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It's not Teddy Roosevelt, though it should be. I'm pretty sure he wasn't a lawyer.
I'm going to keep with the Supreme Court theme: Oliver Wendall Holmes, Jr.
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Neither Teddy nor OWHJ.
8. I'm possibly best known for two pastimes: card playing and sailing. |
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Charles Goren?
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Not Mr. Bridge.
9. I won the America's Cup three times. |
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Well the America's Cup clue should give it away, but I know nothing about sailing except don't fall in, so I'll continue with a card player guess.
Any other bridge player would be too obscure except for Omar Sharif and he's too young and too foreign. So a poker player? But from the background, he sounds like a rich guy, and I don't associate poker with born rich guys. And he's best known for these activities, so he isn't someone primarily famous for something else which should really narrow the field down. But I'm still stuck. How about the original Vanderbilt, whatever his first name was? Rich, the train connection, Gloria Vanderbilt designer connection, and I think there's a sailing connection there too. Not sure about the card playing though.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1191 Posts
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On Dec 21, 2019, landmark wrote: There you go, Landmark...Harold Vanderbilt essentially invented contract (as opposed to auction) bridge.
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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Harold Vanderbilt it is.
Not the original Vanderbilt, who in most people's minds would likely have been Cornelius. Gloria's great grandfather (William Henry - "Billy") was Harold's grandfather; hence, second cousins once removed. As Lobo mentioned, Harold essentially invented contract bridge while sailing through the Panama Canal. What he did, in a nutshell, was to come up with a scoring method different from that of auction bridge, with bonuses for games bid and made, and slams bid and made, as well as the idea of vulnerability, which increases the rewards and penalties. Later clues would have mentioned his familial affiliation with a private university in the SEC, and his service on the board of directors of his family's railroad holdings. And, perhaps, his having won the trophy named after himself. |
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On Dec 21, 2019, LobowolfXXX wrote: See, Lobo? I told you that you should participate in this thread. |
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Yeah, I was totally unaware of Harold. And Cornelius, surprising to me, was born too early--1794 according to ERW! BTW, I thought Ely Culbertson was the contract bridge originator.
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On Dec 22, 2019, landmark wrote: That what he wanted you to think! |
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And his diabolical plan worked.
I don't know if that counts as a win on my part, but if it does, I'll pass it onwards.
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1. I was born into a low income family.
2. Worked as a radio sports commentator. 3. My father nicknamed me “Dutch”. |
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Just so no one thinks less of me, I will be off line for the next week or so. No worries, I will be back soon.
Magic is like Science,
Both are fun if you do it right! |
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Dutch Schultz
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Not Mr. Schultz.
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Even I know that one, pretty sure. But I'll shut up for awhile.
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I know only two other Dutches.
Dutch Meyer? |
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1823 Posts
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4. I did motivational speaking for GE.
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3469 Posts
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"Dutch" Reagan
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arthur stead Inner circle When I played soccer, I hit 1823 Posts
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I had a sneaking suspicion this would be too easy!
5. My name is within a star on a famous sidewalk in Hollywood. 6. My wife was also in the movies. 7. First a Democrat, I later switched to Republican. 8. I worked to root out communism. 9. I represented the labor union for actors. 10. Was elected Governor of California. 11. Won the Republican presidential nomination. 12. Became the 40th President of the United States. |
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