Re: Twenty questions, round 483

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#41 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:00 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 5:54 pm
If no, have they won a Nobel Prize in physics?

(Can we still ask conditional questions? It's been a bit since I've been playing)
Conditional questions are still allowed, but conditional guesses are not
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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#42 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:35 pm

Hominidae wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 4:22 pm
Primarily famous for religion?
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#43 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:36 pm

DarthPorg36 wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 5:54 pm
If no, have they won a Nobel Prize in physics?

(Can we still ask conditional questions? It's been a bit since I've been playing)
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#44 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:40 pm

Does this person have a Wikipedia page in one of the following categories?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_Japanese_astronomers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_Japanese_astronomers
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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#45 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:09 pm

miminena wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 6:40 pm
Does this person have a Wikipedia page in one of the following categories?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_Japanese_astronomers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_Japanese_astronomers
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#46 Post by miminena » Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:16 pm

Free guess: Hitoshi Kuninaka
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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#47 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:28 pm

miminena wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:16 pm
Free guess: Hitoshi Kuninaka
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#48 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:33 pm

2,3,4,6. Real human male, alive*
1,8. Born 23 October 1956 - February 8, 1966, or February 10, 2006 - present
5,7,9,10,13. Born in Japan or a non-European part of France
11,12,14,15,16. Primarily famous for physics or astronomy
17 Not a Nobel prize winner for physics
18 Not featured in either of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_Japanese_astronomers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_Japanese_astronomers

* not known to be dead at time of posting

Not Takaaki Kajita (Hominidae); Hitoshi Kuninaka (miminena)

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#49 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 7:33 pm

Two questions remain

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#50 Post by Red Neurax » Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:03 pm

hitoshi murayama

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#51 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:17 pm

Red Neurax wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 8:03 pm
hitoshi murayama
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#52 Post by yavuzovic » Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:04 pm

Hirosi Ooguri?

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#53 Post by damo666 » Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:10 pm

yavuzovic wrote:
Sun Mar 02, 2025 9:04 pm
Hirosi Ooguri?
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#54 Post by Ernst_Brenner » Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:33 am

Kōsuke Morita
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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#55 Post by damo666 » Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:36 am

Ernst_Brenner wrote:
Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:33 am
Kōsuke Morita
No

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#56 Post by damo666 » Mon Mar 03, 2025 8:49 am

I'm impressed by these guesses but maybe it's time to employ q19.....

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#57 Post by Hominidae » Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:18 pm

Is this a physicist born in what is currently Japan, before 1965?

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#58 Post by damo666 » Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:55 pm

Hominidae wrote:
Mon Mar 03, 2025 12:18 pm
Is this a physicist born in what is currently Japan, before 1965?
Yes.

Although this could be construed as misleading. However, it is certainly true.

I'll explain why after Q20.

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#59 Post by damo666 » Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:04 pm

2,3,4,6. Real human male, alive*
1,5,7,8,9,10,13,19. A physicist born in Japan 23 October 1956 - 31 December 1964
11,12,14,15,16. Primarily famous for physics or astronomy
17 Not a Nobel prize winner for physics
18 Not featured in either of these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_Japanese_astronomers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:20th-century_Japanese_astronomers

* not known to be dead at time of posting

Not: Takaaki Kajita (Hominidae); Hitoshi Kuninaka (miminena); Hitoshi Murayama (Red Neurax); Hirosu Ooguri (Yavuvozic); Kosuke Morita (Ernst_Brenner)

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Re: Twenty questions, round 483

#60 Post by damo666 » Mon Mar 03, 2025 1:08 pm

CLUE

Does not appear on this list

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

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