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glee
05-21-2008, 09:53 AM
I expect it'll be OK to have two threads going...

I'm AL.

Wargamer
05-21-2008, 10:12 AM
Did you replace the only life-long bachelor to hold your job?

Elendil's Heir
05-21-2008, 10:17 AM
(A word of caution: Round 10 was also an "AL," so you might see some similar guesses here).

Are you an English bassist now playing for Biomechanical?

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-21-2008, 10:43 AM
Were you buried in a "landslide" in 1936?

Dead Cat
05-21-2008, 11:50 AM
Were you once lead singer of The Tourists?

glee
05-21-2008, 12:55 PM
Did you replace the only life-long bachelor to hold your job?

:confused: - so have a question!

glee
05-21-2008, 12:58 PM
(A word of caution: Round 10 was also an "AL," so you might see some similar guesses here).

Are you an English bassist now playing for Biomechanical?

Thanks for the comment - I missed round 10!

I am not Adrian Lambert.

glee
05-21-2008, 12:59 PM
Were you buried in a "landslide" in 1936?

I'm thinking this is an election reference, but I don't think Abraham Lincoln was in the 1936 one. :eek:

:confused: - so have a question!

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-21-2008, 01:03 PM
I'm thinking this is an election reference, but I don't think Abraham Lincoln was in the 1936 one. :eek:
You were on the right track. Alf Landon, who was trounced by FDR.

Were you alive in the 20th century?

glee
05-21-2008, 01:03 PM
Were you once lead singer of The Tourists?

No, I am not the truly stunning singer that is Annie Lennox (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24fGmWG6kpg).

glee
05-21-2008, 01:10 PM
Were you alive in the 20th century?

- I was not alive in the 20th century

Wargamer
05-21-2008, 01:28 PM
Abe Licoln replaced James Buchannan. Buchannan was the 15th President, a bachelor, and was widely rumored to be smitten with a US senator who's name escapes me at the moment.

Are you a man (or were you a man?)

Wargamer
05-21-2008, 01:30 PM
Are you a former vaudvillean who went on to become a movie star?

Sternvogel
05-21-2008, 03:59 PM
Do you believe that kids say the darnedest things?

glee
05-21-2008, 04:07 PM
Abe Licoln replaced James Buchannan. Buchannan was the 15th President, a bachelor, and was widely rumored to be smitten with a US senator who's name escapes me at the moment.

Are you a man (or were you a man?)

- I was not alive in the 20th century
- I am female

glee
05-21-2008, 04:13 PM
Are you a former vaudvillean who went on to become a movie star?

I'll try Ann Little (but I'm not confident!)

glee
05-21-2008, 04:15 PM
Do you believe that kids say the darnedest things?

Err - I am not Art Linkletter?

Sternvogel
05-21-2008, 04:22 PM
Did you inspire Chuck Dodgson?

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-21-2008, 04:49 PM
Are you the Father of Modern Chemistry?

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:30 PM
Is "Forever Changes" your greatest legacy?

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:31 PM
Did you kill Jack Palance in a gunfight?

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:33 PM
Did you launch "Reaganomics" with a sketch on a cocktail napkin?

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:34 PM
Is your real name Esther "Eppie" Friedman?

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:35 PM
Did you replace Jackie the Jokeman?

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-21-2008, 05:36 PM
<roseanne rosannadanna>
Hey astorian! You sure ask a lotta questions for a guy from Austin, Texas!
</roseanne rosannadanna>

astorian
05-21-2008, 05:43 PM
<roseanne rosannadanna>
Hey astorian! You sure ask a lotta questions for a guy from Austin, Texas!
</roseanne rosannadanna>

Yeah, what am I trying ta do- make you SICK???

Elendil's Heir
05-21-2008, 05:57 PM
Are you the lovely but acerbic daughter of a President?

glee
05-21-2008, 10:03 PM
Did you inspire Chuck Dodgson?

(Was Art Linkletter right?!)

I assume 'Chuck' is some form of address for Charles :eek: , so I am not Alice Lidell (I think that's how it's spelt).

glee
05-21-2008, 10:05 PM
Are you the Father of Modern Chemistry?

I wish I had paid more attention in School!

:confused: - so have a question!

glee
05-21-2008, 10:07 PM
Is "Forever Changes" your greatest legacy?

