Twenty Questions
 

Ask me questions to find out what or who I am. The answers can only be "yes," "no," or "maybe," and you only get twenty, so ask carefully!

If you guess the correct answer, you win and you get to be the next participant.

If you don't find out in twenty questions, I win and I get to choose the next participant.

Go.

1. are you a what?

No

2. male?

Yes

3. Are you dead?

Yes.

did you die in the 20th Century?

4. No

5. did you die prior to the nineteenth century?

Yes.

6. nathan hale?

No.

7. european?

Yes

8. british?

9: Are you famous for military exploits?

8. Yes.

9. No.

Are you quoted in contemporary English textbooks often?

10. Maybe

To summarise:

We are thinking about a British man, who was dead by 1799, and was not a soldier, but is possibly quoted in textbooks.

Is it King George III?

11. No

12. was he a religious figure?

13. a writer, poet?

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12. No
13. No (Edit: Wait, you changed this question from composer to writer/poet after I answered it. I'll let you off this time: the answer to the changed question is yes.)

14. a political figure?

14. Yes, but not primarily.

(Please note the changes to question and answer 13.)

...i apologize Baraka...you all are so fast here (i'm still learning)...i had decided that there weren't as many british composers to choose from (and Handel was german and then became british later which is confusing) and IMMEDIATELY changed it BEFORE seeing an answer (you were quick)....so much for the woman's prerogative to change her mind :)

...Daniel Defoe?

15. No.

16. jonathan swift?

16. No

17. john locke?

17. No.

18. william shakespeare?

18. No.

I have two guesses, but since we're down to the last two attempts, I'll use one and save the other so that I can complain I knew it when the answer is revealed.

19) Adam Smith.

19. No

Last attempt!

Geof Chaucer?

20. Yes!

*Ding*

That was the answer we were looking for!

Leto wins! and is now the next participant of Twenty Questions!

Perhaps I'm simply not versed enough in Chaucer's life and works, but I wasn't aware that he was a political figure in any real sense.

My other guess would've been Robbie Burns, although I was unsure of the dates.

Chaucer was a courtier under the King (more than one, if I remember correctly) and went on missions to places such as France and Spain.

Of course he is best known as being a poet and so ultimately found that royalty made excellent patrons for the arts.

great go, leto...

apparently chaucer was a bit of a diplomat, and a bureaucrat....

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...er-harvard.jpg

- a picture is good here I think....


Okay, here goes:

Thanks guys..


Go.

Dead before 1900?

#1 - no.

2. person?

no

3. place?

no

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Unfortunately, I have to make my evening comute home now... Please don't post too many Q's as It will be a few hours before I can get back to the board...

is it a tool?

...typical guy question... :lol: :cool:

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5. ...is it a mode of transportation

...btw, nick...that was an excellent question above :)

6. thing?

4 - yes
5 - no
6 - I'll not count as it is covered off by #4

6. hammer?

6 - no

you were so right :thumbsup:


7.) sickle?

8) Is it used for construction?

7 - no
8 - yes

9. Is it handheld?

9 - no

10) pile driver?

10 - no - think out of the box...10 guesses left

11. crane?

11 - yes (get specific)

12. one of those big ones that they attach to the upper floors that sets I-beams in place?

like this...

http://i598.photobucket.com/albums/t...owerCrane1.jpg

no. (not high enough. are clues allowed?? this tool has a distinct name)

12. tower cranes?

no. you're still stuck on the ground

The Canadarm?

We have a winner!

Yes, the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), much better known as the Canadarm is truly a crane that is out of this world!



since I like pictures, here's it is:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...0/canadarm.jpg

Wo0t! I think Canada should design and build the world's first space elevator!

Um, Leto, since I played last, how about you choose the next participant?

okay, sounds good. say, if we actually eventually annex the Turks and Caicos... we may have a location to build a space elevator. At least it would sport the best looking branding in the world (i.e. the maple leaf)!

How about we give the next round to Uncle Phil?

What a capital idea!

i was gonna say, i wasn't really stuck to the ground, but that canadarm REALLY isn't stuck to the ground...

ok, who/what am i?

are you a person?

a thing?

1. leto - no, i am not really a person but

2. nick - i am not really a thing, either...more like a character...

3) in a cartoon?

3 - in a cartoon...

4. Female human?...Boop like?

4. nope...

5. Non-human?

6. was this character ever in a full length film?

5 - yes

6 - yes

Fritz the Cat?

ps: ( V damn, I wasted a guess)

7. no

Is this from a Pixar Film?

9. Was the film released after the year 2000?

8. not sure what a "pixar film" is, but i'll say no

9. yes

are you Norma Jean the penguin from Happy Feet? (Mumble's mother...awwww)

10. no

Yous an animal? (as opposed to a robot, car, candlelabra, monster and/or house)

11. yes

a bird type?

12. no

12.5) canine type?

13. no

14. feline type?

an alien?

14. no

15. no