QM: I hope you will allow this, but I would like to use my free guess on Freddie Mercury, with the understanding that DreamTrawler should be considered the winner of this round if it is right. (If I am not right, then DreamTrawler still has a free guess and I don't; if this is not allowed, then ple...

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 11:15 pm

Going to make a slightly bold free guess: Freddie Mercury?

I can’t answer this as it’s 3 in a row, but if you feel strongly feel free to re-guess now that others have intervened.

Dousing wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 11:33 pm

Were they a scientist or a musician?

Yes

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 11:34 pm

Born in 1902 or later?

Yes

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 11:09 pm

Born in East Africa or what is now Nigeria, Ghana, or Angola?

Yes, defining Eastern Africa according to the UN geoscheme.

I have to depart for a little bit but will check in later to answer any questions that have popped up in the meantime.

Born in the territory of what is now a Christian-majority country? Just bumping this Yeah it was difficult to answer this one completely on my phone. I'm interpreting this to mean "is the location this person was born in currently a part of a Christian majority country." In that case, yes. (going o...

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 10:18 pm

Primarily famous for involvement in politics, military, religion, or sports?

No

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 10:03 pm

Born in Africa or what is now Brazil?

Yes

(and to address the question above, now clearly not born in Asia).

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 9:56 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 9:51 pm

Born in Asia?

Making sure you saw this question.

I did not. Also no. I probably should have given you time to scratch given the overlap, but I didn't because I missed the question. If this gets close to being unsolved I can deal with that then.

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 9:52 pm

Born in what is currently Oman, Japan, Argentina, Suriname, Colombia, Georgia, Russia, South Sudan, Kenya, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Egypt, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, or Lesotho?

No

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 9:44 pm

Born in Europe or North America?

No

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Wed May 29, 2024 9:41 pm

Real human born after 1500 CE?

Yes

Game 297 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...

Lucky, I guess, being online and having gone down that rabbit hole a week ago. Also, frankly, Hom deserves credit for being so honest when that specific birthdate question landed so early! Would have been very easy to switch picks mid-stream.

Born in what is currently part of the United States? If yes, free guess: Sojourner Truth? Would not normally guess this early, but her name stayed in my head after the Helen Keller round where I looked up some famous women born into slavery (since they may not have had English as their first languag...

Real human?

Born after 1917 (CE)?

Born after 1900 (CE)?

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?