Guess the Famous Person!

Celeb ten:

  1. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, “dance for the common man.”
  2. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Service and was commissioned as lieutenant, junior grade. He was stationed in the Photographic Section, Washington D.C., where he was involved in writing and directing a range of documentaries, and this stimulated his interest in the production side of filmmaking.

Celeb eleven:

  1. Her first name was spelled with the ‘r’ and ‘p’ switched around on her birth certificate, but people mispronounced it regularly and it stuck.
  2. In 2008, her show was airing in 140 countries internationally and seen by an estimated 46 million people in the US weekly.

Celeb twelve:

  1. In May 2022 it was suggested, based on video footage alone, that he may have Parkinson’s disease.
  2. He has been practicing judo since he was 11 years old, before switching to sambo at the age of fourteen. He won competitions in both sports.

@Gaming

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12 is Michael J. Fox?

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Not this time, sorry. It’s not suggested that he has it, it’s a well-known fact.

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Ahhh, damn. Well, I gave it a shot.

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All you can do is try. That’s all I ask. (wink)

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Of course. I just saw Parkinson’s and immediately jumped on it.

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Is 11 Oprah Winfrey?

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Yes, that’s the one.

Celeb ten:

  1. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, “dance for the common man.”
  2. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Service and was commissioned as lieutenant, junior grade. He was stationed in the Photographic Section, Washington D.C., where he was involved in writing and directing a range of documentaries, and this stimulated his interest in the production side of filmmaking.
  3. He was married three times. His last marriage was to Patricia Ward in 1990 (when he was 77 and she was 30). Their marriage lasted until his death six years later and she has not remarried.

Celeb eleven: Oprah Winfrey

  1. Her first name was spelled with the ‘r’ and ‘p’ switched around on her birth certificate, but people mispronounced it regularly and it stuck.
  2. In 2008, her show was airing in 140 countries internationally and seen by an estimated 46 million people in the US weekly.

SOLVED!


Celeb twelve: Vladimir Putin

  1. In May 2022 it was suggested, based on video footage alone, that he may have Parkinson’s disease.
  2. He has been practicing judo since he was 11 years old, before switching to sambo at the age of fourteen. He won competitions in both sports.
  3. He is a former intelligence officer who has served as a president since 2012.

SOLVED!


@Gaming

mayhaps Putin?

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Ooohhh, good guess!

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Yes, that’s the one. (wink)

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eyyyy nice
i thought of Maduro at first but iirc Chávez was still alive in 2013 and also Maduro was a truck driver, not an intelligence officer, before being president this is an Anti Maduro message

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Ooooh… interesting.
Secretly jots down idea for a later time. HEHEHE

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Celeb ten: Gene Kelly

  1. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, “dance for the common man.”
  2. He served in the U.S. Naval Air Service and was commissioned as lieutenant, junior grade. He was stationed in the Photographic Section, Washington D.C., where he was involved in writing and directing a range of documentaries, and this stimulated his interest in the production side of filmmaking.
  3. He was married three times. His last marriage was to Patricia Ward in 1990 (when he was 77 and she was 30). Their marriage lasted until his death six years later and she has not remarried.
  4. An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The film also marked the debut of 19-year-old ballerina Leslie Caron, whom he had spotted in Paris and brought to Hollywood. Its dream ballet sequence, lasting an unprecedented 17 minutes, was the most expensive production number ever filmed at that time.

SOLVED!


Celeb eleven: Oprah Winfrey

  1. Her first name was spelled with the ‘r’ and ‘p’ switched around on her birth certificate, but people mispronounced it regularly and it stuck.
  2. In 2008, her show was airing in 140 countries internationally and seen by an estimated 46 million people in the US weekly.

SOLVED!


Celeb twelve: Vladimir Putin

  1. In May 2022 it was suggested, based on video footage alone, that he may have Parkinson’s disease.
  2. He has been practicing judo since he was 11 years old, before switching to sambo at the age of fourteen. He won competitions in both sports.
  3. He is a former intelligence officer who has served as a president since 2012.

SOLVED!


@Gaming

Gene Kelly?

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It is, yes.

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After 12 Famous People answers, we have one user in the lead…

taking0ver

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I’ve heard of him. Nice!

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Celeb thirteen:

  1. This American actor was born with name Joseph Yule Jr.
  2. He had been addicted to sleeping pills, and overcame the addiction in 2000 when he was in his late 70s.

Celeb fourteen:

  1. With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an EGOT.
  2. She began her career by performing in nightclubs and Broadway theatres.

Celeb fifteen:

  1. They are a supporter of the Australian Football League team the Geelong Cats.
  2. They are genderfluid, saying, “I am very gender fluid and feel more like I wake up every day sort of gender neutral.”

@Gaming

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