20 Questions Game 372

[DreamTrawler]

Born before Charles Dickens?

Yes.

[DreamTrawler]

Primarily wrote in English?

No.

[damo666]

Russian?

[DreamTrawler]

1,2,3,7,11. Real human born in what is now the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, France, Greece, Croatia, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Poland, China, Iran, or Lithuania, or a fictional caterpillar known for committing a crime while wearing a stylish trenchcoat
4,6,8,10,11. Primarily known for non-English, non-Russian language writing
5,9. Born before Charles Dickens (7 February 1812)

[DreamTrawler]

Russian?

No. (Did you mean born there, or language spoken?)

[damo666]

Primarily wrote in French?

[DreamTrawler]

By the way - I technically do not have conclusive evidence about this person’s birthplace, but they are generally assumed to be from a certain place and so I am answering as if that place was their birthplace.

[DreamTrawler]

Primarily wrote in French?

No.

[han-shahanshah]

By the way - I technically do not have conclusive evidence about this person’s birthplace, but they are generally assumed to be from a certain place and so I am answering as if that place was their birthplace.

Free guess: Sappho

[DreamTrawler]

By the way - I technically do not have conclusive evidence about this person’s birthplace, but they are generally assumed to be from a certain place and so I am answering as if that place was their birthplace.

Free guess: Sappho

Guess that was too big of a hint - Sappho of Lesbos is correct!

[han-shahanshah]

Thanks for the game! Next one up in an hour or so.

[DreamTrawler]

Between the lesbian/pansexual questions floating around recently, the previous choice of a woman from a love poem, and the fact that we haven’t had someone from the ancient/classical world for a while, I had to pick Sappho.

Also, continents didn’t come up this round, but Lesbos is apparently just 5.5km/3.4mi away from Turkey/Asia Minor. It probably still counts as Europe, but it’s an interesting edge case.

[Hominidae]

That was actually a really impressive guess, given the information we had. Good choice too.

I'm not sure what continent Lesbos is part of, but in the Tsarnaev round I was trying to ask about transcontinental countries and I listed Greece.

[miminena]

Ah, I guess I was following the caterpillar line a bit too hard. Didn't even consider the possibility of it being a real person. Great round!

[DreamTrawler]

Ah, I guess I was following the caterpillar line a bit too hard. Didn't even consider the possibility of it being a real person. Great round!

Out of curiosity, what was the caterpillar you had in mind?

[miminena]

Ah, I guess I was following the caterpillar line a bit too hard. Didn't even consider the possibility of it being a real person. Great round!

Out of curiosity, what was the caterpillar you had in mind?

Oh, none in particular. Just thought of what a caterpillar best known for committing a crime would wear, and a trench coat came to mind.