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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:08 am    Post subject: 1 Reply with quote

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).]
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dethwing
DeTheeThaw



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:27 am    Post subject: 2 Reply with quote

Were you mistakenly reported to be willy wonka for the remake of charlie and the chocolate factory?
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:31 am    Post subject: 3 Reply with quote

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. . .


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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:32 am    Post subject: 4 Reply with quote

dethwing: no idea...Ian McKellan?
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:34 am    Post subject: 5 Reply with quote

mathgrant: take a general.
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:36 am    Post subject: 6 Reply with quote

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.
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jadesmar
Bad Puppy



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 5:56 am    Post subject: 7 Reply with quote

Stumper: Did you play Peter Pan on Broadway?
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:24 am    Post subject: 8 Reply with quote

jadesmar: I am not Mary Martin.
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 6:48 am    Post subject: 9 Reply with quote

* switches styles *

Was your cover of an eighties song used in the movie House on haunted hill?
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:05 am    Post subject: 10 Reply with quote

DP: (uh-oh) I am not Marillion?
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:12 am    Post subject: 11 Reply with quote

Marilyn Manson.

General: are you alive?

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



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:49 am    Post subject: 12 Reply with quote

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



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 11:15 am    Post subject: 13 Reply with quote

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



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:40 pm    Post subject: 14 Reply with quote

Stumper: Did you recently star in a movie named after a Detroit street?
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One Skunk Todd
Smelly Member



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 7:57 pm    Post subject: 15 Reply with quote

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



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:09 pm    Post subject: 16 Reply with quote

heh, mine was marylin manson as well!

general: Are you male?
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Hitchhiker
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:32 pm    Post subject: 17 Reply with quote

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.

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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:43 pm    Post subject: 18 Reply with quote

Martha and the Muffins

General: were you alive in the twentieth century?

Stumper: are you a Brazilian chess grandmaster?
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Agamemnon
Daedalian Member



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 9:52 pm    Post subject: 19 Reply with quote

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

Stumper Are you the WWE's (nee WWF) Chairman?
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Beartalon
'Party line' kind of guy



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:15 pm    Post subject: 20 Reply with quote

Stumper: Were you Canada's first prime minister?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty



PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2003 10:25 pm    Post subject: 21 Reply with quote

Stumper: Are you the Executive Producer of Saturday Night Live?
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SaberKitty
one can always be hopeful...


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 12:55 am    Post subject: 22 Reply with quote

Stumper: Were you written about by Ludwig Bemelmans, who's inspiration came from his mother's stories about growing up in a convent?
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SaberKitty
one can always be hopeful...


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 12:58 am    Post subject: 23 Reply with quote

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).]
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:04 am    Post subject: 24 Reply with quote

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.
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SaberKitty
one can always be hopeful...


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:44 am    Post subject: 25 Reply with quote

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 )
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Hitchhiker
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:52 am    Post subject: 26 Reply with quote

SaberKitty: I am not...err...miso soup?
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SaberKitty
one can always be hopeful...


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:02 am    Post subject: 27 Reply with quote

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).
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Hitchhiker
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:05 am    Post subject: 28 Reply with quote

It was a guess...

I don't know this one though. Marshall?
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SaberKitty
one can always be hopeful...


PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:17 am    Post subject: 29 Reply with quote

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?
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 6:16 am    Post subject: 30 Reply with quote

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?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 10:58 am    Post subject: 31 Reply with quote

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



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 4:52 pm    Post subject: 32 Reply with quote

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).]
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:28 pm    Post subject: 33 Reply with quote

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



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:53 pm    Post subject: 34 Reply with quote

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?
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Agamemnon
Daedalian Member



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 5:53 pm    Post subject: 35 Reply with quote

Sorry, said answer to my last was 'Vince McMahon'.
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:17 pm    Post subject: 36 Reply with quote

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. . .


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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:54 pm    Post subject: 37 Reply with quote

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?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 8:58 pm    Post subject: 38 Reply with quote

Stumper: Did you create hideous monstrocities on an island in the South Pacific?
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One Skunk Todd
Smelly Member



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:07 pm    Post subject: 39 Reply with quote

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?
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Hitchhiker
Finally got a ride.



PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2003 9:23 pm    Post subject: 40 Reply with quote

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