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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 9:03 pm Post subject: 1 |
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| The Cruciverbalist |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 8:47 pm Post subject: 0 |
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If I have seen farther, it is by standing on the shoulders of GL'ers. Never would have got it if it hadn't been narrowed down so far already.
Shall I start another one? |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 4:01 pm Post subject: -1 |
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Did you write The Discovery of Heaven?
Yes I am indeed the writer Harry Mulisch. Aside from writing The Discovery of Heaven, I've written many other books, including "De Aanslag" (The assualt), which was the Dutch entry for the 1986 Oscars, and won as best non-English movie. Link to IMDB.com
The Discovery of Heaven is IMHO a book well worth reading.
Well done Cruciverbalist, and all others. I wondered if I should've said yes to some of the artist questions, but I figured, like Quailman, that a writer is not a performing or visual rtist.
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 12:18 pm Post subject: -2 |
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| Denkend aan Holland zie ik brede rivieren traag door oneindig laagland gaan |
Hmmmm, so you alternate between placing 'J's' within words, to doubling up the 'A's'. Interesting. |
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| The Cruciverbalist |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:55 am Post subject: -3 |
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Ooh, more Botticelli! Let's see...
Did you write The Discovery of Heaven?
And yes, this too is a guess disguised as a stumper.
------------------ I was up all last night playing poker with tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.
Every night I stare at my rug and try to move it with my mind. I've been doing that for years and it hasn't moved an inch... but the rest of my house is gone.
[This message has been edited by The Cruciverbalist (edited 02-15-2003 10:55 PM).] |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Sun Feb 16, 2003 3:46 am Post subject: -4 |
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Sorry for the delay people, I've been out looking for houses and shopping all day... The poet of course is Hendrik Marsman/
"Denkend aan Holland zie ik brede rivieren traag door oneindig laagland gaan" |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2003 5:33 am Post subject: -5 |
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Lenny Kuhr sang De Generaal for Rinus Michels.
Potential solution in the form of a stumper:
Are you the Dutch poet who wrote the famous lines "Denkend aan Holland zie ik ..."? |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 10:11 pm Post subject: -6 |
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It was Penny Marshall in a forgetable stcom in the '70s.
Holding general until perhaps tomorrow. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: -7 |
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Oops, for got to add that one...
General: Were you born after 1945: No General: Are you a writer?: Yes
And I've never even heard of Laverne and Shirley, so very very stumped there..
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 9:22 pm Post subject: -8 |
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Fred and Ethel Mertz were Lucy and Ricky's landlords.
I'll hold my general pending answer to the writer one.
Stumper: Did you portray Laverne in Laverne and Shirley?
Are you going to answer the 1945 General? |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 9:09 pm Post subject: -9 |
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Major Major Major looked like Henry Fonda.
General: Are you a writer? |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject: -10 |
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And Quailman has me stumped again......
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:55 pm Post subject: -11 |
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General: are you alive? Yes General : Are you male ? Yes General: are you from the USA or the UK?: No General: are you famous for politics and/or science?: No General : are you European?: Yes General: Are you in the Music or Performing Arts fields?: No General : Are/were you a sportsman?: No General: Are you from Benelux or the Iberian Peninsula?: Yes General: Are you from Luxembourg or Netherlands: Yes General: Are you an artist? By "artist" I meant someone in the visual arts: painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, etc: No General : Are you a member of a royal family?: No General: were you born before 1960?: Yes and new General: Were you born after 1945: No General: Are you a writer?: Yes
[This message has been edited by jesternl (edited 02-14-2003 05:02 PM).] |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:36 pm Post subject: -12 |
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| Stumper: Were you Ricky Ricardo's landlord? |
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| Lucky Wizard |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 8:23 pm Post subject: -13 |
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Groucho Marx said that. It's not very funny out of its context, though.
General: Were you born after 1945? |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:33 pm Post subject: -14 |
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| Stumped on HH's Catch 22 |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject: -15 |
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| Stumper: Are you a character in Catch-22 who wishes he didn't look like Henry Fonda? |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:14 pm Post subject: -16 |
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It's just with Jester saying 'explain arts' makes me feel that that is the route to take.
