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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 7:56 pm Post subject: 1 |
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He said Bobby "Fisher" in reply 36 -- right guy, wrong spelling.
Willy Wonka's nemesis was Fickelgruber.  |
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| mathgrant |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject: 0 |
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| Mine was Bobby Fischer BTW. |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: -1 |
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* smacks head *
Of course, boxing. Should have realised that earlier. |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:45 pm Post subject: -2 |
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Totally correct Duph old chum, well done. Thought if being precise and following historic thought, Jack Broughton or Jack Slack (way back in 1750) were actually known as 'world champions' long beofre Fitzsimmons came into the ring. It's still undecided who out of the two is honoured with the first world title, but both were regarded as 'World and British champions'.
Bearty, I stand corrected. It seems that Foxe has a basin and not a bay named after him. http://www.bartleby.com/65/fo/FoxL.html |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:35 pm Post subject: -3 |
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| General : Are you Bob Fitzsimmons ? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:30 pm Post subject: -4 |
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Duph: If I want to be pedantic, no, I'm not. But broadly speaking, Yes, I am he who you speak of. One has to state if it be bare fist or gloved world champion (If being pedantic, he was technically an American citizen when he won the world heavyweight title)
Name away Duph old chum!
Note: He was also world Middleweight and Light Heavyweight champion too.
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| Beartalon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject: -5 |
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Aga, I didn't think you were being sarcastic I was eliminating the ones that are hardest to Google 
And I'll go look up Foxe, to see if he had a Canadian arctic bay named after him |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:41 pm Post subject: -6 |
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Or boxing
Stumper : are you Britains first heavyweight world boxing champion?
[This message has been edited by Duphrates (edited 02-13-2003 07:43 AM).] |
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| Mycroft |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 12:07 pm Post subject: -7 |
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No to good on UK sport history but is'nt Darts and Table tennis more recent? And you Dragon should know of any chess players Was'nt real tennis played indoors? Just trying to think back a hundred years or so. |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:56 am Post subject: -8 |
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Before we ask another general, let's brainstorm a bit more on what sport it could be. In addition to the ones mentioned above:
- darts - chess - whist/bridge - tabletennis
Others ?? |
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| Mycroft |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:46 am Post subject: -9 |
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Indoor sports and non-team games kinda narrows it down a bit. I think we need to discover whether what type of implements are used, such as in like Pool or Snooker or Bowls. Been racking my brain since yesterday on this. |
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| Mycroft |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:38 am Post subject: -10 |
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Originally posted by Duph: Just as a matter of interest - what happens if someone asks a stumper which is the person you are thinking of?
Game stops and they are proclaimed the winner. |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:11 am Post subject: -11 |
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BTW
It was Anthony 'Skimmer' Fletcher  |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:10 am Post subject: -12 |
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| Just as a matter of interest - what happens if someone asks a stumper which is the person you are thinking of? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:05 am Post subject: -13 |
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Duph: I must have got your plasterer mate correct then . That jam chap is Bruce Foxton I believe. |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 11:03 am Post subject: -14 |
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I'm finding this difficult to think of someones name without looking at the internet(as Fiona fullerton was scraping the bottom of the barrel!) Anyway here's one I thought of last night, but it's probably too easy.
Stumper : Were you the bass player with The Jam? |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 am Post subject: -15 |
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| Bryan Ferry. Holding on, as we are reaching the end. |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:13 am Post subject: -16 |
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Dragon: I only know Bob Dylan's version 
is your sport (mainly) played outdoors? No.
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:40 am Post subject: -17 |
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Hang on, I got one:
General: is your sport (mainly) played outdoors? |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:36 am Post subject: -18 |
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Anni Friesinger. Holding on to the general.
Stumper: did you have a hit in 1973 with your version of A hard rain's gonna fall? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:30 am Post subject: -19 |
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Dragon: Now you are just being silly old chum Er? Famke? Nice German name there. |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:19 am Post subject: -20 |
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I don't recall anyone getting three stumpers of mine in a row.
