Twenty Qs - #116
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
1. Real
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
1. Real
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910
17. Author
18. Died before 1900.
So 2 questions left to find an English female author who lived all her life in the 19th century. Should be easy now.
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910
17. Author
18. Died before 1900.
So 2 questions left to find an English female author who lived all her life in the 19th century. Should be easy now.
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
If you were to create a reference book containing a treasure trove of snippets and concepts from their works, could you justifiably call it a Brontësaurus?
Actually, sod that question. Too few left.
Is it Emily Brontë? Famous for writing the only book from the Brontë sisters worth reading
Actually, sod that question. Too few left.
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
Clarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
Is it Mary Ann Evans, AKA George Eliot?
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
Refer to question 13 also, please.DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 2:15 pmClarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
NoOctavious wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 2:11 pmIf you were to create a reference book containing a treasure trove of snippets and concepts from their works, could you justifiably call it a Brontësaurus?
Actually, sod that question. Too few left.
Is it Emily Brontë? Famous for writing the only book from the Brontë sisters worth reading
Re: Twenty Qs - #116
See Q13DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑Mon May 22, 2023 2:15 pmClarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?
Re: Twenty Qs - #116
Novelist not from Cornwall?
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Re: Twenty Qs - #116
The date range rules out Jane Austen and Mary Shelley...
Possibilities:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Selina Bracebridge
Lucy Madox Brown
Possibilities:
Elizabeth Gaskell
Selina Bracebridge
Lucy Madox Brown
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