20 Questions #312

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Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 10:02 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:45 pm
Hominidae wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:36 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
No. Good catch.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:30 pm

If no, free guess: Garry Kasparov
That was fast! Well done. Fun fact: he was named after Harry Truman.
Thanks! The fact that everyone kept asking "primarily famous" gave me a hunch and I knew Kasparov has some vocal political opinions.

Did they change the H to a G on purpose or was it a translation thing?
My understanding is that Russian sometimes conflates /h/ with /g/ when transcribing foreign words because the Russian letter that normally makes the /g/ sound is pronounced as something similar to /h/ in Ukrainian (and maybe some dialects of Russian--I'm unclear on this).

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:56 pm

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Re: 20 Questions #312

by Spartaculous » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:47 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:36 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
No. Good catch.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:30 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
If no, free guess: Garry Kasparov
That was fast! Well done. Fun fact: he was named after Harry Truman.
Fun fact: my friend once saw Garry Kasparov while they were both shopping for groceries.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:45 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:36 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
No. Good catch.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:30 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
If no, free guess: Garry Kasparov
That was fast! Well done. Fun fact: he was named after Harry Truman.
Thanks! The fact that everyone kept asking "primarily famous" gave me a hunch and I knew Kasparov has some vocal political opinions.

Did they change the H to a G on purpose or was it a translation thing?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:36 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
No. Good catch.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:30 pm
Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
If no, free guess: Garry Kasparov
That was fast! Well done. Fun fact: he was named after Harry Truman.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:30 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
If no, free guess: Garry Kasparov

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Aristocrat » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:25 pm

Is this person primarily famous as a historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:22 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:19 pm
 Born in the Soviet Union in or after 1960?
Yes.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:19 pm

Born in the Soviet Union in or after 1960?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:15 pm

Huh. So must be someone born in the Asian part of Russia, the Caucasus, or Central Asia.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:13 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:00 pm
 Is this person primarily famous as a scientist or economist?
No.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:04 pm
 Born in South Asia?
No. (Again using the Wikipedia definition, which includes Afghanistan.)

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:04 pm

Born in South Asia?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Aristocrat » Fri Jun 14, 2024 9:00 pm

Is this person primarily famous as a scientist or economist?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:55 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:54 pm
 Is this person a scientist, economist, historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?
Yes.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:54 pm

Is this person a scientist, economist, historian, journalist, or nonfiction writer?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:54 pm

1. Real human
2,4. Currently alive
3,10. Not famous for contributions to the arts, invention, or zookeeping; not primarily famous for politics, government, activism, being an astronaut/cosmonaut, or military activities
5,7,8,9,11,12. Born before 1981 in Asia, west of the 90th meridian east, in neither a Middle Eastern country nor what is currently China
6. Male

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:48 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:42 pm
 Born before 1981?
Yes.
DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:45 pm
 Born west of the 90th meridian east?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_meridian_east
Yes.

Re: 20 Questions #312

by DreamTrawler » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:45 pm

Born west of the 90th meridian east?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_meridian_east

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Aristocrat » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:42 pm

Born before 1981?

Re: 20 Questions #312

by Hominidae » Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:32 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Fri Jun 14, 2024 8:26 pm
 Is this person primarily famous for politics, government, activism, being an astronaut/cosmonaut, or military activities?
No.

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