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Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:25:07 PM11/30/12
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Per Maxine's suggestion, here is a game in pictures, you guess who the person in the public eye is, it can be an historical figure or somebody of the current day, but somebody famous enough to be pretty well-known.. whoever guesses right, posts the next image.. I'll start.


cigs.jpg

snezanabr

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:34:56 PM11/30/12
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a musician?

Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:39:49 PM11/30/12
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No, he was a French aristocrat, politician and writer.

On Friday, November 30, 2012 4:34:56 PM UTC-6, snezanabr wrote:
a musician?

snezanabr

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:42:37 PM11/30/12
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and a bit more since it's Marquis de Sade, right?

Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:49:43 PM11/30/12
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The Marquis de Sade it is.. you're up! :)

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:52:47 PM11/30/12
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Good for you snezanabr (you are next); for a moment I thought it was Chateaubriand


snezanabr

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:52:59 PM11/30/12
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easy task i guess

snezanabr

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Nov 30, 2012, 5:55:10 PM11/30/12
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oops, of course, the url says it. forgot to upload it differently :)

snezanabr

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:03:38 PM11/30/12
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the floor's open for anyone willing to post, Diogenes won't mind i hope :)

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:22:13 PM11/30/12
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I made a change but I hope you will be fine with it.

He was French and very famous so I will say no more.


Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:22:25 PM11/30/12
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Since Diogenes of Sinope is my hero, I'll go again. Who is this?
pinocchio.jpg

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:27:00 PM11/30/12
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Got to go through my encyclopedia, first VF. :)

Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:27:21 PM11/30/12
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Oops, Maxine's above is the one to be guessed.. I posted mine without seeing another posted.

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:41:44 PM11/30/12
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Ok, here is my first clue--he was a very important novelist.

Violeta Iguchi

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:45:55 PM11/30/12
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Balzac?

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Nov 30, 2012, 6:54:46 PM11/30/12
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Well done, Violeta; would you care to post the next picture? :)

Violeta Iguchi

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Nov 30, 2012, 7:52:27 PM11/30/12
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I don't know how to insert a pic in here!

Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 7:54:46 PM11/30/12
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Just use the 'attach a file' link above or use the 'insert image' button to the left of the link button.
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Violeta Iguchi

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Nov 30, 2012, 8:00:42 PM11/30/12
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???.jpg

Vortexfugue

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Nov 30, 2012, 8:54:23 PM11/30/12
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Is that Alec Guinness?

Violeta Iguchi

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Nov 30, 2012, 9:09:59 PM11/30/12
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no, it's not...same generation tho....

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Is that Alec Guinness?

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 8:11:15 AM12/1/12
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Max von Sydow?

Violeta Iguchi

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Dec 1, 2012, 9:46:52 AM12/1/12
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Yes, twinpikes!  Your turn to post a photo....

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Max von Sydow?

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 9:59:28 AM12/1/12
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whoami.jpg

Violeta Iguchi

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Dec 1, 2012, 12:00:40 PM12/1/12
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is she a movie star?

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twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 12:10:11 PM12/1/12
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Yes, she was. Among other things.

Violeta Iguchi

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Dec 1, 2012, 12:32:04 PM12/1/12
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which other things?  ;-)

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 12:45:35 PM12/1/12
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Radio and TV as well.

Violeta Iguchi

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Dec 1, 2012, 1:01:30 PM12/1/12
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well, that was not much of a clue :-P  I dunno.....

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 2:29:26 PM12/1/12
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was she mostly in silent movies?

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 2:45:18 PM12/1/12
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No.

Hint: initials are AM (no, she is not antimatter)

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 2:46:35 PM12/1/12
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American?

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 2:51:13 PM12/1/12
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Yes, according to her bio. Born in Massachusetts.

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 2:58:43 PM12/1/12
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Agnes Moorehead?

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:03:07 PM12/1/12
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Yes!

Most people remember her a lot older.

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:05:41 PM12/1/12
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can't say that i remember her at all, just found her using the info you over-generously provided :)

who is this lady?
she.jpg

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:12:29 PM12/1/12
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European?

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:15:12 PM12/1/12
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yes. and she has a beautiful name.

twinpikes

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:30:22 PM12/1/12
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English by any chance? She has that fine-boned look about her.

snezanabr

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Dec 1, 2012, 3:45:13 PM12/1/12
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no, she was quite continental based.

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 3:30:21 AM12/2/12
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hint: she was Polish, with a really poetic name

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 3:43:57 AM12/2/12
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did i say poetic? yes, poetic.

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 5:19:11 AM12/2/12
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Wisława Szymborska?

Don't think I could pronounce it if my life depended on it!

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 5:50:05 AM12/2/12
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she's the one, yes.

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 7:12:27 AM12/2/12
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now, to get things maxed out:


shellgame.jpg

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 8:22:37 AM12/2/12
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looks like Anthony Perkins?

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 8:47:31 AM12/2/12
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mmm...no. Austrian.

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 8:57:30 AM12/2/12
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Maximilian Schell(game:) ?

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 8:59:23 AM12/2/12
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LOL! I was wondering if I threw too many clues in there!

maxed out...shellgame ;-)

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 9:08:35 AM12/2/12
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(too many, si, i won't be that generous. at least not straight away :)

three photos, not too much for such a personality.
who's he?
he.jpg
heh.jpg
hehe.jpg

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 9:18:28 AM12/2/12
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Fridjof Nansen? Dunno why, but this guy just says Norwegian to me.

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 9:21:14 AM12/2/12
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Bugger, misspelled his first name, Fridtjof

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 9:21:29 AM12/2/12
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nope, English he was.

twinpikes

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Dec 2, 2012, 10:54:40 AM12/2/12
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Explorer?

snezanabr

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Dec 2, 2012, 11:16:08 AM12/2/12
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yes, and a 'right-hand man' to another great man in the field

logicalOctopus

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Dec 3, 2012, 3:29:36 AM12/3/12
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I can't see the picture on this device, but based on him being an English explorer's assistant I'm gonna go ought on a limb and guess Richard burton?

snezanabr

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Dec 3, 2012, 6:04:28 AM12/3/12
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no actors currently involved

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Dec 3, 2012, 1:09:38 PM12/3/12
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One more clue please.

snezanabr

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Dec 3, 2012, 1:48:53 PM12/3/12
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here are two:
he was part of Heroic age
the word 'elephant' had a special meaning for him

snezanabr

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Dec 5, 2012, 5:49:42 PM12/5/12
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no wonder the name of this man is Frank Wild, he was part of an extraordinary adventure

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Dec 6, 2012, 10:25:14 AM12/6/12
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Sans titre-1.jpg

Maxine a.k.a Kapka

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Dec 6, 2012, 10:26:39 AM12/6/12
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One big clue is in the picture.

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