | ||
− | | | + | |One of the two Wright Brothers (the other was Orville) who made the world's first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. |
− | | | + | |Will Wright |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|112 | |112 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Fatty Arbuckle}} | |{{w|Fatty Arbuckle}} | ||
− | | | + | |Comedian. |
− | | | + | |Fats Domino <br>Fat Joe |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>First-First (approximate) |
|113 | |113 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Fat Joe}} | |{{w|Fat Joe}} | ||
− | | | + | |Real name Joseph Antonio Cartagena, rapper. |
− | | | + | |Fatty Arbuckle <br>Joe Kennedy |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First |
|114 | |114 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|George Clinton}} | |{{w|George Clinton}} | ||
− | | | + | |Could be either the {{w|George Clinton (vice president)|19th Century politician}} who served as Governor of New York and later as Vice President under {{w|Thomas Jefferson}} and {{w|James Madison}}, or the {{w|George Clinton (musician)|musician}} who rose to fame in the 1970's as one of the biggest acts in funk music and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. |
− | | | + | |Bill Clinton <br>George Washington |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|115 | |115 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Kerry}} | |{{w|John Kerry}} | ||
− | |Secretary of State under {{w| | + | |Secretary of State under {{w|Barack Obama}}. Ran against {{w|George W. Bush}} in the 2004 presidential election. |
− | | | + | |Jimmy John <br>Kerry Washington <br>John Irving |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-First |
|116 | |116 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kerry Washington}} | |{{w|Kerry Washington}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actress in the TV show Scandal. |
− | | | + | |John Kerry <br>George Washington <br>Washington Irving |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last <br>Last-First |
|117 | |117 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Irving}} | |{{w|John Irving}} | ||
− | | | + | |Author. |
− | | | + | |Tommy John <br>John Kerry <br>Washington Irving |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|118 | |118 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Quincy Adams}} | |{{w|John Quincy Adams}} | ||
− | | | + | |Sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams. |
− | | | + | |Tommy John <br>Quincy Jones <br>John Adams |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Middle-First <br>Last-Last |
|119 | |119 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Adams}} | |{{w|John Adams}} | ||
− | | | + | |Second president of the United States and father of John Quincy Adams. |
− | | | + | |John Quincy Adams <br>Amy Adams <br>Jack Ma |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|120 | |120 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Amy Adams}} | |{{w|Amy Adams}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress. |
− | | | + | |John Adams <br>Aimee Mann |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|121 | |121 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Aimee Mann}} | |{{w|Aimee Mann}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer and songwriter. |
− | | | + | |Amy Adams <br>Batman |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last (approximate) |
|122 | |122 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Superman}} | |{{w|Superman}} | ||
− | |Superhero owned by DC comics. | + | |Superhero owned by DC comics who can fly and has super strength/invincibility. |
− | | | + | |Batman <br>Super Grover |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|123 | |123 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Batman}} | |{{w|Batman}} | ||
|Superhero owned by DC comics. | |Superhero owned by DC comics. | ||
− | | | + | |Man Ray <br>Aimee Mann <br>Superman |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|124 | |124 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ayn Rand}} | |{{w|Ayn Rand}} | ||
|Russian political author, known for {{w|Atlas Shrugged}}. XKCD frequently makes fun of Rand's philosophy. | |Russian political author, known for {{w|Atlas Shrugged}}. XKCD frequently makes fun of Rand's philosophy. | ||
− | | | + | |Rand Paul |
− | | | + | |Last-First |
|125 | |125 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Lily Allen}} | |{{w|Lily Allen}} | ||
− | | | + | |British singer-songwriter, sometime actress. |
− | | | + | |Tim Allen <br>Paul Allen |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|126 | |126 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Paul Allen}} | |{{w|Paul Allen}} | ||
− | | | + | |Co-founder of {{w|Microsoft}} along with Bill Gates and current owner of several professional sports teams in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers, part of Seattle Sounders FC). |
− | | | + | |Lily Allen <br>Rand Paul |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|127 | |127 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ron Howard}} | |{{w|Ron Howard}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actor and director. Most famously acted in ''{{w|Happy Days}}''; later directed ''{{w|Apollo 13 (film)|Apollo 13}}''. |
− | | | + | |Tim Howard <br>Howard Hughes <br>Ron Paul |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-First |
|128 | |128 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Howard Hughes}} | |{{w|Howard Hughes}} | ||
− | | | + | |American business tycoon |
− | | | + | |Ron Howard <br>John Hughes <br>Langston Hughes |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|129 | |129 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Joe Kennedy}} | + | |{{w|Joseph P. Kennedy Sr.|Joe Kennedy}} |
− | | | + | |US ambassador to the United Kingdom and father of [[John F. Kennedy]]. |
− | | | + | |Fat Joe <br>John F. Kennedy |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|130 | |130 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|George Bush}} | |{{w|George Bush}} | ||
|{{w|George H. W. Bush}} and {{w|George W. Bush}} (father and son, respectively), were both presidents of the United States. | |{{w|George H. W. Bush}} and {{w|George W. Bush}} (father and son, respectively), were both presidents of the United States. | ||
− | | | + | |George Washington |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|131 | |131 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|George | + | |{{w|George Washington}} |
|First president of the United States, and general during the Revolutionary War. | |First president of the United States, and general during the Revolutionary War. | ||
− | | | + | |George Clinton <br>Kerry Washington <br>George Bush |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|132 | |132 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Washington Irving}} |
− | | | + | |Short story author who wrote "{{w|Rip Van Winkle}}" and "{{w|The Legend of Sleepy Hollow}}" |
− | | | + | |Kerry Washington <br>John Irving <br>Martha Washington |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|133 | |133 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Martha | + | |{{w|Martha Washington}} |
|Wife of George Washington. | |Wife of George Washington. | ||
− | | | + | |Washington Irving <br>Martha Stewart |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-First |
|134 | |134 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ma Rainey}} | |{{w|Ma Rainey}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer dubbed "Mother of the Blues" |
− | | | + | |Jack Ma <br>Yo-Yo Ma |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-Last |
|135 | |135 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jack Ma}} | |{{w|Jack Ma}} | ||
− | | | + | |Prominent Chinese business tycoon. Co-founder and executive chairman of the {{w|Alibaba Group}} |
− | | | + | |John Adams <br>Ma Rainey <br>Ma Bell |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First <br>Last-First |
|136 | |136 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Super Grover}} | |{{w|Super Grover}} | ||
− | | | + | |Superhero identity of the character Grover from {{w|Sesame Street}} |
− | | | + | |Superman <br>Grover Cleveland |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|137 | |137 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jack Black}} | |{{w|Jack Black}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer and actor. |
− | | | + | |Jack Ryan |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|138 | |138 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Rand Paul}} | |{{w|Rand Paul}} | ||
− | |Republican senator from Kentucky; member of the {{w|Tea Party movement}}. Ran in the 2016 | + | |Republican senator from Kentucky; member of the {{w|Tea Party movement}}. Ran in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. |
− | | | + | |Ayn Rand <br>Paul Allen <br>Paul Ryan |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-First <br>Last-First |
|139 | |139 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Paul Ryan}} | |{{w|Paul Ryan}} | ||
|Republican representative from Wisconsin. Served as Speaker of the House at the time this comic was published. | |Republican representative from Wisconsin. Served as Speaker of the House at the time this comic was published. | ||
− | | | + | |Rand Paul <br>Debby Ryan |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|140 | |140 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Paul Simon}} | |{{w|Paul Simon}} | ||
− | | | + | |Eponymous member of {{w|Simon & Garfunkel}}. |
− | | | + | |Ron Paul <br>Carly Simon |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|141 | |141 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[Ron Paul]] |
− | |Libertarian politician. Known for running for president in many elections. | + | |Libertarian politician. Known for running for president in many elections and mentioned often in xkcd. |
− | | | + | |Ron Howard <br>Paul Simon |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|142 | |142 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|John Hughes}} | + | |{{w|John Hughes (filmmaker)|John Hughes}} |
− | | | + | |Director famed for a series of 1980s coming of age movies including "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club", and "Pretty in Pink" |
− | | | + | |Howard Hughes <br>Charles Evans Hughes |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|143 | |143 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Langston Hughes}} | |{{w|Langston Hughes}} | ||
− | | | + | |American poet prominent during the {{w|Harlem Renaissance}} |
− | | | + | |Howard Hughes |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|144 | |144 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | |[[John F. Kennedy]] |
− | |35th president of the United States. Known for his public assassination during a parade | + | |35th president of the United States. Known for his public assassination during a parade, now the subject of many conspiracy theories. |
− | | | + | |Joe Kennedy <br>John Williams |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|145 | |145 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Little Richard}} | |{{w|Little Richard}} | ||
− | | | + | |Early rock and roll singer known for his energetic and flamboyant style on songs such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" |
− | | | + | |Rich Little <br>Little John |
− | | | + | |First-Last <i>and</i> Last-First (approximate) <br>First-First |
|146 | |146 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Rich Little}} | |{{w|Rich Little}} | ||
− | | | + | |American comedian known for his impressions of numerous celebrities and public figures |
− | | | + | |Little Richard <br>Stuart Little |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <i>and</i> Last-First <br>Last-Last |
|147 | |147 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Martha Stewart}} | |{{w|Martha Stewart}} | ||
|American TV personality. Convicted of insider trading in 2004. | |American TV personality. Convicted of insider trading in 2004. | ||
− | | | + | |Martha Washington <br>Kristen Stewart |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|148 | |148 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Yo Yo Ma}} | + | |{{w|Yo-Yo Ma}} |
|Chinese cellist. Known for winning 18 Grammys; considered a child prodigy. | |Chinese cellist. Known for winning 18 Grammys; considered a child prodigy. | ||
− | | | + | |Ma Rainey <br>Ma Bell |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First |
|149 | |149 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Ma Bell}} | |{{w|Ma Bell}} | ||
− | | | + | |AKA Bell System, the system of companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984. |
− | | | + | |Jack Ma <br>Yo-Yo Ma |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-Last |
|150 | |150 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Grover Cleveland Alexander}} | |{{w|Grover Cleveland Alexander}} | ||
− | | | + | |Pitcher named after the president; co-holds record for most wins by a pitcher in the National League (374). |
− | | | + | |Grover Cleveland <br>Alexander Graham Bell <br>Lloyd Alexander |
− | | | + | |First-First ''and'' Middle-Last <br>Last-First <br>LAst-Last |
|151 | |151 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Grover Cleveland}} | |{{w|Grover Cleveland}} | ||
− | |22nd and 24th president of the United States. Notably the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms | + | |22nd and 24th president of the United States. Notably the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. |
− | | | + | |Super Grover <br>Grover Cleveland Alexander |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First ''and'' Last-Middle |
|152 | |152 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Jack White}} | |{{w|Jack White}} | ||
|American musician. Part of {{w|The White Stripes}}. | |American musician. Part of {{w|The White Stripes}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Jack Ryan <br>Meg White |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|153 | |153 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Jack Ryan}} | + | |{{w|Jack Ryan (character)|Jack Ryan}} |
− | | | + | |Fictional character in the novels by Tom Clancy. Portrayed in Movies by Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, and Ben Affleck. |
− | | | + | |Jack Black <br>Jack White <br>Debby Ryan <br>Meg Ryan |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|154 | |154 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Debby Ryan}} | |{{w|Debby Ryan}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress and singer. She starred as Bailey Pickett on The Suite Life on Deck |
− | | | + | |Paul Ryan <br>Jack Ryan <br>Debbie Reynolds |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|155 | |155 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Carly Simon}} | |{{w|Carly Simon}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer. {{w|"You're So Vain"}} referenced on xkcd in [[1501: Mysteries]]. |
− | | | + | |Paul Simon <br>Carly Hughes |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|156 | |156 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Carly Hughes}} | |{{w|Carly Hughes}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actress |
− | | | + | |Carly Simon <br>Charles Evans Hughes <br>Carly Fiorina |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|157 | |157 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Charles Evans Hughes}} | |{{w|Charles Evans Hughes}} | ||
− | | | + | |Was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States. |
− | | | + | |John Hughes <br>Carly Hughes |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|158 | |158 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Williams}} | |{{w|John Williams}} | ||
|American composer. Known for many famous movie soundtracks, including Star Wars and Harry Potter. | |American composer. Known for many famous movie soundtracks, including Star Wars and Harry Potter. | ||
− | | | + | |John F. Kennedy <br>Little John <br>William Safire |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-Last <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|159 | |159 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Little John}} | |{{w|Little John}} | ||
− | | | + | |Fictional character in the Robin Hood Legend. Known for great stature and strength. |
− | | | + | |Little Richard <br>John Williams <br>Stuart Little |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First <br>First-Last |
|160 | |160 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Stuart Little}} | |{{w|Stuart Little}} | ||
− | |Fictional character. | + | |Fictional character by E. B. White, a boy with mouse-like appearance and stature. |
