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 Posted: May 15 2013 at 06:27 |
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From a Mediterranean country?
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 06:32 |
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Yes.
His father worked for a "super-company".
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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someone_else
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 07:29 |
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From France or Italy?
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 07:37 |
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That’s right.
Humanist
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 08:25 |
Ten days...  ... ten days ... I could have known it earlier. It is Giovanni Boccaccio, author of Decamerone.
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 08:32 |
Yes!   I knew that "ten days" could be a giveaway but i reckoned it was a bit too early for you to guess. I had one quite funny but unfortunately rather incomprehensible hint in mind: The field vole. I wonder if you can find out why (you have to think Norwegian). Here’s the next, very romantic and also very beautiful hint I had in store. It’s a painting by the German artist Franz Xaver Winterhalter: 
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 09:48 |
Sorry for giving you another riddle. The point is that one of Boccaccio’s translators is called Mark Musa, and "markmusa" means "the field vole" in Norwegian. 
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 10:38 |
 refugee wrote:
Sorry for giving you another riddle. The point is that one of Boccaccio’s translators is called Mark Musa, and "markmusa" means "the field vole" in Norwegian.
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Never mind, maybe I had found it if I looked better on the Decameron Wiki entry . I was pondering about this riddle and at least I had the wits to look at the bokmål page for the field vole, but i did not notice that one of translators was named Mark Musa.
Nice painting btw!
The next one: Real person, Female, Deceased.
Edited by someone_else - May 15 2013 at 10:43
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 10:51 |
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Did she die before 1800?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 13:49 |
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 13:54 |
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A Queen?
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Posted: May 15 2013 at 14:09 |
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Before 1500?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 02:55 |
@CPicard: Yes and No (this is a hard one )!
@refugee: No, not before 1500.
Fourth.
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refugee
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:14 |
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Did she die before 1700?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:20 |
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Yes, before 1700.
Sixth.
Edited by someone_else - May 16 2013 at 03:21
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refugee
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:38 |
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Before 1600?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 03:58 |
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Yes, before 1600.
Needles and playing cards
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refugee
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:36 |
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European?
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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CPicard
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:40 |
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From an European country?
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Posted: May 16 2013 at 04:50 |
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@refugee, @CPicard: Yes
The second after her took a great burden on herself.
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