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1. Real human
2. Died naturally
3. Born on or after Jan 1 1600
4. Born on a weekday
5. Born before Jan 1 1800
6. Born on or after Jan 1 1700
7. Birth registered under the Gregorian calendar
8. Born in Europe
9. Born in the United Kingdom

Good point about gender. Thank you for clarifying.

I guess I'm allowed a second question in a row, so lets continue this experiment with date of birth. Born on or after Jan 1, 1776?

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 1:38 pm

I guess I'm allowed a second question in a row, so lets continue this experiment with date of birth. Born on or after Jan 1, 1776?

No.

So we've got his/her DOB down to a 23 year period (Gregorian calendar adopted Sep 14, 1752; before Jan 1, 1776). No more than four more questions should get us the exact year.

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 03, 2023 2:32 pm

So we've got his/her DOB down to a 23 year period (Gregorian calendar adopted Sep 14, 1752; before Jan 1, 1776). No more than four more questions should get us the exact year.

Less if we do what I was tempted to do in the last game and ask related questions like whether the mother was pregnant in such and such timeframe

Born after the beginning of 1764?

Politician/royalty/military?

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 04, 2023 1:47 pm

Born after the beginning of 1764?

No.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 04, 2023 8:23 pm

Politician/royalty/military?

No.

Did a large part of their fame come from writing poetry, plays, or fiction?

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 05, 2023 1:25 am

Did a large part of their fame come from writing poetry, plays, or fiction?

Yes.

free guess: William Blake?

Hanging Rook wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:43 am

free guess: William Blake?

We have a winner! Congratulations!

Nice work! I actually found William Blake while searching for possibilities, and thought he might very well could have been it, but I didn't feel nearly confident enough to make the guess, which is why I asked the writing question.