Guess the Most Hits Summary

Here's a quick summary of previous days in the Guess the Most Hits game.

Day 1

Clue #1: The person is male.

Day 2

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.*

* This situation is where the Combined Search page comes in handy. It will allow you to search for combinations of criteria. This link will load the Combined Search page with the Male and Alive buttons selected. Click the Search button to see the results of that search. Male alone yields 6068 names. Male and Alive narrows those results to 2044 names.

Day 3

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.*

* This link will load the Combined Search page with the Male and Alive buttons selected and the word entertainment in the query box. Click the Search button to see the results of that search. Male alone yields 6068 names. Male and Alive narrows those results to 2044 names. Male, Alive and Entertainment brings it down to 823 names.

Day 4

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.*

* This link will load the Combined Search page with the Male and Alive buttons selected, the word entertainment in the query box and 75-110 in the Current Age box. Click the Search button to see the results of that search. Out of almost 8000 names on the site, that narrows it to 373 names.

Day 5

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.
Clue #5: The person was born in North America.

We've come to the end of getting all our answers from the Combined Search page. This link takes us through Clue #4, yielding 373 names when the Search button is clicked. From here on out, the clues require more work.

Day 6

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.
Clue #5: The person was born in North America.
Clue #6: The person was not born in the summer - June, July or August.*

We've come to the end of getting all our answers from the Combined Search page. This link takes us through Clue #4, yielding 373 names when the Search button is clicked. From here on out, the clues require more work.

* Added: You can now sort by birth month. To display the same search as above but sorted by birth month click here and then click the Search button.

Day 7

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.
Clue #5: The person was born in North America.
Clue #6: The person was not born in the summer - June, July or August.
Clue #7: The person is actually on the Alive Over 85 list

You can use the Combined Search page to exclude most of the names. Click here and then click the Search button to find everyone who meets the searchable criteria. You'll have to figure the birth dates and birth places on your own.

Day 8

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.
Clue #5: The person was born in North America.
Clue #6: The person was not born in the summer - June, July or August.
Clue #7: The person is actually on the Alive Over 85 list
Clue #8: The person is on the tall and slim side, not the short or round side.

Search Help

You can use the Combined Search page to exclude most of the names on the site. Click here to pull up the Combined Search page with all the searchable items entered. Then click the Search button to find the results. It will show everyone who meets the searchable criteria. You'll have to figure out the birth dates and birth places and stature on your own.

Day 9

Clue #1: The person is male.
Clue #2: The person is alive.
Clue #3: The person is listed under entertainment.
Clue #4: The person is 75 or older.
Clue #5: The person was born in North America.
Clue #6: The person was not born in the summer - June, July or August.
Clue #7: The person is actually on the Alive Over 85 list
Clue #8: The person is on the tall and slim side, not the short or round side.
Clue #9: The person was born in December.

Lady X (in position 2) is not her real name. Her real name is one everyone would recognize. Since she has the most hits of any woman on the site, her name is being withheld to use for a future quiz - possibly very soon.

Search Help

You can use the Combined Search page to exclude most of the names. Click here to pull up the Combined Search page with all the searchable items entered. Then click the Search button to find the results. It will show everyone who meets the searchable criteria. You'll have to figure out the birth places and stature on your own. There are not many names left in the running.

More to come...