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JanitorBlade
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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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Are you Mao Zedong?

[ August 31, 2016, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: Dogbreath ]

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Are you Sun Tzu?
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Dogbreath
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(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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No and no.

Mao's favorite color was definitely red. [Wink]

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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. [Blushing]

Blade, are you even Chinese?

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quote:
Originally posted by JanitorBlade:
Mao's favorite color was definitely red. [Wink]

Heh, I should have thought of that. [Razz]

Were you born before Henry VII became king of England?

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Panacea: I grew up in Hong Kong, but am American.

Dogbreath: No.

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JB: I think she's asking about your historical person's nationality.

Were you alive after the Spanish-American War?

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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. [Kiss]

quote:
Originally posted by Dogbreath:
she's asking about your historical person's nationality.


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Oh! Yes, I am Chinese.
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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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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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Were you born during the Ming dynasty?
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Panacea: Yes and yes.

Dogbreath: No.

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Are you the Kangxi Emperor?
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No.
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Are you an emperor?
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Yes.

Should we be answering objectively or how the person saw things?

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Are you Hong Xiuquan?
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Sure am. Emperor of Taiping and Christ's Chinese brother.
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Were you googling those emperors or did you actually know all those facts off of the top of your head?
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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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That's impressive.
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Well, I have my person in mind. Anyone want to start asking? [Smile]
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So...are you alive?
Edit: I started writing that before your post [Razz]

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Are you American?
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No and no.
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PS, can we google the facts? Or should it be strictly from our own knowledge?
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Are you a political leader?
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Yes.
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Are you Sveinn Björnsson?
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No [Razz]
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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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Yes, I was born in the eastern hemisphere.
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Were you a political leader in the same country you were born in?
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Is (the larger part of) your country situated between 0° and 90° longitude? (How does one say that in English?)
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Yes.
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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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Are you from India?
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No.
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Are you from a country where Arabic is spoken by most inhabitants?
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No.
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Nepal?

Russia?

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Are you Ghengis (sp?) Khan?
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quote:
Originally posted by PanaceaSanans:
Nepal?

Russia?

No.

quote:
Originally posted by katharina:
Are you Ghengis (sp?) Khan?

Nope!
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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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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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Not born in Tibet, not from Europe. [Smile]
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Africa, then?
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