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

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)

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)

rents answer again

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

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. Jim^{Collaborator «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...

"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

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)

Ah, no; he is a touch too dead. Oh well. -- ALoan (Talk) 00:16, 9 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

Yossarian

yossarian

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

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)