Historical Figures 20 Questions v2

[SinisterMinisterX]

@SinisterMinisterX --what if nobody gets this in 20 questions? Are hints &/or extensions allowed?
(Altho' I've already given one vague pictorial hint.)

Then you win. You reveal who your subject is, and whoever posts next can pick the next subject.

I do recall giving a hint sometimes after question #19 when we did this before.

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

Thank you, Perun. I'd best let that question go uncounted then. Dusty, pay more attention!

I think you have to count it. Bad questions count too.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Oh, okay then.

Was he involved in the battle of Arbela?

16. No Dusty, he was not involved in the Battle of Arbela... since he wasn't alive...

 

[SinisterMinisterX]

I think that means we have four questions to guess a religious (including Roman Catholic) leader.

Was he a pope?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

I think that means we have four questions to guess a religious (including Roman Catholic) leader.

You pretty much established that three questions back.

Was he a pope?

17. No, he was not a Pope...

 

[Perun]

Was he from the British Isles?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Was he from the British Isles?

18. Yes, he was from the British Isles...

 

[LooseCannon]

None of this is a guess.

So I am thinking it could be St. Brendan, who according to Irish myth, discovered North America before the Vikings. We know it's not St Patrick. Another possibility is Pelagius, who was a British lawyer who was considered apostate by Augustine of Hippo for opposing the doctrine of original sin.

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

None of this is a guess.

So I am thinking it could be St. Brendan, who according to Irish myth, discovered North America before the Vikings. We know it's not St Patrick. Another possibility is Pelagius, who was a British lawyer who was considered apostate by Augustine of Hippo for opposing the doctrine of original sin.

So what's your question, LC? Choose carefully...

 

[Cornfed Hick]

14. No, nobody is celebrating the day of his death today.

Not a guess, but does this NECESSARILY rule out St. Patrick? Perun's guess left a little wiggle room...

 

[Perun]

We have two guesses and 2.5 candidates. I had been thinking of St Brendan as well. So: Is it St Brendan?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Not a guess, but does this NECESSARILY rule out St. Patrick?

Yes.

Is it St Brendan?

19. No, he isn't St Brendan...

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

Think of where Cried is from...

 

[LooseCannon]

St Kentigern?

 

[CriedWhenBrucieLeft]

20. Yes Loosey, he is St Kentigern also known as St Mungo!

 

[LooseCannon]

20. Yes Loosey, he is St Kentigern also known as St Mungo!

Would never have gotten it without the clue - we did not isolate his location down enough.

After careful consideration, I have selected a new historical figure, meeting the established rules (this person is dead, they are not the same profession nor from the same location as St. Kentigern/Mungo).

 

[Perun]

Was this person born on or after 1. January 1000 CE?

 

[LooseCannon]

Was this person born on or after 1. January 1000 CE?

1. Yes.

 

[Perun]

Born on or after 1. January 1500?

 

[LooseCannon]

Born on or after 1. January 1500?

2. Yes.