Twenty Questions 535

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Re: Twenty Questions 535

by miminena » Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:35 pm

see also round 234

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Mon Apr 28, 2025 6:30 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 pm
Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:51 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm
 Dionysius Exiguus?
You are correct! The guy who (incorrectly) calculated Jesus's birth year and is therefore the reason why we now say that it's 2025 or whatever year. When I started this game I wasn't sure how I would categorize his source of fame, but "mathematics" is spot-on. I am curious as to how you figured this one out.
I saw the hint the QM gave by +1ing my 535 AD question, but couldn't figure out where to go from that. Good pick.
I had originally planned to do this for round 525, but I wasn't the QM that round.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Spartaculous » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:51 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm
 Dionysius Exiguus?
You are correct! The guy who (incorrectly) calculated Jesus's birth year and is therefore the reason why we now say that it's 2025 or whatever year. When I started this game I wasn't sure how I would categorize his source of fame, but "mathematics" is spot-on. I am curious as to how you figured this one out.
I saw the hint the QM gave by +1ing my 535 AD question, but couldn't figure out where to go from that. Good pick.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by damo666 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:10 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:51 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm
 Dionysius Exiguus?
You are correct! The guy who (incorrectly) calculated Jesus's birth year and is therefore the reason why we now say that it's 2025 or whatever year. When I started this game I wasn't sure how I would categorize his source of fame, but "mathematics" is spot-on. I am curious as to how you figured this one out.
Brute force. With period narrowed down there are very few births per year (sometimes none) and mostly Chinese so it's not that laborious. Although he is not described as a mathematician per se I was pretty confident I'd found the culprit.

This is the disadvantage of picking someone early medieval or earlier. I might be giving you a clue as to the next round.....

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:51 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm
 Dionysius Exiguus?
You are correct! The guy who (incorrectly) calculated Jesus's birth year and is therefore the reason why we now say that it's 2025 or whatever year. When I started this game I wasn't sure how I would categorize his source of fame, but "mathematics" is spot-on. I am curious as to how you figured this one out.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Spartaculous » Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:02 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm
 Dionysius Exiguus?
That's a very good guess.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by damo666 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:56 pm

Dionysius Exiguus?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by SaintSimmer » Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:24 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:19 pm
 Is this person commonly listed as a Greek mathematician while actually having a different origin?
The only guesses I could come up with were Greek, though some of them lived outside of Greece.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:19 pm

Is this person commonly listed as a Greek mathematician while actually having a different origin?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:23 am

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:05 am
 born before 362 AD?
No.
yavuzovic wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:19 am
 Does this person have a French language Wikipedia page that's dedicated for the person? (A rule named after him doesn't count.)
Yes.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by yavuzovic » Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:19 am

Does this person have a French language Wikipedia page that's dedicated for the person? (A rule named after him doesn't count.)

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by damo666 » Mon Apr 28, 2025 11:05 am

born before 362 AD?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Mon Apr 28, 2025 9:07 am

Aristocrat wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 am
 Born before 201 BC?
No.
yavuzovic wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:55 am
 Born in what is now Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania or Greece?
No.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by yavuzovic » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:55 am

Born in what is now Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Albania or Greece?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Aristocrat » Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:41 am

Born before 201 BC?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:15 am

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑
Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:09 am
 Primarily known for mathematics?
Yes.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by DreamTrawler » Mon Apr 28, 2025 12:09 am

Primarily known for mathematics?

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:45 pm

1. Real human
4,5,6,7,9,11. Born before 535 AD, but after 501 BC, and not during the Western Han period (202 BC - 9 AD)
12,13. Born in Europe, but not in what is now Italy
3. Not female
10. Not of Greek origin
8. Primarily known for science/mathematics
2. It is unlikely that this person ever studied chemistry as part of their education (if they had one)

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by Hominidae » Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:38 pm

miminena wrote: ↑
Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:31 pm
 Was this person born in what is now Italy?
No.

Re: Twenty Questions 535

by miminena » Sun Apr 27, 2025 11:31 pm

Was this person born in what is now Italy?

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