History Buff Challenge! Who am I?

[Shiane]

Who am I? A new little game for all you history buffs.

You find a person in history and write a brief description about them without revealing the obvious and everyone else gets to try and figure out who this person is. The person who guesses correctly gets to write the next historical biography. You can write about the person, something they did, or accomplished.

Good Luck!


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I was an acomplished writer at a very early age. I had 17 brothers and sisters. Some of them famous, and some not. I am the 10th and the 15th son, I was born in the early 1700's. Several of my writings were under quiet pen names I am, ever, yours most affectionately...... I worked in a couple of London's printing houses. I had a common law marriage and had 2 children. I purchased a little New england paper and made it very successful. I started a public library too. I was quite poor until I wrote a yearly publication. You can get a similar publication today which gives seasonal forecast and household hints. I have ben called industrious and frugal, my discussions compared to Socrates. My aim is moral perfection. I am very intelligent, multilingual, inventive, philosophical, with a bright and friendly personality that is unmatched in today's political ring. I have in my life had many accomplishments. Who Am I?
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[confusedman]

Who am I? A new little game for all you history buffs.

You find a person in history and write a brief description about them without revealing the obvious and everyone else gets to try and figure out who this person is. The person who guesses correctly gets to write the next historical biography. You can write about the person, something they did, or accomplished.

Good Luck!


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I was an acomplished writer at a very early age. I had 17 brothers and sisters. Some of them famous, and some not. I am the 10th and the 15th son, I was born in the early 1700's. Several of my writings were under quiet pen names I am, ever, yours most affectionately...... I worked in a couple of London's printing houses. I had a common law marriage and had 2 children. I purchased a little New england paper and made it very successful. I started a public library too. I was quite poor until I wrote a yearly publication. You can get a similar publication today which gives seasonal forecast and household hints. I have ben called industrious and frugal, my discussions compared to Socrates. My aim is moral perfection. I am very intelligent, multilingual, inventive, philosophical, with a bright and friendly personality that is unmatched in today's political ring. I have in my life had many accomplishments. Who Am I?
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If memory serves...that would be Mr. Benjamin Franklin...

[Shiane]

If memory serves...that would be Mr. Benjamin Franklin...



Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! Good job confused! :55


I hope you all enjoy this thread! :kk

Ok Confused now it is your turn to try and stump the audience!

[confusedman]

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! Good job confused! :55


I hope you all enjoy this thread! :kk

Ok Confused now it is your turn to try and stump the audience!

Alrighty...this renowned world leader won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. This person had an independent and rebellious nature and generally did poorly in school, for which he was punished. He
described himself as having a "speech impediment," which he consistently worked to overcome; after many years, he finally stated, "My impediment is no hindrance". When he finished training he asked to be posted to an area of action[/url] and was transferred to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay"]Bombay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources), India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India). He was one of the best polo players in his regiment and led his team to many prestigious tournament victories. He is cited as having said at one time ""Whether it was worth it I cannot tell. At any rate, after a fortnight, the valley was a desert, and honour was satisfied. A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails and then asks you not to kill him". Who was he?

[Annie]

Alrighty...this renowned world leader won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. This person had an independent and rebellious nature and generally did poorly in school, for which he was punished. He
described himself as having a "speech impediment," which he consistently worked to overcome; after many years, he finally stated, "My impediment is no hindrance". When he finished training he asked to be posted to an area of action and was transferred to Bombay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay), India (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India). He was one of the best polo players in his regiment and led his team to many prestigious tournament victories. He is cited as having said at one time ""Whether it was worth it I cannot tell. At any rate, after a fortnight, the valley was a desert, and honour was satisfied. A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails and then asks you not to kill him". Who was he?

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"

[Milk]

Nice thread you started here.

[Shiane]

New Rule:
I know it is hard to be here 24/7 to monitor correct responses. I noticed there is quite a large time gap, so in order for everyone to be able to play at their convenience. If there is a time gap between acknowledging if a response is correct or a time gap after a correct response and a new clue is has not been written, feel free to skip that one and move on to a new one.

[Shiane]

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill

"for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"


Annie you are correct! Good job! :55

[Shiane]

I will not be here for several days so I will leave the correct answer with someone who can monitor this thread.


I was born in 1811. I have published atleast 10 adult novels, but I am most famous for one. It started as a serial for the Washington anti-slave weekly. Although controversial, it was written from my own personal experiences. I predated works like Mark Twain. Legend has it that Lincoln greeted me once as "the little lady who made this big war".

Who I am?

[Milk]

harriet tubman? or harriet beacher stowe (uncle tom's cabin)

[confusedman]

Totally my bad here...sorry bout that. Of course folks should know they should always trust Annie ;). She was dead on right!

[Shiane]

harriet tubman? or harriet beacher stowe (uncle tom's cabin)


LOL It is Harriet Beecher Stowe!

