Who Am I?

[Ecurb Noselrub]

This is a history game. You give 3 clues about your identity as an historical figure. The person who answers correctly then picks another historical figure and gives 3 clues, etc. I will go first.

1. I was the governor of two southern states in the USA.
2. I was the commander of the Texas army in its revolution against Mexico.
3. I was the President of a republic.

Who am I?

[Tank]

[Icarus]

I will guess that the answer is not Davy Crockett, Not L. B. Johnson (or Ladybird), not Gregg Abbott.   I will take a shot at the answer; Sam Houston.

1. A person called Leonardo of Pisa.
2. Real name Leonardo Pisano Bigolla
3. He dreamed up a system of numbers that can describe the number of petals on a flower and also identify the Golden ratio. What are his numbers   commonly called? ................Clue; Not Bigolla numbers

cheating by using google is permitted in this game I presume.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

First, you were right about Sam Houston.

Second, the answer to your puzzle is Fibonacci Numbers.

I will wait for confirmation before posting again.

[Dark Lightning]

Yup, Fibonacci numbers. #numbertheorygroupy

[Ecurb Noselrub]

1. Je parle francais.

2. I led an army, unlike most people who looked like me.

3. I died a painful death.

Who am I?

[Tom62]

Napoleon?

[Ecurb Noselrub]

I was thinking of Joan of Arc, but I see that Napoleon is also correct, so you win.

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Tom, do you have a puzzle for us.

[Icarus]

1: WWII
2: Germany had a huge and famous battleship, superior to almost any other. 
3: Churchill believed it imperative to destroy the ship. There is a Churchill quotation that        addresses that need.

What was the name of the ship?  Did the Brits manage to sink it?

[The Magic Pudding..]

Everyone knows Kenneth More sank the Bismark.
There's a very American sounding song about it but I don't think they had anything to do with it.

Who was Star Trek's Kirk named after?

[Ecurb Noselrub]

Captain James Cook?

[Asmodean]

Captain James Cook?

I think that connection was made after he was already named though, no..?

Who was Star Trek's Kirk named after?

From what I remember of ancient lore, he was (first-)named after Roddenberry's mom's lover. Whether or not that is true... Well... Roddenberry wrote so, and The Asmo approves.

Tiberius is for Tiberius of Rome, although Kirk had a different middle name at one point.

The Asmo was a Treckie before Modern Day(tm) ruined it.

1. I used to have a funny moustache
2. I was mostly [or, by most] seen in black and white
3. Not that one. ;-)

[The Magic Pudding..]

Captain James Cook?

I think that connection was made after he was already named though, no..?

Who was Star Trek's Kirk named after?

From what I remember of ancient lore, he was (first-)named after Roddenberry's mom's lover. Whether or not that is true... Well... Roddenberry wrote so, and The Asmo approves.

Tiberius is for Tiberius of Rome, although Kirk had a different middle name at one point.

The Asmo was a Treckie before Modern Day(tm) ruined it.

1. I used to have a funny moustache
2. I was mostly [or, by most] seen in black and white
3. Not that one. ;-)

Charlie Hitler.

Captain James Cook?

Of course

[Asmodean]

Charlie Hitler.

The Asmo gives this...

Of course

...And this a 50% accuracy rating, which, if combined, add up to a hundred percent, because that is how reality works because He so proclaimeth.

(It was Charlie Chaplin. Also, it seems that at least Memory Alpha remembers Kirk's origins sort-of-ish in line with how I do)