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by **Grip** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:27 am

He got the two confused and himself puzzled.

by **RedWine** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:32 am

The two: humans? items? ideas?
Confused: did he take one for another?
He: H? A? M?
Location relevant?

by **Grip** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 4:53 pm

The two: humans? this items? ideas?
Confused: did he take one for another? no
He: H? A? M? yes
Location relevant? no

by **Westing1992** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:38 pm

Were the two themselves confused?
The two: HAM? Were they twins? Did they look similar? Have the same name? Have similar names?

by **Grip** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:43 pm

Were the two themselves confused? nope, good Q
The two: HAM? yesish Were they twins? no Did they look similar? not at all Have the same name? doubtful Have similar names? again, highly unlikely

by **GalFisk** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:18 pm

Did he mix up the two? Puzzled: in a puzzled state of mind? Included in a puzzle?

by **Grip** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:52 pm

Did he mix up the two? yesish Puzzled: in a puzzled state of mind? this Included in a puzzle?

by **Doriana** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:06 pm

Are the two fictional characters?
If so, are they from a book? movie? TV series? game?
If so, did he create / come up with them?

by **Grip** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 10:16 pm

Are the two fictional characters? no, sorry
If so, are they from a book? movie? TV series? game?
If so, did he create / come up with them?

by **peter365** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:48 pm

Is our forum relevant (apart from the fact that your're hosting this puzzle there)?

by **GalFisk** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:56 pm

Did he Think the two were one? Three? More?

by **Grip** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:50 pm

Is our forum relevant (apart from the fact that you're hosting this puzzle there)? no

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Did he Think the two were one? Three? More? no, their identities were not what he mixed up...

by **GalFisk** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:58 pm

Were their things mixed up? Some facts about them?

by **Doriana** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:00 pm

Was some kind of sample mixed up? E.g. blood samples?
Were documents mixed up?

by **Grip** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 5:09 pm

Were their things mixed up? no Some facts about them? YESISH

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Was some kind of sample mixed up? E.g. blood samples? no, good guess
Were documents mixed up? no

by **Doriana** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:47 pm

Does he know either of them personally? Relevant?

by **Grip** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:09 pm

Does he know either of them personally? definitely no Relevant? not really

by **Doriana** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:11 pm

Are they still alive? Are they historical figures?

by **Grip** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:23 pm

Are they still alive? NO Are they historical figures? YES to one, the other YESISH, good q's

by **RedWine** » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:34 pm

Is his profession relevant? Is he a student? Did he make a false assumption? Did he mix them in speaking? In writing? Just in his head?

by **Grip** » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:37 pm

Is his profession relevant? yes Is he a student? no Did he make a false assumption? no Did he mix them in speaking? In writing? this Just in his head?

by **RedWine** » Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:41 pm

Is his profession connected with history? language? puzzles? Is he a teacher? Because of his profession, should he have known better which one of them was which?

by **Grip** » Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:45 pm

Is his profession connected with history? no language? no puzzles? no Is he a teacher? no Because of his profession, should he have known better which one of them was which? not really, it was an honest mistake anyone could have made, he is a writer on various non-fiction topics

by **RedWine** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 9:03 am

Did he write something about one of them? about both? Did he mean to write some facts about the one, but confused them with facts about the other?

by **Grip** » Fri Feb 03, 2017 2:04 pm

Did he write something about one of them? yes about both? no Did he mean to write some facts about the one, but confused them with facts about the other? YES

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:49 am

HINT: I said YESISH to the other person being a historical figure because this person, while involved in a historical event, is neither famous nor is his name known.

by **RedWine** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 11:10 am

Is there a deed that is commonly assigned to a well-known historical figure but was in fact done by someone unknown?
Is the historical figure a royalty? ruler? inventor? traveller? artist? military commander?

