Twenty Questions - Game 478

[damo666]

1, 3, 4, 10, 11 Real dead European born human; born after 1520 and before 1916, died after 1969.
2, 7, 12 Not a native speaker of an Indo-European or Sino-Tibetan language
5, 8, 9, 13, 15 Primarily known for science but not physics, chemistry or medicine; not known for military/government/royalty/nobility/religion/journalism/poetry or writing fiction
6 adds no info; (european born, female or both)

[Hominidae]

Native speaker of a Uralic language?

[damo666]

Native speaker of a Uralic language?

Yes

[damo666]

Four questions left

[miminena]

Was this person primarily known for mathematics or biology?

[damo666]

Was this person primarily known for mathematics or biology?

Yes

[miminena]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

A conjecture both deep and profound
Is whether the circle is round.
In a paper of Erdős
Written in Kurdish
A counterexample is found.

[damo666]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

Without looking it up, I think 478 is roughly the number of coauthors he had.

[miminena]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

:D

obviously you chose him because you have an erdős number of 478 :3

[damo666]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

Without looking it up, I think 478 is roughly the number of coauthors he had.

No, more than 1500!

478 is a Pell-Lucas number but nothing to do with it.

Link to 477

[Hominidae]

I love that we went for the "narrowing down the language group" line of questioning when it was a Hungarian.

[Spartaculous]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

:D

obviously you chose him because you have an erdős number of 478 :3

For the record, my Erdős number is 3. But, my grad school roommate managed to get an Erdős number of 2.

[damo666]

Free guess: Paul Erdős

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

:D

obviously you chose him because you have an erdős number of 478 :3

Lol

I did a Linear Algebra undergrad module given by a Dr Erdos but I have no idea if he was a relative.

My Erdos number would be infinite.

[Spartaculous]

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

Without looking it up, I think 478 is roughly the number of coauthors he had.

No, more than 1500!

I just checked on MathSciNet; that lists Erdős with 512 coauthors (and 1447 publications).

[damo666]

I love that we went for the "narrowing down the language group" line of questioning when it was a Hungarian.

Yeah, I was a tad peeved.

[damo666]

No. George Polya.

Only joking. You are of course correct. Especially with the double accent.

What was the catalyst for me choosing him?

:D

obviously you chose him because you have an erdős number of 478 :3

For the record, my Erdős number is 3. But, my grad school roommate managed to get an Erdős number of 2.

Wow

[miminena]

I love that we went for the "narrowing down the language group" line of questioning when it was a Hungarian.

Hungarians seem to be some of the most interesting picks for 20q

houdini, rubik, elo, and now erdős

[miminena]

anyways next round will be up soon. also one of you should join the last slot for the shenanigans game