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Twenty Questions #1 - 1956 Caribbean 5699 Convertible
« on: September 09, 2011, 05:57:08 AM »
A 100% Google Image Search-proof Puzzle!

I have information in front of me about a specific automobile. To win the point, you must identify that specific automobile, or come closest to doing so (as described below).

The rules:

1. You may ask questions that can be answered with only the word 'yes' or 'no'. Questions that cannot be answered in this way will be ruled 'out of bounds'.

2. One guess at a time, per poster. So if, for instance, carnut asks "does this car have 3 wheels?", he is precluded from asking another yes/no question until I have responded.

3. If the car is not identified in 20 or fewer guesses, the person who has generated the most 'yes' answers will take the point. If there is a tie for the most correct 'yes' answers, the person with the first 'yes' answer takes the point.  

Let the games begin!  :)

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2011, 06:29:20 AM »
Was the car in question built in the USA?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2011, 06:30:05 AM »
That's a neat idea!

Let's start: Does it have four wheels? ;D

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2011, 06:30:16 AM »
Is this a four-wheeled car?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2011, 06:42:50 AM »
Cool!  :)

Was this car a one-off?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2011, 06:56:10 AM »
Was the car in question built in the USA?

Yes!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 06:57:01 AM »
That's a neat idea!

Let's start: Does it have four wheels? ;D

Yes!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2011, 06:58:29 AM »
Is this a four-wheeled car?

That's already been guessed
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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 06:59:32 AM »
Cool!  :)

Was this car a one-off?

No

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #9 on: September 09, 2011, 07:03:07 AM »
Is it a sports car?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #10 on: September 09, 2011, 07:14:54 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #11 on: September 09, 2011, 07:17:29 AM »
A sedan?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #12 on: September 09, 2011, 07:19:57 AM »
Made by the "Big Three"?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #13 on: September 09, 2011, 07:42:30 AM »
A mass-production model?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #14 on: September 09, 2011, 09:15:10 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #15 on: September 09, 2011, 09:15:29 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #16 on: September 09, 2011, 09:16:09 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #17 on: September 09, 2011, 09:34:12 AM »
A convertible?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #18 on: September 09, 2011, 10:02:54 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #19 on: September 09, 2011, 10:07:56 AM »
Very cool!
Built in the 70s (1970-1979)?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #20 on: September 09, 2011, 10:10:12 AM »
Built in the 70s (1970-1979)?

No!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #21 on: September 09, 2011, 10:19:09 AM »
Post WW2?
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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #22 on: September 09, 2011, 10:19:21 AM »
Mass-produced American convertible, not by the Big3 and with 4 wheels...built between 1946 and 1959?

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #23 on: September 09, 2011, 10:22:28 AM »
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

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Re: Twenty Questions #1
« Reply #24 on: September 09, 2011, 10:22:59 AM »
...built between 1946 and 1959?

Yes!

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