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:05 pm

Is there a deed that is commonly assigned to a well-known historical figure but was in fact done by someone unknown? no, the identity of the YESISH historical figure is unknown because he was one of many who participated in the event
Is the historical figure a royalty? no ruler? noish inventor? no, though he did invent something and receive a patent for it traveler? no, though as part of his job he did have to travel on many occasions artist? no military commander? YESISH

by **RedWine** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:08 pm

Is LTPF list of centuries available here? Was he captain of a ship?

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:14 pm

Is LTPF list of centuries available here? but of course! the relevant century for both figures was the 19th Was he captain of a ship? no, in fact neither was

by **RedWine** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:16 pm

Did the historical figure have a job as we now think of having a job? Was he a nobleman? Was he in military?
About the other man, is his job relevant? Was he related to the historical figure? Was he subordinate of the historical figure?

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 11, 2017 4:22 pm

Did the historical figure have a job as we now think of having a job? yes, and the job still exists Was he a nobleman? no Was he in military? noish
About the other man, is his job relevant? yes Was he related to the historical figure? not at all Was he subordinate of the historical figure? no, he was early 19th century and other figure was mid-19th

by **RedWine** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:21 pm

Was the event in which the yesish historical figure participated a battle? A meeting? An expedition? A travel? A legislation? An invention? A plague?

by **Grip** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 12:50 pm

Was the event in which the yesish historical figure participated a battle? very close! in the "spirit" of the day, I'll give you more info: he was a solider, but the relevant event to this puzzle was not a battle per se.

by **GalFisk** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 1:36 pm

Was there a war? End of a war? Injury?

by **Grip** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 4:12 pm

Was there a war? yes End of a war? Injury? no to rest

by **GalFisk** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 6:36 pm

Relevant which war? Was he infantry? Relevant?

by **Grip** » Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:05 pm

Relevant which war? yes, because the incident he was involved in was one of the most famous parts of that war Was he infantry? it is believed so Relevant? not really

by **RedWine** » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:35 pm

Civil war relevant? Did the relevant war happen in the North America? Was the historical figure a politician?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:44 pm

Civil war relevant? yes, but only very, very indirectly, it was not the war the soldier fought in Did the relevant war happen in the North America? yes Was the historical figure a politician? YES

by **RedWine** » Tue Feb 14, 2017 6:46 pm

Was the historical figure in the U.S. government? Was he a president?
The politician lived earlier than the soldier, correct? Have they ever met? Did they share a name?

by **Grip** » Fri Feb 17, 2017 9:23 pm

Do'h! Sorry for the delay RedWine, somehow I had missed that this puzzle had questions waiting.

Was the historical figure in the U.S. government? Was he a president? YES to both
The politician lived earlier than the soldier, correct? no, other way 'round Have they ever met? no Did they share a name? Very unlikely, irrel

by **RedWine** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:00 pm

Was the president aware of the soldier? Of the soldier's actions? Did he relevantly commemorate the soldier's actions? Did he relevantly find the soldier's actions inspiring?
Did the writer associate the soldier's actions with the president? Or other way round? Did the writer associate the fact that was true about the soldier with the president? Other way round?

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 18, 2017 3:31 pm

Was the president aware of the soldier? the specific solider, no Of the soldier's actions? not specifically no, but the incident the solider took place in was and is well known Did he relevantly commemorate the soldier's actions? no Did he relevantly find the soldier's actions inspiring? not at all
Did the writer associate the soldier's actions with the president? THIS Or other way round? Did the writer associate the fact that was true about the soldier with the president? Other way round?

by **Hobbsicle** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 4:23 am

Did the soldier fight in the war of 1812?
If so:
Was he a US soldier? British?
The burning of Washington relevant?

by **Grip** » Sun Feb 19, 2017 3:31 pm

Did the soldier fight in the war of 1812? YES
If so:
Was he a US soldier? British? THIS
The burning of Washington relevant? YES

by **Hobbsicle** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:43 am

So something a British soldier did during the burning of Washington was mistakenly attributed to a later President?
Is the burning of the White House relevant? The burning of the Capitol? Some other damage? Looting?

