You are the Guesser in a Twenty Questions benchmark. Identify the hidden subject using as few counted turns as possible. BEGIN provides only its broad category. The variation_token has no clues; do not interpret, mention, or repeat it. The category in BEGIN has a broad meaning: - person: a real human, living or historical. - fictional_character: an invented character from a story, book, comic, film, television, game, or another fictional work. - mythological_figure: a figure from mythology or traditional legend. - video_game_character: a character known from video games. - thing: a broad category covering natural and human-made entities, living or nonliving, whole entities or parts of them. Possibilities include everyday objects, tools, machines, materials, food, animals, plants, body parts, natural structures, geographical features, celestial bodies, natural phenomena, and concepts. These possibilities are not exhaustive. The target may be a general kind or one particular instance. Use questions to narrow the supplied category. These definitions are not a list of targets. Use ASK for a factual question that distinguishes candidates. Never use ASK to confirm a specific identity. Use GUESS with a name and short identifying description to name a candidate. ASK has five possible replies: - YES or NO: the evidence establishes that answer to the exact question. - RATHER_YES or RATHER_NO: evidence leans that way, but is not strong enough for a firm answer. Treat this as a clue; keep candidates fitting the opposite answer possible. - UNKNOWN: no reliable direction. It supports neither answer. Ask clear questions about verifiable properties. "Can", "sometimes", "usually", "always", and "mainly" ask different things. Do not assume that one property proves another or rules out alternatives. Qualified replies express uncertainty about your question, not how often a property applies. Before narrowing heavily, check your key assumption with a different property. After rejected guesses, reconsider earlier assumptions as well as candidates. Answers can be mistaken; check another property when stuck. Do not ignore an answer merely because it conflicts with a preferred candidate. Each ASK, rejected GUESS, or format error before the limit costs one turn. A correct GUESS costs none. After 40 counted turns, make one final GUESS; ASK is then forbidden. Identity validation uses only YES, NO, or UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN on GUESS ends the game without success. FORMAT_ERROR means your output broke the contract, was not checked for correctness, and cost one turn. Retry using its displayed formats if a turn remains. Return only the required JSON object with exactly one result action. No explanations, reasoning, or extra fields.
Round 3
Round 3
Identified Albert Schweitzer in 29 counted questions.
Back to all Albert Schweitzer rounds- Questions
- 29
- Outcome
- Solved
- Format errors
- No errors
- Duration
- 9m 38s
- Round cost
- $0.2258 All 30 turns
Transcript
Questions and answers.
Turns are shown in the order they happened. Each shows the Guesser's question or guess, then the final checked answer.
Exact Guesser setupSystem message and BEGIN event
The Guesser received these messages at the start of the round. The BEGIN message holds the broad category and a code made from the base seed and round number, which reveals nothing about the subject.
{"category":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"AMZAISLM"}Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.
2 of 29 answers in this round reuse an earlier, fully checked answer with its original evidence. No new search or check ran for those turns.
Q1
1 · Guesser asks
Is this person still alive?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is this person still alive?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer — Facts ... Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks
Did this person die in the 20th or 21st century?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die in the 20th or 21st century?"}}Oracle evidence1 model-reported source
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for holding political or governmental power?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for holding political or governmental power?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for work in the arts or entertainment?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
From his young manhood to his middle eighties, [he was] recognized as a concert organist, internationally known. From his professional engagements he earned funds for his education, particularly his later medical schooling, and for his African hospital. Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) is described as a Doctor, Missionary, Philosopher and Musician. The page emphasizes his altruism, reverence for life, tireless humanitarian work, and the hospital he built and ran in Lambaréné.
Open nobelpeaceprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for scientific, mathematical, medical, or technological work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for scientific, mathematical, medical, or technological work?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize site identifies Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and states that the prize motivation was “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” It also describes him as a gifted musician and notes that he studied medicine and built and ran a hospital.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes Albert Schweitzer as an “Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa” who received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace for efforts on behalf of “the Brotherhood of Nations.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The retrieved biography identifies Schweitzer as a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, and philosopher, and states that he received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life.”
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q6
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for sports or athletic achievement?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for sports or athletic achievement?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, and host to visitors.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Schweitzer as receiving the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of “Reverence for Life.”
Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known as a religious leader or spiritual figure?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a religious leader or spiritual figure?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...” The page also states that he studied theology, became a priest, and later studied medicine before building and running a hospital in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, and host to countless visitors.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q8
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for military service or warfare?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for military service or warfare?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography identifies Albert Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and says the prize recognized his “altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.”
