20 Questions - Game 248

[damo666]

Pat Reid

[cdngooner]

Two questions left.

1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).

Not: Douglas Bader (free).

[damo666]

Pat Reid

Scrub.

Not born in England

[cdngooner]

Pat Reid

Scrubbed just in the nick of time. Reid was of course born in India.

[damo666]

Captain Tom Moore

[cdngooner]

Captain Tom Moore

No. I'm not sure he's most famous for fighting in WW2. I would say it was his charity work in 2020.

Still two questions left.

1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).

Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

[cdngooner]

Free guess: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

Good guess. One of my favourite figures of WW2. But not him.

So far you've only narrowed it down to perhaps a million English-born soldiers or sailors (or possibly non-pilot airmen). Consider questions on what formations or what campaigns he fought in.

1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).

Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).

[kingofthepirates]

Most famous for fighting in Europe?

[cdngooner]

Most famous for fighting in Europe?

Yes, but to be clear I am answering that literally. If you meant "Northwest Europe" I didn't take it that way. This answer still includes Northwest Europe; Norway; Sicily/Italy; Greece/Crete/Dodecanese; the Eastern Front; or commando/special operations.

One more question.

1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17,19. Primarily known for fighting in WW2, somewhere in Europe.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).

Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).

[Diplomacy&Warfare]

Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?
If no, free guess: Bernard Montgomery

[Diplomacy&Warfare]

*re-reads the info so far and realizes they have to be born during or after 1900*
scratch the free-guess

[Hominidae]

Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?
If no, free guess: Bernard Montgomery

I think the assumption is generally yes, and kind of E counts.

I'm less sure about what happens with non-Latin writing systems.

[kingofthepirates]

when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question

[Aristocrat]

when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question

Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

[Aristocrat]

Given we know relatively little, I will free guess a random badass: John Frederick Durnford-Slater

[Hominidae]

when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question

Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

[Hominidae]

when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question

Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

Somehow my comment didn't go through. I specified "what is currently England" because Wales was technically part of England until the 1960s.

[cdngooner]

Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?

Yes. There is neither an "E" or an "e" in this person's first full name.

when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?

England means England.

I specified "what is currently England" because Wales was technically part of England until the 1960s.

This person was not born in Wales.

John Frederick Durnford-Slater

No.

Still one question left. I fear you are not going to get this one.

1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17,19. Primarily known for fighting in WW2, somewhere in Europe.
6. No "E" or "e" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).

Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).
John Durnford-Slater (Aristocrat).

[cdngooner]

Hint: For the first few questions, I thought you were going to get this rather easily. Then you went astray.