# The Revised One Hundred Most Influential People Elimination Game **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 12, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808 "2010-04-12T03:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/81 "2010-04-15T23:29:59Z")
Simon Bolivar ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/82 "2010-04-15T23:45:18Z")
Mohammed ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/83 "2010-04-16T00:09:43Z")
Not sure which is the official thread right now, but I’ll participate in both until one is closed. I’ll add a vote for Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, better known as Joe Stalin. ---
**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 16, 2010, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/84 "2010-04-16T00:45:53Z")
Mohammed. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/85 "2010-04-16T01:17:16Z")
Mohammed, buh-BYE. No more lionizing of religious wackos, plz. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/86 "2010-04-16T04:10:12Z")
What with the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution, and a bigger pool of proles to oppress, Mao killed quite a few more than Stalin. My vote goes to the Great Helmsman. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/87 "2010-04-16T04:47:31Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > It appears we lost Curtis. I guess he was able to take people voting to kill Jesus but then you guys had to insult George Bush as well. 🆒 This joke was worth the price of admission. And as if starting the Trillion Dollar War wasn’t bad enough, Knorf had to insult him on other grounds: > [@Knorf](#): > > He’s wrong that Bush was a celebrity musician. I’ll go with **Muhammed ibn Abdullah, Prophet of Allah, Praise be unto Him** Nothing against the guy personally, but having voted for Messrs. Christ and Tarsus I want to demonstrate that I’m ecumenical. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/88 "2010-04-16T06:44:03Z")
Well, given **Colbri** ’s post on the subject of American colonization, I guess I need to pick a new candidate. So long, Chairman Mao ---
**Author:** ![willthekittensurvive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/91b2a8/32.png) [@willthekittensurvive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/willthekittensurvive)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2010, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/89 "2010-04-16T07:56:12Z")
Paul of Tarsus, dude has a lot to answer for ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/90 "2010-04-16T10:52:50Z")
> [@willthekittensurvive](#): > > Paul of Tarsus, dude has a lot to answer for Dude is also gone, having been eliminated in the first round. Since I can see who the frontrunners for the next round are likely to be I’ll throw down **Karl Marx** , another one who had some interesting ideas that others took waaaaaaaaaay too far. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/91 "2010-04-16T15:41:33Z")
Mohammed ---
**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:** [April 16, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/92 "2010-04-16T16:28:14Z")
So far it’s: Mohammed - 5 votes Mao - 2 votes Stalin - 2 votes Bolivar - 1 vote Marx - 1 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 16, 2010, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/93 "2010-04-16T17:13:42Z")
I vote Mao. Not that Mao ever required votes. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/94 "2010-04-17T02:12:47Z")
Karl Marx the person directly responsible for Stalin, Mao, and Lenin and indirectly responsible for Hitler! Also I was not available on Wednesday because I had a lot of homework. If I’m available I’ll be the eliminator. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/95 "2010-04-17T02:18:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Karl Marx the person directly responsible for Stalin, Mao, and Lenin and indirectly responsible for Hitler! Stalin, Mao, and Lenin I agree with. But Hitler is a stretch. Saying Marx “caused” Hitler because Hitler was a reaction to Marx seems pretty broad. Was Marx also responsible for Joseph McCarthy and Lech Walesa and Ronald Reagan? They were all prominent for opposing communism. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/96 "2010-04-17T02:37:48Z")
Curtis is taking the “to bake a cake from scratch, the first thing you have to do is create the universe” approach; of course, only because it’s convenient at the moment. ---
**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 17, 2010, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/97 "2010-04-17T14:01:49Z")
> [@Curtis LeMay](#): > > Karl Marx the person directly responsible for Stalin, Mao, and Lenin and indirectly responsible for Hitler! > > Also I was not available on Wednesday because I had a lot of homework. If I’m available I’ll be the eliminator. \*\* The Eliminator\*\*! Change your name to that, **Curtis**. Hey how did the name change poll ever work out? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2010, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/98 "2010-04-17T15:12:34Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > \*\* > The Eliminator\*\*! Change your name to that, **Curtis**. Hey how did the name change poll ever work out? It died out I suppose with most people voting I should keep my username. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/99 "2010-04-21T00:13:44Z")
