Twenty Questions

TWENTY QUESTIONS

TYPE: Shtick

The group must guess some object that the leader has picked by asking “yes” or “no” questions.  But there is one catch; actually, the leader has not picked anything. He answers "yes" or "no" depending on how the last word in the question ends: consonant = "yes"; vowel = "no," or vice versa.  See how long it takes the group to catch on.

Variation:  Send one player out of the room.  While he is out tell the group the trick.  When he returns tell him he has twenty questions to guess an object that the group has picked.  See how long it will take him to catch on.