XX Questions -Game 124

[Hanging Rook]

Yes but presumably not primarily

Why presumably? Don't you know? This answer makes no sense.

I actually didn't know she was- but others might think differently

Let me put it this way writing or performance was definitly her occupaction but that is not why she is known

[Jamiet99uk]

Was she known for scientific / medical / academic achievements?

[Hanging Rook]

Was she known for scientific / medical / academic achievements?

No

[Foxcastle]

Native speaker of a Romance language?

[Jamiet99uk]

1. Not Fantastic
2. Not alive
3. Not alive
4. Dead white woman
5. Not alive any part of 20th century
6. Born after 1499
7. Born 1731 or later
8. Not a native English speaker
9. Not European royalty
10. Known for being a performer or writer, but not primarily known for that
11. Not French
12. Not known for scientific / medical / technical achievement(s)

[Hanging Rook]

Native speaker of a Romance language?

Yes

[han-shahanshah]

Born after 1812?

[Hanging Rook]

Born after 1812?

No

[damo666]

1. Not Fantastic
2. Not male
3. Not alive
4. Dead white woman
5. Not alive any part of 20th century
6. Born after 1499
7. Born 1731 or later
8. Not a native English speaker
9. Not European royalty
10. Known for being a performer or writer, but not primarily known for that
11. Not French
12. Not known for scientific / medical / technical achievement(s)
13. Native speaker of a romance language
14. Not born after 1812

So, it's a woman born {1731 - 1812} and probably Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian or South American.

[damo666]

First language Spanish?

[Hanging Rook]

First language Spanish?

No

[JECE]

On this page or any of the subcategories of this page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... lian_women

[Hanging Rook]

On this page or any of the subcategories of this page?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category: ... lian_women

No

[damo666]

First language Portuguese?

[Hanging Rook]

First language Portuguese?

No

[han-shahanshah]

So it’s probably a 19th century Italian woman.

[Jamiet99uk]

So it’s probably a 19th century Italian woman.

Or French.

[JECE]

So it’s probably a 19th century Italian woman.

Or French.

not French, but maybe Romanian

[Jamiet99uk]

So it’s probably a 19th century Italian woman.

Or French.

not French, but maybe Romanian

Oh, sorry, I missed "not French".

[Hanging Rook]

1. Not Fantastic- but not necessarily real
2. Not male
3. Not alive
4. Dead white woman
5. Not alive any part of 20th century
6. Born after 1499
7. Born 1731 or later - I think this is the usual but not only way to answer this question
8. Not a native English speaker
9. Not European royalty
10. Known for being a performer or writer, but not primarily known for that at least nowadays
11. Not French
12. Not known for scientific / medical / technical achievement(s)
13. Native speaker of a romance language
14. Not born after 1812
15. First language not Spanish
16. Not on a quite comprehensive wikipedia page of real 18th-century Italian women
17. First language not Portuguese


I think with the (cryptic) hints I added to that list and you starting to ask the right questions this is still solveable, maybe even with a wild guess at this stage.