1) Is it a man? Yes
2) Is he alive today? No
3) Was he from North America? No
4) Was he from Europe? Yes
5) Did he die before the 20th century? Yes
6) Was he a well known military figure? No
7) Was he a politician? No
Was he an artist? No
9) Was he an author? No
10) Was he a scientist? No
11) Was he a religious figure? No
12) Was he an inventor? No
13) Was he Roman? No
14) Was he British? No
15) Was he French? No
16) Was he a humanitarian? No
17) Was he German? No
18) Is he a famous fossil? YES!
19) Was he alive in the common era? No (I interpreted "common era" as AD. Let me know if that wasn't what you meant.)
20) Is it Tollund Man? No, but a good guess!
Looks like I beat the questioners
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Okay, are you ready to hear who I was thinking of? *A solid "Yes!" is heard from the audience.*
Okay okay, take it easy guys. I was thinking of........
Ćtzi the Iceman, Europes oldest mummy. He died 3255 BC, 5267 years ago. He was not famous for his occupation. He was either a miner or a shepheard. Or both. We don't know for sure. He lived in the italian alps but I wouldn't call him a roman
. He was discovered in 1991, and as late as this year (2012) blood cells were discovered in his body. He's the oldest human where intact blood cells still exist.
The cause of his death is still not certain, but we know he was murded. He received an arrow in his shoulder shortly before his death, and either bled to death or was put down by a rock to his head. Unconfimred sources says his lucky number was 5!
I gave some clues along the way, first I hinted that it was hard to guess who he is by asking questions related to his occupation. Then I said he died a long time ago. Which might even be understatement lol.
The final clue I gave was that he was not well known at the time he lived. Only recently did he become well known (1991).
That clue seemed to be of use because x-raider immediately asked if he was a famous fossil.
At that point I thought for sure you guys would end up guessing it right! But too many questions had been asked about his occupation and nationality. "Tollund Man" was as close as you got.
I think a different questioning strategy would have enabled you to get this one as well. Asking questions related to when he lived would have quickly showed that he lived long before christ, and I think around question 15 or 16 you would've guessed it right. There are after all not that many well known people from Europe who lived 3000 BC.
Since no one guessed who I was thinking of I'll just pick another mummy...I mean "person"
. I don't think I chose someone who was too unknown, he was just nothing like what we've picked before.
Okay, I'm thinking of someone.