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Twenty Questions

Twenty Questions

Min number of participants 2
Age 7+ yrs.
Safety support by adult Not required
Min duration 10 min.
Cost None (Free)
Environment Indoor / Outdoor

One player secretly thinks of a person, place, or thing; everyone else takes turns asking up to twenty yes-or-no questions to figure out what it is before the questions run out.

The Essentials

Rules

  • One player thinks of something — a person, place, or thing — and keeps it secret.
  • The others take turns asking yes-or-no questions about it, up to 20 questions total across the group.
  • The classic opening question is "Animal, vegetable, or mineral?", which sorts the answer into a broad category before the specific questions start.
  • Anyone can guess the answer outright at any point, but a wrong guess still counts as one of the 20 questions. Whoever guesses correctly picks the next secret thing.

Tips

  • Start broad (living or not, a place or an object) before narrowing down to specifics.
  • Keep a running mental tally of the questions used so you don't run out too soon.
  • Pick something everyone in the group could plausibly know, so the game stays fair.
  • If nobody guesses after 20 questions, the thinker reveals the answer and picks the next round.
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