The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Party Room => Brain Food => Topic started by: WeirdRaptor on November 16, 2004, 01:24:49 AM
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Basically, I ask 'who am I?' and I list one thing that this person did as a clue. Every fives guesses I will add another clue, until someone gets it. I'll start you off with an easy one just to get you into the feel of things. Most of the answers will be found in literature.
Who am I? Someone else's wife ran off with me and a war broke out because of it. Who am I?
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Very interesting idea! I love this game! :)
Are you Paris? The prince of Troy who abducted Helena, the wife of king Menelaos of Sparta? The trojan war was the result of this.
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Correct.
Don't you just love "The Iliad"?
#2:
Who am I? I was called to help a village that was being tormented by a man-like monster from a swamp. Who am I?
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I love all ancient sagas and myths! Knowing me, you can perhaps imagine that I didn't like the way the recent movie "Troy" varied from the original story. ;)
Your last riddle could refer to Beowulf, one of the very few Anglo-Saxon epics which survived till today. Beowulf was a hero (I think from Sweden) who was asked by the King of Denmark to support him against the monster Grendel. Not only did Beowulf slay Grendel, but also his equally terrible mother.
In case this is right, just let me know, and I can come up with a riddle like this too.
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"Equally terrible mother"? "More terrible" is more like it! She scared me more than Grendel ever did. Yes, its "Beowulf". I have my suspicions as to what she had planned for his arm. Perhaps to revive him?
Who am I? I killed my father and took my share of his money, as well as my brother's share of it, then turned myself into a dragon. Who am I?
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This one beats me.
But when I solve a riddle, I can come up with one too. I just don't want to without being sure that the last guess was right, which is why I always ask about it.
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Clue #2: My brother hired a man to kill me. They dug a hole, so when I crossed over, he stabbed in my soft underbelly. This is where Tolkien got the idea of Sam stabbing Shelob's underside.
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I'm sure if I knew this saga I would have guessed it by now with all these hinds. Alas I'm afraid I don't know this one.
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To which part of literature or mythology does the character you describe belong? I'm really sure I haven't read it yet.
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Siggard the Dragon Slayer.
I can't seem to find my book of myths, and I can't remember the dragon's name, myself, so let's just move on. I'll tell you later, once I've found it, if you haven't found the answer, by yourself.
Who am I? Once a king, now only a corrupted shadow. Who am I?
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I'd think of the Nazghuls from the lord of the rings, all of whom were kings before they were corrupted by the rings. The only one about whom I know a previous identity is the wizzard king of Angmar who became the lord of the Nazgul and was slain by Eowyn in the battle on the Pallenor Fields.
In case this guess is right, please just tell me, and I will come up with the next description for you to guess.
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Correct.
Who am I? Because of my pride, I could not cross the sea to go home for many years. Who am I?
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You are Odysseus or Ulysses as he is called in America!
However, I've guessed three of your characters already, but never got a chance to come up with one of myself. So for now I will run the risk to pressupose the last answer is correct, without confirmation and will come of with a character description myself.
Even after I was dead did my body defend my besieged town.
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He's called Odysseus by a loy of people, here in America, as well. Who called him Ulysses? I've only ever known him as Odysseus.
Anyway, the answer is correct.
Hmm. I don't remember that...yet.
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At least Ulysses was the title of a book about him which I came across in America.
Some more hints on the person we are looking for now:
He is the hero of a Spanish saga, and did really live (but of course the saga changed and magnified many things).
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Oh boy. Can somebody else reply, too, I'm not very familiar with Spanish folklore.
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I'm quite sure that most of you will at least know the name of this character, though the saga may be unknown to some of you. He became the king of Valencia, and that's the town his body defended even after he was dead.
(Another hind to those of you who may have the computer game Age of Empires II - The conquerors (expansion set). One of the campaigns in this game is about the character I'm talking about).
I promise to chose an easier one next time.
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Sorry. I'm afraid I made it too difficult. So I solve the last riddle and come up with an easier one.
The answer was El Cid, also known as El Cid Campeador or (hardly known) under his real name Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar. After he died (according to some he was mortally wounded in battle while others say he was just old) the news about his dead were kept secret and his body was tight onto the saddle of his horse.
Upon the news that El Cid was still alive his men (who defended his town Valencia against Moorish invaders) plucked up courage, while his enemies were frightened enough to abandon the siege of the town.
Okay, here is the next one:
Crossing a river with my men upset the Republic. I was killed by those whom I trusted. Whom I considered my sun dealt me (as a famous English dramatist later wrote) the unkindest cut of all.
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I would have to guess Julius Ceasar. There was a show on the Discovery Channel that talked about Ceasar's murder, and scientists say that Marcus Brutus could be Ceasar's illegitimate (hate spelling :angry: ) son.
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Julius Caesar is right! His crossing of the river Rubikon triggered the Roman civil war, which resulted in the "unofficial" end of the Roman republic. Brutus (though I don't know about any physical relationship) was like an adopted son to Caesar, which is why Marc Anthony in Shakespeare's drama "Julius Caesar" calls his stab at Caesar the unkindest cut of all.
Your turn Kenji :)
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*just watching until I see one that I know* :p
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Alrighty then. This one might be a little tricky.
I was once leader of my pack, and died to save the one who saved me from death by my own pack.
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This one's tough. Balto? Just a guess.
Nick
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I don't know the movie Balto, but didn't he survive?
Somebody died to save the one who saved him or her from being killed by the own pack (apparently the one we are talking about lost leadership of the pack). Pack strongly suggests it's an animal...
I can't think of the answer right now. Is it better known through a book or through a movie?
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It's definitely not Balto. ;) Balto never had a pack.
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It was first known through a book, until later when they made movies and TV shows about it (in their own versions anyway).
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It is quite a while since I read "Wolvesblood" written by Jack London, and I don't remember the details. But does not the wolve die when he saved the man who had saved him from his pack? It may be totally differen and I don't even remember the wolve being the leader of the pack at all. But there were several movies about it. And it seems the closest guess available in my mind right now.
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Getting a little closer. The wolf actually saved the man twice, the second time he finally died. The man saved the wolf years after the wolf saved him from death, therefore the man repayed him by saving his life from his own pack to turned against him (by the Law and by influence by someone who is NOT the member of the pack). Most of the movies and shows about this book was mostly animation, only one movie was live action (but none of these shows/movies displayed anything about the wolf's death, because they were all rated G to PG).
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It's been a long time since I've read Call of the Wild but doesn't Buck save someone? I'm getting fuzzy images of that dog saving someone....
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He does, but I can't remember the name of the person he saves.
Nick
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I might be correct then. :D
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Unfortunitely no. You've gotten very close, but wrong book and wrong character.
If anyone knows someone by the name of Chuck Jones, a famous artist who helped made cartoons from the Dr. Suess books, and the hilarious Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote shorts, then maybe you'd know that Jones also did a cartoon on the first chapter of this "jungle book," the very chapter when this wolf saved the life of the man who later saved him from his own pack at the end of the chapter. It was the last chapter of the book where the wolf died saving the man again.
