Hikercelli

[Hitchhiker]

The rules live here.

Forbidden subject is classical music (sorry DP).

The letter is M.

1) I am not alive.
2) I was not alive in the 20th century.
3) I am not fictional.
4) I am male.
5) I was alive in the period 1500-1900.
6) I am not known as an author.
7) I am famous for my contributions to science or politics.
8) I was alive in the 19th century (1800-1900).
9) I am either European or Australasian.
10) I am not from the UK.
11) I am a biologist or chemist.
12) I am European.




[This message has been edited by Hitchhiker (edited 01-10-2003 12:40 AM).]

[dethwing]

Were you mistakenly reported to be willy wonka for the remake of charlie and the chocolate factory?

[mathgrant]

Stumper: Are you both a sports announcer and a hardware store spokesman?

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GL DPWestley: I had my backspace key removed and a beverage dispenser pur in it's place. See? I can't go back and fix "put."
GLmathgrant: I once was banned from a M:TG tourney for bringing over 50 banned cards! They were Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs. . .

[Hitchhiker]

dethwing: no idea...Ian McKellan?

[Hitchhiker]

mathgrant: take a general.

[mathgrant]

I don't think John Madden is classical music. . . (ACE hardware, BTW.)

And if I failed to remember his first name correctly, then I forfeit the general.

[jadesmar]

Stumper: Did you play Peter Pan on Broadway?

[Hitchhiker]

jadesmar: I am not Mary Martin.

[Dragon Phoenix]

* switches styles *

Was your cover of an eighties song used in the movie House on haunted hill?

[Hitchhiker]

DP: (uh-oh) I am not Marillion?

[Dragon Phoenix]

Marilyn Manson.

General: are you alive?

Stumper: are you a Canadian new Wave band who recorded the album This is the ice-age?

[Quailman]

Stumper: Are you a renowned harpist who starred in several movies in the 1930's?

[Agamemnon]

Stumper: Are you a wrestling alter ego of Mick Foley?

[ML]

Stumper: Did you recently star in a movie named after a Detroit street?

[One Skunk Todd]

Stumper Are you an actress who has played the doctor in one of the Star Trek series?

[dethwing]

heh, mine was marylin manson as well!

general: Are you male?

[Hitchhiker]

1) I am not alive.

DP: Drat you. Take another general.

Quailman: I am not Harpo Marx?
Agamemnon: I am not...the Mauler?
ML: *sigh* take a general.
OST: No idea, take a general.

It's a humbling experience.

[Dragon Phoenix]

Martha and the Muffins

General: were you alive in the twentieth century?

Stumper: are you a Brazilian chess grandmaster?

[Agamemnon]

Mankind was said answer. I'll nab my general after Dragons has been answered.

Stumper Are you the WWE's (nee WWF) Chairman?

[Beartalon]

Stumper: Were you Canada's first prime minister?

[Quailman]

Stumper: Are you the Executive Producer of Saturday Night Live?

[SaberKitty]

Stumper: Were you written about by Ludwig Bemelmans, who's inspiration came from his mother's stories about growing up in a convent?

[SaberKitty]

request: could you add all the generals to the first post along with their answers?

[This message has been edited by SaberKitty (edited 01-07-2003 07:58 PM).]

[Hitchhiker]

2) I was not alive in the 20th century.

DP: I am not Milos?
Aga: I am not...familiar enough with wrestling. Take a general.
Beartalon: I am not Macmillan?
Quailman: I am not Michaels?
SaberKitty: I am not Madeline.

[SaberKitty]

Stumper: Are you one of the traditional dishes served on new year in Japan? (only one starts with m)
(and blah- nobody knows who wrote madeline. stop knowing things! argh )

[Hitchhiker]

SaberKitty: I am not...err...miso soup?

[SaberKitty]

lucky guess (why must you thwart my fun )
stumper Are you the guy who discovered sex-linked genes in the early 20th century('30's IIRC).

[Hitchhiker]

It was a guess...

I don't know this one though. Marshall?

[SaberKitty]

Thomas H. Morgan (he did lots of experiments with flies(eeew). he also came up with the most retarded notation system(imho) using the wild type of a trait to name the allele. The centimorgan is named after him and measures recombination frequencies in linkage maps.)

General: Are you fictional?

[Dragon Phoenix]

The chess master is Enrique Mecking. Saving my general for now.

Stumper: are you an American chess grandmaster whose name is attached to a famous counterattack in the Ruy Lopez opening?

[Quailman]

Stumper: Are you a hacker who was sentenced to prison for it?

[ML]

Marshall Mathers (aka Eminem) recently starred in the movie "Eight Mile" named after a street in Detroit.
General: Are you male?
Stumper: Are you a receiver for the Minnesota Vikings football team? (Had recent trouble with the law for "gently pushing" a police officer with his SUV).

[edit] forgot to give the answer to my stumper [/edit]

[This message has been edited by ML (edited 01-08-2003 11:58 AM).]

[Duphrates]

Stumper : Are you the painter whose 'The Treachery of Images' contradicts what it is by saying that it isn't?

[Agamemnon]

Damn, I have 2 holding generals. I'll get around to taking I hope!
Anyway Hitchy old chum, since you are not up on wrestling......

Stumper: What was the wrestling nickname of Randy Savage?

[Agamemnon]

Sorry, said answer to my last was 'Vince McMahon'.

[mathgrant]

General: Were you alive in 1500-1900?

Stumper: Did you write the autobiography Winking at Life?

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GL DPWestley: I had my backspace key removed and a beverage dispenser pur in it's place. See? I can't go back and fix "put."
GLmathgrant: I once was banned from a M:TG tourney for bringing over 50 banned cards! They were Ace of Clubs, Ace of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 2 of Clubs. . .

[Hitchhiker]

3) I am not fictional.
4) I am male.
5) I was alive in the period 1500-1900.

DP: take another general
Quailman: I am not Kevin Mitnick
ML: take a general
Duphrates: I am not...Matisse?
Agamemnon: I am not Macho Man (ha, finally a wrestler I know!)
mathgrant: I am not...Dean Martin?

[Quailman]

Stumper: Did you create hideous monstrocities on an island in the South Pacific?

[One Skunk Todd]

Are you an actress who has played the doctor in one of the Star Trek series? - Gates McFadden played Dr. Crusher on the Next Generation

General: Are you an author?

[Hitchhiker]

Quailman: I am not Dr. Moreau
OST: 6) I am not an author.