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Same Name Game Trivia

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“A rose by any other name, would smell just as sweet.”

– William Shakespeare

This week, we’re doing something different. Each question has two answers that share a name. Round one, they share a first name. Round two, they share the last name. Round three, the last name of one is the first name of the other answer.

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A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. Hey there I'm Brian Rollins and this is the dorky geeky nerdy trivia podcast. Fear not were not visiting the land of Shakespeare again just yet this week's episode is same name answers. What that means is that each answer will share a commonality in their name for round one. The answers will share the same first name. Here's an example. Mr. Spock and the singer-songwriter behind. Hallelujah. Leonard Nimoy and Leonard Cohen. Get the idea round two will feature the same last names and round 3. The names blend first into last. For example, the first u.s. president meets the author of Sleepy. Hollow, George Washington Irving. Something a little offbeat but we want to try and mix things up for our listeners. As always, you can find rules and score sheets over at dorky geeky nerdy.com. / rules, our site also has links to subscribe, bonus, content, and more. Okay, let's get going. The dorky round keep in mind. Each answer will share a first name. Number one, the author of mouse on a motorcycle and Picard's doctor. Beverly, Cleary and Beverly Crusher. Number two, the character that's possessed by zul and the medical half of the X-Files Duo. Dana Barrett and Dana Scully. Number three, the inventor of bifocals and the commander of Deep Space Nine. Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Sisko. Number four, the actor behind Doctor tolian Sauron, and the captain of the serenity. Malcolm McDowell and Malcolm Reynolds. Number five, a robot on the Starship Heart of Gold and the guy waiting for his earth-shattering, kaboom. Marvin the Paranoid Android and Marvin the Martian. Number 6, one of the brothers on Supernatural and the actor that played Al on Quantum Leap. Dean Winchester and Dean Stockwell. Number seven one is the guy who knows nothing on Game of Thrones and the other is a civil war, vet sent to Mars. Jon Snow and John Carter. Number 8, The Man Behind Hikaru Sulu and the author of A Dance with Dragons. George Takei and George r.r. Martin. Number 91 was the director of Time Bandits and Brazil, the other played President Camacho in Idiocracy. Terry Gilliam and Terry Crews. Number 10, one played three different roles in dr. Strangelove and the other played Tyrion Lannister on Game of Thrones. Peter Sellers and Peter Dinklage. The geeky round. Remember these share a last name. Number one, the titular character from the handmaid's tale and the Green Goblin. June, and Norman Osborn. number two, the author of Jurassic Park and the lead character in Farscape Michael and John Crichton. Number three, the lead character on Stargate Atlantis and the protagonist from the Mass Effect Trilogy. John and Commander Shepard. Number for the guy who picked the wrong day to quit, sniffing glue and the dude. Who abides That would be Father and Son, Lloyd and Jeff Bridges. Number five, he played Sayid on lost and she played the original Mary Poppins. Naveen and Julie Andrews. Number 61 played Ghost Writer on the big screen and the other is the real name of Marvel's Power, Man. Nicholas and Luke Cage. Number 7, she played a b Yeats in the 2016 Ghostbusters and he played the lead in the 1987 movie Mannequin. Melissa and Andrew McCarthy. Number eight, agent, 007 and the actress who plays Miss Moneypenny from 1995 to 2002. James and Samantha Bond. Number 9, the star of Space Jam. And the Weasley twins best friend at Hogwarts. Michael and Lee Jordan. Number 10, she voiced, The Little Mermaid and he voiced the Beast. Jodi and Robby Benson. Okay, it's time for the nerdy round. Now, we have first names blending into last names. Number one, Nintendo's anthropomorphic, pilot meets half of the duo from X-Files. Star Fox Mulder. Number two, the mom from The Terminator movies, meets the actor who played trip on Star Trek. Enterprise Sarah Connor, Tree near. Number three, the Android from Forbidden Planet. Meet Seth, Green's stop-motion, comedy show. Robby. The Robot Chicken. Number for the actors Behind dr. Grant in Jurassic Park and dr. Horrible. Sam Neil, Patrick Harris. number 5, one way or another singer, and actress meets the boy who lived Deborah, Harry Potter. Number 6, the man who wields Excalibur meets a weary Interstellar hitchhiker. King. Arthur Dent. Number 7, the actor behind Han Solo, and another Interstellar hitchhiker. This one from somewhere in the vicinity of Betelgeuse, Harrison Ford, prefect. Number eight, author of 2001 A Space Odyssey meets the alter ego of Superman. Arthur c--, Clark Kent. Number 9, the star of the thing meets the star of Gladiator. Kurt Russell, Crowe. Number 10, the oldest Ensign on USS, Voyager meets the author of the Mars trilogy. Harry Kim, Stanley Robinson. And that's it for this week's questions. I hope you enjoy deviating from our usual format for this. And while we're deviating from formats, this week's book of the week, isn't tied to the episode. In addition to my hosting duties here, I also narrate audio books, I have about 25 free copies to give away to dorky geeky nerdy listeners. If you like audio books and especially free audio books. You can reach out to me at my website. The voices in my head.com, I'll also include Add a link on dorky geeky nerdy.com, if that's easier. Next week, we're back to our tried-and-true format with our 30th episode. Here's your hint. DeForest Kelley reprise, his most iconic role for the pilot of what spin-off series. I'm excited about this one. It's one of my personal favorites. I'm your host, Brian Rowland's. Thanks for listening. When a u.s. Expedition is attacked three survivors, a professor, her student and a soldier are saved by a mysterious vessel the nonce. Have the enigmatic Captain Nieto elects to keep the captives award, requiring each of their skills for his daring. Pursuits. But as evidence of a rogue submarine, alerts, the world's navies, the captives must work together to avoid Void in dilation twenty. Thousand kilos. Under the sea, is a fast-paced adventure Thriller? That's described as the classic Disney adventure meets The Hunt for Red October. 20 thousand kilos Under the Sea, a modern retelling of the Jules, Verne, classic written by Richard Wickliffe, and narrated by Brian Rollins available right now on automatic. ITunes, discover adventure and Madness. Beneath the waves.

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