WHO/WHAT AM I

[Richie]

I assume he also was Italian and not someone who merely lived in Italy. And when it comes to writers who experienced the turn of the centuries, the only one that springs to mind is Dante. Correct?

BINGO

 

[looker-on]

Need to think of a new character. If anyone wants to carry on, please do.

 

[looker-on]

I'm thinking of a guy who astonished the world. If I told you the precise field, you'd know immediately.

 

[Richie]

I'm thinking of a guy who astonished the world. If I told you the precise field, you'd know immediately.

real or not real person
what era did he live
nationality
first job

 

[Richie]

Was he Stephen Hawking?

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[looker-on]

real or not real person
what era did he live
nationality
first job

Real
still alive
USA
Tailor

No, not Hawking.

 

[Richie]

I am thinking a clothes designer

Is it Calvin Klein

 

[looker-on]

No, cold.

 

[Richie]

I am thinking a clothes designer

So it is not above even tho he started as a tailor.

 

[looker-on]

I am thinking a clothes designer

So it is not above even tho he started as a tailor.

No, it's neither.

 

[Richie]

No, it's neither.

a small clue please

 

[Grier]

A physicist/ biologist/chemist who bonds together atomic sized particles, chemical or biological?

 

[looker-on]

A physicist/ biologist/chemist who bonds together atomic sized particles, chemical or biological?

Sorry, no. As we agreed earlier, ask questions instead of making assumptions.

 

[looker-on]

a small clue please

Here you go: It was a physical achievement, not a mental one.

 

[Richie]

In sport, academic, professional?

 

[looker-on]

In sport, academic, professional?

In sport

 

[Richie]

In sport

Now we are getting somewhere.
Did this astonishing feat happen at an Olympic Games.
Is he a swimmer, runner or track and field.

 

[looker-on]

Now we are getting somewhere.
Did this astonishing feat happen at an Olympic Games.
Is he a swimmer or track and field.

Track and field at Olympic Games.

 

[Richie]

Track and field at Olympic Games.

Track or field
what year

 

[Richie]

Educated guess Czech Emil Zapotek won all three long distance events at Heksinki in 1953. Only athlete to ever achieve the feat.