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I think my hints are bring people too far off. The character was Akela, from The Jungle Book. He first appeared in the chapter "Mowgli's Brothers," where he helped save Mowgli's life from Shere Khan. At the end of the chapter, Shere Khan led most of the pack against Akela when he got old, and Mowgli saved his life. But in the last chapter of the book, Akela died while saving Mowgli from a stampede, and that's when Mowgli decided to return to civilization.
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Oh yeah. I'm giving the stage to Arvens, since he made the closest guess.
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Arvens, your turn to come up with a persona description.
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I'm going to pass since I don't have any books on me to give a good description of the character I want to. ;)
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Which character did you mean to describe Arvens?
Hailed as a god and stoned by my own people I had the misfortune to live to see the return of other "gods".
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Well if I told you that Malte, then I couldn't use him the next time I get a chance to. :p
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^ I thought you had given up on the character once and for all.
Another hint:
I feared the feathered snake.
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(I don't have an answer to your question Malte, but I needed the book to make sure I had the name right, so if I get another opportunity, I'll use him.)
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Where I lived people still today named an illness after me. They consider diarrhoea my revenge.
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That would have to be Montezuma, last ruler of the Incas (I think, or maybe Mayans). Because that he was defeated and humiliated (and later killed) by Hernando Cortez, the diarrhoea caused by drinking the water in the Americas was called Montezuma's Revenge.
I need a refresher in World History... :blink: :blink: :blink:
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Very good Kenji!
Montezuma is correct (he was an Aztec though). According to the official version he was killed by his own people who threw stones at him when he tried to calm them and stop them from attacking the Spanish oppressors. The bit about the gods refers to the fact that the Spanish were considered gods at first, and the "feathered snake" again stressed that point as the Aztecs thought that Cortez was Quetzalcoatl, a god who could take the shape of a feathered snake.
Good job. Your turn. :)
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Geez...my schools don't make World History the way they're supposed to...
At least I got the name spelled right. :lol:
I'll have to pass this one up. I can't think of anyone right now and perhaps someone else would like a turn.
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I'll give it a try. This place once held a great treasure that was sought by many.
Nick
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Kolchis? - that's where the golden fleece was that was finally taken by Jason and the Argonauts (according to the Greek legend). It be most surprised if this was right, as there are very many places where treasures were, or are rumored to be hidden. However, this quiz is actually about people rather than places.
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No. But the item sought by many was magical. Next time I'll try to come up with a riddle about a person.
Nick
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An item sought by many that was considered magical?
What comes to my mind here is the holy grail, but I never heard of a particular place where it was supposed to be hidden.
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It is the Holy Grail, but where was it hidden?
Nick
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As I said, I didn't know about one particular place for the grail to be hidden, but doing a little research I came across more than one place:
The temple mountain in Jerusalem.
Avalon, the mysterious land from the Arthus saga.
Renne le Chateau, a town in southern France.
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Avalon was the place I was looking for. In the Arthurian legends, Avalon was an abbey located on a small island off the coast of England. Your turn Malte.
Nick
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Okay. I'm afraid the next one is dreadfully easy:
Green-clad and hooded, with the bow in my hand I'm the most celebrated outlaw ever.
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Entirely ironic that I know the answer but have no idea what I'll put next for everyone to guess. :p
Probably the most famous outlaw is Robin Hood. :)
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The answer is right and by "law" you have to come up with the next character description. You do not want to become an "outlaw", do you? :lol:
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:rolleyes: That's bad Malte. Go on Arvens. Think of something.
Nick
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It's hard trying to put a pin on something anyone would know. ;)
I was not an outlaw, but people wanted to kill me because I had impersonated one of their own. I wanted to attack a young girl bringing food to one who needed assistance. I was able to escape with my life. Who am I?
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The BigBad Wolf in Red Riding Hood.
Nick
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That's the only person that came to my mind that I could describe. :P: :lol:
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Well You gave it a good shot. I was forced to live in a small room by my mother and never allowed to see anyone. Who am I?
Nick
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Rapunzel? I don't know if this is the correct English spelling. Locked away in a tower she was isolated from other people until a prince used her long plait as a rope to climp up to her.
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You know what I first thought of when I read Nick's question? I read about a national news event where a girl was forcably kept in a room with no light, any nobody ever saw her. Do you remember hearing about this, Nick? I think she was called Jeanne once she was discovered, and I don't think they were able to get her to speak because she wasn't socially near other humans when she was growing up. :(
Either way, I don't think that was your answer. :P:
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I've heard of her, but that's not the answer.
Nick
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Malte was wrong too?
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I'd be most surprised if my guess was right. It was sort of a random shot as nobody else to whom this applied came to my mind. Alas this has not changed yet.
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I must have missed your reply Malte originally. You are right. Rapunzel is correct. Your turn.
Nick
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Three duells in one afternoon earned me three lasting friendships.
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From the Count of Monte Cristo, perhaps?
Nick
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Nope, but you are aiming for the right country.
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France ? Maybe the 3 Muskeeters then.
Nick
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Now just give me the name of the character I'm talking of and the next question will be yours Nick.
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:o It's been a long time since I read the book. Geraprdieu(sp)?
Nick
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If you mean Gerald de Pradieu, he is an actor who played the count of Monte Cristo, but he is no character from the 3 musketeers. The character I'm talking of is THE maincharacter of the 3 musketeers even though he is not one of the three. There is a person in history who was sort of a pattern for this character. This person was called: Charles de baz de Castelmore comte ... (the three dots mark the end of the name which I can't tell you as it is the name we are looking for).
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No, that's not who I was thinking of, but my guess was wrong anyway. i'll try to think of his name.
Nick
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(If you're wondering, I don't have the answer)
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Darn. Have you ever read the 3 Musketeers Arvens?
Nick
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If I had, I'd already have been guessing. ;) There's a lot of books you've read, that I haven't.
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I figured as much. I'll have to go and reread the book.
Nick
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Or go and check google if you want to take the fast way. Not that it would make too much of a difference with your 2000 words a minute, would it? ;)
I wish my own speed reading practices were as successful. But I regret to say that I still have the impression of just overlooking a text taking in only parts of what it says whenever I do speedreading.
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I don't know how to spell this guy's name, but I think the guy is Dartanion. He's the guy who wants to be a musketeer like his dad, but he accidently got himself into three duels in one day against the 3 musketeers.
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:yes Right Kenji! You are certainly talking of the right guy and it is really difficult to tell how to spell his name from the sound of it. The correct spelling would be d'Artagnan. Your turn. :)
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Doesn't he eventually join the Musketeers? I know Hugo made a sequel to the 3 Muskeeters.
Nick
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Yes, but of course that didn't make him one of the three. He was sort of the fourth musketeer. Kenji's answer was right.
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I know that, but I was just curious.
Nick
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Ok. This will be a dead giveaway, since I couldn't think of a good one.
