20 Questions

[bmfy.]

Basically, 20 questions.

I will think of a thing (it will always be a physical thing like a person or an animal, or an object), and then you have to ask me questions about it, that have to be yes or no questions, or guesses at what it is, and the person who guesses it first gets one point on the scoreboard, and it starts again.

One question per post, and after 20 questions, or after someone guesses the correct answer, I will reveal the answer if no one got it, and start a new round. Each person is only allowed one guess at the thing per round.

Please comment, and I will change it if it seems an okay idea.

Off you go.

Scoreboard.
Joint 1st place - Chaotica with 1 point - James Brown
Joint 1st place - Stalefish with 1 point - Vladimir Lenin
Joint 1st place - Sursmiley with 1 point - Tobacco Plant
Joint 1st place - The Noise with 1 point - Animal Farm by George Orwell
Joint 1st place - m00b with 1 point - Robert Mugabe
Joint 1st place - Alex¿? with 1 point - Laika (first dog in space)
Joint 1st place - bmfy. with 1 point - A Clockwork Orange
Joint 1st place - four styx with 1 point - Glastonbury Festival
Joint 1st place - Rook with 1 point - Floppy Disk

[Thunderjew]

Is it alive?

[bmfy.]

No.

[Roxit]

Ummm a question eh. Errr how about...

What is it?

lol, you may want to edit your first page a little. Maybe we should be able to ask Yes/No type questions.

Serious Question.
Is it something people use?


On a side note, I was in HMV and was playing around with this toy. It told me to think of anything and then it would ask me questions to which I reply, Yes, No or Unsure. After a while it guess. Well it said anything so I deliberatly thought of David Bowie. Because well there was no way it would have David Bowie in its database. And true enough it didn't guess David Bowie, but instead, A Star. You should have seen the little smile on my face. Think I might watch Labyrinth again tonight.

[bmfy.]

Okay, I've edited it now.

No it's not something people use.

[Vercci]

Is it commonly found ( e.g a pen)

[m00b]

Is it found around a house or outside a house?

[bmfy.]

Is it commonly found ( e.g a pen)

No, there is only one of it.

Is it found around a house or outside a house?

Well neither really, sorry.

The questions can only be yes or no remeber.

Might I suggest that you figure out what type of thing it is, such as a human or an object or an animal...

[Vercci]

Might I suggest that you figure out what type of thing it is, such as a human or an object or an animal...

Is it alive?

Serious Question.
Is it something people use?

those two questions show that it isn't a person / animal / plant and it isnt used ( physically )

Is it commonly found ( e.g a pen)

now i know that it is rare / unique / the only one that exists

Is it found around a house or outside a house?

this question tells us that it isnt outside a house / around a house, But most things inside a house are commonly found so that shortens the list.

so i dont waste this post and because i have a suspicion (sp?)

Is it in space?

[bmfy.]

I'll change the thing about 20 posts, you can post as much as you like, but only 20 questions, that should make things better.

Just because it's not alive doesn't mean that it can't be a person or an animal, what about being dead?

The answer to your question is yes, it is in space.

It will always be a physical object as well.

[stalefish]

Is it a planet?

Also, I suggest adding a rule of only one guess per person, per round or similar.

[bmfy.]

No, it's not a planet.

I don't think adding that rule would be a good idea, as for that there would have to be more than 20 people playing, which is unlikely.

[burma]

Is it hot?

[bmfy.]

About 37 degrees C.

Actually, no. It used to be that hot.

No it's not hot. Anymore.

[Smidge91]

Is it something inside our bodies?!

[bmfy.]

No.

[Mr stabby]

Is it the atmosphere?

[bmfy.]

No.

Hint: It's dead. Dead as in it was once alive, not dead as in it never has been alive.

[Roxit]

Ur-anus?

heh heh heh

(not a serious guess)

Is it the moon? Its in space. A big lump of dead rock, which was once alive. Sun heats it up a bit as well.

[bmfy.]

Please ignore my answer to m00b's question.

It's not the moon.

You've used up 10 of your question's so far.

Plus now I've edited the first post, so please can you look at that. There's not much change, but I have added a new rule: One guess at what it is per person per round, so evil-flagpole wouldn't be able to guess anymore, but I assume that he didn't know the rule when he made the guess, so the rule starts from now instead.

[Bosnod]

Is it bigger than a loaf of bread? :P

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[burma]

Is it visible to the naked eye from Earth?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

I'd just like to say it is on Earth.

[wizman]

Is it an object?

[The Noise]

Is it a building?

[bmfy.]

Is it an object?

