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Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:43 pm
by Hamish
1. Only yes/no questions may be asked.
2. If the answer is unclear, question master must clarify why.
3. One guess per person does not count against the total, but additional guesses by the same person do. After all 20 questions are up, three total guesses are allowed.
4. Please choose people from history, or movie/TV/literary/video game chars/etc. characters that, if you were to throw a dart out the window, at least 50% of people hit would know this character.
5. Whomever guesses correctly takes over from the previous question master. If they do not want to do it, they may choose who to pass the duty onto or just give it to the first volunteer.
6. If the question master remains undefeated three times in a row, on the third time they must either pass it to a person of their choice, or the first volunteer takes over.
Got one, so GO!
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:41 pm
by damo666
Hamish wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 12:43 pm
1. Only yes/no questions may be asked.
2. If the answer is unclear, question master must clarify why.
3. One guess per person does not count against the total, but additional guesses by the same person do. After all 20 questions are up, three total guesses are allowed.
4. Please choose people from history, or movie/TV/literary/video game chars/etc. characters that, if you were to throw a dart out the window, at least 50% of people hit would know this character.
5. Whomever guesses correctly takes over from the previous question master. If they do not want to do it, they may choose who to pass the duty onto or just give it to the first volunteer.
6. If the question master remains undefeated three times in a row, on the third time they must either pass it to a person of their choice, or the first volunteer takes over.
Got one, so GO!
Dead female?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 3:10 pm
by Hamish
damo666 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 2:41 pm
Dead female?
No
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:17 pm
by Trigfea63
Real person?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:59 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Native English speaker?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:18 pm
by Hamish
Trigfea63 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 4:17 pm
Real person?
No
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:18 pm
by Hamish
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 5:59 pm
Native English speaker?
Difficult. I will say no.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:30 pm
by JECE
From Pokémon or Star Wars universes?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:36 pm
by Hamish
JECE wrote: ↑Thu Jul 28, 2022 6:30 pm
From Pokémon or Star Wars universes?
No
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:58 am
by Ferdack
Middle Earth?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:20 am
by Trigfea63
From a work of fiction created after 1945?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 4:26 am
by dargorygel
From planet earth?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:39 am
by Hamish
Ferdack wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:58 am
Middle Earth?
No
Trigfea63 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:20 am
From a work of fiction created after 1945?
There is no correct answer to that question I'm afraid. I think Yes would be the least misleading answer.
dargorygel wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 4:26 am
From planet earth?
I guess you mean if it's a human. Yes.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:28 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Is this person a hero / "good guy" in the fictional paradigm they inhabit?
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:16 pm
by damo666
Hercule Poirot
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:49 pm
by Jamiet99uk
damo666 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:16 pm
Hercule Poirot
The first Hercule Poirot story was published in 1920. I don't think it can be Poirot based on this answer:
Hamish wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:39 am
Trigfea63 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:20 am
From a work of fiction created after 1945?
There is no correct answer to that question I'm afraid. I think Yes would be the least misleading answer.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:53 pm
by Jaguar
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:49 pm
damo666 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:16 pm
Hercule Poirot
The first Hercule Poirot story was published in 1920. I don't think it can be Poirot based on this answer:
Hamish wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:39 am
Trigfea63 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 1:20 am
From a work of fiction created after 1945?
There is no correct answer to that question I'm afraid. I think Yes would be the least misleading answer.
Don't agree at at all. Poirot spans pre- and post-1945 so I believe damo is perfectly justified to guess that.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:06 pm
by damo666
Yes I interpreted the 1945 response as meaning both before and after.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:48 pm
by Hamish
Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 12:28 pm
Is this person a hero / "good guy" in the fictional paradigm they inhabit?
No
damo666 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 2:16 pm
Hercule Poirot
No
damo666 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:06 pm
Yes I interpreted the 1945 response as meaning both before and after.
It's a little more complicated than that, but in the right direction. I think most people would say after 1945 was the correct answer, but technically it is a bit more complicated.
Re: Twenty Questions - Game 41
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 8:16 pm
by Trigfea63
Hamish wrote: ↑Fri Jul 29, 2022 7:48 pm
It's a little more complicated than that, but in the right direction. I think most people would say after 1945 was the correct answer, but technically it is a bit more complicated.
Sounds like it can't be clarified further without giving a bit hint. If we want to find out more on this issue, we can ask more yes/no questions about it.