Author Topic: The Big Original Guessing Game (Read 16654 times)

mobius · « **on:** January 23, 2014, 06:46:46 PM »

I'm thinking of a thing; and you have to guess what it is by asking me only yes or no questions;
example:
"is it a person?"
"is it a type of food?"

winner hosts the next round. you may double post.

I'll start.

arttu98 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 23, 2014, 07:35:55 PM »

Is it larger than a car?

mobius · « **Reply #2 on:** January 24, 2014, 12:07:34 AM »

arttu98 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 24, 2014, 07:50:50 AM »

Does it have legs?

Pieuw · « **Reply #4 on:** January 24, 2014, 08:51:53 AM »

Can I eat it without risking my life?

mobius · « **Reply #5 on:** January 24, 2014, 04:26:16 PM »

does it have legs?: yes

Can I eat it without risking my life?: I believe you can however; I would never eat it myself.

arttu98 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 24, 2014, 05:19:29 PM »

Does it have more than 2 legs?

Pieuw · « **Reply #7 on:** January 24, 2014, 10:32:00 PM »

It has legs. Does it hike by the lake?

mobius · « **Reply #8 on:** January 24, 2014, 10:34:48 PM »

arttu98: yes

Pieuw: You wouldn't say it "hikes" really. It walks, it could be by a lake, but not always.

Clam · « **Reply #9 on:** January 27, 2014, 06:25:24 AM »

Can it climb trees?

namida · « **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2014, 03:42:45 AM »

Is it likely to try and eat you?

Proxima · « **Reply #11 on:** February 03, 2014, 10:43:50 PM »

Does it have a largely undeserved association in popular culture with mass suicide?

mobius · « **Reply #12 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:18:29 AM »

Clam: yes [according to wikipedia]

namida: no

Proxima: no

grams88 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 04, 2014, 12:10:43 PM »

Is it a type of rodent.

ccexplore · « **Reply #14 on:** February 04, 2014, 09:28:04 PM »

Is the first letter within A-M (including A and M)?

mobius · « **Reply #15 on:** February 05, 2014, 10:35:37 PM »

grams88: yes, scientists classify it as a rodent, although I would not if I was a scientist...

ccexplore: no

Gronkling · « **Reply #16 on:** February 05, 2014, 10:41:29 PM »

Does it live mainly in the Southern Hemisphere?

mobius · « **Reply #17 on:** February 05, 2014, 10:56:36 PM »

ccexplore · « **Reply #18 on:** February 05, 2014, 11:59:48 PM »

Quote from: möbius on 2014-02-05 16:35:37

grams88: yes, scientists classify it as a rodent, although I would not if I was a scientist...

ccexplore: no

Hmm, not a Capybara then--actually it seems to rule out quite a few interesting rodents.

Alright then, so is the first letter within range of N-S (inclusive)?

mobius · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2014, 12:23:30 AM »

ccexplore · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2014, 06:23:24 AM »

Is it a porcupine?

mobius · « **Reply #21 on:** February 08, 2014, 03:55:08 AM »

Quote from: ccexplore on 2014-02-06 00:23:24

Is it a porcupine?

yes! ccexplore wins the internet!

ccexplore · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2014, 04:51:22 AM »

Special thanks to grams88 for really helping to start narrow things down. I'm just glad I didn't have to do the letter thing over and over!

Hmm, so porcupines can climb trees huh? Yikes, imagine getting hit with a rain of spiny quills from above...

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Anyhow, I've thought of my thing. Ask away! Hopefully not too difficult, but if it turns out problematic, I can redo with a different thing by popular request.

grams88 · « **Reply #23 on:** February 08, 2014, 11:19:39 AM »

Welldone to yourself ccexplore for guessing porcupines, I would of never thought of that one.

mobius · « **Reply #24 on:** February 08, 2014, 07:32:13 PM »

is it a living thing?

ccexplore · « **Reply #25 on:** February 09, 2014, 12:15:33 AM »

mobius · « **Reply #26 on:** February 09, 2014, 08:20:08 PM »

is it someone on this forum?

ccexplore · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2014, 03:30:38 AM »

Clam · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2014, 03:34:37 AM »

Is it someone?

ccexplore · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:09:48 AM »

grams88 · « **Reply #30 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:56:37 PM »

Is it an animal?

ccexplore · « **Reply #31 on:** February 10, 2014, 08:34:26 PM »

Clam · « **Reply #32 on:** February 10, 2014, 09:59:43 PM »

Does it live in the sea?

ccexplore · « **Reply #33 on:** February 10, 2014, 10:33:59 PM »

mobius · « **Reply #34 on:** February 10, 2014, 11:29:55 PM »

is it a clam?

ccexplore · « **Reply #35 on:** February 11, 2014, 01:07:11 AM »

mobius · « **Reply #36 on:** February 26, 2014, 09:39:08 PM »

is it a vertebrate?

ccexplore · « **Reply #37 on:** February 26, 2014, 10:59:27 PM »

mobius · « **Reply #38 on:** February 27, 2014, 10:15:24 PM »

does this animal have any kind of locomotion? [... in a general sense, I won't say "any kind at all" since this could be difficult to decide. eh, nevermind just answer however you want]

ccexplore · « **Reply #39 on:** February 28, 2014, 12:12:12 AM »

It's a good question given where the answers have led. And I don't think it's ambiguous in this case given the definition of animal locomotion in Wikipedia. My answer would be a resounding "no".

mobius · « **Reply #40 on:** February 28, 2014, 06:20:26 PM »

does it begin with the letter M-Z?

Proxima · « **Reply #41 on:** February 28, 2014, 06:26:29 PM »

Continuing my role as the guy who mostly ignores this topic, then drops in every now and then with a wild guess....

Is it coral?

ccexplore · « **Reply #42 on:** February 28, 2014, 07:39:02 PM »

Quote from: Proxima on 2014-02-28 12:26:29

Is it coral?

Dingdingdingdingding...!!! You got it!

Ha, and I love how mobius has started adopting my approach.

mobius · « **Reply #43 on:** March 01, 2014, 12:53:37 AM »

aw shucks, I was thinking either coral or sponge!

Proxima · « **Reply #44 on:** March 01, 2014, 01:44:53 AM »

Okay, my turn

Ask away!

mobius · « **Reply #45 on:** March 01, 2014, 09:09:28 PM »

it is a living thing?

Proxima · « **Reply #46 on:** March 01, 2014, 09:12:02 PM »

mobius · « **Reply #47 on:** March 01, 2014, 11:10:24 PM »

does it having moving parts?
If this question is too vague or hard to answer I'll forget it and ask a different one

ccexplore · « **Reply #48 on:** March 03, 2014, 11:03:24 AM »

Can you find it on Earth?

Proxima · « **Reply #49 on:** March 03, 2014, 01:54:28 PM »

(this is quite a tricky one, so I'll allow myself to say more than just "yes" or "no" occasionally)

mobius: no
ccexplore: you can't find any exact ones

17 questions left

mobius · « **Reply #50 on:** March 03, 2014, 05:40:15 PM »

is it a tangible object?

what do you mean by 17 questions left?

edit:

-when was it discovered (or invented)?

Quote from: ccexplore on 2014-02-28 13:39:02

Ha, and I love how mobius has started adopting my approach.

actually that's quite an effective way to narrow it down, I thought of trying that earlier but didn't get to it until then. I wonder what other kinds of tricks there are...