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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:00 pm Post subject: 1 |
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Since Aga's celli is solved, and was a great succes, here's a new one.
Rules found here
Forbidden subject: Classical composers (I know I suck at them)
Letter: M
Have fun
So far we have:
General: are you alive? Yes
General : Are you male ? Yes
General: are you from the USA or the UK?: No
General: are you famous for politics and/or science?: No
General : are you European?: Yes
General: Are you in the Music or Performing Arts fields?: No
General : Are/were you a sportsman?: No
[This message has been edited by jesternl (edited 02-13-2003 12:47 PM).] |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:06 pm Post subject: 2 |
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| Are you a black-haired Georgian lady tennis player who toured the circuits some years ago? |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:09 pm Post subject: 3 |
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| Stumper : Are you the English born sculptor, who revived the traditional form, by sculpting directly into natural sources; such as rock or wood? |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject: 4 |
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Hmmmmmm off to a good start I see....
Stumped me there...
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject: 5 |
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On both of them actually.... what's up with you people.. .ask normal things..  |
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:11 pm Post subject: 6 |
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Leila Meshki.
General: are you alive? |
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Dragon Phoenix
Judge Doom
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:12 pm Post subject: 7 |
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| Stumper: was a record of yours used for the remake of the movie House on haunted hill? |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:17 pm Post subject: 8 |
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General: are you alive? Yes
No I'm not Marilyn Manson |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:28 pm Post subject: 9 |
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General : Are you male ?
The answer was Henry Moore
I've got plenty of these with the letter M
Stumper : Are you the English born painter who painted large biblical studies such as 'Great Day Of His Wrath' |
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Agamemnon
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:32 pm Post subject: 10 |
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| Stumper: Are you the head of the house at 1313 Mockingbird Lane? |
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Agamemnon
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:33 pm Post subject: 11 |
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Ah!
~Remembers last time when Jest hated cricketers~
....let me see now. |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:39 pm Post subject: 12 |
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| Correct. Stumper: are you a Brazilian chess players who was amongste the best in the world in the seventies? |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject: 13 |
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General : Are you male ? Yes
next time I'll make sure to exclude art.. (go ahead, call me a barbarian )
Stumped on Duphrates painter...
I am not Herman Munster (and don't you dare doing cricketplayers on me Aga...)
Stumped on the Brazilian chess player as well...
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:49 pm Post subject: 14 |
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Enrique Mecking was the chess player.
General: are you from the USA or the UK? |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: 15 |
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| Stumper: were you a British chess player who sometimes had to play in horizontal position due to back problems? |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:51 pm Post subject: 16 |
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| General: are you from the USA or the UK?: No |
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:52 pm Post subject: 17 |
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I never knew there were that many chess players with a name starting with M....
*sigh* |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 2:53 pm Post subject: 18 |
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Anthony Miles
General: are you famous for politics and/or science? |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:03 pm Post subject: 19 |
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Last answer was John Martin
General : are you European?
Stumper : Ok I'll give you an easier one, did you paint the 'Dejeuner sur l'herbe'. |
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:21 pm Post subject: 20 |
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Video games are allowed, yay!
Did you win a haunted mansion, and discover your brother had been turned into a painting? |
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:37 pm Post subject: 21 |
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General: are you famous for politics and/or science?: No
General : are you European?: Yes
Duphrates, I am not Manet
Mathgrant, I'm not Mario?
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:45 pm Post subject: 22 |
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| Stumper: Have you written a lot of lengthy novels which have one-word titles that refer to locations? |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 3:58 pm Post subject: 23 |
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Correct,
Stumper : Are you the British Singer/Songwriter whose songs include : Solid Air, Couldn't Love You More and May You Never ?
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jesternl
Yankee Doodle Dutchie
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:11 pm Post subject: 24 |
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I feel I should know Quailman'... but I don't.
Stumped on both new ones... (I'm not doing too well here...) |
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:15 pm Post subject: 25 |
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James Michener - Hawaii, Alaska, Texas, Poland, Space, Centennial, etc.
General: Are you in the Music or Performing Arts fields?
Stumper: Are you buried in a much-visited Paris grave? |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:21 pm Post subject: 26 |
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The answer was John Martyn
I'll save the general for a moment....
Stumper : Were you the bass guitarist for 'The Stone Roses'? |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 4:49 pm Post subject: 27 |
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| Stumper: Did you own a house and gardens between Paris and Rouen, which now draw large amounts of tourists every year? |
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:23 pm Post subject: 28 |
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General: Are you in the Music or Performing Arts fields?: No
Quailman, I am not Jim Morrison
Duphrates: ?
DP : Monet? |
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject: 29 |
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Well done, it is Monets house and gardens in Giverny.
Stumper: are you the tennis player who has been romantically involved with colleague Anke Huber? |
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mathgrant
A very tilted cell member
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: 30 |
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Nope. Luigi Mario is Luigi's full name. I'm serious, his last name's Mario. That's why they're the Mario Bros. The question referenced Luigi's Mansion.
Someone else use the general. |
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Duphrates
Bambi Magnet
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:36 pm Post subject: 31 |
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Answer was Gary 'Mani' Mounfield
General : Are/were you a sportsman?
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:45 pm Post subject: 32 |
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General : Are/were you a sportsman?: No
DP : I am not Andrei Medvedev
Mathgrant..... *imagine sounds of disgust* Ithought Mario was the answer to all your questions  |
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:51 pm Post subject: 33 |
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Stumper: Were you the Dutch artist who painted this:
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 5:59 pm Post subject: 34 |
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| Quailman: I am not Piet Mondriaan |
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observer
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:12 pm Post subject: 35 |
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| Lol @ Quail! The clue was in the question. |
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject: 36 |
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I saw that too, later , but I didn't need to peek. There aren't that many Dutch painters with an M.. |
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Agamemnon
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject: 37 |
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| Cricket Stumper: Are you the Yorkshire right hand batsman, who, when on international duty playing in his home county, scored two centuries in 2 matches? |
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jesternl
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:16 pm Post subject: 38 |
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| Aga... john Martin? |
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Agamemnon
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:31 pm Post subject: 39 |
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Martin Moxon was said cricketer, how could you not know that?
General: Are you from Benelux or the Iberian Penninsula?
Originally posted by Jesternl in the opening post: Forbidden subject: Classical composers
so.....
Stumper: Were you once the famous classical conductor who took charge of the New York Philharmonic orchestra, early in the 20th century? (sorry, can't remember exact date) |
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Quailman
His Postmajesty
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2003 6:34 pm Post subject: 40 |
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I expected you to know that one, but I knew I could count on you not to cheat.
Stumper: Did you once purchase Manhattan Island?
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