# ACM's 20 Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 16, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927 "2010-07-16T16:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/61 "2010-07-20T20:38:14Z")
Looks like beans is our final guess. What was it? I can start the second round once we’re told the answer. Is that OK with you folks? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/62 "2010-07-20T20:40:00Z")
“String, or nothing!” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/63 "2010-07-20T23:02:27Z")
Still waiting on the reveal. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/64 "2010-07-21T01:17:26Z")
All right… don’t get angry at me… I’m not entirely satisfied with how I answered the question about houses… … the answer is… … wait for it… Dentures. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/65 "2010-07-21T01:50:41Z")
Good one. 🙂 Anyone wanna ask the first question on mine? ---
**Author:** ![Manwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Manwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manwich)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/66 "2010-07-21T01:58:01Z")
Dentures was a clever choice. **Mahaloth** , is it a living thing? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/67 "2010-07-21T02:21:55Z")
> [@Manwich](#): > > **Mahaloth** , is it a living thing? No. 1. It is not alive ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/68 "2010-07-21T11:10:46Z")
Is it manmade? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/69 "2010-07-21T12:29:21Z")
- I just re-read the original post and realize ACM should have picked the next “answerer” instead of me volunteering myself. Sorry. I’ll continue unles ACM really had someone else in mind. 🙂 \*\*It is man-made. 1. It is not alive. 2. It is man-made.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/70 "2010-07-21T12:55:48Z")
Is it smaller that a typical microwave oven? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/71 "2010-07-21T12:58:51Z")
> [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > Is it smaller that a typical microwave oven? Can not accurately be compared to microwave in terms of size. \*\* 1. It’s not alive. 2. It’s man-made. 3. It can not be accurately compared to a microwave in terms of size. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/72 "2010-07-21T13:20:30Z")
Can it be used to warm food? ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/73 "2010-07-21T13:46:41Z")
Would you most likely find it indoors? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/74 "2010-07-21T13:48:50Z")
Is it a physical object? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/75 "2010-07-21T14:45:17Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Can it be used to warm food? No > [@lost4life](#): > > Would you most likely find it indoors? Yes > [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Is it a physical object? No. **1. It’s not alive. 2. It’s man-made. 3. It can not be accurately compared to a microwave in terms of size. 4. It can not be used to warm food. 5. You would find it indoors. 6. It’s not a physical object.** ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/76 "2010-07-21T14:47:03Z")
Is it a work of art? ETA: incidentally, I think it would have been perfectly fair for you to have answered a flat “no” to #3. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/77 "2010-07-21T14:52:12Z")
> [@Tom\_Scud](#): > > Is it a work of art? > . No. \*\* 1. It’s not alive. 2. It’s man-made. 3. It can not be accurately compared to a microwave in terms of size. 4. It can not be used to warm food. 5. You would find it indoors. 6. It’s not a physical object. 7. It is not a work of art.\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/78 "2010-07-21T15:03:07Z")
Does it exist in a gaseous state? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/79 "2010-07-21T16:10:56Z")
> [@Justin\_Credible](#): > > Does it exist in a gaseous state? \*\*No. 1. It’s not alive. 2. It’s man-made. 3. It can not be accurately compared to a microwave in terms of size. 4. It can not be used to warm food. 5. You would find it indoors. 6. It’s not a physical object. 7. It is not a work of art. 8. It does not exist in a gaseous state. \*\* ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acms-20-questions/546927/80 "2010-07-21T16:40:52Z")
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