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#1 2007-11-04 01:47:11

Jai Ganesh
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Q20

Q20 is a game played by a team. Q stands for Questions.
The player thinks of a celebrity. The challenging team asks him 20 questions, and with the help of the answers, finds out whom he had thought of.
If the Challenging team are unsuccesful in 20 questions, the player wins. If the Challenging team do it in 20 or less questions, the challenging team wins!!!
The only clue the player gives at the start is Man alive, Man dead, Woman alive or Woman dead. Further, the player answers only YES or NO. The challenging team should frame questions in such a way that the player answers Yes or No. For example, he challenging team cannot ask which country the person thought of hailed from. But the question can be 'Was he/she a Canadian?'.

Have you all fully understood the game?
If so, I am the player. And all the members are the challenging team.

I start:- (a simple one to start with smile  )
1. Man dead


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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#2 2007-11-04 01:49:00

Devantè
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Re: Q20

2. Was he/she a Canadian?

big_smile

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#3 2007-11-04 01:56:20

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Re: Q20

2. No


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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#4 2007-11-04 05:47:37

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Re: Q20

3. Was he involved with music?

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#5 2007-11-04 22:52:32

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

#3. No


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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#6 2007-11-04 23:18:50

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Re: Q20

4. Was he involved in Mathematics?


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

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#7 2007-11-05 02:29:56

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

#4 : No


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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#8 2007-11-05 03:06:42

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Re: Q20

5. was he a scientist?


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#9 2007-11-05 03:39:21

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#5 : Yes smile


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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#10 2007-11-05 06:13:56

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Re: Q20

6. Is he a well-known scientist?
7. Was he born before the 20th century?

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#11 2007-11-06 03:34:10

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#6. Yes
#7. Yes


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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#12 2007-11-06 05:15:44

mikau
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Re: Q20

8. Was his field one of the life sciences?

(from dictionary.com: Life Science: any science that deals with living organisms, their life processes, and their interrelationships, as biology, medicine, or ecology.)

Last edited by mikau (2007-11-06 05:19:09)


A logarithm is just a misspelled algorithm.

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#13 2007-11-06 16:43:34

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#8. No


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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#14 2007-11-06 17:19:54

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This is tricky ... Scientist, but not involved in Mathematics, nor Life Sciences.


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

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#15 2007-11-06 18:46:59

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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.

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#16 2007-11-06 18:57:28

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Re: Q20

Was he a physicist?

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#17 2007-11-06 19:12:41

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Khushboo wrote:

Was he a physicist?

That is Question #9.
Yes.


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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#18 2007-11-06 21:30:13

Khushboo
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I can recall few physicist ... but i am not very sure about the renowned person. Most of them have done volumes of work.

Did he come up with the "Theory of relativity"?

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#19 2007-11-06 21:40:16

Jai Ganesh
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That is Question #10.

Yes.


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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#20 2007-11-06 22:07:02

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"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted" wink

Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam

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#21 2007-11-06 22:10:38

Khushboo
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Re: Q20

I think i am close .....

Albert Einstein

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#22 2007-11-06 22:24:43

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Re: Q20

After the 10th question, The Answer was pretty Obvious


"There is not a difference between an in-law and an outlaw, except maybe that an outlaw is wanted" wink

Nisi Quam Primum, Nequequam

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#23 2007-11-06 23:20:53

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

Well done,
JohnnyReinB and Khushboo!
Congratulations!!!

The Challenging team wins!
I lose smile

By any standard, winning in 10 questions is a remarkable performance!
Every one in the Challenging team has contributed.

Anyone prepared to be the next 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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#24 2007-11-06 23:29:30

Devantè
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Re: Q20

Yea, I am.

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#25 2007-11-06 23:47:44

Jai Ganesh
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Re: Q20

You may start, Devante`!
Remember, the only clue you need give at the start is Man, Alive/Dead or Woman, Alive/Dead!

You are the player.
The rest of the members, Moderators and the Admin are the challenging team.


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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