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1. Real
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910

author? If yes Agathe Christie?

Cancel the guess Agathe Christie was already used in this game series.

Hanging Rook wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 4:24 am

author? If yes Agathe Christie?

Yes an author.

Not Agatha Christie (not counted).

Three questions left

Died in or after 1900?

Foxcastle wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 11:14 am

Died in or after 1900?

No

1. Real
2. Not male human
3. Female human
4. Not alive
5. Achieved fame/notoriety before 1981
6. An artist, entertainer, actress, performer, or similar [in a broad sense]
7. Not American or Canadian
8. Born in Europe
9. Not an actress
10. Flag not vertical tricolour
11. Flag not horizontal bi or tri colour
12. British, Prussian, Ottoman or Carthaginian
13. Not alive before 19th century
14. English
15. Not a singer
16. Born before 1910
17. Author
18. Died before 1900.

So 2 questions left to find an English female author who lived all her life in the 19th century. Should be easy now.

If you were to create a reference book containing a treasure trove of snippets and concepts from their works, could you justifiably call it a Brontësaurus?

Actually, sod that question. Too few left.

Is it Emily Brontë? Famous for writing the only book from the Brontë sisters worth reading

Clarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?

Is it Mary Ann Evans, AKA George Eliot?

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 2:15 pm

Clarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?

Refer to question 13 also, please.

I guess I’ll round it out with: is it Charlotte Brontë?

Octavious wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 2:11 pm

If you were to create a reference book containing a treasure trove of snippets and concepts from their works, could you justifiably call it a Brontësaurus?

Actually, sod that question. Too few left.

Is it Emily Brontë? Famous for writing the only book from the Brontë sisters worth reading

No

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 2:15 pm

Clarification here: You say they lived their whole life in the 19th century, but no question specifies this. We just know they died before 1900. Is this free information for us?

See Q13

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 2:15 pm

Is it Mary Ann Evans, AKA George Eliot?

No

Foxcastle wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 2:51 pm

I guess I’ll round it out with: is it Charlotte Brontë?

No

Novelist not from Cornwall?

JECE wrote: ↑

Mon May 22, 2023 4:22 pm

Novelist not from Cornwall?

Yes

The date range rules out Jane Austen and Mary Shelley...

Possibilities:

Elizabeth Gaskell
Selina Bracebridge
Lucy Madox Brown