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Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:40 pm
by 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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:41 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Is he from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:44 pm
by han-shahanshah
Also too young.

Free guess: the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:49 pm
by 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?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:02 am
by JustAGuyNamedWill
I wish i had another free guess :cry:

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:03 am
by JustAGuyNamedWill
Dangit someone already guessed ali khamenei

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:19 am
by Spartaculous
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:41 pm
Is he from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, or Sri Lanka?
No, not from any of these countries.
han-shahanshah wrote:
Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:44 pm
Free guess: the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
No.
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Mon Sep 25, 2023 11:49 pm
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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:20 am
by 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.)

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:26 am
by Jamiet99uk
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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 12:44 am
by 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.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

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

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

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

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:48 am
by han-shahanshah
Previously, but not currently, head of state?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:00 am
by Spartaculous
han-shahanshah wrote:
Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:48 am
Previously, but not currently, head of state?
No.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 3:56 am
by JECE
Malaysian, Thai, Iranian, Afghan, Lebanese, Yemeni, Tajik or Kirghiz?

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:31 pm
by BrianBaru
Free guess- Imran Khan

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 1:41 pm
by BrianBaru
Retract free guess - cricket is entertainment

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:15 pm
by han-shahanshah
He was also born too late.

Re: Twenty Qs: Game 139

Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2023 2:17 pm
by Spartaculous
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.