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#326 2007-12-18 22:58:08

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.

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#327 2007-12-19 02:00:30

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Re: Q20

11. Is he a tennis player?


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.

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#328 2007-12-19 02:17:13

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.

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#329 2007-12-19 02:23:24

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. Is he from Spain?


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.

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#330 2007-12-19 03:32:57

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.

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#331 2007-12-19 07:05:20

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Re: Q20

13.Is he from England?


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#332 2007-12-19 09:25:30

JaneFairfax
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Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.

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#333 2007-12-19 18:21:03

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. Is he from France?


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.

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#334 2007-12-19 18:24:10

JaneFairfax
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Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. No, he is not from France.

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#335 2007-12-19 18:35:56

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

15. Is he a Swede?

16 (If required, that is, if answer to #15 is 'No') Is he from Germany?


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.

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#336 2007-12-19 22:08:49

JaneFairfax
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Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. No, he is not from France.
15. No, he is not a Swede.
16. No, he is not from Germany.

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#337 2007-12-19 22:40:52

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

17. Is he active in sports now?


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.

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#338 2007-12-19 22:59:06

JaneFairfax
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Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. No, he is not from France.
15. No, he is not a Swede.
16. No, he is not from Germany.
17. Yes, he is active in sports now.

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#339 2007-12-20 17:28:39

mikau
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Re: Q20

I wonder if we could construct an elaborate tree of compound boolean expressions and ask the question giver "is this true?" and then modify it and ask again, systematically eliminating as many questions as possible in order to ask n questions in m turns with n < m.


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#340 2007-12-21 17:11:48

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

18. Goran Ivanosevic?


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.

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#341 2007-12-21 22:43:51

JaneFairfax
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Registered: 2007-02-23
Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. No, he is not from France.
15. No, he is not a Swede.
16. No, he is not from Germany.
17. Yes, he is active in sports now.
18. No, not Goran Ivanišević.

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#342 2007-12-21 23:20:33

MathsIsFun
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Posts: 7,711

Re: Q20

ooohh... 2 more left.


"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..."  - Leon M. Lederman

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#343 2007-12-22 01:29:36

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

19. Slobodan Zivojinovic?


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.

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#344 2007-12-22 02:06:46

JaneFairfax
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Posts: 6,868

Re: Q20

1. Man, alive.
2. No, he does not hail from the A continents.
3. Yes, he is a sportsperson.
4. Yes, he has feet.
5. No, he is not a soccer player.
6. No, he is not a hockey player.
7. No, he was not a basketball player.
8. Yes, his sport involves a ball.
9. No, he was not a sports commentator.
10. No, his sport is not golf.
11. Yes, he is a tennis player.
12. No, he is not from Spain.
13. No, he is not from England.
14. No, he is not from France.
15. No, he is not a Swede.
16. No, he is not from Germany.
17. Yes, he is active in sports now.
18. No, not Goran Ivanišević.
19. No, not Slobodan Živojinović.

Seeing as Zach asked a stupid question, I can let you have 21 guesses. Honestly, I thought you would have got it by now, especially as you were extremely quick to nail down the sportsperson bit. Guess there aren’t many tennis fans here. Wacko.gif

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#345 2007-12-22 05:48:18

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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

20. Is he Roger Federer?

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#346 2007-12-22 06:21:18

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

YES!! Excellent! Clapping.gif

I’ve already posting some stuff about Roger Federer on this forum. Here: http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=7619 tongue

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#347 2007-12-22 06:33:06

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

Ah. That was nerve-wracking taking the final guess.

Let's start the next game.

1. Woman. Alive.

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#348 2007-12-22 08:15:21

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

2. Was she born in any of the A continents?

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#349 2007-12-22 08:51:22

siva.eas
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Posts: 166

Re: Q20

1. Woman. Alive.
2. No, she was not born in any of the A continents.

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#350 2007-12-22 09:03:33

JaneFairfax
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Re: Q20

3. Is she a politician?

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