The History Book Club discussion
GAMES (JUST FOR FUN)
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LETS GET PERSONAL
1. The Mall of America, I believe it is in Minnesota. I mean how many malls can one go to and see the same stores?2. Mount Everest, simply because I do not believe I could physically climb it.
3. North Korea, only because of the present political turmoil. I am sure I would enjoy the culture and the people. There are not many places I would not go.
Who are your three favorite fictional characters?
Meg in
Madeleine L'EngleLawrence Waterhouse in
Neal StephensonFrancis Xavier Flynn in
's series.(This is just who comes to mind! I have MANY favorites! There are many authors for whom I could easily pick 3 favorites)
Name three world leaders (current or past) with whom you'd like to "have a beer" (or have dinner with)
Queen Elizabeth I, Winston Churchill, FDR.What three musical instruments do you play or wish you could play
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Tell me three restaurants you love and why.
The first two are local so will be meaningless except to those 15 members from my state.Twin Oaks (world's greatest pizza)
T&L Hot Dogs (the chili is hotter than the hinges of hell)
The Greenbrier (heavenly food and elegant surroundings)
If you could have been an observer, which three famous battles do you wish you could have seen
1. Thermopylae2. Trafalgar
3. Little Big Horn
Who are your three favourite generals or war leaders?
Eisenhower (as war leader, not so much as president)Genghis Khan (especially after reading
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Jack WeatherfordYamamoto
If you could give three pieces of advice to a young person today, what would they be?
Jill we must be related. I learned to drive on an 'A'.Learn to think for yourself. Be curious about everything. Do what you love. (And this is a hope, not advice - please, please be safe).
What are your three favorite places in the 'natural' world
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Twin Oaks (world's greatest pizza)
T&L Hot Dogs (the chili is hotter than the hinges of hell)
The Greenbrie..."
Absolutely know The Greenbrier so there.
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Your citation should look like this:
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Jack Weatherford
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Bora Bora
Ocracoke Island
Scotland
and a fourth would be the state of Maine (don't live there but wish I did)
Tell me your three favorite ice cream flavors.
Jamocha Almond, butter pecan, and of course, plain old chocolateTell me three favorite classic books
PeppermintBanana with walnuts (homemade)
Strawberry
Who Are Your 3 Favorite Poets?
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Favorite Classic Books
Hard Boiled
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Classic Winston Churchill
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Winston ChurchillClassic Children's Book
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Dr. SeussAnd three favorite poets - another impossible one
Robert Frost (conversational style)
William Wordsworth
Emily Dickinson
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Oops Tomerobber, I got there first ;)
Steamed mussels, linguini Pomo doro, glass of white wineTell me your three favorite birthdays
60 (I was at Battle Abbey)50 (I was in Paris)
21 (I don't remember where I was, but it was a great year, overall!)
What are your three favorite Hitchcock films
The Trouble With HarryFamily Plot
North by Northwest
What are your 3 favorite toys?
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OK. Ipad, Kindles, iPhone
Tell me your three favorite fruits.
MangosBlueberries
Fresh Peaches
What are your 3 favorite hobbies?
ReadingPlaying bridge
Tweeting
Tell me your 3 favorite vegetables
MushroomsBroccoli
Bean sprouts
Name three foods that you will not eat.
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I know I asked that question myself but let me answer it:
Brains of anything, Bugs, things I am not aware what the ingredients are or how it was cooked.
Tell me your three favorite colors for clothes
Someone told me I should wear autumn colors based on my hair color so:Deep orange
Green
Black (got to have a black dress)
Your three most admired Presidents
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First, George Washington because he was the first after the Constitution was ratified and even more importantly for his help as Commander in Chief and General before he was President. Where would be without a successful outcome there. Also being first and being President at that time in history meant that you were forging new directions and policies that had never been in place before - so you were also not only the leader but a pioneer. That must have been a difficult job especially for a fledgling country.
Second would have to be John Adams - also for much of what he did leading up to the country getting off the ground and then being the one who had to follow in the footsteps of GW. John Adams probably did more and sacrificed more than any of our founding fathers and we owe him much.
FDR - for what he had to accomplish and did during one of the most trying periods in our American history - all while being disabled but never acting like he was.
And if I had a 4th - it would be Wilson despite his lackluster performance on civil rights - I thought he made the country think beyond itself. If I had a 5th - I would throw in Clinton.
OK my question: tell me three people who you believe are disliked the world over who are living and why?
Do you have two more? It is a hard questions when you admire many of our Presidents.
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George W Bush - because when he left the presidency after two terms W decided that he was leaving the stage too and knew when to shut up and not hone in on what somebody else was doing. (I did not say anything about the presidency terms themselves) - But not getting into the middle of other people's decisions is a good thing unless you are asked by the person making the decision for input. If not asked, shut up.
Barack Obama - for stepping into one of the worst messes this country has ever found itself in after two wars and massive tax cuts probably since the great depression and for being able to make things better and not have us fall into an even bigger black hole. And keeping his cool at the same time.
My question still is:
Tell me three people who you believe are disliked the world over who are living and why?
