Twenty questions, round 329

[Hominidae]

Did this person have an elected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

in total* (ie 6 years in the house and 14 years in the senate = 20)

I am getting heavy implications from the QM that this person was not elected to anything, with all the clarification about "government position" vs. "political position".

[FlaviusAetius]

Did this person have an elected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

in total* (ie 6 years in the house and 14 years in the senate = 20)

I am getting heavy implications from the QM that this person was not elected to anything, with all the clarification about "government position" vs. "political position".

good point let me reword my question scratch the previous one

Did this person serve in an unelected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

[Hominidae]

Clarification requested: before I equated "political position" and "governmental position". Should I continue to equate "politics of..." with "government of..."?

Sure.

I will go with "Yes." here.

Primarily known for being involved in the politics or government of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, or Iceland?

[Hominidae]

Sure.

I will go with "Yes." here.

Primarily known for being involved in the politics or government of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, or Iceland?

Scratch. This would be the 20th question, so I'll hold off for now.

[FlaviusAetius]

this one is difficult depending on the answer to my question we can either try to narrow dates/regions or try to narrow in on what kind of role this person had

[Hominidae]

this one is difficult depending on the answer to my question we can either try to narrow dates/regions or try to narrow in on what kind of role this person had

It's hard to narrow anything down when I can't think of a single famous person who fits. I want this to be one of the early UN secretaries general, but they don't really fit the vibes.

[Hominidae]

in total* (ie 6 years in the house and 14 years in the senate = 20)

I am getting heavy implications from the QM that this person was not elected to anything, with all the clarification about "government position" vs. "political position".

good point let me reword my question scratch the previous one

Did this person serve in an unelected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

OK, if this is a "no", I'm going to guess Trygve Lie.

[Spartaculous]

Did this person have an elected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

in total* (ie 6 years in the house and 14 years in the senate = 20)

No.

[Spartaculous]

in total* (ie 6 years in the house and 14 years in the senate = 20)

I am getting heavy implications from the QM that this person was not elected to anything, with all the clarification about "government position" vs. "political position".

good point let me reword my question scratch the previous one

Did this person serve in an unelected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

I guess my previous post was free information, which I am fine with.

I'll go with "No." here.

[Spartaculous]

I am getting heavy implications from the QM that this person was not elected to anything, with all the clarification about "government position" vs. "political position".

good point let me reword my question scratch the previous one

Did this person serve in an unelected political office that lasted 20 or more years?

OK, if this is a "no", I'm going to guess Trygve Lie.

Not Trygve Lie.

We are at 19 questions, so get in your free guesses.

[cdngooner]

Not Trygve Lie.

OK, then Dag Hammarskjold. I'm concerned that he's "primarily known" for international politics, not the politics of Sweden, but I've lost before trying to over-parse questions and answers.

[Spartaculous]

Not Trygve Lie.

OK, then Dag Hammarskjold. I'm concerned that he's "primarily known" for international politics, not the politics of Sweden, but I've lost before trying to over-parse questions and answers.

Not Dag Hammarskjold.

[cdngooner]

I have a 20th question that I think will help, but I'll wait for an hour to let others get their free guesses in.

[Hominidae]

1,3: Real male human being
2,6,13: Born between July 22, 1866 and November 10, 1918
4,5,15,17: Born in Europe, south of the Arctic Circle, in what is now Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, or Iceland, but not in the German Empire
7,8,10,11: A native speaker of an Indo-European language that is not English, a Romance language, or a Balto-Slavic language
18: Primarily known for being involved in the government (not politics per se) of the Netherlands, Belgium, Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, or Sweden
12,14: Involved in politics/law/religion/government or the arts broadly speaking, but not primarily known for the arts
16,19: Was appointed to a government position (apparently not elected to a position), but served for less than 20 years
9: Not notable for leading/serving in the military, not a head of state or head of government

NOT
Trygve Lie (Hominidae)
Dag Hammarskjöld (cdngooner)

[cdngooner]

Did this person hold office in Nazi-occupied Scandinavia?

If yes: Vidkun Quisling.
If no: Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

[Hominidae]

Did this person hold office in Nazi-occupied Scandinavia?

If yes: Vidkun Quisling.
If no: Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

Good guesses (and I wasn't thinking about Nazis at all), but Arthur Seyss-Inquart is out because he was born in what's now Czechia (not Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, or Iceland).

[FlaviusAetius]

Was this person a journalist? If yes;
Carl Joachim Hambro

[Hominidae]

Was this person a journalist? If yes;
Carl Joachim Hambro

It's too late to ask more questions. Your free guess can still count though because cdngooner's question hasn't been answered yet.

[FlaviusAetius]

Was this person a journalist? If yes;
Carl Joachim Hambro

It's too late to ask more questions. Your free guess can still count though because cdngooner's question hasn't been answered yet.

Oh then scratch my question...if cdgooner's question ends up being NO then I want my answer to be Carl, if it turns out to be YES, then I find someone else

[FlaviusAetius]

Did this person hold office in Nazi-occupied Scandinavia?

If yes: Vidkun Quisling.
If no: Arthur Seyss-Inquart.

Clarification question;
Does this include Sweden and Finland?
Or only Denmark & Norway