Re: Twenty questions, round 483

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DarthPorg36 · #61 Post by **DarthPorg36** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:41 pm

Koichi Wakata?

Hominidae · #62 Post by **Hominidae** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:56 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:41 pm
Koichi Wakata?

I went down this line of searching as well, but is he really a physicist?

My other thought is that it's someone with a connection to Halley's comet, but I can't find anyone who fits.

There could also be a birthplace trap here.

damo666 · #63 Post by **damo666** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:20 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:41 pm
Koichi Wakata?

No.

(I wouldn't have classified him as a physicist)

damo666 · #64 Post by **damo666** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:22 pm

One question still remains.

Who can think of a good one?

Spartaculous · #65 Post by **Spartaculous** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:59 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:56 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:41 pm
Koichi Wakata?
I went down this line of searching as well, but is he really a physicist?

My other thought is that it's someone with a connection to Halley's comet, but I can't find anyone who fits.

There could also be a birthplace trap here.

I am definitely thinking birthplace trap. I tried to find an American scientist born on Okinawa (which was formally controlled by the US during the birth period in question), but couldn't.

But also: why is damo telling us that he is not on the Wikipedia list of physicists?

damo666 · #66 Post by **damo666** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:02 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 4:59 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:56 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 3:41 pm
Koichi Wakata?
I went down this line of searching as well, but is he really a physicist?

My other thought is that it's someone with a connection to Halley's comet, but I can't find anyone who fits.

There could also be a birthplace trap here.
I am definitely thinking birthplace trap. I tried to find an American scientist born on Okinawa (which was formally controlled by the US during the birth period in question), but couldn't.

But also: why is damo telling us that he is not on the Wikipedia list of physicists?

Because I'm kind. Physics would not be his primary source of fame nor indeed his main discipline.

Spartaculous · #67 Post by **Spartaculous** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm

Alan Hale

Aristocrat · #68 Post by **Aristocrat** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:50 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm
Alan Hale

Yeah, this has to be it. I didn’t have time to get on wiki recently but it fits everything.

damo666 · #69 Post by **damo666** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:40 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm
Alan Hale

I knew you'd get there in the end!

damo666 · #70 Post by **damo666** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:43 pm

Interestingly wikipedia doesn't have his dob more precise than 1958

Spartaculous · #71 Post by **Spartaculous** » Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:43 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:40 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm
Alan Hale
I knew you'd get there in the end!

The Hale-Bopp comet had occurred to me a while before; I don't know what took me so long to actually look up their birthplaces. Next round up.

Website · #72 Post by **dargorygel** » Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:23 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:40 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm
Alan Hale
I knew you'd get there in the end!

Wasn't he the Skipper in Gilligan's Island?

miminena · #73 Post by **miminena** » Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:29 pm

dargorygel wrote: ↑
Tue Mar 04, 2025 7:23 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:40 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Mon Mar 03, 2025 6:43 pm
Alan Hale
I knew you'd get there in the end!
Wasn't he the Skipper in Gilligan's Island?

you're going to love round 484 :3