I was commanded by God to fight for my people, but I was executed for witchcraft. Who am I?
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Joan of Arc
Nick
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Good job. Your turn. (that took me a week of planning :p )
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Let's see. I saw Lincoln ghost's while statying with the President. I am the ruler of a foriegn Country. Who am I?
Nick
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Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands? Winston Churchill?
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Queen Wilhelmina , according to Legend, saw Lincoln putting on his boots in his room when she was paying Roosevelt a visit in the 1930's. She was staying in the Lincoln Bedroom at the time, and according to her, Lincoln looked at her and gave her a warm smile. Your Turn Malte.
Nick
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Known not at least for the color of my vehicle I ended my life was ended in it. Today one can find me on the box of an American fridge pizza and I'm mentioned along with a famous dog.
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James Dean?
Nick
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The Red Baron? He was a famous ace in WW1 with the most kills. He was finally killed in combat against 2 British aces.
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Red Baron Pizza, and the famous dog is Snoopy.
Nick
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The Red Baron is whom I'm looking for. Give me his real name, and the turn will be yours.
(Most likely he was shot from the ground by the way).
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Riechenfeld(sp) I think that's his name.
Nick
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No, sorry but it's more than the spelling. The first two letters are correct. I'll give you the first name and title. You just finish the last name.
Manfred Freiherr von Ri........
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Richenfeld
Nick
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No. Like I said, it is not just the spelling. If it had just been an e too much in an otherwise correct name I would have accepted it. However his name is different. Rich......
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Richthofen
Nick
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That's it. Your turn.
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:D How many soldiers placed the Amercan Flag on Iwo Jima?
Nick
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This is actually about giving hints about people in history. If you are talking of this flag placing:
(http://www.ap.org/anniversary/nhistory/images/photo.iwo.jima.gif) it would be four people. It is a posed photo though, and a flag had been hoisted on Iwo Jima before this famous photo was taken.
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I just read about six people hoisting the flag two of whom are supposed to be in the background of the photo. I can't see them to be honest.
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6 is correct. 3 of them are still alive, I believe. Your turn malte. I couldn't think of anyone to describe, so I picked the Iwo Jima landing.
Nick
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Among many other stuff I became known for developing a simple way of "untying" a complicate knot.
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Einstein
Nick
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Nope, I was much less peaceful minded than him, as was my way of untying the knot.
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That would be cutting the proverbian Gordian knot, correct?
Nick
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And who cut it?
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Attila the hun is my guess. He cut it by killing.
Nick
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Nope! Attila did not cut the gordic knot. When I'm talking of the Gordic knot here, I refer to the historical one that did exist and whose cutting did coin the phrase. There was a prophecy according to which the one who could loose the knot should become the ruler of... a region of which the person who cut the knot in fact conquered a good part.
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Alexander the great
Nick
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Indeed. Your turn :)
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I am the people that gave thier name to a sea Who am I?
Nick
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Indians (Indian Ocean)?
Balts (Baltic Sea)?
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Nope. Keep guessing Malte.
Nick
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There are many other large bodies of water named after people though most of these are part of a larger Ocean.
The Chinese Sea (northern and southern) belong to the Pacific Ocean. So does the Japanese Sea. The Gulf of Mexico (named after the country rather than the people) is sort of a part of the Atlantic Ocean.
Is any of these bodies of water the one you are looking for?
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Something just struck my mind. I have never before thought about it, but Atlantic, does it come from Atlantis? It's just a guess, I never read this, but it seems like a plausible guess.
According to Plato's description, beyond the pillars of Heracles (Gibraltar) is likely to refer to the Atlantic Ocean.
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First, none of the answers are corrects. Second, the name Atlantic does indeed come from Atlantis. according to legend, Atlantis was either an island or a continent located in the middle of what is now the Atlantic ocean.
Nick
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I brought the light to the world and dropped out of my wedding party attended to my "hobby" in which I proved more productive than anyone else.
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Malte you still haven't answered my question.
Nick
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The people of Atlantis? I thought the question to be answered:
Second, the name Atlantic does indeed come from Atlantis.
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No, I was refering to an actual people who gave thier name to a sea.
Nick
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I was thinking of the Caribbean Sea, named for the Indian tribe called the Caribs. The Caribs, in case you want to know, were cannibals who ate thier victims.
Nick
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One never stops learning. I didn't know it. I guess we need another question from you Nick.
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Alright. I Am a adulter who imprisoned a certail Frenchman on False Charges.
Nick
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A Frenchman arrested on false charges? Does it have anything to do with Jacob Dreyfus? That would be the first thing that comes to my mind though I don't know of any adulter being involved in that affair.
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No.
Nick
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Certain Frenchman... Could the arrested be someone we know in a book?
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The count of Monte Christo! That sure is a book in which a Frenchman is arrested on false charges. Also I know that you know the book as you mentioned it repeatedly. Having never read it and only seen two different movies of it I do not recall the name of the guy though you are asking for.
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Yep The Figure is in the Count of Monte Cristo. His Name is Villefort. Your turn to ask a question Malte
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Actually I failed to give the name you were looking for. However, here is the next one.
They named me a wizzard. I enlightened the world and dropped out of my wedding party attended to my "hobby", in which I proved more productive than anyone else.
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Thomas Edison.
Nick
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Yep. I guessed this one would be easy as you put up a question about him yourself.
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Yep I Guessed it would be pretty Easy. Let me think of another one.
Nick
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I came across the big pond to help a new world coming into existence. Later they came from the new world to help in my old world that was all redesigned as an effect of the new world. I played an important role in redesigning my old world, but unfortunately the redesigning got out of hand there. Today schools and other places in the new world are named after me, and yet I'd be quite surprised if anyone from there could give my complete name here.
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Columbus?
Nick
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Nope. The whole talk about "new world" may be a bit confusing. We are not talking of an explorer. And yet he participated in creating a new world. He lived after Columbus and was from a different country.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Nick
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Nope. The man I'm asking for was not an explorer. The school I visited in America was named after him, yet I doubt that even the teachers there knew the full name of the guy (a very long name indeed).
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Hint please
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This man was involved in two revolutions. One in his home country and one on the other side of the Atlantic.
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Laussaint L'Overture?
Nick
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Nope. For all I know he only led what may be called a Revolution in Haiti. However, the person we are looking for has also a French name. The Revolutions he was involved in were really BIG ones.
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Marquis De Laffeytte
NicK
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That's the man I'm talking of. And to "cut a short story long" his full name is: Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette.
Marquis de Lafayette is actually only his title. Your turn Nick.
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Many Americans wouldn't know him period, Let alone his full name. What was Aaron Burr planning to do which caused him to be tried for treason?
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Aaron Burr was charged with a conspiracy. I think the true aim of that conspiracy has never been determined with absolute certainty. However at its grandest, the plan may have been for Burr to make a massive new nation in the west, forged from conquered provinces of Mexico and the states west of the Appalachian Mountains. Burr was to have been the leader of this Southwestern republic.
