Word Association: Listing Words Of The Similar Subject

Example:

Quote: Subject Matter

Words: A list of 5 words ( a word can be a phrase)

The next poster will have to list out 5 words
pertaining to the same subject matter (quoted
by a previous poster)

New Game:

Subject Matter: Restaurant

Words:

Busboy

Waiter

Captain

Chef

Cashier

Subject Matter ( For Next Poster ):

University

Professors

Students

Libraries

Athletes

Administration

Subject matter for next Poster:
Library

Library

books

readers

reference

shelves

magazines

Subject for next Poster: Hairdresser

Cut

color

mousse

perm

mirror

Subject for next poster: Campground

campers

tents

caravans

sleeping bags

tent pegs

Subject for next poster: school

students

teachers

blackboards

pencils

textbooks

subject for next poster: New York

Albany

Binghamton

Buffalo

New York City

Syracuse

Subject for next poster: New England

New England

Plymouth Rock

Vermont

Ships

Fall Colour

Puritans

Next Subject: Olympics

Nancy Kerrigan

Dick Button

Oksana Baiul

Jesse Owens

Mary Slaney

Next Subject: Basketball

backboard

referee

coach

point guard

whistle

Next subject: train station

luggage

whistle

arrival

Grand Central

travel

Next subject: Architecture

Tudor
Pilaster
Mansard roof
gable
Prairie School

Next subject: Cathedral

Chancel
Tabernacle
Pew
Minister
Altar

Next subject: Party

Democratic

Republican

Whig

Federalist

wild

What's the next subject Roland?

sorry, I forgot.

>Non-Olympic athletic events

Non-Olympic Athletic Events

British Open (golf)

World Series (baseball)

Super Bowl (football)

Grey Cup (Canadian football)

NASCAR (car racing)

Next Subject: Card Games

pinochle

Canasta

Spite and Malice

Poker

Bridge

Next subject: Birdwatching

nene*

orioles

tanangers

'ala'e**

cardinals

*This one is rare;so I didn't pluralize it

** English: gallinule, or mud hen

Next Subject: Non-Church, Non-Public Buildings

Terrace Houses

Bungalows

Mansions

Apartments

Condominiums

Next Topic/Subjects: Human Expressions

smile

grin

grimace

frown

wink

Next subject: the zoo

Feeding time

Monkey house

carousel

elephants

zookeeper

Next subject: shoes

sandals
slides
high heels
loafers
Manolos

Next subject: pins

pin cushions

hatpins

diaper pins (I'm showing my age with this one)

safety pins

straight pins

Next subject: the Gulf of Mexico

Sarasota

Mobile

Galveston

Natchez (?)

Pass Christian (?)

Vera Cruz

Next Subject: Gulfs and smaller bodies of
water (other than "...of
Mexicoʻ)

Gulf of St. Lawrence
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Maine
Gulf of Aden
Gulf of Alaska

Next subject: golf

tee
iron
dimples
really ugly pants
good way to spoil a nice walk

next: hospitals

nurses
doctors
bed pans
patients
waiting rooms

Next subject: Newspapers

Classified Advertisements

Journalists

Proof Readers

Head Editor

Newspaper Vendors

Next subject: Living Nobel Prize For Literature Winners(Different Nationalities Allowed)

Herta Muller
Doris Lessing
John Coetzee
V S Naipaul
Seamus Heaney

Next subject: cakes and pastries

Cup cakes
Chicken pies
"Black Forest" Chocolate cakes
Portuguese egg tarts
Swiss Vanilla Rolls

Next subject: Chinese restautant cuisine

Har gau
Shu mai
Cheong fun
Char siu baau
Fung zau

next: Noodles

egg noodles

butter noodles

spaghetti

lasagna

chicken noodle soup

Next subject: candy bars

Mars Bars
O Henry Bar
Aero
Coffee Crisp
Crispy Crunch

Next subject: signs of Spring

asters

lilac buds

lakes free of ice*

baseball

spring football practice

*MIGHT be a sign of spring, but donʻt count on it; could happen in winter.
These signs are all from U.S. Northeast, not from Hawaiʻi where I live now.

Next subject?

>next subject: Any Spring athletics
other than baseball

Volleyball
American Football
Tennis
NBA Basketball
Golf

Note: Spring season is just after the Winter period.

