# Another installment of: Who Is/Was That Person?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [March 23, 2014, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341 "2014-03-23T05:32:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/81 "2014-04-08T07:48:09Z")

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You’re doing fine so far. 🙂

I apologize for misspelling “Mouskouri.” :o

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/82 "2014-04-08T15:12:30Z")

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1. Radio commentator.

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/83 "2014-04-08T22:16:09Z")

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> [@Eutychus](#):
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> Mata Hari

Correct.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/84 "2014-04-08T22:19:44Z")

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1. “Squiggy” from _Laverne & Shirley_.

Low culture? No problem!

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/85 "2014-04-08T23:41:58Z")

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Mine’s still outstanding. Post #75, person #86.

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**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/86 "2014-04-09T00:24:42Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Mine’s still outstanding. Post #75, person #86.

I got curious, so I googled it, but I won’t give it away. Good one, though!

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/87 "2014-04-09T01:28:41Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> 1. Radio commentator.

Yes, Harry Truman had fun mocking Kaltenborn’s pronouncement “Mr. Truman is still ahead, but these are only returns from a few cities. When the complete results are in, they will show Dewey winning overwhelmingly” (or something like that).

Einar Gustafson. Icelandic? Bjork is a woman. Who else is Icelandic?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/88 "2014-04-09T01:49:06Z")

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Nope, American.

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**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/89 "2014-04-09T02:07:05Z")

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> [@etv78](#):
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> Nope, American.

One more guess from me, then. Ole Olsen?

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**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/90 "2014-04-09T02:07:41Z")

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Nope

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/91 "2014-04-09T05:44:24Z")

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> [@AppallingGael](#):
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> Yes, Harry Truman had fun mocking Kaltenborn’s pronouncement “Mr. Truman is still ahead, but these are only returns from a few cities. When the complete results are in, they will show Dewey winning overwhelmingly” (or something like that).
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> Einar Gustafson. Icelandic? Bjork is a woman. Who else is Icelandic?

It was H. V. (Hans Van) Kaltenborn. Read his entry in Wikipedia for the account of the time Kaltenborn lost a battle of wits to Dizzy Dean. 😃

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**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/92 "2014-04-10T00:15:04Z")

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duh  
91. Wally Moon; major league baseball player for St Louis Cardinals and probably other teams. I think he was Rookie of the Year in the 1950s.

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/93 "2014-04-10T02:14:32Z")

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> [@AppallingGael](#):
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> 1. Clay Allison

Old West gunfighter. First to refer to himself as a “shootist.”

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**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/94 "2014-04-10T02:21:08Z")

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My additions:

1. McKinley Morganfield
2. William Drayton
3. Carlton Ridenhour

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/95 "2014-04-10T04:25:09Z")

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1. Muddy Waters (blues musician)

My additions:

1. Eduard Schnitzer, aka Emin Pasha
2. Mungo Park

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**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/96 "2014-04-10T04:58:14Z")

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> [@pravnik](#):
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> My additions:
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> 1. McKinley Morganfield
> 2. William Drayton
> 3. Carlton Ridenhour

Yeah boys! 102 is Flavor Flav and 103 is Chuck D.

Bring the noise!

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/97 "2014-04-10T06:17:52Z")

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> [@5\_time\_champ](#):
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> duh  
> 91. Wally Moon; major league baseball player for St Louis Cardinals and probably other teams. I think he was Rookie of the Year in the 1950s.

Yes, and he was traded to the Dodgers (for Gino Cimoli) in time to help them win the 1959 NL pennant and defeat the White Sox in the Series that year. 🙂

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**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/98 "2014-04-10T14:51:03Z")

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[QUOTE=It’s Not Rocket Surgery!]  
78. Janis Eddy Fink

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1. Real name of singer Janis “At Seventeen” Ian

> [@5\_time\_champ](#):
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> 1. Larry Groce

1. Sang the novelty song “Junk Food Junkie”

[QUOTE=Shodan]  
86. Arnold Cream

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1. Real name of boxer Jersey Joe Walcott

[QUOTE=dougie\_monty]  
99. B. Gratz Brown

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1. 19th-century politician, nicknamed “Boozy” after giving some drunken speeches as the running mate on some losing presidential ticket [Horace Greeley’s in 1872 apparently, after looking up that part]

[QUOTE=Colibri]  
105. Mungo Park

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1. Late 18th/early 19th-century explorer in Africa; drowned during his last expedition

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/99 "2014-04-10T15:32:00Z")

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> [@42fish](#):
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> 1. Real name of boxer Jersey Joe Walcott

Correct. 87’s middle name was Louis, which should help in context.

On the same theme,

1. Walker Smith

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-installment-of-who-is-was-that-person/684341/100 "2014-04-10T22:00:49Z")

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Now identify these:

1. Tenzing Norkhay
2. Rusty Burrell
3. Buddy Blattner
4. Ngaio Marsh
5. John L. Lewis
6. June Foray
7. Patty Deutsch
8. Asgeir Asgeirsson
9. Ogden Edsl
10. Michael DeBakey
11. Bruce Russell
12. Fritz Kreisler
13. Carl Icahn
14. Achmed Sukarno

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