No.

Is it a building?

No.

You've used up 14 questions now.

[wizman]

Can you finde it in a house?

[UMIST_For_Ever]

Is it a corpse?

[wizman]

Good questen!

[bmfy.]

Can you finde it in a house?

That's already been asked.

Is it a corpse?

Yes.

[wizman]

Oh sorry! How long will this one take do you think?

[stalefish]

I have a hunch.

Is it a corpse of a Russian? Sod the question, I'll just guess.

Vladimir Lenin?

[ZOIDBERG]

Saddam Hussein's dead body.

[The Noise]

Saddam Hussein's dead body.
ooo godd guess

[wizman]

ooo godd guess

You meen "oh good guess".:eng101:

[bmfy.]

I have a hunch.

Is it a corpse of a Russian? Sod the question, I'll just guess.

Vladimir Lenin?

Nope.

Saddam Hussein's dead body.

Nope.

He/she died before Saddam Hussein, but after Vladmir Lenin.

3 questions left.

[The Noise]

You meen "oh good guess".:eng101:
no I mean that Question reminded me of Godd yes I have begun spelling god with 2 d's


why you might ask? because I'm bringing it back

[edit] not to waste this post soooo....

what we know:
Either a man or a woman who is no longer alive
died before saddam but after Vladimir lenin


Was the U.S. established when they died?

[bmfy.]

Yes, the U.S was established.

You don't have to ask a question in every post anymore.

[ZOIDBERG]

The Noise that was a waste, Lenin died in the 20s!
Did he/she die before or during WWII?

[The Noise]

DOH!!

can my post be stricken from the record?

[bmfy.]

The Noise that was a waste, Lenin died in the 20s!
Did he/she die before or during WWII?

No. They died after WWII.

And yeah I won't count The Noise's post.

So that's two questions left.

[The Noise]

I'll think of a good one to redeem myself

[Irvine Black]

Was s/he a celebrity of some kind?

Actually, is it James Brown?

(Just trying to think of someone other than Saddam who died recently)

[bmfy.]

Yeah, they were a celebrity.

1 question left!

Should I count guesses as questions or no?

[The Noise]

no guesses should be separate but still one guess per person


Guess: is it hitler?

[bmfy.]

No, he died during WWII. Well near the end anyway.

[The Noise]

I checked it was right after oh well it was a guess

[bmfy.]

Was s/he a celebrity of some kind?

Actually, is it James Brown?

(Just trying to think of someone other than Saddam who died recently)

Yeah! Chaotica wins. 1 point to him/her.

New thing now.

[The Noise]

OH ok that was it

[Irvine Black]

Yeah! Chaotica wins. 1 point to him/her.

New thing now.

Him.

Okay, is (or was) it living?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

Is it a person?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[ZOIDBERG]

Is it still alive?
(Chaotica asked if it is OR was living)

[bmfy.]

No, it is dead.

[ZOIDBERG]

Male?

[stalefish]

(What is it with you and dead people :p)

Did he/she die before or after The First World War started?

[bmfy.]

Male?

Yeah.

(What is it with you and dead people )

Did he/she die before or after The First World War started?

After.

[ZOIDBERG]

Did he die between 1970 and 2006?

[bmfy.]

No.

[ZOIDBERG]

Between 1914 and 1942?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[ZOIDBERG]

Interesting...
Between 1928 and 1942? (inclusive)

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Noise]

so they died between 1914 and 1928 hmmm

[allmine]

Did he/she die between 1914 and 1920?

[bmfy.]

No.

[allmine]

Did they have eney relertives?

[bmfy.]

Yes. Of course.

[allmine]

I ment a wife or husband.

[Smartie]

Did they have eney relertives?

You meant "are they married"

[allmine]

You meant "are they married"

Yeah!

[Muppet]

You meant "are they married"
You meant "were they married"

;)

[bmfy.]

They were married.

[The Noise]

did the person die of disease or was he murdered?

If you cant answer that one then the question is

did he die of disease ?

[bmfy.]

There are rumours that he died of disease.

[The Noise]

hmmm

was he important? (celebrity/known by many like a leader or something)

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Dangit! I was going to ask that.....

(were they famous?)

[Ondine]

Edit that, it doesn't make sense, Ondine-

Did the spouse die before him?

[bmfy.]

hmmm

was he important? (celebrity/known by many like a leader or something)

Yes.

Did the spouse die before him?

No.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Was he the leader of a country?

[bmfy.]

Yeah.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

And he died between what years again?

[bmfy.]

1920 and 1928

[The Noise]

Were they born in america?

