[Help] Very important "Guess Who" question.

[MattBackHome]

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]

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

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

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.

 

[schmunk]

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

Problem solved.

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

Have they lost their willy

 

[JBizzle]

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

"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]

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]

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

 

[SK1NT]

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.

No no no... simple...

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

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Cheating.

 

[drew]

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?

 

[MattBackHome]

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?

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]

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]

[yt]FRlbNOno5VA[/yt]

Skip to 4:10 for the start of the strategy

 

[Gabbafella]

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

 

[Dick Swiveller]

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

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]

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]

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.

 

[MattBackHome]

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.

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)

 

[METALMICKY]

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

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.