Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#41 Post by miminena » Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:42 pm

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Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:41 pm
G: Was this person born, or traditionally believed to have been born, in a location that is on a standard Diplomacy board?

Let's use the usual WebDiplomacy classic, drop-down-menu (not point-and-click) board.
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#42 Post by Spartaculous » Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:58 pm

F: Was this person born in a location that is part of the home territory (not necessarily supply centers) of one of the seven countries on a classic map of Diplomacy (using the same standard as before)?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#43 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 23, 2025 12:00 am

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Sat Mar 22, 2025 11:58 pm
F: Was this person born in a location that is part of the home territory (not necessarily supply centers) of one of the seven countries on a classic map of Diplomacy (using the same standard as before)?
No
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#44 Post by Aristocrat » Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:55 am

A: primarily famous for the arts (broadly speaking)?

B: Primarily associated with Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece?

CDH: first introduced in a tv show or movie?

EF: Primarily famous for politics or government?

G: Primarily famous for politics, government, or religion?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#45 Post by Hominidae » Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:56 am

E: Born in what is currently Germany, Portugal, Austria, or Poland?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#46 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:43 am

Aristocrat wrote:
Sun Mar 23, 2025 1:55 am
A: primarily famous for the arts (broadly speaking)?
A: Yes
B: Primarily associated with Ancient Rome or Ancient Greece?
B: Yes
CDH: first introduced in a tv show or movie?
C: Yes
D: No
H: No
EF: Primarily famous for politics or government?
E: Yes
F: Yes
G: Primarily famous for politics, government, or religion?
G: No
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E: Born in what is currently Germany, Portugal, Austria, or Poland?
E: No
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#47 Post by Spartaculous » Sun Mar 23, 2025 3:33 pm

B: Is this character primarily associated with ancient Greece?

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#48 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 23, 2025 3:34 pm

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B: Is this character primarily associated with ancient Greece?
it depends on how you're defining 'ancient Greece' but i'd say yes
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#49 Post by Spartaculous » Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:15 pm

A: Is he most famous for writing fiction, plays, or poetry?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#50 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 23, 2025 7:16 pm

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A: Is he most famous for writing fiction, plays, or poetry?
Yes
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#51 Post by DarthPorg36 » Mon Mar 24, 2025 2:42 pm

A and E: English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish?

F and G: Were they ever alive at the same time as each other?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#52 Post by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Mar 24, 2025 2:46 pm

A: Born before Robert Southey (writer of original Goldilocks and the Three Bears) on 12 August 1774?
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#53 Post by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:12 pm

Guess for A: Lord Byron
Guess for B: Leander
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#54 Post by miminena » Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:19 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:12 pm
Guess for A: Lord Byron
Guess for B: Leander
Only one free guess is allowed per post, but I'll give you Lord Byron is correct. Leander will remain unanswered
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A and E: English, Scottish, Welsh, or Irish?

F and G: Were they ever alive at the same time as each other?
E: No

F: Not alive at the same time as G
G: Not alive at the same time as F
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#55 Post by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:22 pm

I can guess B: Leander now?
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#56 Post by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:38 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 3:22 pm
I can guess B: Leander now?
Oh I guess not, I see the rule.
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#57 Post by Spartaculous » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm

G: Was she born in what is now Western, Southern, or Central Asia by the UN geoscheme?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#58 Post by miminena » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:23 pm

Spartaculous wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm
G: Was she born in what is now Western, Southern, or Central Asia by the UN geoscheme?
No
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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#59 Post by DarthPorg36 » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:26 pm

Spartaculous wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm
G: Was she born in what is now Western, Southern, or Central Asia by the UN geoscheme?
If yes, and this might be a hot take for a guess here, Queen Dido of Carthage?

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Re: Twenty Questions Game 500 - Multiball Madness!

#60 Post by DarthPorg36 » Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:26 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:26 pm
Spartaculous wrote:
Mon Mar 24, 2025 4:21 pm
G: Was she born in what is now Western, Southern, or Central Asia by the UN geoscheme?
If yes, and this might be a hot take for a guess here, Queen Dido of Carthage?
scratch you just said no - Dido was likely born in Tyre, in modern day Lebanon

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