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Boromir's guess the famous game #679 - Admiral Horatio Nelson (history's finest naval commander) is the man - estcst wins it!!


I'm thinking of some famous figure, it can be a philosopher, politician, entertainer, scientist, fictional character, criminal, animal, being, etc.
1. You need to ask me a yes or no question about this person, for example, "Is the person still alive?," "Does the person work in the entertainment industry?," any question you can think of that helps you to reveal the answer. The host answers with yes or no only.
2. Maximum 1 question and 2 guesses per player per answer.
3. The winner can either start a new game or say "pass." In case of a pass, the OP gets to start another.
4. Can't edit a question or guess once posted. Delete ONLY.

https://moviechat.org/general/General-Discussion/61e5ba5467e86a3cf1da8e84/List-All-Boromirs-guess-the-famous-game-1-700

1 Involved in American Civil War (not necessarily as a soldier)? NO
2 Involved in World War? NO
3 Born in Europe? YES
4 born before 1800? YES
5 born B.C? NO
6 Male? YES
7 Religious figure? NO
8 Born before 1700? NO
9 Philosopher? NO
10 Inventor? NO
11 Has a Phd? NO
12 Royalty? NO
13 Explorer? NO
14 criminal? NO
15 BORN IN THE UK? YES
16 Historian? NO
17 botanist? NO
18 William Blake? NO
19 A mostly well liked person? YES
20 Did he die of natural causes? NO
21 Statesman? NOT A POLITICIAN
22 musician/composer? NO
23 Military man? YES
24 Writer? NO
25 Died in the US? NO
26 Died in battle? YES
27 James Wolfe? NO
28 Has a moviechat page? NOT SURE
29 A famous painting named after him? PORTRAITS AND BATTLE PAINTINGS
30 Does he appear as a character in a movie or show? YES. NO MAJOR MOVIE FROM WHAT I CAN TELL
31 died in Seven Years' War? NO
32 Born after 1775? NO
33 Born in Ireland? NO
35 Isaac Brock? NO
36 Born n England? YES
37 Served british military? YES
38
39
40
41


Scoreboard:
nyctc7 - 166
hownos - 161
Boromir - 78
LauraGrace - 60
Carrot - 52
Kawada_Kira - 48
tcrum - 45
cyberbob - 32
capuchin - 7
FredBurroughs - 6
MonStar - 4
sslssg - 3
bellington83 - 3
lud - 2
Bloodshot77 2
jonathan_k80 - 2
PeterGriffin - 2
estcst - 2
StoneKeeper - 1
ShogunofYonkers - 1
MakeMyDay - 1

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Born after 1775?

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Born in Ireland?

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Isaac Brock?

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Born n England?

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Served british military?

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Horatio Nelson?

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YOU ARE CORRECT!!!!!!!!!

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Thank you! Pass on starting the next round.

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He has a very interesting Wikipedia read. I didn't know much about him.


“This death in victory made Nelson a huge symbol of national pride and he was given a full state funeral,” Biography Online reports, adding that upon hearing of Nelson’s death King George III is said to have burst into tears, saying: “We do not know whether we should mourn or rejoice. The country has gained the most splendid and decisive Victory that has ever graced the naval annals of England; but it has been dearly purchased.”

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That Hamilton Woman (1941), with Laurence Olivier as Admiral Nelson, was Winston Churchill's favorite movie, he allegedly saw it as many as 100 times.

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Its available on HBO max so I'll definitely watch it when I renew that channel. According to Wikipedia it was made by the British as, almost a propaganda film.


it was also intended to function as a deliberately pro-British film that would portray Britain positively within the context of World War II which was being fought at that time. At the time the film was released France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Denmark had all surrendered to the Nazis and the Soviet Union was still officially allied to them, correspondingly the British were fighting against the Nazis alone and felt the need to produce films that would both boost their own morale, and also portray them sympathetically to the foreign world, and in particular, to the United States.

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You had me at Winston Churchill.
Now in my watchlist.

hownos pick very interesting person, deserve more than one movie.


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Trafalgar Square is one of London's best known landmarks. That's Nelson at the tippy top.

https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/styles/gla_2_1_large/public/business-t-square-5649.jpg?itok=w2EyyvyJ

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I'll play if anyone's up for it.

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👍

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Are you going to host?

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you can go

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Ok I'll think of someone.

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