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| Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com>: Jan 02 08:01AM Sorry about the delay - I wanted to see what Dec 31 had in store for us. Rightly or wrongly, 2016 got the reputation as a year in which we lost an inordinate number of beloved people. Please identify these people from semi-cryptic clues,listed chronologically by date of death. 1. Father of film director Duncan Jones [Jan 10] 2. *SPOILER* Fancr xvyyf Qhzoyrqber [Jan 14] 3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24] 4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26] 5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16] 6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19] 7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6] 8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8] 9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22] 10. "No flipping" [Mar 24] 11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6] 12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21] 13. The Greatest [Jun 3] 14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6] 15. Only actually recorded a goal, an assist and a fight twice [Jun 10] 16. Sang for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and others [Jul 24] 17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco Kid [Aug 29] 18. Iced tea and lemonade [Sep 25] 19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28] 20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7] 21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25] 22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18] 23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25] 24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27] 25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28] Happy New Year! |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jan 02 02:16AM -0600 Gareth Owen: > 1. Father of film director Duncan Jones [Jan 10] Terry Jones? I hope not. > 2. *SPOILER* !! > Fancr xvyyf Qhzoyrqber [Jan 14] Alan Rickman. > 3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24] Marvin Minsky. > 4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26] Mario Puzo? > 5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16] Boutros Boutros-Ghali. > 6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19] Umberto Eco. > 7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6] Nancy Reagan. > 8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8] Stu Sutcliffe, only it isn't. > 9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22] Rob Ford. > 11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6] > 12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21] > 13. The Greatest [Jun 3] Muhammad Ali. > 14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6] Garry Kasparov. > 15. Only actually recorded a goal, an assist and a fight twice [Jun 10] Gordie Howe. > 16. Sang for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and others [Jul 24] Marni Nixon. > 17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco Kid [Aug 29] Gene Wilder. > 18. Iced tea and lemonade [Sep 25] Leonard Cohen? > 19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28] Lech Walesa? > 20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7] David Bowie? > 21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25] Fidel Castro. > 22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18] Zsa Zsa Gabor. > 23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25] George Michael. > 24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27] Carrie Fisher. > 25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28] Debbie Reynolds. -- Mark Brader "It's simply a matter of style, and while there Toronto are many wrong styles, there really isn't any msb@vex.net one right style." -- Ray Butterworth My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jan 02 02:16AM -0800 Gareth Owen wrote: > Sorry about the delay - I wanted to see what Dec 31 had in store for us. Father Mulcahy wasn't notable enough? > 3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24] > 4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26] > 5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16] Boutros Boutros-Ghali > 6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19] Umberto Eco > 7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6] Nancy Reagan > 8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8] > 9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22] Rob Ford > 11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6] > 12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21] > 13. The Greatest [Jun 3] Muhammed Ali > 14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6] Kasparov > 15. Only actually recorded a goal, an assist and a fight twice [Jun 10] > 16. Sang for Audrey Hepburn, Natalie Wood, Deborah Kerr and others [Jul 24] > 17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco Kid [Aug 29] Gene Wilder > 19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28] > 20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7] > 21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25] Fidel Castro > 22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18] > 23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25] George Michaels > 24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27] Princess Leia .. er .. Carrie Fisher > 25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28] Debbie Reynolds > Happy New Year! What's so happy about it? -- Dan Tilque |
| "Peter Smyth" <smythp@gmail.com>: Jan 02 10:40AM Gareth Owen wrote: > an inordinate number of beloved people. Please identify these people > from semi-cryptic clues,listed chronologically by date of death. > 1. Father of film director Duncan Jones [Jan 10] David Bowie > 2. SPOILER Snape kills Dumbledore [Jan 14] Alan Rickman > 3. Co-founder of MIT's AI-lab and neural net pioneer [Jan 24] > 4. Salvatore Tessio [Jan 26] > 5. Egyptian former Secretary-General of the UN [Feb 16] Boutros Boutros Ghali > 6. Italian author of "The Name Of The Rose" [Feb 19] Dario Fo > 7. Former FLOTUS [Mar 6] Nancy Reagan > 8. Former "Fifth Beatle" [Mar 8] George Martin > 9. Former Mayor of Toronto and crack-cocaine aficionado [Mar 22] Rob Ford > 11. An Okie, from Muskogee [Apr 6] > 12. Proprietor of Paisley Park Studios and recording label [Apr 21] > 13. The Greatest [Jun 3] Muhammad Ali > 14. Chess grand master famous for his duel with Anatoly Karpov [Jun 6] Viktor Korchnoi > others [Jul 24] > 17. Impresario of "Springtime For Hitler", the Waco > Kid [Aug 29] Gene Wilder > 18. Iced tea and lemonade [Sep 25] Leonard Cohen > 19. Polish-bord co-winner of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize [Sep 28] Lech Walesa? (though I don't think he is dead) > 20. The patron saint of envy, and the grocer of despair [Nov 7] Leonard Cohen > 21. Failed baseball player, failed assassination target [Nov 25] > 22. Nine time married socialite and actress [Dec 18] Zsa Zsa Gabor > 23. Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou [Dec 25] George Michael > 24. Daughter of #25 [Dec 27] Carrie Fisher > 25. Mother of #24 [Dec 28] Debbie Reynolds Peter Smyth |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jan 01 10:10PM -0600 In article <ibudnbVtruXbp_rFnZ2dnUU7-anNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > A1. A two-time Democratic nominee for president, he lost > both times in landslides to Dwight Eisenhower. Later the > US ambassador to the United Nations. Adlai Stevenson > A2. 19th-century Illinois Democratic senator who engaged in > three famous debates with Abe Lincoln. His nickname was > "the Little Giant". Stephen Douglas -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
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