It's a cute specific version of 20 questions. I tried a few varied possibilities and it got:
Lord Voldemort
John Sheridan
Dogbert (after 25 questions)
Aaron from Primer(!)
John Galt (after 30 questions)
Only character it couldn't find at all was Abe Terger from Primer, which it thought was Abe after 25 questions.
It's cute, but a lot less cool when you know how they work.
I saw this a long time ago. Eventually the dudes I know stopped trying to stump it, because it wasn't that hard. We started trying to pick name that he could guess, but had the fewest number of people pick the name before. I think my best was 4, but I can't remember who my person was.
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Lord Voldemort
John Sheridan
Dogbert (after 25 questions)
Aaron from Primer(!)
John Galt (after 30 questions)
Only character it couldn't find at all was Abe Terger from Primer, which it thought was Abe after 25 questions.
It's cute, but a lot less cool when you know how they work.