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md
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Botticelli, anyone?
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Oct 7 18:51 UTC 1994 |
Anybody want to play Botticelli? It goes like this:
o The person who is "It" thinks of a name, and says the first
letter. Then, the other players take turns asking questions
until somebody guesses the name.
o The name may be of someone living or dead, real, fictional,
legendary or mythological.
o The letter should be the first letter of the name you would
expect to find the person listed under in a biographical
dictionary or other reference work. (Ralph Kramden would be
"K," Ludwig van Beethoven would be "B," Leonardo da Vinci
would be "L," Sauron would be "S.")
o The name must be one that you would expect a "liberally
educated person" to recognize.
o The questions must all be answerable with "yes" or "no."
o The person who guesses the name correctly becomes the next
"It."
First example:
IT: B.
PLAYER 1: Male?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 2: Living?
IT: No.
PLAYER 3: Fictional?
IT: No.
PLAYER 1: European?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 2: Was he born before 1900?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 3: Was he born before 1500?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 1: Boccaccio?
IT: No.
PLAYER 2: Is he primarily remembered as a writer?
IT: No.
PLAYER 3: Is he primarily remembered as a painter?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 1: Northern European?
IT: No.
PLAYER 2: Italian?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 3: Botticelli?
IT: Yes!
Whereupon Player 3 becomes "It."
Second example:
IT: S.
PLAYER 1: American?
IT: Define "American."
PLAYER 1: Born in the USA?
IT: No.
PLAYER 2: US citizen?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 3: Born before 1900?
IT: No.
PLAYER 1: Born before 1950?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 2: Male?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 3: Living?
IT: No.
PLAYER 1: Born in Europe?
IT: No.
PLAYER 2: Born in South America?
IT: No.
PLAYER 3: Born the the western hemisphere?
IT: No.
PLAYER 1: Born in Asia?
IT: No.
PLAYER 2: Born in Africa?
IT: No.
PLAYER 3: Born in the Middle East?
IT: No.
PLAYER 1: Fictional?
IT: Yes.
PLAYER 2: Born on planet earth?
IT: No.
PLAYER 3: Superman?
IT: Yes!
Whereupon Player 3 becomes "It."
Note that in the second example the "It" player was being
nice in asking the other player to define "American." The
"It" player could have given a simple "yes" answer or a
simple "no" answer - either one would have been correct.
Also, the "It" player might have answered "no" to "Living?"
either because Superman did indeed die, or else because as a
fictional character he was never "alive" in the first place.
Either reason is correct. The point being that your
questions should be specific: "Was he born in the USA?"
"Was he a real person?"
That's all there is to it. Who wants to start?
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kentn
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response 1 of 366:
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Oct 7 20:12 UTC 1994 |
What if you have a Conservative education?
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robh
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response 2 of 366:
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Oct 8 00:15 UTC 1994 |
Actually, the version I used to play was more complex. Person A
would pick a person and identify them with a letter, as you state.
(Example - "I am A.")
Then, the other players would ask a detailed question on whether
or not it was a specific person.
(Example - "Were you the first man on the moon?")
Person A must then answer the question, identifying who that
person is.
(Example - "No, I am not Neil Armstrong.")
If Person A can't figure out who's being referred to, or gets it
wrong, then the person who asked the question gets to ask a
yes/no question.
(Example - "Are you male?" "Yes.")
Then the next players guesses, and so on until someone asks
the right question.
(Example - "Are you a superhero who can talk to fishes?"
"Yes, I am Aquaman.")
Note that if the question isn't specific enough, other correct
answers can be given instead.
(Example - "Are you a superhero?" "No, I'm not Atom Man."
"Hey, I didn't mean Atom Man, I meant Aquaman!" "Tough.")
Well, that's the version I know. It works better on computer
conferencing systems than the other version, from the look of it.
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carson
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response 3 of 366:
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Oct 8 22:39 UTC 1994 |
who's first?
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kentn
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response 4 of 366:
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Oct 9 04:00 UTC 1994 |
what's second?
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aruba
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response 5 of 366:
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Oct 9 05:04 UTC 1994 |
I don't know third.
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carson
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response 6 of 366:
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Oct 10 11:13 UTC 1994 |
(no no no. who's it? I think md should go first.)
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brighn
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response 7 of 366:
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Oct 11 06:15 UTC 1994 |
I like the #0 version better than the #2 version, since the
latter relies on multiple cycles between two people before others
can intercede.
Since no-one else has started, I am H.
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carson
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response 8 of 366:
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Oct 11 07:01 UTC 1994 |
are you an ex-President of the United States?
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brighn
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response 9 of 366:
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Oct 11 07:10 UTC 1994 |
No (carson) (Another suggestion for rules: like the word
guesses, people don't have to wait for each question to be
answered before asking another question, so long as no more
than four unanswered questions exist, and no person asks
two questions during a cycle.)
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carson
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response 10 of 366:
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Oct 11 08:04 UTC 1994 |
(and you shouldn't ask two questions in a row.)
(hint, hint)
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aruba
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response 11 of 366:
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Oct 11 23:09 UTC 1994 |
Are you fictional?
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brighn
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response 12 of 366:
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Oct 12 03:49 UTC 1994 |
No (aruba)
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lilmo
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response 13 of 366:
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Oct 12 12:44 UTC 1994 |
Are you alive?
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carson
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response 14 of 366:
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Oct 12 22:14 UTC 1994 |
Are you from Europe?
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brighn
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response 15 of 366:
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Oct 13 00:10 UTC 1994 |
No (lilmo)
Yes (carson)
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aruba
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response 16 of 366:
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Oct 13 02:16 UTC 1994 |
Are you male?
Hey brighn - how about restating the questions when you answer them?
Like,
Are you from Europe? Yes (carson)
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carson
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response 17 of 366:
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Oct 13 03:16 UTC 1994 |
Are you Adolf Hitler?
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brighn
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response 18 of 366:
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Oct 13 03:57 UTC 1994 |
Good point, Aruba.
For the record:
I am not an ex-president. I am not fictional. I am not alive.
I am from Europe.
Yes, Aruba, I am male.
No, Carson, I am not Hitler.
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jshafer
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response 19 of 366:
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Oct 13 04:42 UTC 1994 |
Did you live in the 20th century?
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carson
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response 20 of 366:
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Oct 13 06:14 UTC 1994 |
are you English?
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other
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response 21 of 366:
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Oct 13 13:45 UTC 1994 |
Were you recognized as an artist?
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brighn
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response 22 of 366:
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Oct 13 17:09 UTC 1994 |
Yes, John, I lived in the 20th Century.
Yes, Carson, I was English.
Other, that depends on what you mean by "artist": specify.
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tom67
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response 23 of 366:
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Oct 13 21:27 UTC 1994 |
Have you ever been the subject of a documentary and/or television series?
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carson
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response 24 of 366:
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Oct 13 23:43 UTC 1994 |
did you die of natural causes?
)BTW, brighn, are you keeping a summary of answers somewhere, a la
letter-match?(
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