Clarification request.

Sorry for displaying a feature of a language nazi, but I'd like to make sure that 'died since 1950' means 'died after 1950'?

Doug7878 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:42 pm

Szpoti wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:35 pm

I was fixed on the interpretation of 'alive after 1799' as 'exclusively'.

Sorry if I steered you wrong. I was trying to simplify the answer to damo666's question:

"Was he alive at any point 1800 onwards?"

My bad...

Female?

I was fixed on the interpretation of 'alive after 1799' as 'exclusively'.

I have narrowed it to two, so I'll use both as two questions

1. Is it JFK?
2. Is it Franklin Pierce?

Abe? Had 4 kids.

Lived both in the 19th and 20th centuries?

It has to be Ozzy!

If it's not Ozzy, it still has got to be Ozzy!

My guess: Rod Steward

British?

A guitarist?

Known for his involvement in politics?

Is he alive?

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 24, 2022 11:09 am

Is it Robert the Bruce?

I've missed Game 19 where I was absolutely sure that you, Jamiet, would go for Robert. I'm hurt and disappointed.

Octavious wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 23, 2022 7:35 am

Is it Robert the Bruce?

As a Scot, I fully approve of this question! (but why Robert the Bruce???)

Jaguar wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 21, 2022 4:48 pm

Allan Calhamer!

Damn right!

Jaguar wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:43 pm

Call me British but I grew up learning Logie Baird invented the television!

Aye! And I'd like to add to this that he was a Scot.

Was he an entrepreneur?

She's one of the most famous and highly rated actresses of all time. https://www.imdb.com/list/ls057000570/ Many people have been killed by subjectivity https://www.imdb.com/list/ls063784435/ I would still stick to something a little bit more quantifiable, like 50% of folks hit by a dart tossed fro...

I was purely referring to the initial rule of 50% hit by the dart set by Doug. I bet you 100 webPoints that neither in the US nor in the UK you would achieve 10%. I reckon that her figure is strongly esoteric. But thanks to this challenge, we, the more ignorant ones from the population of 90%, have ...