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101. Either 28 or 29 questions for Cormoran Strike,

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Tue Nov 11, 2014, 11:24 PM

Nov 2014

Detective, the main character in The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (JK Rowling).

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This thing is pretty good at guessing , try it and post your result if it's right [View all] scarystuffyo Nov 2014 OP

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