twenty questions
Parlor guessing game
Twenty questions is a guessing game where one player thinks of something and others try to identify it by asking up to twenty yes-or-no questions.
The challenge lies in narrowing possibilities efficiently—starting broad Is it alive? before getting specific.
The format has become a template for any sustained interrogation: What is this, twenty questions?
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