Don't worry about it, I'll make the next one easy.

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 1:23 pm

Israel Aharoni

You got it! We can thank him for pet hamsters.

Sorry this was so hard.

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 3:22 pm

Aristocrat wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 2:07 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 1:23 pm

Israel Aharoni

This makes more sense than mine, good guess

Before your guess I was looking for a Jordan, but it was like a desert.

i was looking (in vain) for someone named Federated States of Micronesia...

Aristocrat wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 2:07 pm

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 1:23 pm

Israel Aharoni

This makes more sense than mine, good guess

Before your guess I was looking for a Jordan, but it was like a desert.

Ernst_Brenner wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 1:23 pm

Israel Aharoni

This makes more sense than mine, good guess

Israel Aharoni

Israel Kligler? (He was born in Austrian empire though)

yavuzovic wrote: ↑

Tue May 27, 2025 9:26 am

Since nobody guesses, I will go with Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, whom doesn't fit the ethnicity associated with a country not yet exists but perfectly fits the rest.

No.

Next hint: his first name is the name of a country.

Sorry this pick is a little obscure, but he did have a profound impact on the world.

Since nobody guesses, I will go with Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, whom doesn't fit the ethnicity associated with a country not yet exists but perfectly fits the rest.

I was waiting to guess Bekhterev but now he's also eliminated

damo666 wrote: ↑

Mon May 26, 2025 3:15 pm

Nikolai Koltsov

No (counted as a free guess).

miminena wrote: ↑

Mon May 26, 2025 11:32 am

Was this person primarily known for studies in any branch of biology or zoology?

20. Yes, taking this to exclude psychology, medicine, and other human-focused sciences.

5 total guesses left.

Your hint is that this person's nationality (as listed on Wikipedia) is of a country that did not exist until after his death.

Nikolai Koltsov

I just realized DreamTrawler used an unfree guess, so technically that is Question 20. I'll give you more time for free guesses, and then after I answer Question 20 I'll give you a hint if needed.

I will, however, provide a clarification on some of the science questions: this person is primarily famous for a specific thing that is a result of his scientific studies, but not a typical reason why a scientist would be famous.

SUMMARY
Real male human born in the 19th century in Europe, in the Russian Empire, in an area that would later be part of the Warsaw Pact, but not in what is today Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, or Moldova. Did not die before the first Academy Award on 16 May 1929. Primarily known for zoology, biology, medicine, or psycnology. Never awarded a Nobel Prize. Not primarily known for politics, military, music, opera, theater, poetry, or espionage. Not a native speaker of a Romance language, or Greek.

NOT Trofim Lysenko (DreamTrawler), Sergei Winogradsky (yavuzovic), or Lev Vygotsky (DreamTrawler).

Was this person primarily known for studies in any branch of biology or zoology?

Aristocrat wrote: ↑

Mon May 26, 2025 12:25 am

Born in what is now Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, or Moldova?

Edit: I suppose Finland doesn’t fit the Warsaw pact question but keeping for the others

18. No.

Born in what is now Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, or Moldova?

Edit: I suppose Finland doesn’t fit the Warsaw pact question but keeping for the others

DreamTrawler wrote: ↑

Sun May 25, 2025 11:48 pm

Lev Vygotsky?

No.

Lev Vygotsky?

yavuzovic wrote: ↑

Sun May 25, 2025 10:14 pm

Free guess:

Sergei Winogradsky

No.

Free guess:

Sergei Winogradsky