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These brain teasers rely on your ability to recognize groups of common attributes. For each of these puzzles you'll need to figure out why the words or letters are grouped as they are. Sometimes you will be asked to pick the odd-one-out or to place a new word into the correct group.Group
Which item from group B should be added to group A, and why?
Group A:
William Allen
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Marion Robert Morrison
Dana Elaine Owens
Group B:
Mordecai Brown
Nathaniel Adams Coles
Frances Gumm
Archibald Leach
Norma Jean Mortenson
Group A:
William Allen
Edward Kennedy Ellington
Marion Robert Morrison
Dana Elaine Owens
Group B:
Mordecai Brown
Nathaniel Adams Coles
Frances Gumm
Archibald Leach
Norma Jean Mortenson
Hint
Who are they now?Answer
Nathaniel Adams Coles (Nat "King" Cole) also became famous with a nickname from the peerage (royalty and lower ranks). The two lists show the birth names of celebrities. Respectively, they areGroup A:
William Allen -- Count Basie (band leader)
Edward Kennedy Ellington -- Duke Ellington (band leader)
Marion Robert Morrison -- John "Duke" Wayne (actor)
Dana Elaine Owens -- Queen Latifah (actress / singer)
Group B:
Mordecai Brown -- Three-finger Brown (baseball pitcher)
Nathaniel Adams Coles -- Nat "King" Cole (singer)
Frances Gumm -- Judy Garland (actress)
Archibald Leach -- Cary Grant (actor)
Norma Jean Mortenson -- Marilyn Monroe (model / actress)
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Having been raised around a great variety of music, I found this teaser to be (for me) easier than many - but more enjoyable than most!
Great teaser! Might have gotten it if I'd read the instructions correctly.
I never would have known!!
good teaser, but i didn't really got it
Good one. I didn't get it, though, but I was thinking along the lines of birth names, etc.
Nice Teaser, good job. Fun and a bit hard. Keep them coming!!! Enjoyed this one.
I think it's Marion Michael Morrison for the Duke
His original name, as listedon teh birth certificate, is Marion Robert Morrison. His parents changed it when his younger brother was born. See details at http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000078/bio
Well what do you know? Marion Michael Morrison was originally Marion Robert Morrison. But William Allen isn't the Count's name; he was William Allen Basie.
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