20 Questions - Game 138

[Jamiet99uk]

Answers so far:

1. Real human.
2. Did not die in a natural way.
3. Female born somewhere other than Madagascar, Australia, Oceania, Bishop Rock, Wizard Island, the Malay Archipelago, Henderson Island, Isla Nublar, Inaccessible Island, Amity Island, or Antarctica.
4. Born after 1890 and before 1950.
5. Did not die before her 83rd birthday.
6. Not executed.
7. Known for having a political career and has held a senior political post.
8. Alive
9. Has not died through the actions of another malicious person, either murder, manslaughter, drunk driving, etc.
10. Not British.
11. Still active in a (relatively) prominent political position.
12. Does not currently hold a political position in any of the countries on Doug's list.
13. Not born in a part of the Western Hemisphere that is not Europe or Africa.
14. Democratically elected to her current post.
15. Current member of a national legislative body.

NOT:

Amelia Earhart [Damo]
Hillary Clinton [DougJoe]
Kamala Harris [CaptainFritz]
Nancy Pelosi [Cjhat]
Aung San Sun Kyi [Han]

CLUE: Four of the five wrong guesses have something in common that would render any guess incorrect.

CLUE: Her political career, whilst impressive, is not the original source of her fame.

[Jamiet99uk]

There will be no more clues, because that second clue is a very big one.

[CaptainFritz28]

CLUE: The four wrong guesses all have something in common that would render any guess incorrect.

Being that they are all American, which was clarified to be not the case, since they are from Europe or Africa.

[JECE]

CLUE: The four wrong guesses all have something in common that would render any guess incorrect.

Being that they are all American, which was clarified to be not the case, since they are from Europe or Africa.

or most of Asia

[CaptainFritz28]

CLUE: The four wrong guesses all have something in common that would render any guess incorrect.

Being that they are all American, which was clarified to be not the case, since they are from Europe or Africa.

Correction: not necessarily European or African. Just definitely not American.

[mOctave]

Does she hold her position in a nation with fewer than thirty million permanent residents?

[Jamiet99uk]

Does she hold her position in a nation with fewer than thirty million permanent residents?

No.

[Jamiet99uk]

Answers so far:

1. Real human.
2. Did not die in a natural way.
3. Female born somewhere other than Madagascar, Australia, Oceania, Bishop Rock, Wizard Island, the Malay Archipelago, Henderson Island, Isla Nublar, Inaccessible Island, Amity Island, or Antarctica.
4. Born after 1890 and before 1950.
5. Did not die before her 83rd birthday.
6. Not executed.
7. Known for having a political career and has held a senior political post.
8. Alive
9. Has not died through the actions of another malicious person, either murder, manslaughter, drunk driving, etc.
10. Not British.
11. Still active in a (relatively) prominent political position.
12. Does not currently hold a political position in any of the countries on Doug's list.
13. Not born in a part of the Western Hemisphere that is not Europe or Africa.
14. Known as the first woman to do a thing.
15. Democratically elected to her current post.
16. Current member of a national legislative body.
17. Not from a nation with fewer than thirty million permanent residents

NOT:

Amelia Earhart [Damo]
Hillary Clinton [DougJoe]
Kamala Harris [CaptainFritz]
Nancy Pelosi [Cjhat]
Aung San Sun Kyi [Han]

[Hominidae]

(This post does not contain a question.)

So, we know that she's from either South Africa, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Japan, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, or Malaysia. (Technically, she could also be from Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, or Argentina, but not born there.)

A few of these seem pretty unlikely because she is a woman and democratically elected.

It's also important to remember that she was born before 1950.

[han-shahanshah]

Born in Europe?

[Jamiet99uk]

Born in Europe?

Yes.

TWO QUESTIONS LEFT.

[Spartaculous]

Guess: Valentina Tereshkova

[Hanging Rook]

Rita dalla Chiesa?

[Jamiet99uk]

Guess: Valentina Tereshkova

Correct!

Valentina Tereshkova!

Famous for being the first woman in space (and the 12th person in space overall), she has gone on to have a lengthy political career, first in the Soviet Union where for several years she served on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and was therefore part of the collective head of state of the USSR (hence the "yes" for "leader?"), and in more recent years as an elected member of the Russian Duma, where she still serves today at the age of 86.

Well done.

[Spartaculous]

Guess: Valentina Tereshkova

Correct!

Valentina Tereshkova!

Famous for being the first woman in space (and the 12th person in space overall), she has gone on to have a lengthy political career, first in the Soviet Union where for several years she served on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and was therefore part of the collective head of state of the USSR (hence the "yes" for "leader?"), and in more recent years as an elected member of the Russian Duma, where she still serves today at the age of 86.

Well done.

Great! I'll get the next round started later on tonight.