JECE wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:56 pm

Was this person a murderous totalitarian known for wearing red?

If yes, Cardinal Richelieu

JECE with the ninja win - congrats! Thought I might switch things up by going back in history but you guys really drilled down on this one fast.

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:38 pm

Primarily known for government/politics/military/religion?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:40 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:38 pm

Primarily known for government/politics/military/religion?

If yes: Was he the King of France?

No


Don’t know how many questions were up to but at this rate doubt it goes 20, quick progress by all of you

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:04 pm

Male born 1453 or later?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:17 pm

Was this person royalty or nobility, and/or primarily known for contributions to the arts?

Yes

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:22 pm

Born in France?

Yes

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:20 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:03 pm

Born in the British Isles?

Retract

Scratched

1, 3. Real human born in Northern Hemisphere, but not born in Asia, Africa, North America, or what is currently Germany
2, 4. Born 1000-1797
5. Native speaker of a Romance or Slavic language

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:44 pm

Native speaker of a Romance or Slavic language?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:25 pm

Born in Asia, Africa, North America, or what is currently Germany?

No

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:27 pm

Born 1000 or later?

Yes

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:23 pm

Born 1798 or later?

No

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:17 pm

Real human born in Northern Hemisphere?

Yes

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Wow, nice one. I was completely on the wrong track and thought maybe it was someone whose first language was Creole or Gullah Geechee or something The English as a native language pass was the key for sure, pre-1850 I thought maybe someone from the French or Spanish colonies in what is now the US, ...

Was this person born in a state (or on land that later became part of a state) that Trump won in the 2020 US general presidential election?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election

If yes: Free guess - Helen Keller

Born after 1850? Yes. Is the person on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:19th-century_American_women ? Edit: Or on any of the following subcategory lists under the above list: 19th-century African-American women‎, 19th-century American women journalists, 19th-century American women ...

Born after 1850?

Random thought: asking only "born after" questions would narrow down the birth date to about 18 hours if you spent all 20 questions on it (2000/(2^20)), not that playing this way would be much fun.

1, 5, 7. Real non-male born before 1800-1900 2, 4, 10. Born in North America 3. Dead 6, 13. Not primarily known for involvement in the arts, broadly speaking, or as an inventor, criminal, explorer, or professional speed eater 8. Has a wikipedia page in English 9. Native speaker of English (but was f...

Born in North America?

Born after 1900?

Currently alive?

Born after 1000 AD?

Born in the Western Hemisphere?

Real human male?