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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#21 Post by Hominidae » Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:30 pm

Born before 1880?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#22 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:06 pm

BrianBaru wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:43 pm
 German or Italian?
Yes
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#23 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:06 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:30 pm
 Born before 1880?

Yes
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#24 Post by cdngooner » Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:41 pm

All we know of occupation is "academic, scientific or literary achievement." We should break that down.

Was he most famously known as a scientist?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#25 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:35 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:41 pm
 All we know of occupation is "academic, scientific or literary achievement." We should break that down.

Was he most famously known as a scientist?
Depends what you call science but in the chemistry/biology/physics definition no.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#26 Post by cdngooner » Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:41 pm

So that eliminates "scientific" from "academic, scientific or literary achievement." We are left with "academic or literary achievement".
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#27 Post by Hominidae » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:30 pm

Did he write fiction?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#28 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:34 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:30 pm
 Did he write fiction?
No
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#29 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:36 pm

damo666 wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:35 pm
cdngooner wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:41 pm
 All we know of occupation is "academic, scientific or literary achievement." We should break that down.

Was he most famously known as a scientist?
Depends what you call science but in the chemistry/biology/physics definition no.
Sorry this answer is a bit misleading because he can be described as a scientist but not what he is MOST famous for (keeping the above definition).
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#30 Post by Spartaculous » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:38 pm

Did he die before January 1, 1907?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#31 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:42 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:38 pm
 Did he die before January 1, 1907?
Yes
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#32 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 6:47 pm

1. Dead man
2. Famous before 1950
3. Did not die before 1st Jan 1830
4. Not military
5. Not native English speaker
6. Famous for academic/scientific/literary achievement
7. Born in Europe
8. Not a Nobel prize winner
9. German or Italian
10. born before 1880
11. not MOST famous as a scientist (meaning chemist/physicist/biologist) although he certainly was a scientist
12. not a writer of fiction (at least that I know of and certainly not why he is famous)
13. born before 1st January 1907
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#33 Post by Hominidae » Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:38 pm

Is he mentioned in either of these Wikipedia lists?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I ... scientists

(Also, just for clarification, the previous question asked if he died before 1907, not if he was born before 1907.)
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#34 Post by damo666 » Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:32 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:38 pm
 Is he mentioned in either of these Wikipedia lists?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_German_scientists
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_I ... scientists

(Also, just for clarification, the previous question asked if he died before 1907, not if he was born before 1907.)
Yes.

(Yes, died before 1907, sorry)
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#35 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue Oct 24, 2023 9:59 pm

Hominidae wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 7:38 pm
 (Also, just for clarification, the previous question asked if he died before 1907, not if he was born before 1907.)
If he died before 1907, he must have been born before 1907.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#36 Post by han-shahanshah » Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:13 pm

Born in Italy?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#37 Post by Spartaculous » Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:21 am

Did this person die before his 78th birthday?

If the answer is "yes", I guess Gauss.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#38 Post by damo666 » Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:19 am

han-shahanshah wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:13 pm
 Born in Italy?
No
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#39 Post by damo666 » Wed Oct 25, 2023 9:22 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 25, 2023 12:21 am
 Did this person die before his 78th birthday?

If the answer is "yes", I guess Gauss.
Yes and yes, well done.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 149

#40 Post by Spartaculous » Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:24 am

Wooo. I had been suspecting a mathematician since your "depends on what you call science" answer. Always good to have mathematicians.
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