Harriet Tubman was the famous conductor of the underground railroad!

Good job Milk, the floor is yours! :55

[Shiane]

Totally my bad here...sorry bout that. Of course folks should know they should always trust Annie ;). She was dead on right!

Uh huh she is da bomb when it comes to history!

:kk psst thanks confused!

[Annie]

She was Queen of Persia. She lied about her true identity in order to become Queen. She replaced Queen Vashti.

[Shiane]

She was Queen of Persia. She lied about her true identity in order to become Queen. She replaced Queen Vashti.



Queen Esther

[Shiane]

I am the only First Lady who kept her maiden name?

[spare_change]

I am the only First Lady who kept her maiden name?


She married Clinton in 1975, retained her maiden name, and bore their only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton, on February 27, 1980.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2044.html

[spare_change]

He is the official "State Hero of Connecticut", and was born in Coventry, Connecticut. In 1769, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch to Yale University.

[Laurie Ann]

He is the official "State Hero of Connecticut", and was born in Coventry, Connecticut. In 1769, when he was fourteen years old, he was sent with his brother Enoch to Yale University.

Nathan Hale

My person was born in 1954 in Columbia, Mississippi, in the heart of the racially-charged South. Along with exploring, fishing, and hiking, he and his brother became involved in every sport they could. He played football his first three years at all-black John Jefferson High. His senior year, the decision was made to integrate Columbia High, and he made that transition seamlessly. Continuing on, he enrolled at Jackson State. He excelled and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting. By early 1975, the big city and the NFL beckoned. With the fourth pick in the 1975 NFL draft, the Bears selected him. Chicago's running game hadn't been the same since Gale Sayers' retirement due to injuries in 1971. Sadly, he faced the media in Chicago in 1999 to announce that he had been diagnosed with PSC (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis), a condition that may lead to cancer of the bile ducts in the liver. During October of that year, rumors and speculation ran rampant in the press about Payton's condition, until November 1st, when it was announced he had passed away.

[spare_change]

Walter Payton -- only the greatest running back to ever set foot on a football field!

My historical figure's literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899), an account of the campaign in the Sudan and the Battle of Omdurman. In 1900, he published his only novel, Savrola, and, six years later, his first major work, the biography of his father.

By the way, his middle names were Leonard Spencer.

[Laurie Ann]

My historical figure's literary career began with campaign reports: The Story of the Malakand Field Force (1898) and The River War (1899), an account of the campaign in the Sudan and the Battle of Omdurman. In 1900, he published his only novel, Savrola, and, six years later, his first major work, the biography of his father.

By the way, his middle names were Leonard Spencer.


Sir Winston Churchill

This person, who died in 1996, came from a poverty-stricken background. She was abandoned by her father, possibly abused by her stepfather and lived on the streets as a teenager. As a club singer she had to contend with racism, sexism and advances from predatory men. But in the 1950s, just when Billie Holiday, from a similar background, was falling toward drug addiction and a sordid death, this woman escaped the seeming inevitability of that fate. Her songbook albums relaunched her career in a new direction, and she became a beloved figure in American jazz, known for her musical precision and luminous clarity.

[Milk]

Ella Fitzgerald

[Shiane]

She married Clinton in 1975, retained her maiden name, and bore their only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton, on February 27, 1980.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2044.html


Actually I was thinking of Eleanor Roosevelt....... she married her 5th cousin Franklin Roosevelt.

[spare_change]

He dated celebrities, sometimes wore sandals in the House of Commons, was accused of using an obscenity during debate there, and once did a pirouette behind the back of Queen Elizabeth II.

[christinalee]

He dated celebrities, sometimes wore sandals in the House of Commons, was accused of using an obscenity during debate there, and once did a pirouette behind the back of Queen Elizabeth II.

Pierre Elliott Trudeau?

[SexyCowgirl]

well, I have nothing useful to add, except, wow, I am awful at history!

[spare_change]

Pierre Elliott Trudeau?


Very good!

[spare_change]

Her father was a scholarly man more interested in music and culture than in public life. Her mother, a dressmaker who grew up in an orphanage, is a Trinidadian from the town of Baliuag, Bulacan, famed for the charm of its women. She spent her childhood in the shadow of the Malacañang Palace, since her family then lived near San Miguel Church. After his wife died, and their home foreclosed, her father moved his family back to Leyte to live with relatives, where she earned a bachelor's degree in education at St Paul's College.

She also became a beauty queen. At the age of 18, she was crowned the "Rose of Tacloban," became "Miss Leyte",

[Laurie Ann]

Her father was a scholarly man more interested in music and culture than in public life. Her mother, a dressmaker who grew up in an orphanage, is a Trinidadian from the town of Baliuag, Bulacan, famed for the charm of its women. She spent her childhood in the shadow of the Malacañang Palace, since her family then lived near San Miguel Church. After his wife died, and their home foreclosed, her father moved his family back to Leyte to live with relatives, where she earned a bachelor's degree in education at St Paul's College.