Bentley wrote: "Hmmm you are jesting - I already went two over (smile)"You must have still been posting since only George Washington showed up!!!! My computer must be slow. Sorry about that.
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This one is easy:Kim Jung Un - NK
Bashar al-Assad - Syria
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Iran
All for the same reason.....they are killing off their own people, they are threatening the world with WMD, and they are basically mentally unbalanced.
Three most disliked people who are no longer living
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Ohhh that is harder....
1. Adolf Hitler
2. Chemical Ali in Iraq (Ali Hassan al-Majid)
3. Stalin
Alright let us get positive again:
Tell me the three most admired living women in the world
This sort of depends on what you mean by "most disliked" - disliked by the highest proportion, or most intensely disliked. But I'll just take a shotAdolf Hitler
Stalin.
Pol Pot
(I would have put Mao, but many in China still think well of him - far more than think well of the three on my list).
Name the three most overrated presidents
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But two of our choices were spot on.
Peter posted:
This sort of depends on what you mean by "most disliked" - disliked by the highest proportion, or most intensely disliked. But I'll just take a shot
Adolf Hitler
Stalin.
Pol Pot
(I would have put Mao, but many in China still think well of him - far more than think well of the three on my list).
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I am going to have to place my question as the one:
Tell me the three most admired living women in the world
You beat me to it, Bentley, by 2 minutes. And we agree on 2 of 3! I have a book 1000
byAgnes Hooper Gottlieb (no photo). It ranks the 1000 "most important" people between 1000 and 2000 AD. Each has a brief bio and a summary of the bio. For Stalin, the summary of the bio is one word: "Monster".
Hillary ClintonOprah Winfrey
Aung Sang Suu Kyi
Letting me re-ask
Name the three most overrated presidents
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1. Ronald Reagan (although I like him)
2. Harry Truman (I like him too)
3. Dwight Eisenhower (and the third one I like)
Tell me the three most admired living men in the world and why you believe each of your choices is one you named.
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Agnes Hooper Gottlieb
Bentley wrote: "This one will not win me friends or influence people:1. Ronald Reagan (although I like him)
2. Harry Truman (I like him too)
3. Dwight Eisenhower (and the third one I like)
Tell me the three mos..."
Do I hear hissing?????
This one is tough since it is worldwide.
1. Pope Francis - he has already began to gather admirers outside of the billion members of the Church
2. The Dalai Lama - a man of piety, wisdom, and serenity.
3. Billy Graham - he is so likeable and I have never doubted that his faith is from the heart.
Well, that's funny....all of mine were religious for some reason.
I don't think we have done this one.
The three most underrated Presidents
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1. Polk
2. James Monroe - always liked him
3. John Adams
Tell me three people (living) you would like to be pen pals with and why.
Interesting choices, Bentley. I would have picked Carter and Truman as two of mine. I don't know much about Polk.In answer to yours:
Neal Stephenson - first, the guy can *write*. Plus he's full of ideas on all sorts of topics I find interesting.
Melvin Konner - Konner, author of one my favorite books: The Tangled Wing, seems not only learned but wise.
Steven Pinker - Another polymath, who seems to soak up new fields of knowledge the way you or I might buy new pants.
Neal Stephenson
Melvin Konner(no cover)
Steven PinkerAnd your question makes mine easy:
Name three dead people who you would like to be pen-pals with (just assume they can answer!)
Gosh you guys ask hard questions.Flannery O'Connor, Cementine Churchill, Abigail Adams
if you could travel to the distant future, what three things would you hope to see
Getting the formatting right plays right into my learning disability - plus Goodreads doesn't make it easy, with it jumping around inside a post when you add a link, and jumping back to "link" from "photo". I guess I'll just have to check the text in the link.As to your question
World peace
An end to hunger
Everyone being judged on the content of their character and not the color of their skin, their beauty, their sex, their gender, their age etc. (Hat tip to Martin Luther King, Jr).
If you could magically have three skills that you don't have now, what would you pick and why?
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1.Sing because I like to sing but am not good at it.2.Tap dance like Ginger Rogers (and have a partner like Astaire) because I love to dance
3.Be able to talk to animals because I think they have things to say to us that we can't understand.
Name the three baseball players (dead or alive) who you think were the best
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1. Babe Ruth (every list has to have Babe Ruth on it)
2. Nolan Ryan
3. Ted Williams
Tell me three sporting activities you would or have taken part in.
I was athletic in my younger days but age takes it toll.1. Softball - I played first base and we actually went undefeated one year. Also broke my knee one year.
2. Track - Ran the 440. Actually won one time.
3. Bowling - does anyone bowl anymore?
The three scariest moments in your life
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Mrs. Robertson - my kindergarten teacher. She is my all time favorite because she is my Mother.
Dr. Opp - undergraduate school. He was perhaps the most eccentric person I ever met and one never knew what would happen in his class.
Mrs. Wyckoff - high school. She was very strict and very sophisticated. After I left high school I realized what a great teacher she was even though everyone was afraid of her.
Three places in this world you would never visit (the North and South Pole don't count)