The name of a very famous personality in history has precisely 5 letters in the first name, and exactly 4 letters in the last.

An anagram of the letters in this person's last name spells out the name of a game and the letters in the first name can be rearranged to spell out a term used in this game.

Determine the full name of this personality. What is the name of the game and the term used in it?

**** Adapted from a problem appearing in NPR's Sunday Puzzle in 2005.

(In reply to possible solution? by Kenny M)

Carom is a term used in pool (billiards).

Edited on September 11, 2022, 11:03 am

Posted by Charlie on 2022-09-11 11:02:46