Who am I?

Nick22 · **Reply #160 on:** March 21, 2005, 05:49:47 PM

This is a Greek myth. I know it, But I just can't think of the name. Jason perhaps?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #161 on:** March 22, 2005, 06:51:13 AM

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.

Nick22 · **Reply #162 on:** March 22, 2005, 02:54:07 PM

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

Malte279 · **Reply #163 on:** March 23, 2005, 05:04:53 AM

Perfectly right!
As soon as you will have thought of one you can come up with the next person riddle.

Threehorn · **Reply #164 on:** March 23, 2005, 10:21:54 AM

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

Nick22 · **Reply #165 on:** March 23, 2005, 01:32:44 PM

Nostradamus

Threehorn · **Reply #166 on:** March 23, 2005, 02:01:05 PM

Yes.

wow you got it fast

-Threehorn

Nick22 · **Reply #167 on:** March 23, 2005, 03:09:35 PM

I Hid an enormous treasure in the Phillipines durng World War II.
Nick

Threehorn · **Reply #168 on:** March 28, 2005, 07:06:37 PM

Hitler?

-Threehorn

Nick22 · **Reply #169 on:** March 29, 2005, 12:58:35 PM

Malte279 · **Reply #170 on:** March 29, 2005, 05:31:06 PM

Yamashita Tomoyuke? A Japanese general who wanted to hid that treasure from the Americans when they reconquered the Philipines in 1944?

Nick22 · **Reply #171 on:** March 29, 2005, 10:37:49 PM

Yep. According to legend, he hid 44000 tons of gold in the phillipines. Today that treasure would be worth close to $2 trillion.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #172 on:** March 30, 2005, 08:55:16 AM

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?

Nick22 · **Reply #173 on:** March 30, 2005, 10:52:44 AM

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

Malte279 · **Reply #174 on:** March 30, 2005, 11:15:37 AM

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).

Nick22 · **Reply #175 on:** March 30, 2005, 02:11:33 PM

Winfield Scott was his name. Hancock for some reason stuck in my head.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #176 on:** March 30, 2005, 03:06:12 PM

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.

Nick22 · **Reply #177 on:** March 30, 2005, 03:13:30 PM

How much did the US Pay for Alaska?

Malte279 · **Reply #178 on:** March 30, 2005, 05:02:09 PM

$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.

Nick22 · **Reply #179 on:** March 30, 2005, 06:14:16 PM

I was among the first explorers to discover Alaska