twenty questions

American  

noun

(used with a singular verb)

1. an oral game in which one player selects a word or object whose identity the other players attempt to guess by asking up to twenty questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.

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Example Sentences

Crossing the street to go to my meeting, a very nice man stopped me and began playing twenty questions with me about my life, about the show, about everything.

From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2019

As he says in the book: "I like to play music, softball, twenty questions, chess, croquet, house, and around."

From Time Magazine Archive

Lab medicine obeys rules like twenty questions; they will answer "is it this?" or "is it that?" but not "just what is it?"

From Time Magazine Archive

At one point, Cavett desperately started a sprightly game of twenty questions, but Rock couldn't get the hang of it.

From Time Magazine Archive

They started a game of twenty questions in German.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia