A fun thing about Twenty Questions is how old it is. Here it is in French in 1788, as "The Twelve Questions" but still beginning with the question animal, vege

A fun thing about Twenty Questions is how old it is. Here it is in French in 1788, as "The Twelve Questions" but still beginning with the question animal, vegetable, or mineral: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_soir%C3%A9es_amusantes_ou_entretien_sur/1xDfis_LuXkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA162&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/Les_soir%C3%A9es_amusan... Here it is in English in 1796, as "Game of Twenty": https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Juvenile_Olio_Or_Mental_Medley/1sIYAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA226&printsec=frontcover https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Juvenile_Olio_Or_Me... I haven't looked too hard for earlier examples in other sources. I see Sorel had a game called the Game of Questions in the 1600s, but it's pretty different: https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org/ https://wobbupalooza.neocities.org/