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(Message started by: UN_SOLVED on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:21pm)

Title: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by UN_SOLVED on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:21pm

AN INTERESTING CHARACTER

See if you can name this person by reading the description of the character. If I (we) can come up with the right answer, my niece will win a small prize from school. PLZ HELP

There aren't many people like him. He has had pet rattlesnakes, worked in the Pentagon, built a crossbow, and learned to speak (yes, speak) Morse code. He knows a lot of Indian lore: he can do beadwork and sandpainting, and make arrowheads. He's a botanist: in college, instead of "wasting" money on cafeteria food, he ate edible plants growing on the campus. He knows and teaches survival skills: he can start a fire with flint and steel in less than five seconds. He plays guitar, recorder and piano. A magazine article about him said, "He seems to know every verse to every song that was ever written." He knows sign language and karate, was a member of Mensa, and can carve rings out of peach pits.
In elementary school, he corrected a teacher's spelling. He won a district spelling bee, and they misspelled his name on the trophy. In high school, he and his friends designed and built rockets that flew several hundred feet. He is now head locksmith for a major aircraft corporation. Who is this character?[/b]

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by BlueMeanie on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:26pm

I would love to help out here but have no idea who this may be. Sounds like Ted Nugent to me. :-[

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Woobie on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:37pm

Mickey Mouse?

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by jonny on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:42pm

The first part of it sounds like one of the Indian dudes that used Indian (Our Indians) lingo to out smart the japs....Wind walkers?, or something like that, Hell, I dont know.......LMAO ;;D

..............................jonny

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by cootie on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:48pm

George Bush......hell I dunno either......yer underlined words thru me off and I thought I had that highlighter trogen. Pam that can't think now (or ever)

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Tiannia on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 7:53pm

no clue hun. I tried to look up key works on www.biography.com but it does not narrow down the search when you add more words. Now I'll probably think about it all night.

-Tia

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by jonny on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 8:00pm

Go figure, adults with internet accses and we cant figure out a 9 yr olds question......LMMFAO ;;D

.................................jonny

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by cootie on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 8:25pm

Could it be BARNEY ???? You know who I mean......come on kids.....sit on my lap......take yer clothes off Barney !? I think I will shud dup now.......cabin fever virus Pam

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by UN_SOLVED on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 8:50pm

on 04/22/04 at 20:00:44, jonny wrote:

Go figure, adults with internet accses and we cant figure out a 9 yr olds question......LMMFAO ;;D

.................................jonny

LMAO ... this is a 4^th grade question ppl ! Someone's gotta come up with the answer.

Unsolved

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Woobie on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 9:48pm

So, it's NOT mickey mouse? I though mickey mouse knew everything.....

Well - do YOU know the answer?? spill it man!

tina

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by john123 on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 11:09pm

I google searched all kinds of combinations of the keywords in that description you gave. She should be getting extra points, I don't have a clue. Good luck.

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by tiredofclusters on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 11:15pm

john,

I done the same thing with no luck, though it was Bill Clinton for minute. hehehehe

Neal

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Kevin_M on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 11:27pm

Still UN_SOLVED

Sounds like some guy who could have started McDonnell Douglas, which was bought by Boeing several years ago. Haven't read biographies and haven't come across this description or reference to someone like him in anything I've read. His intererests though haven't crossed mine, so I'm out in the cold.

Why is the answer refered to as "who is this character" as opposed to who is this person?

Kevin M

Another wild guess, that Sikorsky or Bell guy of helicopter fame.

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by ShariRae on Apr 22^nd, 2004, 11:32pm

tried looking it up as well.. nothing :(
totally lost
Shari

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Woobie on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 2:01am

It's just GOTTA be Mickey Mouse.....

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by pubgirl on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 2:05am

This is a toughy

Aircraft companies don't have Head locksmiths do they? Why would they need one?

Is this a clever play on words?

Wendy

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Woobie on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 2:12am

Road runner?? ACME? LMAO - I dont know.

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by BobG on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 6:29am

Quote:

description of the character

?

sounds like a fictional character. Like someone from a book like the Harry Potter stories.

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by ivanov on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 7:06am

At first I thought of Earl Gibbons - you know the grapenut
commercials- but on second thought look up -Howard Hughs.
i am coming done off a cluster right know and totally insane
but it might be him.

Dan

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Charlie on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 7:29am

A Pentagon survivalist into beadwork and saindpainting, who digs Indian lore and carves rings out of peach pits, makes arrrowheads to use in his crossbow, plays the recorder and piano, won a spelling bee and likes to speak in Morse code who was kicked out of Mensa and has devolved into picking filing cabinet locks in Seattle.

What a pain in the ass this guy must have been on a date. No way could anyone stand to live with him.

I wish I had an answer. Intriguing if not fictional.
Sounds like a Bruce Wayne type.

