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Legcelli - Solved as usual by DP
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:44 am    Post subject: 81 Reply with quote
DP: Guessing Mahler

Quail:I'm not Mugabe
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 9:49 am    Post subject: 82 Reply with quote
MacMillan.

Keeping the general.

Stumper: are you one of the most famous Finnish classical composers?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:00 am    Post subject: 83 Reply with quote
Gah! The only finnish composer I know is Sibelius. I guess it's not him.

Have a general
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:21 am    Post subject: 84 Reply with quote
Stumper: Were you an American musician who is currently located in a frequently visited grave in Paris?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:22 am    Post subject: 85 Reply with quote
I am not Jim Morrison
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 10:43 am    Post subject: 86 Reply with quote
Lev Madetoja.

* tucks second general in wallet *

Stumper: are you one of the most famous classical composers to come out of the region of what was until a few years ago Czechoslovakia, author of six symphonies?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:00 am    Post subject: 87 Reply with quote
Thbbbt!!
Janacek, might be the only Czech composer I know.
Have another General. You gonna take these generals soon?
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Dragon Phoenix
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:02 am    Post subject: 88 Reply with quote
I'm sure you heard of Dvorak and Smetana. I was looking for Martinu.

General: are you from China, India or Japan?
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:03 am    Post subject: 89 Reply with quote
Stumper: are you the Russian composer of over 20 symphonies, various concertoes and so on?
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The Cruciverbalist
Lucrative Britches
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:10 am    Post subject: 90 Reply with quote
Stumper: Did John Cusack learn what it was like to be you in a film directed by Spike Jonze?

[This message has been edited by The Cruciverbalist (edited 05-30-2003 07:11 AM).]
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:12 am    Post subject: 91 Reply with quote
Mussorgsky??

Yes, I am from China, India or Japan


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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:13 am    Post subject: 92 Reply with quote
Summary:
1)No, I am not Female
2)No, I am not alive
3)No, I am not European
4)No, I am not from the Americas
5)No, I did not die before 1900
6)Yes, I am from Asia
7)Yes, I am famous for art (as opposed to science or sport)
8)Yes, I am known for literature
9)Yes, my works would be in the fiction section of a store
10)Yes, I am from China, India or Japan
11)No, I am not from India
12)No, I am not from China



[This message has been edited by Legion (edited 05-30-2003 08:53 AM).]
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:14 am    Post subject: 93 Reply with quote
Nope, Myaskovsky (Mussorgsky never wrote a symphony).

* adds general to rapidly growing collection *

Stumper: are you the most famous Swiss composer after Honegger?

[This message has been edited by Dragon Phoenix (edited 05-30-2003 07:15 AM).]
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:14 am    Post subject: 94 Reply with quote
I am not john Malkovich
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:19 am    Post subject: 95 Reply with quote
**Thinks about using composers a forbidden subject if there is a next time. :~(**

Who is honneger?
*Draws a blank on Swiss composers*
Pah! humph! erm.. Martins??
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:38 am    Post subject: 96 Reply with quote
*insert drop-jaw smilie here*

I'll give you that: Frank Martin.
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 11:42 am    Post subject: 97 Reply with quote
Stumper: are you the Italian football/soccer midfielder who was a great star in the sizties, playing for Inter Milan?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:02 pm    Post subject: 98 Reply with quote
Ha! Martins was the surname of a Half portugese half Swiss guy I knew at College. Thanks for the easy let off on that one

Jeez God save me from DP if any footballer ever starts composing!!

Maldini as a guess.

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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:18 pm    Post subject: 99 Reply with quote
Sandro Mazzola.

Let's try to pin it down a bit.

General: Are you from india?

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Quailman
His Postmajesty
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:27 pm    Post subject: 100 Reply with quote
Stumper: Were you once involved in a love affair with a young woman named Juliet?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:42 pm    Post subject: 101 Reply with quote
No, I am not from India

Quail: I am not Romeo Montague
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:47 pm    Post subject: 102 Reply with quote
Bah.

General: are you from China?
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:48 pm    Post subject: 103 Reply with quote
oh, and:

stumper: did you write a series of books on Kara ben Nemsi?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:50 pm    Post subject: 104 Reply with quote
Stumper: Did you make a career out of running onto baseball fields and kissing players in the 1970's and 1980's, becoming known as "The Kissing Bandit"?
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 12:53 pm    Post subject: 105 Reply with quote
No, I am not from China

guessing at mackenzie for either DP or Quail
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:03 pm    Post subject: 106 Reply with quote
Karl May.

Hmmm, dead Japanese fiction writer from the previous century...

* goes off to google *

Oh, and

Stumper: were you the second goal keeper for Arsenal a few seasons ago?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:04 pm    Post subject: 107 Reply with quote
Mine was Morganna

Thinking about general...
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:10 pm    Post subject: 108 Reply with quote
Pah Football shmootball. Stumped
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:10 pm    Post subject: 109 Reply with quote
First Google results:

It could be Yukio Mishima (1925-1970). Link.

General: were you born before 1930?
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:11 pm    Post subject: 110 Reply with quote
BTW, my stumper was Alex Manninger.
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:13 pm    Post subject: 111 Reply with quote
You got me there DP. It is indeed I, Yukio Mishima. Great writer, bit mad, interesting life story.
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:13 pm    Post subject: 112 Reply with quote
Interesting choice!
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Legion
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PostPosted: Fri May 30, 2003 1:15 pm    Post subject: 113 Reply with quote
Yeah, I love his writing. It also raises the question about whether or not it is ok to like the work of an artist who's political ideas you strongly disagree with.
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