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I have a list of famous people. You must tell me if, in the year 1800 AD, each person was already dead, still alive, or not born yet.

Answers are due by Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern.

1. Christopher Marlowe
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
3. Beau Brummell
4. King Louis XIV of France
5. Robert Burns
6. John Deere
7. Brigham Young
8. Joseph Priestley
9. Josiah Wedgwood
10. Victor Hugo
11. Franz Schubert
12. James Cook
13. Jacques-Louis David
14. David Hume
15. George Washington

BONUS
George Mason

Very clever! So many of these are people that you can know 'about' when they were alive, but it is tough to know if they were still around, or had yet been born, as of exactly 1800 AD (e.g., the one who was born in 1797 and died in 1828). Devilishly clever. Thus requiring lots of guesses...

Spoiler

1. Christopher Marlowe = Dead a long time
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov = Unborn
3. Beau Brummell = Alive
4. King Louis XIV of France = Dead a long time
5. Robert Burns = Alive
6. John Deere = Unborn
7. Brigham Young = Unborn
8. Joseph Priestley = Dead
9. Josiah Wedgwood = Dead
10. Victor Hugo = Unborn
11. Franz Schubert = Alive
12. James Cook = Dead
13. Jacques-Louis David = Alive
14. David Hume = Dead
15. George Washington = Dead (just weeks before)

BONUS
George Mason = Dead

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Rules: viewtopic.php?p=40443#40443

I have a list of famous people. You must tell me if, in the year 1800 AD, each person was already dead, still alive, or not born yet.

Answers are due by Wednesday at 5 PM Eastern.

Spoiler

1. Christopher Marlowe
Dead. For a long time. Really, really dead.
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Not born yet
3. Beau Brummell
Say who? Alive?
4. King Louis XIV of France
Dead
5. Robert Burns
Alive?
6. John Deere
Not born yet?
7. Brigham Young
Alive?
8. Joseph Priestley
Dead
9. Josiah Wedgwood
Dead? I am guessing this is the china guy?
10. Victor Hugo
Not born yet
11. Franz Schubert
Alive
12. James Cook
Dead and served up at a luau
13. Jacques-Louis David
Dunno. Not born yet?
14. David Hume
Dead?
15. George Washington
Dead only a few days before.

BONUS
George Mason
Alive?

I have a list of famous people. You must tell me if, in the year 1800 AD, each person was already dead, still alive, or not born yet.

1. Christopher Marlowe - Very, Very Dead (died in 1593)
2. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Not Born Yet (born in 1844)
3. Beau Brummell - Still Alive (lived from 1778-1840)
4. King Louis XIV of France - Very, Very Dead (died in 1715)
5. Robert Burns - Already Dead (died in 1796)
6. John Deere - Not Born Yet (born in 1804)
7. Brigham Young - Not Born Yet (born in 1801)
8. Joseph Priestley - Still Alive (lived from 1733-1804)
9. Josiah Wedgwood - Already Dead (died in 1795)
10. Victor Hugo - Not Born Yet (born in 1802)
11. Franz Schubert - Still Alive (lived from 1797-1828)
12. James Cook - Already Dead (died in 1779)
13. Jacques-Louis David - Still Alive (lived from 1748-1825)
14. David Hume - Already Dead (died in 1776)
15. George Washington - Freshly Dead (died on December 14, 1799, missing the year 1800 by 18 days)

BONUS
George Mason - Already Dead (died in 1792)

Fanny and wintergreen are tops today with 57 each. Greyhound still holds a massive lead.

March 18 Scores / Scores after Day 15
Greyhound - 54 / 386
aj - 51 / 315
fanny - 57 / 307
mrkelley - 39 / 288
tansta - 33 / 255
Annie - 51 / 253.5
T_Bone - 42 / 236
Catfish - 39 / 224
pea - 30 / 221
plasticene - 33 / 220.5
Marley - 36 / 220
Confessor - 18 / 217.5
mikehardware - 42 / 210.5
tlynn - 45 / 209
winter - 57 / 208
ne - 30 / 205.5
Dad - 33 / 196
gsabc - 18 / 188.5
mega - 24 / 175
TMITSSS - 33 / 141
krox - 27 / 119
lb13 - X / 116.5
jarnon - X / 115
nitrah - X / 106
Sprots - X / 89
Appa - X / 64
minty - X / 44
Cal - X / 40
FrankT - X / 30
Bob#s - X / 28.5
ladysoleil - X / 28
ear - X / 24
starfish - X / 20
eyegor - X / 19
Rexer - X / 18
trevor - X / 18
LFHP - X / 17
etaoin - X / 12
hermillion - X / 12
SirG - X / 11
christie - X / 9
TLITF - X / 8
macrae - X / 7
jsuchard - X / 5