Twenty Questions: Round 275

[JECE]

Born or died in Asia, excluding Insulindia, the Sinai, Cyprus and the Caucasus?

Yes.

indian or russian?

Yes.

Russian man?

No.

Male?
If yes: Born in what is now India?
If no: Born in what is now Russia?

Yes and yes.

Also a waste of a question

[Hominidae]

Known primarily for something to do with politics, religion, or military?

Yes.

Political officeholder?

No.

Known primarily for something to do with military or religion?

No.

Known primarily for something to do with military or religion?

I think this question was missed.

Not missed, but certainly a waste of a question

(No questions for QM in this post.)

How was it a waste of a question? It narrowed this person's area of fame down to politics. We now know that this person was famous for something to do with politics, but not a political officeholder.

[Hominidae]

By my count, we are at 15 questions now.

Anyway, was this person born in 1908 or earlier?

If yes, free guess: Subramania Bharati

[Hominidae]

Don't count this as a guess, but Mohandas K. Gandhi was our subject #9. Just want to confirm our new QM is aware of the rule against non-repeats.

Gandhi would have already been eliminated due to being born before 1882.

[DreamTrawler]

By my count, we are at 15 questions now.

Anyway, was this person born in 1908 or earlier?

If yes, free guess: Subramania Bharati

Yes to born in 1908 or earlier - no to Subramania Bharati

[DreamTrawler]

1, 9, 15, 16. Real deceased human being born between 1882 and 1908 (inclusive)
6, 7, 8, 12. Indian male, not Chinese/Japanese/Korean/Russian
5, 10. Known for politics but never elected to political office.
3, 4, 13. Born in India; born or died in Asia outside of Sinai/Cyprus/Caucasus/Insulindia
2, 11. Not primarily known for acting, directing, playwriting, military, or religion
14. Featured on a commemorative postage stamp

NOT
Vinoba Bhave (cdngooner)
Subramania Bharati (Hominidae)

[cdngooner]

Muslim?

[DreamTrawler]

Muslim?

No.

[JECE]

On this list?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_independence_activists

[DreamTrawler]

On this list?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_independence_activists

Yes.

[JECE]

Yes.

No.

No.

I think this question was missed.

Not missed, but certainly a waste of a question

(No questions for QM in this post.)

How was it a waste of a question? It narrowed this person's area of fame down to politics. We now know that this person was famous for something to do with politics, but not a political officeholder.

Fine, I guess that your gamble paid off, but the other question ("Born in what is now India?") was certainly a waste.

[cdngooner]

Who's got the time to cross-reference these two lists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_independence_activists

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_the_postage_stamps_of_India

I don't. Kudos to you if you get it.

[Spartaculous]

I'm playing phone-an-Indian right now.

[DreamTrawler]

Who's got the time to cross-reference these two lists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_independence_activists

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_on_the_postage_stamps_of_India

I don't. Kudos to you if you get it.

so weirdly enough the person is not on the second list despite being on an official commemorative stamp listed elsewhere on Wikipedia

[JECE]

Bhagat Singh?

[DreamTrawler]

Bhagat Singh?

Yes! Congrats. Was worried I went too obscure but you got it.

[DreamTrawler]

Pretty interesting guy if people aren't familiar. Atheist communist agitator but well-remembered across the political spectrum. From wiki: "Bhagat Singh represents a challenge to almost every tendency in Indian politics. Gandhi-inspired Indian nationalists, Hindu nationalists, Sikh nationalists, the parliamentary Left and the pro-armed struggle Naxalite Left compete with each other to appropriate the legacy of Bhagat Singh, and yet each one of them is faced with a contradiction in making a claim to his legacy. Gandhi-inspired Indian nationalists find Bhagat Singh's resort to violence problematic, the Hindu and Sikh nationalists find his atheism troubling, the parliamentary Left finds his ideas and actions as more close to the perspective of the Naxalites and the Naxalites find Bhagat Singh's critique of individual terrorism in his later life an uncomfortable historical fact."

[JECE]

Bhagat Singh?

Yes! Congrats. Was worried I went too obscure but you got it.

I don't think that he's obscure at all!

[DreamTrawler]

Phew. Yeah I think the "involved in politics but not an elected official" + the postage stamp + the time period made me pretty confident someone would get it.

[Spartaculous]

Well done to our first-time QM!