Now here is a fun game

[greeneyedlady]

It is called 20 Questions:

You think of something and the game asks you questions and trys to guess what you are thinking about, I beat it the first time I played :dance

See how well you can do


http://www.20q.net/

 

[kveeti]

That was great!

I was going for "kleenex". The game guessed "rubber glove" (?) after the 20 questions, but got kleenex after 28.

 

[avoxo]

I work in a produce department at a super market and I know all the strange fruits and veggies. It guessed a durian in 19 questions and kumquat in 26.

Pretty impressed.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

It had no idea what a "Plesiosaurus" is.

 

[slipknottin]

"You were thinking of a hyena.
Do people own it as a pet? You said Yes, I say No.
Is it a type of dog? You said No, I say Yes"


hmm.. I think its broken.

 

[Fishsmurf]

It had no idea what a "Plesiosaurus" is.

But neither did I til I googled it....

 

[greeneyedlady]

"You were thinking of a hyena.
Do people own it as a pet? You said Yes, I say No.
Is it a type of dog? You said No, I say Yes"


hmm.. I think its broken.

I think it goes on the most likely answer, most people would not own a hyena as a pet, also hyena's are related to the dog family distantly :thud: so it probably takes the next step and says it is a type of dog, when you read the intro it says that the more people play it it calculates the most given answer and that is how it determines it's response

 

[Slappy*McFish]

I thought hyenas were more closely related to the cat family :/

 

[125gJoe]

After 19 questions it guessed "motor-scooter" -- close enough to motorcycle!


From The Hyena Pages website...

"Q: They're related to dogs, right?
A: Wrong. Hyenas are a family of their own, the Hyaenidae. They're more closely related to cats than dogs, but their closest relatives are the Herpestidae -- mongooses, meerkats and such.

Q: But what on earth do they have in common with cats?
A: Skeletal details it would take a specialist to explain. DNA studies also prove the relationship. When hyenas lick the space between their hind legs, they lift one or both hind legs into the air much like cats -- "playing the cello," as one cat-lover has called it. One observer claims the female purrs while suckling her cubs."

 

[greeneyedlady]

I thought hyenas were more closely related to the cat family :/

I said distantly, I didn't say closely, if you ask most people they will tell you it is a type of dog, I was saying that to show that if most people answer that it is a type of dog, then the program will accept that as the answer