Twenty Questions Game 376

[miminena]

I amim gonna risk a question

Has this person held office outside USA

OR

Did this person become famous while or after being in office?

No

[miminena]

Hint: Although I'm not sure what this person's primary source of fame is in general, I think that most people on this forum who know of this person know of him from his non-political source of fame.


Hopefully this is helpful

[miminena]

SUMMARY

1,6,9. Real male living human who knew how to read the Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Ge’ez, Devanagari, or Hangul alphabets/writing systems.
2,5,7. Born in the USA in an area that has, at some point, been ruled by George III
3. Native English speaker
4,13. Born 1946-1964, inclusive
8. Has no notable written works
10. Not a mediocre artist or wannabe politician
11. Not the subject of a widely-reported new item in the past year
12. Not Famous for something to do with military, the sciences, or some combination of the two
14,15,17. Held elected office or ran for elected office, but hasn't served in the US House of Representatives or Senate, or as a governor of a US state or territory
16,19. Not primarily famous for sport, committing a crime, being a victim of crime, or for being a part of government distinct from his elected position.
18. Does not have a spouse, parent, or child who is arguably more famous than him.
20. Has not held office outside of the USA, and first became famous before holding office.

Passed:
Primarily known for arts or politics?
Is this person primarily known for something that can arguably be cosidered politics? [sic]

Not:
Doug Emhoff (damo666)
Tom Steyer (Hominidae)
Al Sharpton (Aristocrat)

[Jamiet99uk]

Jesse Ventura?

[miminena]

Jesse Ventura?

Not Jesse Ventura, although this is a very good guess.

4 guesses left

[damo666]

I suspect this is gonna be to UScentric for me

[Aristocrat]

Question for QM - your summary is phrased as if the person did hold elected office (“ became famous before holding office”). Is this meant to say that the person did in fact hold office (or is it just the way you worded the summary, and a failed run still may be what we’re looking for)?

[han-shahanshah]

I’m imagining something along the lines of round 310?

[miminena]

Question for QM - your summary is phrased as if the person did hold elected office (“ became famous before holding office”). Is this meant to say that the person did in fact hold office (or is it just the way you worded the summary, and a failed run still may be what we’re looking for)?

Yes, that is meant to say that this person has held office.

[Aristocrat]

Thanks, I should have just read Q20

[DreamTrawler]

I’m imagining something along the lines of round 310?

Or round 287

[Hominidae]

Jesse Ventura?

Not Jesse Ventura, although this is a very good guess.

4 guesses left

He was a governor though.

[Aristocrat]

I'm pretty stumped as to someone who was famous before holding office, but is also famous for politics (even acknowledging that their political fame may be broader than just the office they held). And who fits all the other criteria.

Someone may need to activate the Spartaculous-signal.

[DreamTrawler]

Seems like Spartaculous has been gone for a little while, actually. Wonder if he(?)'s taking a break from webDip

[DreamTrawler]

I'm pretty stumped as to someone who was famous before holding office, but is also famous for politics (even acknowledging that their political fame may be broader than just the office they held). And who fits all the other criteria.

Someone may need to activate the Spartaculous-signal.

I keep thinking of candidates but they don't fit one or more other criteria. Like Clint Eastwood was a mayor for a while but he was born in California and is too old

[wintergreen]

I'm pretty stumped as to someone who was famous before holding office, but is also famous for politics (even acknowledging that their political fame may be broader than just the office they held). And who fits all the other criteria.

Someone may need to activate the Spartaculous-signal.

I keep thinking of candidates but they don't fit one or more other criteria. Like Clint Eastwood was a mayor for a while but he was born in California and is too old

I correctly guessed Clint Eastwood a while a back. I was thinking Rudy Giuliani but he's also too old.

[Hominidae]

There is one person I thought of but he was born in the same city as Cornel West.

[DreamTrawler]

Michael Bloomberg otherwise fits but is too old. Jello Biafra was born in Colorado and was never actually elected.

[wintergreen]

Mehmet Oz was also never actually elected.

[miminena]

Would the guessers like a hint, an extra question, or neither? I think that having something like that may move the game along a bit, so I'm putting the idea out there.