20 Questions, Game 321: Hominidae Goes For 7

[cdngooner]

For the benefit of the class, 1759.

I wish you hadn't spoiled that! So much for my Canadian home team advantage.

[Aristocrat]

Born in what is currently England, but not the region of North West England?

No

Male?

Yes

Was this person born after the event depicted in this painting?

1620px-Benjamin_West_005.jpg

Yes

[DreamTrawler]

Edit: Born in what is now Canada, or a part of the UK outside of the British Isles?

[cdngooner]

Author of published fiction, poetry or plays?

[FlaviusAetius]

Was this person a prominent figure in the Napoleonic Wars, or the events that followed immediately thereafter, or before? (congress of vienna for after, french revolution for before)

[FlaviusAetius]

Was this person a prominent figure in the Napoleonic Wars, or the events that followed immediately thereafter, or before? (congress of vienna for after, french revolution for before)

if yes; free guess; duke of wellington

[Hominidae]

Born on the island of Ireland, or in what is currently Wales, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, or Quebec?

[Aristocrat]

Edit: Born in what is now Canada, or a part of the UK outside of the British Isles?

Yes

Author of published fiction, poetry or plays?

Not that I am aware of

Was this person a prominent figure in the Napoleonic Wars, or the events that followed immediately thereafter, or before? (congress of vienna for after, french revolution for before)

No

Born on the island of Ireland, or in what is currently Wales, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, or Quebec?

No

[Hominidae]

Involved in Canadian politics?

[Hominidae]

Involved in Canadian politics?

To clarify, this includes any iteration of "Canada".

[Aristocrat]

Involved in Canadian politics?

No

[Aristocrat]

Sorry I misread a question. This should be “no”:

Edit: Born in what is now Canada, or a part of the UK outside of the British Isles?

I will refund the two questions this impacted. No other answers were mistaken AFAIK but I’ll take another look to be sure.

[Aristocrat]

Also will not count the last question for purposes of the two question rule

[FlaviusAetius]

Can you do a summary Im a little lost rn

[Aristocrat]

Can you do a summary Im a little lost rn

Yeah I will post one in ~15 min.

[Hominidae]

Sorry I misread a question. This should be “no”:

Edit: Born in what is now Canada, or a part of the UK outside of the British Isles?

I will refund the two questions this impacted. No other answers were mistaken AFAIK but I’ll take another look to be sure.

I think this only impacted one other question (the Canadian politics one) since the birthplace one eliminated Wales and Ireland.

[cdngooner]

Sorry I misread a question. This should be “no”:

It's not as easy as it looks, being QM, is it?

[Aristocrat]

Official Summary:

1, 9. Real Male
2, 7, 10. Born September 14 1759 - April 14, 1865
3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 14. Born in what is now the UK. Not born in what is currently England, but not the region of North West England. Not born in part of the UK outside of the British Isles. Not born in Wales or the island of Ireland. (Also not born in the part of UK that is in the Eastern Hemisphere)
4. Not a native speaker of an Italic (including Romance), Slavic, or Indo-Iranian language
12. Not an author of published fiction, poetry or plays
13. Not a prominent figure in the Napoleonic Wars, or the events that followed immediately thereafter, or before
15. Not involved in Canadian politics.

This will go to 22 questions (one question to make up for the Canadian politics one, and one as penance for the mistake in general).

[DreamTrawler]

Known for science, industry, business, or invention?

[Aristocrat]

Known for science, industry, business, or invention?

Yes