# Whose Scott of Great Scott?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 10, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284 "1999-12-10T22:17:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)
#### Post date: [December 10, 1999, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/1 "1999-12-10T22:17:00Z")
I mean it’s this crazy declaritive, so who is this Scott anywa and what makes him so great?
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### Author:  [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)
#### Post date: [December 10, 1999, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/2 "1999-12-10T22:24:00Z")
I believe it’s the British explorer Robert Scott, who explored Antarctica.
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“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
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### Author:  [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)
#### Post date: [December 10, 1999, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/3 "1999-12-10T22:29:00Z")
Oh, for Pete’s sake! What a silly question! Heavens to Betsy!
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Elmer J. Fudd,
Millionaire.
I own a mansion and a yacht.
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### Author:  [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)
#### Post date: [December 10, 1999, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/4 "1999-12-10T23:12:00Z")
Or should I say “Doctor VON Scott!”
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 10, 1999, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/5 "1999-12-10T23:41:00Z")
## C’mon, c’mon, we have to pick up on our cues better than that…let’s try it again…
“WHO?!?”
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### Author:  [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)
#### Post date: [December 11, 1999, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/6 "1999-12-11T00:28:00Z")
Ahem.
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### Author:  [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)
#### Post date: [December 11, 1999, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/7 "1999-12-11T00:31:00Z")
“Who’s”
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [December 11, 1999, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/8 "1999-12-11T00:50:00Z")
He’s my Scott. Scotta go now.
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### Author:  [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)
#### Post date: [December 11, 1999, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/9 "1999-12-11T04:56:00Z")
I believe he’s related to Mother MacCree.
DHR
_God . . . bless America!_
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### Author:  [@HeadlessCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeadlessCow)
#### Post date: [December 11, 1999, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/10 "1999-12-11T06:39:00Z")
Great Scott refers to Jack Scott a famous columnist…or at least famous enough to get his own book.
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### Author:  [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 12, 1999, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-scott-of-great-scott/5284/11 "1999-12-12T14:39:00Z")
Bonnie Prince Charlie. So refered to, 'cause the Brits made it a crime to discuss him after he lost his abortive little rebellion.
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