One person thinks of a well-known character (living or dead, histori­cal or fictional, human or personified animal, etc.) and tells the group the first letter of the character's last name. The group then tries to guess the character, but can only ask questions with "yes" or "no" as an answer. The trick is, howev­er, that they can only ask questions after they've earned them. In order to stump the original player, someone must give a clue about another character whose last name starts with the same letter. For example, if the letter is "C" and the original character "Tom Cruise", a player could ask "Are you a former U.S. President?" If the original player can think of someone who fits the description (saying, for example "No, I'm not Calvin Coolidge," or "No, I'm not Jimmy Carter), regard­less of whether it's the SAME person the stumper had in mind, he/she has escaped a question. If he/she is truly stumped, however, the stumper can then proceed to ask a yes/no question about the original character until someone in the group guesses who it is.