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Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:47 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
1 Henry Hill / cdngooner
2 Colonel Kurtz / VillageIdiot
3 Kieffer Moore / damo666
4 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Hamish
5 Anne Frank / Trigfea63
6 Dalai Lama / Hamish
7 Woody / Ginge86
8 Queen Elizabeth II / aardvarkarmy
9 Mahatma Gandhi / Octavious
10 Trish Stratus / VillageIdiot
11 Judas / VillageIdiot
12 HG Wells / VillageIdiot
13 Pable Escobar / Doug7878
14 Vanna White / cdngooner
15 Napoleon Bonaparte / Ferdack
16 Confucius / Doug7878
17 Olivia de Havilland / SenatorNyxen
18 Allan Calhamer / Jaguar
19 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / cdngooner
20 Johnny Rotten [Lydon] / Doug7878
21 Thomas Jefferson / cdngooner
22 Steven Sondheim / Doug7878
23 Milton Friedman / Jaguar
24 Muammar Gaddafi / dammo666
25 Guy Fawkes / Jamiet99uk
26 Lois Lane / Saw725
27 Mewtwo / SenatorNyxen
28 Agatha Christie / damo666
29 Tim Berners-Lee / Hamish
30 Martina Navratilova / Szpoti
31 Robert Burns / damo666
32 Nicolae Ceausescu / Hamish
33 Audrey Hepburn / SenatorNyxen
34 Rosa Parks / Doug7878
35 Natalie Portman / SenatorNyxen
36 Weird Al Yankovic / VillageIdiot
37 Chiang Kai Shek / Ferdack
38 Leonard Bernstein / Tolstoy
38 Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca / dargorygel (repeated numbering)
39 Neville Chamberlain / Hamish
41 Jafar / Jamiet99uk
42 Robert The Bruce / damo666
43 George Sanders / SenatorNyxen
44 Robert Bork / Jamiet99uk
45 Sally Ride / Doom427
46 Cloud / SenatorNyxen
47 Ellen Ripley / Szpoti
48 Ferdinand Porsche / Hamish
49 Roald Amundsen / Szpoti
50 Walter White / Jamiet99uk
51 Ferdinand Foch / Dargorygel
52 Faramir / Ferdack
53 Victor Frankenstein / VillageIdiot
54 Walt Disney / Doug7878
55 Zapp Brannigan / Sploack
56 Rich Sanchez / Doom427
57 Jeanne d'Arc / Hamish
58 Alan Turing/Doom427
59 Frank-N-Furter/JECE
60 The Waco Kid / damo666
61 Omar Khayyam / DougJoe
62 Robert Preston / VillageIdiot
63 Sue-Ellen Braverman / Szpoti
64 Gaia / damo666
65 Bette Davis / Jamiet99uk
66 Katy Perry / Szpoti
67 Nicolaus Copernicus / DougJoe
68 Ada Lovelace / Hamish
69 Sergey Bubka / Szpoti
70 Isabel la Católica / JECE
71 Blas de Lezo / VillageIdiot
72 Douglas Southall Freeman / Jamiet99uk
73 Ric Flair / VillageIdiot
74 The Grinch / Hamish
75 Kofi Annan / damo666
76 Gerry Adamas / JECE
77 Sancho Panza / Hamish
78 Steve Redgrave / damo666
79 Sergei Diaghilev / Village Idiot
80 Harry Houdini / DougJoe
81 Bill & Ted / Hamish
82 Eric Carle / Balki Bartokomous

LEADERBOARD

Hamish: 11 wins
VillageIdiot: 10 win’s
Damo666: 8 wins
Doug7878: 6 wins
Jamiet99uk: 6 wins
Szpoti: 6 wins
SenatorNyxen: 6 wins

Rules

1. Only yes/no objective 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 regardless of whether guesser has previously guessed.
4. Please choose persons real or fictional that are not horribly obscure. No repeats.
5. Whoever 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.

Boom!

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:48 pm
by Hamish
Real person?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:58 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Hamish wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 5:48 pm
Real person?
Yes.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:00 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Have I stumped you?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:12 pm
by JECE
Expired?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:13 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
JECE wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:12 pm
Expired?
Absolutely not. (2)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 6:59 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Have I won?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:02 pm
by Hamish
Not yet! Getting closer every question though....

Was this person male?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:07 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Hamish wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:02 pm
Not yet! Getting closer every question though....

Was this person male?
To be clear, this person is not expired. I am interpreting "expired" to mean deceased.

Yes, this person was male.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:30 pm
by JECE
From Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:33 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
JECE wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:30 pm
From Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the United States of America?
I'm interpreting "from" as "born in."

The answer is Yes. (4)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:43 pm
by Octavious
Diplomacy player?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:46 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Octavious wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:43 pm
Diplomacy player?
Absolutely not. (5)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:48 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
1. Real Person
2. Not dead
3. Was male
4. Born in Europe, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, or USA
5. Not a Diplomacy player

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:52 pm
by Hamish
Born before 1-1-1980?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:59 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Hamish wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 7:52 pm
Born before 1-1-1980?
Yes (6)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:33 pm
by Chaqa
Is he known primarily for politics, sports, science, engineering, or technology?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:43 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Chaqa wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:33 pm
Is he known primarily for politics, sports, science, engineering, or technology?
No (7)

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:47 pm
by Chaqa
Is he an actor or musician, or most strongly linked with those industries?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 83

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:48 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Chaqa wrote:
Tue Jan 10, 2023 8:47 pm
Is he an actor or musician, or most strongly linked with those industries?
Yes (8)