Next Subject:

American-owned Fast-Food Franchising Restaurants
(other than McDonald, Burgher King,Starbuck,Wendy
and Subway )

Being English, forgive me if I get any of these wrong:

Taco Bell
KFC
Checker's
Hardee's
White Castle

Next subject:

lead singers of 5 groups/bands in the 60s (other than the Beatles and Stones)

Diana Ross - The Supremes

Manfred Mann - Manfred Mann Band

Barry Gibbs - The Bee Gees

Cliff Richards - Cliff Richards and The Shadows

Nat King Cole - The Nat King Cole Trio (Jazz)

Next Subject:

Personnel working in a casino resort

Dealer

Showgirl

security

Bartender

Cashier

Next subject: Cruise ships

Connor Cruise O'Brien --no, wait-- he was a
writer, not a ship

Cruising, the Movie - no wait, it was a movie. (and a failed one at that), not a ship
--- I give up! I don't know the names of any cruise ships

gangplank
restaurants
casino
disco
deck
captain

Next subject: South American Cities

Rio de janeiro

Brasilia

Buenos Aires

Quito

Guayaquil

Next Subject: CENTRAL American or Carribean
cities

Managua
Port-au-Prince
Belize
Santo Domingo
Panama City

Next subject: African Nations

Nigeria
Ghana
Botswana
Zimbabwe
Kenya

Next subject:

murder mysteries

The Hound of the Baskervilles
And Then There Were None
Clouds of Witness
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
The Death of a Red Heroine

Next Subject: shades of red

carmine
scarlet
crimson
vermilion
rose

next subject: common symbols/pictures people get tattooed with

butterflies

roses

hearts

skulls

snakes

next topic: weather (I'm snowed in)

mild

blizzard

sunny

hot and humid

storm front

next subject: cosmetics

eye liner

mascara

lipstick

blusher

eye shadow

next subject: Prime Ministers

Boyko Borisov (Bulgaria)
John Key (New Zealand)
Vladimir Putin (Russia)
Kevin Rudd (Australia)
Matti Vanhanen (Finland)

Next subject: one-word colours starting with the letter ‘a’

aquamarine
azure
apricot
amber
amethyst

next subject: European soccer teams (not British)

Real Madrid ( Spain)
Stuttgart (Germany)
Parma (Italy)
Porto ( Portugal)
Ajax (Holland)

Next subjects: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Champions
(Past Winners(Soccer Team Names,
Year of Winning, not necessarily
in order.)

2001 Liverpool (UK) HURRAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1983 Anderlecht (Holland)
1990 Juventus (Italy)
2004 Valencia (Spain)
2009 Shaktar Donetsk (Ukraine)

Did I mention HURRAHHHHHHHHHHHH for Liverpool (Come on you Re-eds!!)

Next subject: 5 types of apple

Granny Smith

Gala

Honey Crisp

Red Delicious

McIntosh

Next Topic: German food

Bratwurst
Sauerkraut
Kuchen
Pretzels
Beer

Next Subject: Mexico

La Paz

Chalco

Acolman

Texcoco

Zumpango

Above are the six municipalities of the State of Mexico.
a total number of municipalities in Mexico is 40.

Next Topic:

Still Living American and British born Oscar Winners for
the Best Actress's award.

Helen Mirren
Reese Witherspoon
Hilary Swank
Charlize Theron
Nicole Kidman

net subject: 5 winners of mens singles at Wimbledon

Carrotlady, Charlize Theoron is a South African actress,born in Benoni, South Africa. Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii, and maybe an Australian citizen.
Anyhow, all actresses mentioned were past Oscar's
Best Actress winners.

Pete Sampras
Andre Agrassi
Roger Federer
R Nadel
Bjorn Borg

Next Subject: Living British painters/sculptors

damien hirst
david hockney
sam taylor-wood
tracey emin
jonathan monk

(hopes they are all British, and no Aussies etc have sneaked in there!!!)

next subject: 5 of Shakespeare's comedies

The Twelth Night
The Winter's Tale
Much Ado About Nothing
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Midsummer's Night Dreams

Next Subject: Names of Alcohol -Cocktail Drinks

screwdriver

martini

white russian

vodka gimlet

gin and tonic

next subject: breakfast cereals

Cheerios

Cocoa Puffs

Cookie Crisp

Kix

Special K

Next Subject: Bands that sing in 2 or more languages

ABBA (Swedish, English, German, Italian, Spanish, French)
Duran Duran (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)
Il Divo (English, Italian, Spanish, French, Latin)
Milk & Honey (Arabic, English, French)
Santana (Spanish, English)

Next subject: butterflies

(I have to admit I had some help from my grandson with this!)

