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by **aaarizpe** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:53 pm

There may be others, but at least one answer for #1 is...

MALCOLM X

by **ejs** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:51 pm

I think #2 is referring to the well-known Oprah Winfrey book-club selection about a young lady's misadventures with a series of part-time work placements -- Shirley, Temp.

by **Ken Jennings** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:24 pm

aaarizpe is correct: that's the person I had in mind. No takers on the drink -> possibly inappropriate literary work?

by **Bill** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:21 pm

Ken Jennings wrote:aaarizpe is correct: that's the person I had in mind. No takers on the drink -> possibly inappropriate literary work?

I tried, but the closest thing I could find was Se7en-Up.

Unless there's a drink called Lolitade that I'm not aware of.

Maybe a hint?

by **Ken Jennings** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:43 pm

The literary work is a genre, not a specific title.

by **Bill** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:11 pm

Fanta?

Blue Proseco?

Fruit Punch?

by **Bill** » Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:34 pm

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Or is it a Lime Rickey?

by **Artemidorus** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:32 am

I thought it might be fanta as well.
The book by Bob Randall is called "The Fan," though

by **Ken Jennings** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 10:54 am

Bill wrote:-

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Or is it a Lime Rickey?

That's the one. I like blue proseco though.

by **TheConfessor** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:12 pm

Ken Jennings wrote:
Bill wrote:-

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Or is it a Lime Rickey?

That's the one. I like blue proseco though.

I didn't know you guys were fans.
http://www.limerickey.org/

by **Ken Jennings** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 1:16 pm

WHATS NOT TO LIKE

by **TheConfessor** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 3:57 pm

That's strange. Apparently, shortly after I posted the limerickey.org link, the site was taken down. No great loss, but Google still has the cached page.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=us

by **bengland** » Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:00 pm

Ken Jennings wrote:aaarizpe is correct: that's the person I had in mind. No takers on the drink -> possibly inappropriate literary work?

Another, longer answer for #1

David McCallum

ETA: Actually over 75%, since I thought there was only one C.

by **Ken Jennings** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 9:30 am

bengland wrote:Another, longer answer for #1

Wow, great find! I went through a bunch of Davids trying to eliminate alternate answers, but I never thought of Ilya.

by **at8ax** » Sat Jun 16, 2012 7:39 am

You mean "Davd," of course. ;-)

by **skullturfq** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 7:30 am

I can think of two well-known female comic actresses whose names consist mostly of Roman numerals (60.00 percent for the younger, 63.64 percent for the older).

by **ArtVark** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:18 pm

There is an old-time movie actor whose stage name qualifies at 66%. His last name qualifies at 100%

by **skullturfq** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:06 pm

If I'm identifying ArtVark's person correctly:

his last name not only consists entirely of letters that are Roman numerals, but it forms a well-formed Roman numeral. The number it indicates happens to be prime.

Hints for my two funny women:

The older of the two (now deceased) had the centenary of her birth less than a year ago, and was born in the same city as singer Natalie Merchant.

The younger of the two is still living, and was born in Detroit on the exact day and year that World War II started in Europe.

by **singlewhammy** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 2:54 am

There's a well-known Castilian military leader who's at 80% Roman numerals.

It's a bit cheap because the denominator is 5, though.

by **Ken Jennings** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 8:33 am

ArtVark wrote:There is an old-time movie actor whose stage name qualifies at 66%. His last name qualifies at 100%

Not who you're thinking of, but I just noticed COLIN CLIVE (Frankenstein) is at 70%.

Ken

by **grodney** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:24 am

Ken Jennings wrote:Wow, great find! I went through a bunch of Davids trying to eliminate alternate answers, but I never thought of Ilya.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dodd is 78% Roman.

Diddy is 80%.

by **Bill** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 12:28 pm

Milli Vanilli is over 83%.

That's not a person, but I also found a Lili McMillan with the same ratio.

by **skullturfq** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:16 am

skullturfq wrote:If I'm identifying ArtVark's person correctly:

his last name not only consists entirely of letters that are Roman numerals, but it forms a well-formed Roman numeral. The number it indicates happens to be prime.

Hints for my two funny women:

The older of the two (now deceased) had the centenary of her birth less than a year ago, and was born in the same city as singer Natalie Merchant.

The younger of the two is still living, and was born in Detroit on the exact day and year that World War II started in Europe.

For completeness, here are the names of my two funny women:

LUCILLE BALL and LILY TOMLIN.

by **ArtVark** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 3:37 pm

skullturfq wrote:
skullturfq wrote:If I'm identifying ArtVark's person correctly:

his last name not only consists entirely of letters that are Roman numerals, but it forms a well-formed Roman numeral. The number it indicates happens to be prime.

Hints for my two funny women:

The older of the two (now deceased) had the centenary of her birth less than a year ago, and was born in the same city as singer Natalie Merchant.

The younger of the two is still living, and was born in Detroit on the exact day and year that World War II started in Europe.

For completeness, here are the names of my two funny women:

LUCILLE BALL and LILY TOMLIN.

For completeness, my old-time movie actor is: Tom Mix

by **kdguitar61** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 7:33 pm

Sorry for being late in answering; I haven't been on lately...

77%, all consonants are Roman numerals, 20th century American. Close enough to fit the description...

C. C. DeVille

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