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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 10:36 AM
Tom: Hard to say. But probably blue. Darth_Mauve: I'm well read in philosophy, but not a philosopher. Panacea: Warmonger.
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 10:46 AM
Are you Mao Zedong? [ August 31, 2016, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: Dogbreath ]
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 10:59 AM
(Sun Tzu lived during the Zhou dynasty, BlackBlade's dude lived after the end of the Han so it can't be him)
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 11:30 AM
No and no. Mao's favorite color was definitely red.
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 11:56 AM
quote: Originally posted by Dogbreath: (Sun Tzu lived during the Zhou dynasty, BlackBlade's dude lived after the end of the Han so it can't be him) Oops. Blade, are you even Chinese?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 12:18 PM
quote: Originally posted by JanitorBlade: Mao's favorite color was definitely red. Heh, I should have thought of that. Were you born before Henry VII became king of England?
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 12:32 PM
Panacea: I grew up in Hong Kong, but am American. Dogbreath: No.
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 12:48 PM
JB: I think she's asking about your historical person's nationality. Were you alive after the Spanish-American War?
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 12:51 PM
quote: Originally posted by JanitorBlade: Panacea: I grew up in Hong Kong, but am American. I doubt you're a warmonger. I read your landmarks. quote: Originally posted by Dogbreath:she's asking about your historical person's nationality.
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 01:09 PM
Oh! Yes, I am Chinese.
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 01:10 PM
quote: Originally posted by Dogbreath: JB: I think she's asking about your historical person's nationality. Were you alive after the Spanish-American War? No.
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 01:18 PM
So we're looking for a male Chinese warmonger who lived between 1485 and 1898? I honestly don't have a clue... Are you a politician? Are you royal?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 01:53 PM
Were you born during the Ming dynasty?
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 02:37 PM
Panacea: Yes and yes. Dogbreath: No.
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 02:58 PM
Are you the Kangxi Emperor?
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 03:47 PM
Yes. Should we be answering objectively or how the person saw things?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 03:51 PM
Are you Hong Xiuquan?
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JanitorBlade
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posted August 31, 2016 04:04 PM
Sure am. Emperor of Taiping and Christ's Chinese brother.
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 04:11 PM
Were you googling those emperors or did you actually know all those facts off of the top of your head?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 04:39 PM
I had to google the spelling of some of the names, but I knew about all of them off the top of my head. I learned about the Kangxi Emperor in a college history class. (he's sort of the Henry III of China's history) I read a Landmark book about Hong Xiuquan when I was a kid (it covered 19th century and early 20th century China and the end of the Qing dynasty in general) - BB's hint about "how the person saw things" jogged my memory about him and his revolt, but I had to google his name.
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 04:48 PM
Well, I have my person in mind. Anyone want to start asking?
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 04:50 PM
So...are you alive? Edit: I started writing that before your post
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 04:54 PM
PS, can we google the facts? Or should it be strictly from our own knowledge?
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 04:55 PM
Are you a political leader?
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 05:03 PM
Are you Sveinn Björnsson?
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 05:14 PM
quote: Originally posted by GaalDornick: PS, can we google the facts? Or should it be strictly from our own knowledge? I'd say google if necessary, but dare to think first. (There's no way I would have known Hong Xiuquan... Which is exactly what makes this so fascinating.) Breath, eastern hemisphere?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 05:22 PM
Yes, I was born in the eastern hemisphere.
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GaalDornick
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posted August 31, 2016 05:28 PM
Were you a political leader in the same country you were born in?
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 05:35 PM
Is (the larger part of) your country situated between 0° and 90° longitude? (How does one say that in English?)
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 05:41 PM
quote: Originally posted by GaalDornick: Were you a political leader in the same country you were born in? Missed this one, yes as well.
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 05:43 PM
Are you from a country where Arabic is spoken by most inhabitants?
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katharina
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posted August 31, 2016 06:02 PM
Are you Ghengis (sp?) Khan?
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 06:18 PM
quote: Originally posted by PanaceaSanans: Nepal? Russia? No. quote: Originally posted by katharina: Are you Ghengis (sp?) Khan? Nope!
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 06:21 PM
If there was some confusion with my answer to Panacea's earlier questions: I was born between 0 degrees and 90 degrees E in the eastern hemisphere - i.e, the western half of the eastern hemisphere. (Mongolia is almost entirely east of 90 degrees E, though I understand a lot of Ghengis Khan's empire was in the western half which is why I'm specifying "born" now)
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PanaceaSanans
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posted August 31, 2016 06:30 PM
How do you feel about Tibet? (It's not a country... but were you born there?) Or are you from Europe? [ August 31, 2016, 07:26 PM: Message edited by: PanaceaSanans ]
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Dogbreath
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posted August 31, 2016 06:34 PM
Not born in Tibet, not from Europe.
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