yay so well done Galileo that was brilliant and so well deserved
Big thanks to sherlockx for such a good what am I and thanks for keeping me awake thinking and driving me crazy today
yay so well done Galileo that was brilliant and so well deserved
Big thanks to sherlockx for such a good what am I and thanks for keeping me awake thinking and driving me crazy today
Thank you 
, my congrats go to sherlockx for an amazing idea
, my congrats go to sherlockx for an amazing idea 
Just curious...
Is there a consensus now to do more advanced types of What Am I? This is one of the first times we've gone into the "advanced concept"mode. It was fun and it was maddening, but in the end, someone actually won.
Should we view this as a template for going forward? IOW, a combination of more traditional WAI's and the more advanced types?
Just wondering, because sherlockx can get away with it, but if the rank and file did it, would those death threats actually be forthcoming?
Is there a consensus now to do more advanced types of What Am I? This is one of the first times we've gone into the "advanced concept"mode. It was fun and it was maddening, but in the end, someone actually won.
Should we view this as a template for going forward? IOW, a combination of more traditional WAI's and the more advanced types?
Just wondering, because sherlockx can get away with it, but if the rank and file did it, would those death threats actually be forthcoming?
bob zea wrote:Just curious...
Is there a consensus now to do more advanced types of What Am I? This is one of the first times we've gone into the "advanced concept"mode. It was fun and it was maddening, but in the end, someone actually won.
Should we view this as a template for going forward? IOW, a combination of more traditional WAI's and the more advanced types?
Just wondering, because sherlockx can get away with it, but if the rank and file did it, would those death threats actually be forthcoming?
To do that one would need to set high rewards (for motivation), and 2000 WRZ$ every time?
But would be really amazing if it could happen, I say yes!
Maybe once every 15 days, and maybe a Mod as the Guest!
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Although my head hurts after all the thinking I really enjoyed this round!
Maybe on weekends we could get an "advanced mode"?
Maybe on weekends we could get an "advanced mode"?
congrats galileo, genius thinking
and i agree, we should do this more than once annually, I enjoyed it too, every 15 days sounds reasonable, for a certain large award, doesn't have to be 2000 but it's a good idea, to me at least
though i'd have to say challenging is good, mathematical, well that';s another story
and i agree, we should do this more than once annually, I enjoyed it too, every 15 days sounds reasonable, for a certain large award, doesn't have to be 2000 but it's a good idea, to me at least
though i'd have to say challenging is good, mathematical, well that';s another story
I have no objection if anyone wants to do an advanced concept.
However I would caution anyone who thinks about trying it to consider the following:
1) it is incredibly time consuming I posted replies to over 230 questions in one day
2) you had better know your subject incredibly well and I mean well beyond wikipedia
3) You dare not take a break , if you do you will be overwhelmed with the number of questions to answer.
I did cheat a bit because no one really associates me with Maths or Art (foolish mortals)
However I would caution anyone who thinks about trying it to consider the following:
1) it is incredibly time consuming I posted replies to over 230 questions in one day
2) you had better know your subject incredibly well and I mean well beyond wikipedia
3) You dare not take a break , if you do you will be overwhelmed with the number of questions to answer.
I did cheat a bit because no one really associates me with Maths or Art (foolish mortals)
thebomb wrote:congrats galileo, genius thinking
and i agree, we should do this more than once annually, I enjoyed it too, every 15 days sounds reasonable, for a certain large award, doesn't have to be 2000 but it's a good idea, to me at least
though i'd have to say challenging is good, mathematical, well that';s another story
Yep, I agree about the math.
Though I'm kicking myself, since I've encountered the Golden Ratio in other subject matters, but it's still mathematical and math stuff is probably too challenging in the long run. Any topic that is searchable on the Internet is fair game -- like science (with some degree of common sense) -- but math can quickly go beyond that.ROUND 18
Answers:
1. avoran asked - are you a (real or fictional) person? - No
2. workerbee asked - Are you a place? - No
3. litstudent asked - Are you an Object? - No
4. pink magnolia asked - Are you a building? - No
5. mobilitic asked - Are you alive? - No
6. Pericles asked - Are you a state of mind? - No
7. workerbee asked - Are you an abstract idea or concept? - No
8. raincola asked - Are you an animal? - No
9. gastongafe asked - Are you a literary work? - Yes
10. avoran asked - are you something created by people? - Yes
11. litstudent asked - Are you called a classic? - Yes
12. Bookbanshee asked - Were you written before 1950? - Yes
13. lara87 asked - Do you have multiple authors? - No [Edited]
