Question

The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an actor, an astronaut, an author, and a New World explorer (though not necessarily in that order). The lengths of the first and last names are given. Who are they?

1) I costumer (3, 6)
2) I no LM stranger (4, 9)
3) rend Aztec honor (8, 6)
4) sell me acumens (6, 7)

Answer 1

1) Tom Cruise (Hollywood actor; "Top Gun", "Born on the Fourth of July", "A Few Good Men")
2) Neil Armstrong (first person to set foot on the Moon; lunar module "Eagle")
3) Hernando Cortez (Spanish conquistador, conquered the Aztecs)
4) Samuel Clemens (pen name Mark Twain; author of "Tom Sawyer", "Huckleberry Finn")