Quite ambitous if you ask me.
I wonder sometimes how the world would look today if indeed such a state had been founded, or if the United States had broken appart on other ocassions (Civil War) or if Texas had never joined the US. There is much room for speculations.
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Well Burr planned to seperate New England from the Union and connect it with western territory. But he was only able to raise 60 followers who were willing to support his plan. Given that Burr was Vice-president, that is stunning. Burr was a very chrismatic man, and a good politician.
Nick
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So was the answer close enough?
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Yes it was. your turn Malte
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"Eripuit caelo fulmen sceptrumpque tyrannis"
(He stole the lightning from the sky and the scepter of the tyrant)
Who was he?
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Benjamin Franklin, with the invention of the lightning Rod
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Indeed. Maybe I ought not to have given the translation of the Latin praise of him to make it a little harder. But on the other hand it would have been rather stupid in a language even I can hardly understan after years of Latin lessons.
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I Never took Latin Myself, But I've picked up some words and phrases.
Nick
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Some words are easy to pick up as they originate from latin (or greece) terms. Tyrannis is just one example.
Anyway, your turn Nick.
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This man helped feed the Pilgrims in their first winter here.
Nick
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Two native Americans come to my mind. Squanto, who showed the settlers how to plant corn and catch fish and above all served as a translator.
The other one would be Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag who welcomed the settlesrs and helped them out with food supplies in the first winter. The invitation of Massasoit and 90 of his men through the pilgrims after their first harvest is said to be the foundation stone of the Thanksgiving.
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Squanto was the one i was looking for. Your turn Malte
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My voice appeased even death and the wild beasts. Oh if only I had not looked back over my shoulder for my loved one she would have left the shade of death again. Whom am I and who is my beloved wife?
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This is a Greek myth. I know it, But I just can't think of the name. Jason perhaps?
Nick
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It's a Greek myth indeed, but it's not Jason we are talking about. A very famous melody was written inspired by this myth. Oh and by the way, the character we are talking about did have a "guest appearance" in the saga of Jason, singing a dragon into sleep. Please don't forget to name both, this character and his wife.
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Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheues was extremely gifted with the lyre, and when his wife died he went to the Ubnderworld and played his lyre for Hades and Persephone. They were so touched that they allowed him to take Eurydice back to Earth, with the condition that he not look back at her until they had reached Earth. As you know, he disobeyed thier command, and she was lost to him forever.
Nick
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Perfectly right!
As soon as you will have thought of one you can come up with the next person riddle.
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I lived a while back and people feared of what I knew. I kept it quiet and I saw things in the deepest of future seeing things that happened in his eyes or dream.
-Threehorn
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Nostradamus
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Yes. :lol
wow you got it fast
-Threehorn
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I Hid an enormous treasure in the Phillipines durng World War II.
Nick
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Hitler?
-Threehorn
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Nope
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Yamashita Tomoyuke? A Japanese general who wanted to hid that treasure from the Americans when they reconquered the Philipines in 1944?
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Yep. According to legend, he hid 44000 tons of gold in the phillipines. Today that treasure would be worth close to $2 trillion.
Nick
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Nice. It would be a nice little addition to my pocket money if I ever find it ;)
They nicknamed me "Old Fuss and Feathers" and I developed the "Anaconda Plan". Who am I?
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General Hancock, called "old Fuss and Feathers' for the way he dressed. He would always wear a feather in his hat, and he would take hours getting into his uniform.
Nick
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Was he named "Old Fuss and Feathers" too? I didn't know that. I'm not thinking of Hancock actually, but one good hint: Give me Hancocks first and second name and cut out the "Hancock" and you'll get the man I'm talking of (perhaps Hancock was even named after this man I'm thinking of).
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Winfield Scott was his name. Hancock for some reason stuck in my head.
Nick
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Right. Winfield Scott was the leader of the American campaign to Mexico City in 1847/48. He also developed the so called Anaconda plan on which the federal strategy during the civil war was based. With Scott being famous already for his actions in the war of 1812 and Hancock being born in 1824 I consider it very likely that Hancock was actually named after Scott.
Your turn Nick.
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How much did the US Pay for Alaska?
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$7.2 million in gold, but I'm afraid you confused this quiz with the US history quiz because of my last question. It's the who am I? game, so we have to come up with riddle talk or descriptions of a person in history.
Still your turn Nick.
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I was among the first explorers to discover Alaska
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Could you tell us a bit more?
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I became famous in my country for expolring Alaska and my country later took it.
Nick
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Are we talking of a Russian Nick?
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Yes, we are Malte.
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Alexeij Tschirikow?
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Nope. Keep guessing
Nick
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Grigori Schelikow?
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No. This person is very well know, he has several areas in Alaska named after him.Hint Hint
Nick
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Alexander Baranov (with a castle named after him)?
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Nope. Bering was the guys name, the Bering Sea is named after him, and the land bridge that once connected the asian and North American continents is called Beringia.
Nick
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But he was NOT a Russian! This is why I did not name Bering after asking whether we are looking for a Russian. Bering worked for the czar, but he was a Dane.
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I didn't know that Malte. Since I goofed, you can ask the next question.
Nick
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My body was brought home in a barrel of whiskey to slow decomposition. What was left of my body that is. I lost my eye and one arm on earlyer occassions. But at least I was on Victory.
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Lord Horatio Nelson
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Good going! :)
I didn't expect that the first guess would be correct! Your turn Nick.
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I helped to find a boy-king.
Nick
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Merlin, with Arthus being the boy-king?
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Nope. I didn't find the king, but I helped in other ways.
Nick
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Is it possible that you are thinking of a character from the bible...? No, the one I have in mind actually DID find the boy-king (to be).
There are also examples from Greek sagas, but in anyone I can think of the character at least met the boy-king (e.g. Odysseus / Ulisses who found a way to discover the young Achillieus who had been disguised as a girl hidden among many other girls).
It would be helpful to have a little more hints Nick.
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this boy king was found in the 1920's. That should be a good hint.
Nick
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Lord Carter? He found Pharao Tutenchamoun's (dunno the Englich spelling) grave, and Tutench... whatever was only about 18 years old by the time of his death.
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Tutankaman, The Lord's name was Caravan.
Nick
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Are you certain? I hadn't checked out google for the answer, but upon reading your answer I found frequent mentions of Lord Howard Carter while the search for "Lord Caravan Tutankaman" didn't bring any results.
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I'll check to be sure
BTW congrats on reaching 2000!
Nick
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If you are sitting in the "cage" named after me you are save from electricity of whatever voltage (e.g. lightnings). If you are siting in a car for example you are sitting in a ... cage.
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Bessemer?
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Nope. Who is Bessemer?
In many museums on natural sciences they demonstrate the visitors how somebody can sit in a kind of cage while whole lightings of electricity are "shot" at it, while the person in the cage remains unscratched. This experiment is based on the experiments of the scientist I'm looking for. He was an Englishman by the way.
