# A stroll through Wikipedia **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [March 7, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660 "2019-03-07T00:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/381 "2020-08-06T23:02:12Z")
**Moderator Note** > [@am77494](#): > > Isn’t it ironic that such a beautiful house and surroundings was used by the racist, imperialist, misogynist, anti-Semitic right winger This is a friendly game thread. Let’s save posts like these for a more appropriate forum, please. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/382 "2020-08-06T23:06:36Z")
> **[Exhibition game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_game)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > An exhibition game (also known as a friendly, a scrimmage, a demonstration, a preseason game, a warmup match, or a preparation match, depending at least in part on the sport) is a sporting event whose prize money and impact on the player's or the team's rankings is either zero or otherwise greatly reduced. In team sports, matches of this type are often used to help coaches and managers select and condition players for the competitive matches of a ... > **[Doubleday Field | Hall of Fame Game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubleday_Field#Hall_of_Fame_Game/Classic)** > > Each year from 1940 to 2008, Doubleday Field hosted the Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition game between two major league squads. Originally, the game and induction ceremony for new Hall of Fame members were held on the same day, a Monday. Starting in 1979, the induction ceremony was moved to Sunday, with the game played on Monday. Starting in 2003, the game was scheduled in May or June, to better accommodate the participating teams' travel schedules. > As MLB's last remaining in-season exhibition ga... > **[Cooperstown, New York](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperstown,_New_York)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Cooperstown is a village in and the county seat of Otsego County, New York, United States. Most of the village lies within the town of Otsego, but some of the eastern part is in the town of Middlefield. Located at the foot of Otsego Lake in the Central New York Region, Cooperstown is approximately 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Albany, 67 mi (108 km) southeast of Syracuse and 145 mi (233 km) northwest of New York City. The population of the ... ---
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Is there a connection between Naulakha and exhibition game? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/384 "2020-08-07T02:06:02Z")
Apologies – since the flow was interrupted anyway, I decided to riff off of engineer\_comp\_geek’s phrase “friendly game.” Feel free to pick it back up at Naulakha instead. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660/385 "2020-08-07T03:43:23Z")
> **[Naulakha (Rudyard Kipling House)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naulakha_(Rudyard_Kipling_House))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Naulakha, also known as the Rudyard Kipling House, is a historic Shingle Style house on Kipling Road in Dummerston, Vermont, a few miles outside Brattleboro. The house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 for its association with the author Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936), who had it built in 1893 and made it his home until 1896. It is in this house that Kipling wrote Captains Courageous, The Jungle Book, The Day's Work, and The Seven S... > **[Arthur Conan Doyle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle KStJ DL (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction. > Doyle was a prolific writer; other than Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about ... > **[Sherlock Holmes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜːrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. > First appearing in print in 1887's A Study ... ---
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> **[Sherlock Holmes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Sherlock Holmes (/ˈʃɜːrlɒk ˈhoʊmz/) is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. > First appearing in print in 1887's A Study ... > **[Deductive reasoning](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deductive_reasoning)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Deductive reasoning is the mental process of drawing deductive inferences. An inference is deductively valid if its conclusion follows logically from its premises, i.e. if it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false. > For example, the inference from the premises "all men are mortal" and "Socrates is a man" to the conclusion "Socrates is mortal" is deductively valid. An argument is sound if it is valid and all its p... > **[Scientific method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries; see the article history of scientific method for additional detail.) It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. It involves ... ---
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> **[Scientific method](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The scientific method is an empirical method for acquiring knowledge that has characterized the development of science since at least the 17th century (with notable practitioners in previous centuries; see the article history of scientific method for additional detail.) It involves careful observation, applying rigorous skepticism about what is observed, given that cognitive assumptions can distort how one interprets the observation. It involves ... > **[Benjamin Franklin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 \[O.S. January 6, 1705\]\[Note 1\] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, forger and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, a drafter and signer of the United States Declaration of Independence, and the first United ... > **[Chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Chess is a board game between two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The current form of the game emerged in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from chaturanga, a similar but much older game of Indian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular ... ---
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> **[Chess](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Chess is a board game between two players. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The current form of the game emerged in Spain and the rest of Southern Europe during the second half of the 15th century after evolving from chaturanga, a similar but much older game of Indian origin. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular ... > **[Deep Blue (chess computer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Blue_(chess_computer))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Deep Blue was a chess-playing expert system run on a unique purpose-built IBM supercomputer. It was the first computer to win a game, and the first to win a match, against a reigning world champion under regular time controls. Development began in 1985 at Carnegie Mellon University under the name ChipTest. It then moved to IBM, where it was first renamed Deep Thought, then again in 1989 to Deep Blue. It first played world champion Garry Kasparov... > **[IBM Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > IBM Watson is a question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's founder and first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson. > The computer system was initially developed to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy! and, in 2011, the Watson computer system competed on Jeopardy! agains... ---
