Fun guessing game website

[Handruin]

This website was pretty good at figuring out an object I thought of by asking me questions. I've seen something like this before, but this one learns and also points out where I answer incorrectly. It also gives random thoughts about the answers to questions in relation to the object you thought of.

I picked a truck as my object and it figured it out.

http://y.20q.net:8095/btest

 

[blakerwry]

my object was a radish, it guessed a beet.. then a turnup... then a beetroot, then it guessed correctly. Pretty good. I didn't know a couple of the answers, so maybe it was thrown off.

You were thinking of a radish.
Is it smooth? You said No, I say Yes.
Are there many different sorts of it? You said Unknown, I say No.
Can you use it to hit something? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it get shorter from using it? You said Yes, I say No.
Does it taste good with butter? You said Unknown, I say No.
Can you mash it? You said Yes, I say No.
Can it be used to season foods? You said No, I say Yes.
Is it smaller than a golf ball? You said Depends, I say Yes.
Can it float? You said Unknown, I say Yes.
Is it used in Oriental cooking? You said No, I say Yes.
Can you control it? You said Yes, I say No.

Contradictions Detected
It does not matter if our answers disagree, over time the game will change its answers to reflect common knowledge. If you feel that the game is in error, the only way to fix it is to play again.

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Similar Objects
a beet, a beetroot, a turnip, a tomato plant, radicchio, a radio controlled car, a carrot, rhubarb, ginger, a hot rod (fast car), a rutabaga, a drinking glass.

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Uncommon Knowledge about a radish
Can it fit in an envelope? I say Yes.
Can you make money by selling it? I say Doubtful.
Is it originally from Europe? I say Probably.
Does it have lights on it? I say Probably.
Is it hot? I say Yes.
Does it get wet? I say No.
Does it spin? I say Probably.
Does it hold water? I say Probably.
Would you pay to use it? I say Yes.
Is it formed from carbon? I say Probably.
Is it an absolute state? I say Probably.
Could you send it in the mail? I say Yes.
Does it contain Vitamin C? I say No.
Is it a specific type? I say Probably.
Can you jump on it? I say Probably.
Does it photosynthesize? I say No.

I take it that the cars are listed as "similar items" because of the answers people give (red, smooth...)

 

[blakerwry]

hehe, it guessed chapstick on the 1st try...

But it had trouble when my object was my girlfriend... probably all those maybe, partly, and rarely answers. I like how it's last guess was a sumo wrestler.. hahaha...

 

[mubs]

Blake! I never would have guessed!

 

[timwhit]

It took 28 questions to get "a wall", but it got it.

 

[Howell]

I won with a fire hydrant. It doesn't think fire hydrants are fun.

However, "It does not matter if our answers disagree, over time the game will change its answers to reflect common knowledge. If you feel that the game is in error, the only way to fix it is to play again."

 

[Howell]

It took only two guesses to guess an electrical fuse. Similar objects were: dog food and cat food.

This is fun Blake, thanks. Though I can see how the global nature of the web might begin to confuse it (when cultures clash).

 

[blakerwry]

thank our handyman, he found it.

 

[jtr1962]

I thought of a white LED, and it gave up after 29 questions.

You win
Is it one of these . . .
a knitting needle
a password
a transistor
a clutch (car part)
an altimeter
microchip
a gyroscope
a corkscrew
a car key
a steering wheel
a speedometer
plutonium
a shoe horn
an LED (light emiting diode)
a quark
pi (the number)
a ladle (scoop/spoon)
a bit (1 or 0)
a sewing needle
a can opener
a neutrino
a sound card
a diode
a network card
a CPU
an equation
a roll of film
uranium
a computer program
a spark plug
a piston
a barometer
a safety pin
a database
a cursor
fiber optic cable
penicillin
an oil filter (car part)
a subway token
a modem

At least LED was on the list of choices when it finally asked me what I was thinking of.

You were thinking of an LED.
Is it usually colorful? You said No, I say Yes.
Do you use it at work? You said No, I say Yes.
Does it have a hard outer shell? You said No, I say Yes.
Do you hold it when you use it? You said Sometimes, I say No.
Does it come in a pack? You said Sometimes, I say No.
Is it made of metal? You said Partly, I say No.
Does it require specific knowledge to use it? You said Yes, I say No.
Would you use it daily? You said Irrelevant, I say Yes.
Contradictions Detected
It does not matter if our answers disagree, over time the game will change its answers to reflect common knowledge. If you feel that the game is in error, the only way to fix it is to play again.

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Similar Objects
a spool of thread, a transistor, charcoal, a password, a clutch (car part), a corkscrew, a knitting needle, microchip, a steering wheel, a gyroscope, a speedometer, an altimeter.

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Uncommon Knowledge about an LED
Does it come in pairs? I say Probably.
Does it have lights on it? I say Yes.
Can it change size? I say Yes.
Does it jump? I say Yes.
Can you peel it? I say Yes.
Does it grow on a tree? I say Yes.
Does it grow on trees? I say Yes.
Is it a renewable resource? I say Yes.
Is it used to make salads? I say Yes.
Is it tapered? I say Probably.
Is some part of it made of glass? I say Probably.
Is it used to calculate? I say Probably.
Does it have seeds? I say Yes.
Can it be used to talk to others? I say Probably.
Is it crunchy? I say Yes.
Can it help you find your way? I say Yes.

 

[Howell]

thank our handyman, he found it.

Oops, must get more sleep.

 

[Jake the Dog]

slo crostic showed me the site whilst I was at his place and I thought I could outsmart it by picking amoeba but by question 17 it asked if it was a cell! man that's close because techinacally it is. after 30 questions it offered a list of about 50 things of which amoeba was one of them. it probably didn't get it spot on because I didn't aswer some of the questions as well as I could have.

my wife had a go and chose pipette, by question 17 it was asking if it was a test tube and by question 19 it had guessed it. pretty damn impressive if you ask me.

 

[Jan Kivar]

OMG! This really works... First I tried "heart", but it figured it out after question 19. It did catch my "butter knife" only after question 28, but apparently the person(s) who made this think that You don't use knives at school. Anyway, really great...

Jan

 

[Mercutio]

In the US, knives aren't usually given out at school, even for meals that would normally require them. At this point, in the US, students are lucky that they can still use scissors and staplers.

 

[Howell]

...because I didn't aswer some of the questions as well as I could have.

Yeah, I had difficulty picking an appropriate answer some of the time. Like, does a fire hydrant have a hard outer shell? Well, not in the same way a turtle or brown-cow ice cream bar does.

I really wasn't sure when to use "irrelevant".