History is Not Boring discussion
Historical Event Game
Jim, hi... i'm a newbie. I beleive that's correct. What's your challenege now?
Jim was huntin' trees; easy targets. Going to the ballet today so won't play, but have fun w/o me.
Jim, did you get your limit?
Ted, it is Bunwat's turn since she answered correctly. Look at messages #340 & 342.Will, I did get my limit! Got a good quick key book, found another tree ID book that I'd like to get & had a nice chat with the park service folks. I learned just enough about the names & pieces of stems that I actually managed to retain it! It's nice when you see how a book describes something like a leaf scar & then get to actually look at it on several different types of trees with someone to help.
Trees are about as different from each other as people are. You look at the bark on a dozen Maples & even if they're the same species, there's a difference, sometimes a big one depending on their age, where they grow & what's happened in their lives. Our language isn't very good at describing bark or pieces of trees, either.
Botanists break up species according to things that aren't always obvious, too. I look at a Box Elder & a Sugar Maple & find it hard to believe they're in the same family (Acer) since they seem so much different. Soft & weak wood in a Box Elder while a Sugar Maple is often called 'Rock' Maple. The seeds are similar, though. A close look at the twigs shows more similarities than differences. Interesting stuff.
BunWat wrote: "5. Born in 1845"BunWat, if by "the Mutiny" you mean the Sapoy Rebellion of 1857, then your ruler would have been only 12yo. So, I don't get it.
Ted, answer with the name of the ruler you think it is. Bunny will tell you yes or no. If yes, then you get to think up 4 clues for a historical person/thing/event. If no, then try again.I'm laying off this one, as promised.
Jim doesn't know it. Jim doesn't know it. LOL Just playing. I'm staying out for a bit, too. Maybe later I'll give it a guess.
Actually, I was thinking of Mangal Pandey but Ted is correct, that wouldn't work for the birth date. Oh, well...carry on. I blew that one. Jim may be forced to win this one.
Will, please reference message #329. (But you're right - I don't!) ;-)
BunWat wrote: "7. Wrote to Lord Dalhousie, " "It is notorious, my Lord, that the more powerful a state … the less disposed it is to acknowledge an error or an act of arbitrary character." "
Lakshmi Bai
1. Born in Nagyszentmiklós2. Studied composition under János Koessler
3. Researched Magyar folk melodies
4. Catholic turned atheist
Tom wrote: "Bartok?"Tom, that's correct.
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BunWat wrote: "Tom, your turn. Flashbacks? Bartok flashbacks?"
That's "Bela Bartok" lol If it's a person, shouldn't we insist on a full name and/or title? That would be cool.
Go, Tom.
Susanna wrote: "Yes. The one year I tried to take piano the demented teacher I had tried to make me learn from Bartok's Kosmos. ::shudder::"Mikrokosmos?
Heh. Couldn't remember his first name, but he was the only Hungarian composer i could think of.1 Sisters
2 Joined the Religious Society of Friends
3 Came from a slaveholding family
4 Were abolitionist and early women's rights advocates
yup.Sadly, i grew up in South Carolina but had never heard of them until my junior year in college, majoring in history.
OK. An EVENT:1. “I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days.”
2. “I am 21 years of age. I have a brother, William. I have been engaged as a valet and my brother as a groom.”
3. “At first I thought it was a young lady, as I saw only the head, but afterwards I saw that it was a young man.“
4. “… kept to hard labor for two years.”
Perhaps a different game in a different thread, Bunny?
Tom wrote: "Perhaps a different game in a different thread, Bunny?"
Geesh, i was just geting used to this one.
How bout it doesn't have to be 4 initial clues.. but any number you want?
Ted wrote: "How bout it doesn't have to be 4 initial clues.. but any number you want?"Like:
1 Sisters
2 Joined the Religious Society of Friends
3 Came from a slaveholding family
4 Were abolitionist and early women's rights advocates
5. Had twelve brothers and sisters.
6. Liked lemonade
7. One was a virgin
8. Photographed by Matthew Brady
9. Sould churn butter
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OK. I think it's still mine. This is easy.An EVENT:
1. “I know Hyacinthus, whom Apollo loved so madly, was you in Greek days.”
2. “I am 21 years of age. I have a brother, William. I have been engaged as a valet and my brother as a groom.”
3. “At first I thought it was a young lady, as I saw only the head, but afterwards I saw that it was a young man.“
4. “… kept to hard labor for two years.”
So what's the consensus? Do I add:5. the event is a trial. (yes, Ted?)
or do I say who's trial I think it is?
Jim wrote: "So what's the consensus? Do I add:5. the event is a trial. (yes, Ted?)
or do I say who's trial I think it is?"
Who's trial, please.
Oscar Wilde's trial for indecency? I'd guess the first one.
Jim wrote: "Oscar Wilde's trial for indecency? I'd guess the first one."Actually, his trials, plural.
"I know Hyacinthus..." is from one of his letters to Lord Alfred Douglas presented at the libel trial. The other two are testimony from witnessess at his criminal trial.
I guess I was close enough?1. 6'5" tall
2. Tripped while hunting
3. Jimmy Stewart portrayed him as saying, "I guess I started my slide to early."
4. He had a bad Thanksgiving weekend in 1938.
Jim wrote: "I guess I was close enough?1. 6'5" tall
2. Tripped while hunting
3. Jimmy Stewart portrayed him as saying, "I guess I started my slide to early."
4. He had a bad Thanksgiving weekend in 1938."
Gotta be Monty Stratton.
Marco wrote: "IMO, it's better to keep the game like this because everyone seems to be liking it anyway. But then again, although I made the game, you are the players - so it's your choice. "Four clues is fine.
Wait Jim!!!!!who is Monty Stratton and from what Jimmy Stewart film?
Jim wrote: "You got it, Ted! Your turn."K, easy one:
1. gambler/saloon keeper
2. lawman
3. gold & copper miner
4. missed the 1929 stock market crash
Manuel, here's a short Wikipedia article on him:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_St...
Here's one on Jimmy Stewart's movie of him:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stra...
It's excellent, but most movies that Jimmy Stewart were in are. We need Mr. Smith in Washington now, more than ever, & I'd love to meet Harvey.
Gambler, lawman, saloon keeper was obvious. I had to check the date of his death: 1929 before the crash, and I assumed when he went to California he dabbled in gold mining. Copper? Okay. I find it interesting that he is famous as a lawman but actually did that for very few years of his long life.
Give me a few minutes to think of something.
Person: 1. Military leader, bandit, European ruler
2. Abandoned by his father
3. Famous tactics
4. Muslim following
Hint: European ruler is true but misleading.
I don't know it. Everyone I can think of misses one of the clues & it's a long, war torn millennium that this person could have been alive in.
Not Lawrence. Muslim following is also kind of misleading but true. I'll add another clue. Jim, try more than a millenium ago, by just a bit.
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Sorry. Not hunting, chores & I went on a winter tree walk. How to identify trees without leaves. Very interesting.