Re: 20 Questions - Game 262
Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:39 pm
I'm also going to start a clock on the game to keep it moving. If not solved by midnight GMT tomorrow, I will consider you collectively stumped.
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Can't be, we know they didn't serve as a US Representative.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:31 pmThis guy seems to check all the boxes...
1st guess: Alvin Morell Bentley
I'm not sure that I see that in any of the summariesAristocrat wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:38 pmCan't be, we know they didn't serve as a US Representative.Wattsthematter wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 6:31 pmThis guy seems to check all the boxes...
1st guess: Alvin Morell Bentley
cdngooner wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:11 pmNot too late to scratch. Any scratch is effective until I answer. The answer to your latter question is No.Actually, if it's not too late to scratch, I want to chnage this to: was this person born in 1912 or earlier?
That was the 20th question. You now have five total guesses. After the second and subsequent guesses, I will give "warmer/cooler" hints, but you won't know what criteria I am using, and indeed the criteria may change from guess to guess.
1,2,9,20. Real dead human male, born 1913-1989.
3,7,8. Born in US.
4,5,12. Primarily famous for something related to US politics or government.
6,11,13,14,15,16. Election history:
a) was elected to office;
b) ran for at least one of, but never served as any of, the following offices: Governor; US Senator; US Congressman; or Mayor;
c) never ran for US President;
d) never served in US Cabinet.
10. Not a Democrat.
17,18. Not primarily known as an activist, writer, media figure, jurist, or criminal.
19. Died before 1990.
I'm not going to charge that as one of the five guesses, because as Aristocrat points out, our subject never served as US Congressman. But I will use this person as the starting point for the warmer/colder hints.1st guess: Alvin Morell Bentley
Scratched. But if you wanted to unscratch him, I could give you a warmer/colder.William J. Casey
Scratch. He never held elected office.
Colder than Alvin Morell Bentley.Frank J. Kelley.
Too old, and not a candidate for any of the offices mentioned.
I can't find one that fits the criteria of both the birth and death date ranges, and who ran unsuccessfully for office.wintergreen wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:13 pmAlright. There's a good chance we're looking at a diplomat here.