Is this a reference to Arthur Lee (no relation?)

glee
05-21-2008, 10:08 PM
Did you kill Jack Palance in a gunfight?

No, I am not Alan Ladd (but Shane was a great film!)

glee
05-21-2008, 10:10 PM
Did you launch "Reaganomics" with a sketch on a cocktail napkin?

:confused: - so have a question!

(I keep remembering the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where the economics teacher describes Reaganomics as Voodoo :) )

glee
05-21-2008, 10:13 PM
Is your real name Esther "Eppie" Friedman?

No, I am not Ann Landers. (Would you like some advice? :) )

astorian
05-21-2008, 10:13 PM
:confused: - so have a question!

(I keep remembering the scene in Ferris Bueller's Day Off where the economics teacher describes Reaganomics as Voodoo :) )


Yes, I was referring to Arthur Lee, leader of the band Love.

The economist: Arthur Laffer- his famous "Laffer Curve," sketched on a napkin, showed that under some circumstances, a tax cut could increase government revenues.


My direct question: Are you a fictional character

glee
05-21-2008, 10:14 PM
Did you replace Jackie the Jokeman?

I think this is to do with Howard Stern, but ...

:confused: - so have a question!

astorian
05-21-2008, 10:15 PM
Did your Dad write "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan"?

glee
05-21-2008, 10:25 PM
Are you the lovely but acerbic daughter of a President?

I don't think Jenna (Bush) Hager counts (though she is lovely but acerbic)...

:confused: - so have a question!

glee
05-21-2008, 10:26 PM
Yes, I was referring to Arthur Lee, leader of the band Love.

The economist: Arthur Laffer- his famous "Laffer Curve," sketched on a napkin, showed that under some circumstances, a tax cut could increase government revenues.


My direct question: Are you a fictional character

- I was not alive in the 20th century
- I am female
- I am not fictional

glee
05-21-2008, 10:38 PM
Did your Dad write "She Walks in Beauty" and "Don Juan"?

I think this is Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys - but I have no idea who his daughter is...

:confused: - so have a question!

Elendil's Heir
05-21-2008, 10:52 PM
I don't think Jenna (Bush) Hager counts (though she is lovely but acerbic)...

:confused: - so have a question!

Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

DQ: Are you American?

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-21-2008, 11:14 PM
I wish I had paid more attention in School!

Antoine Lavoisier.

Were you married to a famous person?

glee
05-21-2008, 11:18 PM
Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

DQ: Are you American?

- I was not alive in the 20th century
- I am female
- I am not fictional
- I am not American

astorian
05-21-2008, 11:20 PM
I think this is Chris Lowe of the Pet Shop Boys - but I have no idea who his daughter is...

:confused: - so have a question!

That was Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter (and a pioneer of computer science in her own right)

Direct question: Are you European?

glee
05-21-2008, 11:21 PM
Antoine Lavoisier.

Were you married to a famous person?

- I was not alive in the 20th century
- I am female
- I am not fictional
- I am not American
- I was not married to a famous person*

* I was married though

glee
05-21-2008, 11:23 PM
That was Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter (and a pioneer of computer science in her own right)

Direct question: Are you European?

Ah. This is a bit :o !

I am Ada Lovelace!

(I knew I was Byron's daughter, but not that he wrote Don Juan ... :eek: )

Elendil's Heir
05-22-2008, 10:34 AM
Good job, astorian! Game over.

Sternvogel
05-22-2008, 02:40 PM
(Was Art Linkletter right?!)

Yes.

I assume 'Chuck' is some form of address for Charles :eek: , so I am not Alice Lidell (I think that's how it's spelt).

Liddell, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Liddell) actually, but you were correct on the identification. Is "Chuck" not used as a nickname in Britain? During the Royal Wedding hullabaloo (yes, it extended to the erstwhile "Colonies") of 1981, references to "Chuck and Di" were common in gossip columns and tabloid headlines.

Biffy the Elephant Shrew
05-22-2008, 02:59 PM
During the Royal Wedding hullabaloo (yes, it extended to the erstwhile "Colonies") of 1981, references to "Chuck and Di" were common in gossip columns and tabloid headlines.

I always thought that was just for the sake of being able to make the toast "Drink up, Chuck and Di."