Round

Round 2

Round 2

Identified Albert Schweitzer in 39 counted questions.

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Questions
39
Outcome
Solved
Format errors
No errors
Duration
21m 56s
Round cost
$0.4783 All 40 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.

System message
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.
BEGIN event
{"category":"person","event":"BEGIN","variation_token":"BKXG3AZI"}

Valid replies are shown in the required format. Rejected replies are shown separately, without provider or call IDs.

Q1
1 · Guesser asks

Is the person currently alive?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person currently alive?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q2
1 · Guesser asks

Is the person male?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Is the person male?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer Nobel Peace Prize 1952 Born: 14 January 1875... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné... Doctor, Missionary, Philosopher and Musician.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... was born into an Alsatian family... With the funds earned from his own royalties and personal appearance fees... he expanded the hospital... Schweitzer was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor of a congregation, administrator of a village...

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q3
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person die before the year 1900?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die before the year 1900?"}}
Oracle evidence1 model-reported source

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

2 · Answer check returns No
Q4
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with the United States?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with the United States?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01
Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) ... Residence at the time of the award: France ... Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer was born in Kaysersberg, Upper Alsace, Germany (now in France), on January 14, 1875. He was an Alsatian-German theologian...

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q5
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Europe?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Europe?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Britannica describes Albert Schweitzer as an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa. It states that he was born in Kaysersberg, studied philosophy and theology at the University of Strasbourg, and established a hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa.

Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize facts page lists his birthplace as Kaysersberg, Germany (now France), his residence at the time of the award as France, and his role as missionary surgeon and founder of Lambaréné in Gabon. It also states that he gave numerous organ concerts in Europe to finance the hospital in Africa.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The page states that Schweitzer was born in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in the German Empire, and later became a citizen of France after World War I.

Open en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q6
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Asia?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Asia?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... was born into an Alsatian family ... Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q7
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Africa?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

NobelPrize.org identifies Albert Schweitzer as a “Missionary surgeon” and “Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).” It states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambaréné in Gabon, and that he gave organ concerts in Europe to finance the hospital in Africa.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel biographical material states that Schweitzer decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary, studied medicine, and later used his Nobel Prize money to start a leprosarium at Lambaréné. It also records that he died and was buried at Lambaréné.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Johns Hopkins University Press states that Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q8
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person a political leader or head of state?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a political leader or head of state?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

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)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... was born into an Alsatian family which for generations had been devoted to religion, music, and education. ... 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)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q9
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person known primarily as an artist, writer, or musician?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known primarily as an artist, writer, or musician?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

From his young manhood to his middle eighties, [Schweitzer] was recognized as a concert organist, internationally known. ... Musicologist as well as performer, Schweitzer wrote a biography of Bach ... and published a book on organ building and playing.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

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)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Although he was highly gifted in science, theology, and music and as an author, Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife ...

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q10
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person known primarily as a scientist, inventor, or academic?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person known primarily as a scientist, inventor, or academic?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

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 and notes that he studied theology and medicine.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The page characterizes Schweitzer as a theologian and philosopher, explains that he pursued medical studies to provide assistance in Gabon, and states that the hospital at Lambaréné became his life’s work. It describes his Nobel recognition as being for his philosophy and tireless humanitarian work.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The biography describes Schweitzer as an internationally known concert organist and musicologist who later studied medicine, became a medical missionary, and worked at an African hospital. It presents these roles rather than scientific invention or academic work as central to his public identity.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q11
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with South Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with South Africa?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon. Residence at the time of the award: France. Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). The page also states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at Lambaréné in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel biographical account describes Schweitzer as born into an Alsatian family, internationally known as a concert organist, and deciding to go to Africa as a medical missionary. It states that prize money was used to start the leprosarium at Lambaréné and that he died and was buried there.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The page identifies Albert Schweitzer as a French Nobel Award winner, physician, and missionary in Africa, and states that he died at Lambaréné in Gabon.

