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Guessing game IV

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finallychangedmyusername · 03/05/2019 08:49

So, here it is, the fourth(!!!) Guessing Game baby names thread. Shock

All credit to @scotstar for creating the game, back in March 2018. Can't believe how far we've come!

Previous threads here:

1: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/3189874-guessing-game

2: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/3207745-Guessing-game-II

3: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/baby_names/3262724-Guessing-game-III?pg=1â„´=

The game is simple. Guess the name the poster is describing, then it's your turn! Make the clues as fiendish as you like. Grin

All are welcome to join in! @FintyTin, @Ladywillpower, @LadyGAgain and @DuggeeHugs, come join! (Plus others I've forgotten)

Right, these are all the names we've described so far...

Andrew, Serafina, Eli, Verity, Juliet, Agatha, Phoebe, Frances, Rebecca, Thomas, Cecilia, Leonard, Bianca, Donald, Peter, Niamh, Lucifer, Demelza, Nevaeh, Alexander, Christopher, Miranda, William, Robert, Jack, Jude, Rachel, Margaret, Basil, Hyacinth, Aurora, Jessamine, Nicola, Kerry, Susan, Seren, Julia, Meredith, Bernard, Arthur, Ross, Blanche, Amy, Alicia, Stephen/Steven, Talitha/Tabitha, Ruth, Noah, Rowan, Lucille, Kit, Alice, Lydia, Beatrice, Mary, Jennifer, Keith, Aurelia, Aram, Oliver, Anouk, Heidi, Seth, Rose, Herbert, Sadie, Florence, Niall, Primrose, Ellis, Jordi, Hannah, Hermione, Johnny, Angelina, Frieda, Adam, Gandalf, Poppy, Hazel, Jane, Afton, Susan, Roxanne, Barbara, Stewart/Stuart, Philomena, Isaac, Rufus, Elsa, Morris/Maurice, Ken, Iona, Mark, Roger, Wilfred, Darren, Geraldine, Pascal, Harriet, Russell, Alfred, Nora, Scott, Enid, Jonathan, Nelly, Arlo, Pearl, Beverley, Dana, Toby, Clifford, Cecilia, Lisa, Tallulah, Liam, Declan, Kenneth, George, Rayna, Kezia, Annika, Chantilly, Quinn, Sally, Cornelius, Darcy/Darcie, Peter, Nina, Gabrielle, Marcus, Bruce, Rod, Joshua, Luke, Eve, Belle, Sabrina, Ariadne, David, Martin, Theresa, Breda, Nicodemus, Samuel, Hector, Shiloh, Phryne, Gordon, Cora, Gregory, Aurora, Meghan, Dermot, Paige, Urban, Carter, Ludovic, Harvey, Kristin, Laurence, Cecil, Richard, Penelope, Deborah, Felicity, Melanie, Owen/Owain, Caroline/Carrie, Abigail, Esmeralda, Christabel, Aneurin, Earl, Christine, Clare/Clair/Claire, Jeremy, Tina, Aria, Byron, Patrick, Casper, Imogen, Victoria, Percy, Jean, Sterling, Belinda, Jared, Yael/Jael, Sarah, Scarlett, Zoe, Elspeth, Holly, Gene, Ruth, Sylvester, Erwin, Gladys, Bethany, Fabian, Damian, Helen, Autumn, Venus, Hayley, Ferdinand, Michael, Portia, Katy, Linus, Timothy, Viola, Jacob, Holly, Donna, Ivy, Kevin, Clarence, Nicholas/Nick, Howard, Natalie, Naomi, Max, Calliope, Aaron, Yolanda, Adelaide, Edie, Oscar, Olivia, Charlotte, Morag, Sebastian, Stacey/Stacie, Matthew/Matt, Cameron, Theresa, Jeremy, Simon, Edward, Stanley, Flora, Daisy, Polly, Asher, Douglas, Solomon, Dan/Daniel...

And since @Ladywillpower correctly guessed @FintyTin's last clue, this is @Ladywillpower**'s latest clue:

This old German name opened Pandora's box in 1929. Her royal connections meant that she waltzed off to one of the Channel Islands with the Doctor.

@Clettercletterthatsbetter has guessed Clara!

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finallychangedmyusername · 28/06/2019 08:32

Cheryl/Sheryl?

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LadyGAgain · 28/06/2019 14:00

Yes!
Sheryl Crow
Cheryl Baker
Cheryl Cole (as she used to be)

Over to you @finallychangedmyusername !

Ladywillpower · 28/06/2019 15:45

Well done finally Grin.
What did the clue about the " the underground' mean?

finallychangedmyusername · 28/06/2019 18:46

Girls Aloud sang Sounds of the Underground, Cheryl Cole was in Girls Aloud, I think!

Will put up a new clue/name shortly!

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LadyGAgain · 28/06/2019 22:05

Correct!

finallychangedmyusername · 28/06/2019 22:10

Ok, this might be super obvious, if so, sorry, I'm struggling to come up with anything better Grin so here goes:

Named shared by a candid actress, a scribe who might be half dinosaur and an historical campaigner for gender equality.

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LadyGAgain · 29/06/2019 05:36

Emily

finallychangedmyusername · 29/06/2019 14:01

Yep @LadyGAgain! Emily Blunt, Emily Bronte (brontosaurus), Emily Wilding Davison.

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LadyGAgain · 02/07/2019 22:48

Here goes!

He strolls around to keep you safe.
A famous English captain.
Two can play that game with face paint and a stage!

Ladywillpower · 03/07/2019 00:54

Bobby?

LadyGAgain · 03/07/2019 12:45

Yes! Nice one!

Ladywillpower · 03/07/2019 15:12

Bobby as in policeman keeping us safe.
England world cup winning football captain Bobby Moore.
Two can play that game song by Bobby Brown.

LadyGAgain · 03/07/2019 15:59

Yes sorry was on a call! And Bobbi Brown makes cosmetics (face paint).

Nicely done - over to you!

finallychangedmyusername · 03/07/2019 21:22

Nice one ladies! Grin

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Ladywillpower · 04/07/2019 12:54

Ooh missed the cosmetics clue!
Right new clue
I have a "lucky" name. I have married a fictional & dated a real live Tom.
I starred in an eponymous American tv show in the late 1990s.

finallychangedmyusername · 04/07/2019 20:19

Pamela?

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LadyGAgain · 04/07/2019 21:42

Katie or Joey

LadyGAgain · 04/07/2019 21:44

Rosanne?

yourestandingonmyneck · 04/07/2019 22:14

Heather?

Ladywillpower · 04/07/2019 23:54

Not any of those suggested so far!

Ladywillpower · 05/07/2019 08:36

additional clue
I have also been "married" to an eminent scientist!

finallychangedmyusername · 05/07/2019 11:36

Penny?

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Ladywillpower · 05/07/2019 11:55

Not Penny!

finallychangedmyusername · 05/07/2019 12:40

Ooh, Melissa?

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Ladywillpower · 05/07/2019 12:49

Not Melissa.
One of my "fictional neighbours" is the name of an infamous mouse?