Monarch
Swallowtail
Cloudywings
Blue Morphs
Orangetips

Next subject: types of bread

pita
sourdough
pumpernickel
lavosh
soda bread

Next subject: cheese

Brie
Gorgonzola
Parmigiano Reggiano
Oka
Havarti

Next subject: more cheese

cheddar
Swiss
Monterey Jack
pinconning
american

next: wine

merlot
pinot noir
chablis
chardonnay
burgandy

Now I am ready for a picnic!

next subject: picnic destinations

a picnic is a wonderful idea! How about:

a park
a river bank
the beach
the mountains
the back yard

next: amusement park rides

roller coaster
bumper cars
river raft
ferris wheel
tower drop

Next: movie theatre candy

Junior Mints
Milk Duds
Dots
Jujubes
Red Vines

Next: salad greens

from candy to salads, here goes

endive
romaine
spinach
iceberg
arugula

and to top those off, how about: salad dressings

French
Ranch
Catalina
Italian
Caesar

Next: video game consoles

Xbox
Playstation
Wii
Gamecube
Atari

Next: Mario Brothers characters

Mario
Luigi
Princess Peach
Daisy
Yoshi

Next: Saturday morning cartoons (past or present)

Scooby Doo
The Archies
Johnny Quest
Space Ghost
The Jetsons

Next: TV shows from the 80's

The Wonder Years
ALF
21 Jump Street
Married with Children
Fraggle Rock

Next: 80's New Wave music

Depeche Mode
OMD
Psychedelic Furs
Johnny Hates Jazz
INXS

Next subject: non-NorthAmerican rivers

Yangtze
Amazon
Danube
Rhine
Nile

Next: National Monuments (from any country)

Statue of Liberty
Tower of London
Eiffel Tower
Great Wall of China
Mount Rushmore

Next: living European Prime Ministers or Presidents

Tony Blair
Jacques Chirac
Margaret Thatcher
Angela Merkel
John Major

next: waterfalls

Niagara Falls

Victoria Falls

Angel Falls

Bridalveil Falls

Pissing Mare Falls

Next: Baseball players

Babe Ruth -- "You're killing me Smalls!"
Kirby Puckett
Nolan Ryan
Mark McGuire
Darryl Strawberry

Next: Mathematical terms

Sine

Cosine

Trapezoid

Variable

Constant

Next: Composers

Hans Zimmer
Danny Elfman
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Nyman
Angelo Badalamenti

Next: types of cookies

Chocolate Chip
Oreo
Snickerdoodles
Peanut Butter
Shortbread

Next Subject: types of tea

pekoe
oolong
chai
green
herbal

next subject: dinosaurs

t-rex
stegosaurus
brontosaurus
velociraptor
ichthyosaur

Next: recreation on wheels

edited: major typo

roller blades
motocross
bicycling
Monster Truck rally
skateboarding

Next: books of the Bible

The Acts of The Apostles
Mark
Matthew
Luke
John

Next: Pure domesticated cat breeds

Persian
Maine Coon
Burmese
Siamese
Cornish Rex

Next: actors who have played Hamlet on screen (any nationality)

Mel Gibson
Ethan Hawke
David Tennant
Richard Burton
Kenneth Branagh

Next: Japanese cartoons/anime

Juuni Kokki (The Twelve Kingdoms)
Ghost in the Shell
FLCL
Wolf's Rain
Cowboy Bebop

Next: Oscar winners for Best Motion Picture

Platoon
Patton
Best Years of Our Lives
Lawrence of Arabia
The Hurt Locker

Next: Feature-length animated movies not produced by Disney/Pixar

Twilight Gemini
Strait Jacket
Fern Gully
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
X

Next: Movies base on video games

Double Dragon
Street Fighter
Mortal Kombat
Super Mario Bros
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Next: songs with an animal in the title

Black Mamba by The Academy is. . .
Birds of Prey by Architeq
Lion's Roar by Asher Roth
Bat Country by Avanged Sevenfold
Rock Lobster by the B-52s

. . . Can you tell I just went down my iTunes?

Next: Movie Quotes (with movie title, please)

1. "Lanigan hit a home run?!" -- It Happens Every Spring

2. "Most people that have an inferiority complex really ARE inferior! (You're an exception)."*

3. "If I (was the one who) threw that cup at you, I wouldn't have missed." *

4. " 'Tis only SO, and then the deed is done/
And I will love thee and prrefer the for it."
--Richard III

5. "You can "take" nothing from me that I will so readily part with." -- Hamlet
(Hamlet's answer to Polonius's asking permission to "take (his) leave")

* I don't remember which movies 2 and 3 are from.
2 was said I think by Van Johnson to Gene Kelly. Might have been "Brigadoon".

3 was said by the hero to an evil sea captain, in answer to the questions "Who THREW that? -- Did YOU throw that?"