− | | | + | |Rich Little <br>Little John <br>Potter Stuart <br>Little Prince |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-Last <br>Last-First |
|161 | |161 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Potter Stewart}} | |{{w|Potter Stewart}} | ||
− | | | + | |Was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1958 to 1981. |
− | | | + | |Stuart Little <br>Kristen Stewart <br>Harry Potter |
− | | | + | |Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|162 | |162 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kristen Stewart}} | |{{w|Kristen Stewart}} | ||
|American actress. Known for {{w|Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight}}. | |American actress. Known for {{w|Twilight (2008 film)|Twilight}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Martha Stewart <br>Potter Stewart <br>Kristen Bell |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|163 | |163 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Kristen Bell}} | |{{w|Kristen Bell}} | ||
|American actress, known for various romantic comedies. | |American actress, known for various romantic comedies. | ||
− | | | + | |Kristen Stewart <br>Bell Hooks |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First |
|164 | |164 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Bell Hooks}} |
− | | | + | |American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. |
− | | | + | |Kristen Bell <br>Alexander Graham Bell <br>James Hook |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-Last <br>Last-Last (approximate) |
|165 | |165 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Alexander Graham Bell}} | |{{w|Alexander Graham Bell}} | ||
|Scottish inventor, credited with inventing the telephone. | |Scottish inventor, credited with inventing the telephone. | ||
− | | | + | |Ma Bell <br>Grover Cleveland Alexander <br>Bell Hooks <br>Franklin Graham |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last <br>Last-First <br>Middle-Last |
|166 | |166 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Franklin Graham}} | |{{w|Franklin Graham}} | ||
− | | | + | | Christian evangelist and missionary. He is currently president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and of Samaritan's Purse. |
− | | | + | |Alexander Graham Bell <br>Aretha Franklin |
− | | | + | |Last-Middle <br>First-Last |
|167 | |167 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Lloyd Alexander}} | |{{w|Lloyd Alexander}} | ||
− | | | + | |American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. |
− | | | + | |Grover Cleveland Alexander <br>Frank Lloyd Wright |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Middle |
|168 | |168 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Meg White}} | |{{w|Meg White}} | ||
− | | | + | |Drummer. The other half of The White Stripes. |
− | | | + | |Jack White <br>Meg Ryan <br>Barry White |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|169 | |169 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Meg | + | |{{w|Meg Ryan}} |
− | | | + | |American actress. Known for 'When Harry met Sally' |
− | | | + | |Jack Ryan <br>Meg White |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|170 | |170 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Debbie Reynolds}} | |{{w|Debbie Reynolds}} | ||
− | | | + | |American singer and actress. |
− | | | + | |Debby Ryan <br>John Reynolds |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|171 | |171 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Reynolds}} | |{{w|John Reynolds}} | ||
− | | | + | |It is unclear which John Reynold Randall is refering to, Like one of the science-oriented ones. |
− | | | + | |Debbie Reynolds <br>John Kelly |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|172 | |172 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Carly Fiorina}} | |{{w|Carly Fiorina}} | ||
− | | | + | |Former CEO of {{w|Hewlett-Packard}}. Ran for president in the 2016 Republican primaries. |
− | | | + | |Carly Hughes |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|173 | |173 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Grace Lee Boggs}} | |{{w|Grace Lee Boggs}} | ||
− | | | + | |American author, social activist, philosopher and feminist. |
− | | | + | |Wade Boggs <br>Grace Lee <br>Nancy Grace |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First ''and'' Middle-Last <br>First-Last |
|174 | |174 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Wade Boggs}} | |{{w|Wade Boggs}} | ||
|American baseball player. Played with the {{w|Boston Red Sox}}. | |American baseball player. Played with the {{w|Boston Red Sox}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Grace Lee Boggs |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|175 | |175 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|William Safire}} | |{{w|William Safire}} | ||
− | | | + | |Writer and publicist. |
− | | | + | |John Williams <br>Prince William <br>Garnet |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approxiamte) <br>First-Last <br>Last-Only (as a Sapphire gem stone and fused together with Ruby to form Garnet.) |
|176 | |176 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Prince William}} | |{{w|Prince William}} | ||
|Member of the British Royal Family. Second in line for succession to the throne. | |Member of the British Royal Family. Second in line for succession to the throne. | ||
− | | | + | |William Safire <br>Little Prince <br>Prince |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-Last <br>First-Only |
|177 | |177 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Little Prince}} | |{{w|Little Prince}} | ||
− | |One of the main characters of ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'', a novella by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}}. The Little Prince has previously appeared in [[618: Asteroid]], as well as [http://what-if.xkcd.com/68 article 68] of ''[[what if?]]''. | + | |One of the main characters of ''{{w|The Little Prince}}'', a novella by {{w|Antoine de Saint-Exupéry}}. The Little Prince has previously appeared in [[618: Asteroid]], as well as [http://what-if.xkcd.com/68 article 68] of ''[[what if? (blog)|what if?]]''. |
− | | | + | |Stuart Little <br>Prince William <br>Prince Harry |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|178 | |178 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Harry Potter}} | + | |{{w|Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter}} |
− | | | + | |Fictional main character in the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling |
− | | | + | |Potter Stewart <br>James Potter <br>Prince Harry |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|179 | |179 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|James Potter}} | + | |{{w|James Potter (character)|James Potter}} |
− | | | + | |Fictional character, father of Harry Potter. |
− | | | + | |Harry Potter <br>James Dean |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|180 | |180 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|James Hook}} | + | |{{w|Captain Hook|James Hook}} |
− | | | + | |Fictional character from 'Peter Pan' |
− | | | + | |Bell Hooks <br>James Dean |
− | | | + | |Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First |
|181 | |181 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|James Dean}} | |{{w|James Dean}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor and teen icon. Starred in the films "Rebel Without a Cause", "East of Eden" and "Giant" before his sudden death in a car accident |
− | | | + | |James Potter <br>James Hook <br>John Dean |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|182 | |182 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Aretha Franklin}} | |{{w|Aretha Franklin}} | ||
− | | | + | |Soul singer, first woman to be inducted into the hall of fame and performer of Respect. |
− | | | + | |Franklin Graham <br>Frank Lloyd Wright <br>Benjamin Franklin |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|183 | |183 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Frank Lloyd Wright}} | |{{w|Frank Lloyd Wright}} | ||
− | |American architect, known for his unconventional buildings. | + | |American architect, known for his unconventional buildings such as Fallingwater and the Guggenheim. |
− | | | + | |Lloyd Alexander <br>Aretha Franklin <br>Harold Lloyd |
− | | | + | |Middle-First <br>First-Last (approximate) <br>Middle-Last |
|184 | |184 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Barry White}} | |{{w|Barry White}} | ||
− | | | + | |American soul singer known for his deep, rich voice on songs such as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" |
− | | | + | |Meg White <br>Walter White |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|185 | |185 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Walter White}} | + | |{{w|Walter White (Breaking Bad)|Walter White}} |
|Main character from the TV show {{w|Breaking Bad}}. | |Main character from the TV show {{w|Breaking Bad}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Barry White <br>Betty White |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|186 | |186 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Walt Whitman}} | |{{w|Walt Whitman}} | ||
|American poet. {{w|Walt Whitman Bridge|A bridge in Philadelphia}} was named after him. | |American poet. {{w|Walt Whitman Bridge|A bridge in Philadelphia}} was named after him. | ||
− | | | + | |Walter White <br>Meg Whitman |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|187 | |187 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|John Kelly}} | + | |{{w|John Kelly|John Kelly(2)}} |
− | | | + | |Likely a different John Kelly than appears at tile 20 |
− | | | + | |John Reynolds <br>Megyn Kelly |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|188 | |188 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Grace Lee}} | |{{w|Grace Lee}} | ||
− | | | + | |Korean television host and radio disc jockey |
− | | | + | |Grace Lee Boggs <br>Grace Kelly |
− | | | + | |First-First ''and'' Last-Middle <br>First-First |
|189 | |189 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|Nancy Grace}} | |{{w|Nancy Grace}} | ||
− | | | + | |American legal commentator and television journalist.She was the host of Nancy Grace. |
− | | | + | |Grace Lee Boggs |
− | | | + | |Last-First |
|190 | |190 | ||
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|A {{w|garnet}} is a gem stone and the two names around here are {{w|William Safire}} (almost {{w|Sapphire}}) and {{w|Jack Ruby}} as in {{w|Ruby}}. But it is not just used because they are all {{w|gemstones}}. It is instead a reference to the character {{w|Garnet_(Steven_Universe)|Garnet}} in the cartoon {{w|Steven Universe}}. She is a "fusion" formed by two gems: Ruby and Sapphire, hence the legal connection in the Name Dominoes... Randall has previously made references to this universe in [[1608: Hoverboard]]. (See [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/39/1608_1031x1095y_Steven_Universe_family_and_ice_cream_prediction.png this] and [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/f/fa/1608_1077x1109y_Darth_Vaders_talks_about_Steven_Universe_on_the_bridge_Megan_adjust_antenna.png this] image from that comic). | |A {{w|garnet}} is a gem stone and the two names around here are {{w|William Safire}} (almost {{w|Sapphire}}) and {{w|Jack Ruby}} as in {{w|Ruby}}. But it is not just used because they are all {{w|gemstones}}. It is instead a reference to the character {{w|Garnet_(Steven_Universe)|Garnet}} in the cartoon {{w|Steven Universe}}. She is a "fusion" formed by two gems: Ruby and Sapphire, hence the legal connection in the Name Dominoes... Randall has previously made references to this universe in [[1608: Hoverboard]]. (See [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/3/39/1608_1031x1095y_Steven_Universe_family_and_ice_cream_prediction.png this] and [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/images/f/fa/1608_1077x1109y_Darth_Vaders_talks_about_Steven_Universe_on_the_bridge_Megan_adjust_antenna.png this] image from that comic). | ||
|{{w|William Safire}} <br> {{w|Jack Ruby}} | |{{w|William Safire}} <br> {{w|Jack Ruby}} | ||
− | |Last-Only (as a Sapphire gem stone) <br>Last-Only (as a Ruby gem stone) <br> Both used to fuse together to Garnet. | + | |Last-Only (as a Sapphire gem stone) <br>Last-Only (as a Ruby gem stone) <br> Both used to fuse together to form Garnet. |
|191 | |191 | ||
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|{{w|Prince (musician)|Prince}} | |{{w|Prince (musician)|Prince}} | ||
|American musician, part of the Rock and Roll hall of fame. He died two years prior to the release of this comic. | |American musician, part of the Rock and Roll hall of fame. He died two years prior to the release of this comic. | ||
− | | | + | |Prince William <br>Prince Harry |
− | | | + | |Only-First <br>Only-First |
|192 | |192 | ||
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− | |{{w|Prince | + | |{{w|Prince Fielder}} |
− | | | + | |Professional baseball player who retired in 2016 after playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. |
− | | | + | |Prince Harry <br>Harry Fielder |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
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|{{w|Prince Harry}} | |{{w|Prince Harry}} | ||
− | |Member of the British royal family. | + | |Member of the British royal family. Currently sixth in line for succession to the throne. |
− | | | + | |Little Prince <br>Harry Potter <br>Prince <br>Prince Fielder |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-Only <br>First-First |
|194 | |194 | ||
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|{{w|Harry Styles}} | |{{w|Harry Styles}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer from One Direction. |
− | | | + | |Harry Truman <br>Harry Jon Benjamin |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|195 | |195 | ||
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|{{w|John Dean}} | |{{w|John Dean}} | ||
− | | | + | |former attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. |
− | | | + | |James Dean <br>Harry Jon Benjamin |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Middle (approximate) |
|196 | |196 | ||
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|{{w|Benjamin Franklin}} | |{{w|Benjamin Franklin}} | ||
− | |One of the founding fathers of the United States. Credited with discovering electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. | + | |One of the founding fathers of the United States. Credited with "discovering" electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. |
− | | | + | |Aretha Franklin <br>Benjamin Harrison |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|197 | |197 | ||
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Harold Lloyd}} |
− | | | + | |American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer who is best known for his silent comedy films. |
− | | | + | |Frank Lloyd Wright <br>Harold Ford |
− | | | + | |Last-Middle <br>First-First |
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Harold Ford}} |
− | | | + | |American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. congressmen. |
− | | | + | |Harold Lloyd <br>Henry Ford |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
|199 | |199 | ||
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|{{w|Betty White}} | |{{w|Betty White}} | ||
− | |American comedian. Known | + | |American comedian. Known for {{w|The Golden Girls}}. |
− | | | + | |Walter White <br>Betty Friedan |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|200 | |200 | ||
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|{{w|Meg Whitman}} | |{{w|Meg Whitman}} | ||
− | | | + | |American business executive, former CEO of eBay and Hewlett Packard, unsuccessful candidate for California governor in 2010 |
− | | | + | |Walt Whitman <br>Christine Todd Whitman <br>Megyn Kelly |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|201 | |201 | ||
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|{{w|Christine Todd Whitman}} | |{{w|Christine Todd Whitman}} | ||
− | | | + | |Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, then served as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency under {{w|George W. Bush}} from 2001 to 2003. |
− | | | + | |Meg Whitman <br>Chris Christie <br>Chris Cooper |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last (approximate) <br>First-First (approximate) |
|202 | |202 | ||
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|{{w|Megyn Kelly}} | |{{w|Megyn Kelly}} | ||
|American TV news anchor. Worked for Fox news until 2017, then switched to NBC. | |American TV news anchor. Worked for Fox news until 2017, then switched to NBC. | ||