[stalefish]

Is it Lenin this time?

[bmfy.]

It is Lenin this time, well done.

New thing?

[The Noise]

yea new thing

and well done stalefish

[~Crazy Penguin~]

is it an animal?

[bmfy.]

No.

[Bosnod]

Is it dead?

[sursmiley]

Is it some kind of plant?

[bmfy.]

Is it dead?

No.

Is it some kind of plant?

Yes.

[sursmiley]

Is it a common plant? (meaning does it exist in great britain)

[bmfy.]

No.

[grey101]

:bb: :bb: :bb: :bb: :bb: :bb: Is it Ribena?

[bmfy.]

No.

[Ondine]

Is it poisonous?

[Hydralisk]

Is it big or small?

[The Noise]

is it a tree or a bush?

[m00b]

Noise, it has to be a yes or no question. I did that before too :(

Is it found in rainforests?

[The Noise]

ah yes i forgot

then is it a tree?

[bmfy.]

Ondine - Yes in big quantities, otherwise no.

Hydralisk - Should be in yes or no form, but it's big.

Noise - No

m00b - No

[The Noise]

guess---Is it poison ivy?

[bmfy.]

No.

[Bosnod]

Does it contain medicinal properties?

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Is it native to England?

[bmfy.]

It doesn't have medicinal properties.

If you read sursmiley's question, my answer said that it's not a common plant (meaning it's not found in Britain), so no.

[crazy-eye0]

is it mechanical?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Noise]

is it mechanical?
................mechanical?!?!?!


..........its a plant

[crazy-eye0]

well i thaught it may be mechanical because...erm, i...shutup thats why!
(hoorah for that simpsons episode)

[BlueIncaPilot]

Is it a cactus?

[bmfy.]

No.

[shroomhead]

it's a soft drug.

[bmfy.]

That's too vague I'm afraid.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

an orchid?

[bmfy.]

No.

[shroomhead]

something like cannabis?

[bmfy.]

Similar in a way.

[sursmiley]

Tobacco plant?

[bmfy.]

Correct!

New thing?

[sursmiley]

Have you thought of anything?
Can we ask questions?

[bmfy.]

Yeah, go for it.

[Bosnod]

Is it densely populated?

[bmfy.]

Well it depends.

Populated by what?

[~Crazy Penguin~]

People

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Grim Reaper]

Is it alive?

[bmfy.]

No.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Is it inanimate?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Grim Reaper]

Would i find it in the average house?

[bmfy.]

No, some.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Is it outside?

[bmfy.]

It can be, but most of the time it's inside.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

a lawn gnome.

[bmfy.]

No.

[sursmiley]

Is it produced/populated by an animal?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Noise]

does it create a pollen?


I dont really know what that means but it popped into my head and i wanted to get the thread rolling again

[bmfy.]

Heh, thanks.

No. This seems a bit hard. I'll give you a clue (or two).

1) There are many different copies of it.
2) It was originally made in between 1930-50 (it didn't take that long to make, that's just a rough guide).

[~Crazy Penguin~]

I beileve I will have to drop out this round guys.....

[bmfy.]

Another clue.
It's a book.

But you have to guess which one, or, as this may be quite hard, just the author.
You choose.

[The Mna]

is it of the fantasy genre?

[bmfy.]

A fairy tale, but not an average one.

[The Noise]

Another clue.
It's a book.

But you have to guess which one, or, as this may be quite hard, just the author.
You choose.
it some kind of plant?
You said Yes.

[bmfy.]

That was for the tobacco plant, I started a new thing. Read back a page.

Sorry for any confusement,

[The Noise]

ooo Sorry

[The Mna]

Is it the brothers grimm book of fairy tales?

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Oh, nice. I didn't think of that one........

Is it right?

[Nicro]

is it bigger than a bread box?

[bmfy.]

It's not the Brothers Grimm, and it's smaller than a breadbox.

[The Mna]

mother goose's fairy tale book thing???

argh fairy tales arn't books >.<

[bmfy.]

At the beginning of the book it says that it's a fairy tale.

Most people don't think of it as a fairy tale, or I assume.

[The Noise]

haha bad guess shrek?!

[bmfy.]

No, not shrek.

[The Mna]

Whut R It?!

[bmfy.]

Forget that I said it's a fairy tale.

It's a novella.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Can you translate that into American?

[The Mna]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novella

WTF?

[~Crazy Penguin~]

It just a fiction book, just with a fancy word.

[bmfy.]

It's longer than a short story, and shorter than a novel. There's a link to a list of novellas on that page. The book is on that list.

