Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #22

Gone...or Maybe Not??

My girlfriend Anne and I have this macabre game we play every once in a while. It's called "Dead or Alive: Your Call". We think of celebrity names and try to guess if they are still alive or deceased.

Oh...c'mon....it's sick...it's fun...it's entertainment! Really. Have a bash and see if you can pick out who is Living or Deceased from this list of 13 (answers to follow):

1. Robert Palmer (musician "Addicted to Love")

2. Johnny Bench (Cincinnati Reds baseball Hall of Famer)

3. Betty White (actress most notably from Golden Girls)

4. David Cassidy (pop teen star)

5. Beverly DeAngelo (actress from "Christmas Vacation" with Chevy Chase)

6. Johnny Carson (talk show host)

7. Mohammad Ali (champion prize fighter)

8. Gloria Steinem (activist, author, National Women's Hall of Famer)

9. Peter Benchley (author Jaws)

10. Francis Ford Coppola (director The Godfather)

11. Julia Child (world famous chef and TV icon)

12. Jimmy Carter (president)

13. Elizabeth Taylor (actress)

and one trick one:

14. Cat Stevens (musician)


Ok troops.....no using google or wiki or anything. Give it your best shot!!
I'll post the answers tomorrow!

19 comments:

Sandee said...

Okay, I'll guess, but most of them I don't even know.

1. dead
2. dead
3. alive
4. alive
5. alive
6. dead
7. alive
8. alive
9. dead
10.dead
11.dead
12.alive and still an idiot
13.dead

Have a great TT. :)

Sandee said...

Change here....13. is alive
13. dead

Eve said...

1. don't know
2. alive
3. alive
4. alive
5. alive
6. dead
7. alive
8. alive
9. don't know
10. dead
11. dead
12. alive
13. alive
14. don't know
Happy TT!

SJ Reidhead said...

don't know
My man Johnny is alive!
alive
alive
alive
dead as a doornail
alive
alive
died but not in shark attack
alive
dead
alive
alive
alive

SJR
the Pink Flamingo
http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog

jenn said...

I know 3,4,5, and 13 are alive...not sure about the rest!
Happy tt!

Lori said...

1. Alive
2. ??
3. Alive
4. Alive
5. Alive
6. Dead
7. Alive
8. Alive
9. ??
10. Alive
11. Dead
12. Alive
13. Alive
14. Dead

How'd I do?? Happy TT and thanks for stopping by:)

Greatfullivin said...

1.dead
2.alive
3.alive
4.alive
5.dead
6.dead
7.alive
8.dead
9.dead
10.alive
11.dead
12.alive
13.alive(almost dead)
14.alive..new name but alive
what do I win??

Anonymous said...

Cat Stephens is still alive under his Islamic name. I think I got mot of the others, except the ones I have never heard of.

Susan Helene Gottfried said...

Crap. I got lost after Robert Palmer.

This game's too hard for me!

Anonymous said...

What a great game! I admit to confusion on most of them. Happy TT!

Crazed Nitwit said...

Just a quick comment about your comment on my list. I've had anxiety issues since Brennan got sick. It's just higher than normal because I had a severe reaction to a new med and Riley has a concussion. Last week sucked.

HUGS!!

MamaGeek @ Works For Us said...

I totally SUCK at these games. And based on my answers and your other commenters, I'd say I was wrong at all levels! :)

Anonymous said...

1. don't know
2. alive
3. alive
4. alive
5. dead
6. dead
7. alive
8. alive
9. alive
10. dead
11. dead
12. dead
13. alive
14. Hey, isn't this TT?!

Shesawriter said...

I thought they were all dead, except Carter. LOL

My Thursday 13: Thirteen More Men Who Give Me Impure Thoughts

Kristina Knight said...

1 - dead (I only know because he had a tombstone up during Halloweekends at our amusement park...and the DH and I fought about his dead-ness)
2. alive
3. alive
4. alive
5. alive
6. dead
7. alive
8. alive
9. alive
10. alive
11. dead
12. alive
13. alive


happy tt!!

Chelle Y. said...

I was just telling a friend today that I need to rent "The Godfather." I have never seen it. I am not into "mobster movies," but it is such a classic, I need to bear through it and watch the thing.

Anonymous said...

"Macabre?" I resemble that remark! Lately I've been ruminating about The Curse of Bob Newhart. Tom Poston (who appeared on both Bob's famous sitcoms) and two of his TV wives (Mary Frann and now Suzanne Pleshette) are gone. I would never accuse local hero Bob Newhart of wrong doing. But still, am I the only one who sees a supernatural connection? I am? Well, then, never mind. Anne

Open Grove Claudia said...

Boy, I have no idea - plus I cheated and looked at the answers (blushing). Great idea though!

Happy TT!

Anonymous said...

LOL! That is fun. :D

Happy TT!