The Who am I game

[midwestyankee]

Merci, merci...

PS: believe it or not, but some guy really compiled a book on Shakespeare and golf: see here.

Thanks for the suggestion. I just ordered the book.

One more clue for the crowd: Our subject spent some of his last years in Africa.

 

[LilyBart]

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Samuel Ryder. Of Ryder Cup fame.

I was thrown by the "gift to modern golfers" clue. I kept thinking you were looking for the inventor a specific club or type of ball.

 

[midwestyankee]

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Samuel Ryder. Of Ryder Cup fame.

I was thrown by the "gift to modern golfers" clue. I kept thinking you were looking for the inventor a specific club or type of ball.

Right you are.

The honor is yours, young lady. Play away!

 

[LilyBart]

So here we go...

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This gentleman, shown in this portrait with his wife, had series of affairs with men before marrying

He has written a lot about his subject, one in which is acknowledged as a great influencer of others who came after him. Although he also had well-known detractors in his field.

He held a personal belief (not necessarily related to his field) that few people of today would find tolerable.

 

[ShyGuy68]

So here we go...

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This gentleman, shown in this portrait with his wife, had series of affairs with men before marrying

He has written a lot about his subject, one in which is acknowledged as a great influencer of others who came after him. Although he also had well-known detractors in his field.

He held a personal belief (not necessarily related to his field) that few people of today would find tolerable.

Could it be Cole Porter?

 

[LilyBart]

Could it be Cole Porter?

Hi there ShyGuy!

He couldn't be more different than Cole Porter (in terms of his career, anyway).

 

[LilyBart]

There has been a renewed interest in his theories in the last year or so.

 

[midwestyankee]

There has been a renewed interest in his theories in the last year or so.

Hmmmm.....perhaps this might be John Maynard Keynes, he of the let's stimulate the hell out of a recessed economy theory?

 

[LilyBart]

Hmmmm.....perhaps this might be John Maynard Keynes, he of the let's stimulate the hell out of a recessed economy theory?

Well done, MWY.

I thought he was a timely subject.

Your turn.

 

[LilyBart]

Keynes was a fan of eugenics, believe it or not. So, given his intellect....I have had a hard time getting behind him. So to speak.

Actually, the eugenics thing is a bad thing. And not anywhere in my vocabulary.

I believe, Mr Yanks, that it is your turn.

(I would get all Queenly, but I have honestly forgotten where My Realm lies. I hate that. Who...What...Where....Whatever.....). Chauderlos...I need you, I think.

~LB

 

[midwestyankee]

Let's try this again, shall we?

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Published more than 200 times in The New Yorker.
Was a sports reporter who covered his local NFL team.
Movies from his works starred the likes of Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor.

 

[chauderlos]

Could one movie from his works have starred the adorable Audrey Hepburn?

 

[midwestyankee]

Could one movie from his works have starred the adorable Audrey Hepburn?

I don't think so, though I'm not aware if any of his works were made into films under a different title.

 

[chauderlos]

I don't think so, though I'm not aware if any of his works were made into films under a different title.

Forget it, it was a wrong guess.

I was thinking about Truman Capote, who worked for the New Yorker for a while.

 

[midwestyankee]

Forget it, it was a wrong guess.

I was thinking about Truman Capote, who worked for the New Yorker for a while.

Ah, of course. However, Truman Capote was short, round, and had light-colored hair.

Our subject was mostly a contemporary of Fitzgerald and Hemingway.

He was twice nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature.

His reputation among literary critics is quite inverse to the regard in which he was held by other writers - for his craft, if not for his personality.

His most famous character shared one feature of his own upbringing: they both were sons of doctors.

 

[jockdom]

Ah, of course. However, Truman Capote was short, round, and had light-colored hair.

Our subject was mostly a contemporary of Fitzgerald and Hemingway.

He was twice nominated for a Nobel Prize in Literature.

His reputation among literary critics is quite inverse to the regard in which he was held by other writers - for his craft, if not for his personality.

His most famous character shared one feature of his own upbringing: they both were sons of doctors.

J.D Salinger? rough guess.

 

[midwestyankee]

J.D Salinger? rough guess.

I'm afraid not. There are very, very few extant photographs of Mr. Salinger.

 

[chauderlos]

I'm afraid we shall need a few more clues, Mr MWY...

 

[midwestyankee]

I'm afraid we shall need a few more clues, Mr MWY...

I think the single best clue is that Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor each starred in a movie that was based on one of his novels.

He was born in Pennsylvania.

His most famous book ends in a suicide.

 

[LilyBart]

I think the single best clue is that Frank Sinatra and Elizabeth Taylor each starred in a movie that was based on one of his novels.

He was born in Pennsylvania.

His most famous book ends in a suicide.

I believe it is John O'Hara. Pal Joey was made into a film starring Sinatra and BUtterfield 8 was Taylor's movie.

 

[midwestyankee]

I believe it is John O'Hara. Pal Joey was made into a film starring Sinatra and BUtterfield 8 was Taylor's movie.

We have a winner!

You're up, LB.

 

[LilyBart]

Here goes:

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Also wrote for The New Yorker
Work for The New Yorker was a family affair, it seems
His oeuvre was dominated by a sport

 

[midwestyankee]

Here goes:


Also wrote for The New Yorker
Work for The New Yorker was a family affair, it seems
His oeuvre was dominated by a sport

Could that be one Heywood Hale Broun?

 

[LilyBart]

Could that be one Heywood Hale Broun?

Excellent guess Yanks!

But no.

(However I am indebted to his mother Ruth Hale, an ardent activist in the right of a woman to maintain her birth name, rather than take on the name of her husband).

 

[midwestyankee]

Excellent guess Yanks!

But no.

(However I am indebted to his mother Ruth Hale, an ardent activist in the right of a woman to maintain her birth name, rather than take on the name of her husband).

How can an incorrect guess be excellent? Is this what they mean by grade inflation?