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Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 9:43 pm
by DougJoe
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
83 Kirk Cameron / Saw725
84 Chester Bennington / Chaqa
85 Roland Deschain / Balki Bartokomous
86 Edward Scissorhands / DougJoe

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.

Chili's simmering on the stove, so off we go!

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:22 pm
by Balki Bartokomous
Is this a person who is alive today?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 10:38 pm
by han-shahanshah
Is this person male?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:23 pm
by DougJoe
1. Yes, this person is alive.
2. Yes, this person is male.

...and the chili was good. *yum*

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:45 am
by supi13
Was this person born in Europe or the Americas?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:48 pm
by DougJoe
supi13 wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:45 am
Was this person born in Europe or the Americas?
3. Yes

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:55 pm
by Hamish
Is this person older than 40?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:14 pm
by DougJoe
Hamish wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 12:55 pm
Is this person older than 40?
4. Yes, older than 40.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:53 pm
by Foxcastle
Is he primarily known for being in the entertainment industry (including and sports)?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:08 pm
by DougJoe
Foxcastle wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 1:53 pm
Is he primarily known for being in the entertainment industry (including and sports)?
5. No

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:18 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Is he associated with politics and/or the military?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:56 pm
by DougJoe
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 2:18 pm
Is he associated with politics and/or the military?
6. No, no politics or military

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:03 pm
by Hamish
Is he mostly famous for involvement in a written medium?
Author/illustrator/comics/manga etc...

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:05 pm
by DougJoe
Hamish wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:03 pm
Is he mostly famous for involvement in a written medium?
Author/illustrator/comics/manga etc...
7. No.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:08 pm
by DougJoe
Recap:

1. Alive
2. Male
3. Born in Europe or the Americas
4. More than 40 years old
5. Not primarily known for being in the entertainment industry (including sports)
6. Not associated with politics or the military
7. Not mostly famous for involvement in a written medium

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:39 pm
by damo666
DougJoe wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:08 pm
Recap:

1. Alive
2. Male
3. Born in Europe or the Americas
4. More than 40 years old
5. Not primarily known for being in the entertainment industry (including sports)
6. Not associated with politics or the military
7. Not mostly famous for involvement in a written medium
US citizen?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:41 pm
by DougJoe
damo666 wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:39 pm
DougJoe wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:08 pm
Recap:

1. Alive
2. Male
3. Born in Europe or the Americas
4. More than 40 years old
5. Not primarily known for being in the entertainment industry (including sports)
6. Not associated with politics or the military
7. Not mostly famous for involvement in a written medium
US citizen?
8. Yes, a US Citizen.

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:57 pm
by JECE
Known for being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, businessman or rich guy?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:07 pm
by Hamish
JECE wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:57 pm
Known for being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, businessman or rich guy?
Mathematicians are not scientists?

Re: Twenty Questions - Game 87

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:10 pm
by DougJoe
Hamish wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 4:07 pm
JECE wrote:
Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:57 pm
Known for being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, businessman or rich guy?
Mathematicians are not scientists?
9. Yes, known for being a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, businessman or rich guy.