20 Questions Version 472

[DreamTrawler]

Was this person primarily known for their role in the Byzantine or Ottoman empires?

[Hominidae]

Was this person primarily known for their role in the Byzantine or Ottoman empires?

No.

[damo666]

Ivan the Terrible

[Hominidae]

Ivan the Terrible

No.

[damo666]

Russian?

[Hominidae]

Russian?

No.

[yavuzovic]

Let's make it clear
Was born in current borders of Bulgaria or Rumania?

[Hominidae]

Let's make it clear
Was born in current borders of Bulgaria or Rumania?

No.

[Ernst_Brenner]

What question are we on?

[yavuzovic]

I had counted earlier but not now. Should be 17th or 18th. I'm sure more than 1 remains.

[Hominidae]

Unfortunately it looks like you are at 19 (the Ivan the Terrible guess counted as a question). Get your free guesses in.

1. Real human
2,8,9,11,13,15,19. Born in Europe, in what is now a country (other than Romania and Bulgaria) with a Black Sea coast, not in a country, empire, republic, etc. that participated in the Battle of Lepanto
3,5,6,8,10. Born before 1551, but after 1400
17,18. Not Russian (not Ivan the Terrible)
12. Ruler
4,7. Primarily known for politics or military (not science, math, or writing)
16. Not primarily known for their role in the Byzantine or Ottoman Empire
14. Not of the House of Valois

NOT
Master Chief (kingofthepirates)
Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (damo666)
Philip II of Spain (guess refunded)
Skanderbeg (yazuvozic)
Vlad the Impaler (miminena)

[Hominidae]

Unfortunately it looks like you are at 19 (the Ivan the Terrible guess counted as a question). Get your free guesses in.

1. Real human
2,8,9,11,13,15,19. Born in Europe, in what is now a country (other than Romania and Bulgaria) with a Black Sea coast, not in a country, empire, republic, etc. that participated in the Battle of Lepanto
3,5,6,8,10. Born before 1551, but after 1400
17,18. Not Russian (not Ivan the Terrible)
12. Ruler
4,7. Primarily known for politics or military (not science, math, or writing)
16. Not primarily known for their role in the Byzantine or Ottoman Empire
14. Not of the House of Valois

NOT
Master Chief (kingofthepirates)
Alonso de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia (damo666)
Philip II of Spain (guess refunded)
Skanderbeg (yazuvozic)
Vlad the Impaler (miminena)

Sorry, forgot to include in the summary that this person is male.

[Ernst_Brenner]

Ilie II Rareș of Moldavia

[Hominidae]

Ilie II Rareș of Moldavia

No.

[Aristocrat]

Does "not Russian" refer to not ethnically Russian, or does it mean not a ruler of Russia, which only became a country in 1547?

[Hominidae]

Does "not Russian" refer to not ethnically Russian, or does it mean not a ruler of Russia, which only became a country in 1547?

It would definitely be inaccurate to call this person Russian, and he definitely would not have considered himself Russian. He was not ethnically Russian, and he was not a ruler of Russia.

(Not counting this as a question.)

[DreamTrawler]

So unless I’m missing something this person was either born in what is now Ukraine or the European part of Turkey, right?

(not a question, just asking the other players)

[Ernst_Brenner]

Were Moldavia and Georgia excluded?

[DreamTrawler]

Were Moldavia and Georgia excluded?

I believe Moldova is landlocked therefore no Black Sea coast. But it looks like Georgia can be considered either Eastern Europe or Western Asia so maybe it’s still in play.

[miminena]

So unless I’m missing something this person was either born in what is now Ukraine or the European part of Turkey, right?

(not a question, just asking the other players)

Aren't certain parts of modern day Russia still on the table? As in the parts that weren't Russian at the time.