# New Game: Who wants to play the Questions game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591 "2000-08-16T17:47:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/1 "2000-08-16T17:47:53Z")
Have you seen Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead? Did you enjoy the scene in which our heros play Questions? Have you noticed that we haven’t been playing too many games aroung here recently? Wouldn’t you like to play Questions with Swiddles? ---
**Author:** ![lolagranola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ea5d25/32.png) [@lolagranola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lolagranola)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/2 "2000-08-16T17:50:44Z")
Is this like questions only? Or is it like another game I play (at another forum) where you answer a personal question, and someone answers, and posts another question? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/3 "2000-08-16T17:51:33Z")
**Have you seen Rosencranz and Guildenstern are Dead?** No. **Did you enjoy the scene in which our heros play Questions?** I said I didn’t see it. **Have you noticed that we haven’t been playing too many games aroung here recently?** Suits me fine. **Wouldn’t you like to play Questions with Swiddles?** Since it’s YOU asking, how do you play it? ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/4 "2000-08-16T17:59:30Z")
I did that snippet of play for an acting class. It is great fun. You can only ask questions. You have to answer that question with another question example Person 1 \> Do you like pie? Person 2 \> Do you have pie? Person 1 \> What kind of pie would you like? Person 2 \> Do you have apple pie? You make a satement or repeat a previous question you other person gets a point. I’ll Start **Do you want to play this game?** ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/5 "2000-08-16T18:01:07Z")
Wouldn’t the name Questions imply that the game involves holding a coherant conversation using only grammatically correct questions? Would you consider that last attempt a run-on sentance? Do I care? Anone else think that lolagranola had the idea right with her first question? ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/6 "2000-08-16T18:02:25Z")
Isn’t it obvious, etgaw1? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/7 "2000-08-16T18:02:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by etgaw1 \* > **Do you want to play this game?** Doesn’t everyone? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/8 "2000-08-16T18:03:18Z")
How long do you think we can keep it going? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/9 "2000-08-16T18:04:16Z")
Why would you think I wanted to play a game? Do I look like some sort of clown who just wants to play all the time? Don’t you think I have work to do? What would happen if someone in my company desperately needed internet access and I was busy playing games? Wouldn’t they be upset? Wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/10 "2000-08-16T18:05:57Z")
Wouldn’t it be fun to see this thread run over three pages? Don’t you think it would make a good Threadspotting? Isn’t Swiddles clever for thinking this up? ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/11 "2000-08-16T18:06:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dropzone \* > \*\*How long do you think we can keep it going? \*\* How long is a Chinese name [did you notice how I intentionally omitted punctuation to maintain ambiguity?] ---
**Author:** ![SwimmingRiddles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SwimmingRiddles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwimmingRiddles)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/12 "2000-08-16T18:07:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > \*\*Isn’t Swiddles clever for thinking this up? \*\* Can you guess who my new favorite poster is? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/13 "2000-08-16T18:08:10Z")
Moe: 😛 Don’t you think that joke’s kind of old? ---
**Author:** ![struuter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@struuter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/struuter)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/14 "2000-08-16T18:11:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by struuter \* > > \*\*Isn’t Swiddles clever for thinking this up? \*\* > > Can you guess who my new favorite poster is? 😃 \*\* Do you know how happy you’ve made me? Do flagrant attempts to get into your good graces offend you? ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/15 "2000-08-16T18:11:28Z")
SR: Can’t we get on with the game without blatent self-advertising? 😉 Dogsboy: Isn’t age subjective? ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/16 "2000-08-16T18:15:35Z")
Is everybody having fun? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/17 "2000-08-16T18:17:20Z")
What the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/18 "2000-08-16T18:20:17Z")
Are rhetorical questions allowed? ---
**Author:** ![etgaw1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@etgaw1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etgaw1)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/19 "2000-08-16T18:20:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SwimmingRiddles \* > \*\*Isn’t it obvious, etgaw1? \*\* Did you really think you didn’t need to state the rules in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@Zumba\_The\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zumba_The_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2000, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591/20 "2000-08-16T18:27:12Z")
Would someone please explain this game to me? Is anyone else confused? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-game-who-wants-to-play-the-questions-game/29591.md?page=2)