Twenty questions, round 282

[DarthPorg36]

Has this person ever held a political office?

If yes: Joe Biden

20 questions in general clarification: Suppose I am QM and want to pick an entity that has an unclear birthday, but before, say 1 AD for sure. Should I "pass" if someone asks born before 1800, because I don't know when they were born, or say "yes" until I really am not sure about birthday?

[Hominidae]

Has this person ever held a political office?

If yes: Joe Biden

20 questions in general clarification: Suppose I am QM and want to pick an entity that has an unclear birthday, but before, say 1 AD for sure. Should I "pass" if someone asks born before 1800, because I don't know when they were born, or say "yes" until I really am not sure about birthday?

You would say "yes" if they were definitely born before 1800. For example, when someone asked me if Attila the Hun was born after 700, I said "no". If someone had asked me if he was born after 405, I would have passed.

[Spartaculous]

Any notable written works?

Yes, this person has notable written works.

Has this person ever held a political office?

Yes.

If yes: Joe Biden

Not Joe Biden.

[Hominidae]

Has this person ever served (formerly or currently) in the US Congress, Canadian parliament, UK parliament, or Irish parliament (which I just found out is called the Oireachtas)?

[Spartaculous]

Has this person ever served (formerly or currently) in the US Congress, Canadian parliament, UK parliament, or Irish parliament (which I just found out is called the Oireachtas)?

Yes.

[Hominidae]

Well, we at least have a finite number of people now, but it's a very large number of people.

Current member of US House or Senate?

[Hominidae]

1,2,3,4. Real living male human
5. Born in Europe or North America
6. Native speaker of English
7. Born before 1967
8. Not known for involvement in the arts
9. Largely known as a scientist, mathematician, philosopher, historian, politician, or athlete
10. Has notable written works
11,12. Has served (formerly or currently) in the US Congress, Canadian parliament, UK parliament, or Irish parliament (Oireachtas)

NOT
Joe Biden (DarthPorg36)

[Spartaculous]

Well, we at least have a finite number of people now, but it's a very large number of people.

Current member of US House or Senate?

No.

[han-shahanshah]

Primarily known for holding political office in the United Kingdom?

[Spartaculous]

Primarily known for holding political office in the United Kingdom?

Yes.

[DreamTrawler]

Is this politician a Tory?

if no, free guess: Jeremy Corbyn

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Boris Johnson

[Hominidae]

Free guess: Boris Johnson

Make this conditional on "yes" to Tory

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Boris Johnson

What question did you all *not* ask me?

[Hominidae]

So, I take it Boris Johnson is correct? We forgot to ask if he was born in New York City.

If so, next thread will be up in the morning (Eastern US).

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Boris Johnson

What question did you all *not* ask me?

In any case, I did choose a politician, born in New York City before 1967, who is a former head of government of a major English-speaking country, who pursued an pugnaciously isolationist foreign policy while serving in a right-wing government.

Free guess: Boris Johnson

Great job Hominidae!

[Spartaculous]

So, I take it Boris Johnson is correct? We forgot to ask if he was born in New York City.

If so, next thread will be up in the morning (Eastern US).

Yep! I was looking forward to seeing how many questions it would take you, once you figured out he was a politician born in the US, to ask if he was a politician *in* the US.

[DreamTrawler]

Nice guess! Should’ve tried for a yes conditional myself but I didn’t realize BoJo was old enough to qualify