# The 100 Most Influential People - Try the Third **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080 "2010-04-14T16:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 29
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/561 "2010-06-11T12:21:38Z")
Last day for this round! ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/562 "2010-06-11T13:41:12Z")
My tally has it 9 - 6 - 1 Genghis - George - Gus at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/563 "2010-06-11T13:42:23Z")
Also, we might as well get Genghis’s quote in while he’s still alive: “The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.” ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/564 "2010-06-11T14:41:40Z")
Leader. George Washington Science. Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/565 "2010-06-11T16:23:59Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > … > “The greatest pleasure is to vanquish your enemies and chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth and see those dear to them bathed in tears, to ride their horses and clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.” Hey! That’s from _Conan the Barbarian_! ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/566 "2010-06-11T18:45:09Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Hey! That’s from _Conan the Barbarian_! I had the same thought. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/567 "2010-06-11T19:02:26Z")
> [@MonkeyMensch](#): > > Hey! That’s from _Conan the Barbarian_! They swiped the line from _The Secret History of the Mongols_ and bowdlerized it slightly for the movie - I guess open exultation in rape carried things a bit too far. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Uncle\_Goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Goat)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/568 "2010-06-11T20:45:35Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > They swiped the line from _The Secret History of the Mongols_ and bowdlerized it slightly for the movie - I guess open exultation in rape carried things a bit too far. You mean “Drill, baby, drill”? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/569 "2010-06-11T20:58:15Z")
> [@Uncle\_Goat](#): > > You mean “Drill, baby, drill”? He may be a barbarian, but he’s not a savage. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/570 "2010-06-12T23:40:56Z")
Round 20 is over! **Category, Name, # of votes** L, Genghis Khan, 8 S, Albert Einstein, 14 Congratulations to Isaac Newton for winning the Scientist Category! I’d go tell him, but he’d probably throw my ass in jail for giving him his prize: a Franklin Mint commerative coin, what with it not being legal tender and all. Last round before the Smackdown: **Leaders** Augustus Caesar, Roman Princep, Founded Roman Empire George Washington, American Statesman and General, Fought For Independence of United States ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/571 "2010-06-12T23:42:54Z")
My vote: George Washington Sorry, Georgey, but even homerism (USA! USA! USA!) isn’t enough to get you over the hump. ---
**Author:** ![sohvan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sohvan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sohvan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2010, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/572 "2010-06-12T23:59:07Z")
Leader. George Washington ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/573 "2010-06-13T00:14:52Z")
Er, yes, I guess I forgot my own formatting rules. :smack: Doesn’t matter, really. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/574 "2010-06-13T00:16:56Z")
Leader. George Washington ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/575 "2010-06-13T00:31:46Z")
Leader. Augustus Caesar ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/576 "2010-06-13T00:52:05Z")
Leader. George Washington Mason ring, schnauzer, and all. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/577 "2010-06-13T01:40:34Z")
Leader. George Washington ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/578 "2010-06-13T03:15:22Z")
Leader. Augustus Caesar The Roman Empire is gone. The USA is still here. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/579 "2010-06-13T04:00:51Z")
Leader. George Washington The Roman Empire lasted a lot longer than the USA has, and has influenced all Western republics in the last 2000 years. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-100-most-influential-people-try-the-third/536080/580 "2010-06-13T05:58:40Z")
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