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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#41 Post by damo666 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:28 pm

Was his native language German?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#42 Post by SenatorNyxen » Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:26 pm

Was he best known as a business leader like a CEO or similar?
Hmmm, how else can you be involved in politics without being a politician?
I think someone like George Soros would qualify this way, but he's still alive.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#43 Post by Doom427 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm

Albert Einstien???

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#44 Post by Doom427 » Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm

Doom427 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm
Albert Einstien???
probably has a degree but just in case (gonna pretend google is cheating)

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#45 Post by Jamiet99uk » Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:09 pm

Doom427 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm
Doom427 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm
Albert Einstien???
probably has a degree but just in case (gonna pretend google is cheating)
Einstein definitely had a PhD.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#46 Post by Szpoti » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:40 am

damo666 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 2:28 pm
Was his native language German?
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#47 Post by Szpoti » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:41 am

SenatorNyxen wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 3:26 pm
Was he best known as a business leader like a CEO or similar?
Hmmm, how else can you be involved in politics without being a politician?
I think someone like George Soros would qualify this way, but he's still alive.
I wouldn't say 'best known' for this, but yes, he was a CEO or similar.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#48 Post by Szpoti » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:41 am

Doom427 wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:03 pm
Albert Einstien???
not Albert Einstein

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#49 Post by Szpoti » Wed Aug 24, 2022 3:46 am

1. Real person
2. Male
3. Dead
4. Not dead before 1 Jan 1950
5. Not a native English speaker
6. Leader of a country, political party, organisation, etc.
7. European
8. From a country with a population greater than 20 million
9. Not a religious leader
10. Somewhat involved in politics, which wasn't his main activity
11. Died naturally
12. Not royalty
13. Scientist, without a formal scientific diploma
14. German native speaker
15. was a CEO or similar

Guess: Albert Einstein - no

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#50 Post by Hamish » Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:05 am

Hmmm, I was tempted to say Ferdinand Porsche, but I looked him up and he was actually Austrian. Definitely not more than 20M population.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#51 Post by Szpoti » Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:22 am

Hamish wrote:
Wed Aug 24, 2022 7:05 am
Hmmm, I was tempted to say Ferdinand Porsche, but I looked him up and he was actually Austrian. Definitely not more than 20M population.
I think we can agree to accept this as the correct answer!

Ferdinand Porsche!


Your question was 'From a country with a population greater than 20M?'. You didn't specify what timeframe you were referring to, so I took it literally as the country he was born in. He was born in 1875, and that means that his Czech birth town was a part of Austria-Hungary, which at that time hosted more than 20 million citizens.

On many occasions, some seemingly straightforward questions cannot be answered yes/no. The same applies to his involvement in politics. Not strictly a politician, but involved in the Nazi heavy industry, and state-subsidised industry and politics are inseparably intertwined.
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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#52 Post by Hamish » Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:29 pm

Right! Yes, lots of ambiguity there I can see. Also he died in January 1951, so 1950 was cutting it close too.

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Re: Twenty Questions - Game 48

#53 Post by Hamish » Wed Aug 24, 2022 12:32 pm

Your hint about him being somewhat involved in politics did help though. I was aware he had designed the Volkswagen Beetle on a contract from Hitler, so a scientist without a degree with government involvement led me to him.

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