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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#41 Post by Doug7878 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:23 pm

Szpoti wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:10 pm
I have narrowed it to two, so I'll use both as two questions

1. Is it JFK?
2. Is it Franklin Pierce?
No.
No.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#42 Post by Doug7878 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:27 pm

Answers so far:

1. Male
2. Fathered 2+ children
3. Children are no longer alive
4. Died more than 50 years ago
5. Alive after 1799
6. Mainly known for events occurring in U.S.
7. Not a military officer during the Civil War
8. Not known for being an entertainer
9. Not alive in both the 19th and 20th centuries
10. Involved in politics
11. a U.S. President
12. U.S. President during the 19th century
13. Not JFK
14. Not Franklin Pierce

Incorrect guesses:
Abraham Lincoln (Szpoti)
John F. Kennedy (Szpoti)
Franklin Pierce (Szpoti)

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#43 Post by cdngooner » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:28 pm

What about my guess (post #39 above): Thomas Jefferson?

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#44 Post by Doug7878 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:29 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:14 pm
So what we've narrowed down is:
1. Can't be a 20th century president (the only one who died more than 50 years ago and wasn't born in the 1800's is JFK, and Caroline is still alive).
2. Can't be a 19th century president who lived into the 1900's. This means it has to be #21 Chester Arthur, or before.
3. Can't be any of presidents #18-21, all of whom were officers in the Civil War: Arthur, Garfield, Hayes, Grant.
4. Can't be Washington, who didn't live past 1799.
5. So we're down to presidents #2-17, but not Lincoln.
6. Not #15 Buchanan, #11 Polk, nor #4 Madison, who had no children.

Of the ones it can be, the most famous is Thomas Jefferson, so I'll guess him.
Thomas Jefferson is correct!
Congratulations!

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#45 Post by Doug7878 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:31 pm

I was thinking of doing James Madison, but that 50% of darts thing is a problem...

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#46 Post by Szpoti » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:35 pm

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

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#47 Post by Doug7878 » 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?"

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#48 Post by cdngooner » Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:46 pm

Thank you! I'll post another presently.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#49 Post by Szpoti » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:08 pm

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...

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#50 Post by Jamiet99uk » Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:53 pm

Ah, Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning rapist. What a bastard.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#51 Post by Doug7878 » Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:58 pm

Oh, good. You've heard of him !
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#52 Post by Jaguar » Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:30 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:53 pm
Ah, Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning rapist. What a bastard.
Are you serious?

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#53 Post by Doug7878 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:33 am

Don't encourage him.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#54 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:48 pm

Jaguar wrote:
Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:30 am
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:53 pm
Ah, Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning rapist. What a bastard.
Are you serious?
Yes. He owned more than 600 slaves. He kept his late wife's half-sister as a slave, and began regularly using for sex when she was 14 years old. He fathered at least one child with her, and possibly up to six, while still maintaining her status as his slave.

Fuck that guy.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#55 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:58 pm

Seriously. A 14-year old female slave cannot meaningfully consent to sex with a 44-year-old plantation owner who fucking owns her. The power imbalance between them is utterly extreme. Therefore he was a rapist.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21

#56 Post by Doug7878 » Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:26 pm

He had his good qualities.

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