Sorry for being late but the results are: Mohammed 5 Mao Zedong 3 Josef Stalin 2 Karl Marx 2 Simon Bolivar 1 Due to a third place tie Mohammed, Mao, Stalin, and Marx are all eliminated. Round 3: Isaac Newton - British Scientist, Theory of Universal Gravitation and Motion Buddha - Founder of Buddhism Confucius - Chinese Philosopher, Founder of Confucianism Ts’ai Lun - Scientist, Inventor of Paper Johann Gutenberg - Scientist, Inventor of Printing Press Christopher Columbus - Explorer, Discoverer of America Albert Einstein - Scientist, Physicist, Theory of Relativity Louis Pasteur - Scientist, Pasteurization Galileo Galilei - Scientist, Advocated Heliocentricity Aristotle - Greek Philosopher Euclid - Greek Mathematician Moses - Jewish Prophet Charles Darwin - British Scientist, Theory of Evolution Shi Huang Di - Chinese Emperor, United China Augustus Caesar - Roman Princep, Founded Roman Empire Nicolas Copernicus - Scientist, Theory of Heliocentricity Antonine Laurent Lavoisier - French Scientist, Advanced Chemistry Constantine the Great - Roman Emperor, Promoted Christianity James Watt - British Scientist, Invented Steam Engine Michael Faraday - British Scientist, Discovered Magneto-Electricity James Clerk Marxwell - Scientist, Electromagnetic Spectrum Martin Luther - Theologian, Started Protestantism and Reformation George Washington - American Statesman and General Orville and Wilbur Wright - Scientists, Inventor of Airplane Genghis Khan - Mongol Ruler, Founded Mongol Empire Adam Smith - Economist, Advocated Capitalism William Shakespeare - English Playwright John Dalton - Scientist, Atomic Theory Alexander the Great, Macedonian Ruler, Formed Macedonian Empire Napoleon Bonaparte - French Emperor, Waged Napoleonic Wars Thomas Edison - American Scientist and inventor Antony van Leeuwenhoek - Scientist, Inventor of Microscope William TG Morton - Scientist, Invented Anaesthesia Gugilemo Marconi - Scientist, Invented Radio Plato - Greek Philosopher, Developed Platonism Oliver Cromwell - British Ruler Alexander Graham Bell - Scientist, Invented Telephone Alexander Fleming - Scientist, Invented Penicillin John Locke - British Philosopher, Developed Democratic Ideas Ludwig von Beethoven - Composer Werner Heisenberg - Scientist, Developed Quantum Physics Louis Dagurre - Scientist, Invented Photography Simon Bolivar - Latin American General and Statesman Rene Descrates - French Philosopher Michelangelo - Artist, Sculptor Pope Urban II - Pope of Roman Catholic Church, Called For Crusades ‘Umar ibn al - Khattab - Muslim Caliph, Expanded the Caliphate Asoka - Indian Emperor, Spread Buddhism St. Augustine - Christian Theologian William Harvey - Scientist, Developed Theories of Blood Circulation Ernest Rutherford - Scientist, Developed Subatomic Physics John Calvin - Christian Theologian, Developed Calvinism Gregor Mendel - Priest and Scientist, Advanced Genetics Max Planck - Scientist, Developed Therodynamics Joseph Lister - Scientist, Developed Antiseptic Methods Nikolaus August Otto - Scientist, Developed Internal Combustion Engine Francisco Pizarro - Spanish Adventurer, Conquered Inca Empire Hernando Cortes - Spanish Adventurer, Conquered Aztec Empire Thomas Jefferson - American Statesman Queen Isabella I - Queen of Spain, Sponsored Columbus’ Expeditions Julius Caesar - Roman General, Ended Roman Civil Wars William the Conquerer - Norman Duke and English King Sigmund Freud - Psychologist, Developed Freudian Psychology Edward Jenner - Scientist, Developed Vaccination for Smallpox William Conrad Roentgen - Scientist, Invented X-Ray Johann Sebastian Bach - Composer Lao Tzu - Chinese Philosopher, Founded Taoism Voltaire - French Philosopher Johannes Kepler - Scientist, Developed Theories of Planetary Motion Enrico Fermi - Scientist, Developed Atomic Bomb Leonhard Euler - Mathematician Jean - Jacques Rosseau - French Philosopher and Writer Nicoli Machiavelli - Political Theorist Thomas Malthus - Economist, Developed Malthusian Theory John F. Kennedy - American President, Originated Manned Mission to Moon Gregory Pincus - Scientist, Invented Birth-Control Pill Mani - Founder of Manichaeism V.I. Lenin - Russian Leader, Founded Communism in Russia Sui Wen Ti - Chinese Emperor, Reunited China Vasco de Gama - Explorer, Discovered Cape of Good Hope Cyrus the Great - Persian Emperor, Founded Persian Emperor Peter the Great - Russian Emperor, Modernized Russia Francis Bacon - Philosopher, Developed Scientific Method Henry Ford - American Industrialist, Developed Mass-Production Techniques Mencius - Chinese Philosopher, Expanded Confucianism Zoraster - Founder of Zorasterianism Queen Elizabeth I - Queen of England, Made England a Naval Power Mikhail Gorbachev - Soviet Leader, Liberalized and Helped Break Up USSR Menes - Egyptian Pharaoh, United Egypt Charlemagne - Frankish Monarch, Founder of Holy Roman Empire Homer - Greek Poet, Writer of Epics Justinian I - Byzantine Emperor, Recovered Much of Roman Empire Mahavira - Founder of Jainism Voting Genghis Khan. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808/100 "2010-04-21T00:29:50Z")
I vote for Moses. That burning bush? Pure psychosis. BUH-bye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-revised-one-hundred-most-influential-people-elimination-game/535808.md?page=6)