What am I? Riddle-Game
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Re: What am I? Riddle-Game
But my guy was a real chemist. - Hint#3
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@Mindful WordsmithMindful Wordsmith wrote: ↑25 Sep 2021, 02:57 New Riddle
I was clever and humble but this sickness got me.
Some like it but some dislike it when I fly into a rage.
I was a chemist but preferred being known as a physicist.
Who am I?
Could it be Dr. Jekyll ?
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I apologize for having missed your earlier post asking about my "cousin" clue in the previous riddle. I'll repost my response to Mindful Wordsmith below ...
Hint #4 - I am often compared with a distant cousin of mine who reminds people of a can .... or is it a cane?
(Careful, this is a play on words. Think "city".)
This was a reference to The Cannes Film Festival which takes place in Cannes, France. Some English speaking people pronounce it "can" (correct) and others say "canes". Another slight clue is the expression "distant cousin" as geographically distant from USA where Oscar lives.
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Oh, I like that guess! Very nice.DATo wrote: ↑25 Sep 2021, 14:33@Mindful WordsmithMindful Wordsmith wrote: ↑25 Sep 2021, 02:57 New Riddle
I was clever and humble but this sickness got me.
Some like it but some dislike it when I fly into a rage.
I was a chemist but preferred being known as a physicist.
Who am I?
Could it be Dr. Jekyll ?
@Susan Francis
I apologize for having missed your earlier post asking about my "cousin" clue in the previous riddle. I'll repost my response to Mindful Wordsmith below ...
Hint #4 - I am often compared with a distant cousin of mine who reminds people of a can .... or is it a cane?
(Careful, this is a play on words. Think "city".)
This was a reference to The Cannes Film Festival which takes place in Cannes, France. Some English speaking people pronounce it "can" (correct) and others say "canes". Another slight clue is the expression "distant cousin" as geographically distant from USA where Oscar lives.
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And not Tesla either. @Lunastella
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I don't think this is correct but I'm gonna throw it out there....
Dr. Frankenstein?
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And the physicist part is important.
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Dr. Robert Bruce Banner aka The Hulk ?
If not, may I ask, is the answer to the riddle a real person or a character of fiction?
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A fictional character.
He was a chemist and not a physicist.
He was a normal human (not a superhero, neither supernatural, etc.)
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Mindful Wordsmith wrote: ↑25 Sep 2021, 09:52
Hint#1: I'm a fictional person.
Hint#2: The line '...fly into a rage' has a special meaning here.
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I was thinking maybe Ironman- because he wasn't actually a superhero without his suit.
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And the answer isn't Iron Man either. @Mounce574
This chemist used the name of a famous physicist as an alias to hide his real identity (that's why ''preferred being known").
And can you guess why he would use an alias?
Or why anyone would use it?
(A mini riddle within a riddle LOL).