NEXT: Basebll players who could have (chronologically possible) played against Ted Williams (1939-1960)

1. Joe Dimaggio (1936-1951)

2. Warren Spahn (1942-1965)

3. Hank Aaron (1954-1976)

4. Mickey Mantle (1951-1968)

5. Bob Gibson (1959-1975)

Next up: Humphrey Bogart movies

Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
The Big Sleep
The African Queen
Key Largo

Next up: The full name of 5 characters played by Marlon Brando

Ogden Mears - A Countess from Hong Kong
Napoleon Bonaparte - Desiree
1st Lt. Fletcher Christian - Mutiny on the Bounty
Terry Malloy - On the Waterfront
and of course,
Stanley Kowakski, A Streetcar Named Desire

next: other famous stanleys

Stan(ley) Holloway

(Stan(ley) Laurel

Mickey Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley

Stanley Dunham Obama

NEXT: Comedy actors/actresses who, at least once, played an important NON-COMEDY role. I once asked a trivia question on AOL about what non-comedy role was played by Jerry Lewis. Someone answered "ALL of his roles" !

Steve Martin in Grand Canyon
Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting
Norman Wisdom in The Night They Raided Minsky's
Bill Murray in Lost in Translation
Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon

Next - 5 bands or solo artistes that Queen or Freddie Mercury on his own have recorded a hit song with

Trivial Note on #105:

Also, The Spanish Prisoner for Steve Martin comes to mind;
and Hamlet (2000?) for Bill Murray; he played Polonius, though, whom some might consider a comic character inserted into a tragedy.

Monserrat Caballe - Barcelona
David Bowie - Under Pressure
Luciano Pavarotti - Too Much Love Will Kill You
George Michael - Somebody to Love
Paul Rodgers - Say It’s Not True

next subject: Queens

Elizabeth I

Mary, consort of William III*

Juana la Loca

Wilhelmina of the Netherlands

Noor of Jordan

*daughter of James II, who was deposed by his son-in-law William of Orange; their reign is usually called "William & Mary" iplying that she was a co-monarch, not just a consort.

NEXt subject: Princes* (whether they eventually became kings or not)

*In the British sense of sons of a monarch, not the French, etc., sense of one of the high nobility

Charles
William
Harry
Edward
and "the artist formerly known as"

next: Lords

Lord of Mann
House of Lords
Lord of the Rings
Lord of the Flies
Lord and Taylor

next: board games

Lord Carrington

"Lord Johnny"

Lord Cornwallis

Lord Chesterfield

Lord North

NEXT subject: Ladies (as their official title OR at least part of their name)

#112:

Give a "Next Subject" , please.

Going back to Msg 110 as 111 answered the same topic in 109:

Board games

Monopoly
Scrabble
Cluedo
Trivial Pursuit
Chess

Next topic: Currency

looking back it seems as though canuck-jenni got in first with the Lords thingies, so going from her board games.......

draughts
ludo
chess
snakes and ladders
monopoly

next: sports played with a ball, but not involving any kind of bat or racket or club or stick

Soccer (British)

American Football

Basketball (NBA)

Volleyball

Netball

next: Living(still in existence) Women's Fashion Famous
Designers. ( British, American, any European
citizens)

Donna Karan
Stella McCartney
Vivienne Westwood
Giorgio Armani
Jean Paul Gaultier

next: pets that are normally kept in some sort of cage/hutch

Rabbit
Hamster
Parrot
Chinchilla
Guinea Pig

Seeing that it wasn't used in 115 shall we try Currencies again?

dollar
franc
yen
krona
rupee

next: edible seeds

Pumpkin (pepitas)
Sunflower
sesame
carraway
cumin

types of pants (any length)

dungarees

bermuda shorts

boxing trunks

swimming trunks

slacks

NEXT subject: indoor games other than chess and checkers (draughts). (Donʻt get too metaphorical about this -- real GAMES, with rules.)

Scrabble

Monopoly

Boggle

Dominoes

Sorry

Next subject: Summer Fun

swimming
boating
water skiing
baseball
running through the sprinkler

next: foods that smell good:

steamed cod fish with ginger

ox-tail soup

Hawaiin pizza ( from Pizza Hut)

scrambled fried egg with fresh oysters

beef knuckles

Next: Movies starring Sandra Bullock in a leading role.

Hope Floats
Blind Side
Speed
Miss Congeniality
While You Were Sleeping

Next Subject: 5 American States and their Capital Cities

Minnesota: Minneapolis
Alaska: Juneau
Georgia: Atlanta
Wisconsin: Madison
Boston: Massachusetts

Next: Philosophers

Soren Kierkegaard

Jesus of Nazareth*

Zarathustra aka Zoroaster*

Baruch Spinoza

Rene DesCartes

*These 2 are not always admitted to be
philosophers, but they are, surprisingly in Jesusʻ case, on the list of The Ten Greatest "Minds"
of all time compiled by philosopher
Friedrich Nietzsche.