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Is an element named after him?
Nick
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I don't think so (though I'm not a 100% sure). He is best known I guess for inventing the electric transformer.
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Micheal Faraday?
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Exactly!
Your turn Nick :)
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I was a rival claimant to the invention of the telephone.
Nick
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Philipp Reis?
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Nope
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Antonio Meucci? There are quite a few competitors in this case.
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Nope. Just keep guessing
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Werner von Siemens?
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Nope. He is probably the most famous of Bell's rivals through
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Elisha Grey?
(It almost seems like almost everybody had a self-invented telephone in the own house anyway :lol: )
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Yep, you got it.
nick
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Don't you put hats on poles to be bowed to while I'm around or my crossbow arrow may hit more than fruits.
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William Tell
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Right. Your turn.
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I Was the first person to recieve a message in a hot air balloon.
nick
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I admit defeat at this one. I looked at several books and webpages, came accross the first radio message being sent to an air plane, accross French signaling enemy troop movements observed from a balloon by showing boards of different colors, I came across many first balloon rises, first channel crossings, first balloon victims, and a carrier pigeon being sent from a baloon in the 1890s (certainly not the first one by the way), but I didn't find anything about the first receiver of a message in a balloon :(
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Benjamin frankin was the first to recieve a message from a hot Air balloon while he was in France
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FROM? I thought received a message IN a hot air balloon. I interpreted this to mean that the receiver of the message was up in the air. However, I didn't find out about Franklin receiving a message from a balloon either, so I would have failed anyway. But during my researches I came accross a statement of him which he gave upon being asked about the use of balloons:
What use is a new-born infant?
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A Classic line indeed. I'm a famous character in a story who saved the life of my grandaughter.
Nick
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Can you give any further hints?
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Sorry, but the answer has slipped from me at the moment. If I Can recall it, then I'll give a hint.
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Can you recall the answer to your question?
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No. You can have a go Malte
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The next one will be a riddle on the person's name rather than a description of the person's name:
I beginn well followed by the continuous form end and no man ever weight as much as the end of my name.
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Wellington
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Exactly! :)
Your turn Nick!
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I Am a slaver who figured prominently in the Fall of a traitor
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Does slaver mean someone how trades with slaves? I'm absolutely in the dark so far. Can you give further hints?
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its a character in one of my favorite books, and one which we've talked about before. You know which one I'm talking about...
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The book that springs to my mind would be the Count of Monte Christo. However, though I know the story from movies I do not recall a slaver in there (I confess I do not know the story as good as I should).
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Yes It is the Count Of Monte Cristo. Since You seem to be stuck I'll give you the answeer. The Slaver in question was callee El Kobbir, who bought the wife and Daughter of Ali Pasha From Fernand( The Rival of Edmind Dantes). Dantes later bought Haydee from El Kobbir, and Haydee later exposed Fernand as a traitor.
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I failed to answer the question. Please put another one up Nick. :)
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Alright. i Was The Villian in Wuthering Heights.
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I've never even heard of that book, but from what I find at Google I suppose the name of the villain is Heathcliff.
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Yep. I'm Surprised you've never read Wuthering heights, its by Emily Bronte.
Nick
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Though they tried to dispirit my people by doing horrible things to me and send the pieces of my body to different parts of my country afterwards, they couldn't break my people's spirit.
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William Wallace
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Right you are. Perhaps it was easy to guess that I would come up with him while I'm sitting amidst all his battlefields, memorials and stuff. Your turn Nick.
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my spirit is said to haunt the Toowr of London. I Am sometimes seen-with or without my head...
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Would that be Queen Mary of Scots?
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Yep, your turn kenji...
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Ok. Here's one:
I have tried to keep a ship from emerging into the daylight sky, therefore causing a constant battle between light and darkness.
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The flying Dutchman?
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i think malte's right...
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Sorry. Mythology is another clue.
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Is This A Greek Hero?
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Neither Greek or a Hero. It is because this character tried to keep a very important ship from emerging into the sky, that it caused a never-ending battle between light and darkness.
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is it a Norse Villan?
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Too north. Stick to the Mediterranean area
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I think I'm making it too hard. Search in Egyptian Mythology.
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Osirus?
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Annubis (spelling) the Egyptian God of Death? I'm afraid I'm not very familiar with Egyptian mythology, but he brings the souls where they belong (separated by good and evil) on board of a ship.
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Annubus i Think it is spelled...
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Neither, but you're getting close. The mythology on the creation of day and night will tell you the character I'm talking about, who has been attacking a very important ship to keep it from rising back into the sky, therefore sparking the never-ending battle between light and darkness, and created day and night.
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Ok let me go to Egpyt :lol:
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Anyone want to continue guessing or should I let the mic go to someone else? The answer to this Who Am I is found in the Egyptian mythology on the creation of day and night.
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just give us the answer Kenji
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Ok then. The answer is Apep, a monster that daily battles the sun god Re in his ship. As Re steers his ship to the underworld to check on those in the afterlife, Apep tries to keep Re's ship from returning to the sky, therefore starting the neverending battle between light and darkness. And Re wins the battle every time and returns to the sky, creating the continuous cycle of day and night.
Anyone now has the next question.
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Interesting Kenji. I am the Queen of the old Ways and I am worshipped in three forms.
Nick
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Can you give any more hints Nick? I fail at this so far.
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i Am mentioned in Shakespeare, and I was a main character(The Villianess in fact) in the 1998 TV miniseries "Merlin".
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I don't know, but a Villainess being mentioned in Shakespeare and also in a series called "Merlin"... I guess it might be Morgause, the sister of king Arthur and mother to his son Mordred?
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No not morgause, who is also known as Morgan Le fay 'Morgan of the faeries". Shhe did appear in the merlin series, but she was not the main villianess.
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Morgause and Morgan le Fay are not the same. I thought so too, but in fact they are two sisters. I have not seen that series so it was just a guess. In which Shakespeare play is the character mentioned?
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A Midsummer Night's dream, Malte.
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Hippolyta? I am not sure whether or not another possibility that came to my mind is mentioned in Midsummer Night's dream. That other possibility would be Ariadne.
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No Ariande was the maiden in Greek Myth was was famous from her weaving skill. She became famous and boasted that she could outweave the gods. This enraged Aprodite, who challenged her to a weaving contest. Aprodite, being a god, outwove Ariadne, Ariadne , crushed that she lost, hanged herself. Aprodite then changed Ariadne into a spider.The creature i was lookoking for was Queen mab.
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I do not recal ever hearing the name and confess that I would have failed at this question. Can you come up with another Nick?
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Certainly. mab , in case you are wondering, is mentioned in a forest scene where Titania and Oberon(The King and Queen of the forest faeries) are talking. i can't recall who mentioned her exactly(I think Titania) but I know she is mentioned. Shakespeare was a great researcher of myth and history, and used them often in his plays. In the miniseries Mab was played by Miranda Richardson. anyway, I accompanied Emilia Earhart on her last flight.