− | | | + | |John Kelly <br>Meg Whitman <br>Grace Kelly |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|203 | |203 | ||
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|{{w|Grace Kelly}} | |{{w|Grace Kelly}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress and Princess of Monaco |
− | | | + | |Grace Lee <br>Megyn Kelly <br>Grace Jones |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
|204 | |204 | ||
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|{{w|Grace Jones}} | |{{w|Grace Jones}} | ||
− | | | + | |Singer and actress. |
− | | | + | |Grace Kelly <br>Maggie Grace |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-Last |
|205 | |205 | ||
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|{{w|Jack Nicholson}} | |{{w|Jack Nicholson}} | ||
− | | | + | |Actor who has appeared in many films from ''{{w|The Shining (film)}}'' (as Jack Torrance) to ''{{w|Batman (1989 film)}}'' (as the Joker) to ''{{w|A Few Good Men}}'' (as Colonel Jessup). |
− | | | + | |Jack Ruby |
− | | | + | |First-First |
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|{{w|Jack Ruby}} | |{{w|Jack Ruby}} | ||
|Jack Ruby is known for shooting and killing {{w|Lee Harvey Oswald}} on national television. Oswald was the prime suspect in the {{w|assassination of John F. Kennedy}}. Ruby's involvement is the subject of many conspiracy theories. | |Jack Ruby is known for shooting and killing {{w|Lee Harvey Oswald}} on national television. Oswald was the prime suspect in the {{w|assassination of John F. Kennedy}}. Ruby's involvement is the subject of many conspiracy theories. | ||
− | | | + | |Garnet <br>Jack Nicholson <br>Jack Russell |
− | | | + | |Only-Last (as a Ruby gem stone and fused together with Safire to form Garnet.) <br>First-First <br>First-First |
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− | |{{w|Jack | + | |{{w|Jack Russell (musician)|Jack Russell}} |
− | | | + | |American rock vocalist. Founding member of the American hard rock band Great White. |
− | | | + | |Jack Ruby <br>Russell Crowe <br>Russ Smith |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-First <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|208 | |208 | ||
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|{{w|Harry Fielder}} | |{{w|Harry Fielder}} | ||
− | | | + | |English actor and supporting artist who has worked extensively in British films and television since the 1960s. |
− | | | + | |Prince Fielder <br>Harry Truman |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|209 | |209 | ||
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|{{w|Harry Truman}} | |{{w|Harry Truman}} | ||
|33rd president of the United States. Known for authorizing the use of atomic weapons against Japan at the end of World War 2. | |33rd president of the United States. Known for authorizing the use of atomic weapons against Japan at the end of World War 2. | ||
− | | | + | |Harry Styles <br>Harry Fielder |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|210 | |210 | ||
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|{{w|Harry Jon Benjamin}} | |{{w|Harry Jon Benjamin}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for voicing characters, such as Sterling Archer in Archer and Carl in Family Guy. |
− | | | + | |Harry Styles <br>John Dean <br>John Edward <br>Benjamin Harrison |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Middle-First (approximate) <br>Middle-First (approximate) <br>First-Last (approximate) |
|211 | |211 | ||
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|{{w|John Edward}} | |{{w|John Edward}} | ||
− | | | + | |American television personality, author and purported psychic medium. |
− | | | + | |Harry Jon Benjamin <br>John Bel Edwards |
− | | | + | |First-Middle (approximate) <br>First-First |
|212 | |212 | ||
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|{{w|Benjamin Harrison}} | |{{w|Benjamin Harrison}} | ||
− | | | + | |23rd president of the United States |
− | | | + | |Benjamin Franklin <br>Harry Jon Benjamin <br>Harrison Ford |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-Last ''and'' Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-First |
|213 | |213 | ||
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|{{w|Harrison Ford}} | |{{w|Harrison Ford}} | ||
− | |American actor. Known for playing Han Solo in {{w|Star Wars}} | + | |American actor. Known for playing Han Solo in the ''{{w|Star Wars}}'' films and the titular character in the ''{{w|Indiana Jones}}'' films. |
− | | | + | |Benjamin Harrison <br>Henry Ford |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|214 | |214 | ||
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|{{w|Henry Ford}} | |{{w|Henry Ford}} | ||
|Founder of the {{w|Ford Motor Company}}. Credited with inventing the assembly line. | |Founder of the {{w|Ford Motor Company}}. Credited with inventing the assembly line. | ||
− | | | + | |Harold Ford <br>Harrison Ford <br>Betty Ford <br>John Henry |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-Last |
|215 | |215 | ||
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|{{w|Betty Ford}} | |{{w|Betty Ford}} | ||
|Wife of Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States. | |Wife of Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States. | ||
− | | | + | |Henry Ford <br>Betty Friedan |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First |
|216 | |216 | ||
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|{{w|Betty Friedan}} | |{{w|Betty Friedan}} | ||
− | | | + | |American feminist writer and activist. Her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism. |
− | | | + | |Betty White <br>Betty Ford |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|217 | |217 | ||
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|{{w|Chris Christie}} | |{{w|Chris Christie}} | ||
− | | | + | |Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Ran for president in the Republican primaries in 2016. |
− | | | + | |Christine Todd Whitman <br>Chris Cooper <br>Chris Hemsworth |
− | | | + | |Last-First (approximate) <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|218 | |218 | ||
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|{{w|Chris Pratt}} | |{{w|Chris Pratt}} | ||
|American actor. Known for {{w|Parks and Recreation}} | |American actor. Known for {{w|Parks and Recreation}} | ||
− | | | + | |Chris Hemsworth <br>Topher Grace |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|219 | |219 | ||
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|{{w|Maggie Grace}} | |{{w|Maggie Grace}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress and model. Known for playing Shannon Rutherford on Lost and Kim Mills in the Taken trilogy. |
− | | | + | |Grace Jones <br>Grace Hopper |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First |
|220 | |220 | ||
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|{{w|Grace Hopper}} | |{{w|Grace Hopper}} | ||
|American computer scientist. Helped develop the {{w|COBOL}} programming language. | |American computer scientist. Helped develop the {{w|COBOL}} programming language. | ||
− | | | + | |Maggie Grace <br>Topher Grace |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-Last |
|221 | |221 | ||
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Russell Crowe}} |
− | | | + | |Australian actor. |
− | | | + | |Jack Russell <br>Sheryl Crow <br>Cameron Crowe |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|222 | |222 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Russ Smith}} | + | |{{w|Russ Smith (basketball)|Russ Smith}} |
− | | | + | |American professional basketball player for Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Associatio. |
− | | | + | |Jack Russell <br>John Smith |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-Last |
|223 | |223 | ||
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|{{w|John Smith}} | |{{w|John Smith}} | ||
|John Smith is the most common name in the United States. {{w|John Smith|See Wikipedia}} for a list of people this may refer to. | |John Smith is the most common name in the United States. {{w|John Smith|See Wikipedia}} for a list of people this may refer to. | ||
− | | | + | |Russ Smith <br>Long John Silver |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Middle |
|224 | |224 | ||
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|{{w|Justin Long}} | |{{w|Justin Long}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor, comedian and humorist known for roles in such films as Alvin and the Chipmunks and Live Free or Die Hard. |
− | | | + | |Huey Long |
− | | | + | |Last-Last |
|225 | |225 | ||
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|{{w|John Bel Edwards}} | |{{w|John Bel Edwards}} | ||
− | | | + | |American politician and lawyer serving as the 56th Governor of Louisiana since 2016. |
− | | | + | |John Edward <br>John Candy <br>John Edwards |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>First-First |
|226 | |226 | ||
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|{{w|John Candy}} | |{{w|John Candy}} | ||
|Canadian comedian and actor. Known for {{w|Spaceballs}}. | |Canadian comedian and actor. Known for {{w|Spaceballs}}. | ||
− | | | + | |John Bel Edwards <br>John Henry <br>Candy Crowley |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First <br>Last-First |
|227 | |227 | ||
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− | |{{w|John Henry}} | + | |{{w|John Henry (folklore)|John Henry}} |
− | | | + | |American folk hero |
− | | | + | |Henry Ford <br>John Candy <br>Henry James |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>First-First <br>Last-First |
|228 | |228 | ||
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|{{w|Henry James}} | |{{w|Henry James}} | ||
− | | | + | |American author known for works including "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Portrait of a Lady" |
− | | | + | |John Henry <br>Bill James |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|229 | |229 | ||
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|{{w|Bill James}} | |{{w|Bill James}} | ||
− | | | + | |American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. |
− | | | + | |Henry James <br>James Fenimore Cooper |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First |
|230 | |230 | ||
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Chris Cooper}} |
− | | | + | |American film actor. Portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in Lonesome Dove and supervillain Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). |
− | | | + | |Christine Todd Whitman <br>Chris Christie <br>James Fenimore Cooper |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>First-First <br>Last-Last |
|231 | |231 | ||
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Chris Hemsworth}} |
− | | | + | |Actor. |
− | | | + | |Chris Christie <br>Chris Pratt |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|232 | |232 | ||
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− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Chris Evans (actor)|Chris Evans}} |
− | | | + | |American actor. Best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. |
− | | | + | |Topher Grace <br>Evan Taylor Jones |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First (approximate) |
|233 | |233 | ||
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|{{w|Topher Grace}} | |{{w|Topher Grace}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor. Best known for playing Eric Forman in That '70s Show and Eddie Brock / Venom in Spider-Man 3. |
− | | | + | |Chris Pratt <br>Grace Hopper <br>Chris Evans |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-First <br>First-First (approximate) |
|234 | |234 | ||
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|{{w|Van Morrison}} | |{{w|Van Morrison}} | ||
− | | | + | |Irish singer best known for the song "Brown Eyed Girl" |
− | | | + | |Van Jones |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|235 | |235 | ||
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|{{w|Sheryl Crow}} | |{{w|Sheryl Crow}} | ||
− | | | + | |American singer and session musician |
− | | | + | |Russell Crowe <br>Sheryl Sandberg |
− | | | + | |Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First |
|236 | |236 | ||
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|{{w|Sheryl Sandberg}} | |{{w|Sheryl Sandberg}} | ||
− | | | + | |American technology executive, activist, author, and billionaire. Chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook. |
− | | | + | |Sheryl Crow |
− | | | + | |First-First |
|237 | |237 | ||
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− | |{{w|Cameron | + | |{{w|Cameron Crowe}} |
− | | | + | |American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor. Was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. |
− | | | + | |Russell Crowe <br>James Cameron <br>Cam Newton |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|238 | |238 | ||
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|{{w|Long John Silver}} | |{{w|Long John Silver}} | ||
|Fictional antagonist from {{w|Treasure Island}}. | |Fictional antagonist from {{w|Treasure Island}}. | ||
− | | | + | |John Smith <br>Olivia Newton John <br>Huey Long |
− | | | + | |Middle-First <br>Middle-Last <br>first-Last |
|239 | |239 | ||
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|{{w|Olivia Newton John}} | |{{w|Olivia Newton John}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actress. Known for ''Grease'' |
− | | | + | |Long John Silver <br>Cam Newton <br>Huey Newton <br>John Oliver |
− | | | + | |Last-Middle <br>Middle-Last <br>Middle-Last <br>First-Last (approximate) ''and'' Last-First |
|240 | |240 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w|Huey | + | |{{w|Huey Long}} |
− | | | + | |Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, and US Senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. Known for his "Share Our Wealth" proposal to address the hard economic conditions of the Great Depression. |
− | | | + | |Justin Long <br>Long John Silver <br>Huey Newton |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>Last-First <br>First-First |
|241 | |241 | ||
|- | |- | ||
|{{w|John Edwards}} | |{{w|John Edwards}} | ||
− | | | + | |American politician. Democratic candidate for presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008. |
− | | | + | |John Bel Edwards <br>John Lewis |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>First-First |
|242 | |242 | ||
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|{{w|Candy Crowley}} | |{{w|Candy Crowley}} | ||
− | | | + | |American news anchor. Was employed as CNN's chief political correspondent. |
− | | | + | |John Candy <br>Aleister Crowley |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last |
|243 | |243 | ||
|- | |- | ||
− | |{{w| | + | |{{w|Alesteir Crowley}} |
− | | | + | |English occultist and author |
− | | | + | |Candy Crowley <br>Alistiar Cooke |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
|244 | |244 | ||
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|{{w|James Fenimore Cooper}} | |{{w|James Fenimore Cooper}} | ||
− | | | + | |Author of ''{{w|The Last of the Mohicans}}''. |
− | | | + | |Bill James <br>Chris Cooper <br>James Cook |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>Last-Last <br>First-First |
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|{{w|Robert Frost}} | |{{w|Robert Frost}} | ||
− | | | + | |19th century American poet, named Poet Laureate of Vermont in 1922 by the Vermont State League of Women's Clubs, and in 1961 by the Vermont State legislature |
− | | | + | |Cokie Roberts <br>John Roberts |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>First-Last (approximate) |
|247 | |247 | ||
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− | |{{w|Bob Evans}} | + | |{{w|Robert Evans|Bob Evans}} |
− | | | + | |American film producer and former studio executive, best known for The Godfather. |
− | | | + | |Evan Taylor Jones <br>Robert E.Lee |
− | | | + | |Last-First (approximate) <br>Last-Middle (approximate) |
|248 | |248 | ||
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− | |{{w|Evan | + | |{{w|Evan Taylor Jones}} |
− | | | + | |Musical artist |
− | | | + | |Chris Evans <br>Bob Evans <br>Van Jones <br>Tommy Lee Jones |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) <br>First-Last (approximate) <br>Last-Last <br>Last-Last |
|249 | |249 | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |{{w|Van Jones}} | ||
+ | |American news commentator, author, and non-practicing attorney. | ||
+ | |Van Morrison <br>Evan Taylor Jones | ||
+ | |First-First <br>Last-Last | ||
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|{{w|James Cameron}} | |{{w|James Cameron}} | ||
