Braingle: 'Name Train I' Brain Teaser

Name Train I

Language brain teasers are those that involve the English language. You need to think about and manipulate words and letters.

Puzzle ID:	#9994
Fun:	(2.91)
Difficulty:	(2.37)
Category:	Language
Submitted By:	electronjohn

A Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a train. You are given the first car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose), and you have to fill in the car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person or character. Here is an example Name Train: Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes:

1. Chris [ ] Hudson
2. Chris [ ] Asimov
3. Boy [ ] [ ] Ford
4. Elton [ ] [ ] Newton
5. Curious [ ] [ ] [ ] Browne

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hip2b2 Feb 07, 2003	These name trains are excellent
electronjohn Feb 13, 2003	I made up 2 others, three in all so far. If you liked this one check them out as well.
clawsmommy Dec 25, 2004	I liked this one! And I got them all
goldmare Dec 25, 2004	Awesome teaser! I loved it! I got all of #4 and Curious George, but I had never heard of most of the others, so I didn't get them. I'm surprised I didn't get Harrison Ford, though.
Araldite Dec 25, 2004	I liked this. I thought it was fairly easy because some of the names produce only one obvious answer. This could be very hard if you weren't using names like Elton, Boy, or Curious.
(user deleted) Dec 25, 2004	hey im smart i kinda knew that one!!
missredjeep Dec 25, 2004	Great job, very fun.
eyecue Dec 25, 2004	Cool idea, didn't get #2 or #4.
BOOK_HO Dec 26, 2004	WHY? WHY? WHY? WERE THEY THE ONLY ONES WHO HAD PHONES? EVEN SO.... WELL MAYBE THE BOOKS WERE TOO EXPENSIVE TO PRINT SO THE PRINTERS DID NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM AWAY!! THOUGHT PROVOKING AND INTERESTING
Nicky101 Dec 26, 2004	That should be in trivia. Hard one!
greebmaster-1 Jan 01, 2005	this is really cool. i liked the last one best i wish i could have gotten one o well
bringiton_cheer Jan 02, 2005	I only got # 1 and the last one
Sunrose Oct 04, 2005	I enjoyed this one, good job. I only got 2 of them right, but had fun trying to figure the rest of them
gailnic2000 Dec 25, 2005	I'm with you Araldite! The teaser was fun though--just over way too soon.
TsunamiSurfer Dec 25, 2005	Hello: I did not really understand the teaser! But I got the first one right. A good tarin to be in! quack - quack P.S. Merry Christmas
dragonlilly1 Dec 25, 2005	was so so
mogur Dec 25, 2005	Merry Christmas. Jolly Quansa Hut. Happy Harmonica.
OldChinaHand Dec 25, 2005	Good One. Great way to wake up. abcdefghijk mnopqrstuvwxyz to all, Old China Hand
shawneeo Dec 25, 2005	That was way fun! I didn't get them all, but as I've said before, I try to NOT remember too many entertainer's names to avoid being overly impressed or concerned about people I don't actually know in person. Weird? Well, I never claimed I was normal... Good teaser, great idea, Thanks! Happy Day to Everyone!
speediebean Dec 25, 2005	First off, MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!! I've known of this game being called "degrees of separation", and have enjoyed it for years. This was a really good rendition!!
ceeyaaa Dec 25, 2005	excellent
Araldite Dec 25, 2005	Hard to believe I posted a comment exactly one year ago. Merry Christmas!!
Aarghonauts Dec 25, 2005	Well, that was unexpected and fun Can't say I was very good at it, but had a good time trying
bootscooter58 Dec 25, 2005	Fun and Entertaining. I was surprised I got all but 1. Thank you for the teaser. Merry Christmas to all. I pray you have a wonderful day.
spec4p Dec 25, 2005	very fun and challenging
Brainy_1 Dec 25, 2005	Great one! I got them all! Into my favs! Keep them coming! I was very entertained!
gali Dec 25, 2005	I liked that one!!! Very nice
peppamintp Dec 25, 2005	Merry Christmas Interesting teaser. Had a great time figuring it out.
yettaB Dec 25, 2005	its cute . i didn't know the answers but it was cute
bballer21 Dec 25, 2005	I FEEL STUPID I ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF THEM
Kelso0907 Dec 25, 2005	Merry Christmas!! I didn't understand this one!! the hole Michael Jackson thing..wow don't get it!!
lindquist_25 Dec 25, 2005	Cute. Merry Christmas, y'all!
christine77 Dec 25, 2005	definately going to my favs, i got every single one of them...im so proud of myself...i really liked this type of teaser....keem them up!
