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muriel_volestrangler

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23. Not so good this time - Steve Hackett, former Genesis guitarist after 50 questions
Tue Nov 11, 2014, 08:55 PM
Nov 2014

and one wrong guess around 25 (it guessed Dave Gilmour).

Part of the problem is that the questions are all phrased in the present, but you don't know if you should answer for just the current moment, or when they were most famous (Hackett is not a member of a touring group now, but he was; he doesn't wear glasses now, but he used to (I presume he wears contacts these days)). Their expected answers show this problem - they expect 'yes' to "Is your character a member a band of 5 persons?" (for early Genesis including Peter Gabriel he was, but he's not now); but they expect 'no' to "Does your character belong to a foursome?" (after Gabriel left, they were a foursome for the next 2 studio albums).

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Beat it on Marjorie Rawlings HereSince1628 Nov 2014 #1
That's a good one scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #2
kathy griffin drray23 Nov 2014 #3
That was crazy!!! bravenak Nov 2014 #4
wow.it took me 20 something questions m-lekktor Nov 2014 #5
It didn't guess correctly, but was very close. NavyDem Nov 2014 #6
14 guesses for Roberto Clemente! zappaman Nov 2014 #7
25 for Jackie Robinson Gemini Cat Nov 2014 #67
Pretty good - it got The Black Knight from Monty Python in 16 questions muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #8
WTF, it guessed right! W_HAMILTON Nov 2014 #9
Double WTF! W_HAMILTON Nov 2014 #12
25 questions alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #10
23 questions for Tyrone Slothrop from Gravity's Rainbow alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #16
17 questions for Michelle Obama bigwillq Nov 2014 #11
19 guesses - Rachel Morgan from the Hollows/Dead Witch Walking series - wow! Hestia Nov 2014 #13
Hercule Poirot! dorkzilla Nov 2014 #14
Yes spockeye Nov 2014 #15
It took over 30 guesses Lifelong Protester Nov 2014 #17
wow 15 questions to Robert Jorden GusBob Nov 2014 #18
24 for Neil Armstrong ctaylors6 Nov 2014 #19
Wow! 24 questions for Liam Neeson smirkymonkey Nov 2014 #20
36 questions and 1 wrong answer for Hannah Arendt . . . Journeyman Nov 2014 #21
13 for FDR JaneyVee Nov 2014 #22
Not so good this time - Steve Hackett, former Genesis guitarist after 50 questions muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #23
I defeated it! alcibiades_mystery Nov 2014 #24
So did I. Bogarts character in Casablanca. nt Mojorabbit Nov 2014 #125
23 to get to Hiro Protagonist. :D Marr Nov 2014 #25
Now that's awesome. nt Codeine Nov 2014 #30
30 questions total and one incorrect guess. n/t ffr Nov 2014 #26
100 guesses. Failed BlueJazz Nov 2014 #27
Who was it you were thinking of? scarystuffyo Nov 2014 #31
Bud Shank (fairly famous Jazz Musician) BlueJazz Nov 2014 #48
18 for John Wayne! nt Logical Nov 2014 #28
Seventy something questions and it didn't get my character csziggy Nov 2014 #29
I saw this on FunnyJunk in like 2008 Alittleliberal Nov 2014 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Nov 2014 #129
I beat the program! It did get close a few times though. boguspotus Nov 2014 #33
Wow, not what I call a mainstream person. nt Logical Nov 2014 #36
Mainstream in my old guy music world ; ) boguspotus Nov 2014 #46
I grew up in the late 70s so know where you came from! nt Logical Nov 2014 #75
Gordon Ramsey in 19 guesses. I'm impressed. IcyPeas Nov 2014 #34
25 questions to get to Bernie Sanders. nt JeffHead Nov 2014 #35
11 guesses for Dolly Parton. OregonBlue Nov 2014 #37
Finally stumped it! zappaman Nov 2014 #38
I stumped it on Kevin Smith. Initech Nov 2014 #157
Got it in 11, Marilyn Monroe Beringia Nov 2014 #39
got in 23, Cat Stevens Beringia Nov 2014 #44