|American director. Known for {{w|Terminator}} and {{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}. | |American director. Known for {{w|Terminator}} and {{w|Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Cameron Crowe <br>Cameron Diaz <br>Etta James |
− | | | + | |Last-First <br>Last-First <br>First-Last |
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|{{w|Cam Newton}} | |{{w|Cam Newton}} | ||
− | | | + | |Quarterback for the {{w|Carolina Panthers}}. |
− | | | + | |Cameron Crowe <br>Olivia Newton John <br>Cameron Diaz |
− | | | + | |First-First (approximate) <br>Last-Middle <br>First-First (approximate) |
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|{{w|Cameron Diaz}} | |{{w|Cameron Diaz}} | ||
|American actress. Voiced Fiona in {{w|Shrek}}. | |American actress. Voiced Fiona in {{w|Shrek}}. | ||
− | | | + | |James Cameron <br>Cam Newton |
− | | | + | |First-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
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|{{w|Huey Newton}} | |{{w|Huey Newton}} | ||
− | | | + | |Co-founder of the Black Panthers. |
− | | | + | |Olivia Newton John <br>Huey Long |
− | | | + | |Last-Middle <br>First-First |
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|{{w|Huey Lewis}} | |{{w|Huey Lewis}} | ||
− | | | + | |Lead singer for the band Huey Lewis and the News. |
− | | | + | |Huey Newton <br>John Lewis |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
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|{{w|John Lewis}} | |{{w|John Lewis}} | ||
− | | | + | |American politician and civil rights leader. U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving in his 17th term (since 1987). |
− | | | + | |John Edwards <br>Huey Lewis <br>Jenny Lewis |
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|{{w|Jenny Lewis}} | |{{w|Jenny Lewis}} | ||
− | | | + | |American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. |
− | | | + | |John Lewis <br>Ryan Lewis |
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|{{w|Ryan Lewis}} | |{{w|Ryan Lewis}} | ||
− | | | + | |American DJ, musician, videographer, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and songwriter. |
− | | | + | |Jenny Lewis <br>Ryan Reynolds |
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|{{w|Burt Reynolds}} | |{{w|Burt Reynolds}} | ||
|American actor. Known for a wide variety of western and/or action films. | |American actor. Known for a wide variety of western and/or action films. | ||
− | | | + | |Ryan Reynolds <br> Alastair Reynolds |
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|{{w|Alistair Cooke}} | |{{w|Alistair Cooke}} | ||
|Name misspelled Alistiar Cooke in the comic. | |Name misspelled Alistiar Cooke in the comic. | ||
− | | | + | |Alestier Crowley <br>James Cook |
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|{{w|Monsterpiece_Theater#Alistair_Cookie|Alistair Cookie}} | |{{w|Monsterpiece_Theater#Alistair_Cookie|Alistair Cookie}} | ||
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|James Cook <br>Alastair Reynolds | |James Cook <br>Alastair Reynolds | ||
|Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First (approximate) | |Last-Last (approximate) <br>First-First (approximate) | ||
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|{{w|Cokie Roberts}} | |{{w|Cokie Roberts}} | ||
− | | | + | |National Public Radio (NPR) political correspondent known for her recurring segment "Ask Cokie" in which she answers listener submitted questions. |
− | | | + | |James Cook <br>Robert Frost |
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|{{w|John Roberts}} | |{{w|John Roberts}} | ||
− | | | + | |Current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court at the time of the comic's publication. |
− | | | + | |Robert Frost <br>Robert Johnson |
− | | | + | |Last-First (approximate) <br>First-Last (approximate) ''and'' Last-First (approximate) |
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|{{w|Robert Johnson}} | |{{w|Robert Johnson}} | ||
− | | | + | |Delta blues guitar legend. |
− | | | + | |John Roberts <br>Robert E.Lee |
− | | | + | |First-Last (approximate) ''and'' Last-First (approximate) <br>First-First |
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|{{w|Robert E. Lee}} | |{{w|Robert E. Lee}} | ||
|Confederate general during the {{w|American Civil War}}. | |Confederate general during the {{w|American Civil War}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Bob Evans <br> Robert Johnson <br> Tommy Lee |
− | | | + | |Middle-Last (approximate) <br> First-First <br> Last-Last |
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|{{w|Tommy Lee}} | |{{w|Tommy Lee}} | ||
− | | | + | |Drummer for the rock band Mötley Crüe |
− | | | + | |Robert E. Lee <br> Tommy Lee Jones |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br> First-First ''and'' Middle-Middle |
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|{{w|Tommy Lee Jones}} | |{{w|Tommy Lee Jones}} | ||
− | | | + | |American actor known for 'The Fugitive' |
− | | | + | |Evan Taylor Jones <br>Tommy Lee |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First ''and'' Middle-Middle |
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|{{w|Etta James|Etta James (2)}} | |{{w|Etta James|Etta James (2)}} | ||
− | |Used first time in | + | |Used first time in 87 |
− | | | + | |James Cameron |
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|{{w|John Oliver}} | |{{w|John Oliver}} | ||
|American talk show host. Known for {{w|Last Week Tonight}}. | |American talk show host. Known for {{w|Last Week Tonight}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Olivia Newton John |
− | | | + | |First-Last ''and'' Last-First (approximate) |
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|{{w|Ryan Reynolds}} | |{{w|Ryan Reynolds}} | ||
|Canadian actor. Known for several romantic comedies, and {{w|Deadpool (film)|Deadpool}}. | |Canadian actor. Known for several romantic comedies, and {{w|Deadpool (film)|Deadpool}}. | ||
− | | | + | |Ryan Lewis <br>Burt Reynolds |
− | | | + | |First-First <br>Last-Last |
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|{{w|Alastair Reynolds}} | |{{w|Alastair Reynolds}} | ||
− | | | + | |SF writer. |
− | | | + | |Burt Reynolds <br>Alistair Cookie |
− | | | + | |Last-Last <br>First-First (approximate) |
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|} | |} | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[This comic a large grid with | + | :[This comic a large grid, 27 units wide and 35 units high, with 271 black "domino" tiles. On each tile there is a name written with white text. The grid is arranged so that each touching side corresponds with the first or last name of another person. Some of the domino tiles are rotated 90, 180 or 270 degrees so the text is either to be read down, up-side down or up. The names on the tiles are listed here below in approximate reading order starting at top left.] |
− | :Christian Campbell | + | :Christian Campbell, Neve Campbell, Joe McCarthy, Eugene McCarthy, Gene Vincent, Gene Kelly, Kate Hudson, Rock Hudson, Gordon Brown, James Brown, Jon Brown, John Howard, Columbo, Chris Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Naomi Campbell, Joseph Campbell, Joseph Smith, Frank Vincent, John Kelly, Katherine Johnson, The Rock, Chris Rock, Chris Isaac, James Newton Howard, John Wayne, Howard Stern, Howard Hunt, Chris Hughes, Naomi Watts, Naomi Klein, Kevin Kline, Francis Bacon, Francis Drake, Lyndon Johnson, Oscar the Grouch, Oscar Isaac, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Newton, Wayne Newton, Wayne Knight, Helen Hunt, Helen Hughes, James Watt (Steam), James Watt (Interior), Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Love, Lisa Frank, Frank Drake, Drake, Oscar de la Renta, Oscar de la Hoya, Sean Hayes, Wallace Shawn, Wayne Howard, Wayne Brady, James Brady, Tom Brady, Helen Thomas, Tom Hanks, Hank Aaron, Aaron Carter, Stephen James, Will Smith, Kevin Smith, Kein James, Garfield, James Garfield, Warren Buffett, Jimmy Buffett, Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Warren, Earl Warren, Eliabeth Kolbert, Stephen Colbert, George Wallace, Charles Wallace, James Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Hank Williams, William C. Williams, Steve Harvey, Domino Harvey, Harvey Milk, James Saint James, Etta James, Jim Jones, James Earl Jones, Charlie Parker, Ray Parker Jr., Ray Charles, Charles Manson, Marilyn Manson, Robin Williams, Billy D. Williams, Will Wright, Fats Domino, Bill Clinton, Jimmy John, Tom Jones, Tommy John, Quincy Jones, James Earl Ray, Man Ray, Rachel Ray, Ray Allen, Tim Allen, Tim Cook, Tim Howard, Robin Wright, Wilbur Wright, Fatty Arbuckle, Fat Joe, George Clinton, John Kerry, Kerry Washington, John Irving, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Amy Adams, Aimee Mann, Superman, Batman, Ayn Rand, Lily Allen, Paul Allen, Ron Howard, Howard Hughes, Joe Kennedy, George Bush, George Washington, Washington Irving, Martha Washington, Ma Rainey, Jack Ma, Super Grover, Jack Black, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Paul Simon, Ron Paul, John Hughes, Langston Hughes, John F. Kennedy, Little Richard, Rich Little, Martha Stewart, Yo Yo Ma, Ma Bell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Grover Cleveland, Jack White, Jack Ryan, Debby Ryan, Carly Simon, Carly Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes, John Williams, Little John, Stuart Little, Potter Stewart, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Bell, Kristen Hooks, Alexander Graham Bell, Franklin Graham, Lloyd Alexander, Meg White, Meg Ryan, Debbie Reynolds, John Reynolds, Carly Fiorina, Grace Lee Boggs, Wade Boggs, William Safire, Prince William, Little Prince, Harry Potter, James Potter, James Hook, James Dean, Aretha Franklin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barry White, Walter White, Walt Whitman, John Kelly, Grace Lee, Nancy Grace, Garnet, Prince, Prince Fielder, Prince Harry, Harry Styles, John Dean, Benjamin Franklin, Harrold Lloyd, Harrold Ford, Betty White, Meg Whitman, Christine Todd Whitman, Megyn Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Jones, Jack Nicholson, Jack Ruby, Jack Russel, Harry Fielder, Harry Trueman, Harry Jon Benjamin, John Edward, Benjamin Harrison, Harrison Ford, Henry Ford, Betty Ford, Betty Friedan, Chris Christie, Chris Pratt, Maggie Grace, Grace Hopper, Russel Crowe, Russ Smith, John Smith, Justin Long, John Bel Edwards, John Candy, John Henry, Henry James, Bill James, Chirs Cooper, Chirs Hemsworth, Chirs Evans, Topher Grace, Van Morrison, Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Sandberg, Cameron Crow, Long John Silver, Olivia Newton John, Huey long, John Edwards, Candy Crowley, Alestier Crowley, James Fenimore Cooper, James Cook, Robert Frost, Bob Evans, Evan Tayler Jones, Van Jones, James Cameron, Cam Newton, Cameron Diaz, Huey Newton, Huey Lewis, John Lewis, Jenny Lewis, Ryan Lewis, Burt Reynolds, Alistiar Cooke, Alistair Cookie, Cokie Roberts, John Roberts, Robert Johnson, Robert E. Lee, Tommy Lee, Tommy Lee Jones, Etta James, John Oliver, Ryan Reynolds, Alastair Reynolds |
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Latest revision as of 02:06, 30 October 2024
Name Dominoes |
Title text: In competition, you can only play a name if you know who the person is. No fair saying "Frank ... Johnson. That sounds like a real person! Let me just Google him real quick." |
Explanation[edit]
Dominoes is a family of boardgames played with rectangular "domino" tiles. A domino tile is divided into two squares, each displaying a number. Under most rules, a domino tile is placed on the table adjacent to another tile, and the adjacent ends must match in some way (usually by the number displayed on the touching ends). Randall's "name dominoes" shows a set of domino tiles with people's names instead of numbers, and adjacent tiles are matched by whether the closest name is the same (such as how Chris Evans' family name matches Evan Taylor Jones' given name). A large board is covered in rectangular "dominoes" (271 pieces), with each domino bearing the name of a "well-known" person or character (fictional). The dominoes are arranged as if a game of dominoes were being played, but instead of the game requiring the number of spots of adjacent dominoes to match up, this game requires adjacent names to match up. Because most people have two or more names, different matches are made at each end of a domino. Fun fact is that two of the people are "named after" the game: Fats Domino and Domino Harvey.
The match can be exact (e.g., "Kevin" on one domino adjacent to "Kevin" on another), homonymic (e.g., "Klein" adjacent to "Kline"), nickname-based (e.g., "James" adjacent to "Jimmy", which in turn is adjacent to "Jim"), or gender different versions of a name (e.g., "Olivia" adjacent to "Oliver"). Sometimes last names are matched up with first names (e.g., "Elizabeth Warren" adjacent to "Warren Beatty"), and in some cases only a single name is used (e.g., "Columbo", "Drake", "Garfield", "Prince"). Singular names are represented by a half-size square "domino" (or "monomino"), with a few exceptions: "Garnet" has a full-size tile (a complex reference explained below), and "Batman" and "Superman" have full-size tiles and are placed as though they were two-part names: the first square of "Superman" is matched with "Super", and the second square is matched with the second square of "Batman" (as though both characters had the last name "Man"). Some people have three or more names (e.g., "Frank Lloyd Wright") and have a 3-square domino tile (or "straight tromino", 50% longer than normal) which permits matching to a middle name (e.g. "Frank Lloyd Wright" is matched to "Lloyd Alexander" and "Harold Lloyd").
The names come from a wide variety of fields: scientists (e.g., Isaac Newton), historical figures (George Washington), musicians (Drake), politicians (John Kerry), actors (Kevin Costner), writers (Washington Irving), fashion designers (Oscar de la Renta), and so on. Most of the names are real people but a few are fictional characters, including some non-human characters like Garfield and Super Grover. In one case the nick name for a company is used: Ma Bell aka Bell System. Another "play on names" can be seen on 1529: Bracket.
One notable reference beyond just the use of a name is in the bottom left, there is the connection [ William Safire ][ Garnet ][ Ruby, Jack ]. The connection seems to be based on the fact that Sapphire, Garnet and Ruby are all gemstones, which does not match the implied rules of the game. This tile is a reference to the character Garnet in the cartoon Steven Universe, who is a "fusion" formed by two Gems: Ruby and Sapphire. Thus, the name "Garnet" is treated as though it was two names "Ruby" and "Sapphire", requiring a two-square tile despite having a one-word name. Randall has previously made references to this universe in 1608: Hoverboard. (See this and this image from that comic). Additionally, Ayn Rand, Paul Ryan and Rand Paul have been mentioned before, in the title text of 1277: Ayn Random. That idea may have been the prototype for this. Connecting Marilyn Manson with Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson is likely a tongue-in-cheek reference, as the musician's stage name was literally chosen in the same way as this. In at least one case it is not entirely clear who is being referred to: "John Kelly" most likely refers to Gen. John F. Kelly, Donald Trump's chief of staff, but the name is extremely common and could equally refer to any number of people.
The title text spells out a rule that a player may only place a tile if they know who that person is. This is a variation of a rule in Scrabble, where a player loses a turn if their chosen word don't survive a dictionary challenge over the validity of the word. This rule implies that players are allowed to create new name dominoes tiles and that it is not a fixed set. In this case the player that is challenged has used the name Frank Johnson of which there are 12 exact matches on Wikipedia along with six with a middle name and more. (The player was likely trying to place a tile in the upper-left area of the board, in an attempt to connect the "Frank Vincent" and "Lyndon Johnson" dominoes. The move was subsequently made impossible when the "Francis Drake" domino was played.) In a google search as of the day the comic came out the first hit was Frank Johnson who is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. Randall has made several references to basketball in his comics.
Table of names[edit]
The number # refers to the numbers on this numbered picture. Read more on this page: 1970: Name Dominoes/Numbered images.
Wiki links have been tested but may not go to the right place.
