20 QUESTIONS (again)

[short bus president]

Tonight, once again, I am thinking of a person.

Please post your guesses in the SUBJECT LINE, and I will keep count of guesses guessed in the subject lines of my replies.

YES/NO QUESTIONS only, please.

Best of luck, my worthy adversaries. ;-)

[everythingsxen]

1. Is the person you are thinking of a man?

[short bus president]

2. question 1 - yes

Thanks fer playin' with me!

;-)

[everythingsxen]

5. np

:D

Well thats half of the possible answers eliminated. :P

[Catch22Dem]

3. Politician?

[short bus president]

6. question 2 - no

:D

[southerngirlwriter]

4. Is this person you are thinking of President George W. Bush?

nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

7. is this person alive currently?

[short bus president]

9. question 3 - no

:smoke:

[Catch22Dem]

8. Entertainment Industry Figure?

[short bus president]

10. question 4 - yes

:hippie:

[onebigbadwulf]

11. It better be someone we've actually heard of

instead of last time when it was someone we'd never heard of from a band we'd never heard of.

[THUNDER HANDS]

12. Did this person die recently (within 10 years)

[short bus president]

14. question 5 - yes

:bounce:

[Catch22Dem]

13. Is this person famous for movies?

[short bus president]

17. a little help, here

dolo amber says either possible answer I could give here would be misleading. Can you make the question more... I dunno... concise?

[Catch22Dem]

30. As in famous for movies or famous for television work.

[UrbScotty]

15. Did he die in 2003?

[short bus president]

18. question 6 - no

:-)

[XanaDUer]

16. Uncle Fester?

eom.

[THUNDER HANDS]

19. Was this person an American-born actor?

[short bus president]

22. ahem! That's TWO questions...

naughty, naughty!

[UrbScotty]

20. Was Clinton President when he died?

[THUNDER HANDS]

21. we answered that already....yes

[UrbScotty]

23. No.

It was asked, "Did he die within the last ten years?"

Bush has been (acting) President for three of those years.

[mopinko]

24. is this person handsome?

[short bus president]

25. to me? should I ask dolo amber?

I can't well post a picture poll on the topic...

[UrbScotty]

26. Was he a singer?

This thread is going kind of slow, isn't it?

[short bus president]

27. question 7 - no

and yeah, there's a definite downtempo going on with tonight's game. No problem here, though - gives me more time for internet porn. ;-)

[UrbScotty]

28. Do you like internet porn?

Don't count that as a question!

[short bus president]

29. not counted.

;-)

I like porn in all its wonderful embodiments. Internet, video, magazine, strip club, puppet show... you name it.

[fortyfeetunder]

31. Was he older than 60 when he died?

Yeah, that will weed out the answers....

[short bus president]

33. question 8 - yes

;-)

[LTR]

32. Bigger than a bread box?

nt

[Kenneth ken]

34. Was he famous as a film director?

[short bus president]

35. question 9 - no

:o

[Skittles]

36. IS IT ME ???

BETTER BE OR I'LL KICK YOUR ASS

[short bus president]

37. well, let me clarify...

of course I'm ALWAYS thinking of you, Skittles, so technically, you are right. But for the sake of the current game, I'll rephrase the challenge: "tonight I am thinking of Skittles, as well as another person."

[Kenneth ken]

38. Was he famous as an actor?

[short bus president]

39. question 10 - yes

:-)

[Kenneth ken]

40. Was he born in the United States?

[short bus president]

42. question 11 - yes

[Kathy in Cambridge]

41. did he win any academy awards?

:-)

[short bus president]

43. question 12 - no

[Kathy in Cambridge]

44. Did this person die during Clinton's presidency?

[short bus president]

45. question 13 - yes

[peterh]

46. Did he play the piano?

.

[short bus president]

48. question 14 - no

[Kathy in Cambridge]

47. Did this person act in any recent hit movies?

[short bus president]

49. please narrow down "recent" and "hit" for me, dear

;-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

51. Did he star in any top-grossing films in the 1990s?

[short bus president]

53. question 16 - no

[Kenneth ken]

50. Did he die later than 12-31-1995?

[short bus president]

52. question 15 - yes

[Kenneth ken]

54. Did he die later than 12-31-1997?

[short bus president]

56. question 17 - no

nice strategy... what's your reference site?

;-)

[Kathy in Cambridge]

55. Did he act on a popular TV series?

[short bus president]

57. question 18 - yes

[Kathy in Cambridge]

58. Shit-there are a few people who fit that description!

[Kenneth ken]

59. Are you thinking of Brian Keith?

[short bus president]

60. question 19 - no

[Kenneth ken]

61. DANG - it was my one chance at fame and fotune!

[onebigbadwulf]

62. Does this game suck because it's always people we've never heard of?

Answer - Yes

[short bus president]

64. if you prefer to not play,

I'm perfectly happy to not have you in this thread.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

66. You're too young-the brain cells of people in their 30s and 40s

are taken up by useless trivia that is only goos in games like 20 Questions and Trivial Pursuit.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

63. Are you thinking of George Burns?

[short bus president]

65. question 20 - no

answer forthcoming

[Kathy in Cambridge]

68. Who the F*** is it?

Charles Kurault?
Ted Bessell (That Girl)?
Tiny Tim?
Burgess Meredith (Batman?)
Denver Pyle(Dukes of Hazzard)?

[short bus president]

67. TONIGHT'S PERSON WAS:

Denver Pyle, most famous for playing Uncle Jesse on "The Dukes of Hazzard" and Mad Jack on "Grizzly Adams."

Would link to his bio, but I'm too damn tired.

See y'all next time! ;-)

[Kenneth ken]

69. D'oh -

Gomer's Dad! I might have guessed that - with another 400 questions.

just kidding, I know he wasn't Gomer's dad.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

70. Damn! Better luck next time for all!

:hi:

That was fun! Good night all!