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 Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:07 |
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European?
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:30 |
 Grape_Jam wrote:
Oh.
A musician? |
No.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:31 |
someone_else wrote:
European? |
Yes.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:42 |
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 10:57 |
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No.
Hint: More than 470.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:46 |
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This might sound stupid, but what exactly do you mean by "More than 470"? More than 470 what?
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 11:52 |
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In this game we often give each other cryptic hints like this. That’s part of the fun. A more direct hint could easily be a giveaway, but if you find the right answer, the hints will confirm that you are correct.
New hint: He let the musicians rest on the Sabbath.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 16:37 |
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French, German or British?
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refugee
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Posted: July 02 2012 at 16:55 |
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Yes.
ABH
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 02:29 |
refugee wrote:
In this game we often give each other cryptic hints like this. That’s part of the fun. A more direct hint could easily be a giveaway, but if you find the right answer, the hints will confirm that you are correct.
New hint: He let the musicians rest on the Sabbath.
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Was he Jewish?
Edited by someone_else - July 03 2012 at 02:31
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refugee
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 02:40 |
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No.
Grapeshot.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 04:27 |
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Was he royal?
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refugee
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 04:48 |
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No.
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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: July 03 2012 at 05:37 |
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A scientist?
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refugee
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 06:11 |
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No.
His death marked the end of the Golden Age.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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someone_else
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 08:52 |
I have a match: John "Bartholomew" Roberts, aka Black Bart (1682-1722), pirate.
Hints:
#1: He took more than 470 vessels
#2: He was killed by a grapeshot.
#3: A Barbadian's Head
#4: The Golden Age of Piracy.
I'll come up later with another one.
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 09:18 |
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Well, at least I can comfort myself. There's no way I could have known all that.
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My smile is stuck, I cannot go back to your Frownland.
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refugee
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 09:21 |
 Well done again! The musicians/Sabbath hint was based on one of the rules included in the "pirate code" on his ship Fortune:
11. The musicians shall have rest on the Sabbath Day only by right. On all other days by favor only.Did they really employ musicians on pirate ships? I guess they had to fight hard with their fiddles and tin flutes. 
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
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refugee
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 09:27 |
Grape_Jam wrote:
Well, at least I can comfort myself. There's no way I could have known all that. |
None of us do, Jam. We search for the clues and when we find a match we check with Wikipedia and other sources. If you had googled 470 abh grapeshot, your first hit would have been the Wiki entry on this man. But welcome to the game, and I hope we didn’t scare you away from it! One more thing: When someone_else answers our questions, his hints are written in "invisible" typing. Select all, and you will be able to read them. He never gives any hints in his first post, but from the second one and onwards they will be there.
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He say nothing is quite what it seems;
I say nothing is nothing
(Peter Hammill)
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Grape_Jam
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Posted: July 03 2012 at 09:33 |
refugee wrote:
Grape_Jam wrote:
Well, at least I can comfort myself. There's no way I could have known all that. |
None of us do, Jam. We search for the clues and when we find a match we check with Wikipedia and other sources. If you had googled 470 abh grapeshot, your first hit would have been the Wiki entry on this man. But welcome to the game, and I hope we didn’t scare you away from it!
One more thing: When someone_else answers our questions, his hints are written in "invisible" typing. Select all, and you will be able to read them. He never gives any hints in his first post, but from the second one and onwards they will be there.
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I know about that. I think I did google it or something. Or maybe I didn't. I can't remember. And no, you didn't scare me away 
Cool 
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My smile is stuck, I cannot go back to your Frownland.
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