Okay, I wasn’t sure if music was included under the umbrella of “the arts” (for the purposes of this game), and I suspected you might be a German composer.
DQ: Known for an unusual ability?
Last DQ: Known for Science?
H.
- real
- last name starts with H
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- died after 1700
- died after 1799
- not a native speaker of a Romance language
- not known for the Arts
11a. not known for music - German speaker
- not known for philosophy
- not known for politics/military
- first name begins from A-M
- probably born west of Vienna
- not known for business
- known for unusual personal history
- not known for an unusual ability
- not known for Science
Well, there goes my Clever Hans guess.
Yeah, and I was thinking William Herschel.
DQ: known for mysterious origin?
I think I have one left but let me scroll up…OK, 1 DQ reserved.
H.
- real
- last name starts with H
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- died after 1700
- died after 1799
- not a native speaker of a Romance language
- not known for the Arts
11a. not known for music - German speaker
- not known for philosophy
- not known for politics/military
- first name begins from A-M
- probably born west of Vienna
- not known for business
- known for unusual personal history
- not known for an unusual ability
- not known for Science
- known for mysterious origin
Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.
@De_la-Rues very specific questions makes me think he knows who it is. I have no idea but am eager to learn the story behind this mysteriously produced European.
DQs 12 and 21 tell me who it is.
Right, then. Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST Sunday.
No clue. Yet.
Don’t be silly. There are 21 clues just a few posts up.
Hey, I saw them, too!
Oh, I see 'em. I’m just stalled.
Final DQ: human?
The DQ deadline was more than an hour ago, but I’ll answer that anyway.
H.
- real
- last name starts with H
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1900
- European
- died after 1700
- died after 1799
- not a native speaker of a Romance language
- not known for the Arts
11a. not known for music - German speaker
- not known for philosophy
- not known for politics/military
- first name begins from A-M
- probably born west of Vienna
- not known for business
- known for unusual personal history
- not known for an unusual ability
- not known for Science
- known for mysterious origin
- human
Tawk amongst yourselves, and then please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by noon EST tomorrow.
Are you the enigmatic Kasper Hauser?
Oh, nice guess. I thought he was from the 1700s. but I’ve been wrong before.
I’m sure that’s the correct answer.
DLR for a buzzer-beater win! Yes, I am the very odd
Kaspar Hauser
Heinlein, in Glory Road, suggested he might have been displaced from another universe. For more: Kaspar Hauser - Wikipedia
Congrats, DLR, and well done! Please start a new thread for September, and provide a link here.