# Is fighting ignorance no longer the mandate in General Questions?

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**Created:** [November 18, 2018, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745 "2018-11-18T22:18:54Z")
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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: [November 22, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/81 "2018-11-22T14:16:09Z")

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> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#):
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> Well, to be a comPLETE pedant, Freddie was born in Zanzibar. He left before it merged with Tanganyika and became Tanzania.

To up the pedantry yet another notch, Freddy Mercury was not born in Zanzibar. The person who was born in Zanzibar was Farrokh Bulsara. “Freddy Mercury” didn’t exist until many years later.🙂

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### Author: ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/82 "2018-11-22T14:26:31Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> To up the pedantry yet another notch, Freddy Mercury was not born in Zanzibar. The person who was born in Zanzibar was Farrokh Bulsara. “Freddy Mercury” didn’t exist until many years later.🙂

And “Freddie Mercury” was “born” in England in that case. The other Queen of England.

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2018, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/83 "2018-11-22T14:56:12Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> To up the pedantry yet another notch, Freddy Mercury was not born in Zanzibar. The person who was born in Zanzibar was Farrokh Bulsara. “Freddy Mercury” didn’t exist until many years later.🙂

Who is this ‘Freddy’ person. TECHnically, he’s ‘Freddie’.

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### Author: ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2018, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/84 "2018-11-22T15:18:53Z")

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You guys are setting the record for pedantry here. Time to crown a champion.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

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### Author: ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/85 "2018-11-23T02:46:43Z")

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I think we need **Chief Pedant** to sort this one out.

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### Author: ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/86 "2018-11-23T14:15:57Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> You guys are setting the record for pedantry here. Time to crown a champion.

You know who else wears a crown?

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### Author: ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)
#### Post date: [November 23, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fighting-ignorance-no-longer-the-mandate-in-general-questions/824745/87 "2018-11-23T14:23:45Z")

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> [@Slash1972](#):
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> You know who else wears a crown?

Is it Hitler?

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