Quailcelli

[Cadmium]

Stumper: Did you tour with Cliff Richard, enter a Eurovision Song Contest and after that play in a musical?


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F U cn rd dis U mst uz Unix.

[Quailman]

General 1: Are you female? NO
General 2: Are you European? NO
General 3:Are you Alive? NO
General 4: Are you from the Americas? NO
General 5: Are you from Africa? NO
General 6: Are you fictional? NO
General 7: are you from China/Japan/Australia/Israel? NO
General 8: Were you on TV or in the movies? NO
General 9: were you born before 1900? NO
General 10: Are you in the sciences? NO
General 11: are you known as a politician and/or statesman? NO
General 12: are you from India or Malaysia or Indonesia? NO
General 13: Are you from one of the following countries: Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Afghanistan, Pakistan or one of the countries on the Arabian peninsula? NO
General 14: did you invent or design something? NO
General 15: are you a writer and/or artist? NO
General 16: Did you present anything to the public (e.g. stories, knowledge, songs, photos, ideas)? NO
General 17: Did you do anything good for humanity? NO
General 18: Did you appear in a documentary? YES
General 19: Are you from an Island nation? NO
Hehe. This is fun!

DP: I am not Nastaase?
Agamemnon: I am not Norbert?
Cadmium: I am not Julie Newmar?



[This message has been edited by Quailman (edited 03-03-2003 12:15 PM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

Predrag Nikolic.

Hm... New Zealand seems attractive as the country of origin.... not wasting anymore generals on that.

General: did you invent or design something?

Stumper: are you one of the four comedians in The Mary White House Experience?

[Quailman]

General: did you invent or design something? NO

Stumper: I am not Louis Nye?

[Cadmium]

So, you're not Olivia Newton-John? At first, I wanted to post "one of the most famous musicals ever" but I figured that would be too easy . I'll hold my general for a sec. I really need to come up with a serious question that you'll have to answer with yes .

Come to think of it, I'm out of stumpers too right now .

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[Quailman]

When I read General 12, I thought it was only asking about Malaysia and Indonesia. It was only when editing the reply to add General 14 that I noticed India in there too. No matter. I'm not from India anyway.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Newman. For the life of me, I can't remember his first name. He went on in a partnership with his TMWE colleague Baddiel.

* looks in vain for inspiration *

Meanwhile, back to the stumpers: are you an Italian football (soccer) international who plays in defense?

[Quailman]

I am not Napolitano?

[Dragon Phoenix]

Alessandro Nesta.

General: are you a writer and/or artist?

[Quailman]

General: are you a writer and/or artist? Of course not.

[Cadmium]

General: Did you present anything to the public (e.g. stories, knowledge, songs, photos, ideas)?

I came up with a stumper, but it's in the forbidden category. I'm sure you would have known it though: Did the Watergate scandal led to your resignation? Okay, another one.

Stumper: Are you a two-time NBA All-Star?

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[Quailman]

General: Did you present anything to the public (e.g. stories, knowledge, songs, photos, ideas)? Nope

Stumper: Are you a two-time NBA All-Star? I am not Charles Narkley.

[Cadmium]

I guess you mean Charles Barkley? I was looking for Steve Nash.

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[Quailman]

Oops.

[Cadmium]

General: Did you do anything good for humanity?

Stumper: Were you the lead singer of Motley Crue?

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[Agamemnon]

Nyron 'Dave' Nosworthy is Gillinghams utility player.
I'll hold my general untill the one above has been answered.

~Cannot believe no one has asked if said person is involved in sports~???

[Pi]

Narayan wrote 'The Painter of Signs'

Thinking of general
General Did you appear in a documentary?

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[Cadmium]

Originally posted by Aga:

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~Cannot believe no one has asked if said person is involved in sports~???

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Isn't sport some sort of presentation to the public?

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[Quailman]

That could be open to broad interpretation. Did Abraham Lincoln's mother do anything good for humanity? Some might say yes, but I would say no, but you knew that. At any rate, the answer would have to be a resounding 'No'.

General: Did you do anything good for humanity? NO

Stumper: Were you the lead singer of Motley Crue? I am not Michael Nesmith?

[Pi]

What bout my general, above?

[Quailman]

While posting the last one, you guys posted a couple more times.

Freebie: I don't know if being involved in sports would necessarily be presentation to the public, but let's say it is, but only if there are grandstands or live TV, so the answer would be no.

And now Pi breaks the string!!!!!!


General Did you appear in a documentary? YES

..though I had to check IMDB.

[This message has been edited by Quailman (edited 03-03-2003 12:05 PM).]

[Dragon Phoenix]

Let's be careful with the remaining generals and brainstorm a bit.

