Where's Waldo?

[ceptimus]

I started up a thread with these rules on another forum nearly three years ago, and it's still going, though that forum is very low traffic nowadays. I thought I'd give the same idea a try here.

Rules:-

0. If you're a newbie to this thread, ignore the rules and start playing (go to the end of the thread). Playing is (hopefully) fun. These rules suck.

1. Ask questions. The 'Answerer' can only answer yes or no. Your object is to guess Waldo's location.

2. First person to correctly identify Waldo's location posts the next 'Where's Waldo' puzzle (becoming the new 'Answerer').

3. Each poster to the thread can post as many questions as they like, as often as they like, but...

4. Only one 'alphabet' question will be answered per poster per day. By an alphabet question I mean something like, 'The name of the country Waldo is in, does it start with a letter in the alphabet before M?' This same rule goes for latitude and longitude questions too (though you can usually disguise these questions by using placenames - and that's ok).

5. Each poster can make one formal guess per day. They need to make it clear that it is their guess - something like, 'OK I'm guessing Waldo is on top of the Eiffel Tower'.

6. Even if their guess is wrong, a poster can still ask other questions on the same day - but of course, they may just be helping their opponents by doing so.

7. What constitutes the start and end of a day, and how often the questions are answered is at the discretion of the current Answerer.

8. If the Answerer is absent for more than 36 hours without making excuses first, anyone can jump in and be the new Answerer.

OK. Here goes with round one:

Waldo is outdoors, looking at a sculpture.

[beyelzu]

is he in europe?

[Crumb]

Is Waldo in Europe?

I hope I am doing this right...

[beyelzu]

copycat

[ceptimus]

Nope, Waldo isn't in Europe.

You can ask lists of questions if you like - maybe something like:

Is Waldo in the northern hemisphere?
Is he in Spain?
The artist that made the sculpture - is (s)he still alive?
Is the sculpture made of metal?
or rock?
or marzipan?

... and so on.

[godfry n. glad]

Is the sculpture modern style or more recent?

[livius drusus]

Is he in a park?

[beyelzu]

is waldo in th western hemisphere?

is the sculpture inside a building?


is the sculpture made of rock?

is waldo in china?

can waldo see the great wall of china from his location?


can waldo see a terra cotta soldier?

is waldo in giza?

is waldo in a country that starts with a letter that occurs before m in the alphabet, yes i copied that questin from you but it struck me as a good one.

[godfry n. glad]

Is he in the southern hemisphere?

[Ari]

Is Waldo wearing his stripped hat?
Is that strange wizard guy with him?
Is waldo drunk?

Is waldo in america?
Is the sculpture of a person?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

Is the sculpture modern style or more recent?

Hmmm. I don't really know what I'm talking about when it comes to these art classifications.

...but I have an escape! I'm only supposed to answer yes or no, so perhaps you could restate your question something like, 'Was the sculpture made in the twentieth century?'

In my opinion, the sculpture is in a modern style, but like I said, I'm clueless when it comes to art...

[Crumb]

Is the sculpture white?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by livius drusus

Is he in a park?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by beyelzu

is waldo in th western hemisphere? Yes

is the sculpture inside a building? No


is the sculpture made of rock? No

is waldo in china? No

can waldo see the great wall of china from his location? No


can waldo see a terra cotta soldier? No

is waldo in giza? No

is waldo in a country that starts with a letter that occurs before m in the alphabet, yes i copied that questin from you but it struck me as a good one. No

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by godfry n. glad

Is he in the southern hemisphere?

No

[Crumb]

Is Waldo in the USA?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by Ari

Is Waldo wearing his stripped hat?
Is that strange wizard guy with him?
Is waldo drunk?

Is waldo in america?
Is the sculpture of a person?

No, No, No, Yes, No.

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by Crumb

Is the sculpture white?

No.

Summary: Waldo is outside somewhere in the USA, looking at a non-white sculpture, not in a park. ceptimus thinks the sculpure is kinda modern looking, but it's not a sculpture of a person, and it's not made of rock.

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by Crumb

Is Waldo in the USA?

Oops I missed this one But I already covered it in my summary - the answer was yes.

[Crumb]

Is it a sculpture of an animal?
Is it an abstract shape?
Is it east of the Mississippi?
Is the sculpture made of metal?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by Crumb

Is it a sculpture of an animal? Yes
Is it an abstract shape? No
Is it east of the Mississippi? Yes
Is the sculpture made of metal? Yes

[Ari]

Does waldo know he isn't wearing his hat?
Did waldo leave his hat at home?
If I were to murder Waldo would the news report state "Waldo killed in New York, more at 11"?

[Sock Puppet]

Is the animal a quadriped?
Is the animal a mammal?
Is the animal aquatic?
Is the metal bronze?

[Crumb]

Is waldo on grass?
Is the metal zinc?
Is the animal a carnivore?

[ceptimus]

Originally Posted by Ari

Does waldo know he isn't wearing his hat?
Did waldo leave his hat at home?
If I were to murder Waldo would the news report state "Waldo killed in New York, more at 11"?

Waldo wasn't wearing his hat at the moment you asked your question - he'd taken it off while he was photographing the sculpture.

Waldo has a large collection of hats, so obviously he has left some of them at home.

Maybe.



Okay. Waldo is somehwere in N.Y. state.