25 QUESTIONS!

[short bus president]

Tonight I am thinking of a person.




Rules and small print:

YES or NO questions only. Please post your guesses in the SUBJECT LINE of your response. I will keep count in my response subject lines. Whether or not I generously disregard repetitions depends upon my mood and any variances thereof. As always, I suggest a strategery thread separate from this one if the number of players exceeds 3 or 4, and as always I reserve the right to enter said strategery thread for the purpose of taunting my rivals.

Good luck, Loungers!

Edited title to reflect the fact that the players are so far off track, I'm comfortable giving 'em five more questions. :P

[VelmaD]

1. What gender are you?

eom

[short bus president]

3. yes or no questions, Deevee

If you could ask anything you wanted, why not just ask me who the person is I'm thinking of? Silly girl...

[LittleApple81]

20. musician?

[short bus president]

24. question 6 - yes

;-)

[Kimber Scott]

2. How do you play?

I'm new around here. How do you play the game?

[short bus president]

6. standard 20 questions - yes or no questions... 20 of 'em

if after 20 questions my person remains unidentified, I win. If s/he is identified, the person to identify him/her wins.

[AquariDem]

4. How come I tried to start this once

and it didn't work?

[short bus president]

8. I am the one and only true Lounge 20 Questions host.

;-)

Been on hiatus.

[GCP]

5. Is the person still alive?

[short bus president]

11. question 1 - no

Thank you, come again. ;-)

[onebigbadwulf]

7. Are you alive?

question 1

[short bus president]

13. see post 11

;-)

[foxy]

9. Are you a political figure?

[short bus president]

12. question 2 - no

Thank you, come again! ;-)

[youngred]

10. is the person female?

[short bus president]

14. question 3 - no

not female.

[LittleApple81]

15. died young?

[short bus president]

17. question 4 - no

Thank you, come again! ;-)

[LittleApple81]

16. artist?

[short bus president]

18. elaborate, please

Picasso was an artist. So is Kool Keith.

[onebigbadwulf]

21. Were you American?

[short bus president]

23. question 5 - yes

FINALLY a non-"no" answer. ;-)

[fishnfla]

19. Is this dead male a well known historical person?

I'm gonna win this fucking game for once

[short bus president]

22. define "well-known" and "historical"

hate to be a tedious game host, but those are awfully subjective terms.

;-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

28. are you Johnny Cash?

:shrug:

[short bus president]

30. question 8 - no

[onebigbadwulf]

25. they're obviously historical if we know about him and he's dead

dur

[fishnfla]

26. is the dead american male who died at an old age , white?

[short bus president]

29. question 7 - yes

[LittleApple81]

27. Lived in the late 20th Century?

[short bus president]

32. question 9 - yes

[goobergunch]

31. Lived prior to 1900? (n/t)

[short bus president]

35. this is where my innate generosity

is gonna come back to bite me square on the ass. I won't charge ya' for this question, since I answered question #9 right as you were posting it. This exemplifies, however, how discussion of questions to be asked on a separate strategery thread can come in handy. ;-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

43. Died in the 1990's?

[short bus president]

53. question 15 - yes

[AquariDem]

33. Would he be in a standard high-school American history textbook?

[short bus president]

37. question 10 - no

good question. ;-)

[LittleApple81]

34. Summarizing (no question): musician, male, dead, lived in late 20 century.

American, and white.

[fishnfla]

36. American

m

[onebigbadwulf]

39. It's gotta be johnny cash

[goobergunch]

41. No

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=374159#374261

[LittleApple81]

38. died in 21st Century?

[short bus president]

40. question 11 - no

[GCP]

42. Was the musician a guitarist?

[short bus president]

45. question 12 - no

[fishnfla]

44. wealthy ?

[short bus president]

48. don't have access to his old tax returns

so not sure how to answer that.

[fishnfla]

58. Y'all dont use guesses as questions!!!

forget it

[THUNDER HANDS]

61. take it back

[AquariDem]

46. Is it John Denver?

[short bus president]

49. question 13 - no

not Johnny D.

;-)

[caledesi]

47. Jerry Garcia? nt

[short bus president]

50. question 14 - no

not Jerry.

[AquariDem]

51. In what year did he die?

[AquariDem]

54. oops, sorry

[short bus president]

55. Y or N questions, por favor.

;-)

[GCP]

52. Leonard Bernstein?

[short bus president]

56. question 16 - no

[THUNDER HANDS]

57. was this a member of a band?

[short bus president]

60. question 17 - yes

[goobergunch]

59. *waves hands in air* Died in the 1990s. (n/t)

[fishnfla]

62. Please dont use guesses as questions y'all wasted 3

shit

[THUNDER HANDS]

63. ACK...take it back, i dont' want to ask that

[short bus president]

64. m'kay

I take it you mean the suicide question?