Defeated it - William Lawrence Bragg, youngest Nobel-winning scientist muriel_volestrangler Nov 2014 #40
I beat it with 23 questions. It guessed Faulkner, I was thinking Ed Abbey NightWatcher Nov 2014 #41
24 questions ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2014 #42
beat it on the second try ProdigalJunkMail Nov 2014 #45
Wrong, Monica Lewinsky was not who I was thinking of.... IcyPeas Nov 2014 #43
After 28 questions it mistook Leroy Shield for Glenn Miller Brother Buzz Nov 2014 #47
It would not register clicks to answer the first question n/t eridani Nov 2014 #49
Joe McCarthy in 34 questions Martin Eden Nov 2014 #50
Aphrodite; 38 questions. Raine1967 Nov 2014 #51
It gave up at 70 dpibel Nov 2014 #52
18 questions for Alexander the Great n/t Martin Eden Nov 2014 #53
36 questions. rug Nov 2014 #54
26 questions for Jack London Martin Eden Nov 2014 #55
Mrs. Robinson - 25 questions HERVEPA Nov 2014 #56
25 question for Gort (robot, When the Earth Stood Still) Martin Eden Nov 2014 #57
Got it wrong Yupster Nov 2014 #58
25 questions to Scooby Doo ctaylors6 Nov 2014 #59
Guessed Harold Hill from The Music Man in less than 25 questions! SocratesInSpirit Nov 2014 #60
I quit after 50 questions. hay rick Nov 2014 #61
Martha Washington in 20 questions. remarkable. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2014 #62
22 Questions for William Shakespeare - nt KingCharlemagne Nov 2014 #63
I am impressed (not that hard to do I am told) Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #64
Mahou Sensei Negima? Xyzse Nov 2014 #66
I am an unrepentant Otaku. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #70
Sounds great. Xyzse Nov 2014 #72
Self taugh to speak Japanese (Tuttle and Pimsleur softwere), still working on reading Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #77
Well you're in luck Xyzse Nov 2014 #81
I have seen them at mangahere, I'll check em out. Half-Century Man Nov 2014 #87
I'm not. Xyzse Nov 2014 #90
Was thinking Snake Eyes and I got Roy Obannon from Johnny Quest. Xyzse Nov 2014 #65
John Lennon in 11 LiberalElite Nov 2014 #68
didn't get it... handmade34 Nov 2014 #69
Ethan Fromm - TBF Nov 2014 #71
20 questions to get to Rhett Butler beveeheart Nov 2014 #73
it got Scarlett O'hara in 15! Sedona Nov 2014 #98
Finally stumped it! SocratesInSpirit Nov 2014 #74
I defeated it 3 times malokvale77 Nov 2014 #76
Defeated it with King Niall of Ireland (Niall of the Nine Hostages). nt Zorra Nov 2014 #78
25 for Charles Nelson Reilly MFrohike Nov 2014 #79
Defeated it after 70+ truebluegreen Nov 2014 #80
It beat me three times... First Speaker Nov 2014 #82
It got Thursday Next pretty quickly Salviati Nov 2014 #83
15 questions to correctly guess Tyrion Lannister distantearlywarning Nov 2014 #84
Nice, he got Brian Boru ap Cennedi (Kennedy) Xyzse Nov 2014 #85
14 for jean-luc Picard Takket Nov 2014 #86
Stumped him with King Agamemnon from Greek tragedy. WillowTree Nov 2014 #88
Defeated after 48+ with Jo Bob Briggs Vincardog Nov 2014 #89
Jesus.... Broken_Hero Nov 2014 #91
It got Superman in about 12 questions, Broken_Hero Nov 2014 #95
stumped it on my third try, Broken_Hero Nov 2014 #96
I was thinking of Gromyko and it got to Brezhnev in 40 questions. Brickbat Nov 2014 #92
Lara from Dr. Zhivago in 28 questions. nt femmocrat Nov 2014 #93
Marie Curie 22 questions Sedona Nov 2014 #94
I beat it with Frankie Machine. AngryAmish Nov 2014 #97
I defeated Akinator!!1 dixiegrrrrl Nov 2014 #99
Glenn Beck 30 question LeftInTX Nov 2014 #100
Either 28 or 29 questions for Cormoran Strike, Ilsa Nov 2014 #101
26 questions for Danny Kaye Frank Cannon Nov 2014 #102
Charles Bukowski in 25 guesses frylock Nov 2014 #103
Kajol Devgan - 15 guesses LeftInTX Nov 2014 #104
25 questions to robert smith fizzgig Nov 2014 #105
Willie Nelson / 18 lpbk2713 Nov 2014 #106
Holy crap. Jack Aubrey, and it guessed it. Recursion Nov 2014 #107
Nope. enlightenment Nov 2014 #108
