Wikipedia:Wikifun/Round 7/Answers/Question 2
Uh... Joseph Heller? I don't know, just a guess. He wrote Catch-22 after all. - fiveless 16:35, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
rentastrawberrys answer
[edit]I think the answer is Stephen Grover Cleveland. Once again I am not sure. I knew that U.S. presidents had numbers so I went to that article. I saw that Cleveland was number 22 and elected twice unconsecutivly. I guess thats the rule your talking about.
- His _name_ is an exception, not his bio. Grue 05:21, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I think Grover Cleveland could be a valid answer anyway; he was the 22nd president and so far as I know he's the only one who went by his middle name. Zoicon5 16:53, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- That'll teach me to not look things up. Calvin Coolidge also went by his middle name. Zoicon5 17:26, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I think Grover Cleveland could be a valid answer anyway; he was the 22nd president and so far as I know he's the only one who went by his middle name. Zoicon5 16:53, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
this one is pretty vague so i'll take a wild jab. Ar-Sakalthôr, the 22nd ruler of Númenor. --Alterego 20:32, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
- I immediately thought of soccer players, so I looked at a large number of soccer teams. The only number 22 that jumped out so far was the 22 of A.C. Milan, Kaká. Eugene van der Pijll 22:12, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- An interesting possibility is Salad Fingers, whose lives at number 22 =) --Alterego 23:03, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
- More likely, "Major Major Major Major", a character in Joseph Heller's Catch 22, found at List of unusual personal names. (maybe fiveless above was close!)--Alterego 23:05, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
- An interesting possibility is Salad Fingers, whose lives at number 22 =) --Alterego 23:03, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
rents answer again
[edit]Is the answer by any chance Martin Heinrich Klaproth. From the beginning I thought that the "rule" was I before E except after C. His middle name doesn't follow that rule, but then he's German. Anyway I got it by going to Titanium which is number 22 on the periodic table of elements. Then I saw that Titanium was discovered by some guy and then rediscovered by Martin Heinrich Klaproth. --Rentastrawberry 23:47, Apr 5, 2005 (UTC)
my lame answer
[edit]It's getting to be a theme... I have looked throughout Wikipedia -- the best I can come up with is Pope John XXII, but it's a pretty conventional name for a pope (even a French pope). The only controversy is that there was apparantly no Pope John XX. But that's my answer, and I'm sticking to it...for now. JimCollaborator «talk» 05:16, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
- To that end there are roman naming conventions. Publius Septimius Geta was the 22nd (co)-emperor and was subject to Damnatio memoriae. Aside from having his name wiped from existence I don't see how it fits (interesting topic though). I'm running out of ideas! --Alterego 21:41, Apr 6, 2005 (UTC)
Someone was very close to answer, but I'll drop a hint anyway:
Hint:the rule in question is by itself quite unusual and there is an article about it in Wikipedia. Grue 05:27, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Pope John XXIII was the 22nd pope with that name, as there was no Pope John XX (which is an article about it, although not exactly a rule...)?
- Alternatively, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to have two names, but I have no idea why his number would be 22 and can't find an article on the rule... -- ALoan (Talk) 14:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Far fetched idea...
[edit]"What's your name, what's your number?": Lyrics from Cypress Hill's song which uses a sample from The Clash's London Calling, of whom Joe Strummer (real name John Graham Mellor) was a member. He died Dec 22, 2002. Bleh :) porges 10:35, Apr 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Nope, the man in question is not related to the song. And he's alive. Grue 14:25, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- By any chance is it Al Leiter. His name doesn't apply to the I before E rule and his number is 22. I found him by going to the list of major league baseball players. Then went to current players and panned through the numbers, looking for a 22 with the I before E problem. --Rentastrawberry 00:44, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
The guy from the Prisoner?
Catch 22
The rule is not the IE/EI rule, nor it is any other rule of English language (or any language for that matter). Grue 17:03, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
starting off query
[edit]if anyone wants a place to start from try the 100 results for: site:en.wikipedia.org ~rule (22 OR "twenty two") he|him -english -language born -"passed away" -"passed on" -"died" -inurl:talk -cypress -prisoner -"catch 22" -klaproth -heller -grover -Númenor -salad -titanium -publius -pope -Leiter -intitle:"Wikipedia talk" --Alterego 20:47, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
- Gosh... could it be Wendell Willkie, erstwhile candidate for US President with 22 million votes? Eleanor Roosevelt wrote a eulogy that concluded, "Americans tend to forget the names of the men who lost their bid for the presidency. Willkie proved the exception to this rule." -- ALoan (Talk) 20:58, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- And what about Gerald Ford, the only individual to serve as President without ever having been elected to either the presidency or vice presidency as per the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution ? (this search pulled up that one) --Alterego 21:01, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
Yossarian
[edit]Yossarian
yossarian
[edit]could it be yossarian? after a good hour or so this is the best i could do there is a mention of his name but what the rule is i don't know --Larsie 08:19, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)
p.s. being fiction i don't know if he's alive or not
Grue's right answer
[edit]Eidur Gudjohnsen 's name is an exception from Naming conventions of Iceland and his number at Chelsea is indeed 22. Grue 06:28, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)