Next subject: Doctors, medical or psychiatric

Dr. Paul Farmer

Dr. Benjamin Spock

Sigmund Freud

Arthur Conan Doyle

Galen

Next subject: Islands

Crete

Cyprus

Tuvalu

Kapingamarangi

Maui

Next subject: Peninsulas

Avalon
Bonavista
Burin
Great Northern
Labrador

next: African nations and their capitals

South Africa – Pretoria
Botswana – Gaborone
Nigeria – Lagos
Kenya – Nairobi
Tanzania – Dar-es-Salaam

Next subject: Herbs

cilantro
rosemary
dill weed
thyme
oregano

next: spices

white pepper

cinnamon

aniseed

ginger

dried chilli powder

next: world famous restaurant or TV host chefs

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Jamie Oliver
Rick Stein
Marco Pierre White
Heston Blumenthal

next: 5 evergreen trees

pine
yew
fir
cedar
spruce

next: chewing gum

Fruit Stripe
Orbit
Bazooka
Stride
Trident

Next: the number 1 --be creative :D

sounds like "was victorious"

a (sexy?) Fifth Ave. address#

an unaccompanied, meager lunch item*

a pronoun for "People in general"; something the British say where we have to say "you"

God**

#as in Candace Bushnellʻs One Fifth Avenue

* as in the old Folk > Pop song "1 Meat Ball"

** check with a Jewish credo, a Christian catechism or a Muslim cleric, if you have any
doubts about how many of her there could be.
If an atheist: even what youʻre denying the
existence of is singular.

Next: the Number 3

The Three Stooges (Comedy Group)
The Three Bears (Nursery Story)
Three Cups of Tea (Book)
Three Times A Lady (Song)
Three Mile Island (Place/Event)

Next: Books that have a woman's name in the title

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Miss Julie by August Strindberg

Betrayed by Rita Hayworth / La Traicion
de Rita Hayworth by Manuel Puig

Ditte Daughter of Man by Martin Nexo

Mary by Scholem Asch

Next subject: Books that have a sport or
athletic event in the title

Marathon Man
Race Against Time
Soccer Circus
Baseball for Dummies
The Naked Olympics: The True Story of the Ancient Games

Next: Arizona

Southwestern Indian Jewelry
by Arizona Highways

How I Routed a Gang of Arizona Outlaws
by Wyatt Earp

Barry Goldwater by Barry M . Goldwater

The Baron of Arizona by E.H. Cookridge

Our Lady Comes to Scottsdale: Is it Authentic?
by Robert Faricy

Next Subject: Hawaiʻi

Old Norse Language, preserved

Volcanoes

Reagan v. Gorbachev at Reykjavik

Halldor Laxness

Audenʻs "Letter from. . ."

rolandperkins,

your next topic ?

Next subject: Scotland

not sure if you mean anything about scotland, but here goes

Firth of Forth
Loch Ness
Edinburgh Castle
Outer Hebrides
Glencoe

Next: 5 types of manmade fibre

polyester
acrylic
nylon
rayon
acetate

next: fiber arts or crafts

To Carrotlady:
After scanning the "example" (I didn ʻt see
any "Rules"): " . . .5 words; a word can
be a phrase"

Thanks for asking. I do mean "anything about Scotland".

tatting
weaving
Crochet
Knitting
felting

next: mythical creatures (excluding dragons and unicorns)

Centaurs

Gorgons

Leprechauns

Menehunes

Furies

Next Subject: Creatures who were mythical,
but human

Not sure if you mean who looked human or were actually human rolandperkins. The best I can come up with is

giant
fairy godmother
vampire
witch
dwarf

Sorry if that's not what you were after

Next: The title of 5 fairy stories which is the name of the main female character

Cinderella
Thumbelina
Rapunzel
Sleeping Beauty
Snow White

Next gemstones

Ruby

Emerald

Diamond

Jade

Sapphire

Next: Any five titles of famous oil paintings by Vincent van Gogh

Irises
Sunflowers
The Potato Eaters
Starry Night
Church at Auvers

next: paintings by Winslow Homer

Gulf Stream
Turkey Buzzard
Haymaking
Undertow
Sunset Fires

five types of cloth

silk
linen
burlap
damask
cotton

next: countries that produce raw cotton

U.S.

Brazil

Nigeria

Angola

Egypt

Next?

Soo o--o, Re.: "next"

Next: States that produce tobacco

Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
North Carolina
Missouri

next: five snack foods

potato chips

chocolate bars

nachos

li hing mui

fritos

NEXT: 5 states that border NEITHER ON Tennessee, NOR the Mississipi River, NOR an ocean coast

Arizona
New Mexico
Montana
Colorado
Utah

Next: Kinds of beans

black
pinto
scarlet runner
navy
lima

Next: Items found on an antipasto platter

salami
cheese
bread
tomatoes
olives

next: soups

minestrone

mulligatawney*

tomato

chicken

Portuguese bean**

* Irish though it may sound, this is of East Indian origin.

** Not a fan of beans in general, but for some reason I love this use of them.

NEXT: Ethnic names in foods (and, if you wish,
notes on why you shouldnʻt trust the name to
be what it claims to be ethnically).

