XX Questions – Game CCXCIII

[DiplomacyandWarfare]

Point of order:
What does the QM consider "Northern Europe" or "Western Europe"?

[DarthPorg36]

Was this person ever a pope, a doge of Venice, or a captain regent of San Marino?

[cdngooner]

Was this person ever a pope, a doge of Venice, or a captain regent of San Marino?

Were any of those people native speakers of Spanish?

[DarthPorg36]

Was this person ever a pope, a doge of Venice, or a captain regent of San Marino?

Were any of those people native speakers of Spanish?

did miss that one but there is a chance I suppose

[JECE]

Were they a famous explorer/conquistador?

No

[JECE]

Clarifying question;
The leader of the UK today would not be Rishi Sunak but King Charles III (is that correct as the way you answered the "leader" questions)?

No, I did not limit my answer to heads of state

[JECE]

Born 1727 or later?

No

[JECE]

Clarifying question;
The leader of the UK today would not be Rishi Sunak but King Charles III (is that correct as the way you answered the "leader" questions)?

I am not the QM or the person who asked the question, but I would consider Sunak to be the leader, or conceivably both of them.

I did not exclude heads of state either

[JECE]

Was this person ever in the Americas?

I can't readily find information on this on-line to confirm, but no

[JECE]

Point of order:
What does the QM consider "Northern Europe" or "Western Europe"?

My consideration is irrelevant. See the original question:

Born in Northern Europe, Western Europe, or South America as currently defined in the UN Geoscheme?

[JECE]

Was this person ever a pope, a doge of Venice, or a captain regent of San Marino?

Were any of those people native speakers of Spanish?

did miss that one but there is a chance I suppose

No, but native Spanish speakers did become Pope

[Wattsthematter]

Not sure if this is a wasted question or not, as I'm not 100% confident on where native speakers would most likely be born between 1570-1727, but...

Born in Spain in the 17th century?

[cdngooner]

No, but native Spanish speakers did become Pope

Not during the time period in question, I don't believe, all Italians. The last Spanish pope (Alexander VI) died 1503.

[DreamTrawler]

1, 3. Real male human
2, 8, 13, 16. Born 1570-1726 AD
4, 5, 7. Not born in Asia, Africa, North America, South America, US-controlled island, Northern Europe, Western Europe, or Southern Hemisphere
6. Not primarily famous for invention or contribution to the arts
9. Known for politics/military/government/religion
10, 12. Native speaker of Spanish
11, 14. Served as leader of a country/polity but not as monarch
15. Not an explorer/conquistador
17. Never been to the Americas
18. Not a pope, dogs of Venice, or captain regent of San Marino

[cdngooner]

Served as leader of a country/polity

I'm afraid we've fallen into some weeds as a result of this question. We know he is not a monarch, but is he a head of state at all, or just a head of government? Would the chief minister of such a centralized kingdom as Spain qualify as the "leader" of the country? While the questioner might have been thinking of sovereign states, could the QM have considered a subdivision (like Aragon or Mallorca) to be a "polity"? I doubt it. But we don't really know what the QM was thinking because the question words "leader" and "polity" are so vague. I wish we had asked "head of state" or "head of government" of a "sovereign state". Hard to clarify this now with just one question left.

[Spartaculous]

doge of Venice

RIP to Kabosu, the greatest modern-day doge.

[DreamTrawler]

Served as leader of a country/polity

I'm afraid we've fallen into some weeds as a result of this question. We know he is not a monarch, but is he a head of state at all, or just a head of government? Would the chief minister of such a centralized kingdom as Spain qualify as the "leader" of the country? While the questioner might have been thinking of sovereign states, could the QM have considered a subdivision (like Aragon or Mallorca) to be a "polity"? I doubt it. But we don't really know what the QM was thinking because the question words "leader" and "polity" are so vague. I wish we had asked "head of state" or "head of government" of a "sovereign state". Hard to clarify this now with just one question left.

As the questioner, I was thinking of sovereign states, sorry for the vague wording

[Hominidae]

Free guess: John Joseph of Austria

[JECE]

Not sure if this is a wasted question or not, as I'm not 100% confident on where native speakers would most likely be born between 1570-1727, but...

Born in Spain in the 17th century?

No

[JECE]

Free guess: John Joseph of Austria

No