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Foundation biography describes Schweitzer as an internationally known concert organist who studied medicine, became a medical missionary, and established his work in Africa.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for activism or advocacy for social or political change?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for activism or advocacy for social or political change?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize source identifies Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and states that the prize recognized “his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” It also notes that he issued warnings against nuclear tests and radioactive fallout.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The source describes Schweitzer as a “Minister turned doctor in Africa,” a theologian and philosopher, and says that the hospital in Lambaréné became his life’s work. It presents his philosophy as “Reverence for life” and emphasizes his medical and humanitarian efforts.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The biographical account describes Schweitzer as an internationally known concert organist, musicologist, physician, and founder of an African hospital, emphasizing his medical schooling and work as a medical missionary.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q10
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person chiefly known in connection with a crime, criminal investigation, or trial?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person chiefly known in connection with a crime, criminal investigation, or trial?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
NobelPrize.org identifies Albert Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and says the prize recognized “his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.”
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel biography describes Schweitzer as an internationally known concert organist, theologian and medical missionary who studied medicine, went to Africa, and worked at the hospital at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Britannica describes him as an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor, and states that he received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace for efforts on behalf of “the Brotherhood of Nations.”
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person primarily known for business, entrepreneurship, or industry?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known for business, entrepreneurship, or industry?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one.”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer was internationally known as a concert organist, studied medicine, and went to Africa as a medical missionary. His professional engagements helped fund his education and African hospital.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Schweitzer won the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1952 and dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife in French Equatorial Africa.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks
Was this person a man?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a man?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952 Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875 ... died Sept. 4, 1965 ...) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) was born into an Alsatian family ... The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952 ... was given to him on December 10, 1953.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q13
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for exploration, travel, or an expedition?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for exploration, travel, or an expedition?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer ... was ... recognized as a concert organist, internationally known ... Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer ... began the study of medicine.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné ... Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a renowned medical missionary ... founded a hospital in Lambaréné ... In 1952, he won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks
Did he die in or after 1950?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he die in or after 1950?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875 ...—died Sept. 4, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q15
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for scholarship in the humanities or social sciences?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for scholarship in the humanities or social sciences?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...” The page also describes him as a gifted musician who gave organ concerts to finance the hospital in Africa.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The nomination describes him as originally a student of theology and philosophy who entered medical school to qualify as a mission doctor in Gabon, where he and his wife set up a hospital. It identifies his nomination as being for humanitarian work on a religious basis.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The biography states that he was internationally known as a concert organist, studied medicine to become a medical missionary, and used professional engagements to help fund his medical schooling and African hospital. It also notes his writings on Bach and organ building.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q16
1 · Guesser asks
Was he chiefly famous because of an unusual personal characteristic, life circumstance, or record rather than a profession?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he chiefly famous because of an unusual personal characteristic, life circumstance, or record rather than a profession?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné. Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one”. The page describes him as “Doctor, Missionary, Philosopher and Musician” and says he and his wife built and ran a hospital at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Foundation biography says Schweitzer was internationally known as a concert organist, wrote works on Bach and organ building, decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary, studied medicine, and obtained his M.D. in 1913.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
PBS describes Schweitzer as a renowned medical missionary who founded a hospital in Lambaréné, wrote an internationally best-selling autobiography, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952, and was also known as a virtuoso organist and theologian.
Open pbs.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for work in law, such as being a lawyer or judge?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for work in law, such as being a lawyer or judge?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer ... was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa, who received the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace ...Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher ...Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known for journalism, broadcasting, or other non-fiction media work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known for journalism, broadcasting, or other non-fiction media work?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...” The page also describes him as “Doctor, Missionary, Philosopher and Musician.”
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Schweitzer was recognized as an internationally known concert organist, wrote a biography of Bach and a book on organ building and playing, and studied medicine before going to Africa as a medical missionary.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The page describes him as a theologian who became a doctor in Africa, says the Lambaréné hospital became his life's work, and notes that he published several books and later spoke on radio.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks
Was he a member of a royal family or hereditary nobility?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he a member of a royal family or hereditary nobility?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Louis Schweitzer, Albert’s father, ... [came] from a long line of schoolteachers ... [and] had been a pastor and schoolteacher in Kaysersberg for three years. ... Albert Schweitzer’s father was a pastor and teacher in the small evangelical community.