Let's make it a little harder.
Stumper: are you the German female speed-skater who could not defend her world title last weekend? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 9:13 am Post subject: -21 |
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Bearty, personally I would have gone for the obvious UK, but never mind, I was not being sarcastic or nasty. Sorry if you took it the wrong way. And I think Foxe fits your stumper too 
Hitch: Floopy whatever, Pah!
Dragon: I Forget his name old chum.
Is your sport a team sport? No. |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 8:04 am Post subject: -22 |
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Paul Fleischman was the poet.
General: Is your sport a team sport?
Stumper: Are you one of the main candy-making rivals of Mr. Willy Wonka, along with Prodnose and Slugworth? |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:33 am Post subject: -23 |
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Cesar Franck was correct of course.
* switches tactics *
Stumper: Did you captain the French Davis Cup team on several occasions? |
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| Beartalon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:05 am Post subject: -24 |
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#9: Are you from UK or Ireland or Iceland: Yes #12: Are you from Iceland: No. (Strange general to ask old chum)
So you're from the UK or Ireland. How does narrowing down where you're from make a strange general?
In any case, my stumper was Sir Martin Frobisher.
I'll hold my general.
[This message has been edited by Beartalon (edited 02-12-2003 09:06 PM).] |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:50 pm Post subject: -25 |
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| Quail: Baffled me for a while there, but it was Harrods Fayed. |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 11:23 pm Post subject: -26 |
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Stumper: Did you die in a famous car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997?
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 10:13 pm Post subject: -27 |
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I'm sure it was Fala Franklin 
Quail: I am not that twat Falco!
Are you known for contributions to the world of sports? Yes.
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| Quailman |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 10:09 pm Post subject: -28 |
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Roosevelt's scottie was named Fala:

General: Are you known for contributions to the world of sports?
Stumper: Did you sing "Amadeus"? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:59 pm Post subject: -29 |
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Bearty: Foxe, or Fhudson.
Quail: Franklin? (Gotta come up soon)
Are you from Iceland? No. (Strange general to ask old chum) |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:46 pm Post subject: -30 |
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Margaret Farrar was the Times' editor all those years.
I'm thinking about my general. New stumper: Did you live in the White House during the Roosevelt administration (FDR)?
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| Beartalon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject: -31 |
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Mathematician Pierre de Fermat had that as his last theorem.
General: Are you from Iceland?
Stumper: Were you an explorer trying to find the Orient, but only managed to get a Canadian arctic bay named after him? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:39 pm Post subject: -32 |
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| Quail: Pah! Franklin again. |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:37 pm Post subject: -33 |
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| Stumper: Were you the first crossword editor of The New York Times (from 1942 to 1969)? |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:36 pm Post subject: -34 |
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Hitch: Poems are fiction too, all of them evil, mastered by the hands of Satan himself, aarrgghh! Take another general, Pah!
Are you known for something in the fields of literature, acting, or music? No. |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject: -35 |
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The cookbook author was Fannie Farmer.
General: Are you known for something in the fields of literature, acting, or music? (That's a yes/no question)
new stumper: Did you win the Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices? (There, that's poetry, not fiction.) |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject: -36 |
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Were you born after 1800? Yes.
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 9:19 pm Post subject: -37 |
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Hitch: Damn I know that one too, honest, just cannot bloody remember. Pah!
Quail: Now THAT was Stephen Furst. (I think)
Bearty: Thats jibberish.............take a general!
Jester: Farenheiht/Farenhiet?
are you an artist? I would consider myself to be one, but probably not in the sense you mean.
Are you from the UK or Ireland or Iceland? Yes.
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| jesternl |
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2003 8:12 pm Post subject: -38 |
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| Stumper: Did you use your body temperature and the outside temperature at that moment for setting a standard? |
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