20 Questions - Game 227

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#21 Post by Hominidae » Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:44 pm

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
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#22 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 pm

Took part in the American Civil War?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#23 Post by Aristocrat » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:10 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:06 pm
 Took part in the American Civil War?
Yes
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#24 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm

Took part in the American Civil War on the side of the Union?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#25 Post by Hominidae » 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?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#26 Post by Aristocrat » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:12 pm
 Took part in the American Civil War on the side of the Union?
Yes
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#27 Post by Aristocrat » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:13 pm

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
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#28 Post by Spartaculous » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:46 pm

Did this person serve as a general in the Union army during the American Civil War?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#29 Post by Aristocrat » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:48 pm

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
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#30 Post by kingofthepirates » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:58 pm

Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#31 Post by Spartaculous » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm

Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#32 Post by Spartaculous » Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:59 pm
 Free guess: William Tecumseh Sherman.
Ah! Scratch, obviously.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#33 Post by kingofthepirates » 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...
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#34 Post by Aristocrat » 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!
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#35 Post by Hominidae » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am

Free guess: Philip Sheridan
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#36 Post by Spartaculous » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 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...
Don't worry about this, I've won a couple in this way (if you are correct).
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#37 Post by Hominidae » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:01 am
 Free guess: Philip Sheridan
Never mind. Good pick!
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#38 Post by Spartaculous » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:03 am

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". :)
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#39 Post by kingofthepirates » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:05 am

Good pick, good pick. Sherman's a really interesting guy, pretty brutal tactics though. next game up soon!
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 227

#40 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:25 am

You guys are so fast with this game these days, I can't keep up!
The only person you're truly competing against, Wesley, is yourself.
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