Playground Squares XII: Where the fun never ends. EVER!

[Cuthalion]

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Well, that takes care of most o' 'em.

[Lex-Kat]

Killing my sisters and brothers is not funny.

In 2004, Great Ormond Street Hospital held a competition to find a writer of the Official (The rights were given to them by J. M. Barrie in 1929) sequel to Peter and Wendy, the novelization of the Peter Pan play.

The winner was Geraldine McCaughrean, and Peter Pan in Scarlet was released in 2006, to mostly positive reviews, even with the few continuity problems. But the most important part of the novel is that Tinker Bell lives!

Yes, in case you didn't know it, by the end of Barrie's novel it is indicated by Pan that Tinker Bell is no more, as Fairies do not live long.

But, in Peter Pan in Scarlet, one fairy rectifies this mistake (in my opinion) on Barrie's part. Cuthalion, what is the name and motivation of the fairy who brings Tinker Bell (Officially) back to life?

[Cuthalion]

I never read that book. Perhaps... well, I shall come up with something. How about, say.... Glitterdust?

[Felandria]

I never read that book. Perhaps... well, I shall come up with something. How about, say.... Glitterdust?

Well, I think Glitterdust is a spell, so I will Disagree

[Lex-Kat]

That is correct. Ding Ding Ding! The hero's name is Fireflyer.

Elemental, choose a Square and a Category. In that order, please.

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Categories
A) Diseased
B) Nothing to see here
C) All in the Family
D) I'm the Leprechaun!
E) Dimes II

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Cuthalion

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Mangosta71

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the Bushranger

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

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Fleeing Coward

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Amidus Drexel

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Cristo Meyers

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[Elemental]

Nonsense! I shall choose them in whatever order I want. Or will that cause the utter destruction of the Universe as we know it?

In any case, I've got Two Dimes for Amidus. Well, I don't, but if he were ever to visit I'd give him a selection of Australian coins.


Damn... Technically I chose the square first...

[Amidus Drexel]

Woo, money!
Aw hell yeah.
Yeah, yeah, we've got a question to answer.
Bring it. I've got this.

[Lex-Kat]

I need to start writing down what I'm thinking about when I create these categories.

[mangosta71]

I dunno, the questions seem to have the same relation to the categories that my answers tend to have to the question.

[Lex-Kat]

The March of Dimes Foundation, known world-wide for it's dedication to the health of babies and infants, and research into preventative measures for birth defects and premature birth. Originally called the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, this not-for-profit group has undergone changes in both name and mission.

Through research and educational efforts, the Foundation was able to combat and defeat it's first nemesis, by 1955. Amidus Drexel, what paralyzing ailment was this institution originally created to fight at its inception?

[Amidus Drexel]

Now, having done some in-depth research on this question (I asked some guy at the gas station), I can say with some certainty that I am now an expert in this field.

Now, one might think that this paralyzing disease was polio, but that wasn't completely eradicated until the 80's. The disease that the March of Dimes was started for was Guillain-Barré syndrome.

[Elemental]

I disagree.
'Twas Polio, also known as Infantile Paralysis. Though the illness you named does sound rather scientific, so I could be wrong.

[Lex-Kat]

Ding Ding Ding! You were correct to disagree with Amidus, and Polio is indeed the correct answer.

It was, in fact, Franklin D. Roosevelt himself who helped found the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, because he himself had the ailment.

As for Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), in recent years there has been a theory that actually this is what FDR suffered from. The reason for this is that Poliomyelitis typically affects children, and he was 39 when he first started exhibiting the symptoms. These same symptoms can be found for GBS victims, which was, and still is, a lesser known disease.

It'd be like getting Chicken Pox when you are 39 years old. Not impossible, but very unlikely and uncommon.

Aaaaanyway.... Felandria, please choose a Category and a Square.

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Categories
A) Diseased
B) Nothing to see here
C) All in the Family
D) I'm the Leprechaun!

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Ground

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Squares

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E

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Cuthalion

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Mangosta71

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the Bushranger

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

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E

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Fleeing Coward

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Amidus Drexel

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Cristo Meyers

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[Felandria]

Are you sure there's Nothing to see here, Penguinator?

[Penguinator]

Are you sure there's Nothing to see here, Penguinator?

Positive. You will find no bodies under the floorboards.

[Lex-Kat]

So many ideas to choose from. Shall I ask a question about Tell-Tale Heart, or possibly Edgar Allan Poe himself? Should I look for the inventor of eyeglasses, which I did, and not too surprisingly, it's uncertain or unknown who invented them. So we move on to Benjamin Franklin, the undisputed inventor of bifocals.

But nay, I say. Let's focus once again on murder!

On February 14^th, 1926, while most people in Chicago were looking for love and romance, five members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang, plus two collaborators, were gunned down inside a garage, unarmed.

There were witnesses who testified they saw two cops walk with two nicely dressed gentlemen into the garage, and then later back out. One of the North Siders heading to the garage wrote down the license number of the cop car parked outside, before leaving the neighborhood. And Frank Gusenburg survived fourteen hits, was rushed to the hospital, and stabilized. Only to not give up the names of those who'd just attempted to kill him (and succeeded, dying three hours later), stating "I'm not talking." or "Nobody shot me."

