Twenty Questions - Game 61

[Jamiet99uk]

I think we need to narrow down the nationality.

Was he from the Indian Subcontinent?

[damo666]

I think we need to narrow down the nationality.

Was he from the Indian Subcontinent?

No

[Hamish]

I will have a guess and say Confucius.

[Szpoti]

I will have a guess and say Confucius.

We've already had this guy.

[Szpoti]

Laozi?

[damo666]

Laozi?

No.

[Szpoti]

Was he a person who would nowadays be considered Chinese?

[damo666]

Was he a person who would nowadays be considered Chinese?

No

[damo666]

1. Dead man
2. Died before 01.01.2000
3. Not divorced
4. Not born in Europe
5. Real
6. Not a native English speaker
7. Not politician or military man
8. Not from South America
9. From Asia
10. Not an artist (including not being a performing artist of any kind)
11. Did not have a Doctorate
12. Has published writings
13. Died before 20th century
14. Not south Asian
15. Not Chinese

5 left

Not Laozi [Szpoti]

[DougJoe]

Japanese?

[JECE]

No

Clarification: This is not a new question but since I was criticised for my response to the "artist" question previously - can you just confirm, does "not an artist" also mean "not an actor or theatrical performer"?

Confirmed

Would this rule out poets too?

[Szpoti]

Clarification: This is not a new question but since I was criticised for my response to the "artist" question previously - can you just confirm, does "not an artist" also mean "not an actor or theatrical performer"?

Confirmed

Would this rule out poets too?

Artists do art. Poetry is a prototypical example of art. Therefore, poets are artists. Any other definition that would be capable of excluding poets from the circle of art I would consider a creature from the domain of gender studies.

[damo666]

Japanese?

No

[damo666]

Clarification: This is not a new question but since I was criticised for my response to the "artist" question previously - can you just confirm, does "not an artist" also mean "not an actor or theatrical performer"?

Confirmed

Would this rule out poets too?

No

[JECE]

Only four questions left. It could be a Korean, Mongolian, Filipino, Persian, Levantine, Turkic, Mesopotamian, Ainu, Siberian, Southeast Asian or Central Asian man, or a man from the Indonesian archipelago or Arabian peninsula, or maybe an Armenian or Cyproit man depending on how you define Europe.

[damo666]

Only four questions left. It could be a Korean, Mongolian, Filipino, Persian, Levantine, Turkic, Mesopotamian, Ainu, Siberian, Southeast Asian or Central Asian man, or a man from the Indonesian archipelago or Arabian peninsula, or maybe an Armenian or Cyproit man depending on how you define Europe.

Not Armenian or Cypriot.

Is in your list.

[Jamiet99uk]

Confirmed

Would this rule out poets too?

No

Is it a poet?

[damo666]

Would this rule out poets too?

No

Is it a poet?

Yes

[Szpoti]

Only four questions left. It could be a Korean, Mongolian, Filipino, Persian, Levantine, Turkic, Mesopotamian, Ainu, Siberian, Southeast Asian or Central Asian man, or a man from the Indonesian archipelago or Arabian peninsula, or maybe an Armenian or Cyproit man depending on how you define Europe.

... or Russian, since they don't consider themselves European.

[Jamiet99uk]

Only four questions left. It could be a Korean, Mongolian, Filipino, Persian, Levantine, Turkic, Mesopotamian, Ainu, Siberian, Southeast Asian or Central Asian man, or a man from the Indonesian archipelago or Arabian peninsula, or maybe an Armenian or Cyproit man depending on how you define Europe.

... or Russian, since they don't consider themselves European.

He included significant parts of Russia when he said "Siberian" and "Central Asian".