Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5, Episode 4: The Name Game

PREVIOUS EPISODES

Introduction (what these puzzles are and why they're called "Kevin's Puzzles at Home Season 5"): click here

Episode 1 (Veg Out): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 2 (Baseball Baffler): puzzle PDF, hint PDF

* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece; 2 people solved it later for 25 points.

Episode 3 (Musical Arrangement): puzzle PDF, hint PDF (new!)

* 20 people solved this within the first week for 50 points apiece.

The total number of points scored is 3100. Thus, the current money pool for the Food Bank for Larimer County is $31.00. Four anonymous benefactors have agreed to match this donation, meaning that the Food Bank for Larimer County will actually receive $155.00. A special thank you to my newest anonymous benefactor for hopping aboard. If you haven't already, you may solve the above puzzles for 25 points each, possibly with the aid of the hint.

KEVIN’S PUZZLES AT HOME

SEASON 5, EPISODE 4:

THE NAME GAME

(click here for a PDF version)

Can you help Kevin figure out what these trios of famous people have in common?
Burnett, Channing, Kane
Griffith, Samberg, Warhol
Dreyfuss, Gere, Nixon
Colbert, Hawking, King
de la Hoya, de la Renta, Wilde
Grace, Pelosi, Reagan
Darwin, Dickens, Lindbergh
Rickman, Thicke, Turing
Baio, Bakula, Joplin
Hunt, Keller, Reddy
Attenborough, Bowie, Letterman
Murphy, Van Halen, Vedder
McCartney, Rudd, Simon
Dinklage, Frampton, Jackson

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(This illustration by Tintinabar is not part of the puzzle.)

Submit your answer to glmathgrant[at]gmail[dot]com for 50 points, and stay tuned next week for Episode 4's hint and Episode 5's puzzle. Good luck!