# 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:** 34
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/661 "2009-05-28T19:54:03Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Is the character Caucasian? 1. yes, All ‘representations’ of this man have been Caucasion Oops, there is another hint:smack: ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/662 "2009-05-28T19:59:04Z")
Another hint, I might also say that this character might have been in some sort of literature, either fiction or poems or songs or something similar, but he is not famous for being in it. Wiki mentions a song that I have never heard of. I guarantee that every educated American has heard of this character. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/663 "2009-05-28T19:59:38Z")
Nowhere did we establish this is a literary character, from what I can tell. NOT A GUESS: Thinking Santa Claus or some such, Uncle Sam, etc. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/664 "2009-05-28T20:04:24Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Nowhere did we establish this is a literary character, from what I can tell. That is **exactly** what I was alluding to in my first hint. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/665 "2009-05-28T20:28:00Z")
Is this character known as an antagonist of American Indians? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/666 "2009-05-28T21:04:51Z")
1. No ---
**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 28, 2009, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/667 "2009-05-28T22:02:33Z")
Is this a character commonly associated with tall tales? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/668 "2009-05-28T22:29:42Z")
1. No ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/669 "2009-05-28T22:36:15Z")
Is this character regarded as a personification of another thing (e.g., a nation, liberty, love, justice, etc.) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/670 "2009-05-28T22:44:51Z")
1. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/671 "2009-05-28T22:47:21Z")
Is it Uncle Sam? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/672 "2009-05-28T22:56:00Z")
Ding Ding Ding Ding, Very good, Uncle Sam it is. When I first read post 663, i don’t think you had “Uncle Sam” listed, and then i saw it in the post. Did your edit include Uncle Sam? I thought the fictional character might steer you down the wrong path of literature, I was expecting **EH** to guess “Ishmael” for a second. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/673 "2009-05-28T22:57:25Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Ding Ding Ding Ding, Very good, Uncle Sam it is. > > When I first read post 663, i don’t think you had “Uncle Sam” listed, and then i saw it in the post. Did your edit include Uncle Sam? yes ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/674 "2009-05-28T23:23:44Z")
I’m thinking of a famous American. Go! ---
**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 29, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/675 "2009-05-29T00:25:53Z")
1. Male? 2. Alive now? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/676 "2009-05-29T00:32:04Z")
1. Male? 2. Living? edit: Great minds think alike. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/677 "2009-05-29T00:37:14Z")
1. Yes 2. No ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/678 "2009-05-29T00:40:23Z")
1. Is this guy more noted for his place in history, rather than entertainment, athletics, arts, literature etc. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/679 "2009-05-29T00:44:06Z")
1. No ---
**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 29, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/680 "2009-05-29T02:28:12Z")
Is he fictional? If not, did he die before 1900? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=35)