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Dear fellow player,

Earlier I asked you to guess the people who were on the avatars of some of our beloved Dutchmen:


Despite my warning to carefully read the rules, the very first participants already gave me lists with the players… Luckily, you guys quickly found out that I was looking for the real life people who were on the avatars!

I promised to give away two houses, one to the person with the highest score and one to someone who shouted the article. I’m afraid it’ll have to be three houses, because two of you did particularly well, getting a 100% score! But before I tell you who those were, I want to congratulate Konnes with winning a house through shouting the article!


For every person you guessed right, you got 1 point. If you clearly knew who it was but made a vital naming mistake (Guevarra’s first name is not “Che”), you got 0.5 points. If your avatar was in the game, your score got divided by 14, not 15. The final results!

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1. Spir Tus: 15/15 points (100😵[/b]
2. djirtsdew: 14/14 points (100😵
3. odan: 9/15 points (60😵
4. Willem The Conqueror: 7.5/14 points (53,6😵
5. Brokenlove: 5.5/15 points (36,7😵

Congratulations konnes, Spir Tus and djirtsdew on your new houses!

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The actual people on the avatars:
1. Alphonso Joseph d’Abruzzo. American actor. Here playing Captain Benjamin Franklin Pierce (“Hawkeye”) from M*A*S*H. (0.5 points for “Alan Alda”.)

2. Ludwig van Beethoven. German composer.

3. Gethin Anthony. British actor. Here playing Renly Baratheon in Game of Thrones.

4. Sir Ian Murray McKellen. British actor. Here playing Gandalf the White in Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers.

5. Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey. Boer general during the Second Boer war. (Also 1 point for “Koos de la Rey”.)

6. Willem Johannes Theodorus Kloos. Dutch 19th century poet.

7. Willem Frederik. First king of the Netherlands. (0.5 points for “(king) Willem I”.)

8. Machgielis Euwe. Dutch chess Grandmaster, fifth World Chess Champion.

9. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood. First earl of Halifax. British 20th centruy politician.

10. James Hugh Calum Laurie. British actor, here playing dr. House. (Also 1 point for “Hugh Laurie”.)

11. Richard Dean Anderson. US actor, here playing Jack O’Neill in Stargate SG-1.

12. Wigly Aytta van Zwichem. 16th century Frisian statesman and jurist.

13. Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard. Dutch queen between 1980-2013. (0.5 points for “Beatrix of the Netherlands”)

14. Ernesto Guevara. 20th century Argentine revolutionary. (0.5 points for “Che Guevara”.)

15. Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson. US singer, songwriter and actress. (0.5 points for “Katy Perry”.)

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Congratulations to all winners and a lot of thanks to all participants!


I salute,