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If you want a hint, just ask...
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Who is Emilia Earhart? I can't find her at Wikipedia and google only provides me with lots of schools named after her and song lyriks that mention the name. I never heart of her.
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Amelia, not emilia, I misspelled her name :P:
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^ Should have recognized the name :slap
It was her navigator Fred Noonan who accompanied her on her last flight. Both of them are missed ever since. For all I know their plane has never been located.
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Yes. they disappeared in 1937, and probably died in a crash. Considering how deep the Pacific is, the plane is probably more than 2 miles below the surface in many pieces.
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Speaking of missed pilots, I am thinking of another one. A Frenchman whose plane was found not too long ago.
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The Red baron?
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Nope, nope, nope. Von Richthofen crashed near Vaux sur Somme, in perfect view of hundreds of Australian soldiers. His plane and his body were immediately recovered, so he was never missed. The pilot I'm talking of was missed in action though. He was not a German.
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:slap Alright.. can you give me another hint?
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He became more famous for his writings than for flying.
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More famous for his writings ... hmmm...
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All grown-ups were children first. (But few remember it).
That's the way they are. You must not hold it against them. Children should be very understanding of grown-ups.
Grown-ups like numbers. When you tell them about a new friend, they never ask questions about what really matters. They never ask: "What does his voice sound like?" "What games does he like best?" "Does he collect butterflies?". They ask: "How old is he?" "How many brothers does he have?" "How much does he weigh?" "How much money does his father make?" Only then do they think they know him.
If you tell grown-ups, "I saw a beautiful red brick house, with geraniums at the windows and doves on the roof...," they won't be able to imagine such a house. You have to tell them, "I saw a house worth a hundred thousand francs." Then they exclaim, "What a pretty house!"
"One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes."
These are just a few quotes from the pilot's most outstanding book which I recommend everyone to read (it is not a long book).
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did the writer survive the crash?
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No. As I said he was missed ever since. The plane has been found not long ago. It crashed into the sea. Another quote from this most famous book of his reads
I shall look as if I were dead; and that will not be true . . ."
And it gave a kind of romantic mystery to his own disappearance which in fact was not very romantic at all. He was shot down in war.
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That book is called the Little Prince, but the name of the author still escapes me...
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The book is right! You will easily find out about the author's name. Did you read the book?
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Antione de Saint-Exupery, I believe I'm spelling it right.. I read it a long time ago, so I've forgotten nearly everything in it...
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You are spelling it perfectly right Nick, so it is your turn.
The little prince is a lovely book however short it is. Not knowledge but wisdom.
In case you want to read it again: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/ (http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/)
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Wisdom and knowledge are two different things. You can gain knowledge from reading a book, but you can only gain wisdom through experience. I am the best -known English playwright of the 1590s, besides Shakespeare.
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Christopher Marlowe I presume?
You can gain knowledge from reading a book, but you can only gain wisdom through experience.
I guess I agree, but not totally. Some books can help the open minded reader to acquire wisdom by seeing things clearer. The little prince does definitely not deal with knowledge, nor is it written for mere entertainment.
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No marlowe was well known, but there was another playright who was better-known than he...
Yes, books can help the open-minded, but only if they are open-minded.
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Yes, books can help the open-minded, but only if they are open-minded.
On that I agree without any reservations.
Ben Jonson?
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yep, that's the one. johnson advertised his plays with great abandon, thusly we know more about him than any other playright of that era, even Shakespeare.
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(Next question)
He lived earlier than Shakespeare. In his most famous writing you'll read about a large group of very different people pilgrimaging to a shrine in south-east England. Whom am I talking of?
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This sounds like the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
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That's perfectly right Stitch! Chaucer is the one I was looking for. Good going; your turn! :)
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The caunterbury tales were never completed either, Chaucer had intended to include around 120 stories in all. good job Stitch, you were quicker yo the draw than me! :lol:
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Okay, here goes
She wrote a series of 9 books for children and several more for older people. You could probably trace the "Rescue Rangers" all the way back to her. Who is she?
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Beatrix Potter
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I think I better give you guys a hint.
The director of the first LBT movie worked on the film adaptation of the childrens series early in his career.
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Would the be the Nimh series?
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Nope, but it does star mice
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Redwall?
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Nope; this was back when Bluth worked at disney.
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Watership Down?
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It was the first disney animated film to get a sequel.
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*in a Hungarian-type, Eva Gabor voice*
The Rescuers
(the Disney buff knew this one :lol: )
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Another Disney type question that I hope to make easier by giving hints.
I am one of Walt Disney's famed "Nine Old Men". I share my surname with US Presidents and my first with a popular black and white tv show. (extra pat on the back if you get the tv show as well :D )
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Good job. I was actually looking for Margery Sharp, the author of the nine Miss Bianca stories. I'll just let this question go.
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Good job. I was actually looking for Margery Sharp, the author of the nine Miss Bianca stories. I'll just let this question go.
You know, I had to rush to a class, and on the way I realized I was supposed to be looking for a person, not a film. :lol: I saw Nick put "Watership Down" and that's a film or book, so I just put the correct film. :rolleyes:
Also, my person post was invalid because I made an incorrect point in it; part of it is correct, the other half isn't so here is the revised question:
I am one of Walt Disney's famed "Nine Old Men"--the best hand drawn animators. My surname sounds much like the last name of two US presidents with the same last name (no relation). I share my first name with the character of a popular black and white tv show (where the character's name was in the title).
(It shouldn't take long to guess which of the nine I'm after....I would suspect most could come close to his last name at least. ;) )
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Bill harrelson?
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g-o-o-g-l-e Nick. ;) I don't shun internet searches.
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I know, but I' prefer to guess before googling...
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Creates piles of very pointless messages in cases like this one though. No offense meant, but there are many of those.
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Touche... I'll go google now :)
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Ollie Johnston. The two presidents were Andrew and Lyndon Johnson.
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^ Yep, only him and Frank Thomas are still alive.
You can post a new one.
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Name the actor who voiced Wilbur in the Rescuers Down Under.
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John Candy
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Yep, he was truly a comedic giant, candy was. your turn stich.
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Your turn Stitch :)
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Name the actress whose voice credits include a Flyer, a Swimmer, a Chipmunk, and a Mouse.
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Aria Curzon?
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Look at what is coming to DVD in the next couple of weeks.
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Would it be Tress MacNeille?
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You got it
She has been credited with both Ducky and Petrie's mom in lbt, and as Chip and Gadget in the Rescue Rangers (on dvd in less than a week)
Your turn, Roger
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Macneille's been around forever.. she also did the voice of Babs Bunny on Tiny Tunes.
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Oh gee...I dropped the ball the last time I posted one of these... :P:
They are the 'masters of the impossible'.
And that's all you guys get. :lol:
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Sigfred and Roy?
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Penn and teller?
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I knew I forgot to post somewhere. :p Yes, Stitch has the correct answer--its Siegfried and Roy.