Domino | Notability and notes | Connections | Mode | # |
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Christian Campbell | Canadian American stage and screen actor, writer, and photographer. Most likely refers to the actor, but there are also a Trinidadian-Bahamian poet called Christian Campbell. | Neve Campbell Naomi Campbell |
Last-Last Last-Last |
1 |
Neve Campbell | Canadian actress, known for starring in the movie series Scream. | Christian Campbell Joseph Campbell |
Last-Last Last-Last |
2 |
Joe McCarthy | Joseph McCarthy, (also called Joe McCarthy), served as U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. McCarthyism is named after him. It was the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence, especially caused by fear of Communist influence during the beginning of the cold war. McCarthyism has its origins in the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from 1947 to 1956. | Eugene McCarthy Joseph Smith |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
3 |
Eugene McCarthy | Eugene Joseph McCarthy was an American politician, poet, and a long-time Congressman from Minnesota. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. (He is not to be confused with the other Senator McCarthy, Joseph McCarthy, see #3) | Joe McCarthy Gene Vincent |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
4 |
Gene Vincent | American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula", is considered a significant early example of rockabilly. | Eugene McCarthy Gene Kelly Frank Vincent |
First-First (approximate) First-First Last-Last |
5 |
Gene Kelly | American actor and dancer known primarily for musicals such as 'Singing in the rain' | Gene Vincent John Kelly |
First-First Last-Last |
6 |
Kate Hudson | Golden Globe-winning American actress. Won for playing Penny Lane in Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous in 2000. | Rock Hudson Katherine Johnson |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
7 |
Rock Hudson | American actor who was viewed as a prominent 'heartthrob' of the Hollywood Golden Age, staring as the lead man in many movies during the 1950s and 60s, among other Giant, James Deans last film, for which both where nominated for an Oscar in the best actor category. He later became known for his secret homosexual life. Hudson died from AIDS-related complications in 1985, becoming the first major celebrity to die from an AIDS-related illness. | Katie Hudson The Rock |
Last-Last First-Last |
8 |
Gordon Brown | British Prime Minister from 2007-2010. | James Brown | Last-Last | 9 |
James Brown | American singer, known as the Godfather of Soul | Gordon Brown John Brown James Newton Howard |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
10 |
John Brown | American abolitionist who led an attack on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. There are several other John Browns. | James Brown John Howard John Wayne |
Last-Last First-First First-First |
11 |
John Howard | Australian politician. Served as 25th Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007. There are several other John Howards but this Prime Minister is by far the best known among them. | John Brown Howard Stern |
First-First Last-First |
12 |
Columbo | Fictional character. Homicide detective from American TV show "Columbo"; portrayed by actor Peter Falk. | Chris Columbus | Only-Last (approximate) | 13 |
Chris Columbus | Film director and screenwriter. | Columbo Christopher Columbus Chris Hughes |
Last-Only (approximate) First-First (approximate) and Last-Last First-First |
14 |
Christopher Columbus | Italian explorer. Credited with "discovering" the Americas in 1492 by leading voyages and establishing continued ties between Europe and the Americas. | Chris Columbus | First-First (approximate) and Last-Last | 15 |
Naomi Campbell | British model and actress. | Christian Campbell Joseph Campbell Naomi Klein |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
16 |
Joseph Campbell | American author. Most known for his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces about the hero type found throughout world mythologies. | Neve Campbell Naomi Campbell Joseph Smith |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
17 |
Joseph Smith | American religious leader; founder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and other churches in the Christian Restorationist movement. Translator of The Book of Mormon. | Joe McCarthy Joseph Campbell |
First-First (approximate) First-First |
18 |
Frank Vincent | American actor. | Gene Vincent Francis Drake |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
19 |
John Kelly(1) | Many people are named John Kelly, it is unclear which one Randall is referring to. | Gene Kelly Katherine Johnson |
Last-Last First-Last (approximate) |
20 |
Katherine Johnson | African-American mathematician at NASA. Calculated trajectories, launch windows, and flight paths for NASA moon missions and the Space Shuttle. | Kate Hudson John Kelly Lyndon Johnson |
First-First (approximate) Last-First (approximate) Last-Last |
21 |
The Rock | Nickname for Dwayne Johnson, a pro wrestler, and actor. | Rock Hudson Chris Rock Oscar the Grouch |
Last-First Last-Last First-Middle |
22 |
Chris Rock | American comedian. | The Rock Chris Isaac |
Last-Last First-First |
23 |
Chris Isaac | Former quarterback in the Canadian Football League. Probable misspelling of Chris Isaak, American musician. | Chris Rock Isaac Newton |
First-First Last-First |
24 |
James Newton Howard | American composer, conductor, music producer and musician. | James Brown Isaac Newton Wayne Newton Wayne Howard |
First-First Middle-Last Middle-Last Last-Last |
25 |
John Wayne | American actor, known primarily for roles in Westerns | John Brown Wayne Newton |
First-First Last-First |
26 |
Howard Stern | Radio talk show host. Known for The Howard Stern Show. | John Howard Howard Hunt |
First-Last First-First |
27 |
Howard Hunt | Former CIA operative, convicted for Watergate burglary. | Howard Stern Helen Hunt |
First-First Last-Last |
28 |
Chris Hughes | American entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook with Mark Zuckerberg. | Chris Columbus Helen Hughes |
First-First Last-Last |
29 |
Naomi Watts | Australian actress, born in Britain | Naomi Klein James Watt (steam) |
First-First Last-Last (approximate) |
30 |
Naomi Klein | Best known for the book "No Logo" | Naomi Campbell Naomi Watts Kevin Kline |
First-First First-First Last-Last (approximate) |
31 |
Kevin Kline | American actor | Naomi Klein Kevin Bacon |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First |
32 |
Francis Bacon | 16th century English philosopher. Commonly credited with the phrase "knowledge is power". | Francis Drake Kevin Bacon |
First-First Last-Last |
33 |
Francis Drake | English privateer | Frank Vincent Francis Bacon Frank Drake |
First-First (approximate) First-First First-First (approximate) |
34 |
Lyndon Johnson | Former American president (1963-1969) | Katherine Johnson | Last-Last | 35 |
Oscar the Grouch | A muppet who lives in a trash can from the children's TV show Sesame Street. | The Rock Oscar Isaac |
Middle-First First-First |
36 |
Oscar Isaac | Actor. | Oscar the Grouch Isaac Hayes Oscar de la Hoya |
First-First Last-First First-First |
37 |
Isaac Hayes | American singer-songwriter | Oscar Isaac Isaac Newton Sean Hayes |
First-Last First-First Last-Last |
38 |
Isaac Newton | Well-known 17th century physicist who discovered the three laws of motion. | Chris Isaac James Newton Howard Isaac Hayes |
First-Last Last-Middle First-First |
39 |
Wayne Newton | Musician. | James Newton Howard John Wayne Wayne Knight |
Last-Middle First-Last First-First |
40 |
Wayne Knight | American actor best known for playing Newman in the TV show Seinfeld. | Wayne Newton Wayne Brady |
First-First First-First |
41 |
Helen Hunt | American actress | Howard Hunt Helen Hughes Helen Thomas |
Last-Last First-First First-First |
42 |
Helen Hughes | Australian economist | Chris Hughes Helen Hunt |
Last-Last First-First |
43 |
James Watt (Steam) | Scottish inventor who perfected on the earlier Newcomen steam engine with a design that made it practical for widespread use and is credited with helping to usher in the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain. His name became the SI unit for power. | Naomi Watts James Watt (Interior) Stephen James |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First and Last-Last First-Last |
44 |
James Watt (Interior) | U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981-1983 | James Watt (Steam) | First-First and Last-Last | 45 |
Kevin Costner | Academy Award-winning American actor. | Kevin Bacon Kevin Love |
First-First First-First |
46 |
Kevin Bacon | American actor. Known for Footloose, and for Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. | Kevin Kline Francis Bacon Kevin Costner |
First-First Last-Last First-First |
47 |
Kevin Love | Relatively famous and accomplished professional basketball player who won an NBA championship with the much more famous and accomplished LeBron James in Cleveland. | Kevin Costner Kevin Smith |
First-First First-First |
48 |
Lisa Frank | American businesswoman who founded Lisa Frank Incorporated. | Frank Drake | Last-First | 49 |
Frank Drake | American astronomer and astrophysicist. | Francis Drake Lisa Frank Drake |
Last-Last First-Last Last-Only |
50 |
Drake | Grammy Award-winning Canadian rapper. | Frank Drake | Only-Last | 51 |
Oscar de la Renta | Fashion designer. | Oscar de la Hoya | First-First | 52 |
Oscar de la Hoya | Professional boxer who won multiple titles in different weight classes as well as an Olympic gold medal before his retirement in 2009. | Oscar Isaac Oscar de la Renta |
First-First First-First |
53 |
Sean Hayes | Sean Hayes is an American actor, singer, comedian, and producer. He is best known for his role as Jack McFarland on the NBC sitcom Will & Grace. | Isaac Hayes Wallace Shawn |
Last-Last First-Last (approximate) |
54 |
Wallace Shawn | American actor. Vizzini in The Princess Bride | George Wallace Charles Wallace Sean Hayes |
First-Last First-Last Last-First (approximate) |
55 |
Wayne Howard | African-American comic book artist. Best known for his work in the 1970s at Charlton Comics. | James Newton Howard Wayne Brady |
Last-Last First-First |
56 |
Wayne Brady | American comedian, known for Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Wayne Howard Wayne Knight James Brady Tom Brady |
First-First First-First Last-Last Last-Last |
57 |
James Brady | White House Press Secretary for US President Ronald Reagan (1981-1989) who was shot during an assassination attempt against Reagan in 1981. Subsequent gun control legislation known as the "Brady Bill" was named for him. | Wayne Brady James Monroe |
Last-Last First-First |
58 |
Tom Brady | Quarterback for the New England Patriots. Notable for winning 6 Super Bowls for the Patriots, and 1 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. 7 Super Bowls, and NFL record. Regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, if not the greatest. | James Brady Helen Thomas |
Last-Last First-Last (approximate) |
59 |
Helen Thomas | American reporter and author best known for her longtime membership in the White House press corps—from the start of the Kennedy administration to the second year of the Obama administration. | Helen Hunt Tom Brady Tom Hanks |
First-First Last-Last (approximate) Last-Last (approximate) |
60 |
Tom Hanks | Academy award winning actor. Known for Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, and several other famous films. | Helen Thomas Hank Aaron Hank Williams |
First-Last (approximate) Last-First (approximate) Last-First (approximate) |
61 |
Hank Aaron | Former Major League Baseball player. Hit 755 career home runs, a record at the time. | Tom Hanks Aaron Carter |
First-Last (approximate) Last-First |
62 |
Aaron Carter | American singer. | Hank Aaron | First-Last | 63 |
Stephen James | British model and former footballer | James Watt (Steam) Steve Harvey |
Last-First First-First (approximate) |
64 |
Will Smith | American actor. Known for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Kevin Smith | Last-Last | 65 |
Kevin Smith | American writer and director of Clerks and other films who often also plays the character Silent Bob in his films. | Will Smith Kevin Love Kevin James |
Last-Last First-First First-First |
66 |
Kevin James | American actor. Known for Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Kevin Smith James Saint James |
First-First Last-Last |
67 |
Garfield | A fictional cat and the star of the eponymous Garfield comic by Jim Davis. Previously appeared in 78: Garfield. | James Garfield | Only-Last | 68 |
James Garfield | 20th President of the United States. Notably, he was assassinated after only 6 months. | Garfield Etta James James Saint James |
Last-Only First-Last First-Last |
69 |
Warren Buffett | Billionaire and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. | Jimmy Buffett Warren Beatty |
Last-Last First-First |
70 |
Jimmy Buffett | American country musician. | Etta James Warren Buffett Jim Jones |
First-Last (approximate) Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
71 |
Warren Beatty | Actor. | Warren Buffett Elizabeth Warren |
First-First First-Last |
72 |
Elizabeth Warren | Massachusetts Senator since 2013. Known for her work as a consumer rights activist. | Warren Beatty Earl Warren Elizabeth Kolbert |
Last-First Last-Last First-First |
73 |
Earl Warren | Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1953 to 1969. Presided over several landmark cases including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional), Reynolds v. Sims (electoral districts for state legislature must be equal in population), and Miranda v. Arizona (suspects detained by police must be informed of their rights as an accused). | Elizabeth Warren James Earl Jones |
Last-Last First-Middle |
74 |
Elizabeth Kolbert | American journalist and author. Best known for her Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History. | Elizabeth Warren Stephen Colbert |
First-First Last-Last (approximate) |
75 |
Stephen Colbert | American talk show host. Known for The Colbert Report and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Elizabeth Kolbert | Last-Last (approximate) | 76 |
George Wallace | American politician, who initially supported, but later renounced racial segregation. | Wallace Shawn | Last-First | 77 |
Charles Wallace | American scholar and researcher. Famed for his discoveries in the field of English Renaissance theatre. | Wallace Shawn Charles Manson |
Last-First First-First |
78 |
James Monroe | Founding father and Fifth president of the USA | James Brady Marilyn Monroe |
First-First Last-Last |
79 |
Marilyn Monroe | American actress and pin-up model from the 50s. She was immensely famous during her time, and unexpectedly committed suicide at age 36. | James Monroe Marilyn Manson |
Last-Last First-First |
80 |
Hank Williams | Country singer | Tom Hanks William C. Williams Robin Williams |
First-Last (approximate) Last-Last Last-Last |
81 |
William C. Williams | American poet closely associated with modernism and imagism. | Hank Williams Billy D. Williams |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) and Last-Last |
82 |
Steve Harvey | Host of Family Feud. | Stephen James Domino Harvey |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last |
83 |
Domino Harvey | British bounty hunter in the United States. Her fame was increased posthumously by the 2005 release of the film Domino. | Steve Harvey Harvey Milk Fats Domino |
Last-Last Last-First First-Last |
84 |
Harvey Milk | American politician and gay rights activist. | Domino Harvey | First-Last | 85 |
James Saint James | television personality, author, celebutante, frequent collaborator with Mathu Andersen. | Kevin James James Garfield Jimmy John |
Last-Last Last-First First-First (approximate) |
86 |
Etta James (1) | American Singer. Used again in 268. | James Garfield Jimmy Buffett |
Last-First Last-First (approximate) |
87 |
Jim Jones | Cult leader behind the 1978 Jonestown mass suicide in Guyana. | Jimmy Buffett James Earl Jones Tom Jones |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last Last-Last |
88 |
James Earl Jones | American actor. Voiced Darth Vader in the original Star Wars. | Earl Warren Jim Jones Quincy Jones James Earl Ray |
Middle-First Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
89 |
