20 Questions: Game 252

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Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:48 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm
wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm
 Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.
Beat me to it! I just found Scottish nobility in her first husband's ancestry.
Funnily enough I was thinking about her third husband.
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:15 pm
Hominidae wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm
wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm
 Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.
You got it! (Well, whether she actually made the first US flag is a bit murky, but Betsy Ross is indeed the correct answer to this round.)
Another good pick by the QM.

Out of curiosity, obviously she is famous for politics/government; how would you have answered a straight-up "famous for inventing something" question?
I think I probably would have said "no" or maybe "pass" since there are probably a lot of people out there who think she invented the US flag.

However, I listened to a podcast episode that has some interesting information about Betsy Ross and the US flag, and makes a (tenuous, but plausible) case that she may have decided to give the US flag five-pointed rather than six-pointed stars, thereby popularizing that kind of star on heraldry around the world.

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/flag-days-unfolding-a-moment/

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Spartaculous » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:15 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm
wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm
 Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.
You got it! (Well, whether she actually made the first US flag is a bit murky, but Betsy Ross is indeed the correct answer to this round.)
Another good pick by the QM.

Out of curiosity, obviously she is famous for politics/government; how would you have answered a straight-up "famous for inventing something" question?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by wintergreen » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:12 pm

I suppose that the myth she invented was greater than the actual flag.

New game up in a few minutes.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm

wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm
 Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.
You got it! (Well, whether she actually made the first US flag is a bit murky, but Betsy Ross is indeed the correct answer to this round.)

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Spartaculous » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:10 pm

wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm
 Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.
Beat me to it! I just found Scottish nobility in her first husband's ancestry.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by wintergreen » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:09 pm

Free guess: Betsy Ross, who made the first US flag.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:06 pm

wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:05 pm
 Had a husband more famous than her?
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by wintergreen » Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:05 pm

Had a husband more famous than her?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:55 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:43 pm
 Did she marry into a European royal/noble family?
No, although I actually managed to find European nobility in the recent ancestry of someone this person was married to.
Wattsthematter wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:49 pm
 Famous for their contributions to the women's rights movement?
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Wattsthematter » Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:49 pm

Famous for their contributions to the women's rights movement?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by cdngooner » Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:43 pm

Did she marry into a European royal/noble family?

If yes: conditional free guess: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 12:06 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:57 am
 Free guess Martha Washington
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by damo666 » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:57 am

Free guess Martha Washington

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:39 am

damo666 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:37 am
Native American?
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by damo666 » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:37 am

1,2,7,9 Real dead human female
3,4,6,11 born after 1699 but before 1800 in a location currently in USA (not Eurasian or Tahitian)
5,10 Primarily famous for something(s) to do with invention (in the usual sense of the word), politics, government, royalty, or nobility.

Native American?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:26 am

damo666 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:16 am
Primarily famous for something(s) to do with athletics, science, technology or mathematics?
No.
Wattsthematter wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:20 am
 Born 1800 or later?
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Wattsthematter » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:20 am

Born 1800 or later?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by damo666 » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:16 am

1,2,7,9 Real dead human female
3,4, 6 born after 1699 but before 1850 in a location currently in USA (not Eurasian or Tahitian)
5 Primarily famous for something(s) to do with athletics, science, technology, invention (in the usual sense of the word), mathematics, politics, government, royalty, or nobility.

Primarily famous for something(s) to do with athletics, science, technology or mathematics?

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by Hominidae » Thu Apr 04, 2024 11:02 am

wintergreen wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:36 am
Male?
No.

Re: 20 Questions: Game 252

by wintergreen » Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:36 am

Male?

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