Funny! It took ~50 guesses but it finally got "Millie Helper" from the old Dick VanDyke show. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2014 #109
anatole france SoLeftIAmRight Nov 2014 #110
Stumped it with Jude Fawley. stranger81 Nov 2014 #111
Yay! I think I added Floro Villabrille Xyzse Nov 2014 #112
Clever program KMOD Nov 2014 #113
Eddie Vedder with 22 questions. n/t pamela Nov 2014 #114
Pretty damned cool! Guessed Carl Sagan in 22. I love this thing! Can anyone ChisolmTrailDem Nov 2014 #115
Annihilated on Wild Man Fischer. OilemFirchen Nov 2014 #116
Lazarus Long after 52 questions. n/t X_Digger Nov 2014 #117
46 to get Lester Hayes (after incorrectly guessing 'Mean Joe Green' at 26). nt kelly1mm Nov 2014 #118
Stumped with Vartan Gregorian LeftInTX Nov 2014 #119
Took it 7 questions to get to Obama. DemocraticWing Nov 2014 #120
Over 20 questions NOLALady Nov 2014 #121
25 questions NOLALady Nov 2014 #122
93 questions to get General Smedley Butler. n/t Tom_Foolery Nov 2014 #123
Over 50 guesses for Politicalboi Nov 2014 #124
24 questions to get to Bono. Hissyspit Nov 2014 #126
23 to get to Jackson Browne. 25 to get to Robert Johnson. Hissyspit Nov 2014 #127
50, Baghdad Bob. nt MannyGoldstein Nov 2014 #128
Totally defeated it and asked me for a hint. Did not get Elizabeth Gurley Flynn "Rebel Girl" Luminous Animal Nov 2014 #130
48 questions to get to Spalding Gray Hissyspit Nov 2014 #131
Hugo Chavez SamKnause Nov 2014 #132
After 17 questions, it guessed wrong. WhiteAndNerdy Nov 2014 #133
I picked five real men. ZombieHorde Nov 2014 #134
Got James Bond! WinkyDink Nov 2014 #135
Got Stagger Lee in 64 cemaphonic Nov 2014 #136
got it right after 32 questions Tuesday Afternoon Nov 2014 #137
Took like 30 questions to bring me to Masha Scream Scootaloo Nov 2014 #138
I was thinking Rincewind, Rincewind Nov 2014 #139
Impressive sarisataka Nov 2014 #140
ha! i purposely stumped it. dave allen is too obscure. KATHY! pansypoo53219 Nov 2014 #141
failed. pretty easy i thought, too. NuttyFluffers Nov 2014 #142
Peter Schickele Dale Neiburg Nov 2014 #143
After 32 tries it came up with Chief Joseph Runningdawg Nov 2014 #144
Twelve guesses for fluttershy mrs_p Nov 2014 #145
25 to get to David Byrne n/t DisgustipatedinCA Nov 2014 #146
Not even close. hobbit709 Nov 2014 #147
Beat it twicw with Chuckie from SoA VScott Nov 2014 #148
I thought of Aerows Nov 2014 #149
I was thinking of one of my Spirit Guides. kentauros Nov 2014 #150
Mrs. Robinson - 25 questions HERVEPA Nov 2014 #151
Beat it with Josiah Willard Gibbs, inventor of the railway air brake Maedhros Nov 2014 #152
Took 18 for Emily Dickinson and Micky Dolenz both; 19 for Ignatius Reilly Rowdyboy Nov 2014 #153
I kept trying to get it to guess Larry David but no dice. Initech Nov 2014 #154
Sarah Palin in 15 questions. 11 Bravo Nov 2014 #155
It took him 41 guesses JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #156
It didn't even come close to mine Blue_In_AK Nov 2014 #158
Addicting rusty fender Nov 2014 #159
It got Lt. William Calley in 21 q's, but did not get Rosemary Woods. Scuba Nov 2014 #160
Zoltar guessed Tom Hanks! Ampersand Unicode Nov 2014 #161
It got Tony Soprano in 18 questions. Prettty cool. Threedifferentones Nov 2014 #162
Akinator got Emma Bovary in 21 guesses Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #163
Lou Reed in 24 guesses Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #164
You can usually stump it with very minor characters in cult TV shows. True Blue Door Nov 2014 #165
40 questions in and he couldn't guess George of the Jungle Number23 Nov 2014 #166
74 guesses before it gave up on Edward Albee Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #167
It got Martha Graham in 14 questions Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #168
Chef Ettore Boiardi in 12 Tom Ripley Nov 2014 #169
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