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ralphmerridew · Daedalian Member

Stumper: Are you a former Vice President of the United States?

Lepton* · Guest

Thanks Groza. I'll also hold my general until the outstanding one is answered.

Stumper: Are you a military officer whose face appears on millions of tubs of fried meat?

Zag · Tired of his old title

Stumper: Did you hold the record for most gold medals in a single Olympics until it was broken in 2008?

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

Lepton answered a question for me to get a general (Scorpio is an enemy of Orion, appropriate in that both are not fully in the sky simultaneously). I'm still holding the general until the last is answered, though.

Stumper: Did your boss capture an enemy hostage within a lantern?

3iff · very unbifflike

General (for Spaceman Spiff): Was your singing typically part of a further stage production, such as opera or Broadway musicals? YES

Lepton*: Sarah Silverman. That gets you a general. She was the 'other' person I was thinking of...just couldn't quite remember the name!

Stumper: Are you a 9-fingered engineer with an apropos accent? No idea

Quailman: Were you a participant in the wedding of the century in 1981? (I was allowing the 2nd GMA question as I didn't 'block' such questions. You can ask it after/before/as well as this question if you like.) Diana Spencer.

ralphmerridew: Are you a former Vice President of the United States? Sure there are lots but I can't think of one.

Lepton*: Are you a military officer whose face appears on millions of tubs of fried meat? Not a clue

Zag: Did you hold the record for most gold medals in a single Olympics until it was broken in 2008? Mark Spitz

Cordelia: Did your boss capture an enemy hostage within a lantern? No idea.
I looked up the Orion question...Saturn wasn't a bad guess. I suspected it was astronomical but just didn't get the right answer...

Think that's up to date now.

Lepton* · Guest

The 9-digited engineer must be Montgomery Scott, better known as Scotty.

General: Are you best known for your appearances on Broadway?

3iff · very unbifflike

General: Are you best known for your appearances on Broadway? NO

Groza528 has a general...probably should have known the Scotty one!

3iff · very unbifflike

Summary

General: Are you alive? NO
General: Are you European? NO
General: Are you best known for your contributions in the entertainment field? YES
General: Are you male? NO
General: Are you best known for your singing career? YES
General: Were you born in, or at any point a citizen or permanent resident of, the United States of America? YES
General: Did you die before 1980? NO
General: Did you die of natural causes? YES
General: Was your singing career primarily in the genres of rock or pop? NO
General: Was your singing typically part of a further stage production, such as opera or Broadway musicals? YES
General: Are you best known for your appearances on Broadway? NO

Zag · Tired of his old title

Cordelia: Did your boss capture an enemy hostage within a lantern? No idea.

Smee! (Boss was Captain Hook. Enemy was Tinkerbell. Nice question!)

Scurra · Daedalian Member

Lepton*: Are you a military officer whose face appears on millions of tubs of fried meat? That must surely be the immortal Colonel Sanders (of Kentucky Fried Chicken fame.)

Stumper: Are you remembered for coming second to a Norwegian?
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3iff · very unbifflike

Colonel Sanders....obvious really... General for Lepton*

Scurra: Are you remembered for coming second to a Norwegian? Shackleton. Almost didn't get that...assuming that I've given the right answer. Nice question...devious.

PuzzleScot · Daedalian Member

Still one unanswered stumper:

Lepton* · Guest

Thanks Scurra. General: Are you an opera singer? This is well out of my area of expertise.

Stumper: Are you a TV personality on Sesame Street?

3iff · very unbifflike

General: Are you an opera singer? NO
It's out of my area of expertise too. I think the NO answer is the correct one.

Lepton*: Are you a TV personality on Sesame Street? No idea.

Scurra · Daedalian Member

3iff · very unbifflike

Scurra: I claim a slight moral victory there...I think the answer you're thinking of is Scott. I seemed to pick one of his companions, although reading up on the subject I may be totally wrong.

