20 Questions (382nd round)

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Free Guess: Mansa Musa

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Free Guess: Mansa Musa

I do think this fits, while also making sense in the ‘E’ question pass because his name through translation transforms from ‘Messe’ to ‘Mansa’

[DreamTrawler]

Free Guess: Mansa Musa

I do think this fits, while also making sense in the ‘E’ question pass because his name through translation transforms from ‘Messe’ to ‘Mansa’

Unfortunately we established the target is not male.

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Free Guess: Mansa Musa

I do think this fits, while also making sense in the ‘E’ question pass because his name through translation transforms from ‘Messe’ to ‘Mansa’

Unfortunately we established the target is not male.

Of course i miss the obvious one

Nevermind, carry on

[DreamTrawler]

1. No photographs of this figure or an actor portraying this figure
2,7,10. Real dead human not born in: Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, or what is now Russia, India, China, or Tallahassee
3. Not male
4,9. Died before 1819 - born in the Common Era (AD)
5. Political figure
6. On this person's Wikipedia page (if they have one), there is not a contemporary painted portrait of them

NOT:
La Malinche / Malintzin (DreamTrawler)

Passed: Has an "e" or "E" in their full first name (or, if they only have one name, their only name)?

[Aristocrat]

Born in North America, South America, Australia, or Oceania?

[loresend]

Free Guess: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

[loresend]

Free Guess: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

(I assume the portrait on her Wikipedia page does not count as "contemporary")

[Wattsthematter]

Am I missing something? Why are we making guesses at this point

[Wattsthematter]

Born before 1400AD?

[loresend]

Known for resisting/disrupting/denouncing colonialism or for eating stewed kangaroo with sauerkraut and mushrooms?

[loresend]

Am I missing something? Why are we making guesses at this point

Um, because the pass at "E" names narrows the range quite a bit. For instance, my bet is that "Queen" might count as part of a common name and he wasn't willing to take that risk

[Wattsthematter]

Am I missing something? Why are we making guesses at this point

Um, because the pass at "E" names narrows the range quite a bit. For instance, my bet is that "Queen" might count as part of a common name and he wasn't willing to take that risk

Fair enough

[Hominidae]

Born in North America, South America, Australia, or Oceania?

No.

Free Guess: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

No.

Born before 1400AD?

Yes.

Known for resisting/disrupting/denouncing colonialism or for eating stewed kangaroo with sauerkraut and mushrooms?

Yes.

[Wattsthematter]

Born in Africa?

[DreamTrawler]

Hm.. known for resisting colonialism but born before 1400 is interesting.

Did this person ever resist the Roman Empire or the Islamic Caliphate in any form?

[loresend]

Hm.. known for resisting colonialism but born before 1400 is interesting.

Did this person ever resist the Roman Empire or the Islamic Caliphate in any form?

But we ruled out Europe, North Africa, and the ME?

[Hominidae]

Born in Africa?

No.

Hm.. known for resisting colonialism but born before 1400 is interesting.

Did this person ever resist the Roman Empire or the Islamic Caliphate in any form?

No.

[DreamTrawler]

Hm.. known for resisting colonialism but born before 1400 is interesting.

Did this person ever resist the Roman Empire or the Islamic Caliphate in any form?

But we ruled out Europe, North Africa, and the ME?

I was thinking it might be someone from Kush/Nubia (idk if that counts as North Africa exactly) or Armenia/Caucasus area

[DreamTrawler]

Hm, I have an inkling again.

Was this person born in Southeast Asia?