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Ivory Tower Arcana 4: Twenty Questions 1

Ivory Tower Arcana 4: Twenty Questions 1

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Originally posted by royalchicken
Is your word in the third quarter of the newest OED?
Answer 3: No.

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there are little hand held 20q i have 1

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It didn't guess "black hole" either. And, hilariously, on the "Uncommon Knowledge about a black hole" section after the game it says:


Do you eat it with Thanksgiving dinner? I say Probably.
Is it used on a bed? I say Probably.

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Originally posted by Russ
lava lamp in 18. Sites like this never fail to impress me.

(Oh, and it disagreed with 2 of my answers.)

-Russ
It asked me a bunch of seemingly meaningless questions and guessed chessboard after 19. Unbelievable.

Nemesio

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Originally posted by bbarr
Answer 3: No.
Is it in the seventh eigth of the OED?

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Originally posted by royalchicken
Is it in the seventh eigth of the OED?
Answer 4: No.

Just to save you the trouble, the item I'm thinking of is expressible by use of its name (not a proper name), which is a single English word that you'll not find in the OED.

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Originally posted by bbarr
Answer 4: No.

Just to save you the trouble, the item I'm thinking of is expressible by use of its name (not a proper name), which is a single English word that you'll not find in the OED.
I hope you're not using OED Online without having subscribed first.

Hehe, I'd asked another question, but MUed it in the nick of time.

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In an alphabetical list of English words not in the OED, is your word in the first half?

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Originally posted by royalchicken
In an alphabetical list of English words not in the OED, is your word in the first half?
Answer 5: No.

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In the same list, third quarter?

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Originally posted by royalchicken
In the same list, third quarter?
Answer 6: No.

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Same list, seventh eigth?

I meant ''all words not in the OED''.

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Originally posted by royalchicken
Same list, seventh eigth?

I meant ''all words not in the OED''.
Answer 7: No.

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Same list, 15th 16th?

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Originally posted by royalchicken
Same list, 15th 16th?
Answer 8: No.