Charlie Parker | Jazz musician. | Ray Parker Jr. Charles Manson |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
90 |
Ray Parker Jr. | Singer and songwriter who wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film Ghostbusters. | Charlie Parker Man Ray Rachael Ray |
Last-Last First-Last First-Last |
91 |
Ray Charles | American blues musician. Blind from the age of 7. | Charles Manson Rachael Ray Ray Allen |
Last-First First-Last First-First |
92 |
Charles Manson | Cult leader of the Manson Family. Convicted of 7 murders; used Beatles songs as bases. | Charles Wallace Charlie Parker Ray Charles Marilyn Manson |
First-First First-First (approximate) First-Last Last-Last |
93 |
Marilyn Manson | American musician. Known for esoteric performances. | Marilyn Monroe Charles Manson |
First-First Last-Last |
94 |
Robin Williams | American stand up comedian. Voiced the Genie in Aladdin. | Hank Williams Billy D. Williams Robin Wright |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
95 |
Billy D. Williams | American actor best known for playing Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. | William C. Williams Robin Williams Will Wright |
First-First (approximate) and Last-Last Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
96 |
Will Wright | American video game designer and co-founder of the former game development company Maxis. | Billy D. Williams Robin Wright Wilber Wright |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last Last-Last |
97 |
Fats Domino | Jazz musician. | Domino Harvey Fatty Arbuckle |
Last-First First-First (approximate) |
98 |
Bill Clinton | 42nd president of the United States. His wife, Hillary Clinton, ran against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election and was Secretary of State. | George Clinton | Last-Last | 99 |
Jimmy John | Founder of the sandwich shop chain Jimmy John's. | James Saint James John Kerry |
First-First (approximate) Last-First |
100 |
Tom Jones | Can refer to the Welsh Singer or to the fictional character from the book of the same name by Henry Fielding | Jim Jones Tommy John Quincy Jones |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) Last-Last |
101 |
Tommy John | Former baseball pitcher who had a surgical graft done to replace a blown ligament in his pitching elbow in 1974; the procedure is now called Tommy John surgery. | Tom Jones John Irving John Quincy Adams |
First-First (approximate) Last-First Last-First |
102 |
Quincy Jones | American Jazz musician | James Earl Jones Tom Jones John Quincy Adams |
Last-Last Last-Last First-Middle |
103 |
James Earl Ray | Killer of Martin Luther King Jr. | James Earl Jones Man Ray |
First-First Last-Last |
104 |
Man Ray | Photographer (Dada, Surrealism). Possibly referring to the SpongeBob villain. | Ray Parker Jr. James Earl Ray Batman |
Last-First Last-Last First-Last |
105 |
Rachel Ray | Celebrity chef. | Ray Parker Jr. Ray Charles |
Last-First Last-First |
106 |
Ray Allen | Professional basketball player who retired in 2013. Won two NBA championships with the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat, making him the second teammate of LeBron James to appear on this list. | Ray Charles Tim Allen |
First-First Last-Last |
107 |
Tim Allen | American comedic actor. Created and starred in the long running sitcom "Home Improvement". Voiced Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story. | Ray Allen Tim Cook Lily Allen |
Last-Last First-First Last-Last |
108 |
Tim Cook | Current (as of the time of this comic) Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Inc. | Tim Allen Tim Howard |
First-First First-First |
109 |
Tim Howard | Former goalkeeper for the United States men's national soccer team. Holds the record for most saves made in a World Cup match (15 against Belgium in 2010). | Tim Cook Ron Howard |
First-First Last-Last |
110 |
Robin Wright | American actress, aka Robin Wright-Penn | Robin Williams Will Wright |
First-First Last-Last |
111 |
Wilbur Wright | One of the two Wright Brothers (the other was Orville) who made the world's first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina in 1903. | Will Wright | Last-Last | 112 |
Fatty Arbuckle | Comedian. | Fats Domino Fat Joe |
First-First (approximate) First-First (approximate) |
113 |
Fat Joe | Real name Joseph Antonio Cartagena, rapper. | Fatty Arbuckle Joe Kennedy |
First-First (approximate) Last-First |
114 |
George Clinton | Could be either the 19th Century politician who served as Governor of New York and later as Vice President under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, or the musician who rose to fame in the 1970's as one of the biggest acts in funk music and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997. | Bill Clinton George Washington |
Last-Last First-First |
115 |
John Kerry | Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Ran against George W. Bush in the 2004 presidential election. | Jimmy John Kerry Washington John Irving |
First-Last Last-First First-First |
116 |
Kerry Washington | Actress in the TV show Scandal. | John Kerry George Washington Washington Irving |
First-Last Last-Last Last-First |
117 |
John Irving | Author. | Tommy John John Kerry Washington Irving |
First-Last First-First Last-Last |
118 |
John Quincy Adams | Sixth president of the United States and son of John Adams. | Tommy John Quincy Jones John Adams |
First-Last Middle-First Last-Last |
119 |
John Adams | Second president of the United States and father of John Quincy Adams. | John Quincy Adams Amy Adams Jack Ma |
First-First Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
120 |
Amy Adams | American actress. | John Adams Aimee Mann |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
121 |
Aimee Mann | Singer and songwriter. | Amy Adams Batman |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last (approximate) |
122 |
Superman | Superhero owned by DC comics who can fly and has super strength/invincibility. | Batman Super Grover |
Last-Last First-First |
123 |
Batman | Superhero owned by DC comics. | Man Ray Aimee Mann Superman |
Last-First Last-Last Last-Last |
124 |
Ayn Rand | Russian political author, known for Atlas Shrugged. XKCD frequently makes fun of Rand's philosophy. | Rand Paul | Last-First | 125 |
Lily Allen | British singer-songwriter, sometime actress. | Tim Allen Paul Allen |
Last-Last Last-Last |
126 |
Paul Allen | Co-founder of Microsoft along with Bill Gates and current owner of several professional sports teams in the Pacific Northwest (Seattle Seahawks, Portland Trail Blazers, part of Seattle Sounders FC). | Lily Allen Rand Paul |
Last-Last First-Last |
127 |
Ron Howard | Actor and director. Most famously acted in Happy Days; later directed Apollo 13. | Tim Howard Howard Hughes Ron Paul |
Last-Last Last-First First-First |
128 |
Howard Hughes | American business tycoon | Ron Howard John Hughes Langston Hughes |
First-Last Last-Last Last-Last |
129 |
Joe Kennedy | US ambassador to the United Kingdom and father of John F. Kennedy. | Fat Joe John F. Kennedy |
First-Last Last-Last |
130 |
George Bush | George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush (father and son, respectively), were both presidents of the United States. | George Washington | First-First | 131 |
George Washington | First president of the United States, and general during the Revolutionary War. | George Clinton Kerry Washington George Bush |
First-First Last-Last First-First |
132 |
Washington Irving | Short story author who wrote "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" | Kerry Washington John Irving Martha Washington |
First-Last Last-Last First-Last |
133 |
Martha Washington | Wife of George Washington. | Washington Irving Martha Stewart |
Last-First First-First |
134 |
Ma Rainey | Singer dubbed "Mother of the Blues" | Jack Ma Yo-Yo Ma |
First-Last First-Last |
135 |
Jack Ma | Prominent Chinese business tycoon. Co-founder and executive chairman of the Alibaba Group | John Adams Ma Rainey Ma Bell |
First-First (approximate) Last-First Last-First |
136 |
Super Grover | Superhero identity of the character Grover from Sesame Street | Superman Grover Cleveland |
First-First Last-First |
137 |
Jack Black | Singer and actor. | Jack Ryan | First-First | 138 |
Rand Paul | Republican senator from Kentucky; member of the Tea Party movement. Ran in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. | Ayn Rand Paul Allen Paul Ryan |
First-Last Last-First Last-First |
139 |
Paul Ryan | Republican representative from Wisconsin. Served as Speaker of the House at the time this comic was published. | Rand Paul Debby Ryan |
First-Last Last-Last |
140 |
Paul Simon | Eponymous member of Simon & Garfunkel. | Ron Paul Carly Simon |
First-Last Last-Last |
141 |
Ron Paul | Libertarian politician. Known for running for president in many elections and mentioned often in xkcd. | Ron Howard Paul Simon |
First-First Last-First |
142 |
John Hughes | Director famed for a series of 1980s coming of age movies including "Sixteen Candles", "The Breakfast Club", and "Pretty in Pink" | Howard Hughes Charles Evans Hughes |
Last-Last Last-Last |
143 |
Langston Hughes | American poet prominent during the Harlem Renaissance | Howard Hughes | Last-Last | 144 |
John F. Kennedy | 35th president of the United States. Known for his public assassination during a parade, now the subject of many conspiracy theories. | Joe Kennedy John Williams |
Last-Last First-First |
145 |
Little Richard | Early rock and roll singer known for his energetic and flamboyant style on songs such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally" | Rich Little Little John |
First-Last and Last-First (approximate) First-First |
146 |
Rich Little | American comedian known for his impressions of numerous celebrities and public figures | Little Richard Stuart Little |
First-Last (approximate) and Last-First Last-Last |
147 |
Martha Stewart | American TV personality. Convicted of insider trading in 2004. | Martha Washington Kristen Stewart |
First-First Last-Last |
148 |
Yo-Yo Ma | Chinese cellist. Known for winning 18 Grammys; considered a child prodigy. | Ma Rainey Ma Bell |
Last-First Last-First |
149 |
Ma Bell | AKA Bell System, the system of companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, which provided telephone services to much of the United States and Canada from 1877 to 1984. | Jack Ma Yo-Yo Ma |
First-Last First-Last |
150 |
Grover Cleveland Alexander | Pitcher named after the president; co-holds record for most wins by a pitcher in the National League (374). | Grover Cleveland Alexander Graham Bell Lloyd Alexander |
First-First and Middle-Last Last-First LAst-Last |
151 |
Grover Cleveland | 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Notably the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms. | Super Grover Grover Cleveland Alexander |
First-Last First-First and Last-Middle |
152 |
Jack White | American musician. Part of The White Stripes. | Jack Ryan Meg White |
First-First Last-Last |
153 |
Jack Ryan | Fictional character in the novels by Tom Clancy. Portrayed in Movies by Harrison Ford, Alec Baldwin, and Ben Affleck. | Jack Black Jack White Debby Ryan Meg Ryan |
First-First First-First Last-Last Last-Last |
154 |
Debby Ryan | American actress and singer. She starred as Bailey Pickett on The Suite Life on Deck | Paul Ryan Jack Ryan Debbie Reynolds |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
155 |
Carly Simon | Singer. "You're So Vain" referenced on xkcd in 1501: Mysteries. | Paul Simon Carly Hughes |
Last-Last First-First |
156 |
Carly Hughes | Actress | Carly Simon Charles Evans Hughes Carly Fiorina |
First-First Last-Last First-First |
157 |
Charles Evans Hughes | Was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States. | John Hughes Carly Hughes |
Last-Last Last-Last |
158 |
John Williams | American composer. Known for many famous movie soundtracks, including Star Wars and Harry Potter. | John F. Kennedy Little John William Safire |
First-First First-Last Last-First (approximate) |
159 |
Little John | Fictional character in the Robin Hood Legend. Known for great stature and strength. | Little Richard John Williams Stuart Little |
First-First Last-First First-Last |
160 |
Stuart Little | Fictional character by E. B. White, a boy with mouse-like appearance and stature. | Rich Little Little John Potter Stuart Little Prince |
Last-Last Last-First First-Last Last-First |
161 |
Potter Stewart | Was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1958 to 1981. | Stuart Little Kristen Stewart Harry Potter |
Last-First (approximate) Last-Last First-Last |
162 |
Kristen Stewart | American actress. Known for Twilight. | Martha Stewart Potter Stewart Kristen Bell |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First |
163 |
Kristen Bell | American actress, known for various romantic comedies. | Kristen Stewart Bell Hooks |
First-First Last-First |
164 |
Bell Hooks | American author, professor, feminist, and social activist. | Kristen Bell Alexander Graham Bell James Hook |
First-Last First-Last Last-Last (approximate) |
165 |
Alexander Graham Bell | Scottish inventor, credited with inventing the telephone. | Ma Bell Grover Cleveland Alexander Bell Hooks Franklin Graham |
Last-Last First-Last Last-First Middle-Last |
166 |
Franklin Graham | Christian evangelist and missionary. He is currently president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and of Samaritan's Purse. | Alexander Graham Bell Aretha Franklin |
Last-Middle First-Last |
167 |
Lloyd Alexander | American author of more than forty books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. | Grover Cleveland Alexander Frank Lloyd Wright |
Last-Last First-Middle |
168 |
Meg White | Drummer. The other half of The White Stripes. | Jack White Meg Ryan Barry White |
Last-Last First-First Last-Last |
169 |
Meg Ryan | American actress. Known for 'When Harry met Sally' | Jack Ryan Meg White |
Last-Last First-First |
170 |
Debbie Reynolds | American singer and actress. | Debby Ryan John Reynolds |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last |
171 |
John Reynolds | It is unclear which John Reynold Randall is refering to, Like one of the science-oriented ones. | Debbie Reynolds John Kelly |
Last-Last First-First |
172 |
Carly Fiorina | Former CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Ran for president in the 2016 Republican primaries. | Carly Hughes | First-First | 173 |
Grace Lee Boggs | American author, social activist, philosopher and feminist. | Wade Boggs Grace Lee Nancy Grace |
Last-Last First-First and Middle-Last First-Last |
174 |
Wade Boggs | American baseball player. Played with the Boston Red Sox. | Grace Lee Boggs | Last-Last | 175 |
William Safire | Writer and publicist. | John Williams Prince William Garnet |
First-Last (approxiamte) First-Last Last-Only (as a Sapphire gem stone and fused together with Ruby to form Garnet.) |
176 |
Prince William | Member of the British Royal Family. Second in line for succession to the throne. | William Safire Little Prince Prince |
Last-First First-Last First-Only |
177 |
Little Prince | One of the main characters of The Little Prince, a novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Little Prince has previously appeared in 618: Asteroid, as well as article 68 of what if?. | Stuart Little Prince William Prince Harry |
First-Last First-First First-First |
178 |
Harry Potter | Fictional main character in the Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling | Potter Stewart James Potter Prince Harry |
Last-First Last-Last First-Last |
179 |
James Potter | Fictional character, father of Harry Potter. | Harry Potter James Dean |
Last-Last First-First |
180 |
James Hook | Fictional character from 'Peter Pan' | Bell Hooks James Dean |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First |
181 |
James Dean | American actor and teen icon. Starred in the films "Rebel Without a Cause", "East of Eden" and "Giant" before his sudden death in a car accident | James Potter James Hook John Dean |
First-First First-First Last-Last |
182 |
Aretha Franklin | Soul singer, first woman to be inducted into the hall of fame and performer of Respect. | Franklin Graham Frank Lloyd Wright Benjamin Franklin |
Last-First Last-First (approximate) Last-Last |
183 |
Frank Lloyd Wright | American architect, known for his unconventional buildings such as Fallingwater and the Guggenheim. | Lloyd Alexander Aretha Franklin Harold Lloyd |
Middle-First First-Last (approximate) Middle-Last |
184 |
