Twenty Questions: Game 153

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Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:17 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:53 pm
 Yeah, I'm not sure he passes the dart test. I'll throw his name around my office today and see if anyone's ever heard of him.
I thought he is interesting enough, and can be narrowed down and I think we had more obscure characters here.

Probably he won’t pass the test, even in Austria, though most know the stories and legends behind the name there. And I bet you will also always remember those when you see the Austrian flag or watch a Robin Hood movie.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:11 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:34 pm
Hanging Rook wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:30 am
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:07 am
 Leopold V, Duke of Austria.
Correct- congratulations
Great! But...
Hanging Rook wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:04 pm
 -but free hint: two of his grandparents were from two different imperial dynasties, while another was a saint and the fourth was said to have descended from gods.
how did you know this off the top of your head?
it wasn’t off the top of my head, but the first two and the last I came over when I checked whether the Badenberger had any connections to an imperial (HRE) dynasty (like being a cadet branch) and then I tried to find something about the last remaining, and came over Aenead descends.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by cdngooner » Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:53 pm

Yeah, I'm not sure he passes the dart test. I'll throw his name around my office today and see if anyone's ever heard of him.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Spartaculous » Fri Nov 10, 2023 12:34 pm

Hanging Rook wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:30 am
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:07 am
 Leopold V, Duke of Austria.
Correct- congratulations
Great! But...
Hanging Rook wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:04 pm
 -but free hint: two of his grandparents were from two different imperial dynasties, while another was a saint and the fourth was said to have descended from gods.
how did you know this off the top of your head?

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Fri Nov 10, 2023 6:30 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:07 am
 Leopold V, Duke of Austria.
Correct- congratulations

Leopold V, Duke of Austria and Styria, took over the command over the German forces during the siege of Acre after the death of Frederick Barbarossa and his son.

The legend says that when Acre fell, he claimed equal honour and loot to the two kings Richard Lionheart of England and Phillip II of France by hoisting his coat of arms next to theirs. This demand was turned down, in particular Richard had his flag thrown in the dirt. The outraged duke hoisted instead his blood-soaked skirt, with a white stripe where the sword-belt was.

When Richard returned home, he had to pass through Austria, he was recognized and sized by Leopold’s men. Later he was extradited to the emperor, who negotiated the ransom- the enormous sum of 100,000 pounds of silver - about three times the annual income of the English crown at that time.
The people of England were pressed so hard to raise this sum (they already had to pay the Saladin tithe a few years before), that they developed their own legend- Robin Hood. Ironically, the rebels look forward to the return of king to stop the injustice by the authorities.

Leopold used his share of the ransom to found towns, a mint and build the city wall of Vienna. However, he was excommunicated for having taken a fellow crusader prisoner. After he fell during a tournament from his horse, his foot had to be amputated by three axe-swings. Nevertheless, doomed to die by gangrene, he was reconciled at his deathbed after promising to join another crusade and repay the ransom. (He died before either happened)

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Spartaculous » Fri Nov 10, 2023 3:07 am

Leopold V, Duke of Austria.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by han-shahanshah » Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:52 am

Not a real person

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by BrianBaru » Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:41 pm

Free guess - Prester John

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:04 pm

1. Real human
2. Born before 1903
3. Not born in Northern Europe
4. Not female
5. Male royal, noble, politician or military leader
6. Not born in Asia
7. Not born in Southern Europe
8. Well known for something military
9. Not an US citizen
10. Born before the beginning of 1797
11. Not born in the Americas
12. Not born in sub-Saharan Africa
13. Does have an "e" in their first name
14. fought as part of of pan-German, emperor aligned forces, as Barbarossa did
15. Not born after 1399
16. Not a Holy Roman Emperor
17. Fought in a crusade
18. But not in the first or second
19. Not a member of a noble house which produced one or more Holy Roman Emperors
-but free hint: two of his grandparents were from two different imperial dynasties, while another was a saint and the fourth was said to have descended from gods.


Not: Barbarossa (cdngooner), Hannibal (damo666)

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:00 pm

If I am correct this was question 19.- I think you are quite close

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Thu Nov 09, 2023 5:57 pm

han-shahanshah wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:52 pm
 Member of a noble house which produced one or more Holy Roman Emperors?
No

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by han-shahanshah » Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:52 pm

Member of a noble house which produced one or more Holy Roman Emperors?

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:25 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:17 pm
Not as defined by the wikipedia page earlier this round
Yes it is. Hanging Rook told us the UN Geoscheme map was definitive. In that, England is in Northern Europe.

Plus Edward didn't fight in the army of the Holy Roman Empire.
Correct- not Lord Edward

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Hanging Rook » Thu Nov 09, 2023 4:20 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:24 pm
 This will be hard. There are so many HRE crusader generals. Even to narrow down which Crusade will take a few questions.

Might as well try.

Did he fight in either the First or Second Crusade?
No

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by cdngooner » Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:17 pm

Not as defined by the wikipedia page earlier this round
Yes it is. Hanging Rook told us the UN Geoscheme map was definitive. In that, England is in Northern Europe.

Plus Edward didn't fight in the army of the Holy Roman Empire.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by DarthPorg36 » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:36 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:10 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:02 pm
 Free Guess: King Edward I of England, who led Lord Edward's Crusade of 1271-1272.
England is in Northern Europe.
Not as defined by the wikipedia page earlier this round

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Jamiet99uk » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:10 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:02 pm
 Free Guess: King Edward I of England, who led Lord Edward's Crusade of 1271-1272.
England is in Northern Europe.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by DarthPorg36 » Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:02 pm

Free Guess: King Edward I of England, who led Lord Edward's Crusade of 1271-1272.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by Jamiet99uk » Thu Nov 09, 2023 1:02 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:24 pm
 This will be hard. There are so many HRE crusader generals. Even to narrow down which Crusade will take a few questions.

Might as well try.

Did he fight in either the First or Second Crusade?
He was a crusader General not born in Northern or Southern Europe, and he has an E in his first name, remember.

Re: Twenty Questions: Game 153

by cdngooner » Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:24 pm

This will be hard. There are so many HRE crusader generals. Even to narrow down which Crusade will take a few questions.

Might as well try.

Did he fight in either the First or Second Crusade?

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