Where’s Wilson? A Game of Twenty Questions
By: Mr. Wilson on
November 19, 2006
- I will only respond to yes/no questions. Be sure your question can be answered with a simple yes or no.
- Each person should only ask one question at a time. If a single person asks more than one question at a time, I will only answer one. (It is fine if several people at a time ask one question each.)
- A guess ("Are you at 27th and A?") counts as a question
- Please number the questions so that it is easy to follow along and see what questions have been asked.
- You have twenty questions to figure out where I am.
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See what your friends and neighbors have to say about this.
Are you thinking of a public park?
2. Are you in a building?
1. No.
2. No.
3. if a train leaving san fransico is traveling….
are you south of O st?
3. No.
4. Are you east of 17th Street?
4. No.
5. Are you east of 1st Street?
5. Yes.
6. If you were to draw a line east to west from the Devaney Center, would you be south of that line?
6. Yes.
7. As previously answered, you are not in a building. If you look around, is there a crowd of people around you?
8. Are you on University property?
can you smell food or beverage?
7. No.
8. No.
9. Yes.
10. Are you in the Haymarket?
10. Yes.
11. is it coffee you are smelling?
11. No.
12. Are you in a restaurant?
12. No.
Oops. Sorry Boomer, I just wasted a question. You had already established that Mr. Wilson was not in a building.
13. Are you east of 7th Street?
13. No.
14. Are you at the Farmer’s Market?
—this is harder than it sounds!
14. No.
Better hurry up, gang, you’re running out of questions 😊
15. Are you on or north of P Street?
15. Yes.
1. He’s on or west of 7th Street.
2. He’s in the Haymarket, so he’s east of the train yard.
3. He’s on or north of P Street.
4. He can smell food, so he’s probably south of Q Street.
5. He’s not in a building.
6. He could be at the train depot, but there’s no smell of food there.
7. Fireworks has a strong smell to it.
No, I’m not asking a question. I’m just thinking online.
I’m thinkin’ he may be close to Ivanna Cone…
(that is not a question)
16. Are at the depot and its surrounding grounds?
16. Yes.
Just four questions remaining!
hmmmmmm…..this is tricky.
Are you at the Haymarket “water tower”/brick mural area just north of the depot?
17. No.
I kind of hate to use up the remaining questions.
18. Perhaps your west of the depot, waiting for Amtrak?
I hate it when I have typos in my posts, which is almost every time!
18. No.
C’mon, gang, you’re close. Soooo close. Two more questions!
Not a guess, because I want others to play along, but I wonder if Mr. Wilson might be sitting on a sculpture bench outside the depot (the one of a man sitting down). Just thinking out loud.
Anyone else have any ideas before we burn our last two questions?
Q. Anyone else have any ideas before we burn our last two questions?
A. Yes
Down to one :p
foxspit, I was thinking the same thing… the fat man bench.
Maybe we should ask something like if he’s on a street corner. (Note: not a question)
Since no one will ask…
19. Are you at the fat man bench in the Haymarket?
19. Yes!
Sheesh, I was wondering if anybody was ever going to actually ask the question. Good job, folks! I have been patiently waiting for you at the infamous fat man bench just outside Lincoln Station in the Haymarket. It’s my favorite place to sit with Robbie and The Missus to enjoy a caramel shake from Ivanna Cone.
Thanks for playing, folks. As always, feedback on this game is appreciated.
Great contest. I loved that it involved lots of people and it wasn’t an easy guess.
I agree, great contest, it got a lot people involved!
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