Twenty Questions, Round 333

[FlaviusAetius]

native speaker*

[FlaviusAetius]

Clarification question; does Eurasia count as Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippenes?

The QM can clarify, but the standard for continents is to use the green area highlighted on Wikipedia. (So yes, except for the Indonesian part of New Guinea.)

oh ok

[MythosOfMen]

I hope you don't mind me condensing replies in this format:

2,3,4,5. IS a real woman born in Eurasia, but not the Anglosphere, Japan, or South Korea
1,2. Is NOT a deceased male or fictional insect.
6,7. Yes, a native speaker of a Slavic language

[MythosOfMen]

I would consider that as Eurasia, though it seems somewhat of a moot point.

[wintergreen]

Born in what is now Russia?

[DreamTrawler]

Born 1730 or later?

*nvm - if NO to Russia and no to 1730, free guess: Catherine the Great

[Hominidae]

6,7. Yes, a native speaker of a Slavic language

That was very lucky.

Born 1900 or later?

[wintergreen]

6,7. Yes, a native speaker of a Slavic language

That was very lucky.

Born 1900 or later?

Maybe make that conditional?

[Hominidae]

6,7. Yes, a native speaker of a Slavic language

That was very lucky.

Born 1900 or later?

Scratch, make this conditional on DreamTrawler being yes.

[Hominidae]

Catherine the Great

Was she a native speaker of a Slavic language though?

[DreamTrawler]

Catherine the Great

Was she a native speaker of a Slavic language though?

Very good point. I guess I was being hasty. Scratch my free guess

[MythosOfMen]

Crap, this might go quick.

[MythosOfMen]

2,3,4,5. IS a real woman born in Eurasia, but not the Anglosphere, Japan, or South Korea
1,2. Is NOT a deceased male or fictional insect.
6,7. Yes, a native speaker of a Slavic language.
8,9,10. Born in what is today Russia between 1730-1900.

Catherine would have been a nice pick, but I didn't want to be so obvious.

[Hominidae]

Born before 1815?

If yes: Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova

[FlaviusAetius]

Is this a military or political figure?

[FlaviusAetius]

Is this a military or political figure?

married counts

[DreamTrawler]

If no to 1815 and political/military figure, is this a figure involved in a STEM field? If yes, free guess - Sofya Kovalevskaya

[MythosOfMen]

Born before 1815?

If yes: Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova

Congratulations, Homidinae, you are correct! Absolutely my favorite historical figure. Much underappreciated :)

It was between her and Nadezhda Durova, but I had absolutely no idea how to handle the gender/sex questions around that pick properly. That person is worth a read/research

[DreamTrawler]

Wow, that was fast! Great pick and I have some reading to do, sounds like a very interesting figure

[MythosOfMen]

Dashkova would have been yes to political, yes to military, yes to scientific, yes to academic, yes to the arts.

Fun facts, also... she was lifelong friends with Ben Franklin... participated a coup against the faction her entire family was in at the age of 16... ran the russian academy of sciences... was in charge of compiling the first russian dictionary...