# Can we speculate on who the olympic flame lighter will be?

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [February 9, 2010, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-speculate-on-who-the-olympic-flame-lighter-will-be/528289 "2010-02-09T17:09:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-speculate-on-who-the-olympic-flame-lighter-will-be/528289/21 "2010-02-12T15:54:21Z")

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George G. Blaisdell

(founder of Zippo lighters)

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**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-speculate-on-who-the-olympic-flame-lighter-will-be/528289/22 "2010-02-12T16:07:34Z")

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Terry Fox! I should have thought of him.

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