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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:57 pm
by damo666
Pat Reid
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:58 pm
by cdngooner
Two questions left.
1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).
Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:58 pm
by damo666
damo666 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:57 pm
Pat Reid
Scrub.
Not born in England
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:01 pm
by cdngooner
Pat Reid
Scrubbed just in the nick of time. Reid was of course born in India.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:16 pm
by damo666
Captain Tom Moore
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:35 pm
by cdngooner
Captain Tom Moore
No. I'm not sure he's most famous for fighting in WW2. I would say it was his charity work in 2020.
Still two questions left.
1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).
Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:51 pm
by Hominidae
Free guess: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:55 pm
by cdngooner
Free guess: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma
Good guess. One of my favourite figures of WW2. But not him.
So far you've only narrowed it down to perhaps a million English-born soldiers or sailors (or possibly non-pilot airmen). Consider questions on what formations or what campaigns he fought in.
1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17. Primarily known for fighting in WW2.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).
Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:11 pm
by kingofthepirates
Most famous for fighting in Europe?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:16 pm
by cdngooner
Most famous for fighting in Europe?
Yes, but to be clear I am answering that literally. If you meant "Northwest Europe" I didn't take it that way. This answer still includes Northwest Europe; Norway; Sicily/Italy; Greece/Crete/Dodecanese; the Eastern Front; or commando/special operations.
One more question.
1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17,19. Primarily known for fighting in WW2, somewhere in Europe.
6. No "E" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).
Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:54 pm
by DiplomacyandWarfare
Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?
If no, free guess: Bernard Montgomery
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:55 pm
by DiplomacyandWarfare
*re-reads the info so far and realizes they have to be born during or after 1900*
scratch the free-guess
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:02 pm
by Hominidae
Diplomacy&Warfare wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:54 pm
Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?
If no, free guess: Bernard Montgomery
I think the assumption is generally yes, and kind of E counts.
I'm less sure about what happens with non-Latin writing systems.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:16 pm
by kingofthepirates
when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:18 pm
by Aristocrat
kingofthepirates wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:16 pm
when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question
Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:25 pm
by Aristocrat
Given we know relatively little, I will free guess a random badass: John Frederick Durnford-Slater
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:39 pm
by Hominidae
Aristocrat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:18 pm
kingofthepirates wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:16 pm
when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question
Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:40 pm
by Hominidae
Aristocrat wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:18 pm
kingofthepirates wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:16 pm
when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
clarification, not a question
Unless QM says otherwise, I think it is commonly understood that “England” would exclude Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Somehow my comment didn't go through. I specified "what is currently England" because Wales was technically part of England until the 1960s.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:31 pm
by cdngooner
Please clarify: In the answer to question 6, would an "e" count as an "E"?
Yes. There is neither an "E" or an "e" in this person's first full name.
when saying born in England, are we referring to specifically England, Great Britain, or the UK as a whole?
England means England.
I specified "what is currently England" because Wales was technically part of England until the 1960s.
This person was not born in Wales.
John Frederick Durnford-Slater
No.
Still one question left. I fear you are not going to get this one.
1,13. First language English.
2,7. Real dead human; born before 1930, and may have lived in Canada > 5 years.
3,10,16. Born in England.
4,5,8,15,17,19. Primarily known for fighting in WW2, somewhere in Europe.
6. No "E" or "e" in full first name.
9,14. Born 1900-1929.
11. Died aged 70 or older (1970-2024).
12. Not black.
18. Not a pilot (at least not a military pilot).
Not: Douglas Bader (free).
Capt Tom Moore (damo666).
Lord Louis Mountbatten (hominidae).
John Durnford-Slater (Aristocrat).
Re: 20 Questions - Game 248
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:29 pm
by cdngooner
Hint: For the first few questions, I thought you were going to get this rather easily. Then you went astray.