Open sahistory.org.za (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q12
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily known as a religious or spiritual leader?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily known as a religious or spiritual leader?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation lists Schweitzer's role as “Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné” and describes his Nobel recognition as being for “his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work.” It also states that he studied theology and became a priest before studying medicine and building and running a hospital.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel biography says Schweitzer decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, then studied medicine and obtained an M.D. It also describes him as an internationally known concert organist and musicologist.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

A Nobel nomination describes Schweitzer as a doctor of philosophy, theology, and medicine, musician, and missionary, and says he was nominated for humanitarian work on a religious basis.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q13
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with North Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with North Africa?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife ... in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q14
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person die after the year 1950?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person die after the year 1950?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q15
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with West Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with West Africa?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon ... This effort became an example to others.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
By 1913 Albert Schweitzer had become ... an expert musician. He then left Europe to found ... the famed mission hospital at Lambaréné in West Africa's Gabon.
Open nytimes.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q16
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Nigeria?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Nigeria?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01
Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife ... in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q17
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Ghana?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Ghana?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife ... he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife ... in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q18
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Senegal?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Senegal?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q19
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Mali?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Mali?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01
Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon).
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03
Albert Schweitzer ... was an Alsatian-German theologian, philosopher, organist, and mission doctor in equatorial Africa ... He ... established a hospital in Lambaréné, French Equatorial Africa.
Open britannica.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q20
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon)... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q21
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Liberia?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Liberia?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source 03
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine ... With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambaréné.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q22
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Sierra Leone?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Sierra Leone?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize biography identifies Schweitzer as the founder of Lambaréné in Gabon and states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at the Lambaréné mission station.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize biography says Schweitzer dedicated himself to building and running a hospital in Africa, that he and his wife went to the Lambaréné mission station in 1913, and that the hospital there became his life's work.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation biography reports that Schweitzer died in Lambaréné and that his Nobel Prize money was used to start the leprosarium there.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q23
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Guinea?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Guinea?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

NobelPrize.org identifies Albert Schweitzer's role as “Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon)” and states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Johns Hopkins University Press states that Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q24
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person a musician or singer?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person a musician or singer?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01
From his young manhood to his middle eighties, [Schweitzer was] recognized as a concert organist, internationally known. Musicologist as well as performer, Schweitzer wrote a biography of Bach in 1905.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 03
The theologian, musician, philosopher and Nobel Prize-winning physician Albert Schweitzer ... was also an acclaimed concert organist who played professional engagements to earn money for his education.
Open history.com (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q25
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Benin?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Benin?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France) Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.
Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source 03
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. 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
Q26
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Togo?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Togo?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

The Oracle reported these excerpts and URLs. They are not independently checked.

Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation identifies Schweitzer as the founder of Lambaréné in Gabon and states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambaréné in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Johns Hopkins University Press states that Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of his life to medicine and to a hospital he founded with his wife in French Equatorial Africa, the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, Gabon.

Open press.jhu.edu (opens in a new tab)
Source 03

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Prize biography states that Schweitzer went to Africa as a medical missionary and that prize money was used to start the leprosarium at Lambaréné; it also records that he died and was buried there.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
2 · Answer check returns No
Q27
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Cape Verde?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Cape Verde?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer was born in Alsace in the then German Empire. He ... built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

Open nobelprize.org (opens in a new tab)
Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Ludwig Philipp Albert Schweitzer ... was a German polymath from Alsace. He was a theologian, organist, musicologist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q28
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Burkina Faso?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Burkina Faso?"}}
Oracle evidence2 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Together with his wife ... he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
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Source 02
Albert Schweitzer: out of reverence for life ... how he built an entire hospital village in what is today Gabon. ... the founder of a hospital in Lambaréné in what is now Gabon.
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2 · Answer check returns No
Q29
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with The Gambia?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with The Gambia?"}}
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Source 01
Residence at the time of the award: France. Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
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Source 02
Schweitzer dedicated the last six decades of 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.
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2 · Answer check returns No
Q30
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Niger?

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{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Niger?"}}
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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation identifies Albert Schweitzer's residence at the time of the award as France, his role as founder of Lambaréné in Gabon, and states that he and his wife built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambaréné in Gabon.

