# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/721 "2009-05-30T00:49:42Z")
1. Yes, from US… 2. Still it want it answered in light of my last post? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/722 "2009-05-30T01:13:49Z")
1. So he’s primarily known as an entertainer of sorts? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/723 "2009-05-30T01:27:18Z")
1. No, Not an entertainer…and FTR, he was in the military, but not famous for it. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/724 "2009-05-30T01:27:20Z")
1. Known for being successful in the business world? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/725 "2009-05-30T01:32:50Z")
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 30, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/726 "2009-05-30T01:40:36Z")
OK, so it could be some awesome businessman, like Jerry Jones. Hmmm. 😉 ---
**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 30, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/727 "2009-05-30T01:53:48Z")
This is hard! Did his last name begin with a letter between A and M, inclusive? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/728 "2009-05-30T02:01:00Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > This is hard! > > Did his last name begin with a letter between A and M, inclusive? 1. No For EH’s eyes only: it starts with W and it is a geographical spot. JUST KIDDING, that feud was hard! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/729 "2009-05-30T02:03:33Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > OK, so it could be some awesome businessman, like Jerry Jones. Hmmm. 😉 Awesome and Jerry Jones don’t go together, and didn’t he fire Landry? And he was not in the military, at least wiki doesn’t mention any military. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/730 "2009-05-30T03:26:51Z")
This is going quickly. NOT Are you waiting for the “jerry jones” query. No it is not him. Signing out for the night. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/731 "2009-05-30T05:01:19Z")
Sorry, no I wasn’t waiting for anything. I had to leave for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/732 "2009-05-30T16:11:22Z")
1. Is this person’s business success primarily in the business of goods? 2. Is this person known for any criminal involvement? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/733 "2009-05-30T16:55:11Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > 1. Is this person’s business success primarily in the business of goods? > > 2. Is this person known for any criminal involvement? 1. No 2. No ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/734 "2009-05-30T17:04:10Z")
1. Does the last name start with N through R, inclusive? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/735 "2009-05-30T17:08:30Z")
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 30, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/736 "2009-05-30T17:13:50Z")
1. Is this person the head of a major company? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/737 "2009-05-30T17:47:38Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > 1. Is this person the head of a major company? 1. No Not anymore 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/738 "2009-05-30T18:37:37Z")
I’m at a loss. So, this person is alive, the former head of a major company that does not deal in goods, and whose last name starts with a letter from S through Z inclusive. He was in the military but not famous for it. Does the last name start with U through Z, inclusive? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/739 "2009-05-30T18:47:57Z")
Is the business known for providing consumer services (as opposed to commercial services)? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/740 "2009-05-30T18:51:47Z")
1. No, you have narrowed his last name beginning with an “S” or a “T”. Here’s a big hint: IMO, he is famous for being in the sports world and the entertainment world. But he is not an entertainer. I can think of least 4 different sports where he has some interest although only one as an actual sportsmen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757.md?page=38)