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Post by liamcog on Dec 2, 2017 1:10:56 GMT
There are many games and I think this will be a fun one. You start of by saying a few facts about your chosen person (to do with history). Others try and guess, trusting we don't use Google.(the person setting the question may use Google) You can give as little or as much infomation as you like Example
-i was the 29th potus.
-i died only 2 years into my term suffering a heart attack, though I'm rumoured to be poisoned
- i my name is similar to a famous rapper
Answer- Warren g Harding.
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Post by liamcog on Dec 2, 2017 1:15:12 GMT
Turn 1 (I'll start of easy)
- i was born in 1888, Germany (modern poland)
- i wrote a book called panzer leader
- in share my name with a popular make of baked beans
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 2, 2017 2:28:00 GMT
Turn 1 (I'll start of easy) - i was born in 1888, Germany (modern poland) - i wrote a book called panzer leader - in share my name with a popular make of baked beans ? |
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Post by liamcog on Dec 2, 2017 2:33:47 GMT
Turn 1 (I'll start of easy) - i was born in 1888, Germany (modern poland) - i wrote a book called panzer leader - in share my name with a popular make of baked beans ? That famous baked bean, manstein. No close tho |
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 2, 2017 2:38:36 GMT
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Post by liamcog on Dec 2, 2017 2:45:00 GMT
Yes. I don't know if they have Heinz beinz or any other products in the us. You can pick now
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 2, 2017 4:09:39 GMT
Yes. I don't know if they have Heinz beinz or any other products in the us. You can pick now Heinz Ketchup yes but that's not a company founded by Philip II of Macedon. Guderian never ran a food company. No baked beans either. |
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 2, 2017 4:13:35 GMT
Person 2
-I went to California during the gold rush.
-but... not to mine gold, instead, I sold merchandise to the miners.
-while a very few miners struck it rich, and most end up poor, I became a lot richer than ANY miner in the 19th century California gold rush.
-With all my wealth, it didn't matter because I lost my only child, a son.
-So I can't give my stuff to him, I gave it to set up an university in California instead to train future young men (well, and women too ofc lol).
Who am I?
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Post by liamcog on Dec 2, 2017 10:06:42 GMT
I'm not to sure about that one. I know he didn't mod it lol just has the same name
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 3, 2017 6:37:07 GMT
Person 2 -I went to California during the gold rush. -but... not to mine gold, instead, I sold merchandise to the miners. -while a very few miners struck it rich, and most end up poor, I became a lot richer than ANY miner in the 19th century California gold rush. -With all my wealth, it didn't matter because I lost my only child, a son. -So I can't give my stuff to him, I gave it to set up an university in California instead to train future young men (well, and women too ofc lol). Who am I? -My university later on would have a football team in Div 1 (basically a big-name team in California) -This university is named after my son's surname (which has the same surname as mine ofc) Those two hints are pretty helpful in narrowing it down. |
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Post by Laurent de Gouvion St. Cyr on Dec 3, 2017 6:49:11 GMT
Something something Stanford? I know the UC's won't be named after a person, so....
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 3, 2017 16:13:48 GMT
Something something Stanford? I know the UC's won't be named after a person, so.... By jingo, he got it! That's how Stanford came into existence, an extremely wealthy man who lost his only child. The full name of Stanford University is "Leland Stanford Junior University". As for the father, his life story is pretty interesting. |
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Post by Hobo Joe on Dec 3, 2017 16:33:01 GMT
Person 2 -I went to California during the gold rush. -but... not to mine gold, instead, I sold merchandise to the miners. -while a very few miners struck it rich, and most end up poor, I became a lot richer than ANY miner in the 19th century California gold rush. -With all my wealth, it didn't matter because I lost my only child, a son. -So I can't give my stuff to him, I gave it to set up an university in California instead to train future young men (well, and women too ofc lol). Who am I? Coulda sworn you were talking about Levi Strauss |
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Post by Desophaeus on Dec 3, 2017 16:37:05 GMT
Person 2 -I went to California during the gold rush. -but... not to mine gold, instead, I sold merchandise to the miners. -while a very few miners struck it rich, and most end up poor, I became a lot richer than ANY miner in the 19th century California gold rush. -With all my wealth, it didn't matter because I lost my only child, a son. -So I can't give my stuff to him, I gave it to set up an university in California instead to train future young men (well, and women too ofc lol). Who am I? Coulda sworn you were talking about Levi Strauss *checks the facts about him to be sure* Oh wow, you're right, it is ALMOST the same. He didn't have a son though, and he didn't actually founded an university itself, but a scholarship program. |
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Post by John Cameron of Fassiefern on Dec 7, 2017 1:36:27 GMT
I also was thinking Strauss, until I saw the hint about the University and then I knew it was Stanford. I guess being from California helps with knowing that.
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