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Here's the next one:
This lbt guest actress' latest cd was put out by "624's name" records.
My booji-boo suggested this.
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Juila Hansen?
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The actress played a longneck.
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I thought of Miriam Flynn until I read the cd hint. :lol: I'm guessing Bernadette Peters. ;)
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That's it
The 624 reference was to Angel Records, the company that put out the cd.
Your turn
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Nice going roger. and Julia Hansen DId play a longneck...
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Uhm.... :unsure:
I don't know when I'll get back (could be a few days) so someone else choose something.
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OK ok, bored out of my wits today, so here's my person:
He's one of the more popular American stand-up comedians and has been performing since the 90s. One of his more well-known acts included this line:
A house is nothing more than a place for your stuff so you can go out and buy more stuff!
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Chris Rock!
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That's not the person I was after...and I've no idea if Chris Rock performed that skit too. The guy I'm looking for is white, number one, and number two, he keeps a very short, trimmed beard. ;) Try again.
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Gorge Carlain?
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It is definitely George Carlin. I did not participate in this round as Roger himself once send me an MP3 clip of George Carlin including that very quote about stuff; so it would have been kind of unfair if I had answered.
Your turn Nick.
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I always forget which topics I reply to. :slap :slap
Yes, George Carlin is the answer (and thanks Malte for not jumping in since you knew the answer without hesitation)
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Your turn Nick. :)
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Still your turn Nick :)
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I Am one of basketball's greatest players of all-time, yet I only won a couple titles. Who am I?
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Michael Jordon?
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No, Jordan won 6 titles, which is hardly a 'couple'. Try again.
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Dennis Rodman?
Just a shot in the dark :lol
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Nope. Rodmam doesn't deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as 'greatest basketball player ever'. He fits in more with 'freak show'.
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(guess)
Shaquille O'Neal
I don't watch basketball period, so I only know a couple of names. :P:
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Shaq has won 3, while he is one of the all-time greats, He's not the person I'm thinking off. Besides, he's still active (hint Hint)
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Larry Bird (or Byrd) I don't watch basketball that much
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No, Bird isn't the one I'm looking for either... i'll let one person guess, then I'll give the answer.
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kobe bryant?
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I must confess I have absolutely no knowledge about famous sports people or actors :(
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I don't suppose this one is ever going to be answered. Can you come up with another one Nick?
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the answer was Wilt Chamberlain. he made numerous Finals appearances but lost most of them to the Celtics.
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Can you come up with another person riddle Nick?
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sure . I am one of the insprations Bram Stoker's dracula. The OTHER inspiration.
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Henry Irving? With Vlad Dracul as the first inspiration?
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Vlad the Implaer is the first inspiration, But Henry Irving is not the orther one i'm looking for..
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Nosferatu?
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no that was a 1923 silent film.. This person actually existed..
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Armin Vambery? From what I read this orientalist was not as a character an inspiration for Dracula, but he told Bram Stoker of many of the legends around Vlad Dracul thereby giving him an inspiration for the novel.
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no... that's not correct
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Countess Erzebet B·thory?
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Not her Nick?
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Nick?
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For the sake of reviving this thread I'll just take over:
I came from Caledonia across the ocean to the new country where I should gain fame through my Common Sense.
Who am I?
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Thomas Paine!
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That's right :yes
Your turn LBT :)
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I was put on trial by the government after I leaked 7000 pages of documents to 17 newspapers, exposing their unjust war. Who am I?
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Daniel Ellsberg?
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Correct. One of my favorite political figures; I've even communicated with him via e-mail.
Your turn Malte.
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I built a hospital at a place where modern medicine had not arrived till then. I believe in the philosophy of "Reverence for Life" which I feel has been lost in civilization. I got the worlds most famous prize for peace in recognition for my work.
Who am I?
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Scweitzer?
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That's right :yes
Albert Schweitzer is the one I was describing.
Your turn LB&T :)
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I am the oldest known human being to live in what is now the Republic of China, purpoting to have lived at least 500,000 years ago.
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I'm not very good at U. S. history, let alone Chinese history. Ummm... Are you by any chance referring to the Peking Man found in the cave of Zhoukoudian, or however it's spelled, that is somewhere near Beijing? That cave is in the Republic of China area, right? I heard his approximate time of having lived there was somewhere between 200,000 and 500,000 years ago, so at least I'll get the year part right. Am I on the right track here or did I completely misunderstand your question?
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Nope, you're completely correct! Thumbs up, TFS! Your turn.
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How about a classic novel series? Popular books seem to do quite well here. This story was written over forty years ago, but it must still be doing good since a movie and computer game were made for it not too long ago.
I'm an oracular pig - that is, I have the ability to prophesy about future events and reveal hidden information. I was wondering, do you know who I am?
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nostradamus?
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An oracular pig was involved in "The black cauldron". The name of that pig was Hen Wen I think.
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Yup! Why did I have the feeling that you'd get this... Well anyway, there is a popular novel series of five books made in the sixties. It's called The Chronicles Prydain. And yes, the Black Cauldron is the name of one pf the volumes- the second one actually, which became a Disney movie and computer game. The movie just didn't do the original story justice though. And as for thinking the pig's name is Hen Wen, think no more because you're right and that is exactly what her name is. You're welcome to continue this when you wish. But I do have one question:
nostradamus?
You have gotten me quite curious now. What is that? That name does sound exotic. Whatever book it is or is from, I'll try to look into it. It would probably be very interesting. Later!
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Nostradamus was a Frenchmen, who beccame famous for his prohecies during the middle ages. Over the centuries his prophecies have been said to predict everything from the death of Charles ! of France, to the rise of Hitler, to the 9-11 attacks and even the end of the world.
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Sorry, I forgot about this thread for a couple of days. Here is the next one:
My poor leg was hurt badly in a fight in which I did a huge service for my country coming into existence. But that leg is all of me being commemorated at the place where it was hurt for my head perceived a lack of gratitude and recognition that made me turn against the cause for which my leg had suffered.
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Here is another hint:
"I'm supposed to be the one man whom the $1 man really wanted to see dead".
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Benedict Arnold? I think his leg was injured in battle.
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Aye :yes
The American victory in the battle of Saratoga (which was a decisive factor in the French decision to support the American revolutionaries) was mainly Benedict Arnold's doing. Most of the credit however was given to general Horatio Gates who outranked Arnold, but had actually done hardly anything to contribute to the victory (and later delivered a short and disastrous performance on the southern theater of the war which involved his abandoning his defeated army and riding away as fast as he could after the defeat at Camden). Arnold (as mentioned) had been wounded in the leg during the battle.
Feeling that he was deceive for the credit he deserved (I think he was promoted though and some other squabbles played a role too) and also under the influence of his loyalist wife Arnold turned into the traitor as which he is known and condemned.
