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Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by DreamTrawler » Mon May 19, 2025 3:16 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 2:21 pm
 Nice pick. I started going down this road after the passes and some of the other questions. At first I thought it was another Garamond type but you ruled that out. Then I started looking at various famous works of art: Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo... actually overlooked the Three Musketeers at first until seeing it on Wikipedia and finding out that d'Artagnan was a real person.
That's funny, I was on the same trail and even looked up the individual musketeers but forgot about d'Artagnan himself.

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Mon May 19, 2025 2:24 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 2:21 pm
 Nice pick. I started going down this road after the passes and some of the other questions. At first I thought it was another Garamond type but you ruled that out. Then I started looking at various famous works of art: Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo... actually overlooked the Three Musketeers at first until seeing it on Wikipedia and finding out that d'Artagnan was a real person.
i was going to choose M. de Treville for a while but his real counterpart is a bit obscure so i went with d'artagnan (and actually didn't know he was real until this game lol)

see also game 292 for another three musketeers character from real life

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Aristocrat » Mon May 19, 2025 2:21 pm

Nice pick. I started going down this road after the passes and some of the other questions. At first I thought it was another Garamond type but you ruled that out. Then I started looking at various famous works of art: Phantom of the Opera, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Count of Monte Cristo... actually overlooked the Three Musketeers at first until seeing it on Wikipedia and finding out that d'Artagnan was a real person.

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Mon May 19, 2025 1:53 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 1:18 pm
 Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan?
d'Artagnan is correct!

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by SaintSimmer » Mon May 19, 2025 1:47 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
 Born before the signing of the treaty of Westphalia (24 October 1648) as referred to in the Monty Python episode "Dennis Moore", the title character of which you may most prominently remember as a Robin Hood knockoff, although his particular idiom involved stealing flowers (known as lupins) from the rich and giving them to the poor, which ended up not helping them very much, as he had probably confused them for tulips!
He steals from the poor, and he gives to the rich...

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Aristocrat » Mon May 19, 2025 1:18 pm

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan?

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Mon May 19, 2025 1:03 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:05 pm
 Born before 1630?
Yes

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Ernst_Brenner » Mon May 19, 2025 12:32 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:12 pm
Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
 Born before the signing of the treaty of Westphalia (24 October 1648) as referred to in the Monty Python episode "Dennis Moore", the title character of which you may most prominently remember as a Robin Hood knockoff, although his particular idiom involved stealing flowers (known as lupins) from the rich and giving them to the poor, which ended up not helping them very much, as he had probably confused them for tulips!
Withdrawn in light of damo's question.
We already know it is not after 24 October 1648 anyway lol
Too late, I already withdrew it.

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by damo666 » Mon May 19, 2025 12:12 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
 Born before the signing of the treaty of Westphalia (24 October 1648) as referred to in the Monty Python episode "Dennis Moore", the title character of which you may most prominently remember as a Robin Hood knockoff, although his particular idiom involved stealing flowers (known as lupins) from the rich and giving them to the poor, which ended up not helping them very much, as he had probably confused them for tulips!
Withdrawn in light of damo's question.
We already know it is not after 24 October 1648 anyway lol

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Ernst_Brenner » Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm
 Born before the signing of the treaty of Westphalia (24 October 1648) as referred to in the Monty Python episode "Dennis Moore", the title character of which you may most prominently remember as a Robin Hood knockoff, although his particular idiom involved stealing flowers (known as lupins) from the rich and giving them to the poor, which ended up not helping them very much, as he had probably confused them for tulips!
Withdrawn in light of damo's question.

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Ernst_Brenner » Mon May 19, 2025 12:07 pm

Born before the signing of the treaty of Westphalia (24 October 1648) as referred to in the Monty Python episode "Dennis Moore", the title character of which you may most prominently remember as a Robin Hood knockoff, although his particular idiom involved stealing flowers (known as lupins) from the rich and giving them to the poor, which ended up not helping them very much, as he had probably confused them for tulips!

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by damo666 » Mon May 19, 2025 12:05 pm

Born before 1630?

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by SaintSimmer » Mon May 19, 2025 3:24 am

miminena wrote: ↑
Sun May 18, 2025 11:15 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Sun May 18, 2025 11:13 pm
 Born at a time the French king was named Louis?
Yes
I believe this is the only thing eliminating Descartes. :cry:

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Mon May 19, 2025 12:59 am

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:58 am
 Primarily famous for inventing something or being the namesake of something?
No

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Aristocrat » Mon May 19, 2025 12:58 am

Primarily famous for inventing something or being the namesake of something?

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Mon May 19, 2025 12:42 am

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon May 19, 2025 12:41 am
 Died before 1700?
Yes

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Hominidae » Mon May 19, 2025 12:41 am

Died before 1700?

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Sun May 18, 2025 11:15 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Sun May 18, 2025 11:13 pm
 Born at a time the French king was named Louis?
Yes

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by Aristocrat » Sun May 18, 2025 11:13 pm

Born at a time the French king was named Louis?

Re: Twenty Questions Game 557

by miminena » Sun May 18, 2025 10:50 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Sun May 18, 2025 10:49 pm
 Primarily famous for written works, or for communicating something via writing?
i'm going to pass this for now but might be able to give a binary answer with slightly different wording

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