December Botticelli

Thread Games
542

Hamid Karzai–nope.

The Kims of North Korea–nope.

I’m flummoxed.

543

Ditto. I yield my DQ to whoever’d like to ask it.

544

DQ: Ally of then -Soviet Union?

545

Yes

K

  1. Real
  2. Male
  3. K is the initial of my last name
  4. Alive
  5. Born in the Northern hemisphere
  6. Not American
  7. Not born after 1950
  8. Not European
  9. Asian
  10. Not known for the arts
  11. Born east of Moscow
  12. Known for my work in the political sphere
  13. Current or former head of state
  14. Never elected in a fair and open election
  15. Currently holds a political office
  16. Been in office over 10 years
  17. Born slightly south of Beijing but can be considered same latitude
  18. Used to be a communist
  19. Not holding office in China
  20. Ally of Soviet Union
546

I’ll pass my last question. I have nary a clue.

547

So. We’re on to J, then?

548

I’d like to be. We obviously don’t know many formerly-communist Asians with K surnames, though we may well end up kicking ourselves once we find out.

My vote is for moving on.

549

I too cry “uncle”

550

Pass

551

It was Islam Karimov, dictator of Uzbekistan.

Please someone do J next

552

Nope, not kicking myself. I can honestly say that I’ve never heard of Islam Karimov.

Thanks for letting us go to J, Guy.

553

Not kicking myself either. I see etv’s started the J thread.

554

Never heard of him, either. Obviously I need to brush up on my obscure Asian heads of state.

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