Borscht - Russian Soup
Challah - Jewish Bread
Lumpia - Filipino eggroll
Saag - Indian curry with mustard greens
Tiramisu - Italian dessert

Next subject: Caribbean Islands

Haiti

Bahamas

Cuba

Jamaica

Trinidad and Tobago

NEXT: Atlantic Islands (other than those
usually considered "European").
Not very many but there are at least 5.

Long Island
Fire Island
Staten Island
Hilton Head Island
Key West

next: United States National Parks

Yosemite
Great Basin
Mesa Verde
Yellowstone
Olympic

Next: famous volcanoes

Mauna Kea

Etna

Vesuvius

Mount St. Helenʻs

Krakatoa

NEXT: U.S. Mountains -- East of the Mississippi

Appalachian
Black
Blue Ridge
Smoky
Stowe

U.S. National Monuments

Mount Rushmore

Washington Monument

Lincoln Memorial

Vietnam Memorial

Jefferson Memorial

Next: Pop Idols of the 1970s

Slade
Mud
T-Rex
The Sweet
Alvin Stardust

next: singles that became no 1 in the charts both in the UK and the USA (not necessarily at the same time)

Can't Buy Me Love
She Loves You
I want to Hold Your Hand
Please Please Me
Hey Jude

Next: mystery writers

Ellery Queen

Dorothy sayers

Jacqueline Girdner

Maurice Procter

Georgette Heyer (sometimes)

Next Crime Fiction writers whose works are NOT
primarily about detection, and in whom you always know "who done it", so theyʻre not "Mystery Writers".

I don't read crime fiction so I'm not sure about these names. The list might get us going again.

Lacey Fosburgh
Hugh Aynesworth
Robert Graysmith
Gary Pomerantz
Sondra London

Next: Automobile manufacturers

Chrysler/Daimler*

Ford

General Motors

American Motors

Saab

*I donʻt know which one was given top billing
in the merger of years ago(if it was a merger and not a takeover). Iʻve heard that Chrysler has
been dropped from it.

NEXT: Western or "Cowboy" Novelists

Zane Grey

Max Brand

John McDonald

Louis L'Armour

John Myers Myers

(There is a limited pool of Western/Wild West fiction writers )

Next: Well-known ,living American-born film/movie
directors

Stephen Spielberg

Woody Allen

Barbara Streisand

Robert Redford

Clint Eastwood (Assuming, not knowing, that they are all American born and still living.)

(I donʻt pay much attention to who directed it; I consider the directorʻs importance over-rated -- and the screenwritersʻ under-rated.)

NEXT: Film actresses/actors who are equally or
even more known for their stage roles.

Liza Minnelli

Rex Harrison

Laurence Olivier

Nathan Lane

Mandy Patinkin

Next: types of men's hats

tuque
Cowboy Hat
Bowler Hat
Fedora
Baseball Cap

Next: North American Indian Tribes

Ojibwe
Lakhota
Kickapoo
Chippewa
Cherokee

Next: Movie Songs

What a Wonderful World (Good Morning, Vietnam)
Unchained Melody (Ghost)
Mrs. Robinson (The Graduate)
Moon River (Breakfast at Tiffany”s)
Rainbow Connection (The Muppet Movie)

next: animated movie characters

Roger Rabbit
so then logically, Jessica Rabbit --both from Roger Rabbit
Calcifer -- from Howl's Moving Castle
Edward Elric -- from Full Metal Alchemist: Conquerer of Shamballa (sp?)
Lupin -- from Lupin III: Twilight Gemini

Next: Films from the Cohen Brothers

Raising Arizona
The Big Lebowski
No Country for Old Men
Barton Fink
Fargo

next: nursery rhymes with a boy's name in the first line

Bobby Shafto's Gone to Sea
Georgie Porgie
Jack and Jill
Jack Be Nimble
Little Tommy Tucker

next: songs with the word 'blue' in the title

Blue Suede Shoes
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Blue Moon
Blue Velvet
Blue Danube

Next: Books with the word "night" in the title

Night by Elie Wiesel
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
A Mid-Summer Night's Dream by Shakespeare
The Way of Shadows: Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks

Next: Cereal Characters

Captain Crunch
Count Chocula
Tony the Tiger
Snap, Crackle and Pop
The Lucky Charms Leprechaun

Next:shapes of pasta

spaghetti

macaroni

lasagna

ravioli

fettucine

NEXT: U.S. vice presidents who did NOT become president

Walter Mondale

Nelson Rockefeller

Al Gore Jr

Dick Cheney

J Quayle

NEXT: Past American Presidents who died in office or were assasinated.

