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mozzaok Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 6741 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #45 - Jul 3^rd, 2014 at 1:11pm That roman bloke who stuck his hand in the fire until it burned off, to show Romans were tough, and therefore a waste of time torturing them. Somebody the left handed, he was called, or by his mates, stumpy.
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Reply #46 - Jul 3^rd, 2014 at 2:30pm

mozzaok wrote on Jul 3^rd, 2014 at 1:11pm:

That roman bloke who stuck his hand in the fire until it burned off, to show Romans were tough, and therefore a waste of time torturing them.
Somebody the left handed, he was called, or by his mates, stumpy.

Close enough....

Gaius Mucius Scaevola.

During the siege, a young Roman of noble birth, Gaius Mucius, enters the enemy camp and tries to assassinate king Porsenna. However, instead of killing him, he kills one of his scribes. When he is brought before Porsenna, the man shows his contempt for torture and pain by voluntarily placing his right hand in a fire. Impressed by this steadfastness, Porsenna releases him, and Mucius answers to this gentle act by informing the king that there are no less than 300 men in Rome who have sworn to kill Porsenna. After his return to the city, Mucius is surnamed Scaevola ("left hand") and the Senate rewards him with a grant of land west of the river, the Mucia Prata, "Mucian Meadows".

Your turn, Moz....

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Reply #47 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:28pm

In the light of mozzaok's absence, without leave it should be noted, I will undertake to refresh the quiz.

My descendants over many generations are numbered among many of the noble & royal families of England.
Although a commoner myself, I later became married to perhaps the most powerful man of his time.
Shakespeare put one of his most famous speeches into my second husband's voice.

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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #48 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 2:25pm bogarde73 wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:28pm: In the light of mozzaok's absence, without leave it should be noted, I will undertake to refresh the quiz. Maybe I should have waited for him to supply the name....
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Reply #49 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 2:31pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:28pm:

In the light of mozzaok's absence, without leave it should be noted, I will undertake to refresh the quiz.

My descendants over many generations are numbered among many of the noble & royal families of England.
Although a commoner myself, I later became married to perhaps the most powerful man of his time.
Shakespeare put one of his most famous speeches into my second husband's voice.

Katherine Swynford.....also spelt Catherine.

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John of Gaunt: Second Husband.

Speech:
This royal throne of kings, this scepter'd isle,
This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars,
This other Eden, demi-paradise,
This fortress built by Nature for herself
Against infection and the hand of war,
This happy breed of men, this little world,
This precious stone set in the silver sea,
Which serves it in the office of a wall,
Or as a moat defensive to a house,
Against the envy of less happier lands,
This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England.

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Chard Gold Member Offline Mein Führer! I can walk! Posts: 1077 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #50 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 7:41am I am a man or wealth and taste. I gained my fame by putting down a slave uprising. Caesar and all the Equestrians owed me money. I was Consul of Rome. Who am I?
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #51 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 9:45am Right on froggie. I thought the clues were sufficiently obscure to make it difficult. Damn Google!
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #52 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 10:31am Marcus Licinius Crassus?
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Reply #53 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:20pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 10^th, 2014 at 9:45am:

Right on froggie. I thought the clues were sufficiently obscure to make it difficult. Damn Google!

Damn Google!....Indeed!!
But I find having to choose just what keywords to punch in helps keep the old mind ticking over.

BTW....
The Shakespeare 'speech' was the trigger.
Just worked backwards from there.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #54 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:25pm But what I thought was, there are so many stand out Shakespeare speeches . . .you just got lucky!
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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #55 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:29pm Chard wrote on Jul 10^th, 2014 at 7:41am: I am a man or wealth and taste. I gained my fame by putting down a slave uprising. Caesar and all the Equestrians owed me money. I was Consul of Rome. Who am I? Pompey. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #56 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:36pm bogarde73 wrote on Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:25pm: But what I thought was, there are so many stand out Shakespeare speeches . . .you just got lucky! That, and some dim, distantly remembered Eng. Lit. lesson.
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Team Froggie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 7406 Sydney Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #57 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 2:37pm Now we have to wait for Chard to get back......
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Reply #58 - Jul 17^th, 2014 at 2:48pm

Looks like you & me froggie, nobody else seems interested.

I started my professional career at the age of 7 and eventually became the highest paid singer/comedienne/actress in Britain.
Although I was still recovering from cancer surgery, I continued to work entertaining the troops and raising money right through the war.
When I married an Italian movie director living in the US, the British govt treated me as an enemy alien and my popularity suffered.

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Setanta Gold Member Offline \/ Peace man! Posts: 15914 Northern NSW Gender:	Re: Who am I? Reply #59 - Jul 18^th, 2014 at 12:49am Seeing as you both seem to need something to do: What name do a Macedonian poet, a game character and my grandson share? Edit: There's heaps of game characters... The game character is a female Nintendo game character that may wear a power suit.
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