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Devantè

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Re: Q20

1. Male, alive.
2. Yes, he is a musician.
3. No. He is not an American.
4. No. He is not British.
5. No. He is not an Asian.
6. Yes, he is white.
7. Yes, he is a European.
8. No, he is not from France.
9. Yes, he currently lives in Europe.
10. No, he is not currently living in a Scandinavian country.
11. No, he is not from Italy.
12. No, his primary music style is not classical.
13. Yes, I have made this too hard.

LuisRodg

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Re: Q20

Dont use up a question for that! :d

mikau

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Re: Q20

14. is his primary music style rock?

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Q20

Point of order: Q13 was not a question. (We should be able to discuss and comment without it being treated as a question )

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Devantè

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Registered: 2006-07-14

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Re: Q20

1. Male, alive.
2. Yes, he is a musician.
3. No. He is not an American.
4. No. He is not British.
5. No. He is not an Asian.
6. Yes, he is white.
7. Yes, he is a European.
8. No, he is not from France.
9. Yes, he currently lives in Europe.
10. No, he is not currently living in a Scandinavian country.
11. No, he is not from Italy.
12. No, his primary music style is not classical.
13. Yes, his primary style of music is rock.

Identity

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Re: Q20

Is he Devantè?

Devantè

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Re: Q20

1. Male, alive.
2. Yes, he is a musician.
3. No. He is not an American.
4. No. He is not British.
5. No. He is not an Asian.
6. Yes, he is white.
7. Yes, he is a European.
8. No, he is not from France.
9. Yes, he currently lives in Europe.
10. No, he is not currently living in a Scandinavian country.
11. No, he is not from Italy.
12. No, his primary music style is not classical.
13. Yes, his primary style of music is rock.
14. No, he is not Devantè.

MathsIsFun

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Re: Q20

White European male rock musician. Not British or from France or Italy.

6 Qs left!

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Devantè

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Re: Q20

Q14 was a waste.

mikau

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Re: Q20

yeah it was!

15. Is he over 40 years old?

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

Q16. Is he still active in music?

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Devantè

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Re: Q20

1. Male, alive.
2. Yes, he is a musician.
3. No. He is not an American.
4. No. He is not British.
5. No. He is not an Asian.
6. Yes, he is white.
7. Yes, he is a European.
8. No, he is not from France.
9. Yes, he currently lives in Europe.
10. No, he is not currently living in a Scandinavian country.
11. No, he is not from Italy.
12. No, his primary music style is not classical.
13. Yes, his primary style of music is rock.
14. No, he is not Devantè.
15. No, he is not over 40 years old.
16. Yes, he is still active in music.

mikau

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Re: Q20

Blah!

i say from now on, if the person is alive, we use a binary search to pinpoint his/her exact age in the first seven questions!

I know so little about rock artists, I can't even think of what to ask now!

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LuisRodg

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Re: Q20

Blah!

i say from now on, if the person is alive, we use a binary search to pinpoint his/her exact age in the first seven questions!

I know so little about rock artists, I can't even think of what to ask now!

Exactly the same here. I just dont know anything about music at all.

Devantè

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Re: Q20

Oh, I forgot to tell you; When you get over 20 questions, I will remove a question for each guess you get wrong. Fair?

mikau

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Re: Q20

besides, how many rock artists are there in europe under 40? there must be hundreds, and we have only 4 questions left. What do we ask now? does he have blonde hair? did he have blonde hair yesterday?

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Zach

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Re: Q20

You all should have probably asked about whether he was a solo artist or what position of music artist he is.

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mikau

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Re: Q20

maybe so, but that wouldn't help me any.

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MathsIsFun

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Re: Q20

Oh, I forgot to tell you; When you get over 20 questions, I will remove a question for each guess you get wrong. Fair?

Thanks for the offer, but if we don't guess it on the 20th, you win!

i say from now on, if the person is alive, we use a binary search to pinpoint his/her exact age in the first seven questions!

Would have been a good idea

We could ask about popularity, or does the name come after "m" alphapetically ...

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Devantè

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Re: Q20

You all have good suggestions ...

Slight clue: Very good suggestions.

Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

Devante',
Thanks for telling the suggestions have been very good.
But I think the person you have is not immensely popular, Had he been, with all the information available, the cat should have been out of the bag. As already suggested, nothing is clear so far. The probability of getting it right in the next few questions is pretty low. However, I shall hazard a guess.

17. Does he sing with a guitar always?

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Devantè

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Re: Q20

1. Male, alive.
2. Yes, he is a musician.
3. No. He is not an American.
4. No. He is not British.
5. No. He is not an Asian.
6. Yes, he is white.
7. Yes, he is a European.
8. No, he is not from France.
9. Yes, he currently lives in Europe.
10. No, he is not currently living in a Scandinavian country.
11. No, he is not from Italy.
12. No, his primary music style is not classical.
13. Yes, his primary style of music is rock.
14. No, he is not Devantè.
15. No, he is not over 40 years old.
16. Yes, he is still active in music.
17. Yes, he sings with a guitar always.

Clue: Although he is a multi-instrumentalist, in which sometimes he sings and plays other instruments.

mikau

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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Re: Q20

so he ALWAYS sings with his guitar except when he's singing with other instruments?

This just might be the most generic rock artist known to man.

Last edited by mikau (2007-11-10 05:29:35)

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mikau

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Re: Q20

18. is he perhaps the most popular rock artist in europe at present?

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Jai Ganesh

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Re: Q20

Relating to #18.
Well, maikau,
If that were the case, I guess it would have esaped the attention for this long.
Good guess, good question, anyway!

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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.

Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.