James Garfield
John Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
William McKinley
Warren Harding

next: 5 countries (other than the UK) who have a king or a queen

Netherlands

Denmark

Saudi Arabia

Tonga

Belgium

N EXT: 5 Writers who have "King" or "queen" in a title, or have written a famous quotation
with "king" or "queen" in it.

Alice Hoffman - The River King
Antonia Fraser - Mary, Queen of Scots
Pamela Morsi - The Cotton Queen
Robert Pen Warren - All The King's Men
Louise Erdrich - The Beet Queen

Next: Comedy Teams

Laurel & Hardy

Martin & Lewis

Abbott & Costello

The Marx Brothers

The Ritz Brothers

Names for types of "Crime" novel
("Crime" may include espionage and internaitonal intrigue)

(Hint one has the initials p.p.)

Hard-boiled
Spy novel
Psychological suspense
Caper
Cozy

Next: Michael Jackson songs

Thriller
Beat It
Smooth Criminal
Billie Jean
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough

Next: Samuel L. Jackson movies

Pulp Fiction

Snakes On The Plane

Unbreakable

Soul Man

Home Of The Brave

Next: English Language featured Movie Titles with a backdrop of Gulf Wars - Iraq & Afghanistan

Next category skoobdo?

Courage Under Fire
The Hurt Locker
Three Kings
Black Hawk Down
Bravo Two Zero

Next: Lighthearted/comedy films or TV programmes set in any war

M*A*S*H
Stripes
Platoon
Good Morning, Vietnam
In the Army Now

Next: Popular song remakes--original and new artist, if you please :)

Sway - Michael Bouble ( Original Artist: Dean Martin)

Unforgettable - Natalie Cole/Nat King Cole (remixed)- Original Artist: Nat King Cole

Words - Boyzone (Original Aritist: Bee Gees )

Without You - Mariah Carey (Original Artist: Nillson )

Save the last dance for me - Michael Bouble
(Original Artist: The Drifters )

NEXT TOPIC: The late Michael Jackson's songs being
cover versions (new artists) which can be a single vocalist or group. List at least 5 different titles.Quote the "cover version" singer or group also.

Smooth Criminal -- Alien Ant Farm
Beat It -- Fall Out Boy
Billie Jean -- Chris Cornell
Got to Be There -- Boyz II Men
I Can't Help It -- Keiko Lee

Next: Movie Remakes. Include both titles if they are different.

Love Affair 1930s > 1990s

Oceanʻs Eleven 1960 > 2000s--the latter even had its sequels. Oceanʻs Twelve (etc.?)

Kidnapped 1930s > 1960

Seabiscuit 1949? > 2000s
(the 1949 title of this may have been The Story of Seabiscuit. Other than that I canʻt think offhand of a changed title, though there must have been many.

Moby Dick 1956 > 1990s

A Star is Born 1937> 1954 > 1970s
The 3 stars were Janet Gaynor,
Judy Garland, and Barbara Streisand.

(I donʻt know the exact year on most of these, only the decade.)

NEXT: 5 fairly famous books that have
unexplainably never --that you know of-- been made into a movie.

Hmmm, I don't think the following have been made into films, though they may be in progress. . . I don't usually hear about them until the year of the release.

The Catcher in the Rye
Atlas Shrugged
The Giver
Number the Stars
House of Leaves

Next: Constellations

"Black Hawk Down" - war in Somali, Africa

Ursa Major
Pegasus
Andromeda
Orion
Draco

Next: Star Names

Arcturus
Polaris
Sirius
Betelgeuse
Deneb

Next: Other celestial bodies (excluding planets)

Black Holes

Comets

Stars

Galaxies

Meteors

Next: Name any 5 (five ) "modern art" titles by Andy Warhol

Campbell's Soup Can
Pepsi Cola
Turquoise Marilyn
Suicide
Orange Disaster

Next: 5 famous art galleries anywhere in the world

Prado

Frick

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Louvre

M O M A

NEXT: 5 continental European artists of any
country except France or Italy

Salvador Dali
Rene Magritte
El Greco
Max Ernst
John Constable

Next: 5 overtures or sonatas by Beethoven

1)Opus 12 -Beethoven's No.1 Violin Sonata (3 violins)

No. 2 Violin Sonata ( 3 violins)

No. 3 Violin Sonata ( 3 Violins)

2)Opus 23 - Beethoven's No. 4 Violin Sonata

3)Opus 24 - Beethoven's No. 5 Violin Sonata

4) Opus 7 - Piano Sonata

5) Opus 10 Piano Sonata

Next: Complete Opera (Italian) titles by Puccini

La Boheme
Tosca
Girl of the Golden West
Manon Lescaut
Madame Butterfly

Next: 5 very famous racehorses from any country (not all from the same country)

Zarkava*

Man oʻ War

Upset

whirlaway

Youmzain*

* I had to consult Google on these 2; not sure of their nationality, or even their fame.

