20 Questions Game15

The Sandbox Games
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  1. Celalta: Is it alive? No
  2. Celalta: Is it larger than a breadbox? Yes
  3. soyleche: is it man-made? Yes
  4. soyleche: does it use electricity? No
  5. twig: Is it a common household item? No
  6. JSM: Can a person get inside it? Yes
  7. YT: Is it often made of wood? No
  8. Celalta: Do people commonly go/get inside it? Yes
  9. soyleche: Is it bigger than a house (2000 sq ft)? No
  10. Lucy: Do people commonly get on top of it? No
  11. twig: Is it unique? No
  12. twig: Does it typically stay in one place? No
  13. JSM: Is it commonly collapsible? Yes
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Is it a tent

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  1. Celalta: Is it alive? No
  2. Celalta: Is it larger than a breadbox? Yes
  3. soyleche: is it man-made? Yes
  4. soyleche: does it use electricity? No
  5. twig: Is it a common household item? No
  6. JSM: Can a person get inside it? Yes
  7. YT: Is it often made of wood? No
  8. Celalta: Do people commonly go/get inside it? Yes
  9. soyleche: Is it bigger than a house (2000 sq ft)? No
  10. Lucy: Do people commonly get on top of it? No
  11. twig: Is it unique? No
  12. twig: Does it typically stay in one place? No
  13. JSM: Is it commonly collapsible? Yes
  14. Is it a tent? YES

Nicely done, team!

I’ll be heading off camping with our Scout group this weekend, so camping and tents were on my brain (though we’re planning to build our own natural shelters, so the tents will just be a backup plan).

I felt pretty good about most of the responses. I’d done a bit of research ahead of time, and 13% of families had gone camping in the past year. Considering some infrequent campers borrow gear, I extrapolated that relatively few households actually had camping gear/tents.
I did feel the need the over-explain on the “stay in one place”, based on how a reasonable person would interpret yes/no answers, even though a tent spends almost all of its life sitting on a shelf.

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We went camping all the time when I was younger, but most of my friends didn’t. My kids have never been. Also, when I started looking at rectifying the lack of camping for my kids, holy crud is camping gear expensive! Hence I wasn’t sure of the commonness. Hope you and your Scout group have a good time :slight_smile:

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I’m guessing a LOT of tent owners infrequently camp as well. As in way less than once a year.

As an example, I owned a tent for 20 years and actually went camping in it twice during that time. I know tons of people who own tents and almost never use them.

I’d have extrapolated in the other direction! :woman_shrugging: