Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Famous Panda
by Sandy Wood - April 13, 2010 - 7:30 AM

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In today’s Brain Game, you’ll connect one word or name to another using a “famous pair.” The two given words make bookends, and the famous pair (which may contain names or words) fits in the middle. As an example, take the title of this post, “FAMOUS PANDA.” By inserting the famous pair “AMOS & ANDY” between these words, you’ll get both “FAMOUS AMOS” and “ANDY PANDA.” Got it? Here we go:

EXAMPLE:  FAMOUS  AMOS & ANDY  PANDA

PLYMOUTH ________ & ________ TIDE
UNCLE ________ & ________ LAWLER
CLING ________ & ________ CHEESE
JUMPING ________ & ________ ST. JOHN
FRUIT ________ & ________ BLUME

Here are the ANSWERS.
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Comments (17)

  1. hmmm, never heard the phrase “roll tide” before. so like a goober, i’m trying to think of models of Plymouth cars..

    got the rest though.

    posted by melanie on 4-13-2010 at 8:14 am

  2. Roll Tide is a cheer used by the University of Alabama

    posted by Dennis on 4-13-2010 at 8:17 am

  3. @ Melanie

    They cheer Roll Tide because all the fans are just amazed at the invention of toilet paper.

    WAR EAGLE !!

    posted by Its Just Dave on 4-13-2010 at 11:34 am

  4. I got them all but “cling”. All that occurred to me was cling wrap and Cling Free. I guessed Cling Ham and Swiss Cheese!

    posted by Miss Cellania on 4-13-2010 at 11:38 am

  5. A bit of a stretch but you could also use Cling Peaches & Herb Cheese

    posted by brad on 4-13-2010 at 12:27 pm

  6. Nice one, Brad! Not too much of a stretch at all.

    In fact, when the mental_floss staff was in Cleveland a couple years ago, we visited the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the featured act that day was Peaches & Herb.

    posted by Sandy Wood on 4-13-2010 at 12:38 pm

  7. Wow. I didn’t do so well.

    I got the first and last ones (but hadn’t heard of “roll tide” either).

    Then for #2 I guessed Uncle Sam & Max Lawler, hoping the latter was somebody! (I loved that game)

    And, like Miss C I could only think of cling wrap for the 3rd.

    posted by Nerak on 4-13-2010 at 12:58 pm

  8. So, were they reunited? And more importantly, did it feel so good?

    posted by Andrew on 4-13-2010 at 1:00 pm

  9. Roll Tide?
    Cling Peaches?
    I got just about everything else, but these are more fun when everyone has heard of all the names.
    :)

    posted by MJ on 4-13-2010 at 1:51 pm

  10. Sandy, which Peaches did you see as there was at least 6 incarnations of her. Andrew , you are showing your age by knowing that awful song ( and even more dreadful accompanying video ). That was Peaches and Herb at their cheesiest ( couldn’t resist ).

    posted by brad on 4-13-2010 at 3:53 pm

  11. Cling Peaches and Jill St. John are both new to me…

    Knew Roll Tide though. (Geaux Tigers!)

    posted by Lindsey on 4-13-2010 at 4:06 pm

  12. I could only think of cling Free and American cheese! Brad, what do you mean Andrew’s showing his age…wasn’t that song written about 20 minutes ago (it can’t be 20 years!!!!)

    posted by Lorb on 4-13-2010 at 4:22 pm

  13. Got it all but the Peaches one… seriously, someone is going to have to explain that to me!

    posted by Dara on 4-13-2010 at 6:10 pm

  14. Dara, cream cheese is what you put on bagels.

    :)

    To be fair, I didn’t get that one either. Unless there’s such a phrase as “Wrap & Melted.”

    And anyone from the Southeast hears “Roll Tide” far too often. Stupid overrated SEC. Go Yellow Jackets!

    posted by John on 4-13-2010 at 7:19 pm

  15. This was like a Jeopardy category gone bad…loved it!

    posted by Wayne on 4-14-2010 at 9:49 am

  16. Dara and John, peaches are categorized into 2 types and they are freestone or clingstone ( aka cling ). The name implies that the pit can be removed easily or that it is firmly embedded. The freestone is used in most household kitchens and the cling is primarily for use in canning applications. Living in the fruit growing region of Southern Ontario is the only reason I know this. By the way Lorb, can you believe that song is really 30 years old?

    posted by Brad on 4-14-2010 at 12:18 pm

  17. Re Brad…That song can’t be 30 years old, unless they played it at my baptism, instead of my 21st birthday!!

    posted by Lorb on 4-18-2010 at 9:58 pm

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