Barry White | American soul singer known for his deep, rich voice on songs such as "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" | Meg White Walter White |
Last-Last Last-Last |
185 |
Walter White | Main character from the TV show Breaking Bad. | Barry White Betty White |
Last-Last Last-Last |
186 |
Walt Whitman | American poet. A bridge in Philadelphia was named after him. | Walter White Meg Whitman |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last |
187 |
John Kelly(2) | Likely a different John Kelly than appears at tile 20 | John Reynolds Megyn Kelly |
First-First Last-Last |
188 |
Grace Lee | Korean television host and radio disc jockey | Grace Lee Boggs Grace Kelly |
First-First and Last-Middle First-First |
189 |
Nancy Grace | American legal commentator and television journalist.She was the host of Nancy Grace. | Grace Lee Boggs | Last-First | 190 |
Garnet | A garnet is a gem stone and the two names around here are William Safire (almost Sapphire) and Jack Ruby as in Ruby. But it is not just used because they are all gemstones. It is instead a reference to the character Garnet in the cartoon Steven Universe. She is a "fusion" formed by two gems: Ruby and Sapphire, hence the legal connection in the Name Dominoes... Randall has previously made references to this universe in 1608: Hoverboard. (See this and this image from that comic). | William Safire Jack Ruby |
Last-Only (as a Sapphire gem stone) Last-Only (as a Ruby gem stone) Both used to fuse together to form Garnet. |
191 |
Prince | American musician, part of the Rock and Roll hall of fame. He died two years prior to the release of this comic. | Prince William Prince Harry |
Only-First Only-First |
192 |
Prince Fielder | Professional baseball player who retired in 2016 after playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Detroit Tigers, and Texas Rangers. | Prince Harry Harry Fielder |
First-First Last-Last |
193 |
Prince Harry | Member of the British royal family. Currently sixth in line for succession to the throne. | Little Prince Harry Potter Prince Prince Fielder |
First-Last Last-First First-Only First-First |
194 |
Harry Styles | Singer from One Direction. | Harry Truman Harry Jon Benjamin |
First-First First-First |
195 |
John Dean | former attorney who served as White House Counsel for United States President Richard Nixon from July 1970 until April 1973. | James Dean Harry Jon Benjamin |
Last-Last First-Middle (approximate) |
196 |
Benjamin Franklin | One of the founding fathers of the United States. Credited with "discovering" electricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. | Aretha Franklin Benjamin Harrison |
Last-Last First-First |
197 |
Harold Lloyd | American actor, comedian, director, producer, screenwriter, and stunt performer who is best known for his silent comedy films. | Frank Lloyd Wright Harold Ford |
Last-Middle First-First |
198 |
Harold Ford | American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. congressmen. | Harold Lloyd Henry Ford |
First-First Last-Last |
199 |
Betty White | American comedian. Known for The Golden Girls. | Walter White Betty Friedan |
Last-Last First-First |
200 |
Meg Whitman | American business executive, former CEO of eBay and Hewlett Packard, unsuccessful candidate for California governor in 2010 | Walt Whitman Christine Todd Whitman Megyn Kelly |
Last-Last Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
201 |
Christine Todd Whitman | Governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001, then served as Director of the Environmental Protection Agency under George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003. | Meg Whitman Chris Christie Chris Cooper |
Last-Last First-Last (approximate) First-First (approximate) |
202 |
Megyn Kelly | American TV news anchor. Worked for Fox news until 2017, then switched to NBC. | John Kelly Meg Whitman Grace Kelly |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) Last-Last |
203 |
Grace Kelly | American actress and Princess of Monaco | Grace Lee Megyn Kelly Grace Jones |
First-First Last-Last First-First |
204 |
Grace Jones | Singer and actress. | Grace Kelly Maggie Grace |
First-First First-Last |
205 |
Jack Nicholson | Actor who has appeared in many films from The Shining (film) (as Jack Torrance) to Batman (1989 film) (as the Joker) to A Few Good Men (as Colonel Jessup). | Jack Ruby | First-First | 206 |
Jack Ruby | Jack Ruby is known for shooting and killing Lee Harvey Oswald on national television. Oswald was the prime suspect in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Ruby's involvement is the subject of many conspiracy theories. | Garnet Jack Nicholson Jack Russell |
Only-Last (as a Ruby gem stone and fused together with Safire to form Garnet.) First-First First-First |
207 |
Jack Russell | American rock vocalist. Founding member of the American hard rock band Great White. | Jack Ruby Russell Crowe Russ Smith |
First-First Last-First Last-First (approximate) |
208 |
Harry Fielder | English actor and supporting artist who has worked extensively in British films and television since the 1960s. | Prince Fielder Harry Truman |
Last-Last First-First |
209 |
Harry Truman | 33rd president of the United States. Known for authorizing the use of atomic weapons against Japan at the end of World War 2. | Harry Styles Harry Fielder |
First-First First-First |
210 |
Harry Jon Benjamin | American actor, voice actor and comedian best known for voicing characters, such as Sterling Archer in Archer and Carl in Family Guy. | Harry Styles John Dean John Edward Benjamin Harrison |
First-First Middle-First (approximate) Middle-First (approximate) First-Last (approximate) |
211 |
John Edward | American television personality, author and purported psychic medium. | Harry Jon Benjamin John Bel Edwards |
First-Middle (approximate) First-First |
212 |
Benjamin Harrison | 23rd president of the United States | Benjamin Franklin Harry Jon Benjamin Harrison Ford |
First-First First-Last and Last-First (approximate) Last-First |
213 |
Harrison Ford | American actor. Known for playing Han Solo in the Star Wars films and the titular character in the Indiana Jones films. | Benjamin Harrison Henry Ford |
First-Last Last-Last |
214 |
Henry Ford | Founder of the Ford Motor Company. Credited with inventing the assembly line. | Harold Ford Harrison Ford Betty Ford John Henry |
Last-Last Last-Last Last-Last First-Last |
215 |
Betty Ford | Wife of Gerald Ford, 38th president of the United States. | Henry Ford Betty Friedan |
Last-Last First-First |
216 |
Betty Friedan | American feminist writer and activist. Her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism. | Betty White Betty Ford |
First-First First-First |
217 |
Chris Christie | Governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. Ran for president in the Republican primaries in 2016. | Christine Todd Whitman Chris Cooper Chris Hemsworth |
Last-First (approximate) First-First First-First |
218 |
Chris Pratt | American actor. Known for Parks and Recreation | Chris Hemsworth Topher Grace |
First-First First-First (approximate) |
219 |
Maggie Grace | American actress and model. Known for playing Shannon Rutherford on Lost and Kim Mills in the Taken trilogy. | Grace Jones Grace Hopper |
Last-First Last-First |
220 |
Grace Hopper | American computer scientist. Helped develop the COBOL programming language. | Maggie Grace Topher Grace |
First-Last First-Last |
221 |
Russell Crowe | Australian actor. | Jack Russell Sheryl Crow Cameron Crowe |
First-Last Last-Last (approximate) Last-Last |
222 |
Russ Smith | American professional basketball player for Fujian Sturgeons of the Chinese Basketball Associatio. | Jack Russell John Smith |
First-Last (approximate) Last-Last |
223 |
John Smith | John Smith is the most common name in the United States. See Wikipedia for a list of people this may refer to. | Russ Smith Long John Silver |
Last-Last First-Middle |
224 |
Justin Long | American actor, comedian and humorist known for roles in such films as Alvin and the Chipmunks and Live Free or Die Hard. | Huey Long | Last-Last | 225 |
John Bel Edwards | American politician and lawyer serving as the 56th Governor of Louisiana since 2016. | John Edward John Candy John Edwards |
First-First First-First First-First |
226 |
John Candy | Canadian comedian and actor. Known for Spaceballs. | John Bel Edwards John Henry Candy Crowley |
First-First First-First Last-First |
227 |
John Henry | American folk hero | Henry Ford John Candy Henry James |
Last-First First-First Last-First |
228 |
Henry James | American author known for works including "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Portrait of a Lady" | John Henry Bill James |
First-Last Last-Last |
229 |
Bill James | American baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. | Henry James James Fenimore Cooper |
Last-Last Last-First |
230 |
Chris Cooper | American film actor. Portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in Lonesome Dove and supervillain Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). | Christine Todd Whitman Chris Christie James Fenimore Cooper |
First-First (approximate) First-First Last-Last |
231 |
Chris Hemsworth | Actor. | Chris Christie Chris Pratt |
First-First First-First |
232 |
Chris Evans | American actor. Best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. | Topher Grace Evan Taylor Jones |
First-First (approximate) Last-First (approximate) |
233 |
Topher Grace | American actor. Best known for playing Eric Forman in That '70s Show and Eddie Brock / Venom in Spider-Man 3. | Chris Pratt Grace Hopper Chris Evans |
First-First (approximate) Last-First First-First (approximate) |
234 |
Van Morrison | Irish singer best known for the song "Brown Eyed Girl" | Van Jones | First-First | 235 |
Sheryl Crow | American singer and session musician | Russell Crowe Sheryl Sandberg |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First |
236 |
Sheryl Sandberg | American technology executive, activist, author, and billionaire. Chief operating officer (COO) of Facebook. | Sheryl Crow | First-First | 237 |
Cameron Crowe | American director, producer, screenwriter, journalist, author, and actor. Was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine. | Russell Crowe James Cameron Cam Newton |
Last-Last First-Last First-First (approximate) |
238 |
Long John Silver | Fictional antagonist from Treasure Island. | John Smith Olivia Newton John Huey Long |
Middle-First Middle-Last first-Last |
239 |
Olivia Newton John | American actress. Known for Grease | Long John Silver Cam Newton Huey Newton John Oliver |
Last-Middle Middle-Last Middle-Last First-Last (approximate) and Last-First |
240 |
Huey Long | Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932, and US Senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. Known for his "Share Our Wealth" proposal to address the hard economic conditions of the Great Depression. | Justin Long Long John Silver Huey Newton |
Last-Last Last-First First-First |
241 |
John Edwards | American politician. Democratic candidate for presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008. | John Bel Edwards John Lewis |
First-First First-First |
242 |
Candy Crowley | American news anchor. Was employed as CNN's chief political correspondent. | John Candy Aleister Crowley |
First-Last Last-Last |
243 |
Alesteir Crowley | English occultist and author | Candy Crowley Alistiar Cooke |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
244 |
James Fenimore Cooper | Author of The Last of the Mohicans. | Bill James Chris Cooper James Cook |
First-Last Last-Last First-First |
245 |
James Cook | 18th century British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. | Alistair Cooke Cokie Roberts Alistair Cookie James Fenimore Cooper |
Last-Last (approximate) Last-First (approximate) Last-Last (approximate) First-First |
246 |
Robert Frost | 19th century American poet, named Poet Laureate of Vermont in 1922 by the Vermont State League of Women's Clubs, and in 1961 by the Vermont State legislature | Cokie Roberts John Roberts |
First-Last (approximate) First-Last (approximate) |
247 |
Bob Evans | American film producer and former studio executive, best known for The Godfather. | Evan Taylor Jones Robert E.Lee |
Last-First (approximate) Last-Middle (approximate) |
248 |
Evan Taylor Jones | Musical artist | Chris Evans Bob Evans Van Jones Tommy Lee Jones |
First-Last (approximate) First-Last (approximate) Last-Last Last-Last |
249 |
Van Jones | American news commentator, author, and non-practicing attorney. | Van Morrison Evan Taylor Jones |
First-First Last-Last |
250 |
James Cameron | American director. Known for Terminator and Titanic. | Cameron Crowe Cameron Diaz Etta James |
Last-First Last-First First-Last |
251 |
Cam Newton | Quarterback for the Carolina Panthers. | Cameron Crowe Olivia Newton John Cameron Diaz |
First-First (approximate) Last-Middle First-First (approximate) |
252 |
Cameron Diaz | American actress. Voiced Fiona in Shrek. | James Cameron Cam Newton |
First-Last First-First (approximate) |
253 |
Huey Newton | Co-founder of the Black Panthers. | Olivia Newton John Huey Long |
Last-Middle First-First |
254 |
Huey Lewis | Lead singer for the band Huey Lewis and the News. | Huey Newton John Lewis |
First-First Last-Last |
255 |
John Lewis | American politician and civil rights leader. U.S. Representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district, serving in his 17th term (since 1987). | John Edwards Huey Lewis Jenny Lewis |
First-First Last-Last Last-Last |
256 |
Jenny Lewis | American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley. | John Lewis Ryan Lewis |
Last-Last Last-Last |
257 |
Ryan Lewis | American DJ, musician, videographer, photographer, graphic designer, rapper and songwriter. | Jenny Lewis Ryan Reynolds |
Last-Last First-First |
258 |
Burt Reynolds | American actor. Known for a wide variety of western and/or action films. | Ryan Reynolds Alastair Reynolds |
Last-Last Last-Last |
259 |
Alistair Cooke | Name misspelled Alistiar Cooke in the comic. | Alestier Crowley James Cook |
First-First (approximate) Last-Last (approximate) |
260 |
Alistair Cookie | A parody of Alistair Cooke "played" by Cookie Monster in the Sesame Street sketch "Monsterpiece Theatre" in the 1980s, a parody of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre". | James Cook Alastair Reynolds |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First (approximate) |
261 |
Cokie Roberts | National Public Radio (NPR) political correspondent known for her recurring segment "Ask Cokie" in which she answers listener submitted questions. | James Cook Robert Frost |
First-Last (approximate) Last-First (approximate) |
262 |
John Roberts | Current Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court at the time of the comic's publication. | Robert Frost Robert Johnson |
Last-First (approximate) First-Last (approximate) and Last-First (approximate) |
263 |
Robert Johnson | Delta blues guitar legend. | John Roberts Robert E.Lee |
First-Last (approximate) and Last-First (approximate) First-First |
264 |
Robert E. Lee | Confederate general during the American Civil War. | Bob Evans Robert Johnson Tommy Lee |
Middle-Last (approximate) First-First Last-Last |
265 |
Tommy Lee | Drummer for the rock band Mötley Crüe | Robert E. Lee Tommy Lee Jones |
Last-Last First-First and Middle-Middle |
266 |
Tommy Lee Jones | American actor known for 'The Fugitive' | Evan Taylor Jones Tommy Lee |
Last-Last First-First and Middle-Middle |
267 |
Etta James (2) | Used first time in 87 | James Cameron | Last-First | 268 |
John Oliver | American talk show host. Known for Last Week Tonight. | Olivia Newton John | First-Last and Last-First (approximate) | 269 |
Ryan Reynolds | Canadian actor. Known for several romantic comedies, and Deadpool. | Ryan Lewis Burt Reynolds |
First-First Last-Last |
270 |
Alastair Reynolds | SF writer. | Burt Reynolds Alistair Cookie |
Last-Last First-First (approximate) |
271 |
Transcript[edit]
- [This comic a large grid, 27 units wide and 35 units high, with 271 black "domino" tiles. On each tile there is a name written with white text. The grid is arranged so that each touching side corresponds with the first or last name of another person. Some of the domino tiles are rotated 90, 180 or 270 degrees so the text is either to be read down, up-side down or up. The names on the tiles are listed here below in approximate reading order starting at top left.]
