Twenty Questions: Round 349

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Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by miminena » Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:25 pm

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:46 pm
miminena wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:28 am
 If yes to both prior questions, Free guess: Arpad Elo
Arpad Elo, creator of the Elo ranking system is correct! Congrats on your second win miminena.

However those were some great guesses from all. See Round 312 (Garry Kasparov) for another chess related target, but also round 273 (Erno Rubik) for a different Hungarian-American professor known for an invention in the games/puzzles space.

I hope this wasn’t too obscure of a pick - while the man himself wasn’t well known, I’ve heard it commonly mentioned as a fun fact that the Elo system is not an acronym but someone’s name.
:D

I was thinking Rubik until I noticed he had been done before.

Next round will be up soon.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:46 pm

miminena wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:28 am
 If yes to both prior questions, Free guess: Arpad Elo
Arpad Elo, creator of the Elo ranking system is correct! Congrats on your second win miminena.

However those were some great guesses from all. See Round 312 (Garry Kasparov) for another chess related target, but also round 273 (Erno Rubik) for a different Hungarian-American professor known for an invention in the games/puzzles space.

I hope this wasn’t too obscure of a pick - while the man himself wasn’t well known, I’ve heard it commonly mentioned as a fun fact that the Elo system is not an acronym but someone’s name.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by damo666 » Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:56 pm

Laszlo Biro?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Hominidae » Thu Jul 25, 2024 11:25 am

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:58 am
 If yes to both questions, free guess: Albert Hofmann
I like this guess. However, wouldn't he have been a "yes" to the scientist question?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Aristocrat » Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:58 am

If yes to both questions, free guess: Albert Hofmann

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by miminena » Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:28 am

If yes to both prior questions, Free guess: Arpad Elo

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by miminena » Thu Jul 25, 2024 7:20 am

Was this person born after 1900?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Aristocrat » Thu Jul 25, 2024 6:26 am

Primarily famous for invention, being a criminal and/or criminal activity, activism, being an astronaut, or the culinary arts?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Thu Jul 25, 2024 5:22 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:05 am
 Was he born in what is now Switzerland, Hungary, Albania, Liechtenstein, Andorra, or San Marino?
Yes.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Spartaculous » Thu Jul 25, 2024 4:05 am

Was he born in what is now Switzerland, Hungary, Albania, Liechtenstein, Andorra, or San Marino?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Hominidae » Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:32 am

1. Real male human
2,4,10,11,12. Born in what is now Switzerland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Albania, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania
3,6,8. Born between mid-1865 and April 26, 1937
5,7,9. Not primarily known for the arts, military, politics, or government, or for being a scientist, academic, writer, or athlete

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Thu Jul 25, 2024 1:20 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:24 am
 Was he born in what is now Switzerland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Albania, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania?
Yes.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Spartaculous » Thu Jul 25, 2024 12:24 am

Was he born in what is now Switzerland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Andorra, San Marino, Albania, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, or Lithuania?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Wed Jul 24, 2024 11:35 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 24, 2024 11:28 pm
 Born in what is currently France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, or Slovakia?
No.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Hominidae » Wed Jul 24, 2024 11:28 pm

Born in what is currently France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova, or Slovakia?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Wed Jul 24, 2024 11:01 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:59 pm
 Born in what is now a part of the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, or Russia?
No.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Aristocrat » Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:59 pm

Born in what is now a part of the UK, Ireland, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, or Russia?

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:57 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:53 pm
 Primarily known for being a scientist, academic, writer, or athlete?
I'll say no here.

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by DreamTrawler » Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:56 pm

1. Real male human
2,4. Born in Europe
3,6,8. Born between mid-1865 and April 26, 1937
5,7. Not primarily known for the arts, military, politics, or government

Re: Twenty Questions: Round 349

by Hominidae » Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:53 pm

Primarily known for being a scientist, academic, writer, or athlete?

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