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Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:23 pm
by Doug7878
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.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:27 pm
by Doug7878
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)
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:28 pm
by cdngooner
What about my guess (post #39 above): Thomas Jefferson?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:29 pm
by Doug7878
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!
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:31 pm
by Doug7878
I was thinking of doing James Madison, but that 50% of darts thing is a problem...
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:35 pm
by Szpoti
I was fixed on the interpretation of 'alive after 1799' as 'exclusively'.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:42 pm
by Doug7878
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?"
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 2:46 pm
by cdngooner
Thank you! I'll post another presently.
Standings after 21 games:
VillageIdiot: 4 (Game 2 - Colonel Kurtz; Game 10 - Trish Stratus; Game 11 - Judas; Game 12 - H.G. Wells)
Cdngooner: 4 (Game 1 - Henry Hill; Game 14 - Vanna White; Game 19 - AOC; Game 21 - Thomas Jefferson)
Doug7878: 3 (Game 13 - Pablo Escobar; Game 16 - Confucius; Game 20 - Johnny Rotten)
Hamish: 2 (Game 4 - Mozart; Game 6 - Dalai Lama)
Damo666: 1 (Game 3 - Kieffer Moore)
Trigfea63: 1 (Game 5 - Anne Frank)
Ginge86: 1 (Game 7 - Woody)
aadvarkarmy: 1 (Game 8 - Elizabeth II)
Octavious: 1 (Game 9 - Mahatma Gandhi)
Ferdack: 1 (Game 15 - Napoleon)
SenatorNyxen: 1 (Game 17 - Olivia de Havilland)
Jaguar: 1 (Game 18 - Alan Calhamer)
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:08 pm
by Szpoti
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...
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:53 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Ah, Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning rapist. What a bastard.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2022 4:58 pm
by Doug7878
Oh, good. You've heard of him !
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:30 am
by Jaguar
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Mon Jun 27, 2022 3:53 pm
Ah, Thomas Jefferson, the slave owning rapist. What a bastard.
Are you serious?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:33 am
by Doug7878
Don't encourage him.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:48 pm
by Jamiet99uk
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.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 8:58 pm
by Jamiet99uk
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.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 21
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 11:26 pm
by Doug7878
He had his good qualities.