Guess Who - Game

[the asian]

Is he Albanian?

 

[Netserk]

Is he from a country that was part of the EU in the previous century?

 

[the asian]

Did he retire before 1970?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Now we're cooking on gas.

He's not Albanian, but he is from a country that was part of the EU in the 20th Century. He retired before 1970.

 

[the asian]

Algerian?

 

[the asian]

Is he Marcel Molines?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Wrong one

 

[the asian]

Abdel-Kader Zaaf?

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The legend himself

 

[the asian]

Owe the guess to Netserk for unlocking the" leaving the EU" thing.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Not necessarily, because the way I answered the question did not necessarily mean that the country left the EU. But of course, Abdel-Kader had French nationality because of when he was born. It's a similarly difficult one to if you picked, say, Yohann Gène. He's from Guadeloupe, so strictly speaking he's from North America. But he's also French, so do you answer the question "European?" yes or no? Hard to say. Similarly, from 1963 to 1989 Algeria was under a Socialist government (and indeed carries the "People's Democratic Republic" name to this day), but it was not traditional Marxist-Leninist, so difficult to answer the Communism question too.

 

[RedheadDane]

So, whoever's turn it is now:

Female?
Inactive?
African?

 

[Echoes]

Re:

Not necessarily, because the way I answered the question did not necessarily mean that the country left the EU. But of course, Abdel-Kader had French nationality because of when he was born. It's a similarly difficult one to if you picked, say, Yohann Gène. He's from Guadeloupe, so strictly speaking he's from North America. But he's also French, so do you answer the question "European?" yes or no? Hard to say. Similarly, from 1963 to 1989 Algeria was under a Socialist government (and indeed carries the "People's Democratic Republic" name to this day), but it was not traditional Marxist-Leninist, so difficult to answer the Communism question too.

No worry, you were right on every point, in my opinion.

French Algeria consisted of "départements", I think there were three of them: Oran, Algiers and Constantine. The French regime didn't officially consider it a colony (factually you argue it was of course but not administratively) which means that Zaaf can be considered French in his racing days. The other colonies of their Empire were true colonies, Algeria was was just an exceptional case.

Same for Yohann Gène. Guadeloupe is a French "département", so part of the centralised French republic, technically speaking. The currency is the euro. The question would be trickier for New Caledonia which isn't a "département" but an oversea "territory", which enjoys some autonomy and its currency still is the frank. This being said I don't know of any rider from New Caledonia.

I wouldn't consider the FLN communist either. The Algerian Communist Party was banned and dissolved in 1964, that was even before Boumediene's coup.

 

[the asian]

Re:

Female? No
Inactive?-Yes
African?-No

 

[RedheadDane]

Retired before 1997?
Born within the geographical borders of Europe?

 

[the asian]

Re:

Retired before 1997?-No
Born within the geographical borders of Europe?-Yes

 

[RedheadDane]

Retired before 2004?
From a country with mountains?
From a country with a WT race?

 

[ItalianGigolo]

From a country with sea?
Did he won any race after 2010?

 

[the asian]

Re:

Retired before 2004?-No
From a country with mountains?-yes
From a country with a WT race?-Yes

 

[the asian]

From a country with sea?-Yes
Did he won any race after 2010?-Yes

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Inactive because retired?
Inactive because suspended?

 

[the asian]

Re:

Inactive because retired?
Inactive because suspended?

Couldn't find a Team,

Don't know whether he's officially retired, but is currently unattached.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just to be sure, active in 2016?
Last team he rode for a WT team?

 

[the asian]

Re:

[Just to be sure, active in 2016?-Yes
Last team he rode for a WT team?-Yes

 

[RedheadDane]

Italian?
French?
Spanish?
Polish?