14. workerbee asked - Were you written before 1800? - No
15. mobilitic asked - are you a religious book? - No
16. avoran asked - were you originally written in English? - Yes
17. Pericles asked - Are you the Canterbury Tales? - No
18. thebomb asked - are you the Sherlock Holmes series? - No
19. mehrdadmms asked - Are you written by an american author? - No
20. workerbee asked - Are you The Hound of the Baskervilles? - No
21. gastongafe asked - Were you written in the XIX century? - Yes
22. litstudent exclaimed - Were you a Graphic novel! - No
23. Bookbanshee asked - Were you written by a man? - Yes - Answer to Q.13 edited.
24. Pericles asked - Are you "The Strand" magazine? - No
25. aoife asked - Are you nonfiction? - No
26. workerbee asked-Were your multiple authors attributed as such upon first publication?-See the answer to Q.13
27. gastongafe asked- Are you Poetry? - A simple Yes or No answer to this question is debatable.
28. avoran asked - does your author's last name start with a letter from A-L inclusive? - Yes
29. Galileo asked - Are you The Adventures of Tom Sawyer ? - No
30. litstudent asked - Were you written by a North American? - No
31. workerbee asked - Are you The Ring and the Book by Robert Browning? - No
32. gastongafe asked - Are you Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? - No
33. Romantic1983 asked - Are you Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy? - No
34. Galileo asked - Are you Don Juan by Lord Byron? - No
35. Anonnymouse asked - Were you written by an English Author? - Yes
36. thebomb asked - are you Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen? - No
37. avoran asked - are you A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens? - No
38. workerbee asked - Are you Lucile by Robert Bulwer-Lytton? - No
39. emmilina asked - does the last name start with a D? (Assuming you meant my author's name) - No
40. Romantic1983 asked - Did you write epic poetry? (Assuming you meant my author) - No. The question was edited to 'Are you an epic poem?' - No
41. gastongafe asked - Were you written after 1850? -Yes
42. workerbee asked - Do you remain popular among the general reading public today? - Yes
43. Anonnymouse asked - Does your authors surname begin with a B? - No
44. avoran asked - Has there been a BBC movie/TV series based on you? - Yes
45. Romantic1983 asked - Has your authors name been mention so far? - No
46. gastongafe asked - Did your author use a pen name (a pseudonymous)? - No
47. workerbee asked - Were you published during your author's lifetime? - Yes
48. thebomb asked - are you Peter Pan by J.M.Barrie? - No
49. Pericles asked - Are you "The Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling? - No
50. Romantic1983 asked - Have you had a film/adaptation in the last 10 years? - Yes
51. Anonnymouse asked - Were you written by a female author? - No
52. avoran asked - is your title the name of a character? - Yes
53. workerbee asked - Are you performed on stage? - Yes
54. thebomb asked - are you the Harry Potter series by J.K.Rowling? - No
55. Romantic1983 asked - Are you set in the same time you were written? - Yes
56. Galileo asked - Are you A Study in Scarlet ? - No
57. Anonnymouse asked - Are You Lorna Doone? - No
58. gastongafe asked - Were you written primarily for children? - No
59. thebomb asked - are you David Copperfield by Charles Dickens? - No
60. mobilitic asked - are you a novel? - No
61. Romantic1983 asked - Are you The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins? - No
62. Galileo asked - Are you Oliver Twist ? - No
63. avoran asked - Are you Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy? - No
64. thebomb asked - are you Dracula by Bram Stoker? - No
65. gastongafe asked - Were your author a dramatist and playwriter? - Yes
66. Bookbanshee asked - Are you Daniel Deronda? - No
67. Romantic1983 asked - Are you an opera? - Yes
68. mehrdadmms asked - Are you Hamlet by William Shakespeare? - No
69. thebomb asked - are you Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? - No
70. workerbee asked - Are you The Mikado? - Yes
71. avoran asked - is the title character female? - No
72. Romantic1983 asked - Are you Sweeney Todd: Demon Barber of Fleet Street? - No, but thanks for the opera question, the game might have dragged on to a 100 questions, otherwise.
73. gastongafe asked - Are you The Pirates of Penzance? - No, but well done, gastongafe. You came so close!
74. thebomb asked - are you Ivanhoe? - No
75. bob zea asked - Are you Amadeus? - No
11 questions asked by the winner, workerbee.
Thanks, everyone!
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