Famous New Zealanders

Arthur Lydiard. Invented the name 'Jogging', in 1960.
Anna Paquin. Oscar Winning Actor.
Bob Charles. Golf.
Bruce McLaren. Motor Racing.
Chris Amon. Motor Racing.
Colin Murdoch. Invented the disposable syringe, in 1956.
Crowded House. Music.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. Opera singer.
Denny Hulme. World Formula 1 Champion 1967.
Edward Nathan. Founded Glaxo in 1906, with his dried milk formula, now GlaxoSmithKline.
Fred Hollows. Eye Surgeon.
Godfrey Bowen. Fastest sheep shearer in the World.
Harold Williams. Guinness Book of Records, greatest linguist. He spoke 58 Languages.
Ivan Mauger. Speedway Rider.
Jane Campion. Film Director.
Jean Batten. Aviator.
John Britten. Motorcycle Designer.
John Walker. First person to run the sub 3min. 50sec. mile.
Kate Sheppard. Suffragette.
Katherine Mansfield. Writer.
Len Lye. Kinetic Artist.
Lord Ernest Rutherford. The first person to split the atom, 1913.
Mark Todd. Master Horseman.
Naomi James. First woman to sail around the world single handed, in 1978.
Peter Jackson. Film Director.
Phar Lap. The Race Horse - Born Timaru 4 Oct. 1926.
Rachael Hunter. The model who married Rod Stewart - then left him !!!.
Richard Hadlee. Cricketer.
Richard Pearce. First person to fly - March 1903. He beat the Wright brothers by 9 months.
Robert Dickie. Invented and patented the world's first stamp vending machine.
Sam Neill. Actor.
Sir Peter Blake. Yachtsman.
Sir Edmond Hillary. The first person to climb Mt. Everest.
Split Enz. Music.
The All Blacks. Rugby - Sean Fitzpatrick, Jonah Lomu and Frankie Bunce.
The Human Instinct. Band - Had a residency at the Marquee Club, supported Jimi Hendirx.
Trow Bayliss. Grip - Academy award winner for 'cable cam'
Denny Hulme. World Formula 1 Champion 1967.
William Atack. First referee to use a whistle to stop a sports game.
William Hamilton. Invented the Jet Boat in 1953.
William Pickering. The man behind America's first launch into space with the 'Explorer 1' rocket.

Only Nathan and Neill and as an inventor and an actor, they do not qualify.

[Pi]

Stumper:Are you a famous Inuit /Eskimo?

[Agamemnon]

Stumper: Did you lose you undisputed world middleweight boxing title to James Toney?

Originally posted by Metallic Dutch bloke:

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Isn't sport some sort of presentation to the public?

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Maybe, maybe not. Depending on how the viewing public inturprit(sp) said presentation. IMO, sport is NOT a public presentation, though art is.

General: Are you from an Island nation?


[edited to get my '[' in correct]



[This message has been edited by Agamemnon (edited 03-03-2003 12:11 PM).]

[Quailman]

I am not Nanook.

That's a very intersting list, DP, though, as Aga discovered, I am not from an island nation.

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[Quailman]

General 19: Are you from an Island nation? NO

Aga: I am not Neville?

[Pi]

oh dear, oh dear oh dear oh dear.

[Cadmium]

Hehe, I know those last two generals were somewhat questionable. I was trying to keep the questions as broad as possible (to finally get a yes). Maybe I got a little caried away .

Vince Neil was the lead singer of Motley Crue.

Holding the general.

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[Dragon Phoenix]

Countries that fit:

Mongolia
Myanmar (Birma)
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Vietnam =============================> most likely?
South Korea (all Lee or Kim)
North Korea (see South Korea)
former USSR republics
Bangladesh

[Quailman]

Freebie: I died before the breakup of the Soviet Union, so I would have been from the USSR, and I would have included that in Europe, since Moscow is there.

A bigger freebie: If that list were phrased as a general, guess what I'd answer.

[Pi]

I might suggest Haing Ngor

oops he's been in films

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[Dragon Phoenix]

I THINK I HAVE IT!

Please do not post a general.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Alright, here goes nothing (I am sure I have a general left from all my stumpers):

General: are you Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa mountaineer from Nepal, who conquerted the Everest with Sir Edmund Hilary?

[Agamemnon]

Michael Nunn was said boxer.

Leaving Hennie to claim the spoils.

[Cadmium]

::still holding general::

::waiting anxiously for DP::

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[Quailman]

DING DING DING DING DING! And you've used all your generals!

It's a good thing you're correct. Good work. BTW, Duphrates mentioned Nepal in reply 30.

[QuaiIman]

DP, no!

[Pi]

But...but..but, Isn't Norgay his first name??? Tenzing is the family name no?

[Dragon Phoenix]

On the way to the kitchen I realised I had forgoten Nepal and Bhutan - I did not see your invisibled hint until later.

Close call!

[Dragon Phoenix]

Pi, not according to here. As far as I know, Nepalese have Western style names in the sense that the family name is the last (in contrast to Chinese and Koreans e.g.).