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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation's biography states that Schweitzer went to Africa as a medical missionary, established his hospital work at Lambaréné, and died and was buried at Lambaréné.

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q31
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Mauritania?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Mauritania?"}}
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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel Foundation identifies Schweitzer as a missionary surgeon and founder of Lambaréné in the Republic of Gabon. It states that he was born in Alsace and built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambaréné in Gabon.

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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The Nobel biographical page describes Schweitzer's extensive work at Lambaréné, where he was doctor and surgeon in the hospital, pastor, administrator, writer, and musician. It also states that he died and was buried at Lambaréné.

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q32
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Guinea-Bissau?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Guinea-Bissau?"}}
Oracle evidence3 model-reported sources

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Source 01
Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon. ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). ... Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.
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Source 02
Lambaréné, a hospital and medical mission, was founded and built in 1913 by Dr Schweitzer and his wife Helene. Primarily a leper colony, the hospital soon became a haven for Africans suffering from all types of diseases and injury.
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Source 03
Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer in 1905 began the study of medicine at the University of Strasbourg. In 1913, having obtained his M.D.
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2 · Answer check returns No
Q33
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person primarily associated with Cameroon?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person primarily associated with Cameroon?"}}
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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Albert Schweitzer ... Died: 4 September 1965, Lambaréné, Gabon ... Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon). Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Having decided to go to Africa as a medical missionary rather than as a pastor, Schweitzer ... began the study of medicine. ... With the $33,000 prize money, he started the leprosarium at Lambaréné. Albert Schweitzer died on September 4, 1965, and was buried at Lambaréné.

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q34
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in Africa?"}}
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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

The page states that Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, then part of the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire.

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2 · Answer check returns No
Q35
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in Europe?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in Europe?"}}
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2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q36
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person born in France?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person born in France?"}}
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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Born: 14 January 1875, Kaysersberg, Germany (now France). The page also states that Schweitzer was born in Alsace in the then German Empire.

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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

Schweitzer was born on 14 January 1875 in Kaysersberg in Alsace, in what had less than four years previously become the Imperial Territory of Alsace-Lorraine in the German Empire. He later became a citizen of France after World War I, when Alsace became French territory again.

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2 · Answer check returns Unknown
Q37
1 · Guesser asks

Was this person of African descent?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Was this person of African descent?"}}
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2 · Answer check returns No
Q38
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person work as a medical doctor in Africa?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person work as a medical doctor in Africa?"}}
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Source 01

Source summary (model-reported)

Role: Missionary surgeon; Founder of Lambaréné (République de Gabon) ... Schweitzer ... studied medicine. Together with his wife, who was a nurse, he built and ran a hospital at the mission station Lambarene in Gabon.

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Source 02

Source summary (model-reported)

By 1913 Albert Schweitzer had become “three times a doctor—of philosophy, of theology, and of medicine” ... He then left Europe to found ... the famed mission hospital at Lambaréné in West Africa's Gabon.

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2 · Answer check returns Yes
Q39
1 · Guesser asks

Did this person win the Nobel Peace Prize?

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"ASK","description":null,"name":null,"question":"Did this person win the Nobel Peace Prize?"}}
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Source 01
Albert Schweitzer — Facts. Nobel Peace Prize 1952. Prize motivation: “for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work...” Albert Schweitzer received his Nobel Prize one year later, in 1953. Prize share: 1/1.
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2 · Answer check returns Yes
G
1 · Guesser guessesNot counted

Albert Schweitzer

Alsatian-born physician, theologian and organist who founded a hospital in Gabon and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize

Validator rationale The proposed name and description clearly identify Albert Schweitzer, the specified historical person, including matching roles, hospital founding, and 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.

Recorded Guesser outputRequired JSON format
{"result":{"action":"GUESS","description":"Alsatian-born physician, theologian and organist who founded a hospital in Gabon and received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize","name":"Albert Schweitzer","question":null}}
2 · Validator returns Yes