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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#61 Post by sweetandcool » Sat May 06, 2023 11:56 pm

1. Real
2. Born after 1840
3. Male
4. Dead
5. Was not bald.
6. Not born in or after 1900
7. Not born in the British Isles.
8. Not known for politics, military service, government service, public service, or social activism.
9. Not born in America or Antarctica.
10. First name starts with a consonant.
11. Not a scientist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, businessman, or tycoon.
12. Not an artist.
13. Died before 1930.
14. Not a native speaker of a romance language.
15. Not a sportsperson, murderer, or taxidermist.
16. Did not have a job relating to Healthcare, automobile, or policing.
17. WAS a journalist, academic, royalty, private detective, polar explorer, employee of the League of Nations or anyone associated with the Red Cross movement.
18. Not on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historians
19. Not on either of these lists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polar_explorers
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-o ... ts-2025637

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Erich Moritz von Hornbostel [Jamiet99uk]
Roald Amundsen [damo666]

Note: DID briefly occupy a not particularly noteworthy government job.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#62 Post by dargorygel » Sun May 07, 2023 1:47 am

Banjo paterson

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#63 Post by sweetandcool » Sun May 07, 2023 2:19 am

dargorygel wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:47 am
Banjo paterson
No.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#64 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun May 07, 2023 9:00 am

dargorygel wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:47 am
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We ruled out "artist" in a broad sense.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#65 Post by Dousing » Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 am

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#66 Post by damo666 » Sun May 07, 2023 1:27 pm

Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 am
Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)
#8?

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#67 Post by Dousing » Sun May 07, 2023 2:20 pm

damo666 wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:27 pm
Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 am
Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)
#8?
I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#68 Post by sweetandcool » Sun May 07, 2023 3:31 pm

Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 am
Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)
No.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#69 Post by JECE » Sun May 07, 2023 3:57 pm

Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 2:20 pm
damo666 wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:27 pm
Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 11:58 am
Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)
#8?
I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)
You don't think that czars are known for politics?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#70 Post by Octavious » Sun May 07, 2023 4:51 pm

In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#71 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sun May 07, 2023 5:31 pm

Octavious wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 4:51 pm
In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics
So is Liz Truss but you'd still classify her as a politician.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#72 Post by Foxcastle » Sun May 07, 2023 7:35 pm

Free guess: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#73 Post by Foxcastle » Sun May 07, 2023 7:45 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 5:31 pm
Octavious wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 4:51 pm
In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics
So is Liz Truss but you'd still classify her as a politician.
Would you consider the British royals to be doing politics? My understanding is that while they might be the subjects of political opinion/questions, they themselves are supposed to be apolitical?

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#74 Post by sweetandcool » Sun May 07, 2023 7:52 pm

Foxcastle wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 7:35 pm
Free guess: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
No.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#75 Post by sweetandcool » Sun May 07, 2023 7:54 pm

To settle this, I will give free info: they are NOT royalty.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#76 Post by Dousing » Sun May 07, 2023 7:54 pm

JECE wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 3:57 pm
Dousing wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 2:20 pm
damo666 wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 1:27 pm


#8?
I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)
You don't think that czars are known for politics?
Fair point but like I said, I’m out of ideas :P

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#77 Post by Foxcastle » Sun May 07, 2023 8:26 pm

Not that I have a good question to ask, but I think there should be a 24-hour time limit on asking the final question to avoid this stall.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#78 Post by Foxcastle » Sun May 07, 2023 8:30 pm

sweetandcool wrote:
Sun May 07, 2023 7:54 pm
To settle this, I will give free info: they are NOT royalty.
I think this makes it more likely to be an academic rather a journalist, private eye, explorer, or Red Cross person.


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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 112

#80 Post by Foxcastle » Sun May 07, 2023 9:10 pm

Edit: I see the Britannica list of journalists question has been asked. Sorry for the duplication

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