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Boromir's guess the famous game #58 - nyctc7 is the Winner - Nero (the fifth emperor of Rome) is the famous person

posted 3 years ago by Boromir (10131)
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1. I'm thinking of some famous person, it can be a film actor, a philosopher, a president, a prime minister, a singer, fictional character, mafia man etc.
2. You need to ask me a yes or no question about this person, for example, "Is the person still alive?," "Does the person work in the entertainment industry?," any question you can think of that helps you to reveal the answer. The host answers with yes or no only.
3. Maximum 1 question and 1 guess per player per answer.
4. The winner can either start a new game or say "pass." In case of a pass, the OP gets to start another.

1. Male? YES
2. Alive? no
3. Actor? no
4. born in the USA? no
5. Entertainer? no
6. Politician? YES
7. Died before 2000? YES
8. born in Europe? YES
9. Born after 1900? no
10. Spoke German? no
11. was he head of government/head of state? YES
12. Alive in the 1800s? no
13. Born 1701-1750? no
14. Alive in the B.C period? no
15. Born after the year 1000? no
16. born in the UK? no
17. Was he a Roman emperor? YES
18. Alive in the first century AD/CE? YES
19. Augustus? no
20. Hadrian? no

Nero the fifth emperor of Rome (37-68). He was perceived as one of the ostentatious, insane and cruel rulers of Rome ever since.

Scoreboard:
LauraGrace - 14
Boromir - 10
hownos - 9
nyctc7 - 9
tcrum - 4
sslssg - 3
Carrot - 3
lud - 2
Kawada_Kira - 2
Bloodshot77 -2

[–] nyctc7 (44109) 3 years ago

Nero?

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

Yessssssssss 👏👍😎

One of the most crazy leaders of the Roman Empire.
Well done

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Very interesting historical figure.

[–] nyctc7 (44109) 3 years ago

🎻I fiddled while the rest of you asked all those questions🎻

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

I ask myself if it is right to call him also entertainer.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

I think it's safe to say he was, because he personally performed theatrically in front of crowds, gave musical performances.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

It is hard question.
I thought about as a occupation.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Personally I'd say it still counts even though it wasn't his main role. He didn't do it for money or anything (as a Roman emperor he had no lack of money), but as a hobby. But he wanted to entertain the public, he sought popularity, so he gave public performances. He acted, played music, sang, drove chariots, in theaters and arenas. So I think that qualifies him as an entertainer. Just my opinion though, I understand why it's debatable.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

Maybe at least I had to add a comment next to the answer.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

I think you did ok, it's not a clear-cut question or anything. These things can be tricky sometimes.

[–] nyctc7 (44109) 3 years ago

Ha. I once mentioned the fiddling while Rome burned, and the other person said to me, ahem, there were no fiddles in Rome in the first century AD. I should have known that.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

From all the crazy things he done this was the most memorable.

How no one not filmed a huge movie about Nero?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Quo Vadis, 1951

[–] nyctc7 (44109) 3 years ago

You beat me to it. Great movie with Peter Ustinov as Nero.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

Now I want to watch that

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

I've seen it before, it's pretty good. Very religious Christian movie, which is kinda eh for me, but Ustinov gave a great performance as Nero.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

The title taken from the Gospel of John.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

It would play once a year on The 4: 30 Movie, sword and sandals week.
Peter Ustinov made a huge impact on me. The cruelty.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

There weren't?
Please, educate me.
Because I totally believed this forever. (Cause, ya know, it's in the movies!)

[–] nyctc7 (44109) 3 years ago

As Kawada writes, he played the lyre, which is not a bowed instrument. The violin as we know them today was developed in the 1500s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_violin

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Fascinating.
I love this game.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

An easy mistake to make because it's such a common phrase. He did perform musically, but he played the lyre. It's worth noting though that historians now no longer accept that he was playing while Rome was burning; that's now considered to be propaganda from his political opponents. It still lingers in the popular consciousness though. Myths tend to die hard.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Well it just died for me today, and I thank you Boromir.

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

Sorry 😔

If it is comforting you, there is no photographic proof that this didn't happen.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

No, you misunderstand me. I'm thanking you for educating me about the truth of Nero. The mythology is what died in me today, and true knowledge born.
👍🏼😉😊💙🤺

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

So maybe the psychological aspect will interesting you. Some psychologists classified him as someone Narcissistic Personality Disorder:

- Has a grandiose sense of self-importance

- Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love

- Requires excessive admiration

- Has a sense of entitlement (i.e. unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment)

- Is interpersonally exploitative

- Lacks empathy, is unwilling to recognize feelings and needs of others

- Is often envious of others or believes that others are envious of him

- Shows arrogant, haughty behaviors or attitudes.

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Not trying to be a partisan for Nero or anything lol, but to be honest, several of those personality traits just inherently come with the job of being a monarch. Nero might have turned it up to 11 in some ways, but as a young man who was born into the elite and then basically had the world handed to him on a platter, one might expect a fair amount of arrogance and entitlement.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

was he assassinated?

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

nyctc7 already guess right.

Nero killed himself

[–] Kawada_Kira (7282) 3 years ago

Trajan?

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Caligula?

[–] Boromir (10131) 3 years ago

You late by ten min Laura.
The round end.