So who killed Peter Gusenberg, Frank Gusenberg, Albert Kachellek, Adam Heyer, Reinhardt Schwimmer, Albert Weinshank, and John May? More importantly, who ordered the hit? Well to anyone who has read or heard about this, the answer can only be one man: Alphonse Gabriel Capone.

Well, this has gotten to be a long question. So we'll end it here. Penguinator, do you happen to know the name of the Detroit gang who is believed to have taken part in the most infamous Valentine's Day murder?

[Penguinator]

Due to personal experience with bandanas and gang affiliations, I believe it to be the Paisley Gang.

[Felandria]

Ooh, this is one of those things I actually know.

It was the Purple Gang, so I Disagree

[Lex-Kat]

Ding Ding Ding! Correct! The strangely named Purple Gang were the co-culprits.

And now, Elemental can once again choose a Category and a Square.

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Categories
A) Diseased
B) Two Peas in a Pod
C) All in the Family
D) I'm the Leprechaun!

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Ground

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E

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Cuthalion

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Mangosta71

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the Bushranger

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

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E

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Fleeing Coward

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Amidus Drexel

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Cristo Meyers

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[Elemental]

I'll take The Bushranger for Two thousand Peas in a Pod, Lex!

[Penguinator]

Due to personal experience with bandanas and gang affiliations, I believe it to be the Paisley Gang.

Personal experience being yelled at in high school for wearing a paisley bandana on "Talk Like a Pirate Day" and getting griped at about gangs.

[The Bushranger]

Peas? Pods? Wha?

[Lex-Kat]

The pod? The Colosseum. The peas? Piscus and Verus.

On the inaugural opening day of the Colosseum in 80 A.D., these two gladiators fought for hours on end, neither having the advantage over the other.

Marcus Valerius Martialis wrote of their combat, the only known recorded fight of the day:

"While Priscus continued to draw out the contest, and Verus likewise, and for a long time the struggle was evenly balanced on both sides, discharge was demanded for the stout fighters with loud and frequent shouting; but Caesar obeyed his own law (the law was that once the palm had been set up the fight had to proceed until a finger was raised): he did as he was allowed, making frequent awards of plate. Still, a resolution was found for the contest, equal they fought, equal they yielded. To both Caesar awarded the wooden sword and the palm: thus courage and skill received their reward. This has happened under no emperor but you, Caesar: two men fought and two men won."

While in modern times it is called the Colosseum, in the age of the Roman Empire, it was called the Flavian Amphitheatre, due to when it was built, during the Flavian Dynasty. According to one of the more popular theories, it was called the Colosseum due to its proximity to the Colossus Solis, a statue dedicated to the Roman sun god, Sol.

But Sol isn't who the statue was originally modelled. It was originally created in the likeness of one of the first five Emperors of Rome.And that is the question, Bushranger. Which Emperor's head first adorned the Colossus Solis?

[The Bushranger]

Clearly it was Lord Refa.

...what?

Oh, Roman, not Centauri?

Caligula! Peel me a grape!

[Elemental]

I disagree.
It was the vanity of Nero, not the madness of Caligula.

[Lex-Kat]

Ding Ding Ding! Well then. Seems I need to start asking even tougher questions. Apparently.

Felandria, choose your category to ask Cristo.

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Categories
A) Diseased
C) All in the Family
D) I'm the Leprechaun!

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Play

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Ground

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Squares

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E

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Atreyu the Masked Llama

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Cuthalion

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Mangosta71

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the Bushranger

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Sabeki

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Penguinator

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E

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Fleeing Coward

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Amidus Drexel

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Cristo Meyers

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[Felandria]

Let's go with All in the Family

[Lex-Kat]

Many know the infamous and highly disgusting king who fathered King Edward VI, Queen (Bloody) Mary I, and Queen Elizabeth I (who may or may not have been married to the Doctor ).

And some may also know of the "Nine Day Queen" Lady Jane Grey, whose reign lasted between the death of Edward and the arrival of Mary. She was only 16 or 17. But Lady Jane was not the first woman to almost sit on the throne as Queen.

Four hundred years and twelve days prior, the only legitimate daughter of Henry I, Matilda, fought for her place on the throne from the usurper Stephen of Blois. His reign lasted from 1135 to 1154, to be succeeded by Matilda's son, Henry II.

Cristo, In which year during the reign of king Stephen did Matilda nearly retake the throne that should have been rightfully hers to begin with?

[Cristo Meyers]

Sounds like a problem straight out of Crusader Kings 2...

...and like most problems in Crusader Kings 2, it's nothing that couldn't be solved by a bit of familicide. An attempt on Stephen's life left him in a weakened position and he was captured in 1143, so Matilda ascended to the throne.

She ascended for all of about six months, but still, she ascended.

[Felandria]

Sounds like a problem straight out of Crusader Kings 2...

...and like most problems in Crusader Kings 2, it's nothing that couldn't be solved by a bit of familicide. An attempt on Stephen's life left him in a weakened position and he was captured in 1143, so Matilda ascended to the throne.

She ascended for all of about six months, but still, she ascended.

I disagree