[This message has been edited by Duphrates (edited 02-14-2003 11:15 AM).] |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 4:06 pm Post subject: -17 |
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| D'oh! I wouldn't consider it either performing or visual arts. It's literature. |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 3:51 pm Post subject: -18 |
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Too everyone except Jester :
Does a writer fall into visual arts ? |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 3:48 pm Post subject: -19 |
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The guitarist was Johnny Marr.
Saving the general. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 3:35 pm Post subject: -20 |
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General: Are you known for one particular accomplishment (vs. an occupation or reputation)?: No
Duphrates : Stumped on the guitarist
Quailman, I am not Montezuma
DP: I have all sorts of Lenny Kuhr songs running through my head now, thank you very much but not the one you want... Stumped
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:55 pm Post subject: -21 |
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It was Michael Mols (now with Glasgow Rangers). Second general in my possession.
Stumper: did Lenny Kuhr sing a song about you? |
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject: -22 |
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John McCrae wrote In Flanders Fields the the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.
There's more, but you get the gist.
There was a question about the definition of artist, so there's probably some technicality involved. The question was clarified to say visual arts, and I had already asked about music or performing arts. What's left? Culinary art? Thief?
General: Are you known for one particular accomplishment (vs. an occupation or reputation)?
Stumper: Were you an Aztec emperor? |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:23 pm Post subject: -23 |
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Eddie Mercks is correct, though I don't know how to spell it.
Stumper : Were you the guitarist with 'The Smiths'? |
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:21 pm Post subject: -24 |
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| Has anyone got any ideas as to what field this person could be in? He doesn't seem to do anything. Bloody layabout. |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:18 pm Post subject: -25 |
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General: were you born before 1960?: Yes
Quailman : Stumped...
DP: I am not Roy Mackaay ? |
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: -26 |
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Paul Merton of HIGNFY indeed.
General: were you born before 1960?
Stumper: did you play football for FC Twente and Utrecht before going abroad?
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| Quailman |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject: -27 |
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| Stumper: Did you pen the poem In Flanders Fields? |
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| Quickies I |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject: -28 |
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General : Are you a member of a royal family?: No
And I am not Eddie Merckx
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| Duphrates |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:48 pm Post subject: -29 |
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Using my spare General : Are you a member of a royal family?
Stumper : Are you the Belgian cyclist who repeatedly won the Tour De France in the late 60's early 70's ?
[This message has been edited by Duphrates (edited 02-14-2003 08:53 AM).] |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:41 pm Post subject: -30 |
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General: Are you an artist? By "artist" I meant someone in the visual arts: painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, etc: No
HH : I am not Marty McFly
Quailman: I am not Neil Murrell (sp?)
Aga : I know it's not his real name, but for the life of me I can't remember...
LW: ??
DP: I'm pretty sure you're talking about Have I got news for you, but I don't know his name...
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| Dragon Phoenix |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 9:25 am Post subject: -31 |
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The skater was Matusevich (mid sixties ). Keeping the general.
Stumper: do you captain a team on a BBC programme opposite the editor of Private Eye? |
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| Lucky Wizard |
Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2003 1:36 am Post subject: -32 |
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| Stumper: Did you utter the line "Get me a four-year old kid, I can't make heads or tails of this"? |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:52 pm Post subject: -33 |
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| By "artist" I meant someone in the visual arts: painter, sculptor, photographer, designer, etc. |
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| Agamemnon |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:26 pm Post subject: -34 |
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Mikko's is in reference to Dad's Army, though I did not think they got that in Finland. And Dragon was correct in his answer. Damn, I'll generalise after Hitch's.
Stumper: Are you the real name of Michale Caine?
[edited to get '/' positioned correctly within ubb tags] (Damn beer)
[This message has been edited by Agamemnon (edited 02-13-2003 05:29 PM).] |
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| jesternl |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:22 pm Post subject: -35 |
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OK.. I'be gone for the day, answer tomorrow morning. HH, define artist for me please..
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| Quailman |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:14 pm Post subject: -36 |
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"I shll return." was General Douglas MacArthur's famous line. Holding my general for now...
Stumper: Are you currently running a puzzle competition among members of the Grey Labyrinth? |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject: -37 |
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| Stumper: Did you travel back to 1955 in a time machine made out of a DeLorean? |
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| Hitchhiker |
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 10:07 pm Post subject: -38 |
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Maleficent.
General: Are you an artist? |
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