- Christian Campbell, Neve Campbell, Joe McCarthy, Eugene McCarthy, Gene Vincent, Gene Kelly, Kate Hudson, Rock Hudson, Gordon Brown, James Brown, Jon Brown, John Howard, Columbo, Chris Columbus, Christopher Columbus, Naomi Campbell, Joseph Campbell, Joseph Smith, Frank Vincent, John Kelly, Katherine Johnson, The Rock, Chris Rock, Chris Isaac, James Newton Howard, John Wayne, Howard Stern, Howard Hunt, Chris Hughes, Naomi Watts, Naomi Klein, Kevin Kline, Francis Bacon, Francis Drake, Lyndon Johnson, Oscar the Grouch, Oscar Isaac, Isaac Hayes, Isaac Newton, Wayne Newton, Wayne Knight, Helen Hunt, Helen Hughes, James Watt (Steam), James Watt (Interior), Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Love, Lisa Frank, Frank Drake, Drake, Oscar de la Renta, Oscar de la Hoya, Sean Hayes, Wallace Shawn, Wayne Howard, Wayne Brady, James Brady, Tom Brady, Helen Thomas, Tom Hanks, Hank Aaron, Aaron Carter, Stephen James, Will Smith, Kevin Smith, Kein James, Garfield, James Garfield, Warren Buffett, Jimmy Buffett, Warren Beatty, Elizabeth Warren, Earl Warren, Eliabeth Kolbert, Stephen Colbert, George Wallace, Charles Wallace, James Monroe, Marilyn Monroe, Hank Williams, William C. Williams, Steve Harvey, Domino Harvey, Harvey Milk, James Saint James, Etta James, Jim Jones, James Earl Jones, Charlie Parker, Ray Parker Jr., Ray Charles, Charles Manson, Marilyn Manson, Robin Williams, Billy D. Williams, Will Wright, Fats Domino, Bill Clinton, Jimmy John, Tom Jones, Tommy John, Quincy Jones, James Earl Ray, Man Ray, Rachel Ray, Ray Allen, Tim Allen, Tim Cook, Tim Howard, Robin Wright, Wilbur Wright, Fatty Arbuckle, Fat Joe, George Clinton, John Kerry, Kerry Washington, John Irving, John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Amy Adams, Aimee Mann, Superman, Batman, Ayn Rand, Lily Allen, Paul Allen, Ron Howard, Howard Hughes, Joe Kennedy, George Bush, George Washington, Washington Irving, Martha Washington, Ma Rainey, Jack Ma, Super Grover, Jack Black, Rand Paul, Paul Ryan, Paul Simon, Ron Paul, John Hughes, Langston Hughes, John F. Kennedy, Little Richard, Rich Little, Martha Stewart, Yo Yo Ma, Ma Bell, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Grover Cleveland, Jack White, Jack Ryan, Debby Ryan, Carly Simon, Carly Hughes, Charles Evans Hughes, John Williams, Little John, Stuart Little, Potter Stewart, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Bell, Kristen Hooks, Alexander Graham Bell, Franklin Graham, Lloyd Alexander, Meg White, Meg Ryan, Debbie Reynolds, John Reynolds, Carly Fiorina, Grace Lee Boggs, Wade Boggs, William Safire, Prince William, Little Prince, Harry Potter, James Potter, James Hook, James Dean, Aretha Franklin, Frank Lloyd Wright, Barry White, Walter White, Walt Whitman, John Kelly, Grace Lee, Nancy Grace, Garnet, Prince, Prince Fielder, Prince Harry, Harry Styles, John Dean, Benjamin Franklin, Harrold Lloyd, Harrold Ford, Betty White, Meg Whitman, Christine Todd Whitman, Megyn Kelly, Grace Kelly, Grace Jones, Jack Nicholson, Jack Ruby, Jack Russel, Harry Fielder, Harry Trueman, Harry Jon Benjamin, John Edward, Benjamin Harrison, Harrison Ford, Henry Ford, Betty Ford, Betty Friedan, Chris Christie, Chris Pratt, Maggie Grace, Grace Hopper, Russel Crowe, Russ Smith, John Smith, Justin Long, John Bel Edwards, John Candy, John Henry, Henry James, Bill James, Chirs Cooper, Chirs Hemsworth, Chirs Evans, Topher Grace, Van Morrison, Sheryl Crow, Sheryl Sandberg, Cameron Crow, Long John Silver, Olivia Newton John, Huey long, John Edwards, Candy Crowley, Alestier Crowley, James Fenimore Cooper, James Cook, Robert Frost, Bob Evans, Evan Tayler Jones, Van Jones, James Cameron, Cam Newton, Cameron Diaz, Huey Newton, Huey Lewis, John Lewis, Jenny Lewis, Ryan Lewis, Burt Reynolds, Alistiar Cooke, Alistair Cookie, Cokie Roberts, John Roberts, Robert Johnson, Robert E. Lee, Tommy Lee, Tommy Lee Jones, Etta James, John Oliver, Ryan Reynolds, Alastair Reynolds
Trivia[edit]
The names Etta James and John Kelly are used twice, but the latter likely refers to different John Kellys.
Discussion
This comic is a long list of names overlayed onto black domino tiles, arranged so that each touching side corresponds with the first or last name of another person. This will be difficult to transcribe. 108.162.221.53 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Would it be possible to use a fixed width format and try and transcribe like an actual scrabble board? I think there are unicode characters for upside-down and rotated text that we could use for the flipped names. But yes, definitely will be difficult.172.68.211.244 18:21, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- The transcript doesn't need upside-down and rotated text. It should be enough to mention that some tiles are. A first draft with all names would be good, but even mentioning all the connections would be to complex to read. Think about the reader... --Dgbrt (talk) 18:39, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- How about using a fixed-width font and then representing each domino with an alphanumeric character, and then put a list below of what each character corresponds to? Even though there are more dominoes than characters, duplicate uses of a character (but referring to different names) can be easily disambiguated if we assign each character in order, left to right and top to bottom. 172.69.70.71 20:04, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- I have made an image where each tile is numbered from left to right. See this picture and Explanation here. I have created a transcript from this list. And the table --Kynde (talk) 14:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- Do you think that maybe Randall created this comic just to screw with this wiki? 108.162.221.53 14:51, 22 March 2018 (UTC)Martin
- Certainly, a real explanation to Randall's Name Dominoes doesn't need a numbered list or one of these overwhelming tables. A short overview (a small bullet list would be the best) to the rules implied by the image and shown in the title text would be a proper explanation. Everything else is trivia at maximum. And I can't resist: This table, whenever it will be completely filled, tops them all...--Dgbrt (talk) 21:30, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- The purpose of the transcript is so someone can search the site for a phrase (or in this case, a name) used in a strip, and find the page for it. Encode the words using upside-down UNICODE letters would defeat that purpose. JamesCurran (talk) 22:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
I see alternative names or nicknames sometimes matches together. But is the Chris Pratt/Chris Evans match with Topher Grace a bit of a stretch? I see that Topher is a variation of Christopher and Chis is a shortening of the same. But I guess it must be an acceptable move if Randle put it in the comic. Maybe it’s worth special points or something. 162.158.38.70 18:14, 21 March 2018 (UTC)TheStewart
Walter White/Walt Whitman is a reference to Breaking Bad. 172.68.58.101 18:20, 21 March 2018 (UTC)Pat
And Garnet being used to join Ruby and Saffire is clever... 141.101.98.64 18:23, 21 March 2018 (UTC) This is a reference to Steven Universe where there is a character, Garnet, who is a fusion of Ruby and Sapphire.
"The title text spells out a rule that a player may only place a tile if they know who that person is" is mention as a reason for it not to be a fixed set of dominos, But I took it to mean you can't use "Jim Jones" unless you know of Jim Jones; as in, I could challenge your use of it by asking "okay who is he?". Maybe saying "oh, he went to school with me" or something wouldn't count, anymore than "crft is too a word!" works in Scrabble Afbach (talk) 19:36, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Harrison Ford is from Blade Runner I believe. 162.158.2.124 23:07, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
Ma Bell is interesting... is it the only one that not an actual person? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System
Alistair Cooke's name is misspelt "Alistiar"; it'll be interesting to see if this gets corrected (as errors sometimes do). Not to be confused with Alistair Cookie, a short distance away! -- Peregrine (talk) 08:45, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
I think maybe Chris Isaac (Canadian football quarterback) was intended to be Chris Isaak (American rock musician, singer, and actor). Can we just assume that was a mistake? Imperpay (talk) 14:29, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
Maybe a table?[edit]
I think a table would be a useful and user-friendly way of capturing everything that's going on here. Forgive this feeble attempt. I am not an html coder. I know enough to go steal something somewhere and see if it works:
Domino | Notability | Connections | Mode |
---|---|---|---|
Alistair Cookie | A parody of Alistair Cooke "played" by Cookie Monster in the Sesame Street sketch "Monsterpiece Theatre" in the 1980s, a parody of the PBS series "Masterpiece Theatre". | James Cook Alastair Reynolds |
Last-Last (approximate) First-First (approximate) |
James Cook | 18th century British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. | Alistair Cooke Cokie Roberts |
Last-Last (approximate) Last-First (approximate) |
Chris Columbus | Film director and screenwriter. | Columbo Christopher Columbus |
Last-Only (approximate) First-First (approximate) and Last-Last |
Imperpay (talk) 23:27, 21 March 2018 (UTC)
- I like that idea. Especially because it would mean that all those links are removed from the transcript. As far as I understand transcripts (at least in this wiki) they don't inlcude any meta information (e.g. nothing that is not shown in the comic). Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 08:48, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes great example of a table, and yes no wiki links in transcript. I will put this in the explanation now. --Kynde (talk) 09:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- I have now made an image where each tile is numbered from left to right. See this picture and Explanation here. I have created a transcript from this list. And the table --Kynde (talk) 14:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- Great job, thanks for the effort :) Should the table be moved to a separate page? Beacuse it's really massive... And another thing: I think the name list in the transcript as it was before (excluding links, of course) was better. At least for someone who is not visually impaired Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 14:52, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- I have now made an image where each tile is numbered from left to right. See this picture and Explanation here. I have created a transcript from this list. And the table --Kynde (talk) 14:01, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
- Yes great example of a table, and yes no wiki links in transcript. I will put this in the explanation now. --Kynde (talk) 09:42, 22 March 2018 (UTC)
And I thought Alistair Cookie was a reference to the fact Alistair Cook is batting like a muppet. BTW I have WG Grace and Grace Darling in my hand - but i cannot seem to fit them in. 141.101.107.204 17:16, 22 March 2018 (UT
I've created a table/spreadsheet of all the numbers, with a,b,c meaning first, second, and third part of name, respectively, here. Also, Van Jones is missing in both the numbered image and all text on this page. Ad1217 (talk) 04:40, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- Cool. Thanks for pointing out that I failed to number the tile after 249. I'm now correcting the image adding this as number 250 and correcting the numbers after that. Ad1217 could you update your spreadsheet, and would it be OK to add a picture of this to the explanation? (I spotted an error in your spreadsheet as well, as you have used 286b rather than 268b at the bottom, but correctly used 268a --Kynde (talk) 09:55, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- Feel free to use it however you like! Also, it's publicly editable, so feel free to fix any other issues. My plan is to write a script to map names->boxes, then ideally make an html table with text transformed correctly, but it could take a bit of time before I get that working right. Ad1217 (talk) 08:24, 24 March 2018 (UTC)
Does anyone else see the connection between "Six degrees of Kevin Bacon" and the fact that this picture is basically a network/graph? 108.162.249.136 05:25, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
- I was disappointed that Kevin Bacon isn't a clear node of some sort. The joke could have been extended by adding a Paul Erdős tile. --Quantum7 (talk) 08:41, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
I wonder if Randall used an algorithm to build this. It would be interesting to generate dense domino packings automatically. Does he have an official github account or similar? --Quantum7 (talk) 08:42, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
I'll continue looking into it, and thought it might be worth mentioning. Could this be some kind of QR code?
Would it be helpful to fill in still-missing entries of the Notability column of the Table of Names. I can volunteer to do that. These Are Not The Comments You Are Looking For (talk) 10:49, 28 March 2018 (UTC)
- Looking at some of the missing entries in the Notability column for common names (eg. John Lewis, Chris Evans) and wondering what the best approach to this is. To me as a British person, John Lewis is a department store and Chris Evans is a radio presenter and former Top Gear host, however I realise this is not the case everywhere - Chris Evans is also an actor who featured in the Marvel films (probably more likely who Randell was referring to). Would it be best to list all notable people with that name (how do we decide who is notable enough?...) or should we just link the Wikipedia entry for people with that name? AlChemist (talk) 10:49, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
Other languages[edit]
Can "Name Dominoes" grids written in another non-English alphabet be assembled? ColorfulGalaxy (talk) 08:36, 13 December 2022 (UTC)
Yo-Yo Ma is American, not Chinese[edit]
...according to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Yo_Ma#). 172.70.114.210 (talk) 15:50, 29 October 2024 (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- Well, the Yo-Yo Ma article says American, but born in Paris of Chinese parents and only moved to the US at age seven. (No clue given as to whether he was naturalised, on arrival/later, or one or both parents were US citizens to start with.)
- By my reckoning, he's at least Chinese-American (and has taken that label at face value for some of his life). Wouldn't know how much he still possesses official natural-born Frenchness on top of that (if his actual arrival wasn't in an embassy grounds, or something additionally complicating). These sorts of things can be messy to tie down exactly, and often vastly reinterpretable according to the situation. 172.70.162.142 17:01, 29 October 2024 (UTC)
- According to the Simple English Wikipedia, Yo-Yo Ma is a “French born Chinese-American”. 42.book.addict (talk) 17:28, 29 October 2024 (UTC)