Twenty Qs: Game 139

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Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:39 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:18 pm
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:03 pm
 A good challenge, thank you.

Outside of Asia or the Pacific, I am not sure if he would pass the "dart test", but I think that's ok because he was a clear enough target that he could be narrowed down by research.

(To put it another way, I spend far too much time online researching answers to this damn game when I have two actual academic papers I should be writing, and a full-time job, lololol).

Next game coming up soon!
I did wonder how many people would have heard of him going into this round, but he felt like he would be at least as important/well-known as a couple of the other recent world political figures (see Mottley and Tereshkova), especially when he gets to be the world's oldest democratically-elected head of government. Anyways, part of playing or following this game, for me at least, is learning about fascinating people I haven't heard of (I started following these threads around the Abram Petrovich Gannibal round).
Once I found him on Wikipedia I realised I had seen his picture in various news items. Therfore I had sort of heard of him.

Like you, I enjoy learning about new things, and this game does give us that opportunity!

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:18 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:03 pm
 A good challenge, thank you.

Outside of Asia or the Pacific, I am not sure if he would pass the "dart test", but I think that's ok because he was a clear enough target that he could be narrowed down by research.

(To put it another way, I spend far too much time online researching answers to this damn game when I have two actual academic papers I should be writing, and a full-time job, lololol).

Next game coming up soon!
I did wonder how many people would have heard of him going into this round, but he felt like he would be at least as important/well-known as a couple of the other recent world political figures (see Mottley and Tereshkova), especially when he gets to be the world's oldest democratically-elected head of government. Anyways, part of playing or following this game, for me at least, is learning about fascinating people I haven't heard of (I started following these threads around the Abram Petrovich Gannibal round).

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:03 pm

A good challenge, thank you.

Outside of Asia or the Pacific, I am not sure if he would pass the "dart test", but I think that's ok because he was a clear enough target that he could be narrowed down by research.

(To put it another way, I spend far too much time online researching answers to this damn game when I have two actual academic papers I should be writing, and a full-time job, lololol).

Next game coming up soon!

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:56 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:23 pm
 Mahathir Mohamad (Malaysia)?

He's alive, he was born before 1950, he isn't a socialist, and during his second term as Prime Minister he set the record for the world's oldest ever Prime Minister.
We have a winner! Mahathir is the correct answer. He finally lost his parliament seat last year at the age of 97. During his first term as PM, he was involved in fighting against a communist insurgency.

Well done!

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by JECE » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:33 pm

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:17 pm
JECE wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:56 am
 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.
For other players, this list may seem long but I think that Malaysian is by far the most likely nationality of this man.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:27 pm

Gotta be him.... right?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:23 pm

Mahathir Mohamad (Malaysia)?

He's alive, he was born before 1950, he isn't a socialist, and during his second term as Prime Minister he set the record for the world's oldest ever Prime Minister.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:21 pm

BrianBaru wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:41 pm
 Retract free guess - cricket is entertainment
As previously hinted at, the cricket buff in me nearly picked Imran Khan for this round.

Free clue: don't read too much into that sentence; this person has no apparent connection to cricket.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:17 pm

JECE wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:56 am
 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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by han-shahanshah » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:15 pm

He was also born too late.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by BrianBaru » Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:41 pm

Retract free guess - cricket is entertainment

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by BrianBaru » Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:31 pm

Free guess- Imran Khan

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by JECE » Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:56 am

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

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:00 am

han-shahanshah wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:48 am
 Previously, but not currently, head of state?
No.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by han-shahanshah » Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:48 am

Previously, but not currently, head of state?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by DarthPorg36 » Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:54 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:44 am
 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?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:01 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:44 am
 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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Spartaculous » Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:58 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:26 am
Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:20 am
 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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:44 am

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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

by Jamiet99uk » Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:26 am

Spartaculous wrote: ↑
Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:20 am
 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.

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