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> **[IBM Watson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > IBM Watson is a question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language, developed in IBM's DeepQA project by a research team led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's founder and first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson. > The computer system was initially developed to answer questions on the quiz show Jeopardy! and, in 2011, the Watson computer system competed on Jeopardy! agains... > **[Byte](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terabyte)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The byte is a unit of digital information that most commonly consists of eight bits. Historically, the byte was the number of bits used to encode a single character of text in a computer and for this reason it is the smallest addressable unit of memory in many computer architectures. To disambiguate arbitrarily sized bytes from the common 8-bit definition, network protocol documents such as The Internet Protocol (.mw-parser-output cite.citation{fo... > **[International System of Units](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The International System of Units, known by the international abbreviation SI\[a\] in all languages: 125 : iii  and sometimes pleonastically as the SI system,\[b\] is the modern form: 117  of the metric system\[g\] and the world's most widely used system of measurement.: 123  Established and maintained by the General Conference on Weights and Measures\[j\] (CGPM\[k\]), it is the only system of measurement with an official status\[m\] in nearly every count... ---
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> **[International System of Units](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > The International System of Units, known by the international abbreviation SI\[a\] in all languages: 125 : iii  and sometimes pleonastically as the SI system,\[b\] is the modern form: 117  of the metric system\[g\] and the world's most widely used system of measurement.: 123  Established and maintained by the General Conference on Weights and Measures\[j\] (CGPM\[k\]), it is the only system of measurement with an official status\[m\] in nearly every count... > **[Typewriter](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typewriter)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters. Typically, a typewriter has an array of keys, and each one causes a different single character to be produced on paper by striking an inked ribbon selectively against the paper with a type element. At the end of the nineteenth century, the term 'typewriter' was also applied to a person who used such a device. > **[Alger Hiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a U.S. State Department official and as a U.N. official. In later life he worked as a l... ---
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> **[Alger Hiss](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_Hiss)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Statutes of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950. Before the trial Hiss was involved in the establishment of the United Nations, both as a U.S. State Department official and as a U.N. official. In later life he worked as a l... > **[Sacco and Vanzetti](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacco_and_Vanzetti)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Nicola Sacco (pronounced \[niˈkɔːla ˈsakko\]; April 22, 1891 – August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (pronounced \[bartoloˈmɛːo vanˈtsetti, -ˈdzet-\]; June 11, 1888 – August 23, 1927) were Italian immigrant anarchists who were controversially accused of murdering Alessandro Berardelli and Frederick Parmenter, a guard and paymaster, during the April 15, 1920, armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company in Braintree, Massachusetts, United S... > **[Buick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Buick (/ˈbjuːɪk/) is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American marques of automobiles, and was the company that established General Motors in 1908. Before the establishment of General Motors, GM founder William C. Durant had served as Buick's general manager and major investor. > In the North American market, Buick is a premium auto... ---
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> **[Buick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Buick (/ˈbjuːɪk/) is a division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Started by automotive pioneer David Dunbar Buick in 1899, it was among the first American marques of automobiles, and was the company that established General Motors in 1908. Before the establishment of General Motors, GM founder William C. Durant had served as Buick's general manager and major investor. > In the North American market, Buick is a premium auto... > **[United States at the Olympics](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Olympic_Team)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > The United States of America has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games with the exception of the 1980 Summer Olympics, during which it led a boycott in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) is the National Olympic Committee for the United States. > American athletes have won a total of 2,629 medals (1,060 of them gold) at the Summer Olympic Games, and anothe... > **[Blood in the Water match](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The "Blood in the Water" match (Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Russian: Кровь в бассейне, romanized: Krov' v basseyne, lit. 'Blood in the swimming pool') was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin ... ---
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> **[Blood in the Water match](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_in_the_Water_match)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The "Blood in the Water" match (Hungarian: melbourne-i vérfürdő lit. Blood bath of Melbourne; Russian: Кровь в бассейне, romanized: Krov' v basseyne, lit. 'Blood in the swimming pool') was a water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. The match took place on 6 December 1956 against the background of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, and saw Hungary defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after Hungarian player Ervin ... > **[Hungarian Revolution of 1956](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Soviet victory > The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 10 November 1956; Hungarian: 1956-os forradalom), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was a countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by the government's subordination to the Soviet Union (USSR).\[nb 2\] > **[Elvis Presley](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Elvis Aaron Presley\[a\] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race rel... Didn’t expect to find _him_ mentioned in there! ---
