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Title: 20 Questions
Post by: froggie on May 24, 2009, 11:10:13 AM
The resurrection of 20 questions, where you have a max of 20 yes-or-no questions to determine the answer posed by the photo.

For our inaugural return, your goal is to determine the point where I'm standing.  Good luck.

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vahighways.com%2F20questions07.jpg&hash=2b8b18a9a7611bf67786e27e6bebbc353e325c89)
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: DanTheMan414 on May 24, 2009, 01:23:12 PM
OK, we will give 20 Questions a chance on here.  But, the game will be closely monitored, so it doesn't go too far off line.

Happy 20 Questions gaming...just, gaming responsibly. :p
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 24, 2009, 02:18:27 PM
Area you standing between two yellow lines on a green patch in the middle of a road in Virginia?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: Truvelo on May 24, 2009, 03:09:30 PM
How about the obvious question. Is it east of the Mississippi?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 24, 2009, 04:37:58 PM
Are you standing in two jurisdictions? (local, federal, national...)
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 24, 2009, 05:20:56 PM
well, it is a green sign and American road markings. Are you standing in two American states?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 24, 2009, 05:57:23 PM
ARe you on the Mason Dixon line?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 24, 2009, 08:11:14 PM
sounds good: re 20q.  It is a road game, so let's have some fun with it  :D

does one of the states contain I-35?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: Scott5114 on May 25, 2009, 04:16:28 AM
Bad question, Jake–if both of them contain I-35 he could say "no"!
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 25, 2009, 10:50:57 AM
Are you standing on the border of Minnesota and Iowa?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: njroadhorse on May 25, 2009, 11:46:38 AM
Are you standing on the border of Iowa and Missouri?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 25, 2009, 09:07:42 PM
well, it wasnt an answer.
Are you standing on a US Highway?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 25, 2009, 09:11:22 PM
hah, Justin asked the question I was going to ...
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 25, 2009, 10:09:43 PM
Are you standing on the South Dakota/Minnesota Border where TH-19 and SD-30 meet?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: Scott5114 on May 26, 2009, 04:33:02 AM
Quote from: Master son on May 25, 2009, 10:09:43 PM
Are you standing on the South Dakota/Minnesota Border where TH-19 and SD-30 meet?

It has been established that he is standing on the MN—IA border.
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 26, 2009, 02:15:10 PM
is it east of I-35?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: Coelacanth on May 26, 2009, 02:25:38 PM
Does the road on which you are standing have the same number in both Iowa and Minnesota?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 26, 2009, 09:03:42 PM
Are you standing on a state highway?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 26, 2009, 09:41:41 PM
Then, you are standing at the Minnesota, Iowa, South Dakota tripoint.
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 28, 2009, 08:11:45 PM
Austrini must be next - if not...

Are you standing on 286th St where it is met by 488th Ave?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: austrini on May 28, 2009, 10:28:26 PM
Well, Froggie should go again. I wont have time the next few days to answer questions! I'm going to West Texas.
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: mightyace on May 29, 2009, 01:23:06 PM
Is that a National Park Service sign on the right?

i.e. For a National Park, National Forest, National Monument, etc.
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 29, 2009, 03:18:28 PM
let's get the obvious stuff out of the way

Is it west of the Mississippi?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: njroadhorse on May 30, 2009, 09:09:52 AM
Northern Minnesota?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 30, 2009, 11:51:12 AM
Is it east of I-75?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 30, 2009, 04:03:38 PM
Is it west of I-81?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: 74/171FAN on May 30, 2009, 09:18:43 PM
Is it in VA?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: SSOWorld on May 30, 2009, 10:45:47 PM
Is it in one of the giant New York parks?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: Darkchylde on May 31, 2009, 08:16:04 AM
Is it in North Carolina?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: njroadhorse on May 31, 2009, 12:06:51 PM
New Hampshire?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: njroadhorse on May 31, 2009, 07:44:14 PM
U.S. 3 in the White Mountains?
Title: Re: 20 Questions
Post by: agentsteel53 on May 31, 2009, 07:57:12 PM
okay, this is degenerating into Binary Search Bingo (dividing the possible region in two with each guess).  Yes, with 20 questions we could probably narrow it down to a single square mile or so even if we never saw the picture in the first place... what does that prove, that we're almost as smart as simple computer algorithms?  Great!  Billions of years of evolution at work.

The game is identical to "guess the infrastructure element" except there's a limit on the number of guesses.  Whoop-de-doo. 

Game over.