by **Grip** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 4:53 am

So something a British soldier did during the burning of Washington was mistakenly attributed to a later President? NOISH
Is the burning of the White House relevant? YES The burning of the Capitol? Some other damage? Looting? no to rest

by **Balin** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 2:58 pm

You said the president was mid-19th century, right? Was it:
Jackson? Van Buren? W. H. Harrison? Tyler? Polk? Taylor? Fillmore? Pierce? Buchanan? Lincoln? A. Johnson? Grant? Hayes? Garfield? Arthur?

by **Grip** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:37 pm

You said the president was mid-19th century, right? Yes, but I lied...just kidding.
Was it: Lincoln? YES

by **Balin** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:39 pm

Did he think the White House was burned during the Civil War? Did he confuse the burning of Washington with the burning of Richmond? With Sherman's March to the Sea?

by **Grip** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:41 pm

Did he think the White House was burned during the Civil War? Did he confuse the burning of Washington with the burning of Richmond? With Sherman's March to the Sea? no, nothing like that

by **Balin** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:42 pm

Did he think the White House was burned while Lincoln was president?

by **Grip** » Mon Feb 20, 2017 3:50 pm

Did he think the White House was burned while Lincoln was president? no, his confusion was more directed to the personages themselves

By the way, my answer in the post of Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:50 am was a double hint, it was posted on Lincolns birthday (which you've already deciphered as Lincoln being the president in question for this puzzle) but the other hint has not been deciphered yet....

by **Hobbsicle** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 6:40 pm

I'm not sure I catch on to the hint just yet, unless perhaps...spirits are relevant? Ghosts?

Is there a relevant occurrence during the burning of the White House we need to discover? Or is the burning itself the only thing relevant about the soldier's actions?

We're there relevant effects of the burning, direct or indirect, that need to be discovered? Such as scorch marks? The rescuing of objects? Rebuilding?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 7:42 pm

I'm not sure I catch on to the hint just yet, unless perhaps...spirits are relevant? Ghosts? YUP!

Is there a relevant occurrence during the burning of the White House we need to discover? Or is the burning itself the only thing relevant about the soldier's actions? the latter

We're there relevant effects of the burning, direct or indirect, that need to be discovered? Such as scorch marks? The rescuing of objects? Rebuilding? none of these

by **kalira** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 9:35 pm

Does this have anything to do with the Lincoln Bedroom? Lincoln's ghost purportedly being seen in the White House?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:18 pm

Does this have anything to do with the Lincoln Bedroom? not specifically, no Lincoln's ghost purportedly being seen in the White House? YES

by **RedWine** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:33 am

Did the man think he'd seen Lincoln's ghost? Did the man think he'd seen the soldier's ghost? Did he tell the legend of the ghost in his book?

by **Grip** » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:55 pm

Did the man think he'd seen Lincoln's ghost? no Did the man think he'd seen the soldier's ghost? no Did he tell the legend of the ghost in his book? no, there isn't a legend per se, the book was a collection of various accounts of people seeing spirits...

by **Hobbsicle** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 6:07 pm

So did one of the sightings involve a different ghost? Is there a particular sighting relevant?
Did he attribute physical evidence of the fire to Lincoln's ghost?

by **Grip** » Thu Feb 23, 2017 11:31 pm

So did one of the sightings involve a different ghost? not in the book itself, but there is a different set of sightings not involving Lincoln that is relevant... Is there a particular sighting relevant? no
Did he attribute physical evidence of the fire to Lincoln's ghost? no, but OTRT

by **Hobbsicle** » Fri Feb 24, 2017 9:27 pm

Are other ghostly sightings relevant?
Such as the ghost of this soldier fellow?

by **Grip** » Sat Feb 25, 2017 1:20 am

Are other ghostly sightings relevant? YES, one other
Such as the ghost of this soldier fellow? YUP!

