Twenty Questions - Game 531

[damo666]

Born after Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia? (18 June 1901)

No

[damo666]

1,2,3,4,5,7,8,10,12,16 Real dead male human born within Europe in what is now one of the following countries; Russia, Ukraine or Belgium. Born after 1849 and before 19th June 1901.

6,9,13,14,15 Primarily famous for writing, sculpting or Impressionism and not primarily famous for [something related to] politics, government, military, religion, space travel, cucumbers, science, athletics, cabbage or carrots.

FOUR questions remain

[wintergreen]

All Russian Impressionist painters seem rather obscure, so I'm going to guess Anton Chekhov.

[Spartaculous]

I'll go ahead and use a free guess on Joseph Conrad.

[Spartaculous]

All Russian Impressionist painters seem rather obscure, so I'm going to guess Anton Chekhov.

Chekhov was already a pick (round 170).

[wintergreen]

It doesn't count right?

[Spartaculous]

It doesn't count right?

Right (rule 11). And welcome back! You ran some very enjoyable rounds last year.

[damo666]

I'll go ahead and use a free guess on Joseph Conrad.

Yes, well done. Did you suss the link?

[Aristocrat]

I am guessing it has something to do with Livingstone's fame and Conrad's fame (both being related to Africa) but am not 100% sure.

[Spartaculous]

I'll go ahead and use a free guess on Joseph Conrad.

Yes, well done. Did you suss the link?

No, this was mostly remembering that Conrad was Polish (it turns out that he was born in what is now Ukraine) and engaging in a bit of QM-reading to make the guess. It occurred to me that both Orwell and Conrad were British authors who were born in other places, but any other connections (like as suggested by Aristocrat, who is probably on the right track) didn't occur to me until after you pointed out that there was a link.

Also obligatory: see round #2.

[damo666]

I'll go ahead and use a free guess on Joseph Conrad.

Yes, well done. Did you suss the link?

No, this was mostly remembering that Conrad was Polish (it turns out that he was born in what is now Ukraine) and engaging in a bit of QM-reading to make the guess. It occurred to me that both Orwell and Conrad were British authors who were born in other places, but any other connections (like as suggested by Aristocrat, who is probably on the right track) didn't occur to me until after you pointed out that there was a link.

Also obligatory: see round #2.

Col Kurtz - Apocalypse Now - Heart of Darkness possibly inspired by Stanley of "Dr Livingstone I presume" fame.