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[Will]

9. Proponent of Neo Platonism.

[Jim]

Leonardo DaVinci?

[Will]

You got it. Just in time; I have to work, now. Have fun.

[Jim]

You posted so many clues & so fast! No wonder I got it.

Now I have to come up with one. Give me a bit.

[Jim]

Person
1. His name is often preceded by 'mad'.
2. Accomplished surfer
3. Known for using old weapons in battle.
4. Qualified to jump at 40.

[Jim]

Person
1. His name is often preceded by 'mad'.
2. Accomplished surfer
3. Known for using old weapons in battle.
4. Qualified to jump at 40.
5. Defended a Jewish medical convoy from an Arab ambush.

[Jim]

I'm not sure when I'm going to get back on. Hopefully later tonight, so I'll leave another clue to chew on.

Person
1. His name is often preceded by 'mad'.
2. Accomplished surfer
3. Known for using old weapons in battle.
4. Qualified to jump at 40.
5. Defended a Jewish medical convoy from an Arab ambush.
6. Credited with capturing 42 men single handedly (may have had 1 person helping him).

[Will]

That must be it. Fighting Jack reportedly was disappointed WWII ended so abruptly. "It could have lasted ten more years if the Americans hadn't intervened."

If I were you, Marco; I'd take it and start another game. Jim won't mind; he's working, as I should be.

[Will]

Never mind; it's past five where Jim is. He should be back to confirm soon. I know that's gotta be it.

"Old weapons" were bow and arrow.

[Jim]

You guys figured it out. Sorry I couldn't get back to the computer last night.

[Will]

It's not an opera and doesn't fit Blue Alien that I can imagine but the 3rd Act of Hamlet deals with madness. Just a wild guess.

[Will]

The fifth element is Boron, or ether, or a musical group, or....

Blue Alien is a musical group, or a UFO web site, or....

An opera?

[Will]

Maybe space opera. Robert William Cole's "The Struggle for Empire: A Story of the Year 2236."

[Will]

Sir Walter Scott wrote "Ivanhoe"

Gaetano Donizetti wrote a LOT of operas; I'm not familiar most of them; certainly none with a blue alien in it.

Someone smarter than me...help.

[Will]

Lucia di Lammermoor

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

Someone else will have to get this one - I'm OK on Walter Scott but clueless on opera.

[Will]

I'm not well trained in opera, either; can you tell?

'Lucia di Lammermoor' was adapted from a Scott novel, I think.

I have no idea what "blue alien" has to do with anything.

[Manuel]

I think its from the movie the Fifth Element

[Will]

Ah, the movie...never heard of it. Is there a blue alien in it?

[Will]

Sorry, but I'm having laptop problems. I'm sending from my PC but it's very awkward to use on the internet.

Ahah! I would never have guessed the connection.

I'll post something in a minute. Not sure how often I'll be able to check back but will do my best.

[Jim]

Will emailed his apologies 11 hours ago. He can't seem to get back into this topic on the computer he has now. He says he'll have his regular one back tomorrow & we should all carry on without him.

Anyone else want to go or wait for Will tomorrow?

Sorry for the delay in relaying. I've been working.

[Jim]

OK, then here's an easy one.

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine

[Jim]

Next time I win, can I make Will go?

;-)

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY

[Manuel]

is it
Secretariat????

I seem to remember him from when I was in 3rd or 4th grade....

[Jim]

Nope, not Secretariat.

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

Surely not Seabiscuit?

[Manuel]

I dont think Seabiscuit is an occupation

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

That's why I said it probably wasn't.

[Jim]

Occupation? Not Seabiscuit. He was a racehorse, just like Secretariat. Both very good. It's a shame they can't run longer, but the handicapping gets too heavy & they're worth much more as a stud. Mine That Bird won't have that problem, of course. That's a worse shame, but no one thought he'd be worth keeping as a stud. They're a pain.

