# Anybody want to play 20 questions? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 8, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757 "2009-05-08T16:02:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/21 "2009-05-08T20:29:31Z")
Was the painting a still life? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/22 "2009-05-08T20:36:13Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Was the painting a still life? No. 9 questions. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/23 "2009-05-08T20:42:40Z")
Is the painting surreal? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/24 "2009-05-08T20:44:07Z")
> [@Oredigger77](#): > > Is the painting surreal? Yes. 8 questions. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/25 "2009-05-08T20:49:40Z")
Is it by Dali? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/26 "2009-05-08T20:50:28Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Is it by Dali? Yes. 7 questions. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/27 "2009-05-08T20:54:27Z")
Is it _The Persistence of Memory_? ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/28 "2009-05-08T20:59:12Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Is it _The Persistence of Memory_? Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner! And the grand prize is a round-trip trip for two in a psycho-sexual wilderness of disturbing dream images…complete with a stay in the Mae West bedroom suite at the Mars Hotel. Bon Voyage Hal Briston. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/29 "2009-05-08T21:29:23Z")
Way to go, **Hal**! Would you like to start the next round? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/30 "2009-05-08T22:21:52Z")
Thanks, but I’ll pass it along to someone else. I’m not going to be online enough this evening to be a good hint-giver. Thanks for the game! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/31 "2009-05-09T03:44:12Z")
With your permission, then, I’ll start the next round. Same rules as before. Freebie clue: I’m thinking of a name. Go. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/32 "2009-05-09T12:59:33Z")
Is it the name of a person? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/33 "2009-05-09T16:27:09Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > Is it the name of a person? 1. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Spoonful_of_Awesome)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/34 "2009-05-09T17:49:10Z")
Is it typically a male’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/35 "2009-05-09T18:05:15Z")
> [@A\_Spoonful\_of\_Awesome](#): > > Is it typically a male’s name? 1. Yes. ---
**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:** [May 9, 2009, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/36 "2009-05-09T20:20:42Z")
Is it a well known person’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/37 "2009-05-09T21:26:37Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is it a well known person’s name? 1. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/38 "2009-05-10T01:49:15Z")
1. Is the well known person dead? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2009, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/39 "2009-05-10T02:18:50Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > 1. Is the well known person dead? 1. Yes ---
**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:** [May 10, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/40 "2009-05-10T02:26:47Z")
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