+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Another of our soon to be incoming Vinyls to give away. One guess per hour starting with the 10 to 11 CST hour - which is now. Only for those who did not attend the fun festivites in California this weekend. If you are at GeoCoin Fest you are having fun already. Answer both questions correctly to win: Whose biography am I currently reading? What time period of this person's life is covered in the biography? (Be specific with years) Playing for one of these: Edited February 18, 2007 by GPX Navigators Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Christopher Kennedy Lawford---covers his drugged out years. Warning stop reading it NOW!!!!! Quote
+geocachingdragon Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 President ford's White house years Quote
+57chevy Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 William Shakespeare 1585-1592 the second Lost years. Quote
+Trucker Lee Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Buddy Holly's, back in those days, they didn't have caches so he had to settle for "Rocking around the Clock" through out the 1955 to his death. Edited: I must be sleepy, wrong artist. Nice catch LadyBee. Edited February 18, 2007 by Trucker Lee Quote
+cache agent Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Oprah and her younger years? I'm off to bed its midnight... have fun! Cache Agent Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Well I'm going this time with Bill Haley and his Comet rocking years in the 50s ( I do remember them so well ) Quote
+sillygirl & jrr Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle 1831-36 edited to say it's only 7 pm here... oh and it's 75 degrees. But I'm still not at Coinfest... jrr Edited February 18, 2007 by sillygirl & jrr Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 Some cool guesses. It is an American. Yeah - like that narrows it down. Quote
YemonYime Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 I'll take a guess at Sydney Poitier - Measure Of A Man (1950's) Quote
princeshoko Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Martin Luther King 1958-1968 ? For black history month Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Marley & Me which covers Marley's lifespan of about 10 years. Well you didn't say it had to be a human did you!!!!! And It IS a good book!!! Quote
+slippery_1 Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 life and Times of John Defenbaker- Canadian, Eh! Quote
+cache agent Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Sesame Street and the last 10 years! Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 This sounds like a good interesting book but not a happy one. The Glass Cstle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls which covers her childhood Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 Sorry - 'puter has been funky all am. Finally got in! It is a man. It is somone everyone should know of. Quote
+Anthus Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 My Life Bill Clinton - birth (1946) through 2004 (book published in 2005) Quote
+LadyBee4T Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Well I really thought it was Sidney Poitier andbut no. Now I its Bill Clinton but he's been chosen so I'll go with Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln covers the years to win the 1860 nomination and picking his cabinet.... Quote
+Red Otter Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 How about Rudy Giuliani, 1993-2002 (the mayoral years) Quote
+Trucker Lee Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Terry McAuliffe, his years as a Democratic hack. Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 This person could be said to have had a lot to do with a topic that was a recent geocoin release. Quote
+stepshep Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Covers 1812-1813 Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Jules Verne - 1850's? You design a gorgeous coin and you are not at the Fest! Now that is a shame! They should have rolled out the red carpet for Yime from CA to PA! Not JV but what coin would go with that? Oh, hmmmmmmmm, I can think of one. Edited February 18, 2007 by GPX Navigators Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry Covers 1812-1813 That last hint pretty much gave the person away...unless there is another coin tucked away here in the forums that has to do with another person and it was made to be a trick hint. I am going to agree and say that it is Oliver Hazard Perry. As far as dates...you asked in your question which time period in his life is covered? True, the bulk of the book may cover 1812-1813.....more importantly September 1813 when he had his victory over a Royal Navy squadron on Lake Erie, but I'm sure that their has to be a sentence or paragraph in the book somewhere talking about a brief overview of the beginning and end of his life. Thus the book technically covers his life which is August 4, 1823 – November 1, 1877. Even if it is not in the actual book, it could be on the preface or the inside covers. That is my two cents. Quote