Open schweitzer.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer ... was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education. His father and maternal grandfather were ministers; both of his grandfathers were talented organists.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer ... was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor ... The eldest son of a Lutheran pastor.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q20
1 · Guesser asks
Did he die in or after the year 2000?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he die in or after the year 2000?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer (January 14, 1875-September 4, 1965) ... Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875 ...—died Sept. 4, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon) was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks
Was he born in Europe?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he born in Europe?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Albert Schweitzer (born Jan. 14, 1875, Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace, Ger. [now in France]—died Sept. 4, 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon)Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France)Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q22
1 · Guesser asks
Was he primarily known as a diplomat or for international humanitarian work?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he primarily known as a diplomat or for international humanitarian work?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one.”Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Schweitzer decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary, studied medicine, and used funds from his professional engagements to support his African hospital.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q23
1 · Guesser asks
Did he hold a senior position in the United Nations?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he hold a senior position in the United Nations?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The UN Audiovisual Library presents “UN Story: Albert Schweitzer,” dated 1 January 1955, as a tribute to his life and work as a theologian, musician, philosopher, and physician.
Open media.un.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q24
1 · Guesser asks
Is he best known for helping people escape persecution or death during the Holocaust?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is he best known for helping people escape persecution or death during the Holocaust?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine... The Nobel Peace Prize for 1952... was given to him on December 10, 1953. With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The overarching principle that guided him was ‘reverence for life’, a philosophy that took him to the jungles of Africa, where he healed many and touched the lives of millions worldwide. ... Today, his hospital at Lambaréné continues to serve the needs of the people of the region.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
Albert Schweitzer’s wife, Helene, had been born into a Jewish family... her family were inevitably affected by anti-Jewish prejudice, culminating in the disastrous events of the Holocaust. The article also discusses Schweitzer’s 1963 condemnation of Pope Pius’s silence over the Holocaust.
Open cambridge.org (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q25
1 · Guesser asks
Was he a professional diplomat or ambassador?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was he a professional diplomat or ambassador?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
At Lambaréné, Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village, superintendent of buildings and grounds, writer of scholarly books, commentator on contemporary history, musician, host to countless visitors.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer, an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor, ... In 1905, he became a mission doctor and established a hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q26
1 · Guesser asks
Was his humanitarian work chiefly focused on refugees or displaced people?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was his humanitarian work chiefly focused on refugees or displaced people?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.
Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Foundation identifies Albert Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and states that he built and ran a hospital at the mission station in Lambaréné, Gabon, to alleviate suffering.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography says Schweitzer changed course after learning of the desperate need for medical assistance in Gabon, dedicated himself to medical studies, and sought to build and run a hospital in Africa. It describes the Lambaréné hospital as his life's work.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The article describes Schweitzer's medical and humanitarian work at Lambaréné and says that his hospital there continues to serve the needs of people in the region. It also notes that his Nobel Prize money funded a leprosy wing at the hospital.
Open pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q27
1 · Guesser asks
Did he found an organization devoted primarily to helping children?
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he found an organization devoted primarily to helping children?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
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Source summary (model-reported)
The Johns Hopkins University Press describes Schweitzer as dedicating his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife, Helene Breslau, in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon. It also says he used his Nobel Prize stipend to expand the hospital and build facilities for leprosy patients.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The Nobel Prize biography states that the hospital and medical mission at Lambaréné was founded and built in 1913 by Dr. Schweitzer and his wife Helene. It describes the institution as primarily a leper colony and a haven for Africans suffering from diseases and injuries.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)Source summary (model-reported)
The reference biography says Schweitzer founded the Lambaréné Hospital in 1913 and characterizes him as a theologian, musician, medical missionary, and philosopher.
Open encyclopedia.com (opens in a new tab) 2 · Answer check returns No
Q28
1 · Guesser asks
Did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?
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{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?"}}Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources
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The Nobel Peace Prize 1952 was awarded to Albert Schweitzer "for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one" ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer ... Nobel Peace Prize 1952 ... Prize motivation: "for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one" ... Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953.Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q29
1 · Guesser asks
Did he establish or operate a hospital in Africa?
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{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did he establish or operate a hospital in Africa?"}}Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources
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In 1913 Albert Schweitzer founded one of the first modern hospitals in Africa dedicated to the health of the local population. The Albert Schweitzer Hospital is located in Lambaréné, a small town in Gabon.Open pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov (opens in a new tab)
Albert Schweitzer opened a hospital in 1913 in Lambaréné in what was then French Equatorial Africa, which became Gabon, where he ran it until his death in 1965.Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
Lambaréné is best known for its hospital founded in 1913 by Albert Schweitzer, the theologian and mission doctor.Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
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1 · Guesser guessesNot counted
Albert Schweitzer
Alsatian humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who founded a hospital at Lambaréné in Gabon.
Validator rationale The proposal names Albert Schweitzer and matches the described historical person, including his humanitarian work and Nobel Peace Prize laureate status.
Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Alsatian humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who founded a hospital at Lambaréné in Gabon.","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}} 2 · Validator returns Yes