Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
Just tried it: it got Karl Marx, but it didn't get Anthony Burgess after 40 questions.
The first time I played until 20 questions, it guessed Douglass Adams, then didn't have Burgess on the list (but it did have some similar/related, like Kubrick, Huxley, Orwell, V for Vendetta, general dystopian people). I played again until 40 questions, trying to answer better by reading wikipedia along the way, and it again guessed Douglass Adams at 20, then Orwell, then C.S. Lewis at the end.
edit- nor did it get Crispus Attucks, but it did get Big Brother right at 40.
The first time I played until 20 questions, it guessed Douglass Adams, then didn't have Burgess on the list (but it did have some similar/related, like Kubrick, Huxley, Orwell, V for Vendetta, general dystopian people). I played again until 40 questions, trying to answer better by reading wikipedia along the way, and it again guessed Douglass Adams at 20, then Orwell, then C.S. Lewis at the end.
edit- nor did it get Crispus Attucks, but it did get Big Brother right at 40.