Editing Twenty questions (section)

==Popular variants==
A variant is called "animal, vegetable, or mineral". This is taken from the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] of the natural world. In this version, the answerer tells the questioners at the start of the game whether the subject belongs to the animal, vegetable or mineral [[kingdom (biology)#Two kingdoms of life|kingdom]]. These categories can produce odd technicalities, such as a wooden table being classified as a vegetable (since wood comes from trees), or a belt being both animal (if leather) or vegetable (if cloth), and mineral (if it has a metal or plastic buckle). Another variant is "person, place, or thing".

Other versions specify that the item to be guessed should be in a given category, such as actions, occupations, famous people, etc. In Hungary a similar game is named after [[Simon bar Kokhba#The Bar Kokhba game|Simon bar Kokhba]]. A version of twenty questions called yes and no is played as a parlor game by characters in [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.