Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:53 pm
Not a guess, because he was born in the wrong place (modern-day Belarus), but this guy would have been fun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanuel_Velikovsky
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Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:59 pm
Just to keep things moving, I'll guess Volodymyr Shaian.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:03 pm
Actually I just realized this could easily be a prominent figure in Judaism. Not sure who though.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:18 pm
I think no matter who this person turns out to be, we will find he is not particularly famous.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:25 pm
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:25 pm
I guess Josyf Slipyj.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:26 pm
This is a fun round. I am getting to learn about lots of interesting people.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:42 pm
No.
No.
I believe that this person is more famous than all guesses, free or non-free, made so far.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:00 pm
One guess left.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:04 pm
Rabbi Menachem Mendelson Schneerson? (founder of the Lubavitch Hasidic sect)?
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:11 pm
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:12 pm
That's him. Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born in Ukraine, but fled to New York, and became the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. In his last years, many Lubavitchers took up the belief that he was the Messiah, which Schneerson may or may not have encouraged.
I feel kind of bad, though, after Hominidae's brilliant observation.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:13 pm
Ah, there's multiple with his name.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:13 pm
Fun round!wintergreen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:12 pmThat's him. Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born in Ukraine, but fled to New York, and became the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. In his last years, many Lubavitchers took up the belief that he was the Messiah, which Schneerson may or may not have encouraged.
I feel kind of bad, though, after Hominidae's brilliant observation.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:27 pm
Thanks Wintergreen. Next round will be in about 2-3 hours.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:31 pm
Once you said our subject was more famous, I started thinking about emigres to the US. That’s when I remembered Schneerson, who is substantially famous.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:32 pm
I guess I'll need to learn from the masters at this game 
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:41 pm
No need to feel bad. I'm glad someone got it. Great pick and great guess!wintergreen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:12 pmThat's him. Menachem Mendel Schneerson was born in Ukraine, but fled to New York, and became the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch. In his last years, many Lubavitchers took up the belief that he was the Messiah, which Schneerson may or may not have encouraged.
I feel kind of bad, though, after Hominidae's brilliant observation.
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:25 pm
Well, I hope you win many more rounds, because you've done great at being the QM so far.wintergreen wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:32 pmI guess I'll need to learn from the masters at this game
Re: Twenty Questions - Round 247
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:31 pm
If the next game happens today, we’ve had 40 games in March