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Unusual Names

From many realms comes this "Unusual Names" Bonus. We will give you twelve unusual names. All you need to do is to tell us who these people are. As a bonus to you on this bonus, all you need are ten correct answers to get the five points. If you answer all twelve (which we believe to be impossible) you will get six points.

  1. Vito Andalini
    Don Corleone's actual name, in "The Godfather."

  2. Carmine Depasto
    The town mayor, in "Animal House."

  3. Newt Kiley
    A farmer on "Green Acres" whom Hank Kimball is often visiting just before, or just after, he visits the Douglases.

  4. Ted Gianoullas
    The San Diego Chicken.

  5. Ish Ordonez
    The 5-foot-7 placekicker for Arkansas. (*)

  6. Pekka Rottakellio
    A player on the Atlanta Flames hockey team.

  7. Arnie Saknussem
    The first man to make the Journey To The Center Of The Earth.

  8. Floyd Smoot
    The conductor of the Cannonball, on "Petticoat Junction."

  9. Chuck Taine
    Bouncing Boy, in DC Comics' Legion of Super-Heroes.

  10. Roger Kaputnik
    Dave Berg's alter ego, in his "Lighter Side of" MAD articles.

  11. Joe Shlabotnik
    Charlie Brown's baseball hero from "Peanuts"; forever being benched or sent down to the minors.

  12. Lilli Von Shtupp
    Madeleine Kahn's character from "Blazing Saddles"

* Scribbled notes indicate that Ish may have been replaced at the last minute by Statler Grogan, an embezzler.