damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:29 pm

JECE wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 10:19 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:08 pm

5 questions remain and no hints have yet been given

Is that a hint?

Yeah. It's a hint to get on with it.

Feel free! I heard some grumblings about a meridian.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 9:08 pm

5 questions remain and no hints have yet been given

Is that a hint?

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:24 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 4:00 pm

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 03, 2023 1:08 pm

The Prime Meridian is the dividing line.

And a damn fine one too.

One of the best I've ever seen

I disagree. So many better ones!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_mer ... s_on_Earth

Hmm, so the silence on the Forum of the last few years is because discussions have moved behind the shroud of Discord?

Known for being involved in politics, news media or academia?

Died before 1960?

There are so many and we only have one question left: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_daimy%C5%8Ds_from_the_Sengoku_period The entertainer question and response is interesting. Was this man an entertainer (including actor, music man, poet, comedian, painter, sculptor, magician, circus performe...

As I said, it is someone from Japan and not China. Anyone who guessed someone from China has their free guess refunded. It is not Koxinga (I wasn’t aware he was born in Japan— good to know!) Well, the beans were already spilled since he didn't die until after 1650. But I get another free guess, the...

If you have access to a computer, the Order Judge is a useful tool to test questions like this. It works in a browser (no installation necessary):
http://gamesbyemail.com/Games/Politics/Judge

I ... kinda disagree on this point, Japan at the time was more like the HRE in that regard. There were regions who were practically independent. Sure, there was a connection to the emperor/tenno, but it isn't as cut and dry as mentioned above. The phrasing was: "I’ll take “country” liberally and sa...

I mean, we can't rule Japan out completely, but Japan at the time would count as a country by any of the three relevant definitions on Merriam-Webster: 1 : an indefinite usually extended expanse of land : REGION 2 a : the land of a person's birth, residence, or citizenship 2 b : a political state or...

Yes

Ok we have spent FAR too much time on nationality. At least now we know it's a famous person from China or Japan . Oops, misread the answer. I think that he is unlikely to be Japanese. None of the daimyos claimed to be independent of Japan or the emperor as far as I understand. It would be odd to d...

Koxinga?

No. It’s a shame, these countries are woefully underrepresented in the past ninety selections (no one’s chosen a Greek yet??). Still they were also some of the least likely to be correct, with the exception of certain Romanian voivodes and the PLC. You have China, Flanders, Italy, Japan, the Nether...

From Bohemia, Bosnia, Brazil, Croatia, Czechia, Greece, Herzegovina, Kosovo, Moldavia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Persia/Iran, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Siam/Thailand, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Transylvania or Wallachia?

Right, my own question, ha ha

So we can eliminate swaths of Belgium and Switzerland too, and the only country on the list that was sovereign, united and independent between 1500 and 1800 (Denmark). So we're left with guys from: Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil China Croatia Czechia Flanders Greece India Italy Japan Montenegro Nethe...

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 28, 2023 11:25 am

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:29 am

Mongrovia?

Mongrovia is a made up country from a wrestling meme, sorry.

So you included it on purpose as a joke?

han-shahanshah wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 27, 2023 5:43 pm

I’ll take “country” liberally and say yes.

Quite unfortunate, since this answer remains unclear.