20 Questions, Game 377

[Hominidae]

Born on the mainland of Australia?

[Aristocrat]

Born on the mainland of Australia?

Yes

[Aristocrat]

Is this person famous for their work in industry? (I'm not sure whether 'Great Merchant' would include such people. If it would, as it does in Civilization 6, scratch my question.)

No.

I will decide if it overlaps completely with “Great Merchant” later but my gut is that business/industry as a whole is broader. I don’t think you all will run up against the question cap, though.

[Aristocrat]

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 13: Real human male born in Australia November 19, 1831-1921, who has not appeared as a playable leader in a mainline game in the Sid Meier's Civilization series.

4, 12: Not famous for politics, military, science, exploration, criminal activity, or business/industry

5: Not famous for something that a great person from a civ game might be (Great Artist, Great Writer, Great Musician, Great Engineer, Great Scientist, Great Merchant, Great General, Great Admiral, Great Prophet, and Great Spy)

8: Lived to the age at which one can run for US President

[DreamTrawler]

free guess: Don Bradman

[Aristocrat]

free guess: Don Bradman

Don Bradman is correct!

He is considered by some to be the most dominant sportsman of all time. For those who, like me, know little about cricket but know what a normal distribution looks like, I present Bradman’s dominance graphical form. The arrow points to Bradman:

[DreamTrawler]

free guess: Don Bradman

Don Bradman is correct!

He is considered by some to be the most dominant sportsman of all time. For those who, like me, know little about cricket but know what a normal distribution looks like, I present Bradman’s dominance graphical form. The arrow points to Bradman:

Wow! That really is impressive batting.

I’m actually surprised I got that, I know very little about cricket even though my family is Indian. But I figured the subject must be an athlete and went from there.