[The Noise]

Animal Farm>?

[bmfy.]

Yeah! That was kinda funny.

New thing?

[The Mna]

Is it alive?

[The Noise]

uhh is it a person?

[bmfy.]

Yes to both.

[stalefish]

Is the person male?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

are they important (president king or celebrity)?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

are they in Europe?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Mna]

Is he from the us?

[bmfy.]

No.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Africa then perhaps?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

is he the leader of all africa?

[bmfy.]

Ha, no.

[The Noise]

dam how many more wuestions do we have

*note this is not one of the questions

[bmfy.]

12.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

You can't give us hints by any chance can you?
*note, this is not a question about the aforementioned object.... yeah....*

[bmfy.]

Erm, no sorry.

[The Noise]

is this man black?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Ah, well, that narrows it down to half the population.........

[The Noise]

Ah, well, that narrows it down to half the population.........
hey i could of asked if he was a tall black man

[~Crazy Penguin~]

True, you have me there. If it was a short black man, we would know who is was in no time.

[m00b]

Now now guys. Play nice.
Was he ever leader of any part of Africa?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Mna]

Michael Jackson!

[The Noise]

Dave Chappelle!

[The Mna]

Nelson Mandela!

[bmfy.]

No, no, and no I'm afraid.

[sursmiley]

Steve Biko (WTF??)

[bmfy.]

Nope.

Try asking more questions maybe.

You know he is or was once the leader of a country, and he's from Africa, and that he's black.

He's not any of the people already mentioned either (the leader of all Africa, Michael Jackson, Dave Chappelle, Nelson Mandella, or Steve Biko).

You have 11 questions left.

[~Crazy Penguin~]

He's not any of the people already mentioned either (the leader of all Africa, Michael Jackson....etc.)
Silly bmfy! Micheal Jackson is white!

[The Mna]

Silly bmfy! Micheal Jackson is white!

LIES! Little Michael is still black on the inside!

[stalefish]

Is the country he was leader of in Africa?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Mna]

Er.. you said he was NOT leader of Africa bmfy. SPLAIN!

[The Noise]

there are smaller countries within africa

[~Crazy Penguin~]

Ouch..... The Mna just got pwned.....

[bmfy.]

Silly bmfy! Micheal Jackson is white!

I wasn't the one who suggested that he was black.

And The Mna, Africa is a continent, not a country.

Some African countries for example, are Egypt, Kenya, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Ethopia, and so on.

[The Noise]

was he the leader of Zimbabwe?

[bmfy.]

Yes, but which one?

[The Noise]

the south one?
edit hahah idk

[stalefish]

Yes, but which one?Great Zimbabwe?

[bmfy.]

I meant which leader of Zimbabwe.

[m00b]

Robert Mugabe? (no clue who he is, but google seems to agree with the traits so far)

[bmfy.]

Yes.

New thing?

Should someone else do it, or should it stay with me?

[The Noise]

i guess you. you come up with good things


is it a person?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Mna]

alive?

[bmfy.]

Yes some are.

Edit: No.

[The Noise]

is it an animal?

[bmfy.]

I've edited my previous post, yes it is an animal (well was).

[The Noise]

a reptile?

[The Mna]

Bigger than/same size as a human?

Btw i'd like to do the next one if you'd allow me

[sursmiley]

Lived in the ice age?

[bmfy.]

The Noise - no.
The Mna - no. (Yeah you can do the next one then)
sursmiley - no.

[The Noise]

an herbivore?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Noise]

was it hairy?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

did it live before the ice age?

[bmfy.]

No.

It's not the type of animal that I want, although that would help you a lot if you knew what it was, I want to know the animal's name, or what it was famous for.

[The Mna]

roughly the size of a mouse?

[bmfy.]

No.

[sursmiley]

Mammal?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[Alex¿?]

1ft-3ft tall?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

[The Noise]

is it lassie?

[bmfy.]

No.

[ZOIDBERG]

A dog of some kind?

[bmfy.]

Yes.

(I don't really know what breed it is sorry)

[ZOIDBERG]

NP.

A TV personality/film star dog?

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Mna]

French or German?

[Nicro]

is it a proper noun?

[bmfy.]

It's not French or German.

The name of the dog is of course a proper noun.

[Nicro]

dont know if its been said before but

Old yeller?

[The Noise]

ooooooooooooo good one

[bmfy.]

No.

[The Mna]

Bingo?

[m00b]

Was it ever in some sort of book?

[The Mna]

I didn't know they made canines into literature. I guess you learn something new everyday.