Let's Play 200 Questions!

[Knowledge_Seeker]

This is 20 questions but i have made it 200, now just what im thinking
but since you have so many chances my 'thing' that i chose is specific, but if your close ill give it to you.
but if your smart enough you wont have to guess, because i have already given you the anwer

T h e n u m b e r 1 b u t t o n o n a c o r d l e s s t e l e p h o n e

[Swift]

Is it smaller than the entire universe?

[TheBlackCat]

A good game, Knowledge Seeker. I'll let everyone else have a go at it, since I've already figured this one out ;)

[Frog march]

yes, this is a pressing problem, ;)

[TheBlackCat]

Oooo, indeed it is ;)

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Is it smaller than the entire universe?

yes

[Swift]

Is it in our solar system?

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Is it in our solar system?

yes

[Jeff Root]

I have no idea what The Black Cat and Frog March meant by
their cryptic comments, so I'm game.

No matter how specific the 'thing' is, it can't need anywhere
near 200 questions. If people don't deliberately goof around,
I predict it will be found out in less than 25 questions.

Is it made of particles (such as atoms, electrons, or photons)?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[AitchJay]

I hate knowing the answer; I can't ask any questions..

[Knowledge_Seeker]

I have no idea what The Black Cat and Frog March meant by
their cryptic comments, so I'm game.

No matter how specific the 'thing' is, it can't need anywhere
near 200 questions. If people don't deliberately goof around,
I predict it will be found out in less than 25 questions.

Is it made of particles (such as atoms, electrons, or photons)?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

Isnt everything? (Thats a yes)

[Knowledge_Seeker]

I hate knowing the answer; I can't ask any questions..

if you know the answer pm me.

[Wolf-S]

Is it located on the Earth?

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Is it located on the Earth?

yes.

(if 10 people say they quit, ill reveal the answer)

[Jeff Root]

Is it made of particles (such as atoms, electrons, or photons)?
Isnt everything? (Thats a yes)
Lots of 'things' are not made of matter.

Is it visible to you as you read this text?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Lots of 'things' are not made of matter.

Is it visible to you as you read this text?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

althought it is not visible, its still 'made up of' atoms and such, i cant see them but there there.

[Jeff Root]

Is the 'thing' within two meters (ten feet) of you right now?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Is the 'thing' within two meters (ten feet) of you right now?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

Yes.

............getting warmer.............

[Jeff Root]

Although the 'thing' was not visible to you at the moment you
were reading my earlier question, have you ever seen it?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Knowledge_Seeker]

Although the 'thing' was not visible to you at the moment you
were reading my earlier question, have you ever seen it?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

yes, i think i said the 'thing' is in 2 meters of me

[Jeff Root]

Although the 'thing' was not visible to you at the moment you
were reading my earlier question, have you ever seen it?
yes, i think i said the 'thing' is in 2 meters of me
That didn't mean that you had ever seen it. The thing could be
a part inside your computer, and it is at least theoretically
possible that you have never opened the box to look inside,
however unlikely that may be. Or the thing could be too small
to see without a microscope. Or it could be made entirely of
transparent gas. Lots of possibilities.

Is the 'thing' something you have had since the day you were
born? :)

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Jeff Root]

I just noticed the hidden text in your original post, but I didn't
read it. The color you used for the text must be slightly lighter
than the background color. Um... I'll make a guess: Is the 'thing'
the hidden text itself?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Jeff Root]

I just realized why the hidden text became visible to me when it
was not visible before: I changed the brightness control on my
monitor a few minutes ago while working on some graphics.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[Frog march]

I only noticed it because I have the habit of highlighting text while I'm reading it. Just luck on my part.

[TheBlackCat]

I was trying to think of ways he could have hidden the answer in the riddle and realized he might have hidden the text that way. Since I was looking for it I could just barely see it.

[Knowledge_Seeker]

i guess everyone has the answer

[Jeff Root]

i guess everyone has the answer
Does that mean I should go ahead and highlight the text in your
first post to find out if one my last two guesses was correct or
nearly correct?

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[cjl]

I could see it immediately...

Just luck (and a high-contrast monitor) I guess...

[Jeff Root]

I looked. Both of my guesses were wrong.

-- Jeff, in Minneapolis

[hhEb09'1]

I could see it immediately...

Just luck (and a high-contrast monitor) I guess...Can you read this? :)

[cjl]

Barely (without highlighting it)

[hhEb09'1]

Barely (without highlighting it)How about this? :)

[snarkophilus]

There is another answer that I think fits very nicely, without requiring highlighting. How about a button?

Think about it. If we started with 20 questions, and he extended it to two hundred, he's given us the number 0, a button. And I don't know if anyone else has ever heard of giving buttons to wedding guests, or to lovers, but they are both traditions I've heard of, and they fit with "if you are close."

Since it's "very specific," one might go further and say it's the "button" at the end of that 200, that particular instance of the number 0.

Edit: my little sister just gave me an even better solution along that line: a ring. You'd give it to someone close, and though it loses some of the button pun, it's more accessible. It's still a 0.

[Knowledge_Seeker]

lol, the game was fun while it lasted.........