[Help] Very important "Guess Who" question.

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MattBackHome

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Jul 7, 2003

11,726

• Jan 21, 2021

• #1

Hello NSC. Please settle an argument.

Is this a valid question in a game of Guess Who:

"Is the person wearing either a hat or glasses?"

It's causing the MBH household to be ripped apart at the seams.

 

banjo

GOSBTS

Oct 25, 2011

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Deep south

• Jan 21, 2021

• #2

I’d say one or the other. That’s cheating.

 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

Waxing chumps like candles since ‘75

Oct 4, 2003

11,073

• Jan 21, 2021

• #3

I believe a binary search is valid in Guess Who but may not be the best strategy.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03327 (if someone wants to read the whole 13 page study by someone from Cornell University then feel free)

Providing you can answer yes or no then question should be allowed under the rules, but an either/or question would be frowned upon in my household.

 

Last edited: Jan 21, 2021

schmunk

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Mid mid mid Sussex

• Jan 21, 2021

• #4

It's clear that she's wearing a hat.

Problem solved.

 

PILTDOWN MAN

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Hurst Green

• Jan 21, 2021

• #5

Have they lost their willy

 

JBizzle

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Seaford

• Jan 21, 2021

• #6

banjo said:

I’d say one or the other. That’s cheating.

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"Are they wearing a hat or glasses, and is their hair brown, grey or bald, and do they have a moustache or a monocle?" - Cheating, 100%

 

Dick Swiveller

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Sep 9, 2011

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• Jan 21, 2021

• #7

Just read the instructions and there is no debate. The ONLY stipulation is that the question must have a yes or no answer. So that is a perfectly valid question. You could also ask - Is it one of Richard, George, Eric or Bill?

 

Barnet Seagull

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Falmer, soon...

• Jan 21, 2021

• #8

NOT cheating. Provided you can answer Yes or No, it's fine.

 

SK1NT

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Thames Ditton

• Jan 21, 2021

• #9

MattBackHome said:

Hello NSC. Please settle an argument.

Is this a valid question in a game of Guess Who:

"Is the person wearing either a hat or glasses?"

It's causing the MBH household to be ripped apart at the seams.

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No no no... simple...

may as well just ask is the person wearing hat glassed, has hair and brown eyes?

 

hans kraay fan club

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Chandlers Ford

• Jan 21, 2021

• #10

Cheating.

 

drew

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Burgess Hill

• Jan 21, 2021

• #11

Now that it seems to have been clarified that the question is cheating, the next question is on what side of the argument does MattBackHome sit?

 

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MattBackHome

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• Jan 21, 2021

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drew said:

Now that it seems to have been clarified that the question is cheating, the next question is on what side of the argument does MattBackHome sit?

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It appears I'm outnumbered chez MBH and I'm outnumbered here. I might have to move out and join the BBS or something.

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Jan 21, 2021

• #13

Technically not cheating, and question with a yes or know answer is OK I believe.

Is it in the true spirit of the game ? Is it ****.

You should allow your unscrupulous family member the question, but make it crystal clear they have done the football equivalent of a Grealish.

 

Guy Fawkes

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Sep 29, 2007

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• Jan 21, 2021

• #14

[yt]FRlbNOno5VA[/yt]

Skip to 4:10 for the start of the strategy

 

Gabbafella

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• Jan 21, 2021

• #15

Cheating.
Answer must be yes or no so you can't ask multiple questions.

 

Dick Swiveller

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Gabbafella said:

Cheating.
Answer must be yes or no so you can't ask multiple questions.

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Yes you can. For example - are you a Brighton fan and a human? The answer is Yes. This is a computing AND gate where two inputs result in one output. If both questions result in the affirmative then the answer is yes. If either or both are no then the answer is no.

 

Mellotron

I've asked for soup

Jul 2, 2008

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Brighton

• Jan 21, 2021

• #17

Definitely not. That’s two questions in one.

Although me and friends like to play Guess Who with alternative questions, such as

Do they have an expression like they just left the gas on?
Do you reckon they’d like Coldplay?

Can make it tricky but a lot more fun. Also got my brother the BHA Guess Who?, so when we can, we’ll do questions like;

Would you trust them to score in a 1-on-1? (If yes, knock down pretty much all of them...)

 

Baldseagull

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Jan 26, 2012

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Crawley

• Jan 21, 2021

• #18

Phrase the question "Is the person wearing anything above their neck" to shut up those who think it is cheating.

Edit: this should return a yes for earrings too though.

 

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MattBackHome

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• Jan 21, 2021

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Baldseagull said:

Phrase the question "Is the person wearing anything above their neck" to shut up those who think it is cheating.

Edit: this should return a yes for earrings too though.

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Yes this is a great solution. I just need to find a way of phrasing the question without the word "or" in it.

I still don't think it's cheating but am accepting the democratic decision of NSC (and submitting once more to the iron will of Mrs MBH)

 

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METALMICKY

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Barnet Seagull said:

NOT cheating. Provided you can answer Yes or No, it's fine.

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Is the correct answer. Bizarrely Guess Who will forever remind me of the covid crisis. Our young twins discovered it and and were absolutely mad for it and still love it now.