George Eustice from Norway has found the treasures

The Winner: George Eustice (34) from Oslo, Norway.

SHVOONG Treasure Hunt #1

The Riddle:
1. Man eater, some film buffs might say, though perhaps just a Tunisian army man, friend of elephants that found his bane in a glass.

Carthaginian (today's Tunis) military commander Hannibal committed suicide by poisoning himself. Additional clues: Hannibal Lecter, elephant riding. Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/books/368266-hannibal/

2. The backdrop to the wanderings of the poor Napoleonic slayer could be on Europe’s fringe, but also in the great river state.

Raskolnikov, a slayer and fan of Napoleon wandered the streets of St. Petersburg which is also the name of Tom Sawyer’s town in Twain’s writings. Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/f/books/82666-white-night-st-petersburg/

3. A true Joycian war hero in office possessing an absolutely meaningless ass. He was brought to the fields by the man in the luxurious car, took his place only six years after, though best remembered in the 50’s.

The S. in president’s Ulysses S. Grant’s name is meaningless and was attached to his name by coincidence. He was chosen to be general in chief of all Union armies by Lincoln at 1863 and was elected as president on 1869. His face is shown on 50 dollar bills. Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/h_history/history-of-north-america/1651870-ulysses-grant/

4. His mother, an exceptional name among the unlucky six, had perished like three others. The remaining two were dismissed. He came to power with only one digit and went prematurely. Perhaps he was no more than a poor man?

Edward VI, the only child to Henry the VIII and his third wife (out of six) Jane Seymour was crowned when his was nine, and died at 15. His character appears in Twain’s “The prince and the Pauper”, about the confused identities of the two. Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/books/history/1705497-boy-king-edward-vi-protestant/

5. The fruity pal mentioned in the song. An honest journalist wrote the story of the hydro-cosmic landmark. A Dutch call girl sung it. She wants to make it in Hollywood but might end up near Argentina.

The Dutch Audrey Hepburn sings “Moon River” in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”. In the movie, based on a novella by Truman Capote, she plays a call girl trying to make it in Hollywood and ending up in Brazil. The song includes the line ”My Huckleberry friend”. Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/books/novel/1657113-adventures-huckleberry-finn/

6. Final All threads flow to one, rather peaceful, point. He came to our world as a comet, and so he left it. In the city where he was buried you will find the treasure.

Elmira is the resting place of the American author, Marc Twain. Twain was born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835 in Florida, Missouri. At four years old, his family moved to Hannibal, MI. This town became the inspiration for the fictional St. Petersburg, the city of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, two of his most famous heroes. Another famous book written by Twain is “The Prince and the Pauper”, the tale in which a pauper named Tom Canty exchanges roles with prince Edward, later crowned as Edward VI, King of England. Twain also edited and published the autobiography of Ulysses S. Grant, the leading Union general in the American Civil War. Twain died on April 21, 1910, the day following the perihelion of Halley’s comet. This comet appears every 75-6 years, and his prior appearance was two weeks after Twain’s birth.
Abstract: http://www.shvoong.com/books/history/1705482-elmira-death-camp-north/