"Where am I Quiz" with a Twist!

Can you identify a station from just a paving slab? Sadly, some people can
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gasman wrote:Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)?
Yes (8/20)

As far as ELL extension under construction goes, I'd say that Overground have two (mutually exclusive) sub-categories: Existing and Under Construction. Of course some stations could be on lines of both sub-categories (like Canonbury).

As always i use the http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/ ... be-map.pdf map...

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
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:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Are you in an odd number zone?
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Soup Dragon wrote:Are you in an odd number zone?
No (9/20)

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
Are you in an odd number zone? - No (9/20)
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Are you on the North London Line?
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Sorry I messed up the rules earlier on guys, I'll let you get on with the game.
What would I know? - I'm from Yorkshire for starters...
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gasman wrote:Are you on the North London Line?
I'm not quite sure, but I assume the North London Line is the overground between Richmond and Stratford, and in that case:

No (10/20)

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
Are you in an odd number zone? - No (9/20)
Are you on the North London Line? - No (10/20)
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Indeed, the North London Line is the overground between Richmond and Stratford.
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Post by gasman »

OK, since everyone else seems to have lost interest in this one, I'll take another shot...

Is there a tube station beginning with the same first word as your station?

(clarification, if needed: if you are at a tube station, you may legitimately answer yes :-))
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Post by gasman »

As an aside, I've just thought of a way to hack this game: instead of asking
"Are you on the Victoria line?"
ask
'If you were to answer the question "Are you on the Victoria line?" with the same truthfulness as this one, would you say yes?'

...so let's not do that.
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gasman wrote:Is there a tube station beginning with the same first word as your station?
Just for clarity, I'll rephrase the question:

"Is there any station, on a tube line, beginning with the same first word as your station?"

Yes (11/20) <NB This does not, by itself, imply that I'm not on a tube line nor that the hidden station is different from the one fulfilling the question. E.g. I could be hiding in Roding Valley and since there is indeed a station on a tube line (Central) with the first word "Roding", the answer would be "Yes">

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
Are you in an odd number zone? - No (9/20)
Are you on the North London Line? - No (10/20)
Is there any station, on a tube line, beginning with the same first word as your station? - Yes (11/20)
Last edited by hwolge on 01 Feb 2008, 08:29, edited 3 times in total.
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Post by hwolge »

gasman wrote:As an aside, I've just thought of a way to hack this game: instead of asking
"Are you on the Victoria line?"
ask
'If you were to answer the question "Are you on the Victoria line?" with the same truthfulness as this one, would you say yes?'

...so let's not do that.
This is good! There are several ways of regulating such questions. A couple come to my mind:
1) You cannot ask hypothetical questions!
2) You cannot ask "meta" questions!

Personally I think the first option has a better ring to it, and it does not exclude your initial "smart" question, which I felt, at least at the time, was appropriate (for the game). The second option is much more "technical" and could make the game slightly boring...

Anyway I'll rule on this, whenever the problem arises...
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Post by al »

Can I go straight for a guess with Clapham Junction, please?
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al wrote:Can I go straight for a guess with Clapham Junction, please?
Sorry, al...

No (12/20) - Remember, there may be one lie there...

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
Are you in an odd number zone? - No (9/20)
Are you on the North London Line? - No (10/20)
Is there any station, on a tube line, beginning with the same first word as your station? - Yes (11/20)
Can I go straight for a guess with Clapham Junction, please? - No (12/20)
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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Are you in Zone 2?
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gasman wrote:Are you in Zone 2?
Yes (13/20)

I.e. so far:

Are you inside the "Bottle" ? - No (1/20)
Are you on a sub surface line? - No (2/20)
Are you outside Z1? - Yes (3/20)
Are you on a Tube line? - No (4/20)
Are you on the DLR? - No (5/20)
Before you started answering this question, had you already used your one permitted lie? - Yes (6/20)
Are you on an overground line? - Yes (7/20)
Does your station have a name consisting of exactly two words (counting '&' as a word if necessary)? - Yes (8/20)
Are you in an odd number zone? - No (9/20)
Are you on the North London Line? - No (10/20)
Is there any station, on a tube line, beginning with the same first word as your station? - Yes (11/20)
Can I go straight for a guess with Clapham Junction, please? - No (12/20)
Are you in Zone 2? - Yes (13/20)
:) Three times Zone 1 Challenge winner :)
:) Official record holder in the 2008 Guinness Book of Records, pg 199 :)
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