XX Questions - Game CIII

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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#41 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:37 pm

1. Real
2. Male human
3. Not alive
4. From Eurasia/the Americas
5. Not English-speaking
6. Alive before 1750.
7. Spoke a romance language
8. Not French
9. Not known for military career, but some people tried to invent this
10. Born in a place that was part of the Roman Empire in 117 AD
11. Born in/after 750 AD
12. Did not perform any of the arts.
13. Not born in Italy
14. Born on the Iberian peninsula
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#42 Post by JECE » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:47 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:13 pm
Is this person (at least partially) famous for ever visiting the New World?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#43 Post by JECE » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:48 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:14 pm
Free guess: Ferdinand Magellan
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#44 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:53 pm

1. Real
2. Male human
3. Not alive
4. From Eurasia/the Americas
5. Not English-speaking
6. Alive before 1750.
7. Spoke a romance language
8. Not French
9. Not known for military career, but some people tried to invent this
10. Born in a place that was part of the Roman Empire in 117 AD
11. Born in/after 750 AD
12. Did not perform any of the arts.
13. Not born in Italy
14. Born on the Iberian peninsula
15. Visited the "New World"

Not:
Cervantes
Magellan
the Bruce
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#45 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:55 pm

Does his name appear on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... _explorers

?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#46 Post by JECE » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:03 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:55 pm
Does his name appear on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... _explorers

?
You're asking for the page itself, not the subcategories too?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#47 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:03 pm

JECE wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:03 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:55 pm
Does his name appear on this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... _explorers

?
You're asking for the page itself, not the subcategories too?
The actual page, not anything else linked from it.
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#48 Post by Jamiet99uk » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:04 pm

To put it another way, is it one of these 98 people:

A
Gerónimo de Aguilar
Lope de Aguirre
Telmo Aldaz de la Quadra-Salcedo
Pedro Almíndez Chirino
Alonso Vélez de Mendoza
Jose Miguel de Arciniega
Alonso de Arellano
Martín de Argüelles
Luis Gálvez Rodríguez de Arias
Pedro de Avendaño
B
Martín del Barco Centenera
Benjamin of Tudela
Beatriz Bermúdez de Velasco
Antonio de Berrio
Pedro Bohórquez
C
Nicolás de Cardona
Tomás de Cardona
Francisco de Carvajal
Gabriel de Castilla
Julio Cervera Baviera
Isaac Chelo
Diego Columbus
Alonso de Córdoba
Frank Cuesta
D
Pedro Arias Dávila
Diego Miruelo
E
Domingo Elizondo
Alonso de Ercilla
Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda
Gaspar de Espinosa
Juan de Salazar de Espinosa
Juan de Esquivel
Estevanico
F
Pedro Fernández de Lugo
Diego Fernández de Proaño
Diego Fernández
Jaume Ferrer
Rafael Ferrer (Jesuit)
Juan de Fuca
G
Francisco de Garay
Alonso de Góngora Marmolejo
Ruy González de Clavijo
Beatriz González
Gonzalo Guerrero
Emilio Guinea
H
Hernando de Manrique de Rojas
García Hurtado de Mendoza, 5th Marquis of Cañete
I
Manuel Iradier
J
Rodrigo de Jerez
Jordanus
Jorge Juan y Santacilia
L
Hernando de Lerma
Miguel López de Legazpi
Ruy López de Villalobos
Diego de Losada
M
Alejandro Malaspina
Juana Mansilla
Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira
Juan Menéndez Granados
Diego de Montemayor
Adrián de Moxica
Kitín Muñoz
N
Andrés Niño
Pedro Alonso Niño
Juan Núñez de Prado (conquistador)
O
Sebastián de Ocampo
Rodrigo Orgóñez
Yñigo Ortiz de Retez
P
Beatriz de Palacios
Juan Bautista Pastene
Pinzón brothers
Martín Alonso Pinzón
Hernán Ponce de León
R
Juan Rejón
Diogo Ribeiro
Pedro de los Ríos y Gutiérrez de Aguayo
Gaspar de Rodas
Rodrigo de Vivero y Velasco
Cayetano Pignatelli, 3rd Marquis of Rubí
Blas Ruiz
Ruy Diaz Melgarejo
S
Alonso Sánchez
Àlex Simón i Casanovas
Inés Suárez
Tomás de Suría
T
Pedro Tafur
Luis de Torres
U
Antonio de Ulloa
Isabel de Urquiola
V
Cristóbal Vaca de Castro
Pedro de Valdivia
Vincente de Valverde
Domingo Vandewalle
Juan Velázquez de León
Pedro de Villagra
Jerónimo de Vivar
Rodrigo de Vivero, 1st Count of Valle de Orizaba
X
Francisco Xerez
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#49 Post by JECE » Fri Mar 31, 2023 4:20 pm

Jamiet99uk: No
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#50 Post by damo666 » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:19 pm

Vasco da Gama ?

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#51 Post by JECE » Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:43 pm

damo666 wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 7:19 pm
Vasco da Gama ?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#52 Post by Walnut » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm

Did this person explore any other part of the world?

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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#53 Post by han-shahanshah » Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:41 pm

Pedro Cabral?

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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#54 Post by Dousing » Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:28 pm

Did this person known for their connections to politics?

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#55 Post by JECE » Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:07 am

Walnut wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:37 pm
Did this person explore any other part of the world?
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#56 Post by JECE » Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:07 am

han-shahanshah wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:41 pm
Pedro Cabral?
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#57 Post by JECE » Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:08 am

Dousing wrote:
Fri Mar 31, 2023 9:28 pm
Did this person known for their connections to politics?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#58 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:52 am

1. Real
2. Male human
3. Not alive
4. From Eurasia/the Americas
5. Not English-speaking
6. Alive before 1750.
7. Spoke a romance language
8. Not French
9. Not known for military career, but some people tried to invent this
10. Born in a place that was part of the Roman Empire in 117 AD
11. Born in/after 750 AD
12. Did not perform any of the arts.
13. Not born in Italy
14. Born on the Iberian peninsula
15. Visited the "New World"
16. Not on that list of Spanish Explorers
17. Explored other parts of the world.
18. Not known for politics.

Not:
Cervantes
Magellan
the Bruce
Vasco da Gama
Pedro Cabral

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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#59 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:57 am

Is it: Bartolomeu Dias?
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Re: XX Questions - Game CIII

#60 Post by JECE » Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:47 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:57 am
Is it: Bartolomeu Dias?
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