She also became a beauty queen. At the age of 18, she was crowned the "Rose of Tacloban," became "Miss Leyte",


Ahhhhh ... does she LOVE shoes??? This woman is my IDOL!!! ;) None other than Imelda Marcos ...

This man was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting

[spare_change]

Ahhhhh ... does she LOVE shoes??? This woman is my IDOL!!! ;) None other than Imelda Marcos ...

:lmao :lmao

[Laurie Ann]

Sorry ... added this in late in my last post.

This man was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting

[spare_change]

Sorry ... added this in late in my last post.

This man was a founder of French Impressionist painting, and the most consistent and prolific practitioner of the movement's philosophy of expressing one's perceptions before nature, especially as applied to plein-air landscape painting

Claude Monet!



After gaining experience along the Santa Fe Trail and in Mexico on various expeditions, my historical figure signed on with Ewing Young and forty other fur men in the Spring of 1829, his first official outing as a trapper. The journey took the band into unexplored Apache country along the Gila River. Ewing's group was approached and attacked by Apache Indians. It was during this encounter that he shot and killed one of the attacking Indians, the first time circumstances required him to act in a way that resulted in another's death.

He attended an annual mountain man rendezvous during the summer of 1835 (at age 24) which was held that year along the Green River in southwestern Wyoming. He became interested in an Arapahoe woman whose name was Singing Grass (Waa-ni-beh), whose tribe was camped nearby. Singing Grass is said to have been popular at the rendevous, and also caught the attention of a French-Canadian trapper, Joseph Chouinard. When Singing Grass chose him over Chouinard, the rejected suitor became belligerent. Chouinard is reported to have disrupted the camp, and finally it seems he could tolerate the situation no longer. Words between the two were exchanged, and he and Chouinard charged each other on horses with drawn pistols: he blew off the thumb of his opponent, while Chouinard's shot missed. This incident is said to have made him renowned among the mountain men, but was considered to be uncharacteristic conduct for him.

[christinalee]

Kit Carson

[christinalee]

He boxed professionally during his youth, was a pool hustler, enjoyed watching football and was at times a part owner of the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Rams. He was also famous for his interest in golf. He played in a few PGA Tour events. He played golf with nearly every President of the United States from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George W. Bush. But mostly he's known for his movie career, and his comidy, and for his USO tours.

[suzie147]

She married Clinton in 1975, retained her maiden name, and bore their only child, Chelsea Victoria Clinton, on February 27, 1980.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2044.html
There was a whole thread on her - Good old Hillary... now running for the Democratic nomination for President...

Imagine that - a woman president... about time!

[Milk]

Bob Hope ?

[Laurie Ann]

Bob Hope ?


Wow! Good for you! I never would have gotten that one ...

She cleared Superior, Wisconsin, on her last trip on November 9, 1975, with a cargo of 26,116 tons of taconite pellets consigned to Detroit. Traveling down Lake Superior in company with ARTHUR M. ANDERSON of the United States Steel Corporation's Great Lakes Fleet, she encountered heavy weather and in the early evening of November 10th, suddenly foundered approximately 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay (47º North Latitude, 85º 7' West Longitude)

Captain McSorley had indicated he was having difficulty and was taking on water. She was listing to port and had two of three ballast pumps working. She had lost her radar and damage was noted to ballast tank vent pipes and he was overheard on the radio saying, "don't allow nobody (sic) on deck." McSorley said it was the worst storm he had ever seen. All 29 officers and crew, including a Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadet, went down with the ship, which lies broken in two sections in 530 feet of water.

If you have never been to the site where this happened, you should make the trip. Probably one of the most beautiful, albeit dangerous, bodies of water anywhere in the world.

[confusedman]

Wow! Good for you! I never would have gotten that one ...

She cleared Superior, Wisconsin, on her last trip on November 9, 1975, with a cargo of 26,116 tons of taconite pellets consigned to Detroit. Traveling down Lake Superior in company with ARTHUR M. ANDERSON of the United States Steel Corporation's Great Lakes Fleet, she encountered heavy weather and in the early evening of November 10th, suddenly foundered approximately 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay (47º North Latitude, 85º 7' West Longitude)

Captain McSorley had indicated he was having difficulty and was taking on water. She was listing to port and had two of three ballast pumps working. She had lost her radar and damage was noted to ballast tank vent pipes and he was overheard on the radio saying, "don't allow nobody (sic) on deck." McSorley said it was the worst storm he had ever seen. All 29 officers and crew, including a Great Lakes Maritime Academy cadet, went down with the ship, which lies broken in two sections in 530 feet of water.

