Point of clarification for future: Can future questions be abstract concepts (like the number M43112609), purely energy based (like photons), an imaginary object (a ghost or Santa), or does it [i]have[/i] to be a physical animal, mineral, vegetable, mixed thing?

[QUOTE=retina;234438]Point of clarification for future: Can future questions be abstract concepts (like the number M43112609), purely energy based (like photons), an imaginary object (a ghost or Santa), or does it [i]have[/i] to be a physical animal, mineral, vegetable, mixed thing?[/QUOTE]

I'd allow anything, though perhaps a ghost would require "none of the above" to animal/vegetable/mineral.

well I have 20 question handheld technically I could figure out all the paths lol. the start is animal,vegetable,mineral,other, and unknown, the possible answers are unknown, no, yes, and sometimes, anyway you get the point it's more complicated lol.

[QUOTE=science_man_88;234441]well I have 20 question handheld technically I could figure out all the paths lol. the start is animal,vegetable,mineral,other, and unknown, the possible answers are unknown, no, yes, and sometimes, anyway you get the point it's more complicated lol.[/QUOTE]

Yes, it gets 38 + lg 5 bits instead of 20 bits. But even so, I doubt it can guess "Mersenne prime", where that would probably be guessed in 10 questions here. :smile:

[QUOTE=retina;234432][COLOR="Olive"](3)[/COLOR]Is it a man-made object?[/QUOTE]Why yes, yes it is!

[point of clarification issues: I think other is ok. I don't think that unknown should be allowed here. And if it is a specific item, it shan't be something on the order of, my fingernail clippings from my left ring finger from 2 weeks ago; rather Lord Nelson's lost arm would be ok. ]

I relinquish my question to the next poster.

Q4. It is bigger than a house? (No, not the WhiteHouse; I mean a "typical", 3 bedroom, 1,200 SQ Ft House.)

[QUOTE=petrw1;234457][COLOR="DarkOrange"](4)[/COLOR]It is bigger than a house? (No, not the WhiteHouse; I mean a "typical", 3 bedroom, 1,200 SQ Ft House.)[/QUOTE]No, it is not larger than a typical house.

Someone other than petrw1 gets the next question.

(5) Is it a powered device, be it electrical or other?

[QUOTE=Mini-Geek;234459](5) Is it a powered device, be it electrical or other?[/QUOTE]Yes indeed.
You have the next question.

(6) Is it an electronic device?