20Q Game 32

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A Mayan pyramid. My historical knowledge is limited to that area.

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The bible did “not really” write about Chichén Itzá.

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does the event involve lots of death

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Q ID Question y/n
1 JFG Is it mentally conjured/an idea/principle (e.g., freedom, compassion, language)? No
2 YankeeTripper Is it an Eldritch Horror? Since you used capital letters . . . No
3 JFG Is it a natural phenomenon? No
4 Lucy Is it a person[-like entity]? No
5 YankeeTripper Is it mythological, fantastical or [in a] similar vein? Yes
6 John.S.Mill Did the myth/fantasy/story involving this thing exist 500 years ago? Yes
7 Lucy Is the thing a story? No*
8 YankeeTripper Is it some kind of creature? No
9 MayanActuary Is it an event (e.g., the resurrection, immaculate conception, creation of the world, epic battle, etc.)? Yes
10 MayanActuary Is this event written about in the Bible? Not really
*** Clue 1 This is a specific event ***
11 John.S.Mill Does the event involve more than 1,000 people? Most likely
12 John.S.MIll Does the event involve lots of deaths? Yes
13 ? ??? y/n

*But it is mentioned in stories.

Clues given after the 10th, 15th, and 19th question.

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does water play a significant role

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Unofficial but could it be Ragnarök?
Would tie in with Thor’s hammer from prior game. Just a thought.

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Q ID Question y/n
1 JFG Is it mentally conjured/an idea/principle (e.g., freedom, compassion, language)? No
2 YankeeTripper Is it an Eldritch Horror? Since you used capital letters . . . No
3 JFG Is it a natural phenomenon? No
4 Lucy Is it a person[-like entity]? No
5 YankeeTripper Is it mythological, fantastical or [in a] similar vein? Yes
6 John.S.Mill Did the myth/fantasy/story involving this thing exist 500 years ago? Yes
7 Lucy Is the thing a story? No*
8 YankeeTripper Is it some kind of creature? No
9 MayanActuary Is it an event (e.g., the resurrection, immaculate conception, creation of the world, epic battle, etc.)? Yes
10 MayanActuary Is this event written about in the Bible? Not really
*** Clue 1 This is a specific event ***
11 John.S.Mill Does the event involve more than 1,000 people? Most likely
12 John.S.MIll Does the event involve lots of deaths? Yes
13 John.S.Mill Does water play a significant role? No**
14 ? ??? y/n

*But it is mentioned in stories.
**Some would debate this, though.

Clues given after the 10th, 15th, and 19th question.

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No water would rule out Ragnarok as I think the world gets flooded and reborn at the end of the big battle.

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It would rule out a lot of floods, etc. Good question!

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So, we have an old mythological event that wasn’t really mentioned in the bible, that involved lots of deaths and no water.

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Note that I did a bit more research about the event and modified the answer to the last question to prevent undue misleading of the hoi polloi.

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Hmmm…might put Ragnarok back in play.
Folks would we like to ask if it is related to Norse Mythology?
Or do we have a better way to narrow the field?

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Official: Does the event involve more than 95% of the persons in the (known) World dying?

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Maybe some time-period or geographic thing that would bucket Norse with other mythologies? You could ask if Neil Gaimon wrote about it. :slight_smile:

FWIW, it makes sense that the bible “didn’t really” write about Ragnarok.

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IFYP, but that would not narrow it down at all!

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Q ID Question y/n
1 JFG Is it mentally conjured/an idea/principle (e.g., freedom, compassion, language)? No
2 YankeeTripper Is it an Eldritch Horror? Since you used capital letters . . . No
3 JFG Is it a natural phenomenon? No
4 Lucy Is it a person[-like entity]? No
5 YankeeTripper Is it mythological, fantastical or [in a] similar vein? Yes
6 John.S.Mill Did the myth/fantasy/story involving this thing exist 500 years ago? Yes
7 Lucy Is the thing a story? No*
8 YankeeTripper Is it some kind of creature? No
9 MayanActuary Is it an event (e.g., the resurrection, immaculate conception, creation of the world, epic battle, etc.)? Yes
10 MayanActuary Is this event written about in the Bible? Not really
*** Clue 1 This is a specific event ***
11 John.S.Mill Does the event involve more than 1,000 people? Most likely
12 John.S.MIll Does the event involve lots of deaths? Yes
13 John.S.Mill Does water play a significant role? No**
14 SredniVashtar Does the event involve more than 95% of the persons in the (known) World dying? Yes
15 ? ??? y/n

*But it is mentioned in stories.
**Some would debate this, though.

Clues given after the 10th, 15th, and 19th question.

So tempting . . .
:smirk_cat:

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Is it Ragnarok?

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Q ID Question y/n
1 JFG Is it mentally conjured/an idea/principle (e.g., freedom, compassion, language)? No
2 YankeeTripper Is it an Eldritch Horror? Since you used capital letters . . . No
3 JFG Is it a natural phenomenon? No
4 Lucy Is it a person[-like entity]? No
5 YankeeTripper Is it mythological, fantastical or [in a] similar vein? Yes
6 John.S.Mill Did the myth/fantasy/story involving this thing exist 500 years ago? Yes
7 Lucy Is the thing a story? No*
8 YankeeTripper Is it some kind of creature? No
9 MayanActuary Is it an event (e.g., the resurrection, immaculate conception, creation of the world, epic battle, etc.)? Yes
10 MayanActuary Is this event written about in the Bible? Not really
*** Clue 1 This is a specific event ***
11 John.S.Mill Does the event involve more than 1,000 people? Most likely
12 John.S.MIll Does the event involve lots of deaths? Yes
13 John.S.Mill Does water play a significant role? No**
14 SredniVashtar Does the event involve more than 95% of the persons in the (known) World dying? Yes
15 YankeeTripper Is it Ragnarok? YES!

*But it is mentioned in stories.
**Some would debate this, though.

Clues given after the 10th, 15th, and 19th question.

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Note about the “Flooding” question: the source I worked primarily from is the Prose Edda, which doesn’t mention anything about “flooding” . . . but only that the “earth would rise again from the sea”. However, the wiki’s includes the phrasing of “flooding of the world” . . . hence the need I felt to make a clarification.

Hopefully, the other answers (especially “soft ones” and ones with clarifications) make sense.

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^G33 here.

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