# Question Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711 "2000-06-17T17:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/1 "2000-06-17T17:30:07Z")
This is a game where you have a conversation only asking questions. Here’s the rules: 1. No rhetoric. Don’t go asking the meaning of life or anything unaswerable. 2. No bouncing a question right back at someone. “Are you hot in here?” cannot be answered with “Are you?” 3. No making a statement into a question, such as, “It’s hot in here, don’t you think?” or “That’s a nice car, isn’t it?” Phrase the above instead as “Is it hot in here?” or “Do you think it’s hot in here?” and “Do you think that’s a nice car?” So, I guess the first question is: Is there anyone out there who wants to play? ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/2 "2000-06-17T17:40:13Z")
Are you sure about this game? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/3 "2000-06-17T17:49:43Z")
Why else would I have started the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/4 "2000-06-17T17:50:20Z")
How do we know who wins? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/5 "2000-06-17T17:53:04Z")
Do you people watch ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ often? ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/6 "2000-06-17T17:54:19Z")
Don’t you LOVE that show? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/7 "2000-06-17T17:58:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > How do we know who wins? > \*\* Is everything a competition to you? (TIMEOUT FROM THE GAME - if you have a real question about the game, please let me know, otherwise I think you’re playing and won’t answer it directly. The winner will be determined by me by who has the most good questions and best rebuttals to questions. Basically, your points are completely arbitrary based on whose questions I like best. I wasn’t planning on keeping score, but what the hell. Ruffian gets 3 points for this one, cuz I’m not sure if he’s playing or not. Red Dragon gets 3 points for starting us off.) ---
**Author:** ![red\_dragon60](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@red\_dragon60](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_dragon60)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/8 "2000-06-17T17:59:45Z")
Must you be so critical of us? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/9 "2000-06-17T18:01:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Do you people watch ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’ often? > \*\* No, when is it on? (TIMEOUT FROM GAME - please quote the question you’re responding to so this will make a little more sense as you read through it. BTW - I have seen _Whose Line_ but my friends and I started playing this when we saw the film _Guildenstern and Rosencrantz Are Dead_ starring Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, they play this game in that film.) ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/10 "2000-06-17T18:04:36Z")
> [@](#): > > No, when is it on? Don’t you watch TV on Thursday nights? ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/11 "2000-06-17T18:09:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Ruffian gets 3 points for this one, cuz I’m not sure if he’s playing or not. > \*\* :::raised eyebrow::: What makes you think I’m a “he”? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/12 "2000-06-17T18:10:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Don’t you watch TV on Thursday nights? > \*\* Don’t you people have better things to do than watch TV? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/13 "2000-06-17T18:11:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t you people have better things to do than watch TV? What could be a better thing than watching TV? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/14 "2000-06-17T18:12:53Z")
> [@](#): > > Don’t you people have better things to do than watch TV? What could be a better thing than watching TV? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/15 "2000-06-17T18:13:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > :::raised eyebrow::: What makes you think I’m a “he”? > \*\* Are you saying you’re not a ‘he’? (TIMEOUT- Ruffian gets another 3 points - I seem to recall a post where Ruffian mentions her(?) gender. Ruffian, please take a timoeout on your next post and set me straight on this matter!) ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/16 "2000-06-17T18:14:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > What could be a better thing than watching TV? > \*\* Haven’t you ever had sex? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/17 "2000-06-17T18:15:47Z")
> [@](#): > > Haven’t you ever had sex? With another person? ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/18 "2000-06-17T18:17:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > With another person? > \*\* Why does it always have to be another **person**? ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/19 "2000-06-17T18:18:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Why does it always have to be another **person**? > \*\* Are you referring to masturbation? ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2000, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711/20 "2000-06-17T18:18:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Why does it always have to be another person? Why can’t society accept sex with non-homosapiens? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-game/22711.md?page=2)