blonde poker forum

I held something today that is not something I have ever held before, my friend at work said it would take people 100s of guesses to find/identify the item/object. from simple yes or no answers..

I said it would be under 25 questions to get it...

Please prove me right :) fire away please..

I also have a photo i took that will be uploaded after a correct-ish answer is given.

Is it living?

No

Metal ?

(2)

Nope.

is it an item which you would say is commonly held by the population (ie at least once in their lifetime)

Organic?

(3)


No

(4)

Yes

Is it commonly named in a single word?

(5)

no

Is it functional (rather than decorative) - ie, do you do something with it?

(6)

No

Does it originate from the United Kingdom?

(7)

No

At auction, would it sell for over £1000?

( 8  )

My guess would be Yes

Is it over 100 years old?

( 9 )

Yes.

Is it over 1,000 years old?

( 10 )

No

(Rules out tikay's school report then)

Is it heavy?

( 11 )

No

Has it been crafted?

Has it got religious connections?

( 12 )

No

( 13 )

No

OK folks, here's what we know so far:

It's between 100-1000 years old.
It's organic.
Not a religious artefact.
Not been crafted.
Not heavy.
Would sell for over £1,000 (probably).
Not functional.
Not metal.
From outside the UK.
Not known by a single word.
Not something that would commonly be held.

Is it an egg yolk?

100 years old?

Remind me never to accept an omelette from you.

I was thinking it was something like a dinosaur tooth - but as it's less that 1,000 years old that possibility is ruled out.

So, it could be a tooth from a tiger or something - but not sure if they'd sell for £1,000.  Maybe along the lines of a rhino horn or similar?  (that's not a guess by the way, just a musing). Could also be a tooth from someone famous from history, or their skull, or even their ashes?

What are others thinking?

( 14 )

No

It's between 100-1000 years old.
It's organic.
Not been crafted.

These 3 should narrow it down loads.  Got no effin clue atm though.

( 15 )

No

( 16 )

No

( 17 )

No

Was it found beneath the surface of the ground

( 18 )

No

Tortoise Shell?

( 19 )

No

They aren't guesses like I said, just me thinking out loud.

That was my mate who guessed it would take 100s of questions to get it!

Is it of animal origin?

(that is an actual question)

( 20 )

No

Round up

It's between 100-1000 years old.
It's organic.
Not a religious artefact.
Not been crafted.
Not heavy.
Would sell for over £1,000 (probably).
Not functional.
Not metal.
From outside the UK.
Isn't a single word
Not found below ground
Not of animal origin



Its not an

Egg Yolk
Dinosaur Tooth
Tiger tooth
Rhino horn
Tortoise shell

A very old bottle of wine/champagne?

THIS ISN'T A QUESTION, IT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE KNOW

Seeing as it's organic, but not living, and not of animal origin - then it must be something that's from a plant or fungi (or possibly bacterial, but that's a bit unlikely).  Maybe worth asking a question down those lines?

Also worth remembering it's not from the UK.

That would be crafted?

I guess so

Is it predominately made from wood?

Again, it's not been crafted - so if it's made from wood, it'll be a piece of wood - wouldn't it :dontask:

?

Round up

It's between 100-1000 years old.
It's organic.
Not a religious artefact.
Not been crafted.
Not heavy.
Would sell for over £1,000 (probably).
Not functional.
Not metal.
From outside the UK.
Isn't a single word
Not found below ground
Not of animal origin



Its not an

Egg Yolk
Dinosaur Tooth
Tiger tooth
Rhino horn
Tortoise shell

Missed a couple:

is NOT living
is NOT an item which you would say is commonly held by the population (ie at least once in their lifetime)

This reminds me of a toy my daugther got for Christmas one year called "20 questions". It was pretty good and guess correctly most times.

Used to ask some randon questions like "could you fit it in an envelope"

I used to get frustrated when I couldn't find the "depends on the size of the envelope" button!

Is it from the sea?

What you thinking?  Not of animal origin, so you're thinking it's some sort of sea plant or sea-weed - but one that isn't found in the UK?

is not living???

Yeah, a dead one.

Think Acid's mate has safely won their bet.

We're only up to 20 questions because Acid took some posts that weren't questions and added them on.  If we'd wanted to ask a question to rule them in or out, we could have (and did later).

So we've only asked 17 questions on my count, or 20 on Acid's - and that includes 'egg yolk'.

I would need a death certificate signed by a qualified Horticulturalist.

