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Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:13 pm
by damo666
Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 2:48 pm
Was this person most notably a warrior or general?
No
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:17 pm
by DarthPorg36
Explorer?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:17 pm
by damo666
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:23 pm
by Hominidae
Born in the Roman state (kingdom/republic/empire)?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:24 pm
by damo666
Hominidae wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:23 pm
Born in the Roman state (kingdom/republic/empire)?
No
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:27 pm
by Hominidae
Born in what is today Switzerland or Italy?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:29 pm
by cdngooner
Free guess: Niccolo Machiavelli.
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:54 pm
by DarthPorg36
Religious Figure?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:11 pm
by Wattsthematter
Born Before 100 AD?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:30 pm
by Aristocrat
cdngooner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:29 pm
Free guess: Niccolo Machiavelli.
Surprised he hasn't popped up before in 200+ games but... good guess and perfect for the site. The list of candidates is starting to dwindle fairly fast.
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:34 pm
by Hominidae
This seems likely to be a wasted question, since we know they're a native speaker of Latin/Romance, but but not born in the Roman state. Can you think if someone born before 100 who fits that?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:35 pm
by Hominidae
Aristocrat wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:30 pm
cdngooner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:29 pm
Free guess: Niccolo Machiavelli.
Surprised he hasn't popped up before in 200+ games but... good guess and perfect for the site. The list of candidates is starting to dwindle fairly fast.
I remember guessing him on a round a while back.
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:16 pm
by Wattsthematter
Hominidae wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:34 pm
This seems likely to be a wasted question, since we know they're a native speaker of Latin/Romance, but but not born in the Roman state. Can you think if someone born before 100 who fits that?
Good point. Let's scratch that. Apologies
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:01 pm
by JECE
Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 5:16 pm
Hominidae wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:34 pm
This seems likely to be a wasted question, since we know they're a native speaker of Latin/Romance, but but not born in the Roman state. Can you think if someone born before 100 who fits that?
Good point. Let's scratch that. Apologies
I mean, Romulus and Remus, but yeah
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 6:38 pm
by Hominidae
Born in 1100 or earlier?
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:46 pm
by damo666
cdngooner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:29 pm
Free guess: Niccolo Machiavelli.
Sorry for delay.
Nicely solved.
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:13 pm
by cdngooner
Nice! My degree is in Political Science, and we read "The Prince" as part of our political philosophy course. Macchiavelli gets a bum rap from those who say he was an immoral schemer. He was not talking about what politicians should do ethically; he was talking about what effective politicians do do.
Anyway, thanks for the game. Game 222 goes up shortly.
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:02 pm
by Wattsthematter
cdngooner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:13 pm
Nice! My degree is in Political Science, and we read "The Prince" as part of our political philosophy course. Macchiavelli gets a bum rap from those who say he was an immoral schemer. He was not talking about what politicians
should do ethically; he was talking about what effective politicians
do do.
Anyway, thanks for the game. Game 222 goes up shortly.
Heh, dodo
Re: Twenty Questions game 221
Posted: Wed Mar 13, 2024 4:07 pm
by JECE
cdngooner wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:13 pm
Nice! My degree is in Political Science, and we read "The Prince" as part of our political philosophy course. Macchiavelli gets a bum rap from those who say he was an immoral schemer. He was not talking about what politicians
should do ethically; he was talking about what effective politicians
do do.
Anyway, thanks for the game. Game 222 goes up shortly.
While it is possible that Machiavelli was being sarcastic, it's also very easy to read him as having been dead serious.