Question of the day

[daverichardson]

They have all been the subject of a portrait apart from Wilde who wrote about one
This is true

 

[spkennyuk]

Is Wilde the only one buried outside his country of birth?

They have all been the subject of a portrait apart from Wilde who wrote about one
This is true

I think Wilde may have had a few poor traits !

 

[Arfa]

Frederick Delius. The only one without the letter a in his name. This is also true Dave!

 

[Oneball]

They have all been the subject of a portrait apart from Wilde who wrote about one
This is true

There a Toulouse Lautrec portrait of Wilde reputedly painted on the night before his trial for being a muppet.

 

[cheshiremaserati]

They all had syphilis, but only Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States, so he is the odd one out.

Almost Correct. But not for the reason you give. You needed to look for what is common across all 5 persons. Of course he was the only one to be President. But then Oscar Wilde was the only author. And Capone the only gangster. So not quite there. Lincoln is the odd one out and here is why and what he shares with the other 4:
The answer is:
Edouard Manet was a French modern painter and he died from untreated syphilis

Oscar Wilde was homosexual and a famous author (The Importance of Being Earnest etc) and he died of syphilis.

Al Capone (gangster) died of syphilis.

Frederik Delius was an English composer in late 19th Century. He died of syphilis.

Abraham Lincoln is the odd one out, because he is alleged to have contracted syphilis but died from an assasins bullet in a theatre on Good Friday April 14 1865. He was also the 16th President of the USA. The other 4 had syphilis and died from it and Lincoln is alleged to have had it but did not die from it.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Almost Correct. But not for the reason you give. You needed to look for what is common across all 5 persons. Of course he was the only one to be President. But then Oscar Wilde was the only author. And Capone the only gangster. So not quite there. Lincoln is the odd one out and here is why and what he shares with the other 4:
The answer is:
Edouard Manet was a French modern painter and he died from untreated syphilis

Oscar Wilde was homosexual and a famous author (The Importance of Being Earnest etc) and he died of syphilis.

Al Capone (gangster) died of syphilis.

Frederik Delius was an English composer in late 19th Century. He died of syphilis.

Abraham Lincoln is the odd one out, because he is alleged to have contracted syphilis but died from an assasins bullet in a theatre on Good Friday April 14 1865. He was also the 16th President of the USA. The other 4 had syphilis and died from it and Lincoln is alleged to have had it but did not die from it.

So I was right then.

 

[spkennyuk]

So I was right then.

Right reason but wrong disease without trawling back.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Right reason but wrong disease without trawling back.

Yes but close enough surely

 

[spkennyuk]

Yes but close enough surely

I would say so. Im sure markmas wont mind you setting the next question.

 

[cheshiremaserati]

So I was right then.

How were you right then? Your contribution was that Abe died of lead poisoning and the others from herpes??????
Lincoln was killed by an assasins bullet. The others all died of syphilis. Puzzled at the claim that you were right?????

 

[spkennyuk]

How were you right then? Your contribution was that Abe died of lead poisoning and the others from herpes??????
Lincoln was killed by an assasins bullet. The others all died of syphilis. Puzzled at the claim that you were right?????

Lead poisoning was a tongue in cheek way of saying Abraham was shot and killed. Thats how i took its meaning at the time.

 

[daverichardson]

A bullet is lead poisoning isn't it?
Herpes needs a carrier oh no that was HMS Hermes

 

[Wanderer]

Wilde died of meningitis I thought..

 

[Oneball]

Far too much fannying about.

Here I’ll jump in

Who’s the only man to captain England in football and cricket?

 

[Delmonte]

Far too much fannying about.

Here I’ll jump in

Who’s the only man to captain England in football and cricket?

RE Foster...

 

[daverichardson]

Arthur Milton
or was he the first black player?

 

[midlifecrisis]

Pedantic question of the day

How were you right then? Your contribution was that Abe died of lead poisoning and the others from herpes??????
Lincoln was killed by an assasins bullet. The others all died of syphilis. Puzzled at the claim that you were right?????

Pedantic Porsche pr...

 

[Oneball]

RE Foster...

Well done. I walk past a plaque to him on the wall of Worcester County Cricket ground everyday.

Your turn.

 

[Delmonte]

Cool, here goes....

The great rivals of American cinema from the 70s onwards, Alan Pacino and Bobby DeNiro, famously never shared screen time in a film until the 1990s.

However, they both played the same character in 2 different and unconnected films. Who was that character?

 

[Wanderer]

Cool, here goes....

The great rivals of American cinema from the 70s onwards, Alan Pacino and Bobby DeNiro, famously never shared screen time in a film until the 1990s.

However, they both played the same character in 2 different and unconnected films. Who was that character?

Rob Gretton