20 Questions - Game 268

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:08 pm

Great pick! Next thread will be up somewhat soon.

On the language thing, there are other Iranian languages besides Persian and Kurdish spoken in the Middle East, but they're mostly pretty small. Also Greek is spoken in Cyprus, there are a few Armenians in Iran, and there might be a few other random populations.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:38 pm

Pas de problème. Or as they say in Farsi مشکلی نیست

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:28 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:04 pm
 I was wondering where you thought I'd gone wrong.
The error was entirely mine, sir. Before I had a chance to correct myself, the right answer had, in any case, been guessed.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:04 pm

I was wondering where you thought I'd gone wrong.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:33 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:08 pm
cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm
 I missed something: the Indo-European question. That eliminates Queen Rania and any Arabic speaker (Arabic is not Indo-European). In the Middle East, only Farsi and Kurdish are.
I am not a language expert but this is not correct based on what Wikipedia says.
On this particular point, just to clarify, as a native Iranian she speaks Persian, which is an Indo-Iranian language. Wikipedia defines the Indo-Iranian languages as a branch of the branch of the Indo-European language family. However I was wrong to correct cdngooner (sorry) since Farsi is actually another word for "Persian", so gooner was also correct.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:30 pm

Wattsthematter wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:24 pm
 Fun round Jamie. I always enjoy having to do the searches and finding out about new people. I’ll have to research modern Iranian-British relations some more
It's an interesting story. She was accused of training dissidents but was really being used for leverage in a wider, very long-running, dispute. She was eventually released when the UK Government agreed to repay £393.8 million for the cost of some British tanks which the pre-revolutionary government of Iran had paid Britain for, which Britain then refused to deliver after the revolution had taken place.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Wattsthematter » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:24 pm

Fun round Jamie. I always enjoy having to do the searches and finding out about new people. I’ll have to research modern Iranian-British relations some more

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by JECE » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:22 pm

DrFidelis wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:19 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:17 pm
See?
The positioning of you being like "oh that's gotta be it" and the QM confirming it makes you look dumb lol
Sure, but there were only 5 seconds between the confirmation and the "Has to be her", so it was clearly a cross-post.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by DrFidelis » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:19 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:17 pm
See?
The positioning of you being like "oh that's gotta be it" and the QM confirming it makes you look dumb lol

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:17 pm

See?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm
 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Has to be her

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm
 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Correct!

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, born 26 December 1978, an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 2016 until 2022 as part of a long running dispute between Britain and Iran.

Well done.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:10 pm

Wattsthematter wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm
 Free guess: Maryam Namazie
No.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:08 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm
 I missed something: the Indo-European question. That eliminates Queen Rania and any Arabic speaker (Arabic is not Indo-European). In the Middle East, only Farsi and Kurdish are.
I am not a language expert but this is not correct based on what Wikipedia says.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:03 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:24 pm
 Does she reside in UK or USA?
Yes she does.

Final hint: She has dual citizenship of one of the above countries (not the other), and the country of her birth. Her dual citizenship is a major part of the context of how well-known she is.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:03 pm

Wattsthematter wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm
 Free guess: Maryam Namazie
This feels like the correct answer. Good find.

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by Wattsthematter » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:00 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:51 pm
Maryam Namazie
I hope not. I rejected her on basis that she has several published works listed in Wikipedia.
I noted that... They're all PDFs with one website link that is no longer active. I'm sure this would count for Jamie, but I didn't have any other guesses after a good bit of looking and wanted to get a free guess in before Q20

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:58 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:47 am
Hominidae wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:23 am
 So I have a guess in mind, but I'm not able to determine with certainty that she is a native speaker of an Indo-European language.

Known primarily as an activist, or for involvement in a major news story?
I would say yes.
What do we make of Jamie's answer rather than a straightforward "yes"?

Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:51 pm

Maryam Namazie
I hope not. I rejected her on basis that she has several published works listed in Wikipedia.

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