20 Questions - Game 268

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#61 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:26 pm

Hard to find someone who fits:
Queen Rania fits every answer, but has been eliminated.
Malala, too young
Shirin Ebadi (Nobel Peace Prize), too old.
Narges Mohamaddi (Nobel Peace Prize), still lives in prison in Iran.
Several Palestinian activists, but Palestinians have been ruled out.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#62 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm

I missed something: the Indo-European question. That eliminates Queen Rania and any Arabic speaker (Arabic is not Indo-European). In the Middle East, only Farsi and Kurdish are.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#63 Post by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:44 am
Either born in the current borders of Palestine (Gaza Strip or West Bank), or born to Palestinian parents?

If yes, Queen Rania of Jordan.
I don't think Queen Rania is a native speaker of an Indo-European language. Nor are many people born in Palestine, so this question didn't really help us much. The person is probably either Iranian or Kurdish or something along those lines, or maybe Cypriot, or a European language speaker who was born in the Middle East for some reason.

The person I was thinking of has now been eliminated due to residing in her country of birth.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#64 Post by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:35 pm

Sorry cdngooner, missed your posts.
cdngooner wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:26 pm

Narges Mohamaddi (Nobel Peace Prize), still lives in prison in Iran.
That's who I was thinking of! I could forgive Jamie for seeing "Iranian" and thinking she must be a native speaker of Persian, but she was born into an Azeri family in the Azeri area so is probably a native speaker of Azeri, unless my sense of the linguistic situation there is incorrect.

However, it can't be her.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#65 Post by Spartaculous » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:37 pm

Hominidae wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:35 pm
Sorry cdngooner, missed your posts.
cdngooner wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:26 pm

Narges Mohamaddi (Nobel Peace Prize), still lives in prison in Iran.
That's who I was thinking of! I could forgive Jamie for seeing "Iranian" and thinking she must be a native speaker of Persian, but she was born into an Azeri family in the Azeri area so is probably a native speaker of Azeri, unless my sense of the linguistic situation there is incorrect.

However, it can't be her.
That's who I thought you were thinking of.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#66 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:40 pm

Parvin Ardalan?

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#67 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:44 pm

Parvin Ardalan?
Scratch. She has a book mentioned in Wikipedia, so that would be a "notable written work."

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#68 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:45 pm

Absolutely stumped. Waiting on an answer to Q20
Does she reside in UK or USA?
and our final hint.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#69 Post by Wattsthematter » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm

Free guess: Maryam Namazie

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#70 Post by cdngooner » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:51 pm

Maryam Namazie
I hope not. I rejected her on basis that she has several published works listed in Wikipedia.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#71 Post by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:58 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:47 am
Hominidae wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 1:23 am
So I have a guess in mind, but I'm not able to determine with certainty that she is a native speaker of an Indo-European language.

Known primarily as an activist, or for involvement in a major news story?
I would say yes.
What do we make of Jamie's answer rather than a straightforward "yes"?

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#72 Post by Wattsthematter » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:00 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:51 pm
Maryam Namazie
I hope not. I rejected her on basis that she has several published works listed in Wikipedia.
I noted that... They're all PDFs with one website link that is no longer active. I'm sure this would count for Jamie, but I didn't have any other guesses after a good bit of looking and wanted to get a free guess in before Q20

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#73 Post by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:03 pm

Wattsthematter wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm
Free guess: Maryam Namazie
This feels like the correct answer. Good find.

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#74 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:03 pm

damo666 wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:24 pm
Does she reside in UK or USA?
Yes she does.

Final hint: She has dual citizenship of one of the above countries (not the other), and the country of her birth. Her dual citizenship is a major part of the context of how well-known she is.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#75 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:08 pm

cdngooner wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:30 pm
I missed something: the Indo-European question. That eliminates Queen Rania and any Arabic speaker (Arabic is not Indo-European). In the Middle East, only Farsi and Kurdish are.
I am not a language expert but this is not correct based on what Wikipedia says.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#76 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:10 pm

Wattsthematter wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:46 pm
Free guess: Maryam Namazie
No.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#77 Post by Hominidae » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#78 Post by Jamiet99uk » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm

Hominidae wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Correct!

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, born 26 December 1978, an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 2016 until 2022 as part of a long running dispute between Britain and Iran.

Well done.
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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#79 Post by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:16 pm

Hominidae wrote:
Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:13 pm
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Has to be her

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Re: 20 Questions - Game 268

#80 Post by damo666 » Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:17 pm

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