Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#61 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 11:33 am

Octavious wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 10:26 am
Jamiet99uk wrote:
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Octavious wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 10:23 am
Is that a question? :-)
Guesses are not questions until 20 questions have been asked, as per the established rules.
I was referring to whether he played for Liverpool, Chelsea etc.

Harry Winks has an England cap, does he not?
Oh so he does.
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#62 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 11:49 am

Running out of time, but:

Has he been capped at senior level by a different country?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#63 Post by Kakarroto » Tue May 31, 2022 12:38 pm

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#64 Post by damo666 » Tue May 31, 2022 1:19 pm

Does he play for a London based club?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#65 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 1:40 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 11:49 am
Running out of time, but:

Has he been capped at senior level by a different country?
Yes
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#66 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 1:50 pm

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Does he play for a London based club?
As this was asked without the benefit of the previous answer I'm exercising my discretionary power to give you the option of withdrawing this question if you so wish. Or not. It may be that this is the key to the whole thing. But I'll let you reflect and decide
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#67 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 1:54 pm

Octavious wrote:
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damo666 wrote:
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Does he play for a London based club?
As this was asked without the benefit of the previous answer I'm exercising my discretionary power to give you the option of withdrawing this question if you so wish. Or not. It may be that this is the key to the whole thing. But I'll let you reflect and decide
Since we know it's not Chelsea, this would actually narrow it down quite a lot, but, I'll leave it up to Damo if he wants this question to stand.
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#68 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 2:06 pm

Is it Aston Villa full-back Matthew Cash?

He is of mixed ancestry but looks white, he has scored four goals in the Premier League this season for a team that isn't Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester or Man City, and he has made at least two appearances for the Poland national team in the past 12 months.
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#69 Post by damo666 » Tue May 31, 2022 2:59 pm

Octavious wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 1:50 pm
damo666 wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 1:19 pm
Does he play for a London based club?
As this was asked without the benefit of the previous answer I'm exercising my discretionary power to give you the option of withdrawing this question if you so wish. Or not. It may be that this is the key to the whole thing. But I'll let you reflect and decide
Question stands
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#70 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 4:12 pm

Octavious wrote:
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Octavious wrote:
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1. Is this person actually your wife's cousin?
A/ 2nd cousin, yes
1.1 Bonus question. Is this person Bruce?
A/ No

2. Is this person a public sector / government employee?
A/ No

3. Is this person real?
A/ Yes
3.1 Bonus Question for the sake of clarity. Is this person a member of the Spanish royal family?
A/ No

4. Is this person famous from the entertainment field?
A / Yes
4.1 Bonus Question. Does entertainment include sports?
A/ Yes... even American sports whose value as entertainment is not immediately obvious but apparently exists

Guess: Boris Johnson
Drum roll.... No. Nether Boris nor Bruce this person be

5. Is this person (Mrs Oct's 2nd cousin) of the female variety?
A. He is not

6. Can I retract my question?
A. No ;)
6. Is this person an Equity member?
A. No (note how generous I was with the previous question)

7. Does this person regularly appear on British television?

(Where "regularly" may be taken as at least once a month)

A. Yes

8. Lets put a fine point on it: is this person a professional athlete?
A. Yes

9. Is this person in the music industry?
A. No

10. Does the professional sport played by this person involve a spherical ball?
A. Yup

11. Is he a football (what we call soccer) player?
A. Indeed

Guess - Is is Chris Kamara?
-not dignified with an answer

12. Has he retired from playing football at a professional level?
A. Nope

13. Did he play in either the English Premier League, or the English Championship, during the 2021-22 season?
A. Yes

14. Is he white?
A. Majority white mixed race, but purely from appearances he looks white

15. Has he won a senior competitive cap for England?
A Oh, no no no.

16. Did he score any league goals?
A. What an awful question ;). Yes
17. Did he play in a cup final (domestic or continental) this season?
A. I do not believe so, no

18. Has he been capped at senior level by a different country?
A. Yes (I was considering writing yes in a more appropriate language as a clue, but it turns out say yes in foreign is a hell of a lot more complicated than you'd think. This may also be a clue ;) )

19. Does he play for a London based club?
Nope
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Re: Twenty Questions - Mrs Oct's Cousin (possibly!) Edition - Game No.3

#71 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 4:15 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 2:06 pm
Is it Aston Villa full-back Matthew Cash?

He is of mixed ancestry but looks white, he has scored four goals in the Premier League this season for a team that isn't Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester or Man City, and he has made at least two appearances for the Poland national team in the past 12 months.
Very good guess, but no.
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#72 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 4:21 pm

Although, without getting too much into racial politics, isn't Cash's ancestral mix simply different flavours of white? I could well be wrong as I don't know too much about Cash.
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#73 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 4:37 pm

Boyo boy, it's getting tense... I feel you're very close...
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#74 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 6:01 pm

Octavious wrote:
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19. Does he play for a London based club?
Nope
So he does not play for:

Liverpool
Leicester
Man City
Arsenal
Brentford
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Tottenham
Watford (if that counts as "London")
West Ham

Nor does he play for the Championship teams Fulham, Queen’s Park Rangers, or Millwall.

I'm going to hope he's a Premier League player. So that leaves the following teams:

Manchester United
Brighton & Hove Albion
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
Southampton
Everton
Leeds United
Burnley
Norwich City
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#75 Post by cdngooner » Tue May 31, 2022 6:18 pm

Are guesses still free? Is it Southampton’s and Scotland’s Che Adams? Eligible for England and Antigua and Barbuda. Scored his first goal this year.
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#76 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 6:18 pm

You're giving yourself a lot of work there, but I can confirm that he is in a team that either is in, has just been promoted to, or just relegated from, the Premiership. There are other directions that are perhaps better to focus on. There are some hints strewn throughout the thread that might be useful.

As a final clue, it's probably fair to say that his biggest game of the year probably hasn't happened yet.

And that's all you're getting ;)
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#77 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 6:22 pm

cdngooner wrote:
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Are guesses still free? Is it Southampton’s and Scotland’s Che Adams? Eligible for England and Antigua and Barbuda. Scored his first goal this year.
Guesses are still free, but the guess system will not be abused. You are not permitted to guess every player for example. I think one guess per person is fair
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#78 Post by Octavious » Tue May 31, 2022 6:24 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Tue May 31, 2022 6:18 pm
Are guesses still free? Is it Southampton’s and Scotland’s Che Adams? Eligible for England and Antigua and Barbuda. Scored his first goal this year.
I will say, however, that it's bloody depressing writing boyo boy only to have someone guess a Scot shortly after... :eyeroll:
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#79 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue May 31, 2022 6:25 pm

I'm genuinely stuck.

I've looked for players who meet all of the following criteria:

1. Scored a league goal this season for Manchester United, Brighton & Hove Albion, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Southampton, Everton, Leeds United, Burnley or Norwich City.

2. Looks white but is actually of mixed race background.

3. Capped by a national team other than England.

And I can't find any.

I can only conclude that I've got something wrong, or it's a Championship player. And if it's a Championship player, I don't have the time or energy to filter through all of those too.

I give up.
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#80 Post by damo666 » Tue May 31, 2022 6:26 pm

So he plays for Wales
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