by **Hobbsicle** » Mon Feb 27, 2017 11:40 pm

Ok, so...
Writer-guy is writing a book that either contains or is about the sightings of Lincoln's ghost?
And at some point he confuses 1812 burning of Washington British soldier ghost for Lincoln's ghost?
Does he include a soldier ghost sighting, thinking it is a Lincoln sighting?
The thing that puzzles him...the appearance of the soldier ghost? Its actions?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:07 am

Ok, so...
Writer-guy is writing a book that either contains or is about the sightings of Lincoln's ghost? yes to former. it's a book about various ghost sighting/stories throughout the world
And at some point he confuses 1812 burning of Washington British soldier ghost for Lincoln's ghost? yesish
Does he include a soldier ghost sighting, thinking it is a Lincoln sighting? yesish, OTRT!
The thing that puzzles him...the appearance of the soldier ghost? Its actions? no, but an action is relevant...

by **Hobbsicle** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:19 am

Is fire related to his confusion/puzzlement?
Did people in the White House do something in relation to the soldier ghost that he says they do as a response to Lincoln's ghost?
The relevant action: a ghost's action? The action of those who saw the ghost? A president's action?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 3:24 pm

Is fire related to his confusion/puzzlement? YES
Did people in the White House do something in relation to the soldier ghost that he says they do as a response to Lincoln's ghost? no
The relevant action: a ghost's action? yes The action of those who saw the ghost? A president's action? no to rest

by **Hobbsicle** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:32 pm

Was there an actual subsequent fire at the White House?
Attributed to a ghost?
And he mistakenly attributed it to Lincoln's ghost?
And he was puzzled as to why Lincoln would start a fire?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 6:15 pm

Was there an actual subsequent fire at the White House? no, nothing quite that drastic
Attributed to a ghost? no
And he mistakenly attributed it to Lincoln's ghost? no
And he was puzzled as to why Lincoln would start a fire? no, but this is actually close!

by **kalira** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 7:18 pm

Does it have anything to do with the soldier's ghost showing evidence of having been in a fire? Maybe him being confused as to why Lincoln's ghost would look like he'd been in a fire?

by **Grip** » Tue Feb 28, 2017 11:13 pm

Does it have anything to do with the soldier's ghost showing evidence of having been in a fire? Maybe him being confused as to why Lincoln's ghost would look like he'd been in a fire? no to both, but you are all so close!...here's a hint...remember what the British tried to do to the White House in 1812...

by **Hobbsicle** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 8:34 pm

So did the soldier ghost appear to try to start a fire?

by **Grip** » Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:03 pm

So did the soldier ghost appear to try to start a fire? YES!

by **Hobbsicle** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:10 pm

So people (or a person) saw a ghost appear to try starting a fire?
And it was the soldier ghost?
And author writes about it, but confuses it with Lincoln?
And is confused as to why Lincoln is starting fires?

by **Grip** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:49 pm

So people (or a person) saw a ghost appear to try starting a fire? YES
And it was the soldier ghost? YES
And author writes about it, but confuses it with Lincoln? YES
And is confused as to why Lincoln is starting fires? YES, good job, Hobbsicle, this is solved!

by **Grip** » Fri Mar 03, 2017 4:57 pm

**** SPOILER ****

The book in question was written by Daniel Cohen and is called "The World's Most Famous Ghosts." In a chapter about ghosts in the White House, Cohen describes someone seeing the ghost of Lincoln trying to light a bed on fire and Cohen is confused as to why Lincoln would do something so out of character.

What happened was is that there have been at least two WH sightings of a British ghost in a War of 1812 uniform trying to start a fire with a torch. (The Brits burned the White House during the siege of Washington in the War of 1812.) Cohen apparently got these accounts mixed with up with the numerous sightings of Lincolns ghost!

by **Hobbsicle** » Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:10 pm

Nice! Hovered around it there for a while. Good one.

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