Primarily famous for the visual arts?

This line of questioning is getting too specific too early…

Is this person primarily known for writing?

Born 1675 or later?

Born after 1850?

Currently alive?

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Mon May 27, 2024 12:54 pm

This might be too late, but I have a guess: Luis Trenker

This is likely it given the free clue.

Primarily famous for something related to music (playing, composing, conducting, inventing, etc.)?

Born after 1910?

I like some parts of the old rules, but this section always bothered me, even though I wasn't playing back when people really used these rules: Before the twentieth question is answered, players who have not yet used their free guess may choose to expend their free guess alongside two consecutive qu...

Born in Africa, Asia, or North America? If yes: Born in US? No conditional questions this round... so OP will answer it even if the prior question is no, fyi. (Of course, another rule change is no right to scratch questions - but I imagine OP will use their discretion to allow a scratch in this cas...

JECE wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:56 pm

Was this person a murderous totalitarian known for wearing red?

If yes, Cardinal Richelieu

JECE with the ninja win - congrats! Thought I might switch things up by going back in history but you guys really drilled down on this one fast.

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:38 pm

Primarily known for government/politics/military/religion?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:40 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:38 pm

Primarily known for government/politics/military/religion?

If yes: Was he the King of France?

No


Don’t know how many questions were up to but at this rate doubt it goes 20, quick progress by all of you

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:04 pm

Male born 1453 or later?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:17 pm

Was this person royalty or nobility, and/or primarily known for contributions to the arts?

Yes

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:22 pm

Born in France?

Yes

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:20 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 8:03 pm

Born in the British Isles?

Retract

Scratched

1, 3. Real human born in Northern Hemisphere, but not born in Asia, Africa, North America, or what is currently Germany
2, 4. Born 1000-1797
5. Native speaker of a Romance or Slavic language

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:44 pm

Native speaker of a Romance or Slavic language?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:25 pm

Born in Asia, Africa, North America, or what is currently Germany?

No

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:27 pm

Born 1000 or later?

Yes

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:23 pm

Born 1798 or later?

No

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Tue May 21, 2024 7:17 pm

Real human born in Northern Hemisphere?

Yes

Game 290 HISTORY 1 Henry Hill / cdngooner 2 Colonel Kurtz / VillageIdiot 3 Kieffer Moore / damo666 4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Hamish 5 Anne Frank / Trigfea63 6 Dalai Lama / Hamish 7 Woody / Ginge86 8 Queen Elizabeth II / aardvarkarmy 9 Mahatma Gandhi / Octavious 10 Trish Stratus / VillageIdiot 11 J...

Wow, nice one. I was completely on the wrong track and thought maybe it was someone whose first language was Creole or Gullah Geechee or something The English as a native language pass was the key for sure, pre-1850 I thought maybe someone from the French or Spanish colonies in what is now the US, ...