Twenty Questions - Game 112

[sweetandcool]

1. Real
2. Born after 1840
3. Male
4. Dead
5. Was not bald.
6. Not born in or after 1900
7. Not born in the British Isles.
8. Not known for politics, military service, government service, public service, or social activism.
9. Not born in America or Antarctica.
10. First name starts with a consonant.
11. Not a scientist, engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, businessman, or tycoon.
12. Not an artist.
13. Died before 1930.
14. Not a native speaker of a romance language.
15. Not a sportsperson, murderer, or taxidermist.
16. Did not have a job relating to Healthcare, automobile, or policing.
17. WAS a journalist, academic, royalty, private detective, polar explorer, employee of the League of Nations or anyone associated with the Red Cross movement.
18. Not on this list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historians
19. Not on either of these lists: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_polar_explorers
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-o ... ts-2025637

NOT:
Erich Moritz von Hornbostel [Jamiet99uk]
Roald Amundsen [damo666]

Note: DID briefly occupy a not particularly noteworthy government job.

[dargorygel]

Banjo paterson

[sweetandcool]

Banjo paterson

No.

[Jamiet99uk]

Banjo paterson

We ruled out "artist" in a broad sense.

[Dousing]

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

[damo666]

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

#8?

[Dousing]

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

#8?

I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)

[sweetandcool]

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

No.

[JECE]

Free guess: Tsar Nicolas II?

(For lack of a better option)

#8?

I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)

You don't think that czars are known for politics?

[Octavious]

In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics

[Jamiet99uk]

In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics

So is Liz Truss but you'd still classify her as a politician.

[Foxcastle]

Free guess: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

[Foxcastle]

In fairness Nicolas II was pretty bad at politics

So is Liz Truss but you'd still classify her as a politician.

Would you consider the British royals to be doing politics? My understanding is that while they might be the subjects of political opinion/questions, they themselves are supposed to be apolitical?

[sweetandcool]

Free guess: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

No.

[sweetandcool]

To settle this, I will give free info: they are NOT royalty.

[Dousing]

#8?

I’d say emperorship isn’t really “government service” and the Russian tsar’s are far from your average/run-of-the-mill monarchs. Either way #17 kinda validates him as a choice

Also tsar Nicolas fit every other question (thank the Bolsheviks for #13)

You don't think that czars are known for politics?

Fair point but like I said, I’m out of ideas

[Foxcastle]

Not that I have a good question to ask, but I think there should be a 24-hour time limit on asking the final question to avoid this stall.

[Foxcastle]

To settle this, I will give free info: they are NOT royalty.

I think this makes it more likely to be an academic rather a journalist, private eye, explorer, or Red Cross person.

[Foxcastle]

Does he appear on any of these lists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ournalists
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-o ... ts-2025637
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ilosophers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... th_century

[Foxcastle]

Does he appear on any of these lists:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ournalists
https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-o ... ts-2025637
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... ilosophers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_p ... th_century

Edit: I see the Britannica list of journalists question has been asked. Sorry for the duplication