I was blown away by this mechanical oracle....

Well, it didn't get "carnelian".

I'd swear I have the toy version around here somewhere from a number of years ago. I'll have to take a look around.

Yes.. There is one in the house, smaller and red but the same brand. It's about 50 percent accurate with my items of choice. These are much fun on road trips.

I just played the online version. It beat me. Bubble!

Q19. I am guessing that it is a bubble?
Right, Wrong, Close
18. Is it small? Sometimes.
17. Is it hard? No.
16. Can you see through it? Yes.
15. Is some part of it made of glass? No.
14. Can you make sounds with it? No.
13. Does it get wet? Yes.
12. Can it be used for recreation? Yes.
11. Is it shiny? Yes.
10. Was it invented? Yes.
9. Is it made of metal? No.
8. Does it usually have four corners? No.
7. Can it be worn by a person? No.
6. Is it spotted? No.
5. Can you order it at a restaurant? No.
4. Do you use it in your home? Sometimes.
3. Is it usually colourful? No.
2. Could it be found in a classroom? No.
1. It is classified as Other.

But if you read the instructions you can't use "proper nouns" etc.

jolie_amethyst said:

Well, it didn't get "carnelian".

I'd swear I have the toy version around here somewhere from a number of years ago. I'll have to take a look around.

Click to expand...

I thought from the opening post, you thought, it knew.

20 questions is a game as old as the hills, incredibly popular when people still got together to play games.
With a little practice you could do this without the machine and earn your money.

It didn't get 3 of my goes out of 3 tries!?!

My second word was METEOR and it actually DISAGREED with me over my choosing the option "a harder outer surface" when 20 others chose a "softer outer one".

DownUnderNZer said:

But if you read the instructions you can't use "proper nouns" etc.

Click to expand...

Given that it offered up malachite and feldspar--two other minerals--I doubt it thinks carnelian is a proper noun.

I am playing on the 'net, very cool IMHO!
barb

It didn't get my 3 words at all.

The first word was "issues".

It bases it's answers on people's answers or responses, so I really don't know what I think of it at all.

No trick words on my part or biased responses.

jolie_amethyst said:

Given that it offered up malachite and feldspar--two other minerals--I doubt it thinks carnelian is a proper noun.

Click to expand...

WTF? How strange. I personally prefer the Chicken Oracle, as practiced and perfected by Esmeralda the Gypsy Chicken, famed in song and story.