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.
9. 1947

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.
9. 1947
10. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

[Jim]

I thought this would be an easy one. Is it not or just not interesting to most?

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the crown
2. Won 20 out of 21
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in NY
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.
9. 1947
10. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
11. American Flag and Crusader

[Jim]

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the Triple Crown, wasn't entered in the Derby.
2. Won 20 out of 21 races
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in a NY that stood until the race was discontinued in the 1990's.
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.
9. 1947
10. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
11. American Flag and Crusader
12. Two year racing career.

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads, Crazy Cat Lady]

Jet Pilot?

[Will]

Good guess, I'd say, Susanna except Jet Pilot won the Derby in (I think) 1947. The "Jet" line continued to "Go Jet" from "Go Man Go" and Jet Pilot stock to become one of the outsanding race horses of all time and is buried on the grounds of Buena Suerta Vet Clinic, one of the two owners of Mine That Bird.

Rachel Alexandra's foals will go for what? A million dollars a piece? Half a million? Stud fees are cheaper.

Anyway, I doubt it's Jet Pilot. I'd have to research it but I'm leaving on vacation. I have my laptop back now. Sorry. My PC is so loaded with financial stuff it's very cumbersome on the net. Have fun, all.

[Jim]

Not Jet Pilot.

Animal
1. Never had a shot at the Triple Crown, wasn't entered in the Derby.
2. Won 20 out of 21 races
3. Named for his first owner's current occupation
4. Remembrance by Hazeltine
5. set a record in a NY that stood until the race was discontinued in the 1990's.
6. Won a 1-5/8 mile race with a time that was never beaten.
7. Finally buried at a park near me.
8. Beat the Triple Crown Winner of the previous year by 7 lengths in a match race.
9. 1947
10. Inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
11. American Flag and Crusader
12. Two year racing career.
13. Won both the Preakness & the Belmont Stakes.
14. ship

[Will]

I would have said Assault, who won Belmont and Preakenss in '46 but was buried on King Ranch; that's not near you. Battleship? Hmmmm.... brb

[Will]

Never mind. My memory sucks. Assault won the Derby,too. Capot was born in '46. Ran in the Derby also. Won Belmont and Preakness. I was thinking there was a horse with a battleship name, but I guess I was wrong. Man o' War goes too far back. My grandfather had a print of Man o' War over his fireplace. Awesome horse. I give up.

[Jim]

Will got it, even if he doesn't think so.

Man O' War is the correct horse.

[Manuel]

Wow
I thought Man O War was much much earlier than 1947.

Congrats Will

[Jim]

Manuel wrote: "Wow
I thought Man O War was much much earlier than 1947.
Congrats Will"

He was. He died at 30 in 1947.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_o%27...
What a great horse!

[Will]

I don't get "Remembrance by Hazeltine." That was a reference to "Man o' War?"

I have a few hours before I leave, so I'll do a quickie.

Another Horse, while we're on the subject. A hint, then the clues. This horse was the sire of my stepfather's stud, to which I bred my mare, Sugar, when I was a boy.

A great horse:

1. Originally named Buttons. (I named my favorite gelding that to honor this horse)

2. Sired many winners, and two Hall of Fame horses.

3. Originally purchased as a weanling for $150.

4. Double-bred Traveler

[Will]

5. Registration number usually included with his name.

[Will]

I may be wrong about two Hall of Famers; it could be more, maybe four. Poco Bueno was one of them. My mare, Sugar, was from the Poco Bueno line.

[Will]

(I'm doing this one from memory, not from research, so take it with a grain of salt)

6. A common misconception is that this stallion came from America's largest ranch.

[Jim]

I refuse to attempt an answer on the grounds that I don't have time to do another game right now.

Man O'War's grave is marked with a statue by Herbert Haseltine. Oops! I misspelled it when I did the clues. Oh well, that's why there were multiples.

[Will]

You know the answer...cheater. am heading for the airport; will check in before my flight.