[THUNDER HANDS]

65. yes...you said he died at an old age...old folks don't off themselves

[fishnfla]

66. did he play the piano?

[short bus president]

67. question 18 - no

not a pianist.

[LittleApple81]

68. Italian descent?

[short bus president]

70. question 19 - no

[THUNDER HANDS]

69. was he the lead singer? you owe one more question...this was same time

[short bus president]

71. question 20 - no

not the lead singer.

[short bus president]

72. OK, hell - 5 MORE questions

You people are so off track 5 more questions won't hurt...

[THUNDER HANDS]

73. Died between 1990-1995?

[short bus president]

74. question 21 - yes

[foxy]

84. Your sig line kills me shortbus

lol--I definitely agree with that line.:evilgrin:

[fishnfla]

75. goobers question never got answered EDIT YES IT JUST DID

[short bus president]

76. wha?

point it out, or repeat it, please.

[fishnfla]

79. #59

t

[short bus president]

81. Alas, 'twas not a question.

in that post, he was emphasizing that it had already been asked and answered previously.

[goobergunch]

86. Correct. (n/t)

[THUNDER HANDS]

77. was he a drummer?

[short bus president]

78. question 22 - no

still WAY off track here, folks.

[THUNDER HANDS]

80. so he's in a band, but not the singer, drummer, guitarist or piano player?

this is not my question BTW...I'm just stating this to see if I'm correct

[short bus president]

82. yuh,

and he's dead, so no longer in the band, we hope. ;-)

[fishnfla]

83. RECAP

American
dead
white, non Italian
male
musician-no guitar,no piano,no drums, not a lead singer, but in a band
died between 90-95

[THUNDER HANDS]

85. is the band he WAS in still playing now?

[short bus president]

87. question 23 - no

[THUNDER HANDS]

88. so the band broke up when this person died?

[short bus president]

89. question 24 - no

I really shouldn't, but I'm going to go ahead and give you more information here, since you're still WAY, WAY, WAY off track, and have only one question left. The band was history long before this person died. Players might have asked themselves about 20 questions ago whether the person was anything else besides being a musician...

[fishnfla]

90. OK last question:

Do we suck at this game? I was just thinking your clue too!

[short bus president]

91. Hell, let's go 30 questions!

Or 40, maybe 50. It could be like that "how fast will this thread die" thing, except that the editing time has expired, so I'm stuck at 25. Ah, well.

If anyone really wants to know, I can reveal the person of whom I was thinking...

[fishnfla]

93. I give up

I like to play by the rules anyway. anyone else can play on I'll check in later

good job SBP:)

[Red State Rebel]

92. Was he a horn player?

[short bus president]

96. question 25 - no

not a horn player.

[goobergunch]

94. Is that a question? (n/t)

[short bus president]

97. question 26 - yes

yes, that was a question.

;-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

95. did he do acting as well?

[short bus president]

99. question 27 - yes

YES - also acted.

[onebigbadwulf]

98. Was it the ...

cowbell player from blue oyster cult?

[short bus president]

100. question 28 - no

nope, not that guy.

[fishnfla]

101. aaaakakakakka

never mind me wrong thingy

[short bus president]

102. question 28 - uh, sure

he was ON a TV show...

[THUNDER HANDS]

103. Was he famous for anything else other than music and tv?

[short bus president]

104. question ? - nah

mostly known for the TV show, not even so much the music.

Gawd - would someone just go ahead and ask me who it was already?!?

:P

[toddzilla]

105. who was it???

[foxy]

106. Was it a rock-n-roll band?

[short bus president]

107. TONIGHT'S PERSON WAS:

Ken Curtis, who played Deputy Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke, and who was a member of the great Country and Western band "The Sons of the Pioneers."

Brief bio, if yer interested.

Thanks all, for playing!

[fishnfla]

108. You bastard!!!

I'm gonna get Sherrif Dillon, Doc, and Kitty, and we're gonna take you out back of the saloon and whup yer damned ass.

[THUNDER HANDS]

111. AURRRRGGGGGGHHHHH

YOUGODDAMNFOTHERF*CKERIDIDN'TEVENKNOWWHOTHATPERSONWASICAN'TBELIEVEIS ATATTHATTHREADFORANHOURFORAFREAKINGUYIDIDN'TEVENKNOW


AURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

:)

[Supply Side Jesus]

109. bleh....

[dolo amber]

110. Just for future reference...

I called *SHENANIGANS!!* when he started in with the musician thing, although I suppose *technically* he was, but still...:eyes:

You may all feel free to PM me during future 20+ questions to make sure he's not leading you astray by your collective noses. ;)