If you have never been to the site where this happened, you should make the trip. Probably one of the most beautiful, albeit dangerous, bodies of water anywhere in the world.

quite possibly one of the greatest songs ever written about this vessel...the Edmund Fitzgerald?

[confusedman]

He was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765, the eldest child of his father, a prosperous farmer, and his mother of Westborough. Very early in life he demonstrated his mechanical genius and entrepreneurial acumen, operating a profitable nail manufacturing operation in his father's workshop during the American Revolution. Because his step-mother opposed his wish to attend college, he worked as a farm laborer and schoolteacher to save money. He prepared for Yale under the tutelage of Rev. Elizur Goodrich of Durham, Connecticut and entered the Class of 1792.

This person expected to study law but, finding himself short of funds on graduation, accepted an offer to go to South Carolina as a private tutor. Instead of reaching his destination, he was convinced to visit Georgia. In the closing years of the eighteenth century, Georgia was a magnet for New Englanders seeking their fortunes (its Revolutionary era governor had been Lyman Hall, a migrant from Connecticut). When he initially sailed for South Carolina, among his shipmates was the widow and family of Revolutionary hero, General Nathanael Greene of Rhode Island. Mrs. Greene invited him to visit her Georgia plantation, Mulberry Grove. Her plantation manager and husband-to-be was Phineas Miller, another Connecticut migrant and Yale graduate (Class of 1785), who would become this person's business partner.

Somewhat ironically, this person's two most famous innovations would divide the country in the mid-19th century.

[christinalee]

Bob Hope ? yes! good job!

[Shiane]

He was born in Westborough, Massachusetts, on December 8, 1765, the eldest child of his father, a prosperous farmer, and his mother of Westborough. .

Somewhat ironically, this person's two most famous innovations would divide the country in the mid-19th century.


Eli Whitney

[confusedman]

Eli Whitney

You are too good at this Shiane!!! Your turn!

[Shiane]

Born in the mid 1800's he started out as a dentist and then became a famous gambler and gunfighter. Wyatt Earp proclaimed this "He was the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw."

Who am I?

[christinalee]

Born in the mid 1800's he started out as a dentist and then became a famous gambler and gunfighter. Wyatt Earp proclaimed this "He was the most skillful gambler, and the nerviest, fastest, deadliest man with a six-gun I ever saw."

Who am I?
I'm guess "Doc" Holliday But I have no idea what his real name was

[Laurie Ann]

I'm guess "Doc" Holliday But I have no idea what his real name was


I would have guessed Kenny Rogers, but since you gave me most of it, Dr. John Henry, was Doc's real name. :)

[Shiane]

I'm guess "Doc" Holliday But I have no idea what his real name was


Absolutely correct! :55

[unctarheel_32]

He had TB thats why his dentist practice fail through

[unctarheel_32]

I was a 21 yr.old gunfighter who was shot in the back by Pat garrett

[DoratheExplorer]

I believe William the Younger is his formal title. :D

This former president was on the debate team and football team, went to school in California and North Carolina, and actually broke into one of his school's registrar offices to check out his grades before they were officially released. He accidentally set fire to his house (the dining room) and was quoted as saying " Oh XXX (his wife) is going to be pissed about this." He also had a very famous picture taken with a rock-n-roll icon who was later found dead in his bathroom.

Who am I?

[BobbyDigital]

Just a guess - Nixon?

[Newenglandman]

It is Nixon.....

[Newenglandman]

He was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and considered America's first spy.

Who am I?

Bonus points if you know his last words....

[spare_change]

He was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and considered America's first spy.

Who am I?

Bonus points if you know his last words....


Nathan Hale --- "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

[Newenglandman]

Nathan Hale --- "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."

Yes it is..... :55


Now, what "Fort" was Bendict Arnold planning on turning over to the British????

[Cotties]

West PointYes it is..... :55


Now, what "Fort" was Bendict Arnold planning on turning over to the British????

[Newenglandman]

West Point

Yup!!!! :55 I am making them tooooo easy!! :D

How about this:

What branch of the service has never issued the Congressional Medal of Honor?
(this is a question that splits hairs)

[Cotties]

I couldn't find an answer...give up!!!!what branch?Yup!!!! :55 I am making them tooooo easy!! :D

How about this:

What branch of the service has never issued the Congressional Medal of Honor?
(this is a question that splits hairs)

[OICurready4me]

Yup!!!! :55 I am making them tooooo easy!! :D

How about this:

What branch of the service has never issued the Congressional Medal of Honor?
(this is a question that splits hairs)

The Coast Guard has only issued one, in 1942. But all other branches of the service have issued at least 17.

[Newenglandman]

Actually.... the Coast Guard has never issued one. When they did issue that in 1942, they are part of the US Navy during war time so the answer is------ the US Coast Guard!