20 Questions (Round 587)

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#21 Post by Aristocrat » Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:34 am

Primarily famous for the military or politics?

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#22 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:41 am

Aristocrat wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:34 am
Primarily famous for the military or politics?
Eh???

He's famous for being a scientist. We know this.
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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#23 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 1:09 am

Aristocrat wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:30 am
Born in what is now Hungary, Austria, or the Netherlands?
11. No.

I will auto-scratch the following question.

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#24 Post by Aristocrat » Sat Jun 28, 2025 1:17 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:41 am
Aristocrat wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:34 am
Primarily famous for the military or politics?
Eh???

He's famous for being a scientist. We know this.
I misread the answer to the prior arts/military/politics question so thanks for the auto-scratch, Hom

However, to Jamie’s post we do not know the current mystery person is famous for being a scientist, just that he was at some point a scientist.

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#25 Post by DreamTrawler » Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:36 am

Native speaker of German?

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#26 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:38 am

DreamTrawler wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 2:36 am
Native speaker of German?
12. Yes.

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#27 Post by Aristocrat » Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:15 am

Primarily famous for (something related to) science, excluding chemistry?

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#28 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:25 am

Aristocrat wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:15 am
Primarily famous for (something related to) science, excluding chemistry?
13. Yes.


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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#30 Post by damo666 » Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:43 am

DreamTrawler wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 3:59 am
Kepler?
Didn't reach 75

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#31 Post by damo666 » Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:53 am

Gauss?

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#32 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:18 am

1,2,3,6. Real human man born in Europe before 1900 and now dead.
4,9,12. First language German.
5. Died after the age of 75.
7. NOT primarily known for the arts, politics, or military
8,10,13. A scientist, but not a physicist or a chemist.
11. Not born in what is now Hungary, Austria, or the Netherlands.

NOT Gregor Mendel
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#33 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:20 am

Free guess:

Rudolf Virchow
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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#34 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:23 am

I hope it's him, he's a very interesting character.

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#35 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:53 am

damo666 wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:53 am
Gauss?
Not Gauss. Kepler auto-scratched.
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 10:20 am
Free guess:

Rudolf Virchow
Not Rudolf Virchow.

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#36 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:07 am

Ahhh damn
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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#37 Post by Jamiet99uk » Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:15 am

Born after 31st December 1815 in what is now Germany?
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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#38 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:17 am

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:15 am
Born after 31st December 1815 in what is now Germany?
14. No.

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#39 Post by yavuzovic » Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:38 am

Born after 1733 in what is now Germany?

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Re: 20 Questions (Round 587)

#40 Post by Hominidae » Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:44 am

yavuzovic wrote:
Sat Jun 28, 2025 11:38 am
Born after 1733 in what is now Germany?
15. No.

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