# Anybody want to play 20 questions? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 8, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757 "2009-05-08T16:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/381 "2009-05-16T04:39:16Z")
Did this person live in the USA? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/382 "2009-05-16T13:05:26Z")
1. No. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/383 "2009-05-16T13:23:00Z")
Was this person from South America? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/384 "2009-05-16T14:57:04Z")
1. Was this person alive in the past 100 years? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/385 "2009-05-16T16:48:33Z")
1. Not South American. 2. Not alive in last 100 years. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/386 "2009-05-16T16:53:49Z")
Was this person British? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/387 "2009-05-16T17:12:47Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. Is the person from the Western Hemisphere? > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > 1. Yes > [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Was this person British? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/388 "2009-05-16T17:55:10Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > 😉 If you’re saying what I think you’re saying, then your mental index card for “western hemisphere” is faulty. Most of Britain is in it. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/389 "2009-05-16T18:02:07Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > If you’re saying what I think you’re saying, then your mental index card for “western hemisphere” is faulty. Most of Britain is in it. Oops. I hadn’t thought of that. A big :smack: for me. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/390 "2009-05-16T18:31:24Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Was this person British? 1. Yes ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/391 "2009-05-16T19:31:47Z")
Yep, it was a poorly worded question. I should have asked if this person was from either North or South America. Wrong as it may be, i have always considered the Western Hemisphere to be North, Central and South America. Maybe a good way to ask the question, is to ask if the person is from the “New World” Live and learn. I just didn’t want to waste questions on Europe, Asia, Africa, when the person was from Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/392 "2009-05-16T21:27:20Z")
1. Was this person a statesman? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/393 "2009-05-16T21:31:10Z")
1. Born in 1600 or later? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/394 "2009-05-16T22:55:50Z")
1. Some might dispute it, but I would say yes. 2. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/395 "2009-05-16T23:06:00Z")
1. Born in 1750 or later? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/396 "2009-05-17T01:47:15Z")
1. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/397 "2009-05-17T02:15:05Z")
1. Born in 1825 or later? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/398 "2009-05-17T02:49:37Z")
So, to recap, it’s a British guy, who died prior to 1909, was born after 1750, and was sort of a statesman. Was he ever a head of state or head of government? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/399 "2009-05-17T03:29:46Z")
1. Yes, born in 1825 or later. 2. Yes, he was a head of state or of government. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/400 "2009-05-17T03:36:09Z")
Rats. I was going to say Benjamin Disraeli if the answer to 11 was yes, but he was born in 1804. It’s not Gladstone either (1809). It can’t be Edward VII because he died in 1910. 1. Was he English? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=21)