Guess who?

Clueless sent Viv this interesting link where you can play 20 questions. The fun part is --- you decide on the character and the website does the guessing! Viv had been really impressed as it guessed the F1 character he had been thinking of within 20 questions.

What I found really odd was that the options were not just 'Yes' and 'No'. There were five options: Yes, Probably Partially, I don't know, Probably Not/Not really, and No. Wow, very close to a real-life game.


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So I decided to give it a try. Knowing that the game will easily guess well-known international celebrities, I decided to try out someone different. No prizes for guessing that I went with a Bollywood character, and definitely no prizes for guessing that I went with umm... Himesh Reshammiya.

And only when I read some of the questions that I realised how critical the other options were, and how difficult it is to give a straight Yes or No answer to some of the questions!

Here are some of the questions the game asked me about Himesh, and what went through my mind as I tried to answer them.

Q: Does your character exist in real life?
A: I know it's hard to believe, but I'll go with a 'Yes'.

Q: Does your character have a double personality?
A: Ummm... many people think so.

Q: Does your character fight?
A: Only when he's one of the judges in a music competition on TV.

Q: Is your character an actor?
A: You see now... that's a tricky question...

Q: Is he the main character in his movie?
A: Unfortunately, yes?

Q: Does your character have curly hair?
A: No one really knows.

Q: Is your character less than 40 years old?
A: Errrr...

Q: Is your character both an actor and a singer?
A: Well, he thinks so.

Q: Is your character internationally famous?
A: Hmmm... I'm gonna go with 'Probably'...

Q: Is your character a star?
A: Yes, in some circles.

Q: Has your character made a career out of solo singing?
A: He certainly thinks so!

Q: Does your character play an instrument?
A: Does 'nose' count as an instrument?

Q: Does your character wear strange costumes?
A: Does this count?

Q: Is your character linked with death?
A: Only if you watch his movies.

You're probably wondering if the game finally guessed my character or not. Well, after three rounds of 20 questions each, this is what I got.


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Try it. And while you're at it, you may also want to see what happens if you keep clicking 'No' for every question. ;)