2018 Dead Pool

April 25th, 2018 at 7:19:53 PM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: beachbumbabs
Trivia Follow-up!

What nationality were William Tell and his son?


Swiss! I only know them from having just spent four days in Zurich.
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April 25th, 2018 at 10:17:50 PM permalink
beachbumbabs
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EB gets 1/2 credit, Wizard full credit. Swiss is correct.
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April 30th, 2018 at 12:47:10 AM permalink
Evenbob
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How come the gorgeous Olivia de Havilland is
never on our list. She'll be 102 in a few months.


If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.
April 30th, 2018 at 5:38:58 AM permalink
rxwine
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She's going for world's oldest thespian.
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really?
April 30th, 2018 at 6:36:49 AM permalink
Wizard
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Did she play the wife in It's a Wonderful Life?
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April 30th, 2018 at 6:47:55 AM permalink
kenarman
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Quote: Evenbob
How come the gorgeous Olivia de Havilland is
never on our list. She'll be 102 in a few months.




She would cost you -2 points not a good choice.
"but if you make yourselves sheep, the wolves will eat you." Benjamin Franklin
April 30th, 2018 at 7:00:27 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: Wizard
Quote: beachbumbabs
Trivia Follow-up!

What nationality were William Tell and his son?


Swiss! I only know them from having just spent four days in Zurich.


AUSTRIAN.
They were residents of a Swiss canton but Austrian subjects.
April 30th, 2018 at 7:24:36 AM permalink
Wizard
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Quote: Fleastiff
They were residents of a Swiss canton but Austrian subjects.


Does that have something to do with not paying respect to the hat on a stick?
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April 30th, 2018 at 7:30:41 AM permalink
Fleastiff
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Quote: Wizard
Does that have something to do with not paying respect to the hat on a stick?
Beats me. When other kids were reading fairy tales I was probably reading about an inclined plane or a block and tackle.
April 30th, 2018 at 10:32:52 AM permalink
Evenbob
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Quote: Wizard
Did she play the wife in It's a Wonderful Life?


That was Donna Reed. Olivia was in Gone With the Wind.
Her sister was Joan Fontaine.
If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose.