Twenty Questions - Game 173

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:50 pm

As I went through British authors of the era, he ticked absolutely all of the boxes. I even Googled his height!

Next game will go up in a few hours.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:48 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:45 pm
 D.H. Lawrence.
Yes, well done. I'm a little surprised it took so long tbh.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:45 pm

D.H. Lawrence.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:44 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:32 pm
 A mystery that damo passed on "political figure." So obv never elected or held office, but must have been involved in some way, or else the answer would have been no.
Could always be Q20 .....

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:37 pm

Famous British artists of the era:
Francis Bacon - born in Ireland
Lucian Freud - born in Germany
Frank Auerbach - born in Germany
Can't think of any others who are more famous than David Bomberg or Donald Fucking Knuth.

So probably looking for a writer who painted or sculpted on the side.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:32 pm

A mystery that damo passed on "political figure." So obv never elected or held office, but must have been involved in some way, or else the answer would have been no.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:29 pm

His primary source of fame is either literary or as an artist but not both.
Whew! Thanks for that hint. I was seconds away from posting T.E. Lawrence as my free guess. I'll withdraw that.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:28 pm

After Q20 I'll give a free piece of info after the first four incorrect guesses (if it gets that far).

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:23 pm

Last hint

His primary source of fame is either literary or as an artist but not both.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:20 pm

One question remains

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:20 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:54 pm
 I still don't have a good pool of candidates, so hesitate to ask a question that won't really winnow down the pool much. However, in order to keep the game moving, I'll ask a question that may stimulate some new ideas.

One of damo's hints is that we still don't know his primary source of fame, indicating perhaps that being an author and artist are tangential to this person's fame. Given the age range, its likely this person was involved in WW2.

Was this person a brigadier general or higher during WW2?
No

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:54 pm

I still don't have a good pool of candidates, so hesitate to ask a question that won't really winnow down the pool much. However, in order to keep the game moving, I'll ask a question that may stimulate some new ideas.

One of damo's hints is that we still don't know his primary source of fame, indicating perhaps that being an author and artist are tangential to this person's fame. Given the age range, its likely this person was involved in WW2.

Was this person a brigadier general or higher during WW2?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 7:40 am

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:23 am
 Dylan Thomas
No

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by DarthPorg36 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:44 am

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:26 am
Dylan Thomas
I was thinking about him, but couldn't find reference to his doing any visual arts. If you get it, good for you for tracking that down.
According to Wikipedia, he helped produce some propaganda movies for the British during WW2

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by cdngooner » Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:26 am

Dylan Thomas
I was thinking about him, but couldn't find reference to his doing any visual arts. If you get it, good for you for tracking that down.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by DarthPorg36 » Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:23 am

Dylan Thomas

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:41 pm

1. 18. Real human male
3.6.8.12 & gifted info. Born in the British Isles but not born in London, East SE or SW England
4. No E in their first name
5. Not over 6ft in height
2.7.10 Born after 16th Jan 1874 and before 1930. and died before Oct 20 1964
9. Famous for contribution to the arts
11. Not an actor.
13. Visual artist.
14. Published author of fiction, poetry or plays
15. Not born in Ireland
16. Not associated with Scotland
17: Did not illustrate their own work.

Not: David Bomberg [Jamie]

TWO questions remain

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:34 pm

JustAGuyNamedWill wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:04 pm
 Male?
Yes

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 173

by damo666 » Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:03 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:43 pm
 Some corrections on Damo's earlier summary:

1. Real human
3.6.8.12 Born in Europe and from the British Isles but not born in London, East SE or SW England
4. No E in their first name.
5. Not over 6ft in height.
2.7.10 Born after 16th Jan 1874 and before 1930. We also know that they died before Oct 20 / 64
9. Famous for contribution to the arts.
11. Not an actor.
13. Visual artist (above summary counted 12 twice)
14. Published author (of fiction, poetry or plays)
15. Not born in Ireland
16. Not associated with Scotland

We can now add #17: Did not illustrate their own work.

So only 3 questions left, unless QM is going soft on us. How about keep it at 3 questions left, but give us a juicy clue!
Thank you.

Free info: [much] more famous (imo) than David Bomberg

Hint: Do not concentrate on the fact that both questions 13 & 14 led to the answer 'Yes'. If you search 'artist author' or vice versa it won't help (I've tried).

Things you don't know:

gender
primary source of fame
start and end of life details (other than the ranges established)

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