Twenty questions, round 414

[DreamTrawler]

What do yall think a good 20th question would be? Some options:

- narrow down time period
- find out what branch of the military this person was involved in (KGB agent maybe?)
- find out what type of weapon this person is associated with

[damo666]

Yuri Gagarin

Not associated with space program?

Yeah, I'd missed that part somehow.

ask for a refund

[Spartaculous]

Not associated with space program?

Yeah, I'd missed that part somehow.

ask for a refund

Damo's request on Ernst 's behalf is granted.

[Hominidae]

1,19. Real non-female human
3,7,10,16. Born after 1920, alive in 1967
6,11. Born in the former Soviet Union, in neither the Americas nor Oceania
4,9,14,15,17. Primarily known as a military officer, a high ranking government official associated with the military, or both; has an association with weaponry, but not as an inventor, designer, or producer of weaponry
5,13. Not known for involvement in a crime or a space program
2. English Wikipedia article title (if one exists) contains only English alphabet letters and/or spaces--no punctuation, diacritical marks, etc.
12. Native speaker of Russian

NOT
Jon Arbuckle (Pengwinja)
Jesse James (damo666)
8. Gaston Glock (damo666)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (DreamTrawler)
Andrei Tupolev (Hamilton Jr)
18. Vasili Arkhipov (DreamTrawler)
Vladimir Putin (Pepjin)
Yuri Gagarin (Ernst_Brenner)

Unless I missed something, this person wasn't necessarily born in the Soviet Union. They could have been born in Warsaw for example, since that's part of the "former Russian Empire". However,, the language question makes that less likely.

[damo666]

What do yall think a good 20th question would be? Some options:

- narrow down time period
- find out what branch of the military this person was involved in (KGB agent maybe?)
- find out what type of weapon this person is associated with

not the third one, could just be generally associated being military

We don't know alive or dead.

I suspect associated with Ukraine conflict so we could ask "features on this wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine_order_of_battle

Thoughts?

[damo666]

1,19. Real non-female human
3,7,10,16. Born after 1920, alive in 1967
6,11. Born in the former Soviet Union, in neither the Americas nor Oceania
4,9,14,15,17. Primarily known as a military officer, a high ranking government official associated with the military, or both; has an association with weaponry, but not as an inventor, designer, or producer of weaponry
5,13. Not known for involvement in a crime or a space program
2. English Wikipedia article title (if one exists) contains only English alphabet letters and/or spaces--no punctuation, diacritical marks, etc.
12. Native speaker of Russian

NOT
Jon Arbuckle (Pengwinja)
Jesse James (damo666)
8. Gaston Glock (damo666)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (DreamTrawler)
Andrei Tupolev (Hamilton Jr)
18. Vasili Arkhipov (DreamTrawler)
Vladimir Putin (Pepjin)
Yuri Gagarin (Ernst_Brenner)

Unless I missed something, this person wasn't necessarily born in the Soviet Union. They could have been born in Warsaw for example, since that's part of the "former Russian Empire". However,, the language question makes that less likely.

I think Russian Empire would be interpreted as 1721-1917 as per wikipedia so I think assuming Sovite Union is safe.

[damo666]

What about "militarily active after 2021" as a question?

[Spartaculous]

1,19. Real non-female human
3,7,10,16. Born after 1920, alive in 1967
6,11. Born in the former Soviet Union, in neither the Americas nor Oceania
4,9,14,15,17. Primarily known as a military officer, a high ranking government official associated with the military, or both; has an association with weaponry, but not as an inventor, designer, or producer of weaponry
5,13. Not known for involvement in a crime or a space program
2. English Wikipedia article title (if one exists) contains only English alphabet letters and/or spaces--no punctuation, diacritical marks, etc.
12. Native speaker of Russian

NOT
Jon Arbuckle (Pengwinja)
Jesse James (damo666)
8. Gaston Glock (damo666)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (DreamTrawler)
Andrei Tupolev (Hamilton Jr)
18. Vasili Arkhipov (DreamTrawler)
Vladimir Putin (Pepjin)
Yuri Gagarin (Ernst_Brenner)

Unless I missed something, this person wasn't necessarily born in the Soviet Union. They could have been born in Warsaw for example, since that's part of the "former Russian Empire". However,, the language question makes that less likely.

I think Russian Empire would be interpreted as 1721-1917 as per wikipedia so I think assuming Sovite Union is safe.

My interpretation was: was this person born in what was *at the time* either the USSR or Russian Empire? You can infer based on that.

[JECE]

Appears in any of these categories or any subcategory of these categories?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_military_personnel_of_World_War_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_military_personnel_of_the_Winter_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_of_the_Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_people_of_the_Second_Sino-Japanese_War

[damo666]

Yeah, I'd missed that part somehow.

ask for a refund

Damo's request on Ernst 's behalf is granted.

Thank you (on Ernst's behalf).

[JECE]

Appears in any of these categories or any subcategory of these categories?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_military_personnel_of_World_War_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_military_personnel_of_the_Winter_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_of_the_Soviet_invasion_of_Poland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_people_of_the_Second_Sino-Japanese_War

I'll add the Korean War to this question too:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Soviet_military_personnel_of_the_Korean_War

[Hominidae]

1,19. Real non-female human
3,7,10,16. Born after 1920, alive in 1967
6,11. Born in the former Soviet Union, in neither the Americas nor Oceania
4,9,14,15,17. Primarily known as a military officer, a high ranking government official associated with the military, or both; has an association with weaponry, but not as an inventor, designer, or producer of weaponry
5,13. Not known for involvement in a crime or a space program
2. English Wikipedia article title (if one exists) contains only English alphabet letters and/or spaces--no punctuation, diacritical marks, etc.
12. Native speaker of Russian

NOT
Jon Arbuckle (Pengwinja)
Jesse James (damo666)
8. Gaston Glock (damo666)
Mikhail Kalashnikov (DreamTrawler)
Andrei Tupolev (Hamilton Jr)
18. Vasili Arkhipov (DreamTrawler)
Vladimir Putin (Pepjin)
Yuri Gagarin (Ernst_Brenner)

Unless I missed something, this person wasn't necessarily born in the Soviet Union. They could have been born in Warsaw for example, since that's part of the "former Russian Empire". However,, the language question makes that less likely.

I think Russian Empire would be interpreted as 1721-1917 as per wikipedia so I think assuming Sovite Union is safe.

The question actually said "former Russian Empire". But my point is moot due to the QM's post.

[Aristocrat]

Since Q20 has just been asked, I'll toss a free guess, since why not: Oleksandr Syrskyi (current CiC of Ukraine)

[Hominidae]

Vasily Arkhipov

[Hominidae]

Vasily Arkhipov

Scratch that. It was already asked.

[JECE]

I'll use my free guess on Ivan Kozhedub

[Hominidae]

Stanislav Petrov

[Spartaculous]

Since Q20 has just been asked, I'll toss a free guess, since why not: Oleksandr Syrskyi (current CiC of Ukraine)

No.

Vasily Arkhipov

Scratch that. It was already asked.

Duly scratched. (I almost picked Arkhipov for this round.)

I'll use my free guess on Ivan Kozhedub

No.

Stanislav Petrov

Stanislav Petrov is correct!

[DreamTrawler]

Stanislav Petrov

I was trying to remember this guy's name, my money is on this one

[Spartaculous]

Stanislav Petrov

I was trying to remember this guy's name, my money is on this one

Go to the Wikipedia page for Arkhipov and scroll down.