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Guess a Famous Person!

 
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KOREAN_MAN



Joined: 01 Oct 2006

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:30 am    Post subject: Guess a Famous Person! Reply with quote

http://en.akinator.com/

Actually, you need to think of someone who's famous (or not so famous) and let the website guess who you thought of. You'd be surprised how many people/characters it can guess right.
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BS.Dos.



Joined: 29 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I was thinking of Al Pacino. It guessed Bruce Willis.
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DRAMA OVERKILL



Joined: 12 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:48 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool site. It guessed 3 out of the 4 times I played. The 1 time it didn't guess correctly I intentionally chose a very obscure "celebrity" (and it was still pretty close!).
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Underwaterbob



Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Didn't even come close with Willow (from "Willow", 1988) it even asked me if my character was in LotR, I said no, and it stilled guessed Bilbo.
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VanIslander



Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Peter Pan, it guessed Peter Pan! correct!

Nicolas Cage, it guessed Nicolas Cage! correct!

then I got 'em...

Gwyneth Paltrow, it guessed Tilda Swinton
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jonathan Swift

First he guessed Shakespeare, and I took the more questions option and he got around to Chaucer, but he finally gave up and I had to tell him.
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mekku



Joined: 22 Jul 2006
Location: daegu, korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 8:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

the first one...i was thinking of robbie williams
after it asked me midway through if the person was israeli or brazilian, i was starting to have my doubts....but it guessed correctly! i was surprised, because he isn't so famous outside europe...at least not in america

the second one...i was thinking of gerard butler
it came up with christian bale......he would've been a good one to try too

the third one...finnish music group 'the rasmus'
its kind of obscure....it came up with the lead singer of the finnish group h.i.m.......which is impressive since its close

it was an interesting use of 5 minutes Laughing
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jajdude



Joined: 18 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 10:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yep he got me after about 10 questions, though for some reason he twice asked if I'm American. I guess he doesn't know that many famous Chinese people.
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lohengrin



Joined: 16 Mar 2008
Location: Loompaland

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

nope

I was thinking of Gary Oldman, specified 3 times that my character is NOT female, and still got Tilda Swinton!
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mountainous



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

jajdude wrote:
Yep he got me after about 10 questions, though for some reason he twice asked if I'm American. I guess he doesn't know that many famous Chinese people.


Okay, I will try Yao Ming...
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mountainous



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Location: Los Angeles

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mountainous wrote:
jajdude wrote:
Yep he got me after about 10 questions, though for some reason he twice asked if I'm American. I guess he doesn't know that many famous Chinese people.


Okay, I will try Yao Ming...


He guessed Hur Jae.... He determined that my character is a famous Asian basketball player who is married and lives in the USA. I played a 2nd time and he guessed correctly, Yao Ming.
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danby_ll



Joined: 06 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cool, he guessed most of mine, including Lee Myung Bak.
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Tater



Joined: 13 Oct 2008
Location: Korea

PostPosted: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I went for random and chose Jeff Probst.

The program guessed it.
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