# The One Hundred Most Influential People In History Elimination Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 6, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103 "2010-04-06T02:12:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/141 "2010-04-08T19:06:20Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Moses is a Jewish figure. Jesus was a Jew. Do eet! St. Paul was Jewish as well. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/142 "2010-04-08T19:18:07Z")
At this point, there are three or five that I sort of lump together. I’ll take care of them in the order that they appear on the list. Mohammed. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/143 "2010-04-08T20:20:08Z")
JHC was last week so in the interest of fairness, Mohammed. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/144 "2010-04-08T23:12:53Z")
I’ll keep voting for **Hitler** until he’s knocked off. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/145 "2010-04-08T23:27:51Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > No. > > Just kidding. Go ahead :). Ha ha. Thanks. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/146 "2010-04-08T23:31:43Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > I’ll keep voting for **Hitler** until he’s knocked off. We might not have the Volkswagen if it weren’t for Hitler. Certainly that makes him at least a bit better than Moses? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/147 "2010-04-08T23:38:57Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > We might not have the Volkswagen if it weren’t for Hitler. Certainly that makes him at least a bit better than Moses? Holy shit – no “Slug Bug?” ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/148 "2010-04-08T23:47:25Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Holy shit – no “Slug Bug?” Precisely. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/149 "2010-04-09T00:14:51Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > We might not have the Volkswagen if it weren’t for Hitler. Certainly that makes him at least a bit better than Moses? Yeah, but we’re not supposed to consider _good_ influence. Are we? I’m so confused. At any rate, I’m not sure that anyone who shelled out perfectly good, albeit 1930’s German, money for the People’s Car ever actually got one. I seem to remember reading that by the time the factory was ready for production, it was subsumed into war industry. (Hitler, by the way, is in the group that I hope is eliminated in the next few rounds. Taking him out in this round will simply allow me to repeat my current vote. 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/150 "2010-04-09T00:26:57Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Yeah, but we’re not supposed to consider _good_ influence. Are we? I’m so confused. > > At any rate, I’m not sure that anyone who shelled out perfectly good, albeit 1930’s German, money for the People’s Car ever actually got one. I seem to remember reading that by the time the factory was ready for production, it was subsumed into war industry. > > (Hitler, by the way, is in the group that I hope is eliminated in the next few rounds. Taking him out in this round will simply allow me to repeat my current vote. 🙂 ) Ahem, at this point I must chime in with another phrase I never expected to use: VOTE HITLER! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/151 "2010-04-09T00:32:52Z")
Alright. Moses it is. Vote Moses. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/152 "2010-04-09T00:46:29Z")
Moses vs Hitler… this could very well be the match of the century! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/153 "2010-04-09T00:54:21Z")
Moses. Fictional characters shouldn’t be so influential. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/154 "2010-04-09T01:17:11Z")
I have to admit, this game is become more awesome with each and every post. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/155 "2010-04-09T01:23:14Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > We might not have the Volkswagen if it weren’t for Hitler. Certainly that makes him at least a bit better than Moses? We also probably wouldn’t have put a man on the moon or developed the semiconductor, though the latter is more the result of people thinking about ways to stop Hitler than his direct influence. Besides, I bet Moses never made the trains run on time. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/156 "2010-04-09T01:29:57Z")
Moses must go now. But the whole idea of voting for Hitler will keep me waiting for the next round. I just never thought i would vote for Hitler. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/157 "2010-04-09T01:44:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Besides, I bet Moses never made the trains run on time. The stop in Sinai for water and manna will be 90 minutes; arrival in Jerusalem at sundown. Please have your tickets ready! ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/158 "2010-04-09T01:46:56Z")
Moses FTW ---
**Author:** ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/159 "2010-04-09T01:50:03Z")
Obviously its got to be a god botherer so I am going to go with Mohammad this time ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103/160 "2010-04-09T02:07:35Z")
Could we just make an _ad hoc_ decision to collectively dump all the fictional characters, so we can speed things up and go right to firing Hitler? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-one-hundred-most-influential-people-in-history-elimination-game/535103.md?page=9)