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1. Athiest.
2. Priest.
3. Real estate speculator.
4. Interested in Louisiana.
Marco,I was hoping the clue about nuclear war would tell you it was a 20th century person and the Queen Mary mentioned would be George V's wife.
Susanna,Isnt PBS great?
I knew you must be a fan when you once guessed "Lady Marjorie Bellamy" to one of my clues.
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I am certainly a fan of PBS generally, though! I was one of the first generation to watch Sesame Street (so odd that it is almost 40!).
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1. Athiest.
2. Priest.
3. Real estate speculator.
4. Interested in Louisiana.
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1. Athiest.
2. Priest.
3. Real estate speculator.
4. Interested in Louisiana.
5. Military family.
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A person:
1. Atheist.
2. Priest.
3. Real estate speculator.
4. Interested in Louisiana.
5. Military family.
6. Clubfoot.
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1. Atheist.
2. Priest.
3. Real estate speculator.
4. Interested in Louisiana.
5. Military family.
6. Clubfoot.
7. Bishop.
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Person1. Broadway star.
2. When his marriage fell apart he moved to London, where he also was a star.
3. Wrote many of his own songs.
4. His biggest hit described something about which he had no personal knowledge.
Person1. Broadway star.
2. When his marriage fell apart he moved to London, where he also was a star.
3. Wrote many of his own songs.
4. His biggest hit described something about which he had no personal knowledge.
5. That hit is still sung by millions of people every year.
Was the song...."I enjoy being a Girl"
Nope. Is "I Enjoy Being a Girl" sung by millions?? :-)
LOLits a popular show tune, so perhaps it is?
Person1. Broadway star.
2. When his marriage fell apart he moved to London, where he also was a star.
3. Wrote many of his own songs.
4. His biggest hit described something about which he had no personal knowledge.
5. That hit is still sung by millions of people every year.
6. The person was inspired to write the "hit" by an advertisement on the Elevated train.
Clues 4, 5 and 6 are making me think of Take Me Out to the Ball Game, but I'm not sure if Jack Norworth ever lived in London...
R - you are correct.When Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes called it quits, he moved to London and played the vaudeville circuit (so to speak) there to great acllaum.
For those who don't know, Jack Norworth wrote "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" in 1908 but didn't see a professional ball game played until the 1940s.
Seems I had a lucky guess :)People
1. Criminals hiding beneath a facade of respectability
2. Eventually caught and given heavy sentences
3. Have had a movie made about them
4. One of them allegedly had an affair with a life peer
"Criminals hiding beneath a facade of respectability"??? Seems there are many of those. What is a life peer?
The Mafia? Lots of movies about them. Lots of affairs. Many were given heavy sentences.
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Apologies, I didn't realise how ambiguous the clues were. It might be less confusing with the new clues...People
1. Criminals hiding beneath a facade of respectability
2. Eventually caught and given heavy sentences
3. Have had a movie made about them
4. One of them allegedly had an affair with a life peer
5. From London
6. Siblings
(It's not the Mafia, by the way.)
those twins.........forgot their name
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
6. Loathed by Louis XVIII of France.
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
6. Loathed by Louis XVIII of France.
7. Lived in Paris incognito, though her nation was at war with France.
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
6. Loathed by Louis XVIII of France.
7. Lived in Paris incognito, though her nation was at war with France.
8. Immortalized by Jacques Louis David in a great painting located in the Louvre.
I can only think of three paintings in the Louvre by David (though there are probably dozens). I doubt the person is Marat or a Sabine woman, so I'm going to guess Empress Josephine from the coronation painting.
Person1. Born a commoner
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
6. Loathed by Louis XVIII of France.
7. Lived in Paris incognito, though her nation was at war with France.
8. Immortalized by Jacques Louis David in a great painting located in the Louvre.
9. the dynasty she started still reigns, while her sister's dynasty collapsed.
Marie Therese Bourbon, mother of the dynasty that still rules Spain?I can't recall if she was born low or not.
Is it Désirée Clary1. Born a commoner - Bernardine Eugénie Désirée Clary
2. Briefly engaged to a Catholic monarch, yet became queen to two Protestant countries she detested.
Napolean, then Queen of Sweden and Norway
3. Never learned the native language of her kingdoms
4. Her sister also became queen of two Catholic nations, that detested her.
Julie Clary - Queen of Naples and Spain
5. Life story became a popular Hollywood movie in the 1950's.
6. Loathed by Louis XVIII of France.
7. Lived in Paris incognito, though her nation was at war with France. Sweden at war with France
8. Immortalized by Jacques Louis David in a great painting located in the Louvre.
9. the dynasty she started still reigns, while her sister's dynasty collapsed.
Bravo Paula!!!!!1well done.........even your explanations were spot on.
the only clues I have to explain are #5,8
5. The Hollywood movie was Desiree. Staring Marlon Brando as Napoleon and Jean Simmons as Desiree Clary.
6. The David painting mentioned is indeed the Coronation Painting......Desiree is shown holding the train for Empress Josephine.
James you were very close. Right painting, wrong person.
It was a difficult one, the "refused to learn language" clue sat on the tip of my tongue for hours!Ok
1) Born to a farmer
2) Fathered illegitamate child
3) Died at the age of 37
4) Appeared on British Stamps 3 times
Question to Marco:Marco, I have always been curious about how American history is presented in other countries, especially in Britain.
Is our history mentioned much and at what level?
Im especially curious how our Revolution and Civil War are presented.
I read recently that the British are just coming to terms about how to teach the history of their empire, especially on how it relates to colonialism and immigration to modern Britain.
I've been impressed over the years how much all the British know about American history and politics, where in America, only the very well educated and literary know much about Britain's history and politics; the rest know very little--me included. Our history is much shorter, though, in our defense.
Yes - it was an easy one.Over to you Marco
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1. Parents blacklisted.
2. Folk guitarist with Billboard hit.
3. Appeared, with wife, on early season of Sesame Street as part of a couple reconciling over the word "cooperate."
4. Author of several children's stories.
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1. Parents blacklisted.
2. Folk guitarist with Billboard hit.
3. Appeared, with wife, on early season of Sesame Street as part of a couple reconciling over the word "cooperate."
4. Author of several children's stories.
5. Broadway director.
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1. Parents blacklisted.
2. Folk guitarist with Billboard hit.
3. Appeared, with wife, on early season of Sesame Street, as part of a couple reconciling over the word "cooperate."
4. Author of several children's stories.
5. Broadway director.
6. Tony Award winner.
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1. Parents blacklisted.
2. Folk guitarist with Billboard hit.
3. Appeared, with wife, on early season of Sesame Street, as part of a couple reconciling over the word "cooperate."
4. Author of several children's books.
5. Broadway director.
6. Tony Award winner.
7. Oscar winner.
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