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Gareth Owen
Jul 30, 2016, 7:05:04 AM7/30/16
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Please Identify :
1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
11. 27th US President.
12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
any more).
1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
11. 27th US President.
12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
any more).
Erland Sommarskog
Jul 30, 2016, 7:38:45 AM7/30/16
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Gareth Owen (gwo...@gmail.com) writes:
> Please Identify :
With the risk of scoring a zero slate:
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
Gutenberg
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
Gallileo
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
Kellog
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
Harold Pinter
> 11. 27th US President.
McKinley
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows
> I'm Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like
> that any more).
Let's all be happy for that. I've two albums with The Smiths, but I will
have to that I find Morrisey to be one of those pretentious guys that
take himself far too seriously.
(I do have "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", but only with Act, in a
50-plus re-release box of their "Laughters, Tears and Rage".)
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Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
> Please Identify :
With the risk of scoring a zero slate:
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 11. 27th US President.
McKinley
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows
> I'm Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like
> that any more).
have to that I find Morrisey to be one of those pretentious guys that
take himself far too seriously.
(I do have "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now", but only with Act, in a
50-plus re-release box of their "Laughters, Tears and Rage".)
--
Erland Sommarskog, Stockholm, esq...@sommarskog.se
Gareth Owen
Jul 30, 2016, 8:42:56 AM7/30/16
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Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> writes:
> Let's all be happy for that. I've two albums with The Smiths, but I will
> have to that I find Morrisey to be one of those pretentious guys that
> take himself far too seriously.
Oh, he's insufferable. But those records are *brilliant*.
> Let's all be happy for that. I've two albums with The Smiths, but I will
> have to that I find Morrisey to be one of those pretentious guys that
> take himself far too seriously.
swp
Jul 30, 2016, 11:00:42 AM7/30/16
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On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 7:05:04 AM UTC-4, Gareth Owen wrote:
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
william shakespeare
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
so I will go with william herschel (didn't know about his sister)
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
william howard taft
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
swp (the w is for william)
p.s. not bad for a guy who just turned 51 today.
Dan Blum
Jul 30, 2016, 11:08:56 AM7/30/16
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Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please Identify :
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
William Shakespeare
> Please Identify :
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
William Howard Taft
--
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"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
Mark Brader
Jul 30, 2016, 12:15:59 PM7/30/16
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Gareth Owen:
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
William Herschel.
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
William Hurt.
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
William Shatner.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
William Burnside?
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
William Onside. :-)
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
William Kellogg.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
William Faulkner.
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
King William I of England.
> 11. 27th US President.
William Taft.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Well, I'm back", he said.
m...@vex.net -- Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
William Shakespeare.
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
William Taft.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Well, I'm back", he said.
m...@vex.net -- Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings)
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Peter Smyth
Jul 30, 2016, 1:45:17 PM7/30/16
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Gareth Owen wrote:
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
William Shakespeare
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
William Herschel
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in
> SuperBowl XX.
William Perry
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in
> SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
William the Conqueror
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
William Taft
William Taft
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven
> Knows I'm Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release
> singles like that any more).
Peter Smyth
> Knows I'm Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release
> singles like that any more).
Dan Tilque
Jul 30, 2016, 7:10:28 PM7/30/16
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Gareth Owen wrote:
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
Shakespeare
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
Taft
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
Dan Tilque
Marc Dashevsky
Jul 31, 2016, 4:45:24 AM7/31/16
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In article <87y44jf...@gmail.com>, gwo...@gmail.com says...
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
William "The Refrigerator" Perry
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
William Kellogg
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
William Faulkner
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
William Howard Taft
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
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Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
>
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
William Hurt
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address.
Calvin
Jul 31, 2016, 7:22:31 PM7/31/16
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On Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 9:05:04 PM UTC+10, Gareth Owen wrote:
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
Shakespeare
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
Wilson
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
cheers,
calvin
Pete
Jul 31, 2016, 8:02:48 PM7/31/16
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Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> wrote in news:87y44jf...@gmail.com:
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
Shakespeare
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
William Hurt
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
William Shatner
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
Sherman
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in
> SuperBowl XX.
Perry
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
Kellogg
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
William of Orange
> 11. 27th US President.
Taft
> Please Identify :
>
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in
> SuperBowl XX.
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
> 11. 27th US President.
Taft
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven
> Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like
> that any more).
>
Pete Gayde
> Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like
> that any more).
>
Gareth Owen
Aug 6, 2016, 3:57:24 PM8/6/16
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Gareth Owen <gwo...@gmail.com> writes:
> Please Identify :
As most people recognised, this was a collection of noteworthy "William"s
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
William Shakespeare - the wife being Anne Hathaway
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
Caxton - the first book printed in English
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
William Herschel - better known for discovering Uranus
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
William Hurt
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
William Shatner - Hunter played Christopher Pike in the original TV
Pilot for Star Trek
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
William Tecumsah Sherman - later the Union General who scorched his way
across the South at the end of US Civil War
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl
> XX.
William "The Refrigerator" Perry - one of the largest personality on a
Bears team that kerb-stomped the Patriots
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
William Kellog
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
William Faulkner
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
William, Duke of Normandy (William I of England, William the Conqueror)
- the Battle of Hastings guy
> 11. 27th US President.
William Howard Taft - his father had been Attorney General, he would
later be Chief Justice
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
"William, It Was Really Nothing"
Scoring
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
swp 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10
Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 10
Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 8
Peter Smyth 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7
Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Calvin 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Pete 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
A tie between Dan Blum and swp - in the absence of a stated tie break I
note that
i) swp had the foresight to have "William" as a middle name (as do I)
ii) Dan set Rotating Quiz 225
So I declare that SWP is in chair for RQ#227
Thanks for playing.
> Please Identify :
As most people recognised, this was a collection of noteworthy "William"s
> 1. Willed his second best bed to wife Anne
> 2. Printed "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" around 1475
> 3. With his sister Caroline discovered the sixth and seventh moons of
> Saturn
> 4. Won best actor Oscar for "Kiss of the Spider Woman".
> 5. Succeeded Jeffrey Hunter in role of Captain.
Pilot for Star Trek
> 6. Colonel in the 13th US Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Bull
> Run.
across the South at the end of US Civil War
> 7. Defensive Lineman who scored an offensive touchdown in SuperBowl
> XX.
Bears team that kerb-stomped the Patriots
> 8. Founder of Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.
> 9. Nobel Prize winning author of "As I Lay Dying"
> 10. Landed at Pevensey, defeated Harold Godwinson.
- the Battle of Hastings guy
> 11. 27th US President.
William Howard Taft - his father had been Attorney General, he would
later be Chief Justice
> 12. Fifth single by The Smiths, with "How Soon Is Now" and "Heaven Knows I'm
> Miserable Now" on the flip side. (They don't release singles like that
> any more).
Scoring
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Erland Sommarskog 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
swp 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 10
Dan Blum 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 10
Mark Brader 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 8
Peter Smyth 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5
Dan Tilque 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7
Marc Dashevsky 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Calvin 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3
Pete 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 7
A tie between Dan Blum and swp - in the absence of a stated tie break I
note that
i) swp had the foresight to have "William" as a middle name (as do I)
ii) Dan set Rotating Quiz 225
So I declare that SWP is in chair for RQ#227
Thanks for playing.
swp
Aug 6, 2016, 7:07:37 PM8/6/16
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