Who Am I?

[freenetter]

I am responsible for creating one of the most successful game franchises of all time. My game series has sold over 100 million copies to date. When I first came up with the idea for my game, it was vehemently rejected by my colleagues.

Who am I?

 

[lemon-tree]

Will Wright

 

[freenetter]

Good work lemon-tree

 

[fguy64]

Good work lemon-tree

What was the game?

Born in 1878, I was a famous and groundbreaking female entertainer who met an untimely death when my scarf became entangled in the wheel of a vehicle and I was strangled when the car pulled away from the curb.

 

[ichwar]

Maybe zener can help us out here?

 

[zen-r]

Just a little before my time. How old do you think I am?!

I was thinking Josephine Baker maybe, but she was probably more recent.

Hey ichwar, do you ever wear scarves near cars? :naughty:

 

[ichwar]

Of course not!!! I don't even wear scarves at all...

Ok fguy, my guess for that question is 'zen-r'.

 

[zen-r]

I've got the answer now, but I had to Google it - so I'm out of this one.

Hey ichwar, remind me to send you a nice long scarf for Christmas! :naughty:

P.S. fguy64 - the game was The Sims, I believe.

 

[ichwar]

Sure I'll remind you to send me a scarf for Christmas, but I suspect you won't take me up on my offer?

 

[freenetter]

I had no idea to the answers of either fguy or zen-r's questions

Someone else put a question on and let's see how we all go

 

[fguy64]

Born in 1878, I was a famous and groundbreaking female entertainer who met an untimely death when my scarf became entangled in the wheel of a vehicle and I was strangled when the car pulled away from the curb.

I'll give a hint. She was a dancer, truly one of a kind.

 

[ichwar]

Well, I don't know the first thing about dancers except that my great grandmother was one. And she didn't die by being strangled by a scarf either. So I guess I'll be out of this one.

 

[lemon-tree]

I got it now, but I'll see if anyone else can get it before I post it.

 

[zen-r]

Have you got an "I.D." on her yet?

 

[ichwar]

I'm still clueless. There's no way I'm gonna answer this one without googleing it.

 

[fguy64]

zen-r has provided an initial clue as to the ID of the dancer.

 

[ichwar]

As I said, I don't know the first thing about dancers. So I'm not going to be able to get this one without googleing it.

 

[zen-r]

Bare in mind that there could be other members who look in on this thread, & wish to play too.......though I think that if anyone else was going to guess it, they would have by now.

 

[fguy64]

OK, I can't keep this secret any longer. The name of the dancer with the scarf is Isadora Duncan. Her bio is a good read, she was an interesting woman.

http://www.isadoraduncan.org/about_isadora.html

 

[ichwar]

Bare in mind

I'm laughing!
YOU wrote that!:hahano:
YOU, the guy who never lets a typo slip past unnoticed!