ragethe3rd Dec 25, 2005	Hehe, very intresting.
azbee123 Dec 25, 2005	what?
kimberlykay Dec 25, 2005	I got all of them, and I loved it!! You did a great job on this. I will definitely check out your other teasers. Keep up the good work! Merry Christmas to all of you, and Happy Birthday Jesus!
Sara2009 Dec 26, 2005	Even though u gave an example i still dont understand this at all. Someone please explain!!!!
bluehawk Dec 27, 2005	Name Train I liked this one.Not badI got 4 out of 5.Keep up hte good work
bluehawk Dec 27, 2005	oops, "Keep up 'the' good work"
(user deleted) Dec 27, 2005	What?????????? I can believe I could not get any! Darn!
boriqua Dec 27, 2005	Three out of five not bad
ElectronJohn Dec 27, 2005	Thanks for all the kind words. I made these up two years ago and had almost forgotten about them. Glad so many of you like them. I also have a name train II and a name train III teaser out there if you want more of these. Maybe I will try to make a forth one but if you guys have any good one feel free to use the idea and post your own.
riddlelover Dec 29, 2005	Ah..I couldn't do it, but that's clever!
vlerma Jun 09, 2006	Got into this one a little late, but I loved it. And I was fairly successful. Nice job. More please?
coachpisco Dec 25, 2006	The first two were good, the next three were very good. Thanks.
gaylewolf Dec 25, 2006	I love this type of a challenge! Good one. Let's have more of these!
puttumup Dec 25, 2006	you call that a teaser
OldChinaHand Dec 25, 2006	Deck us all with Boston Charlie... Year on and still a good, Thanks.
Pizzazz2u Dec 25, 2006	I only knew 3 of the 5. But, this was a very Fascinating and Mind-working teaser. Keep up the fantastic work. Too bad it is a repeat and that one reads the responses and only puts new ones on.
cloughme Dec 25, 2006	Excellent Job!!! I love these!!! And MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!
I_Write_Books Dec 25, 2006	It was my first time seeing this one, and I have to say, I really like the name train idea! Nice teaser!
Winner4600 Dec 25, 2006	wow...totd on christmas 2 years in a row...
Trishgal Dec 25, 2006	only got 2 thought it was hard ,but i liked the concept. Just dont keep up with the actor-singer scene. Merry Christmas
ImpeachBush Dec 25, 2006	!
mrtickles Dec 25, 2006	Pretty nice teaser.
breathesunshine Dec 25, 2006	Merry Christmas to all and to all a good brain teaser!
scallio Dec 26, 2006	Loved it! Couldn't get that last one though...
lmurray Dec 26, 2006	EASY, EASY, EASY!!!!!
victort21 Dec 26, 2006	It took me a few minutes to figure out that last one, but I finally got them all. I love these ones! I will definitely be checking out your other name trains, and will be adding this one to my favourites, and you to my list of buddies. I don't want to nitpick, but your example has a little mistake: It is Joan Jett not Jet. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!
ElectronJohn Jan 01, 2007	You are right, Joan Jett is with two t's. I should have known that since I like here music. Thanks everyone for the kind words and I am glad so many of you liked this one.
Qrystal Jan 02, 2007	I'm with shawneeo. Not into the whole famous names stuff at all. I gave a half an effort, got 4/9 names, then looked at the answer and realized I should've gotten Harrison too. Oh well!
amb1912 Jan 04, 2007	Cool but a little hard it made me think a little
j9mattfield Mar 24, 2007	I did your Name Train II today and had a rough time, but a fund time, so I found this one. Fun, but not a killer. Thanks. Now I'm on to III.
phyllisa Jan 15, 2010	Great idea, fun teaser!
patiencewithaP Jan 15, 2010	Fun! Couldn't think of Michael Jackson...
blubberboy Jan 15, 2010	nice! loved it. will look out 4 ur other teasers!
auntiesis Jan 16, 2010	This one was really fun. I only got a couple of them, but I really had fun trying to come up with the others. Thanks.
Babe Jan 16, 2013	I got two by pure accident. I am like some of the others who said they did not understand it. The names in the sample were foreign to me and made no sense at all so I guess that is part of it. Oh well, glad most of you liked it.
jaycr Jan 16, 2013	clever
gaylewolf Jan 16, 2013	This type of quiz is wonderful - one of my favorites. I missed one but had fun trying to figure them out! Thanks for posting!