20 Questions: An Intelligence-Testing Game of Yes/No Questions

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In summary, the Answerer thought of an object, and other players took turns to ask Yes/No questions to him. If they figure it out with less than 20 questions, the Askers win, otherwise the Answerer wins.
  • #71
I get the impression we're heading towards a trap.
 
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  • #72
Hmmm. Chariots were used for war, sulkies for racing ... Neither is really a transportation device, though I suppose that might be an over-strict interpretation ...

What else?
 
  • #73
Horse carraiges
 
  • #74
Horse drawn plow?

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The guy can still get from one point to another you know. :biggrin:
 
  • #75
Enigman said:
Horse carraiges

Perhaps, though all the ones I've ever seen have four wheels, and they're quite common in the French Quarter. Also NYC.
 
  • #76
Gad said:
Horse drawn plow?

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That's not really about transportation, though nicely outside-the-box lol!
 
  • #77
Traz 0 said:
That's not really about transportation, though nicely outside-the-box lol!

Getting from point A to B *is* transportation. Nevermind if you mess up the dirt along the way :biggrin:.
 
  • #78
lisab said:
Getting from point A to B *is* transportation. Nevermind if you mess up the dirt along the way :biggrin:.

Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)
 
  • #79
Traz 0 said:
Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)

Is it drawn by a horse? Unless anyone has a better idea...
 
  • #80
Traz 0 said:
Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)

:biggrin: Point taken here as well.

I like the chariot idea.
 
  • #81
Enigman said:
Is it drawn by a horse? Unless anyone has a better idea...

That would eliminate the ox-cart lol. And maybe the sulky, since, and who knew, they are sometimes pulled by dogs (is there anything that dogs can't do? I mean, aside from advanced math?)

BTW, in regard to agriculture being an industry, no one said "not when you do it with a horse!" I'm ashamed of all of you. :(
 
  • #82
lisab said:
:biggrin: Point taken here as well.

I like the chariot idea.

But, and this is an absurd objection, chariots were used for both racing (gambling) and warfare, two of the top three industries in ancient times. If someone used a chariot to transport prostitutes back then, it would be a trifecta.

I'm pretty sure I might definitely be over thinking this ...

I agree, Lisa. :thumbup:
 
  • #83
lisab said:
:biggrin: Point taken here as well.

I like the chariot idea.

Yes, that's it.
When you people talked about chariots few posts back, and rejected the possibility, I quite feared if I messed things up. Sorry if I did.
chariot-race-04.jpg
 
  • #84
I_am_learning said:
Yes, that's it.
When you people talked about chariots few posts back, and rejected the possibility, I quite feared if I messed things up. Sorry if I did.

No, I think you played it very fairly. 16 questions FTW!

Uh, do we start again? And, no "velvet lice" (looking at you, MisterX :mad: )
 
  • #85
Ah, I thought it might be a trap, as in "pony and trap". Not far out.
 
  • #86
So, and I know this from reading the 20 questions wiki, the winner gets to be the next answerer. Is that you, Lisa?
 
  • #87
I_am_learning said:
Yes, that's it.
When you people talked about chariots few posts back, and rejected the possibility, I quite feared if I messed things up. Sorry if I did.
chariot-race-04.jpg

That's too tame.
Now THIS IS A CHARIOT!
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Da Vinci does it best!
 
  • #88
Start the game milady!

[Lisa...hmmm...etymology from Elizabeth: my deity is an oath. Famous namesake: Mona Lisa-literally milady Lisa-conspiracy theory anagram of Amon L'Isa signifying male and female balance.]
 
  • #89
Enigman said:
[Lisa...hmmm...etymology from Elizabeth: my deity is an oath. Famous namesake: Mona Lisa-literally milady Lisa-conspiracy theory anagram of Amon L'Isa signifying male and female balance.]

That's just crazy talk!
 
  • #90
Traz...hmmm...musical instrument...star wars...return of jedi

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Alternative derivations: from Alcatraz...from TRAZ- Transformable Arcade Zone...P.C. platform...late 80s
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/TRAZ_gameplay.png

Unlikely definiton from urban dictionary: A douchebag who has little or no integrity and mainly like to hang with the opposite sex at a much younger age (mostly because they are naive). Best places to fine somebody like this would be Oklahoma or Southeast Alaska.
 
  • #91
Enigman said:
Unlikely definiton from urban dictionary: A douchebag who has little or no integrity and mainly like to hang with the opposite sex at a much younger age (mostly because they are naive). Best places to fine somebody like this would be Oklahoma or Southeast Alaska.

Holy Poopsicle! ROFL!

In my case, it's a character name from a Jack Vance novel.

BTW, if Lisa doesn't start a topic, I will. Except, now it can't be a Traz :(
 
  • #92
Wt...

*hands Enigman a cup of peach flower tea to calm him/her down*
 
  • #93
Gad said:
Wt...

*hands Enigman a cup of peach flower tea to calm him/her down*

Enig-MAN so a he.
*gulps it down desperately- before the system crashes again*
 
  • #94
Right then!

I have something in mind.
 
  • #95
lisab said:
Right then!

I have something in mind.

I believe the first question is allowed to be "animal, vegetable, or mineral?" so, which?

Edit: if any.
 
  • #96
Traz 0 said:
I believe the first question is allowed to be "animal, vegetable, or mineral?" so, which?

Edit: if any.

Definitely not an animal or vegetable. A combination of minerals.
 
  • #97
lisab said:
Definitely not an animal or vegetable. A combination of minerals.

Right. Who's next?
 
  • #98
Can you carry it?
 
  • #99
Gad said:
Can you carry it?

Yes.
 
  • #101
You're not asking Enigman, so I'll do.

Is it used on a daily basis?
 
  • #102
Gad said:
You're not asking Enigman, so I'll do.

Is it used on a daily basis?

No, it's not typically used daily.
 
  • #103
Is it man-made?
 
  • #104
I_am_learning said:
Is it man-made?

Yes it is.
 
  • #105
Is it commonly seen in schools?

(I know :biggrin:)
 

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