# New game: Dead Guy in the Envelope **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 14, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749 "2006-09-14T20:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/181 "2006-09-20T19:32:40Z")
Jerry Siegel. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/182 "2006-09-20T19:36:55Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] Jerry Siegel. [/QUOTE] FINALLY! Geez! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/183 "2006-09-20T19:47:00Z")
That was harder than it should have been. Perhaps Superman, though science fiction, isn’t what people think of when they think of science fiction. In any case, my brain? Broken! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/184 "2006-09-20T19:52:11Z")
I have a dead guy in an envelope. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/185 "2006-09-20T20:01:08Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] I have a dead guy in an envelope. [/QUOTE] Did he live entirely in the 20th Century (i.e. born after Jan 1, 1901, died before Dec 31, 2000) ? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/186 "2006-09-20T20:03:32Z")
No, he did not live entirely in the 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/187 "2006-09-20T20:04:44Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] No, he did not live entirely in the 20th century. [/QUOTE] Was it Teddy Roosevelt? Assuming it wasn’t, was he born in the United States? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/188 "2006-09-20T20:11:18Z")
Ha! I almost picked Teddy Roosevelt, but no. And no, he was not born in the US. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/189 "2006-09-20T20:19:54Z")
[QUOTE=jsgoddess] And no, he was not born in the US. [/QUOTE] Was it Winston Churchill? Assuming “no”, was he born in Asia? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/190 "2006-09-20T20:23:03Z")
No, it wasn’t Winston Churchill. No, he wasn’t born in Asia. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/191 "2006-09-20T20:25:01Z")
Was he T. E. Lawrence? Assuming, “no”, had he ever served in the military? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/192 "2006-09-20T20:30:33Z")
No, it wasn’t Lawrence. No, I have no knowledge of him ever being in any military. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/193 "2006-09-20T20:33:46Z")
Was it Benjamin Disraeli? If not, did he die in the last six years? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/194 "2006-09-20T20:38:01Z")
No, it wasn’t Disraeli. No, he didn’t die in the last 6 years. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/195 "2006-09-20T20:42:36Z")
Was it John A. McDonald? If not, was English this man’s first language? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/196 "2006-09-20T20:44:58Z")
No, it wasn’t McDonald. Yes, English was his first language. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/197 "2006-09-20T20:49:15Z")
Was it George Bernard Shaw? If not, was he born in what is now the United Kingdom? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/198 "2006-09-20T20:51:58Z")
No, it wasn’t Shaw. Yes, he was born in what is now the UK. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/199 "2006-09-20T21:00:33Z")
Is it Isaac Newton? If not, was he born before 1700? ---
**Author:** ![mkl12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@mkl12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkl12)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749/200 "2006-09-20T21:00:39Z")
Did he spend most of his life there (in the UK)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-dead-guy-in-the-envelope/372749.md?page=11)