20 Questions - Game 248

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#41 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:57 pm

Pat Reid

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#42 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:58 pm

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).

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#43 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:58 pm

damo666 wrote:
Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:57 pm
Pat Reid
Scrub.

Not born in England

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#44 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:01 pm

Pat Reid
Scrubbed just in the nick of time. Reid was of course born in India.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#45 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:16 pm

Captain Tom Moore

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#46 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:35 pm

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).

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#47 Post by Hominidae » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:51 pm

Free guess: Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#48 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:55 pm

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).

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#49 Post by kingofthepirates » Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:11 pm

Most famous for fighting in Europe?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#50 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:16 pm

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).

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#51 Post by DiplomacyandWarfare » 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

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#52 Post by DiplomacyandWarfare » Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:55 pm

*re-reads the info so far and realizes they have to be born during or after 1900*
scratch the free-guess

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#53 Post by Hominidae » Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:02 pm

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.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#54 Post by kingofthepirates » 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?
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#55 Post by Aristocrat » 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.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#56 Post by Aristocrat » Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:25 pm

Given we know relatively little, I will free guess a random badass: John Frederick Durnford-Slater

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#57 Post by Hominidae » Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:39 pm

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.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#58 Post by Hominidae » Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:40 pm

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.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#59 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:31 pm

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).

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 248

#60 Post by cdngooner » Sun Mar 31, 2024 11:29 pm

Hint: For the first few questions, I thought you were going to get this rather easily. Then you went astray.

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