20 Questions 379: 8-WAY MULTIBALL!

[han-shahanshah]

Free guess E: Mother Goose

[Hominidae]

B: Was this person born in modern day Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, or Bosnia and Herzegovina?

B: No.

I’ll throw in a free guess of Jumbo the Elephant for D.

D: Jumbo is correct!

DarthPorg36: 1 point
DreamTrawler: 1 point

Ignoring all other questions about D.

F: Mainly active as a politician in the 20th century?

F: Yes.

G: Team sport player?

G: Yes.

H: Tennis player, golfer, cyclist, figure skater, skateboarder, snowboarder, surfer, or racecar driver?

H: Yes.

Free guess E: Mother Goose

E: No.

[DreamTrawler]

so Jumbo and Uncle Sam... anyone figure out a connection yet?

[damo666]

A [Marcus Junius] BRUTUS ?

[DreamTrawler]

clarification - when I asked if person B was Greek, did you take that to mean: born in modern day Greece, ancient Greece, or Greek by ethnicity? I meant the latter or all of the above

[DreamTrawler]

also, looks like we're at 19 questions for Person B

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

FreeGuess: Is person H Tony Hawk?

[DreamTrawler]

also, looks like we're at 19 questions for Person B

oh and for Person G

[DreamTrawler]

SUMMARY

Person A
1,2,4,7,9. Real human born in what is now a country that borders the Adriatic or Ionian Seas (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Malta, or Tunisia) in an area that was (at least once) part of the Roman Empire
3,5,10. Born before 4 BC
6. Male
8. Does not have a proper first name that is at least 7 letters long
11,12,13 Known for being a general.
14,15. Life did not overlap with that of Person B, and was born after the death of Person B

NOT:
Julius Caesar (Jamiet99uk)
Alexander the Great (damo666)
Mark Antony (DreamTrawler)
Leonidas I (DarthPorg36)

Person B
1,2,4,7,9,14,19. Real human born in what is now Italy, Slovenia, Greece(?), Malta, or Tunisia, in an area that was (at least once) part of the Roman Empire
3,5,10,15. Born before 200 BC
6. Male
8. Has a proper first name that is at least 7 letters long
11. Not known for something a Great Person from Civ might be known for (artist, writer, musician, engineer, scientist, merchant, general, admiral, prophet, or spy)
12. Not a politician of ancient Rome
13,16. Ruler of a state or polity, but not one on the Italian peninsula
17. Not Greek, Persian, or Trojan
18. Not a philosopher
NOT: Julius Caesar (Jamiet99uk)

Person C
GUESSED: Uncle Sam (DarthPorg36)

Person D
GUESSED: Jumbo the Elephant (DreamTrawler)

Person E
4,9. Character from religion, mythology, or folklore; more specifically, a fairy tale or fable.
1,8,11. First introduced in Europe, but not in an Anglophone country, not by Hans Christian Andersen.
2,7. Fictional human
3,5,12. Introduced, or otherwise first appeared between the years 611 AD and 1812 AD (inclusive)
6. Not male
10. Featured in a feature-length Disney film

Passed: Has a proper first name at least seven letters long?
NOT:
Little Red Riding Hood (damo666)
Rapunzel (DarthPorg36)
The Wicked Stepmother (DreamTrawler)
13. Cinderella (damo666)
14. Snow White (damo666)
Mother Goose (han-shahanshah)

Person F
1,2,4,8,9. Real human born in what is now the US, in a place that is currently part of a state that Donald Trump won in the November 2016 US president general election
3,10,16. Born 1800-1899, and died in the 20th century
6. Male
7. Does not have a proper first name that is at least 7 letters long
11. Not known for something a Great Person from Civ might be known for (artist, writer, musician, engineer, scientist, merchant, general, admiral, prophet, or spy)
12. Not known for involvement in American Civil War
13,14,17. Non-Republican Politician, but never president, VP, or senator. Main political activity was in the 20th century
15. Contemporary of Person G

Person G
1,2,4,8,9. Real human born in what is now the US, in a place that is currently part of a state that Donald Trump won in the November 2016 US president general election
3,10. Born 1800-1899
6. Male
7. Does not have a proper first name that is at least 7 letters long
11, 13. Not known for something a Great Person from Civ might be known for (artist, writer, musician, engineer, scientist, merchant, general, admiral, prophet, or spy) or for being a politician.
12. Not known for involvement in American Civil War
14,15,16,17,18,19. Athlete that played a team sport

Person H
1,2,8,9. Real human born in what is now the US, in a place that is currently part of a state that Donald Trump LOST in the November 2016 US president general election
3,4,10,12. Alive, and born after 29th August 1984
5,11,13,14,. Current or former athlete
6. Male
7. Has a proper first name at least seven letters long
13,15,16. Tennis player, golfer, cyclist, figure skater, skateboarder, snowboarder, surfer, or racecar driver
PASSED: Still active in their sport?

[Wattsthematter]

Seems like all answers so far have an adjective/descriptor in their name

[wintergreen]

Free guess for B: Masinissa.

[Hominidae]

I just realized that a mistake was made in the summaries regarding the birthplace of Person B. Note:

A,B: Born or first created/introduced in a place that is currently part of a country that borders the Adriatic or Ionian Seas, as those are defined by WebDiplomacy? (To make things easy for QM: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Malta, or Tunisia)?

A: Yes.
B: No.

Due to this confusion, and also the fact that B is one of the more challenging targets I chose for this round, I will grant you five more questions, and I will refund all guesses for B that were made after the first incorrect summary.

[Hominidae]

clarification - when I asked if person B was Greek, did you take that to mean: born in modern day Greece, ancient Greece, or Greek by ethnicity? I meant the latter or all of the above

Clarification: Person B was not Greek in any sense of the word.

[Hominidae]

A [Marcus Junius] BRUTUS ?

A: No.

FreeGuess: Is person H Tony Hawk?

H: No. (Too old, anyway.)

Free guess for B: Masinissa.

B: No, but I'm not counting this guess due to the above.

[DreamTrawler]

I just realized that a mistake was made in the summaries regarding the birthplace of Person B. Note:

A,B: Born or first created/introduced in a place that is currently part of a country that borders the Adriatic or Ionian Seas, as those are defined by WebDiplomacy? (To make things easy for QM: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Albania, Greece, Malta, or Tunisia)?

A: Yes.
B: No.

Due to this confusion, and also the fact that B is one of the more challenging targets I chose for this round, I will grant you five more questions, and I will refund all guesses for B that were made after the first incorrect summary.

Oh man, sorry about that! I have led our guessers astray

[DreamTrawler]

B: Spent most of their life in Europe?

[Hominidae]

B: Spent most of their life in Europe?

B: No.

[miminena]

B: Was this person mentioned in Herodotus's Histories?

[DreamTrawler]

B: Was he a pharaoh?

[Hominidae]

B: Was this person mentioned in Herodotus's Histories?

B: From what I can tell, yes.

B: Was he a pharaoh?

B: No.