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SaberKitty · one can always be hopeful...

"arts or entertainment"
i would say arts include visual and performance arts, entertainment is like music, professional sports, literature, and well... performance arts.

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

Hmm...I guess not then.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Cindy Williams portrayed Shirley (I used Penny Marshall (Laverne) in the recently completed jestercelli). Holding my general for now.

An easy stupmer for a cruciverbalist: Were you the NY Times crossword puzzles editor from 1969 to 1977?

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

~hangs head in shame~
Can't remember the name at the moment. Take another general.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Will Weng.

Holding two generals...

Stumper: Are you a prolific movie score composer with 5 Oscars and over 30 additional nominations?

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

Williams is his name, I believe. I was actually considering studying to become a film composer, but changed my mind.

~hums "Jaws" theme~

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

Oh, and by "I", I mean the actual me, not the mysterious Mr. W.

Stubby · Member

Phil Mickelson accused Tiger Woods of using inferior equipment. That, however, is a sports-related question, so I will pass on the general. Even though many people consider golf to ba a recreational activity and not a sport.

Lucky Wizard · Daedalian Member

Stumper: After looking at someone else's photographs, did you and a colleague figure out what the now-familiar shape of the thing in the photos was?

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Andy Warhol was right of course.

Stumper: are you a famous British classical composer, whose works include Façade?

jadesmar · Bad Puppy

Back to my standard..

Stumper: Did you replace Phil Collins as vocalist for a famous rock band named Genesis?

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

The answer to the painter was Edward Wadsworth.

Holding 1 General.

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Quiller · Daedalian Member

PSmith (the P is silent) was created by PG Wodehouse. Keeping my general.

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

General : Did you invent or construct something?

Stumper : Are you the Duke who is the richest man in Britain?

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The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

General:
Did you invent or construct something? Yes.

No clue on any of the current stumpers.

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Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

Answer to Stumper : Duke of Westminster

Quailman · His Postmajesty

I'll use one of my generals.

Are you an architect or bridge designer?

Stumper: Did you design the dome for the U.S. Capitol building?

[edit to change stumper,since the other one wasn;t answered yet.]

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Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

The composer is William Walton. Waiting to see the answer to the general above.

jadesmar · Bad Puppy

The vocalist is Ray Wilson.

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

General:
Are you an architect or bridge designer? No.

I'm pretty sure Quail's stumper WAS Christopher Wren, but he edited it before I could answer. I suppose I'll go with Frank Lloyd Wright on his new one.

Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

I think I might have it...

Stumper: Did you fly the first airplane?

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

If you're guessing Wright, then you're guessing wrong.

Quailman · His Postmajesty

Mine was Thomas U. Walter. And I didn't realize that you had seen the Wren question.

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

Yeah, saw it this morning but didn't have time to post.

Lucky Wizard · Daedalian Member

The answer to my stumper was Watson, of Watson and Crick, of double-helix fame.

I'm holding my general for now.

Moose · Liberty Chick

general: did your invtention/construction require electricity?

oh and Walter is the name of her fiance in sleepless in seattle

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Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

Stumper: Are you the author of "The Invisible Man"? (Can't think of any other W's at the moment...)

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

General:
Did your invention/construction require electricity? No.

~Bangs head on desk trying to remember the author's name~
Nope.
That's a general for TH, then.

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Moose · Liberty Chick

stumper:
Did you direct and act in the movie The Lady From Shanghai?

Beartalon · 'Party line' kind of guy

Stumper: Did you invent the cotton-gin

Hitchhiker · Finally got a ride.

Stumper: Are you a photographer whose claim to fame is your pictures of weimaraners in weird costumes?

Trojan Horse · Daedalian Member

H.G. Wells.

I think there's a good chance Beartalon just figured it out. I'll hold my general until we get an answer from CV.

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Still got a general, but let's throw in another classical music stumper:

Are you the Britisah composer whose first name is the name of a famous Austrian classical composer?

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

General:
Did you invent the cotton gin? No

DP: Handel Williams? I've heard that name before, I think.

Hitchhiker and Moose: Take generals.

Oh, and TH, I thought you meant "Invisible Man", the book that (I just remembered) is by Ralph Ellison and was significant in the civil rights movement. Just as well, though; he's not a "W" and I probably wouldn't have been able to remember Wells anyway.

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Quailman · His Postmajesty

Beartalon bolded it, but the Cotton gin question was a stumper, I believe.

Stumper: Did you star in the original Dragnet series?

Dragon Phoenix · Judge Doom

Recap from first page (lazy):

I am not alive.
I was born after 1800.
I was American.
I was male.
I was not primarily known for politics or science.
I did not die after 1970.
I was not born after 1900.
I was not primarily known for arts or entertainment.
I invented or constructed something.
I was not an architect or bridge designer.
My invention or construction did not require electricity.

My stumper was Haydn Wood.

Using one of my two generals:

General: is your invention or construction primarily found/used indoors?

Stumper: are you regarded as one of the fathers of the jet airplanes?

Hitchhiker · Finally got a ride.

William Wegman.

Holding my general until after DP's.

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Beartalon · 'Party line' kind of guy

My question about the cotton-gin was a stumper, so noted because it started with "Stumper:"

Stumper: Did you invent an extendible wagon-mounted fire ladder?

Duphrates · Bambi Magnet

Beartalon : not being someone who would ever doubt your capacity for withholding information about extendable ladders, but just to double check you know the rules : there is to be no outside help for the stumpers only the generals.

I hope this post doesn't offend, but merely acts as a pointer towards the rules for everyone.

The Cruciverbalist · Lucrative Britches

D'oh! Sorry about that, Beartalon.

General:
Is your invention or construction primarily found/used indoors? Yes.

Jack Webb played the original Sgt. Joe Friday. I'm not that knowledgeable in the field of extendable ladders, so a general goes to Beartalon.