# 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:** 30
**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 22, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/581 "2009-05-22T20:38:48Z")
Was he a political figure? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/582 "2009-05-22T20:54:40Z")
If he was not a political figure, was he in the arts? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/583 "2009-05-22T21:26:50Z")
1. If he is not political or in the arts, was he notable in the sciences? ---
**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 23, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/584 "2009-05-23T18:28:25Z")
1. Political? Well… yes, I guess, but that’s not how or why he’s typically remembered. 2. No. 3. No. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/585 "2009-05-23T19:22:43Z")
OK to summarize, we got a German, born between 1850 and 1925 and dead prior to 1980. He is somewhat political, and not known to be part of the “arts” or “sciences”. FTR, I am considering literature, film and music as part of the Arts, and psychology and medicine as part of the sciences. Is he known as a scholar? ---
**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 23, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/586 "2009-05-23T21:48:00Z")
1. No. ---
**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 23, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/587 "2009-05-23T23:08:35Z")
Did he have facial hair? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/588 "2009-05-23T23:21:27Z")
Born in or after 1885? ---
**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 24, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/589 "2009-05-24T01:12:38Z")
1. No facial hair. 2. Yes, born in or after 1885. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/590 "2009-05-24T02:16:07Z")
Did he play a prominent role in either WW I or II? ---
**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 24, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/591 "2009-05-24T03:06:33Z")
1. I would say so, yes. ---
**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 24, 2009, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/592 "2009-05-24T05:09:51Z")
Was he a member of the Nazi party? ---
**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 24, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/593 "2009-05-24T15:06:37Z")
1. Most definitely. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/594 "2009-05-24T17:46:07Z")
hmm. only somewhat political, yet a definitely part of the NAZIs. Sgt Schultz? Just kidding. Was he ever on trial for War Crimes? ---
**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 24, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/595 "2009-05-24T19:35:07Z")
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 25, 2009, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/596 "2009-05-25T13:55:49Z")
Was he a Field Marshal? ---
**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 25, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/597 "2009-05-25T14:58:28Z")
1. No. ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/598 "2009-05-25T23:27:32Z")
I have to nail it now, right? So…is it Hitler? ---
**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 26, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/599 "2009-05-26T00:37:25Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > I have to nail it now, right? So…is it Hitler? Question 14 revealed he had no facial hair, and if memory serves, Der Fuhrer had a moustache, right? 😉 So I will take mercy on you, and won’t count this as your 20th question. Guess again. ---
**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 26, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/600 "2009-05-26T04:02:22Z")
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