Here's how it works. I decide on a famous person and tell you all the first letter of his or her last name. For instance, I might pick George Bush, and say, "B".

You then have to earn questions about my person before you can ask anything directly. This is how you do it:

You come up with a different person whose last name also begins with B - ie Christian Bale. You then ask me a trivia question about him, from the perspective of "I". eg:

"I am a American actor who is known for having rage issues. I was in American Psycho"

at which point I either say,

"Ah, Christian Bale!"

in which case you have failed, or

"I don't know"

in which case you have earned a question about my person. So then you'd ask "male or female" or "alive or dead" or something. Well technically they have to be true/false questions but you get the idea. This progresses until you are able to identify my person

If perchance you ask me a question about my own person then you automatically win. Also you can't ask multiple questions about the same person in the same round, and if I fail to identify your person you have to reveal who it is.

Lastly, you need to be reasonably specific about your person because if you aren't specific enough, I can say anyone who fits that category. IE you say composer thinking of Bach but I say Beethoven instead, it fits the category so I still win that round

And if that happens you can't just say "well okay but I meant another one". You have to come up with a different question that applies to that person.

Plus it's just lame if you aren't specific enough. Don't be that guy

Also, if a question is ever asked about a fictional character it must be specified at the start of the question. This goes for the initial person who picks a famous person as well (me in this case)

Research is not allowed, by anyone in the game (myself included). Well, I mean I can research my own guy if you ask a complicated question about him, but when I'm guessing answers to your questions I can't research.

Just ftr, I'm not the best at famous people trivia so there's a good chance I won't know many answers. Also, if you're the selector (as I am right now) make sure to use really famous people because if you don't then the entire round is a waste. I mean, if it's the person's own fault they don't know who the person is then you can't help it, but I mean, just make sure to be reasonable



oooookay so if anyone is around let's try it out.

The letter is

P

edit: and I realize it's a saturday morning so I'll probably just sort of bump this throughout the day to see if anyone wants to play

I won several NBA titles in the 90's with the Bulls.

sports knowledge ftl

definitely don't know

Male/female?

I starred in the Harry Potter movies and am ridiculously cute

male

james phelps

boom!

i still have no clue whats going on here

you try to stump me by asking questions about famous people whose last names start with P

if you succeed, you earn a question about my person

btw sixfour who was that NBA person

I'm curious, but also you're supposed to say so you can't use the same person again later

I was a famous poet who killed myself

also forsthy, you gos?

I'm going to say Edgar Allen Poe

did he kill himself?


edit: I mean, if it helps me win the game

scottie pippen

google says Poe probably killed himself / killed himself with self destructive tendencies

I count it as a win

no, incorrect, looking for Sylvia Plath

dead?

**no way thats a win, not even close

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe

for future reference

but I don't think Poe technically killed himself so I should probably answer anyway

lol. stretching the truth

yes, dead

{fictional character}

I can steal other people's powers and I have brother issues.

peter petrelli, bitch

I was President in the 1840's.

well no idea when these guys were elected but I can only think of Polk and Pierce as far as P Presidents go


... Pierce?

I'm a Russian tennis star who's one of the top ranked players in the world

no idea, I'll just say a russian sounding name

petrov?

also at any time you can guess who you think my person is, the only downside is that you lose a possible question with which to stump me

edit: though with only "male" and "dead" you probably don't have a good idea of who it is yet

so close lol

Nadia Petrova

Involved with the arts, music, literature, or entertainment in some sort of way?

wrong one, was thinking polk