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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#121 Post by Jamiet99uk » Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:33 pm

Or possibly he was some kind of celebrity taxidermist.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#122 Post by Octavious » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:37 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:33 pm
Hamish wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:23 pm
Bonatogether wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 6:15 pm
it would be easier if you knew his job :razz:
We spent a lot of questions on that. Maybe we should have started with more generic questions, but it's certainly not a job we've encountered before.
Maybe he was an insurance salesman specialising in policies for lobster fishermen.

Are there any famous southerners who did that for a living and managed to get on the cover of TIME magazine?
Didn't everyone feature on the cover of Time magazine back in 2006? And most of them were alive in the 1900s
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#123 Post by Jamiet99uk » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:38 pm

Octavious wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:37 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:33 pm
Hamish wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:23 pm


We spent a lot of questions on that. Maybe we should have started with more generic questions, but it's certainly not a job we've encountered before.
Maybe he was an insurance salesman specialising in policies for lobster fishermen.

Are there any famous southerners who did that for a living and managed to get on the cover of TIME magazine?
Didn't everyone feature on the cover of Time magazine back in 2006? And most of them were alive in the 1900s
"Everyone"?
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#124 Post by JECE » Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:58 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:38 pm
Octavious wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 9:37 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Dec 08, 2022 8:33 pm
Maybe he was an insurance salesman specialising in policies for lobster fishermen.

Are there any famous southerners who did that for a living and managed to get on the cover of TIME magazine?
Didn't everyone feature on the cover of Time magazine back in 2006? And most of them were alive in the 1900s
"Everyone"?
The famous "You" cover.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#125 Post by Bonatogether » Thu Dec 08, 2022 10:20 pm

I was not thinking of the 'you' cover. The intended meaning of the answer (and the question, I believe, as I don't think anyone would ask a question that would result in one possible answer) is that an image of the person was on the cover of TIME magazine

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#126 Post by DougJoe » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:42 am

What does the group here think about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart?

He did a lot of little things (lots of stores) but is known for his one big chain. He's associated with the south (Wal-Mart started in Arkansas). He was on the cover of Time on June 15, 1990.

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#127 Post by DougJoe » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:44 am

DougJoe wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:42 am
What does the group here think about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart?

He did a lot of little things (lots of stores) but is known for his one big chain. He's associated with the south (Wal-Mart started in Arkansas). He was on the cover of Time on June 15, 1990.
Also, I can't find any evidence that a movie was made about him - a couple of TV things, but no movie...

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#128 Post by damo666 » Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:50 am

DougJoe wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:42 am
What does the group here think about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart?

He did a lot of little things (lots of stores) but is known for his one big chain. He's associated with the south (Wal-Mart started in Arkansas). He was on the cover of Time on June 15, 1990.
Fails.

Our suspect did not serve in the military.

Walton was a Captain in WW2
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#129 Post by DougJoe » Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:57 am

damo666 wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:50 am
DougJoe wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:42 am
What does the group here think about Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart?

He did a lot of little things (lots of stores) but is known for his one big chain. He's associated with the south (Wal-Mart started in Arkansas). He was on the cover of Time on June 15, 1990.
Fails.

Our suspect did not serve in the military.

Walton was a Captain in WW2
Dunno how I missed that on the wikipedia page, thanks for the double check.

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#130 Post by DougJoe » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:29 am

I looked through the rest of the '90s and didn't really find anyone else whom I thought fit... I wouldn't mind having someone else doing a double-check.

On to the 80's.

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#131 Post by President Eden » Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:09 am

my free guess is Tennessee Williams

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#132 Post by Bonatogether » Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:14 am

President Eden wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:09 am
my free guess is Tennessee Williams
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#133 Post by JECE » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:59 pm

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my free guess is Tennessee Williams
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#134 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:07 pm

JECE wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:59 pm
President Eden wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:09 am
my free guess is Tennessee Williams
If I'm reading the rules correctly, there are no more free guesses.
No, we've got at least one left.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#135 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:08 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:07 pm
JECE wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:59 pm
President Eden wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 4:09 am
my free guess is Tennessee Williams
If I'm reading the rules correctly, there are no more free guesses.
No, we've got at least one left.
Oh sorry, JECE, you are right.

We're at the point of having three FORMAL guesses and then we lose.

Tennessee Williams was an official guess.

So we have two guesses, full stop, and if neither of those is right, Bona has defeated us.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#136 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:27 pm

The rule is:

After all 20 questions are up, three total guesses are allowed.

We've used one final guess. JECE had it right.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#137 Post by President Eden » Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:38 pm

oh

my bad guys, i misread :cry:

i didn't mean for that to be an official guess

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#138 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:46 pm

It's ok because you might as well have a go. We're not close to success on this one at all.
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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#139 Post by DougJoe » Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:40 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Dec 09, 2022 6:46 pm
It's ok because you might as well have a go. We're not close to success on this one at all.
Yeah, I did a quick sweep of the 80's last night and didn't really feel like I found anyone that really fit the mold. (Again, someone else can feel free to do the same).

Dan Rather was kind of interesting, but not sure if a news anchor falls under "entertainer" and not sure if he's associated with the south enough (he was from Texas and famously covered the JFK assassination).

T Boone Pickens was also kind of interesting, but again, not sure how "associated with the south" he is (he was from Oklahoma and did business there, but he was a corporate raider and that seems like "finance" which was ruled out. (He also was on a college basketball, which I'm not sure if also disqualifies him due to sportsman.)

Maybe I'll look at the 70's later.

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Re: XX Questions, Game LXII

#140 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Dec 09, 2022 7:49 pm

@Bonatogether:

Can we have one clue?
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