Tell you what. If you wish, you can have a general...I want to get this over before the Christmas break.

General for Puzzlescot too.

Cordelia · Daedelia Member

General: Did your death interrupt your performance schedule?

One general remaining.

And, in case this isn't gotten with the generals currently out there...
Stumper: Are you a performing group who had a portion of a Manhattan street named after you?

3iff · very unbifflike

General: Did your death interrupt your performance schedule? NO

Stumper Free Zone. In order to get this finished before Friday, just ask General questions. No stumpers needed.

PuzzleScot · Daedalian Member

Thanks Scurra! (not that it's needed now Razz

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General: Are you Caucasian?

3iff · very unbifflike

General: Are you Caucasian? YES If you mean fair skinned.

grz* · Guest

My general is up-for-grabs.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

I'm too lazy to look back and see if this person was asked about in a stumper.

General: Are you Beverly Sills?

Scurra · Daedalian Member

I would have thought that Sills was predominantly an opera singer?
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Quailman · His Postmajesty

bah! I didn't see the single generals following the post with a long list of them. I focused on these two:

Scurra · Daedalian Member

There are sorts of "classical" music that aren't opera (Strauss Lieder, for instance.) And I don't think that someone who is predominantly a live concert performer would be excluded either (perhaps a jazz singer?)
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ralphmerridew · Daedalian Member

Adlai Stevenson I was my intended answer.

I was waiting for my stumper to get answered, so I could ask "Did you play the title character in a movie which at least 38 GLers (not including Lepton* or ralphmerridew) have seen?" And now it's a stumper free zone.

And my knowledge of stage productions is limited, so my general's up for grabs.

PuzzleScot · Daedalian Member

3iff · very unbifflike

Not Beverley Sills.

I'm getting worried that my selection is too hard...however, I'm sure that people have heard of her. She had a singing 'claim to fame' and her music/singing is 'specialist'. If you've heard her name you are unlikely to forget it.

As for style, "Vaudeville, Jazz, Folk, Country & Western... " none of those...but perhaps the closest might be regional folk. There is a specific name for the music type but that would totally give it away.

General: Were you born in, or at any point a citizen or permanent resident of, the United States of America? YES

This might be misleading you...she became an American citizen but wasn't born in America.

PuzzleScot · Daedalian Member

Was she Canadian originally?

3iff · very unbifflike

Canadian? NO Far south of there.

PuzzleScot · Daedalian Member

Yma Sumac ?

3iff · very unbifflike

Yes...well done, although at the end you were the only one playing!
At least I don't have to worry about it any more.

Must admit I don't think I've ever heard her sing...

Scurra · Daedalian Member

Nice one. Hard enough to pin down but definitely not obscure (to me, at least.)

I wish I'd asked the question about whether they were known by their birth name, which I asked in the I round but not this time!
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3iff · very unbifflike

That's a relief, although there are some smart people around...and that name is so distinct that you'd remember it...try it backwards!

And it's all about questions you wish you had asked. The one I pointed out about being potentially misleading was one I'm sure would have fooled puzzlers.

Also, I'm surprised how hard it was trying to keep track of all the questions flying about. I'll have to work out a system next time I set one.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

To keep track, I start right away with a list of all the generals and unanswered stumpers, and I copy it and update it every few posts. Then you only have to scroll back as far as your last list. You'll still miss a couple of who-has-how-many-generals, or the odd stumper, but it helps you and the solvers.

Good choice for a subject.

3iff · very unbifflike

Thanks. Appreciate the support.

I was trying to do that but coming back in the moring and finding a bunch of posts from last night can be a lot to deal with...and there's always the suspicion that I've overlooked one.

Anyway, it'll be a while before I start a new one and I should have a 'system' in place to cope with things.

MatthewV · Daedalian Member :_

I have always used the Quote button on my last post. Just delete the Quote tags and you have your last post, complete with all the stylistic formats. Then do the update from the Topic Review