NEXT: 5 Boxers, at least one of whom
should be non - U.S.

Muhammad Ali
Henry Cooper
Sugar Ray Robinson
Mike Tyson
Frank Bruno

Next: 5 fruits that do not end with the suffix 'berry'

apple

peach

pear

plum

orange

NEXT: 5 comic strip characters who had both a 1st and a last name --however little used either of the names was.

Dick Tracy
Tess Trueheart
Charlie Brown
Lucy Van Pelt
Brenda Starr

Next: movie titles with six or more words

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
All Quite On The Western Front
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
Did You Hear About The Morgans?
In The Heat Of The Night

Next: Book Titles that have a women's name in them

Iphigenia among the Taurians
by Euripides

Bethel Merriday* by Sinclair Lewis

Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis

Antigone by Sophocles

Emma by Jane Austen

*having some trouble getting hold of this title, and Iʻm not sure of B.M.ʻs gender.

NEXT: Books which have a nationality or a nationʻs name in the title, but donʻt have much to do with that nation.
(ONLY HOLDING YOU to THREE, not five on
this one; Iʻm not sure I could do 5 myself.)

Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier
The China Garden by Liz Berry
Learning Java by Patrick Niemeyer

Next: Books with titles with the following structure: The _____ in the _____

The Boy in the Burning House by Tim Wynne-Jones
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell
The Shadows in the Streets by Susan Hill

next: European cookbook authors

Delia Smith
Jamie Oliver
Raymond Blanc
Rick Stein
Antonio Carluccio

NEXT: 5 Beatles albums

Help

The White Album

Yellow Submarine

A Hard Day's Night

Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

NEXT: John Lennon's songs recorded as a solo artist

Imagine
Woman
Instant Karma
Happy Christmas, War Is Over
Nobody Told Me

Next: 5 Bob Dylan albums

The Times They Are a-Changin'
John Wesley Harding
Blonde on Blonde
The Nashville Skyline
Highway 61 Revisited

Next: 5 Motown Artists and a hit from each

The Supremes - Where Did Our Love Go
The Temptations - War
Marvin Gaye - I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Smokey Robinson - Tracks of my Tears
The Four Tops - Bernadette

Next: 5 different things that you can have on your plate when you sit down to Christmas dinner (the main meal)

turkey

corn (maize)

mashed potatoes

cranberry sauce

turnips

NEXT; 5 Chiefs of State (any era, any place) whose name begins with
a 2nd half of the alphabet letter (N - Z) A - L is ruled out.
(1st names are allowed only for monarchs)

Barack Obama - USA
Joseph Stalin - Russia
Margaret Thatcher - Britain
Pierre Trudeau - Canada
Nicolas Sarkozy - France

5 Televised Game Shows

Card Shark
Jeopardy
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Double Dare
Wheel of Fortune

Next: 5 Sports Brands (i.e. equipment, apparel, etc)

Nike
Adidas
Champion
Kelty
Speedo

Next: five kinds of frozen desserts

Sherbet

Ice Cream

Jello

Eskimo Pies*

Chocolate Covereds*

*Hope I donʻt have to define these last 2 and prove that theyʻre not the same as each other.

NEXT: FIVE NUMBERS that a team might be called --naming the sport -- e.g. as "An 11" --Football, or "a 9" --Baseball; Ruling out fb and baseball.

15 - rugby
6 - hockey
5- basketball
4 - polo
10 - lacrosse

Next: jobs that commonly require the use of a shovel

gardener
gravedigger
archaeologist
stable hand
farmer

next: job specific headgear (list the headgear and the job)

helmet - miner
face mask - hockey goalie
scrub cap - surgeon
hard hat - construction worker
netted headgear - beekeeper

next: kinds of toothpaste

Aim
Crest
Colgate
Tom's
Pepsodent

Next: substances which help make baked good rise (leavening agents)

Sodium Bi-carbonate ( Baking soda )

Baking powder

Hydrogen peroxide

Buttermilk

Yeast

Next:5 natural vegetables( not dried or processed herbs ) used for garnishing or spicing up your cooking to taste better.

garlic
onion
shallot
parsley
watercress

Next: 5 commonly eaten fish

scallops

haddock

mackerel

cod

herring (also sold as "sardines" (?) in
Atlantic coasts)

NEXT: 5 Writers that you think SHOULD be nominated for the Nobel Prize.
Ev en if already nominated -- ok. Must be living; no one is ruled out except the dead and those who have already won it.

5 Writers to be chosen as the Nobel Prize (Literature) nominees for 2010:

1. Philip Roth

2. Haruki Murakami

3. Margaret Atwood

4. Ian McEwan

5. Kazuo Ishiguro

NEXT: Five types of aircraft in the world still in use

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