Twenty Qs: Game 139

[Jamiet99uk]

1,2,3: Real living man
4: Not an entertainer
5: Holds or has held a prominent Government role (national or provincial)
6: Born before 1950
7: Not from Europe
8. Not especially tall.
9. Not American.
10. Asian.
11,12. Not Japanese or Chinese
13. Emphatically not Communist or socialist
14. Muslim

CLUE: Not a record-breaking strength athlete.

[Jamiet99uk]

Is he from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka?

[han-shahanshah]

Also too young.

Free guess: the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

[DarthPorg36]

Did this person serve or still serve in an autocracy, dictatorship, theocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, or other like regime with power only held by one or a few individuals?

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

I wish i had another free guess

[JustAGuyNamedWill]

Dangit someone already guessed ali khamenei

[Spartaculous]

Is he from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka?

No, not from any of these countries.

Free guess: the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

No.

Did this person serve or still serve in an autocracy, dictatorship, theocracy, oligarchy, monarchy, or other like regime with power only held by one or a few individuals?

I'm assuming that you mean an absolute, not constitutional (with democratic elections), monarchy, as clarified by the end of your question. No.

[Spartaculous]

Time for a free clue.

This person set/held/holds a world record:

He is/was the ____ ____ in the world.

(The first blank is a superlative adjective; the second is a noun or noun phrase.)

[Jamiet99uk]

Time for a free clue.

This person set/held/holds a world record:

He is/was the ____ ____ in the world.

(The first blank is a superlative adjective; the second is a noun or noun phrase.)

I was about to guess Imran Khan but he was born in 1952.

Hmm.

[Jamiet99uk]

I have looked up the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, etc, of every Asian country with a majority Muslim population.

All of them are either too young, are socialists, or are not known to have ever held any world records.

Hmm.

[Spartaculous]

Time for a free clue.

This person set/held/holds a world record:

He is/was the ____ ____ in the world.

(The first blank is a superlative adjective; the second is a noun or noun phrase.)

I was about to guess Imran Khan but he was born in 1952.

Hmm.

If you knew me in real life, that would have been an excellent guess. See post #11 in this thread, or the last time I was the question master.

[Spartaculous]

I have looked up the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, etc, of every Asian country with a majority Muslim population.

All of them are either too young, are socialists, or are not known to have ever held any world records.

Hmm.

You're on the right-ish track. It looks like we have had 16 questions; I'll give one more free clue after 18.

[DarthPorg36]

I have looked up the President, Vice President, Prime Minister, etc, of every Asian country with a majority Muslim population.

All of them are either too young, are socialists, or are not known to have ever held any world records.

Hmm.

Could they be personally muslim in a non-muslim majority country?
Also maybe they aren't in office anymore - we haven't specified if they currently hold office, just that they have.
Finally what about Palestine or other not widely recognized semi-country?

[han-shahanshah]

Previously, but not currently, head of state?

[Spartaculous]

Previously, but not currently, head of state?

No.

[JECE]

Malaysian, Thai, Iranian, Afghan, Lebanese, Yemeni, Tajik or Kirghiz?

[BrianBaru]

Free guess- Imran Khan

[BrianBaru]

Retract free guess - cricket is entertainment

[han-shahanshah]

He was also born too late.

[Spartaculous]

Malaysian, Thai, Iranian, Afghan, Lebanese, Yemeni, Tajik or Kirghiz?

Yes!

I had promised another clue at this point, but my clues were going to hint towards the country he was from; I think that you're doing great now that you're down to a list of 8 countries.