# 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:** 41
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/801 "2009-06-01T05:53:17Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > 1. Change that to “it depends of the definition of ‘geographic feature.’” It doesn’t seem to meet the basic wiki definition: “Geographic features, or geographical formations, are components of a planet that can be referred to as locations, sites, areas, or regions (and therefore may show up on maps).” 1. No Although my wrangling with the question is a hint of sorts. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/802 "2009-06-01T06:52:44Z")
Let me attempt to clarify. It is the discovery of something occurring in nature, related to land, but it is not a particular bay, hill, river, lake, valley, or similar “geographic feature” that someone would use to fill in a previously unknown blank spot on a map. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/803 "2009-06-01T13:04:17Z")
Oooh! Is it the determination that Pluto is/is not a planet? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/804 "2009-06-01T13:09:25Z")
Disregard that. Make it, “is it the discovery of a planet?” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/805 "2009-06-01T13:30:03Z")
Did it occur in what is now the state of California? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/806 "2009-06-01T14:45:12Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Disregard that. Make it, “is it the discovery of a planet?” 1. No ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/807 "2009-06-01T14:47:13Z")
> [@Sternvogel](#): > > Did it occur in what is now the state of California? 1. Yes 😛 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/808 "2009-06-01T14:57:06Z")
Was it the discovery of gold in them thar hills? The '49 rush? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/809 "2009-06-01T15:06:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Was it the discovery of gold in them thar hills? The '49 rush? Yes! Good game. January 1848 ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/810 "2009-06-01T15:11:10Z")
I’m thinking of a film. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/811 "2009-06-01T15:15:51Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > Yes! Good game. > > January 1848 TRIVIA Gold Discovery: January 24, 1848 US gets California from Mexico: February 2, 1848 (9 days later) Gold discovery announced in East Coast papers: August 1848 There was a relatively small group of 48ers who lived closer to California than the 49ers ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/812 "2009-06-01T15:17:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I’m thinking of a film. 1. U.S. of American? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/813 "2009-06-01T15:19:37Z")
Yep ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/814 "2009-06-01T15:23:11Z")
1. Created in or after 1950? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/815 "2009-06-01T15:26:55Z")
Yes ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/816 "2009-06-01T15:32:42Z")
1. Created in or after 1980? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/817 "2009-06-01T15:36:52Z")
Considered a comedy? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/818 "2009-06-01T15:55:15Z")
Yes, yes ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/819 "2009-06-01T16:06:27Z")
1. Created in or after 1995? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-want-to-play-20-questions/495757/820 "2009-06-01T16:23:08Z")
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