# 20 Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580 "2005-10-10T15:56:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/21 "2005-10-10T17:31:21Z")
Here’s what happened when I tried “poop”. \*\*Q20. Does your mom know you like that? I am not allowed to talk about stuff like this, but, I am guessing that it has something to do with poop? You were thinking of something to do with poop. You said it is classified as Unknown, I say Other. Can it live out of water? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes. Is it flexible? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes. Is it outside? You said Sometimes, I say No. Could you send it in the mail? You said No, I say Yes.\*\* This thing cracks down on me for being and yet it thinks it’s OK to send it in the mail? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/22 "2005-10-10T17:36:29Z")
You were thinking of a fart. Does it get wet? You said Sometimes, I say No. **He don’t know me very well** Does it grow over time? You said Yes, I say No. **Of COURSE it does** Do most people use this daily? You said Irrelevant, I say Probably. Can you get information by using it? You said Yes, I say No. **Like, what I had for dinner. . .** Do you use it in your home? You said Yes, I say No. **Huh?** Does a hockey player use it? You said Yes, I say No. Can you play games with it? You said Yes, I say No. Do you make something with it? You said Yes, I say No. **An odor** Is it used during meals? You said Yes, I say No. Does it get really hot? You said Sometimes, I say No. **This thing’s never heard of a hot, wet one** ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/23 "2005-10-10T17:39:48Z")
28qs for piccolo 17qs for tampon 27qs for silk flower and it couldn’t get spork ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/24 "2005-10-10T17:42:37Z")
It didn’t have road marking in the database ---
**Author:** ![dasgupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e56c9b/32.png) [@dasgupta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasgupta)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/25 "2005-10-10T18:26:33Z")
> [@Little Bird](#): > > African Violet in 16. I find [this](http://www.smalltime.com/dictator/) AI much more fun. Are you obsessed with Mel Torme? **Yes.** You are player number 180 to pick Judge Harold T. Stone from Night Court, and what a clever choice it was! You almost had me for a while, but you let your guard down. Don’t worry, it happens to all of us sooner or later. Please play again, and next time I’ll be ready for you, _Judge Harold T. Stone from Night Court._ It got Tabitha from Bewitched pretty quickly, but not Larry Tate. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/26 "2005-10-10T18:30:33Z")
I was thinking of a penguin and it guessed it in 20 questions exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/27 "2005-10-10T18:37:14Z")
> [@Little Bird](#): > > African Violet in 16. I find [this](http://www.smalltime.com/dictator/) AI much more fun. It didn’t have Caligula, but it does now. ---
**Author:** ![marque\_elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@marque\_elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marque_elf)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/28 "2005-10-10T18:42:53Z")
I tried the game using a roll of paper towels. It got to 28 questions and then guessed “paper towel”. It argued with me that it was decorative and that it could be used at night. It’s interesting that it does use something like “Is it bigger than a breadbox?” as one of it’s early questions. That was always the 2nd question we asked when we played the game as kids. I guess breadboxes aren’t very common kitchen items any more. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/29 "2005-10-10T18:43:43Z")
It took 24 questions to get “horse”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/30 "2005-10-10T18:46:00Z")
It got an Electric Drill in 20q. I like this thing. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/31 "2005-10-10T18:53:29Z")
Well, that’s dumb! I chose kiwi fruit, and it couldn’t get it. Why? I classified it as “other” and it said “vegetable.” I said yes to “is it brown,” it said no. Stupid thingy. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/32 "2005-10-10T19:11:02Z")
Soda straw wrapper (the paper sheath in which soda straws are distributed). Didn’t guess it (it went on for considerably more than 20 questions), didn’t have it in its database at the end either. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/33 "2005-10-10T19:21:56Z")
My mom was telling me that one of our cousins had a little handheld 20 questions thingy. They said it got everything they could think of in 20 questions every time. Then they decided that it’s listening to them and started writing down what they were thinking of, but it still got them. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/34 "2005-10-10T19:29:05Z")
Aspirin in 20. Golf tee in 24. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/35 "2005-10-10T19:37:25Z")
Piano keyboard in **24** questions. Bass guitar in **20**. Wow. ---
**Author:** ![Earthworm\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f07891/32.png) [@Earthworm\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthworm_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/36 "2005-10-10T19:47:36Z")
It didn’t guess Laffy Taffy ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/37 "2005-10-10T19:51:34Z")
It didn’t agree with my 30 answers about a fire extinguisher. I’m at my shop and was looking around picking stuff. It got Lathe in 24 and Micrometer in 28. I’m damn impressed. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/38 "2005-10-10T20:09:44Z")
It gave up on trying to figure out “my ass”. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/39 "2005-10-10T20:17:40Z")
It gave up on **school bus**. I win. I feel so obscure now… ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580/40 "2005-10-10T21:12:14Z")
It took 23 questions for it to guess “pug”. However, it claims that pugs slobber, which they don’t, and also thinks that pugs are “outside”. Anyone who owns a pug knows that a sofa is its natural habitat! Some of the other things listed under “similar objects” for pug: fruit bat, tobacco pipe, siamese cat, tabby cat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/20-questions/325580.md?page=3)