Charlie

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by BobG on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 9:03am

on 04/23/04 at 07:29:42, Charlie wrote:

picking filing cabinet locks in Seattle.

Sounds like a Bruce Wayne type.

Or a G. Gordon Liddy type.

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by thomas on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 9:19am

McGuyver??????????

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Jimi on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 9:26am

George W Bush?

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by ozzman on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 10:36am

Seems to be a composition of characters, I think my guesses have already been mentioned:

First guess: Ted Nugent

Second guess: Homer Simpson (he's even been to space)

Third guess: The lockpicking part made me guess to be my favorite scientist genius of all time, well of modern times anyway, Richard Feynman

After that I'm at a loss...

Ozzy

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by echo on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 11:04am

I think it's:

Skippy the Wonder Lizard

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by nancyc on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 11:16am

Just a thought...butt, why dont you email Mensa and see if they can assist you? AmericanMensa@mensa.org Good luck....THis was fun but I could not find the answer....damn, school has gotten alot harder these days LOL. ;;Dnancyc

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 4:38pm

I don't believe we can be expected to know the answer to this one. Can't speak for the rest of you but I swear to God, I lose brain cells with each and every CH.

Please promise that if you ever find the answer to this one that you'll let the rest of us in on it. Otherwise, you'll drive us all nuts!!!!

Good luck to your niece with this one!

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Charlie on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 5:59pm

You know;

This sounds like one of our old astronauts. Might be possible to nail him down

Charlie

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by jonny on Apr 23^rd, 2004, 6:23pm

They have been in the news lately as the oringals (29 of them) were awarded the congresional medal of honor, and recently all the other code talkers received the silver medal. Carl Gorman would be my first guess as he was a teacher and speaker as well as an artist (and one of the originals). If it's not him, then my next guesses would be William Yazzie or Joe Morris.

.......................................jonny

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by miapet on Apr 24^th, 2004, 2:48pm

head locksmith made me think of Lockheed . . .

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Woobie on Apr 25^th, 2004, 10:36am

OK Unsolved......

OUT with it -------- ;;D

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by UN_SOLVED on Apr 25^th, 2004, 12:22pm

We called the school and left a message in the office for the teacher who gave out this question for a prize. I don't know if he's got the message yet or if he'll get it on Monday morning. Either way, I'm going to try to get an answer out of him.
When I asked my neice Friday about the answer, she laughed and said , "He doesn't even know. No teacher knows it. We might all get a candybar or something. "

LMAO

As soon as I hear something else, I'll pass it on.

Unsolved

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by cipher_cat on Apr 25^th, 2004, 1:05pm

Hermann J. Oberth was one of the three recognized fathers of spaceflight. he's a Transylvanian born creator of rockets and a locksmith. he's got a display in the New Mexico Museum of Space History but i can't tell you anything about his youth or membership in mensa. it's a lead but i'm afraid that's all i have. ;)

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Samantha_Smith on Apr 25^th, 2004, 4:08pm

Chuck Norris? Bruce Lee? Scooby Doo? Hmmmm.....
Dick Cheney?

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Luke63 on Apr 25^th, 2004, 8:06pm

Not a clue...and I thought about this. WOW.....school is hard these days isn't it? Luke

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by OneEyeBlind on Apr 30^th, 2004, 2:22pm

Come on Unsolved - what was the answer. I'm dying to know !

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by wingnut04 on May 11^th, 2004, 10:15pm

okay, it's been a couple weeks..............
WHO IS IT?????????????????????????

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by UN_SOLVED on May 11^th, 2004, 10:49pm

The teacher DID NOT KNOW. LMAO ... What an not a very nice person to give that out offering a prize to the 'winner' when he did not know himself.
Nobody got the answer or the prize.

Does this person really exist ? Who knows !

Unsolved

LMAO >>> This board is censoring me ?

http://e-mailme.home.insightbb.com/censored.gif

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by juvy on May 11^th, 2004, 10:52pm

on 05/11/04 at 22:49:15, UN_SOLVED wrote:

The teacher DID NOT KNOW.
Nobody got the answer or the prize.

LMAO >>> This board is censoring me ?

http://e-mailme.home.insightbb.com/censored.gif

oh great now i'll go insane wonder who it was

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by BlueMeanie on May 11^th, 2004, 10:57pm

on 05/11/04 at 22:49:15, UN_SOLVED wrote:

What a jerk. The teacher should give everyone a prize and make him find the answer !

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by miapet on May 11^th, 2004, 10:59pm

hehe, if the teacher doesn't know the answer . . then we can make one up . . and voila . .let the butt head prove us wrong!!! (and your niece can have the prize)
mia

Title: Re: Help my 9-yr old niece win a prize (free)
Post by Charlie on May 11^th, 2004, 11:19pm

This teacher is lucky he isn't dealiing us. When it comes to bullshit, we have short fuses. >:(

Charlie