In 1887 a memorial was erected in Saratoga National Historical park to commemorate the brave leg of Benedict Arnold while the monument is the only one in the US dedicated to a person (or his leg) but doesn't bear any inscription that includes the name of the person. If you want to take a look, this is a link to a picture of the so called "boot monument": http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Arnold-boot.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Arnold-boot.jpg)
Your turn LB&T :)
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One of two Austrian brothers, I was the one favored by our father, but my younger brother was the one that grew up to become famous worldwide, while I died in 1971 in a car accident. My brother did not attend my funeral.
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Meinhard Schwartzenegger, brother of Arnold Schwartzenegger?
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Correct! A tragic figure.
Your turn, Malte!
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I am hardly ever remembered though I in fact was the last leader of a passing civilization rather than my better known predecessor who was stoned by the own people.
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Montezuma II, His predecessor, MOnteZuma was sttoned by his own peioople as a puppet of Cortez.
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Actually Montezuma II was the one who was stoned by his own people (at least that's what the Spanish said) while Montezuma I died before the landing of Columbus. You have picked the civilization I was thinking about though. Who took up the leadership after Montezuma II's death?
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Ooh! That "C" guy! Capultipac or something like that.
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Well, I'll let the "C guy" pass :lol
C guy I. last king of the Aztecs :lol:
Actually there were even two "C guys" succeeding Moctezuma II. The first was Cuitl·huac who died of small pox about 80 days after his ascend to the throne (still ruled longer than one US president ;)). Cuitl·huac was succeeded by CuauhtÈmoc who was in fact the last ruler of the Aztecs and thereby the "C guy" whom I presume you have been referring to.
Your turn LBT guy :p
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Oops. I actually meant the first C guy. Goes to show why you shouldn't be vague. :oops
Alright, next one.
On a doomed arctic expedition, I was one of six men who sailed for 16 days in a lifeboat to reach South Georgia. I was the one who had modified and prepared the lifeboat for the trip, yet when the ordeal was over I was denied a Polar Medal by the expedition leader.
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I strongly suppose that the answer would be Harry McNish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_McNish#Polar_medal). Since LettuceBacon&Tomato does not regularly visit the GOF anymore (I really, really hope for you to return LB&T) I'll just start the next question to prevent this game from getting lost:
They took my sweetheart away from me and killed him because he was felt to be too inferior to my rank. Therefore I proposed to the one to became known as "the scourge of God" and thereby contributed to the downfall of an empire.
Who am I?
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^ I was also the sister to an Emperor.
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Justa Grata Honoria, or Honoria for short.
Anyone who has ever played the "Hun" campaign on Age of Empires II knows this one; it comes with the expansion pack. heh.
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:lol I admit I did play that campaign :lol
However, historical information in the intros is rather incomplete at best. At least it can work to stimulate further interest in the actual events.
Your turn Noname.
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I was an important man during the founding of the first Republic in the world, but had to put my sons to death for treason against the state. I also made my people swear an oath never to be ruled by a king ever again. Who am I?
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Lucius Junius Brutus?
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Correct. He had his sons killed because they were trying to restore the monarchy.
Your turn, Malte.
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My name will always be linked to the murder of a famous man. But my brother was the murderer while few are aware that I saved the live of his victim's son.
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Edwin Booth, brother of John Wilkes Booth?
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Absolutely right :yes
I did not expect this one would be answered so quickly. Indeed Edwin Booth saved Robert Lincoln from being hit by a train.
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I belong to a royal family famous for defending the Kingdom of Hungary against the Ottoman Turks in the 1500s. I am responsible, along with four others, for the torture and killings of possibly over 600 young girls and young women. Legend has it that I believe that bathing in the blood of my victims will keep me young and ageless. I may have influenced the creation of the story of Dracula. Who am I?
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Vlad the Impaler? (or is that Romania?)
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Nope. Try again :).
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Elizabeth B·thory?
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Correct! You're up :).
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I was given the title "restorer of the world" by the legislature of my time, and I was responsible for the ruination of a great Syrian city, and the defeat of a powerful queen. Who am I?
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Valerian, a Roman Emperor?
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A roman emperor, yes... Valerian... no.
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Julius Caesar?
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Aurilian. The emperor who defeated Zenobia.
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Correct! Aurelian twice attacked the city of Palmyra, and brought Queen Zenobia back in chains the first time, and when the city revolted again, he razed it to the ground. Although future emperors would make some minor attempts to rebuild the city, it would fall into ruin before long.
Palmyra was a major Syrian city, ruled by Rome but in many ways autonomous, given how far it was from the center of imperial power. It's culture was a blend of Roman, Syrian, Greek, and other cultures, and was perhaps the greatest camel caravan city of the world to that point in time.
After the death of Marcus Aurelius, the last truly "great" classical emperor (who killed Christians in large numbers <_< ) the Roman Empire fell into a prolonged state of internal conflict, on and off... this led to a MAJOR series of wars which split the Roman Empire into three pieces; the Gallic Empire in the West (what is now France, Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Belgium, and parts of Germany) the Roman Empire itself in the center (Italy, Greece, the Balkans, most of North Africa, parts of Asia Minor), and the Palmyrine Empire (Syria, parts of Asia Minor, most of today's Jordan, Egypt, and Israel/Palastine.)
Palmyra was later remade as the small city of "Tadmor", but even this declined and fell into ruins many centuries later...
Aurelian managed to reunite the empire, but did tremendous damage to it in the process. He also built the Aurelian walls which to this day partially surround the city of Rome. I used some of the ruins of Palmyra in my Fantasy Role-playing game...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/PalmyraPanoramaZoom.jpg)
Anyway, now that that lengthy exposition is done, it is your turn, Serris.
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The banned organochlorine insecticide Dieldrin is named after me. I co-discoverered the reaction that bears both my and my fellow chemist's name. I along with my fellow chemist won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1950 for my work.
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Otto Paul Hermann Diels
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Correct.
There are actually two banned organochlorine insecticides named for the two: aldrin and dieldrin. Both were banned due to their persistence in the environment.
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I am a man who was a scientist, but also believed in alchemical spirits, based off of the model of the Greek philosopher-scientist Empedocles. I was also known for my work in poisons. Who am I?
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Paracelsus
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Got it. Paracelsus, an Austrian, was the chemist. Some call him the father of modern chemistry, but that title usually goes to Lavosier.
Your turn, Serris.
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Yeah, the poisons bit tipped me off. I have an interest in toxicology. I cannot remember the exact quote but it was he who said that dose makes the poison.
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I am a German scientist usually given credit for recognizing the insecticidal properties of organophosphorous esters (OPs). I worked at the German chemical company I.G. Farben. I patented the first OP, tetraethylpyrophosphate (TEPP) in 1937.
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Gerhard Schrader
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Correct
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I directed a film in arctic Quebec, Canada. It's topic was on the inuit tribes, filmed in the early 1920s. Who am I?
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Robert Flaherty, and the film was Nanook of the North
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I'm a physician and actor, appearing as a character in both Role Models and The Hangover, the second of which caused some controversy.
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Ken Jeong?