20 Questions: Game 133

[DarthPorg36]

Clarification for my question: This, in my mind, includes countries like Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Georgia, as they were still under occupation after world war two, as well as Afghanistan, Iran, etc

[LouisYuan]

Can we just make the question simpler like this: of a nationality that is geographically connected to the Soviet Union?

[han-shahanshah]

How does that work out?

My answer to the question is that the location of his birth was never occupied by the Soviet Union or its military units.

[LouisYuan]

Does the country where he was born neighbor the Indian Ocean?

[han-shahanshah]

No… you might say it did at some point during his lifetime but that would be debatable.

[LouisYuan]

OK I'm beginning to see... Did that country lose WWII?

[Jamiet99uk]

OK I'm beginning to see... Did that country lose WWII?

You realise this is the 19th question?

Now there is only one more question left.

[Jamiet99uk]

1. Real male human
2. Not an English speaker (as primary language)
3. Associated with the arts
4. Dead
5. Not a speaker of a Romance language (as primary language)
6. Born 1200 or later.
7. Not a painter, sculptor, or visual artist
8. Born in Africa or Asia
9. Not the leader of their nation, or a powerful political player, or an accomplished military strategist/general.
10. Definitely had strong views on Communism but not primarily known for that.
11. Was an actor but is not primarily known for acting.
12. Was born after 1875.
13. Not Chinese.
14. Not Soviet.
15. Primarily known as a poet, writer, or similar word-smith.
16. Not from Sub-Saharan Africa
17. The location of his birth was never occupied by the Soviet Union or its military units.
18. The location of his birth does not neighbour the Indian Ocean.

Not:
Rudolf Nureyev [Damo]

[han-shahanshah]

OK I'm beginning to see... Did that country lose WWII?

It did indeed.

[han-shahanshah]

OK I'm beginning to see... Did that country lose WWII?

You realise this is the 19th question?

Now there is only one more question left.

Useful to eliminate any Turks though. Only one country it can be now.

[Octavious]

Mahmoud Darwish by any chance?

[Octavious]

Although if you're claiming it can only be one country, then you're clearly using a far narrower definition of losing WWII than I would... in which case it can't be

[Jamiet99uk]

Mahmoud Darwish by any chance?

I don't think it can be him. He was born in a part of Galilee which was under British administration during the Second World War. I think Britain won WW2.

[Octavious]

Mahmoud Darwish by any chance?

I don't think it can be him. He was born in a part of Galilee which was under British administration during the Second World War. I think Britain won WW2.

I would argue that there are few places on earth that lost WWII more comprehensively than Palestine... but it does seem that your way of thinking is more in line with our question master's

[Jamiet99uk]

Mahmoud Darwish by any chance?

I don't think it can be him. He was born in a part of Galilee which was under British administration during the Second World War. I think Britain won WW2.

I would argue that there are few places on earth that lost WWII more comprehensively than Palestine... but it does seem that your way of thinking is more in line with our question master's

It depends on your definition of "lost". The territory he was born in was counted as being on the "allied" side during the conflict. The fact that the Palestinian population of that territory suffered terribly in the aftermath of the war is absolutely true, but their territory was on the "winning" side.

[Jamiet99uk]

To use a rather clumsy football analogy, saying that Mandatory Palestine lost the Second World War because of the horror the Israelis would unleash upon the Palestinian people afterwards, would be a little like saying Liverpool did not win the 1989 FA cup because of the horrific events at Hillsbrough Stadium during that year's semi-final. Yet despite those events, the pub quiz answer to the question "which team won the 1989 FA Cup?" is clearly "Liverpool".

[Octavious]

To use a rather clumsy football analogy, saying that Mandatory Palestine lost the Second World War because of the horror the Israelis would unleash upon the Palestinian people afterwards, would be a little like saying Liverpool did not win the 1989 FA cup because of the horrific events at Hillsbrough Stadium during that year's semi-final. Yet despite those events, the pub quiz answer to the question "which team won the 1989 FA Cup?" is clearly "Liverpool".

I agree wholeheartedly that that is a rather clumsy football analogy. How long after posting did you regret using it?

[Octavious]

But the trouble is that we are left with Nippon, and the great haiku poets are too old, and my knowledge beyond that is painfully limited

[Jamiet99uk]

To use a rather clumsy football analogy, saying that Mandatory Palestine lost the Second World War because of the horror the Israelis would unleash upon the Palestinian people afterwards, would be a little like saying Liverpool did not win the 1989 FA cup because of the horrific events at Hillsbrough Stadium during that year's semi-final. Yet despite those events, the pub quiz answer to the question "which team won the 1989 FA Cup?" is clearly "Liverpool".

I agree wholeheartedly that that is a rather clumsy football analogy. How long after posting did you regret using it?

When did you stop beating your wife?

[Octavious]

To use a rather clumsy football analogy, saying that Mandatory Palestine lost the Second World War because of the horror the Israelis would unleash upon the Palestinian people afterwards, would be a little like saying Liverpool did not win the 1989 FA cup because of the horrific events at Hillsbrough Stadium during that year's semi-final. Yet despite those events, the pub quiz answer to the question "which team won the 1989 FA Cup?" is clearly "Liverpool".

I agree wholeheartedly that that is a rather clumsy football analogy. How long after posting did you regret using it?

When did you stop beating your wife?

Christmas a few years ago when she broke Monopoly and ended forever the Boxing Day board game tradition. Before then I won more often than not. Sad times