It’s time once again to play the popular new game that’s sweeping the nation.  Here’s how it works.  Mystery guests stop by and give clues that reveal their secret identities.  At first the hints may seem obscure and unhelpful, but they get easier.  The goal is to figure out who the mystery guest is using the fewest clues possible.  Keep a count of the clues you needed for each guest and post it in the comment section to see how you compare.

Guest #1

1. Are you sure you want to play?  It looks like someone has revealed my name already.
2. My father was a proper Englishman.  In fact, he was a Baron.  Mom was American, though, and I was born in the Big Apple.
3. I’m more famous for my acting, but I also spent time in the House of Lords from ’96 to ’99 (after my father passed away and before the act that barred most of us from our seats through peerage).  Fair enough, I say.
4. In two of my best roles, extra digits were featured.
5. My wife, Jamie Lee, and I have adopted two children.
6. I named nuts as Harlan Pepper in Best in Show, and sang about butts as Nigel Tufnel in Spinal Tap.

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Guest #2

1. I, too, have an English father and an American mother.
2. Dad is famous for his singing.
3. Mom is famous for her work on the silver screen.
4. My little brother and I both have names you can find in the Old Testament.
5. Some would consider my name to be juicy tabloid fodder.
6. If Mom and Dad ever wanted to collaborate artistically, they could call it Shakespeare in Love at the Speed of Sound.

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Guest #3

1. I never really cared for Guest #2’s first name.
2. If I ever got Lasik surgery, people might not recognize me.
3. I’m one of the better known Harvard dropouts in the world today.
4. Before spam blockers I was receiving an average of 4,000,000 e-mails a day, many offering advice on how to get rich quick.
5. My wife Melinda and I shared honors with Bono as Time’s Persons of the Year in 2005.
6. Paul Allen and I were in high school when we formed a small software company.  Later we put together a bigger one.

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