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  • Jack (actor and singer) Right Wrong

    Jack Black, star of School of Rock and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, is also the voice of Po in Kung Fu Panda. With Kyle Gass, he forms the comedy rock duo Tenacious D.

  • Rebecca (singer) Right Wrong

    Rebecca Black became famous in 2011, aged 13, with 'Friday', one of the most viewed and most mocked videos in YouTube history. She has since built a career as a pop singer.

  • Cilla (singer) Right Wrong

    Cilla Black (1943-2015), a singer close to the Beatles who became one of British television's best-loved presenters. Born Priscilla White, she owed her stage name to a misprint in Mersey Beat.

  • Frank (singer) Right Wrong

    Frank Black, real name Charles Thompson, sings and plays guitar in the Pixies, the band behind 'Where Is My Mind?'. He also goes by Black Francis, the name he used in the band's early days.

  • Karen (actress) Right Wrong

    Karen Black (1939-2013) starred in Easy Rider, then in Five Easy Pieces, a role that earned her an Oscar nomination. She also played in Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock's last film.

  • Dustin Lance (screenwriter) Right Wrong

    Dustin Lance Black won the 2009 Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant. He also wrote J. Edgar, the biopic directed by Clint Eastwood.

  • Lewis (comedian) Right Wrong

    Lewis Black, an American stand-up comedian famous for his furious rants on stage, was the obvious choice to voice Anger in Inside Out, the Pixar film released in 2015.

  • Clint (singer) Right Wrong

    Clint Black has been a country music star since his first album, Killin' Time, released in 1989. The record gave him several number one hits in the country charts.

  • Roger (athlete) Right Wrong

    Roger Black, a British 400 m specialist, won the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, behind Michael Johnson. He was also a two-time European champion.

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  • Barry (singer) Right Wrong

    Barry White (1944-2003), the deepest voice in soul music, sang 'You're the First, the Last, My Everything'. His smooth, sensual ballads earned him the nickname 'the Walrus of Love'.

  • Betty (actress) Right Wrong

    Betty White (1922-2021), Rose in The Golden Girls, had a television career spanning more than eighty years. She was also one of the first women to produce a sitcom.

  • Jack (guitarist and singer) Right Wrong

    Jack White, guitarist and singer of the White Stripes. Born John Gillis, he took Meg White's surname when he married her in 1996, although the duo claimed to be brother and sister.

  • Meg (drummer) Right Wrong

    Meg White, drummer of the White Stripes, the Detroit duo she formed with Jack White. She played the beat of 'Seven Nation Army', a song now chanted by football fans in stadiums.

  • Shaun (snowboarder) Right Wrong

    Shaun White, nicknamed 'the Flying Tomato' for his red hair, is a three-time Olympic halfpipe champion: Turin in 2006, Vancouver in 2010 then Pyeongchang in 2018.

  • Michel (actor) Right Wrong

    Michel Blanc (1952-2024), a star of the French comedy classic Les Bronzés, also directed films such as Summer Things. He won the Best Actor award at Cannes in 1986 for Ménage.

  • Laurent (footballer) Right Wrong

    Laurent Blanc, nicknamed 'the President', won the 1998 World Cup then Euro 2000 with France. He later managed Bordeaux, the French national team and Paris Saint-Germain.

  • Mel (voice actor) Right Wrong

    Mel Blanc (1908-1989), 'the man of a thousand voices', voiced Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and Porky Pig. His gravestone bears the famous words 'That's all folks'.

  • Dominique (actress) Right Wrong

    Dominique Blanc, a member of the Comédie-Française theatre company, has won several César awards, including Best Actress for L'Autre. The film also won her the Volpi Cup in Venice.

  • Marco Pierre (chef) Right Wrong

    Marco Pierre White became the first British chef to win three Michelin stars, in 1995, at the age of 33. He trained a young Gordon Ramsay, then handed back his stars in 1999.

All these famous people have a surname that ends with a colour: Black or the French Noir on one side, White or the French Blanc on the other. Singers, actors, athletes, politicians and chefs: you only get a first name, a clue and a photo to find the right colour. We use the name each person is known by, whether it is their birth name, a stage name or a name taken on marriage. Watch out: several first names look alike.

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Frequently asked questions

Why do the cards only show a first name?

Because the surname is the answer: it ends in Black, Noir, White or Blanc. The first name, the clue and the photo should be enough to recognise each person.

Do French names count?

Yes: Noir (French for black) counts as black and Blanc (French for white) counts as white. The quiz deliberately mixes French and English-speaking personalities.

Do stage names count?

Yes, we use the name each person is known by, whether it is their birth name, a stage name or a married name. The answers explain where some of these names come from.

Why do two cards share a first name?

Several people in the quiz share a first name. Look carefully at the photo and the clue in brackets to tell them apart.

Photo credits

Jack (actor and singer) : Photo NickRewind, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Rebecca (singer) : Photo Justin Higuchi, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Cilla (singer) : Photo Yleisradio, auteur inconnu, public domain, Wikimedia Commons ; Frank (singer) : Photo Rosario López, Alterna2, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Karen (actress) : Photo auteur inconnu, public domain, Wikimedia Commons ; Dustin Lance (screenwriter) : Photo Earthlina, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Lewis (comedian) : Photo U.S. Air Force, Michael R. Holzworth, public domain, Wikimedia Commons ; Clint (singer) : Photo John Mathew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Roger (athlete) : Photo Ben Sutherland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Barry (singer) : Photo Anefo, auteur inconnu, CC0, Wikimedia Commons ; Betty (actress) : Photo Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Jack (guitarist and singer) : Photo David James Swanson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Meg (drummer) : Photo Fabio Venni, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Shaun (snowboarder) : Photo Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Michel (actor) : Photo Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Laurent (footballer) : Photo Julien Manceau, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Mel (voice actor) : Photo Alan Light, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Dominique (actress) : Photo Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons ; Marco Pierre (chef) : Photo Dorota Trupp, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons