New Game: 20 Questions. Guess Who I am thinking of.

Poststructural Pub
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I am home sick with brochitis, so I’m not going anywhere for awhile. Here are the rules to the game. I have thought up a particular person. In the spirit of the Pub, this is not a religious or political figure. You folks have 20 chances to ask questions that can be answered with a Yes or a No. If you manage to guess the person within 20 questions, you win. If you don’t, I win. I may be sneaky, but I don’t cheat. Here are some valid sample questions:

  1. Is this a male?
  2. Is this a fictional person?
  3. Has this person ever bit the head off of a bat?
    These is not a valid question:
  4. Is this person an American or a Brit? (this question can not be answered “Yes” or “No.”
  5. Is this person a reincarnation of Isis? (only facts that can be verified in Wikipedia will be answered.)

Don’t just be guessing people at random until you have thing narrowed down. Get ready, get set, go. Please number your questions. I have brochitis. My head is not working all that well today.

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#1
Is your person female?

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  1. No. thanks for playing emm.
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  1. Is this person alive today?
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  1. No.
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#3
Is the person 100% human?

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  1. Yes. Both of your questions are very funny to me.
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(“Is this person an American or a Brit?” is a yes or no question. If it were Stephen Fry or Clint Eastwood the answer would be yes, and if it were…I dunno, Attilla the Hun, it’d be no. I suppose it wouldn’t work for anyone who was BOTH American and British though.)

  1. Was the person known to have musical ability?
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  1. Yes.

I read the rest of the stuff your wrote. I have bronchitis. My head is not working well.

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  1. Did he compose music which is now part of ITM?
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No. I don’t play or listen or ITM anything.

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# 6

Was music his main occupation (in the sense of ‘job’ and/or passion) ?

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  1. Yes. You folks seem to be on the right track.
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  1. Was this person known for his “popular” (i.e. mainstream, commercial, radio-played) music?
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# 8

Was he an US American ?

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  1. Yes. (to his music)
  2. Yes. (He was an US American.)
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With emmline’s questions and your answers in mind …


Michael Jackson ?

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  1. See, there you go, jumping to conclusions way too early. No. you are wrong. Please try to narrow things down further.
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It’s # 10 now, I think

Did he live (most of his life) in the last century ?

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  1. Yes.