Why is Walter Lines notable?
(names in parens are those who provided the guess)
(names in parens are those who provided the guess)
- He was British (train)
- He was the author of some great book (Nightstalkers)
- He was the chief architect behind the first aquaducts in London (BigBlue)
- He was the French biologist who was the first to identify the bacteria that causes diptheria (TomB)
- He was a movie director best known for his film, "Singing in the Rain" (EricBess)
- He was an English schoolboy who invented the scooter (correct answer)
- He was renowned for his work in the field of mathematics, specifically linear mathematics. In fact, Walter Lines is not his original name but rather a nickname given to him by his colleagues. The name printed on his birth certificate is Walter Young. (Zhaneel)
- He was the original editor of National Geographic. (Apollo)
- He was the co-creater of Coleco with Telstar Arcade in 1976. (sageridder)
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I hope I didn't confuse anyone by posting the list in the original thread since not everyone who provided an initial guess did a final guess. Maybe I'll go back to making it a separate thread...
sageridder got the correct answer but Apollo was a big winner in that two people guessed his.
EricBess guessed 3.
Apollo guessed 4.
sageridder guessed 6.
train guessed 7.
BigBlue and Zhaneel guessed 8.
TomB guessed 9.
Scores:
sageridder: 5 (1 for initial, 1 for final, 2 for correct answer, 1 for other person guess)
Apollo: 4 (1 for initial, 1 for final, 2 for other people guess)
BigBlue: 3 (1 for initial, 1 for final, 1 for other person guess)
TomB: 3 (1 for initial, 1 for final, and 1 for other person guess)
Zhaneel: 3 (same as above)
EricBess: 2 (1 for initial and 1 for final)
train: 2 (1 for initial and 1 for final)
Nightstalkers: 1 (1 for initial)
