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#	Answer	Count	Sample Clue
1	Jacob	5	Biblical middle name of the man said to be the richest person in the U.S. at his death in 1848
2	John	4	This 4-letter male name is the popular English equivalent of the Italian Giovanni
3	Francis	4	John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald & Robert F. Kennedy's was this
4	William	3	We Kidd you not, it's the first name of English pirates Dampier & Kidd
5	Tecumseh	3	General Sherman's middle name honored this great Shawnee chief
6	Susan B. Anthony	3	A suffragette: Brownell
7	Rudolph	3	Though it's old German for "famous wolf", we know it better as the name of a red-nosed reindeer
8	Louis	3	Ludwig is the German form of this English name
9	Henry	3	8 English kings had this name which means "ruler of the home"
10	Waldo	2	It was the middle name of author Ralph Ellison & essayist Ralph Emerson, for whom he was named
11	Veronica	2	For a woman, Ronnie or Vonnie is often a nickname for this
12	Valentine	2	Though they were born on Dec. 26, not February 14, Steve Allen & Henry Miller shared this middle name
13	Thomas Edison	2	We should see a light bulb above your head if you know that this man's middle name was Alva
14	Thomas	2	Have no doubt—it's the first name of tea merchants Twining & Lipton
15	Tara	2	This Irish name became popular for women after it was used as the name of Scarlett O'Hara's home
16	Stephen	2	Real first name of U.S. president Grover Cleveland; it was also that of Texas pioneer Austin
17	Spencer	2	Sir Winston Churchill's middle names were Leonard & this, a famous surname in his family tree
18	Sixtus	2	Born into a Roman Catholic family, Edmund S. Muskie has this middle name shared by 5 Popes
19	Ross	2	It's Texas billionaire Henry Perot's middle name
20	Richard	2	This name comes from words meaning "strong ruler"; it explains a certain lion-hearted king
21	Patrick	2	This first name of a patron saint of a country comes from a Roman word referring to a social class
22	Orson	2	Name of a late actor-director, it's from Latin meaning "like a bear"
23	Nicholas	2	The Claus in Santa Claus came from this name
24	Michael	2	Wham! The M in George M. Cohan stood for this
25	Marshall	2	Media critic Herbert McLuhan
26	Louis Mayer	2	An MGM studio founder & executive: Burt
27	Linus Pauling	2	Appropriately, this vitamin C advocate had the middle initial C, which stood for Carl
28	Linus	2	Associated with a "Peanuts" character, this boy's name is from the Greek for "flax"
29	Lee	2	Middle name of Dixy Ray, who was Washington state governor 1977-1981
30	king	2	Eric, Leroy & Richard are derived from names for this title
31	Jonah	2	Although in Hebrew this male biblical name means "dove", "whale" might be more descriptive
32	Jean	2	Middle name shared by theatre critic George Nathan & tennis player Billie King
33	Jason	2	This first name of the leader of the Argonauts is perfect for a doctor—it's from the Greek for "healer"
34	Jane	2	Emily Bronte's middle name, or the first name of Charlotte Bronte's most famous heroine
35	James	2	John ____ Audubon
36	Ilyich	2	Tell Peter Tchaikovsky the news
37	Glasgow	2	Scotland's largest city, it was also the middle name of Admiral David Farragut
38	Foster	2	Without this middle name, Ike's Secretary of State would have been just plain John Dulles
39	Elizabeth	2	Ilsa is a German form of this common English name
40	Edward	2	It's what the middle initial "E" stood for in Robert E. Lee's name
41	Cleopatra	2	The daughter of Ptolemy XII, her name means "Father's Glory"
42	Chester	2	It was the middle name of American sculptor Daniel French
43	Catherine	2	Henry VIII married 3 women with this first name
44	Carlos	2	It was the middle name of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Williams
45	Bysshe	2	The Romantic Percy Shelley
46	Bonnie	2	The roots of this girl's name lie over the ocean; it's from the French for "good"
47	Barbara	2	Babs is a short form of this name
48	Amadeus	2	At Mozart's baptism, this most famous of his middle names was omitted
49	Abraham	2	It's the first name of literature's Dr. Van Helsing as well as the full first name of his creator
50	(James K.) Polk	2	A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox

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Jacob 5x 40.0% stumper $980 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 1990 It was the middle name of John Astor the hotel builder and his great-grandfather the fur trader

J $600 2011 Fur magnate & dynasty founder John Astor

DJ $2,000 DD 2022 Biblical middle name of the man said to be the richest person in the U.S. at his death in 1848

= 5x 60.0% stumper $300 avg J:5

J $100 1989 =

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John 4x $400 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1995 This 4-letter male name is the popular English equivalent of the Italian Giovanni

DJ $800 1994 Sean & Shane are Irish forms of this ever-popular English name

J $300 DD 1986 International variations include Ian, Ivan, Sean, & Giovanni

Francis 4x 25.0% stumper $750 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $600 2004 John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald & Robert F. Kennedy's was this

DJ $1,000 1989 The "F" in JFK stood for Fitzgerald, while the "F" in RFK stood for this

DJ $600 1996 John F. Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald & Robert F. Kennedy's was this

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William 3 Tecumseh 3 Susan B. Anthony 3 Rudolph 3 Louis 3 Henry 3 Lee 3 Waldo 2 Veronica 2 Valentine 2 Thomas Edison 2 Thomas 2 Tara 2 Stephen 2 Spencer 2 Sixtus 2 Ross 2 Richard 2 Patrick 2 Orson 2 Nicholas 2 Michael 2 Marshall 2 Louis Mayer 2 Linus Pauling 2 Linus 2 king 2 Jonah 2 Jean 2 Jason 2 Jane 2 James 2 Ilyich 2 Glasgow 2 Foster 2 Elizabeth 2 Edward 2 Cleopatra 2 Chester 2 Catherine 2 Carlos 2 Bysshe 2 Bonnie 2 Barbara 2 Amadeus 2 Abraham 2 (James K.) Polk 2 Booker Taliaferro Washington 2 the bee 2 the bear 2 Samuel Morse 2 John Paul 2 Margaret Thatcher 2 John D. Rockefeller 2 James Whistler 2

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