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Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:45 am
by damo666
Carl Sagan
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:46 am
by Jamiet99uk
Was he a scientician?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:55 am
by Doug7878
damo666 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:45 am
Carl Sagan
No.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:56 am
by Doug7878
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:46 am
Was he a scientician?
Yes.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:58 am
by Jamiet99uk
Was he a physicist?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:07 am
by Doug7878
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 10:58 am
Was he a physicist?
No.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am
by cdngooner
Was he a biologist?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:13 am
by Doug7878
cdngooner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:09 am
Was he a biologist?
No.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:13 am
by Doug7878
Answers so far:
1. White male
2. NOT BOTH a real person and alive
3. Real person (and)
3. Born in the Americas (and)
3. Deceased
4. Alive after 1970
5. NOT an entertainer
6. NOT divorced
7. NOT a politician
8. NOT a military figure
9. Scientician (which I will take to mean that he worked in the sciences)
10. NOT a physicist
11. NOT a biologist
Incorrect Guesses:
Carl Sagan (damo666)
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?
Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:21 pm
Then presumably he was a biologist of some kind?
Is it Dr. Benjamin Spock?
SORRY! Retract all this, my phone browser didn't update!
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:22 pm
by Jamiet99uk
I saw "not a physicist" and for some reason it wasn't showing gooner's question.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 12:25 pm
by Jamiet99uk
I guess it's some kind of chemist.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:16 pm
by cdngooner
Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.
Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:31 pm
by Doug7878
cdngooner wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:16 pm
Chemist is one option. Also computer scientist, geologist, environmental scientist and possibly including social sciences.
Did he write at least one book that could be called a bestseller?
No.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:42 pm
by cdngooner
Hard to fathom how a scientist who never wrote a popular book could meet the 50% Dart Test. Ideas anyone?
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
by Doug7878
Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
by Hamish
Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:00 pm
by Hamish
Doug7878 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
Regarding my last answer. The person wrote some books - most not for the general public. However, one of his books was less technical and did sell half a million copies over a span of time.
Ah, there you go.
Re: 20 Questions - Game 23
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 2:02 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Hamish wrote: ↑Wed Jun 29, 2022 1:59 pm
Could be an economist, psychologist. But I agree, most scientists write books. Maybe the term bestseller is a bit vague. I guess the standard for a fiction bestseller is a lot higher than a scientific bestseller, so if you measure the sales of a scientific book by the standard for fiction.....
Economics is a social science but I don't think most people would regard an economist as a "scientist".