Re: Twenty Questions - Game 181
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:06 pm
Born in what is currently part of England, Scotland, or Wales?
This will be the final question, so we won't know if it is a man or a woman.
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True, so we will want to look up male and female tennis players. Not sure if there are any non-binary tennis players who were famous before 1959.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:08 pmThis will be the final question, so we won't know if it is a man or a woman.
I was not suggesting that I thought it was a person of non-binary gender. I regard that as highly unlikely.Hominidae wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:11 pmTrue, so we will want to look up male and female tennis players. Not sure if there are any non-binary tennis players who were famous before 1959.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:08 pmThis will be the final question, so we won't know if it is a man or a woman.
I'm struggling to find one who is also an author, scientist, or mathematician.
Me too. I was just covering all the bases.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:13 pmI was not suggesting that I thought it was a person of non-binary gender. I regard that as highly unlikely.Hominidae wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:11 pmTrue, so we will want to look up male and female tennis players. Not sure if there are any non-binary tennis players who were famous before 1959.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:08 pm
This will be the final question, so we won't know if it is a man or a woman.
I'm struggling to find one who is also an author, scientist, or mathematician.
NoJamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:14 pmFree guess: Virginia Wade
(Getting in before #20 is answered so that it's still free).
Red herring. Consider 1959Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:09 pmThe fact this tennis player has not competed at the Olympics is significant, because, for example, if it's a British person, that actually rules out several candidates. Andy Murray, for example, has played tennis at the Olympics.
Ah. Famous before 1959.....damo666 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 6:07 pmRed herring. Consider 1959Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 5:09 pmThe fact this tennis player has not competed at the Olympics is significant, because, for example, if it's a British person, that actually rules out several candidates. Andy Murray, for example, has played tennis at the Olympics.
Born too early.
Good thinking. We're at five guesses now, so either one of us is right or we all lost.Spartaculous wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:04 pmBorn too early.
I guess Bunny Austin. This sentence from Wikipedia seems important: "He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts." He also was (according to Wikipedia) a friend of Peter Ustinov (who it looks like once was the subject of a damo-run round of 20Qs before I started playing) and did a lot of speaking and writing on international issues. (It looks like he was briefly drafted into the military in WW2, but never saw combat.)
Good catch! In this case, I retract my guess in favor of Spartaculous' guess. It seems I shall not win but at least the guessers willHominidae wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:08 pmGood thinking. We're at five guesses now, so either one of us is right or we all lost.Spartaculous wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 7:04 pmBorn too early.
I guess Bunny Austin. This sentence from Wikipedia seems important: "He is also remembered as the first tennis player to wear shorts." He also was (according to Wikipedia) a friend of Peter Ustinov (who it looks like once was the subject of a damo-run round of 20Qs before I started playing) and did a lot of speaking and writing on international issues. (It looks like he was briefly drafted into the military in WW2, but never saw combat.)