Twenty questions: game 165

[Spartaculous]

I’m more confused than ever that there’s a former politician with limited biographical information. Now I’m wondering if I’m making a false assumption about what qualifies as a ‘political figure’.

I interpreted that question very broadly.

[VillageIdiot]

Would this be a reasonable definition?

A "political figure" refers to an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision-making through holding a governmental office or by participating in political activities. This includes elected officials, candidates for office, and individuals with significant influence or leadership within a political party or movement.

Please treat this as a clarification request and not a formal question. If not, then please ignore.

[Spartaculous]

Would this be a reasonable definition?

A "political figure" refers to an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision-making through holding a governmental office or by participating in political activities. This includes elected officials, candidates for office, and individuals with significant influence or leadership within a political party or movement.

Please treat this as a clarification request and not a formal question. If not, then please ignore.

I am not counting this as a question. It really is an interesting discussion that is hard for me to say too much about without giving the game away. I guess I will highlight the following words: "participating in political activities" - how broad of a definition of "political activities" are you going for?

[VillageIdiot]

Would this be a reasonable definition?

A "political figure" refers to an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision-making through holding a governmental office or by participating in political activities. This includes elected officials, candidates for office, and individuals with significant influence or leadership within a political party or movement.

Please treat this as a clarification request and not a formal question. If not, then please ignore.

I am not counting this as a question. It really is an interesting discussion that is hard for me to say too much about without giving the game away. I guess I will highlight the following words: "participating in political activities" - how broad of a definition of "political activities" are you going for?

I’d say this:
"Political activities" related to a "political figure” typically refers to the activities engaged in by someone who holds or is seeking a public office, or is otherwise involved in the political process, such as lawmakers, government officials, candidates for office, and party leaders.

Is that a reasonable interpretation in this case?

[Spartaculous]

Would this be a reasonable definition?

A "political figure" refers to an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision-making through holding a governmental office or by participating in political activities. This includes elected officials, candidates for office, and individuals with significant influence or leadership within a political party or movement.

Please treat this as a clarification request and not a formal question. If not, then please ignore.

I am not counting this as a question. It really is an interesting discussion that is hard for me to say too much about without giving the game away. I guess I will highlight the following words: "participating in political activities" - how broad of a definition of "political activities" are you going for?

I’d say this:
"Political activities" related to a "political figure” typically refers to the activities engaged in by someone who holds or is seeking a public office, or is otherwise involved in the political process, such as lawmakers, government officials, candidates for office, and party leaders.

Is that a reasonable interpretation in this case?

I am still not counting this as a question.

You and I have different definitions of these terms. (As in, I do not think that the person explicitly meets your definition here, but I am prepared after the game to defend my "Yes." answer to the original question.)

One last free hint before I fall back asleep: I could be wrong on this, but I believe the person is more likely to pass the fabled "dart test" than many of the non-entertainment people that have been correct answers in recent rounds of this game, and definitely more well-known than any of the people that have been guessed in this round.

[cdngooner]

Perhaps we have been misinterpreting the “missing” factor. Perhaps he was missing but is no longer.

Hu Jintao?

[Spartaculous]

Perhaps we have been misinterpreting the “missing” factor. Perhaps he was missing but is no longer.

Hu Jintao?

No. Recall that the most important question here is that I am genuinely unsure about whether or not this person is alive. (han-shahanshah is correct that I think it is more likely than not that this person is dead.)

That was question 19. I will give one final hint after question 20.

[modderpoel]

For the group discussion:

The key clue, in my opinion, is the pass on the muslim question. Anyone who we know is both famous enough to be part of such a quiz and identified in the modern era, we should be able to give an answer on whether or not they are muslim. Hence, I think it should be someone who's identity is yet to be undiscovered by the general public. I personally know only one person fitting this, but if that guess is wrong, I do think we need to look into that direction.

My guess:
Tank Man

[Spartaculous]

For the group discussion:

The key clue, in my opinion, is the pass on the muslim question. Anyone who we know is both famous enough to be part of such a quiz and identified in the modern era, we should be able to give an answer on whether or not they are muslim. Hence, I think it should be someone who's identity is yet to be undiscovered by the general public. I personally know only one person fitting this, but if that guess is wrong, I do think we need to look into that direction.

My guess:
Tank Man

modderpoel now has a very impressive 0.5 ratio of correct 20Qs guesses to forum posts. Congratulations!

[Jamiet99uk]

Goodness me. Well done, new person.

[han-shahanshah]

Congratulations! Well done.