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

[Traz 0]

Or perhaps some thing like horse carraige, Ox carts, Hand rickshaws, Bicycles...

Those items are all commonly seen, if not necessarily in the west. Which aren't members of the set that fits our previous queries.

 

[Enigman]

Then perhaps we should ask if it is dragged or pushed by carbon based life forms...:what:

 

[lisab]

Is it a Segway?

 

[I_am_learning]

Is it a Segway?

I had to Google that term. No, it isn't.

 

[edward]

OK so far we have determined that it is a not commonly seen, non self propelled land transport. It is bigger than a microwave and weighs over 10kg. It is not black. It is man made and is smaller than a house.

I don't think that we got an answer to the question in post #21by KC Smallz. For convenience I will repost it here.

Is it used solely for transporting people?

Edit bolded for clarity.

 

[I_am_learning]

Is it used solely for transporting people?
Edit bolded for clarity.

Yes. (But I am not sure . It CAN be used to transport goods as well if one wants.)

 

[edward]

Someone mentioned the number of wheels but then never really asked (I think)

LOL OK so does it have fewer than four wheels?

 

[I_am_learning]

Someone mentioned the number of wheels but then never really asked (I think)

LOL OK so does it have fewer than four wheels?

Yes.

 

[Enigman]

Someone mentioned the number of wheels but then never really asked (I think)

LOL OK so does it have fewer than four wheels?

That would be me...
The only thing I can think of is Hand pulled rickshaws...
I really need some coffee :(

 

[Traz 0]

I have several guesses here, except all weigh less than 10 kg and/or are not uncommon, i.e. bicycle, unicycle, 3 wheeled baby carriage, pogo-stick, stilts, rickshaw ... uh, a wheelbarrow at a dive bar used to carry out drunks? Is a jet pack used for land transport?

 

[Enigman]

I have several guesses here, except all weigh less than 10 kg and/or are not uncommon, i.e. bicycle, unicycle, 3 wheeled baby carriage, pogo-stick, stilts, rickshaw ... uh, a wheelbarrow at a dive bar used to carry out drunks? Is a jet pack used for land transport?

I thought of an elephant but I don't think government would let us make one if even we could...

 

[Traz 0]

I thought of an elephant but I don't think government would let us make one if even we could...

Well, maybe the Republicans would.

 

[Enigman]

Okay we have spent 14 questions ...I think...so unless anyone has any better questions--- is it pulled by an animal? i.e. except humans.

 

[Traz 0]

Okay we have spent 14 questions ...I think...so unless anyone has any better questions--- is it pulled by an animal? i.e. except humans.

Ah, I dunno. I can't think of any items that would exist in the overlapping section of our Venn ...

I was going to ask if it has any wheels. Just because, maybe we're going down a blind alley.

 

[edward]

Ah, I dunno. I can't think of any items that would exist in the overlapping section of our Venn ...

I was going to ask if it has any wheels. Just because, maybe we're going down a blind alley.

The wheels question has been asked and answered. It has fewer than four wheels. Hand pulled rickshaws was mentioned but never asked as a question.

 

[Traz 0]

The wheels question has been asked and answered. It has fewer than four wheels. Hand pulled rickshaws was mentioned but never asked as a question.

Zero wheels are fewer than four wheels, too, which why I would ask that question.

 

[Enigman]

Does it have wheels?

Yes.

Zero wheels are fewer than four wheels, too, which why I would ask that question.

:sly::sly::sly::sly:

 

[Traz 0]

Uh, yes. I didn't actually re-read all of the posts, so, oops.

 

[I_am_learning]

Okay we have spent 14 questions ...I think...so unless anyone has any better questions--- is it pulled by an animal? i.e. except humans.

Yes.

 

[Enigman]

Five questions left! So... any guesses? The vehicle is a two wheeled thingy [as it has less than four wheels; three and one seem a bit implausible..] pulled or pushed by an animal...used almost exclusively by humans and not goods...am going to google this one.:D
[Edit:google didn't help ]

 

[Jonathan Scott]

I get the impression we're heading towards a trap.

 

[Traz 0]

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?

 

[Enigman]

Horse carraiges

 

[drizzle]

Horse drawn plow?

The guy can still get from one point to another you know.

 

[Traz 0]

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.

 

[Traz 0]

Horse drawn plow?

That's not really about transportation, though nicely outside-the-box lol!

 

[lisab]

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 .

 

[Traz 0]

Getting from point A to B *is* transportation. Nevermind if you mess up the dirt along the way .

Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)

 

[Enigman]

Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)

Is it drawn by a horse? Unless anyone has a better idea...

 

[lisab]

Point taken. But, agriculture is an industry, right? (HA!)

Point taken here as well.

I like the chariot idea.

 

[Traz 0]

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. :(

 

[Traz 0]

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.

 

[I_am_learning]

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.

 

[Traz 0]

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 )

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Ah, I thought it might be a trap, as in "pony and trap". Not far out.

 

[Traz 0]

So, and I know this from reading the 20 questions wiki, the winner gets to be the next answerer. Is that you, Lisa?

 

[Enigman]

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.

That's too tame.
Now THIS IS A CHARIOT!

Da Vinci does it best!

 

[Enigman]

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.]

 

[Traz 0]

[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!

 

[Enigman]

Traz...hmmm...musical instrument...star wars...return of jedi

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.

 

[Traz 0]

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 :(

 

[drizzle]

Wt...

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

 

[Enigman]

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*

 

[lisab]

Right then!

I have something in mind.

 

[Traz 0]

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.

 

[lisab]

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.

 

[Traz 0]

Definitely not an animal or vegetable. A combination of minerals.

Right. Who's next?

 

[drizzle]

Can you carry it?

 

[lisab]

Can you carry it?

Yes.

 

[Enigman]

One last time: minerals (adj.) - not an animal nor a vegetable.
www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=mineral+&searchmode=none

:sly: