Twenty Questions, Round 503

[DreamTrawler]

Was this person a ruler, religious figure, or military figure?

[Aristocrat]

Was this person born in SEA?

No (assuming this means Southeast Asia)

Was this person a ruler, religious figure, or military figure?

Yes

[DreamTrawler]

Timur?

[Spartaculous]

Someone should check this, but I think the list of possible birthplaces is:
Georgia / Azerbaijan / Armenia (the Asian parts of those)
Uzbekistan / Turkmenistan
Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Taiwan
Jordan / Kuwait / Palestine / Bahrain (depending on some definitions)

[Aristocrat]

Timur?

Yes

Just under one hour

[miminena]

still not as quick as 297!

[DreamTrawler]

Timur?

Yes

Just under one hour

Wow, a fast round indeed! I've had Timur on my list of possible subjects for a while, along with two other figures that I didn't know were born in what is now Uzbekistan. I guess a lot of the big Silk Road cities were there.

[Aristocrat]

Anyway, my goal here was mainly to help color in the map and go beyond my usual US/Western Europe picks. No connection to 503.

Some of the currently unused countries (Portugal and Netherlands in particular come to mind) have a good number of 20Q-worthy picks. Probably some good candidates in the Caucasus /Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Southeast Asia, too.

Central Asia is a little tougher in that regard.

(edit: though maybe from the above there are more famous people born in what is now Uzbekistan than I realize)

[Spartaculous]

Fun fact: Uzbekistan has randomly become a chess powerhouse as of late. They have won gold and silver in the two most recent chess olympiads.

[miminena]

Anyway, my goal here was mainly to help color in the map and go beyond my usual US/Western Europe picks. No connection to 503.

Some of the currently unused countries (Portugal and Netherlands in particular come to mind) have a good number of 20Q-worthy picks. Probably some good candidates in the Caucasus /Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Southeast Asia, too.

Central Asia is a little tougher in that regard.

I think by DarthPorg's methodology Borat would count for Kazakhstan

[Aristocrat]

Anyway, my goal here was mainly to help color in the map and go beyond my usual US/Western Europe picks. No connection to 503.

Some of the currently unused countries (Portugal and Netherlands in particular come to mind) have a good number of 20Q-worthy picks. Probably some good candidates in the Caucasus /Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Southeast Asia, too.

Central Asia is a little tougher in that regard.

I think by DarthPorg's methodology Borat would count for Kazakhstan

I considered Borat but didn't want to make the first Kazakh pick a stereotype, at least to the extent I was picking a character on the basis of the country and not because of some other reason. (I also considered Bin Laden but rejected for a similar reason)

[Spartaculous]

Anyway, my goal here was mainly to help color in the map and go beyond my usual US/Western Europe picks. No connection to 503.

Some of the currently unused countries (Portugal and Netherlands in particular come to mind) have a good number of 20Q-worthy picks. Probably some good candidates in the Caucasus /Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Southeast Asia, too.

Central Asia is a little tougher in that regard.

I think by DarthPorg's methodology Borat would count for Kazakhstan

I am glad that Peru is represented by Paddington Bear.

[JECE]

Anyway, my goal here was mainly to help color in the map and go beyond my usual US/Western Europe picks. No connection to 503.

Some of the currently unused countries (Portugal and Netherlands in particular come to mind) have a good number of 20Q-worthy picks. Probably some good candidates in the Caucasus /Jordan / Saudi Arabia / Southeast Asia, too.

Central Asia is a little tougher in that regard.

I think by DarthPorg's methodology Borat would count for Kazakhstan

I am glad that Peru is represented by Paddington Bear.

The more you know