# 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:** 28
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/541 "2009-05-21T16:37:19Z")
Good job! Would you like to start the next one? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/542 "2009-05-21T16:39:41Z")
Yay! I am thinking of a work of art (encompassing literature, visual art, architecture, film, music, etc.) ---
**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 21, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/543 "2009-05-21T17:49:11Z")
Was it created since 1800? (Congrats on your successful Bond Girls guess, **RNATB** ). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/544 "2009-05-21T17:54:53Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/545 "2009-05-21T18:27:55Z")
Was this work of art created in Europe? ---
**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 21, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/546 "2009-05-21T18:34:02Z")
Was it a painting? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/547 "2009-05-21T20:12:24Z")
No, no. (#s 2 and 3) ---
**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 21, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/548 "2009-05-21T20:40:40Z")
Was it bigger than a minivan? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/549 "2009-05-21T20:44:53Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/550 "2009-05-21T21:13:40Z")
Is it a sculpture? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/551 "2009-05-21T21:25:47Z")
No. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/552 "2009-05-22T00:12:34Z")
Hmm, a work of art, not created in Europe, created before 1800, that is not a sculpture or a painting. Is it literature? ---
**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 22, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/553 "2009-05-22T01:33:19Z")
Does the original of it still exist? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/554 "2009-05-22T13:26:16Z")
**notfrommensa** : yes! **EH** : the earliest known version still exists. Unknown if it’s the original. (#7) ---
**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 22, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/555 "2009-05-22T15:27:06Z")
Is it generally regarded as fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/556 "2009-05-22T15:29:01Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/557 "2009-05-22T16:25:52Z")
Was it created before 1 A.D? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/558 "2009-05-22T16:49:50Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/559 "2009-05-22T16:58:55Z")
I think that is 9 questions: 1. Is the literature from Asia? 2. If answer to Question 10 is “Yes”, Is it Chinese Literature? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/560 "2009-05-22T17:01:40Z")
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