Twenty questions, round 356: five-way frenzy!

[Wattsthematter]

a,b,c,d,e: Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner, or Academy Award winner?

[Spartaculous]

A, B, C, D: born in Eurasia or Oceania?

A: Yes.
B: No.
C: Yes.
D: No.

a,b,c,d,e: Pulitzer Prize winner, Nobel Prize winner, or Academy Award winner?

A: No.
B: No.
C: No.
D: No.
E: No.

Free comment: There is an interesting story here about at least one of the "No." answers here.

[Wattsthematter]

b,d: born in the US?

[DreamTrawler]

A and C: Born in Europe?

All targets: Primarily known for politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences?

[Spartaculous]

b,d: born in the US?

B: Yes.
D: Yes.

A and C: Born in Europe?

A: Yes.
C: No.

All targets: Primarily known for politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences?

A: No.
B: Yes.
C: Yes.
D: Yes.
E: Yes.

[Spartaculous]

Person A:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1860-1899.
3. Dead.
6,8. Born in Europe.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9: Not primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.

Person B:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1860-1899.
3. Dead.
6,8: Born in the USA.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9: Primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.

Person C:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1900 or later.
3. Dead.
6,8. Born in Asia or Oceania.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9: Primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.

Person D:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1900 or later.
3. Dead.
6,8: Born in the USA.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9: Primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.

Person E:
1. Real male human being.
2,4. Born 1820 - August 1, 1974.
3. Alive.
5. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
6: Primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.

[Wattsthematter]

b,c,d,e: Primarily known for their involvement in politics?

[DreamTrawler]

b,c,d,e: Primarily known for their involvement in politics?

If no - B,C,D,E: Primarily known for fiction writing or the social sciences? (Asked for each subject only if no to politics)

and unrelatedly -
A: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
C: Born in Oceania, Singapore, Hong Kong, or what was then the Russian Empire or Soviet Union?

[Spartaculous]

b,c,d,e: Primarily known for their involvement in politics?

B: Yes.
C: Yes.
D: Yes.
E: No.

If no - B,C,D,E: Primarily known for fiction writing or the social sciences? (Asked for each subject only if no to politics)

E: No.

and unrelatedly -
A: Native speaker of a Germanic language?
C: Born in Oceania, Singapore, Hong Kong, or what was then the Russian Empire or Soviet Union?

A: Yes.
C: No.

[Spartaculous]

Person A:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1860-1899.
3. Dead.
6,8. Born in Europe.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9: Not primarily known for one of: politics, fiction writing, journalism, acting, film, or the social sciences.
10: Native speaker of a Germanic language.

Person B:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1860-1899.
3. Dead.
6,8: Born in the USA.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9,10: Primarily known for politics.

Person C:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1900 or later.
3. Dead.
6,8,11. Born in Asia, but not in Singapore, Hong Kong, or what was (at the time) the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9,10: Primarily known for politics.

Person D:
1. Real male human being.
2,4,5. Born 1900 or later.
3. Dead.
6,8: Born in the USA.
7. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
9,10: Primarily known for politics.

Person E:
1. Real male human being.
2,4. Born 1820 - August 1, 1974.
3. Alive.
5. Not a winner of: a Pulitzer Prize, a Nobel Prize, or an Academy Award.
6,7,8: Primarily known for one of: journalism, acting, or film.

[Spartaculous]

6,7,8: Primarily known for one of: journalism, acting, or film.

It strikes me that I could have phrased this better. This should *not* be interpreted to mean that, if the person is famous for film, then he is not famous for acting (or vice versa).

[Wattsthematter]

B,C,D: Did their primary involvement in politics involve human rights activism?

[Wattsthematter]

B,C,D: Did their primary involvement in politics involve human rights activism?

Weirdly worded, sorry

[Aristocrat]

B, D: Born in what is currently a part of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon, or Nevada? (the free states, for those wondering, though Nevada has expanded since 1861)

A: Born in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, or Liechtenstein?

[DreamTrawler]

B,C,D: Did their primary involvement in politics involve human rights activism?

If no - B,C,D: Was he ever head of state/head of government of a country?

Also:

A: Primarily known for science or philosophy?
C: Born in what is now India, China, or Japan?
E: English-language actor?

[Spartaculous]

B,C,D: Did their primary involvement in politics involve human rights activism?

I think this is clear enough.

B: No.
C: I'll go with Yes. (I did consider passing.)
D: Yes.

B, D: Born in what is currently a part of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, California, Oregon, or Nevada? (the free states, for those wondering, though Nevada has expanded since 1861)

B: No.
D: No.

A: Born in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, or Liechtenstein?

A: Nein.

[Wattsthematter]

c,d: born before 1924?

c: was this person a senator, governor, or congressman?

[DreamTrawler]

B,C,D: Did their primary involvement in politics involve human rights activism?

If no - B,C,D: Was he ever head of state/head of government of a country?

Also:

A: Primarily known for science or philosophy?
C: Born in what is now India, China, or Japan?
E: English-language actor?

Bumping this in case it was missed

[Wattsthematter]

c,d: born before 1924?

c: was this person a senator, governor, or congressman?

Scratch my c question... Mixed things up

[Aristocrat]

B: Born in what is now a part of Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Washington DC, Kentucky or Missouri?

D: Born in what is is now a part of the West or Midwest census regions? (The non-overlapping states from the last question are: Alaska, Hawaii, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Missouri)