Not Darth Vader (good one!), the very-recently-late Douglas Rain and… dunno.
I would’ve said Capt. Cook, but he’s not a D. Not… Van Diemen?
Prof. P., your latest DQ is really two, I think. Those can be very different things, unlike “political/military,” for instance. Does anyone see it differently?
D.
real
human
dead
died before 1900
born west of the prime meridian and east of the international date line
I’m not sure about the multiple DQ issue. On the one hand, grouping like that is risky if you get a positive response, as you don’t know which of the options is the positive (unless the setter is so generous as to specify). On the other hand, a negative does allow the elimination of a swathe of people at once. I guess we don’t want to allow DQs of the form “Are you A/B/C/D/E/F…?”. Politics/military does fit together nicely as in most of history, the distinction between the two is not as great as it generally is today. I don’t think the same holds for “explorer/businessman” so I’d be inclined to disallow it.
IQs:
Did you once notoriously annoy locals in Scotland with your plans for a golf course?
Are you one of the very few people to win the football (soccer) World Cup as both a player and coach?
Are you a prominent member of the anti-doping community with a name that sounds like you might have a particularly vicious way of extracting samples from male athletes?
I agree, it’s two subjects, but in one question. I’m asking it that way because we’re down to the last 2 (or so) DQs. I have done that before with no problem (as in “known for religion or social issues”). This way it narrows the scope down somewhat, even if it doesn’t give pinpoint accuracy. Besides, most of the explorers of that age were in it for financial gain, so there’s already a business aspect.