YemonYime Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Jules Verne - 1850's? You design a gorgeous coin and you are not at the Fest! Now that is a shame! They should have rolled out the red carpet for Yime from CA to PA! Not JV but what coin would go with that? Oh, hmmmmmmmm, I can think of one. Nopers, couldn't make the "Fest", but I'm there in spirit for sure! Just got some pics sent to me from TMOCM and Tess from CoinsAndPins. I'm so jealous, because I'm stuck in the Blizzard of Pittsburgh today! Couldn't even see the road a few minutes ago. I took a stab at Jules Verne because of Avroair's "Around the World in 80 Caches" coin. Figured you might be a sci-fi fan! Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 Jules Verne - 1850's? You design a gorgeous coin and you are not at the Fest! Now that is a shame! They should have rolled out the red carpet for Yime from CA to PA! Not JV but what coin would go with that? Oh, hmmmmmmmm, I can think of one. Nopers, couldn't make the "Fest", but I'm there in spirit for sure! Just got some pics sent to me from TMOCM and Tess from CoinsAndPins. I'm so jealous, because I'm stuck in the Blizzard of Pittsburgh today! Couldn't even see the road a few minutes ago. I took a stab at Jules Verne because of Avroair's "Around the World in 80 Caches" coin. Figured you might be a sci-fi fan! I feel for you and the snow. We've been really cold and lots of snow on and off the last month. Can you share some of those pics. We'd love to feel jealous with you. And it's not Commodore Perry thought that is one great guess. Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 And it's not Commodore Perry thought that is one great guess. It's my serious headache and MAJOR crave for a new coin kicking in.....time to go back to the drawing boards. I've got all kinds of people giving me "the look" because I have been on the computer for so long already this morning. Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 And it's not Commodore Perry thought that is one great guess. It's my serious headache and MAJOR crave for a new coin kicking in.....time to go back to the drawing boards. I've got all kinds of people giving me "the look" because I have been on the computer for so long already this morning. Yeah me too. Trying not to look too suspicious here. Feel better. Quote
+Trucker Lee Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 St. Patrick Following is from the Catholic encyclopedia for the dates: Apostle of Ireland, born at Kilpatrick, near Dumbarton, in Scotland, in the year 387; died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, 17 March, 493. Other sources say 460 or 461 —Ed. Got another guess ready for next hour too. Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 good guess....why didn't I think of that? I bet he got it! Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Wait....just forgot about the clue that this man is an American! There's still hope. BTW - I was fixing to say galileo galilei because of the Italian Coin...but he is....well.....italian! Quote
+Trucker Lee Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 OOPs!! Forgot the American hint, will have that corrected next hour. Thanks for the reminder. But then again, how many Americans use St. Patrick as an excuse to party hearty? Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) OOPs!! Forgot the American hint, will have that corrected next hour. Thanks for the reminder. But then again, how many Americans use St. Patrick as an excuse to party hearty? All of them just about. Oops - never mind that was the other contest. But it will be every half hour soon. Edited February 18, 2007 by GPX Navigators Quote
YemonYime Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Sam Houston 1830's? Had a lot to do with the Battle of the Alamo, and we just had a Team Alamo coin release? *lets his wild arrow fly* ETA: Interesting fact about Sam Houston. He's the only man to be governer of two different states. (TN & TX) Edited February 18, 2007 by YemonYime Quote
+4BOWS Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 Ulysses S. Grant? He played a part in the creation of Sequoia National Park, and there is now a coin out commemorating the park. The book is about his presidency 1869-1877 Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 It looks like I can guess again. Found a coin that has an American person that everyone should know about. Steve Irwin - The book covers his life which was 22nd February 1962 through 4th September 2006 Quote
+DresselDragons Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 It looks like I can guess again. Found a coin that has an American person that everyone should know about. Steve Irwin - The book covers his life which was 22nd February 1962 through 4th September 2006 I thought Steve was from Australia Quote
+Super_Nate Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) It looks like I can guess again. Found a coin that has an American person that everyone should know about. Steve Irwin - The book covers his life which was 22nd February 1962 through 4th September 2006 I thought Steve was from Australia DA-GUMMIT.....You are right! Why oh why didn't I catch that? It's gotta be the slowing down of my mind. He was married in Oregon ..... Okay....another guess next hour! I need a hint... Edited February 18, 2007 by Super_Nate Quote
+Trucker Lee Posted February 18, 2007 Posted February 18, 2007 just checking time zone differences and time since last try Quote
+GPX Navigators Posted February 18, 2007 Author Posted February 18, 2007 (edited) Here's a hint but it will take a little research. EVERYONE can guess again and then again every half hour. I will try to post clues hourly. This person was born where I was. This person spent a large chunk of time near the area where we now live. Someone got the coin I was thinking of. Edited February 18, 2007 by GPX Navigators Quote
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