20 Questions - Game 148

[Hominidae]

Won an Oscar for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, in 1980 or later?

[cdngooner]

Won an Oscar for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, in 1980 or later?

No.

1, 2. Real male.
3. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9. Born outside USA.
10. No Oscars for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)

[cdngooner]

Won an Oscar for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, in 1980 or later?

I'll make the gratuitous comment that I have never really understood these "shotgun" questions. Even after an answer, you don't know what you learned. Is his Oscar(s) for a different category, or were they from before 1980? I think true binary questions, one fact, yes or no, are more effective.

But its your game.

[Hominidae]

Won an Oscar for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, in 1980 or later?

I'll make the gratuitous comment that I have never really understood these "shotgun" questions. Even after an answer, you don't know what you learned. Is his Oscar(s) for a different category, or were they from before 1980? I think true binary questions, one fact, yes or no, are more effective.

But its your game.

Yeah, they're always a bit of a risk, and whenever the answer is "no", I regret asking them. Still, there is a finite number of people this could be, so this answer did eliminate a lot of people.

[Hominidae]

Anyway, was this person born in a country where either Spanish or German is the primary language?

[Hominidae]

Actually scratch that, I realize that I've hit my limit of consecutive questions. Never mind.

[Jamiet99uk]

Was this person born in a European country that is currently a member of the European Union?

(It may not have been at the time of his birth but that's why I underlined "currently").

[cdngooner]

Anyway, was this person born in a country where either Spanish or German is the primary language? - Actually scratch that, I realize that I've hit my limit of consecutive questions. Never mind.

Scratched. Not answered or counted.

Was this person born in a European country that is currently a member of the European Union?
No.

1, 2. Real male.
3. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9, 11. Not born in USA, or in current member of EU.
10. No Oscars for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)

[Jamiet99uk]

Interesting.

Did this person win an Oscar in relation to a non-English language film?

(Or at least a film which, when originally released, was not primarily in English)

[Spartaculous]

Was this person born on or after January 1, 1960?

[cdngooner]

Did this person win an Oscar in relation to a non-English language film?

No.

Was this person born on or after January 1, 1960?

No.

1, 2. Real male.
3, 13. Born before Jan 1 / 1960. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9, 11. Not born in USA, or in current member of EU.
10. Oscar not for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.
12. Oscar was for English-language film.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)

[Spartaculous]

Did this person win an Oscar in relation to a non-English language film?

No.

Was this person born on or after January 1, 1960?

No.

1, 2. Real male.
3, 13. Born before Jan 1 / 1960. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9, 11. Not born in USA, or in current member of EU.
10. Oscar not for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.
12. Oscar was for English-language film.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)

Guess: Ang Lee.

[cdngooner]

Guess: Ang Lee.

No.

1, 2. Real male.
3, 13. Born before Jan 1 / 1960. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9, 11. Not born in USA, or in current member of EU.
10. Oscar not for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.
12. Oscar was for English-language film.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)
Ang Lee (Spartaculous)

[cdngooner]

I want to correct a misperception that may have creeped in through my summaries of the known information. When I say "His Oscar is ..." I do not mean to imply necessarily that he has won only one Oscar. There may be more. That question hasn't been asked yet. I should have been more careful in my summaries.

Certainly, if there is more than one Oscar involved, all of the Oscars fit the criteria of the question and answer.

Carry on.

[JECE]

Nobody on this list fits the bill:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls002272475/

From this we can conclude that one of these has to be true:

1. The list has a mistake
2. IMDb has the wrong death dates for someone on this list
3. We are looking for someone who won an Oscar for something other than Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor

I'll note that very few names on that list belong to people born in a city that is currently part of the European Union.

[Hominidae]

Was the Oscar for Best Director?

[Hominidae]

Was the Oscar for Best Director?

Clarification: by "the Oscar" I mean any of the Oscars, if there were multiple.

[cdngooner]

Was the Oscar (or any of the Oscars) for Best Director?

No.

1, 2. Real male.
3, 13. Born before Jan 1 / 1960. Alive as of Jan 1 / 2010.
4, 6. Won an Oscar. May also have won Olympic medal, other major sporting trophy, Nobel Prize and/or a civil award/decoration.
5. Famous for being artist or entertainer (in broad sense).
7. No "e" in first name.
8. Not usually pictured with facial hair.
9, 11. Not born in USA, or in current member of EU.
10. Oscar not for Best Actor or Supporting Actor in 1980 or later.
12. Oscar was for English-language film.
14. Oscar not for Best Director.

Not:
Usain Bolt (mOctave)
Ang Lee (Spartaculous)

[damo666]

Tim Rice

[cdngooner]

Tim Rice

Sir Tim Rice is CORRECT.

And after only 14 questions. I must have made it too easy, although I saw you circling and circling and never quite getting closer. No one asked about music. If you had asked if he won an Oscar AND had a civil decoration, that would have narrowed the ground immensely. But somehow damo666 pulled it out of the air. Congratulations!