Acid will have one :D

( 21 )

No

( 22 )


No

( 24 )


No

I am not 100% sure on one answer, but if I said which one it would give a clue. I asked a few boffins at Uni and they agreed but it might have caused a little confusion.

This isn't a question, but I'm guessing that it's either crafted or of animal origin.

But if one of the answers you've given is misleading, then you should state the ambiguity (if there is any).

Animal origin...it could be thought off as....but i have been told nope..

It either is or it isn't to be fair.

I can't think of anything that is from animal origin (that includes humans, obviously) that you would say isn't actually of animal origin.  Look forward to the reveal.

This is rapidly becoming like Acids GPS (or is it CPS) thread!

lol :) everything is pretty simple answers, but we shall say for Animal origins or not I am unsure..even after googling it. Lets just say yeah lol

Does it have to be 100 years + old or can it still be found/sold today?

Intrigued

It's less than 1,000 years old, but older than 100.

The particular item that was held is but there could be similar items being produced found w/e today

The object hasn't been crafted, so unless it's from an extinct species then I'm guessing newer ones could be found.

( 25)

This is a certain age.  So nope to the question

Does it fit in the size of your hand?

Does its shape have symmetry

(. 26) 

Yes

Is there a video in an envelope?

You missed out 23 Acid

( 27)

No

( 28)

No

From the start, I've had a shrunken head in my head, but not being animal rules that out.

As you seem to have had it at work, would knowing your job be a clue as to what it is?

I said it can be considered animal although I was not 100 percent to sure. I work at a university *)

Is it a squirrel?

( 29)

No.  I can give clues if it's way off getting

Is is an object of importance to Leeds University and the department you work in?

(please remind us what department you work in)

It is important yes,  how much is subjective I guess.  I work in the library.

( 30)

It would be a pity to miss an opportunity to run this:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc3RQEgkA_8

Is it something produced by an animal (rather than part of an animal)?

( 31 )


No

OK, so it's part of an animal.  The ambiguity could mean it's part of a human?

Were you holding Hitler's missing testicle?

 ( 32 )

No...

His tache?

His kneecap?

Genghis Khan's foreskin?

I make it a little easier its part of someone who was famous.

Van Gogh's ear.

So DEFINITELY of animal origin.

::)

Part of Evander Holyfield's ear.

( 33 )


The University I am sure would really want to have this item but alas no.

Jesus' foreskin?

Is it someone's hair?

Nelsons false eye

Guess 10221, Yes.

That's not part of him.

Twentieth century?

That is incred.

no

Darwin's

no

Queen Victoria

Would have been guess number 15-ish if you'd said yes to 'animal origin' a while ago.

Non UK.

19th century?

no

Beethoven

Some famous Yorkshire-persons hair?

No, but that was present also. :) i kid you not. Very close to the answer.

It was a talk by the leaving head of special collections and his favorite items in the collections. One was Shakespeares first folio, etc etc..

Mozart

lots of items by famous Leeds/Yorkshire people and links to the uni but no.

I can see why had difficulty with the price at auction question

Would anyone pay a grand for a lock of hair?

Hair from Mozart given by his widow to Vincent Novello in 1829! Had no idea it was in Special collections here until today. In those days it seems famous people didn't do autographs but they did in fact on occasion give bits of their hair... Novello (who started the whole Novello music legacy) was writing a book about Mozart and visited his wife when the exchange took place, which eventually was donated to Leeds Uni in the 1920's.

FYP

Good fun though Acid. Give us another!

:D

Fwiw we would have got to lock of hair before 25 without all the silly guess counting and Mis direction so you win vs your coleague

Yeah, I reckon so as well.

A good thread though, maybe could turn it into a series?

Not Evander Holyfield then.

Liking this thread, would like more but with title of thread spelt correctly.

So, the answer was Mozart's hair?

Not an egg yolk, then?

Correct, along with 9 other items that are deemed special I saw today.

Do another one!

Agreed, but no silly marking, and no misdirection!

Really enjoyed yesterday's

will do tonight or tomorrow sat with kids all day..

Going to see some more rather interesting items today again, wont be doing a guess me thread as it seems it produced some dullard threads which was not my intention. Will pop some photos up after.

You better do a thread to save us from the brink oops I mean drink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf1Y_9j2A5M#at=396 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf1Y_9j2A5M#at=396)

The talk I went to, where the outgoing head of Special collections Chris talks about his top 10 fav items at the Uni. Very interesting how he talks about shakespeare first folio, why its important..bit heavy tbh unless you into history and unusual items. It includes the story of how they got Mozart's hair..