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> **[Elvis Presley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Elvis Aaron Presley\[a\] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race rel... > **[King Creole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Creole)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, and Vic Morrow, and follows a nineteen-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women. > Presley later indicated that of all the characters he portrayed throu... > **[Carolyn Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Jones)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing... ---
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> **[Carolyn Jones](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Jones)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Carolyn Sue Jones (April 28, 1930 – August 3, 1983) was an American actress of television and film. Jones began her film career in the early 1950s, and by the end of the decade had achieved recognition with a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Bachelor Party (1957) and a Golden Globe Award as one of the most promising new actresses of 1959. Her film career continued for another 20 years. In 1964, she began playing... > **[King Creole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Creole)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > King Creole is a 1958 American musical drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and based on the 1952 novel A Stone for Danny Fisher by Harold Robbins. Produced by Hal B. Wallis, the film stars Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart, Dean Jagger, and Vic Morrow, and follows a nineteen-year-old (Presley) who gets mixed up with crooks and involved with two women. > Presley later indicated that of all the characters he portrayed throu... > **[Elvis Presley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Elvis Aaron Presley\[a\] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race rel... Heheheheh. ---
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> **[Elvis Presley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > > Elvis Aaron Presley\[a\] (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often referred to mononymously as Elvis, was an American singer and actor. Dubbed the "King of Rock and Roll", he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century. His energized interpretations of songs and sexually provocative performance style, combined with a singularly potent mix of influences across color lines during a transformative era in race rel... > **[Cheque fraud](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque_fraud)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Cheque fraud (Commonwealth English), or check fraud (American English), refers to a category of criminal acts that involve making the unlawful use of cheques in order to illegally acquire or borrow funds that do not exist within the account balance or account-holder's legal ownership. Most methods involve taking advantage of the float (the time between the negotiation of the cheque and its clearance at the cheque writer's financial institution) to ... > **[Frank Abagnale](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Frank William Abagnale Jr. (/ˈæbəɡneɪl/; born April 27, 1948) is an American author and convicted felon. Abagnale targeted individuals and small businesses yet gained notoriety in the late 1970s by claiming a diverse range of victimless workplace frauds, many of which have since been placed in doubt. In 1980, Abagnale co-wrote his autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, which built a narrative around these claimed victimless frauds. The book inspired ... ---
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> **[Dearborn, Michigan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dearborn,_Michigan)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Dearborn is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. At the 2020 census, it had a population of 109,976. Dearborn is the seventh most-populated city in Michigan and is home to the largest Muslim population in the United States per capita. It also is home to the largest mosque in the United States. > First settled in the late 18th century by ethnic French farmers in a series of ribbon farms along the Rouge River and the Sauk Trail, the c... > **[Henry Ford](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ford)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. He was the founder of Ford Motor Company, and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production. Ford created the first automobile that middle-class Americans could afford, and his conversion of the automobile from an expensive luxury into an accessible conveyance profoundly impacted the landscape of the 20th century. > **[The Plot Against America](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh. The novel follows the fortunes of the Roth family during the Lindbergh presidency, as antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families like the Roths are persecuted on various levels. The narrator and central charact... ---
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> **[The Plot Against America](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plot_Against_America)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh. The novel follows the fortunes of the Roth family during the Lindbergh presidency, as antisemitism becomes more acceptable in American life and Jewish-American families like the Roths are persecuted on various levels. The narrator and central charact... > **[Philip Roth](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Roth)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Philip Milton Roth (March 19, 1933 – May 22, 2018) was an American novelist and short story writer. > Roth's fiction—often set in his birthplace of Newark, New Jersey—is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative explorations of American identity. He first gained attention with the 1959 novella G... > **[Claire Bloom](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Bloom)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > Patricia Claire Bloom CBE (born 15 February 1931) is an English actress. She is known for leading roles in plays such as A Streetcar Named Desire, A Doll's House, and Long Day's Journey into Night, and has starred in nearly sixty films. > After a childhood spent in England (and in the US for two-and-a-half years during the Second World War), Bloom studied drama in London. She debuted on the London stage when she was sixteen and took roles in vario... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-stroll-through-wikipedia/830660.md?page=21)