Cubacelli

[Fishbulb]

No, that would break the fundamental rule of the game.

Should the thread starter get a stumper to which the only answer she/he knows is the person she/he had in mind, she/he has lost the game.

[Phoebus]

Stumper: Are you the headmaster of Durmstrang school?

Same theme as before

-P.

[Quailman]

Akira Kurosawa.

General: Are you primarily known for one achievement, invention, or discovery?

Stumper: Were you an 18th century German Philosopher?

[cuban smoker]

A little far off the Harry Potter beaten track for me, I'm afraid. Stumped

[cuban smoker]

responding to quail's simulpost:

1. No, I am not Male.
2. Yes, I am alive today.
3. No, I am not American.
4. No, I am not primarily known in the world of entertainment.
5. No, I am not from an English-speaking country.
6. No, I am not primarily known in Politics.
7. No, I am not primarily known for contribution(s) to Science.
8. Yes, I am from Asia or Africa.
9. No, I am not from China, Japan, India, the Philippines or either Korea?
10. No, I am not primarily known for one achievement, invention, or discovery?

I think Kant was from around that time. Best I can give you.

[Quailman]

Kant is the only German philosopher I can name.

Stumper: Were you a slave who launched Levar Burton's career?

[cuban smoker]

My mental search of famous slaves turned up no K entries. stumped.

[Quailman]

Kunte Kinte was the role he played in the miniseries

Roots

. That may have been the very first TV miniseries.

[Quailman]

General: Are you from Africa or Indonesia?

Stumper: Were you a Soviet rifle designer?

[Talitha]

Lenny Kravitz

General: Are you blonde?

[Talitha]

Dang - should've waited for Quailman's answer first

[cuban smoker]

1. No, I am not Male.
2. Yes, I am alive today.
3. No, I am not American.
4. No, I am not primarily known in the world of entertainment.
5. No, I am not from an English-speaking country.
6. No, I am not primarily known in Politics.
7. No, I am not primarily known for contribution(s) to Science.
8. Yes, I am from Asia or Africa.
9. No, I am not from China, Japan, India, the Philippines or either Korea?
10. No, I am not primarily known for one achievement, invention, or discovery?
11. No, I am not from Africa or Idonesia.
12. No, I am not Blonde.

Quailman: Kalisnikov or something like that.

[Phoebus]

General: Are you under the age of 50?

Stumper: Are you the current President of Sri Lanka?

[Phoebus]

Forgot to give answer to my own question.
The Durstrang Headmaster is Karkaroff.

[Cadmium]

Stumper: Are you a "bad lieutenant"?

[Dourgrim]

Stumper: are you the German doctor who designed such award-winning board games as

Modern Art

and

Euphrat & Tigris

?

[Quailman]

Kalashnikov indeed.

[Thinking out loud] We've narrowed it to Asia, but not China, Japan, India, Philippines, either Korea, nor Indonesia. That leaves a slew of smaller places like Bhutan, Nepal, Mongolia, Myanmar, Thailand, Singapore, Laos, Campuchea, and some larger places like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Asian part of Russia, etc.[/TOL]

Stumper: Are you the current leader of Afghanistan?

[cuban smoker]

1. No, I am not Male.
2. Yes, I am alive today.
3. No, I am not American.
4. No, I am not primarily known in the world of entertainment.
5. No, I am not from an English-speaking country.
6. No, I am not primarily known in Politics.
7. No, I am not primarily known for contribution(s) to Science.
8. Yes, I am from Asia or Africa.
9. No, I am not from China, Japan, India, the Philippines or either Korea?
10. No, I am not primarily known for one achievement, invention, or discovery?
11. No, I am not from Africa or Idonesia.
12. No, I am not Blonde.
13. Yes, I am under the age of 50.

Phoebus: nice. I have no idea.

Cadmium: buh?

Dourgrim: Board game designer, eh? Wow... stumped...

Quailman: another nice one. Unfortunately, I stopped following those developments a while ago

Oh man... 4 stumpers...

[Quailman]

Hamid Karzai

A youngish woman from some far off place in Asia, who is not known for much of anything, at least not science, politcs, entertainment, or sports. I googled to find the name of Miss Afghanistan at the Miss World competition who's been in the news lately. It's not her.

General: Are you from a former Soviet Republic, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Israel?

Stumper: Did you star in the TV series

Too Close for Comfort

?

[korais666]

And plus, I still have one from page 2 lined up (which was, by the way, Stephen King).

Quailman: I was just thinking in my head part of what you just thought out loud. And I actually think I know it.

Edit: Bah, darn you and your simulpost. That was directed at the post before CS's post.

General: Are you Russian?

Stumper: Are you a the chess champion defeated by

Big Blue

[Phoebus]

Chandrika Kumaratunga is the current President of Sri Lanka.

Will wait for response before posting my general.

[mathcam]

*cough*DeepBlue*cough*

Cam

[cuban smoker]

1. No, I am not Male.
2. Yes, I am alive today.
3. No, I am not American.
4. No, I am not primarily known in the world of entertainment.
5. No, I am not from an English-speaking country.
6. No, I am not primarily known in Politics.
7. No, I am not primarily known for contribution(s) to Science.
8. Yes, I am from Asia or Africa.
9. No, I am not from China, Japan, India, the Philippines or either Korea?
10. No, I am not primarily known for one achievement, invention, or discovery?
11. No, I am not from Africa or Idonesia.
12. No, I am not Blonde.
13. Yes, I am under the age of 50.
14. No, I am not from a former Soviet Republic, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Israel?

Quailman: never watched it.

korais666: ask you general again, and Kasparov.

[Dourgrim]

Answer: Dr. Reiner Knizia, perhaps the most successful boardgame designer in the world

I'll hang on to my General for the moment... thinking.

[Quailman]

Ted Knight, who also played Ted Baxter, the weatherman on the Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Now we've narrowed it down to one of those dipshjit countries. Let's see how many I can think of. The Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Turkey, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Campuchea, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brunei. On the Arabian Peninsula, there's Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Kuwait, and one or two others...

Any other thoughts?

Holding my general....