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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:44 pm
by Hominidae
1. Real human who did not attend Brigham Young University during 1991-2000
2. Not a living male
3, 9. Born in North America in 1920 or earlier
4. Passes 3-7 of the following criteria:
  • Born before 1987
    Born in Poland
    Orphaned before the age of ten
    Went to college
    Wrote a novel
    First name does not have an s in it
    Last name does not have an s in it
    You can find a color photograph (not painting) of this person by googling them
    Contributed significantly to psychology
    Lived at least 60 years
    Died in a hospital
5,7. Most famous for something to do with politics, government, the military, royalty, or nobility, but not athletics, science, technology, mathematics
6. Was alive at the same time as Herbert Hoover
8. The first picture of this person that comes up when you google this person shows them with a beard

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Took part in the American Civil War?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:10 pm
by Aristocrat
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 pm
Took part in the American Civil War?
Yes

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Took part in the American Civil War on the side of the Union?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
by Hominidae
Was this person ever President or Vice President of.the United States, or the Democratic, Whig, or Republican nominee for at least one of those positions?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
by Aristocrat
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
Took part in the American Civil War on the side of the Union?
Yes

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:13 pm
by Aristocrat
Hominidae wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
Was this person ever President or Vice President of.the United States, or the Democratic, Whig, or Republican nominee for at least one of those positions?
No

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:46 pm
by Spartaculous
Did this person serve as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:48 pm
by Aristocrat
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:46 pm
Did this person serve as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War?
Yes

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:58 pm
by kingofthepirates
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
by Spartaculous
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
by Spartaculous
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
Ah! Scratch, obviously.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
by kingofthepirates
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
1 minute diff... ngl, I do feel sorry if I get this, after only contributing 1 question really early on...

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
by Aristocrat
kingofthepirates wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
1 minute diff... ngl, I do feel sorry if I get this, after only contributing 1 question really early on...
If you feel that bad you can hand over the reigns, because as of now you are the new QM!

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am
by Hominidae
Free guess: Philip Sheridan

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am
by Spartaculous
kingofthepirates wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
1 minute diff... ngl, I do feel sorry if I get this, after only contributing 1 question really early on...
Don't worry about this, I've won a couple in this way (if you are correct).

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am
by Hominidae
Hominidae wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am
Free guess: Philip Sheridan
Never mind. Good pick!

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:03 am
by Spartaculous
Aristocrat wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
kingofthepirates wrote:
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:00 am
Spartaculous wrote:
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
1 minute diff... ngl, I do feel sorry if I get this, after only contributing 1 question really early on...
If you feel that bad you can hand over the reigns, because as of now you are the new QM!
Haha. I shouldn't have spent the time I did wondering if Ambrose Burnside qualified as "having a beard". :)

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:05 am
by kingofthepirates
Good pick, good pick. Sherman's a really interesting guy, pretty brutal tactics though. next game up soon!

Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

Posted: Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:25 am
by Jamiet99uk
You guys are so fast with this game these days, I can't keep up!