WHOSE CLUES?  I
Credit: GAMES Magazine
June, 1984 and Sept. 1984
Stephen Sniderman

What's in a name? Well, if you look closely at its letters, you many find that it contains a clue to its owner's life or career. For example, among the letters in the name of famous opera singer  MARIA CALLAS, are the letters A R I A S. Below are ten words extracted from the names of celebrated people of both fact and fiction. Using each word as a clue, can you fill in the blanks to identify each person - including one animal and one "sort" of person?

1.  B A _ _     _ _ T _

2.  _ _ _ _ _ _ T _     _ ' _ A R A

3.  _ H A _ _ _ _     _ H A _ _ _ _

4. A _ _ _ I _     _ _ R _ _ _ _

5.  _ _ _ _     A _ _ S T R O _ _

6. _ _ S T E _    ED

7. _ _ W _ _     _ O O D _

8. _ I _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ D

9. _ _ _ L _ _ _    _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ A R _

10.  _ L E _ A _ D _ _     _ _ E     _ R _ _ _

Answers:

1. BABE RUTH
2. SCARLETT O'HARA
3. CHARLIE CHAPLIN
4. AMELIA EARHART
5. NEIL ARMSTRONG
6. MISTER ED
7. HOWDY DOODY
8. SIGMUND FREUD
9. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
10. ALEXANDER THE GREAT