Play this Psychological game

The Five Questions Game.

When I was a broke student , I used to go up to strangers in the pub and bet a beer on this one - and I never paid for a drink once. It plays both on a person’s niceness and their ego, so one way or another, you know they’re going down!

Not 4, nor 6. If you reach 7, you have gone 2 too far.

The premise is simple. Let’s say I met this guy John. I offer to play the five questions game: I’ll ask five simple questions, and he has to lie to all five. If he manages to lie to all of them, he wins a beer. If he gets one right, I win a beer.

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Me: So what’s your name?

John: Bruno.

Me: Ha! I can tell you’re a Bruno Mars fan. Interesting. How tall are you?

John: 12 feet.

Me: (Looking up) Yeah, that’s definitely a lie Bruno. Ok, what beautiful country are you from?

John: Germany.

Me: Haha, Bruno, I said a beautiful country, but sure… (hesitates)… wait, how many questions was that?

John: Three.

Me: Go get me a beer.

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Now this assumes John is a nice guy, who loses because he helpfully provides an answer to me. Sometimes though, John is a douche.

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Me: Haha, Bruno, I said a beautiful country, but sure… (hesitates)… wait, how many questions was that?

John: Seven (grins wickedly).

Me: Nooooooo! Ah . Damn, you got me. Ah. You’re good. Damn. I mean… come on, did you ever play this game before?

John: (still incredibly proud) No man, never.

Me: Go get me a beer.

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Works EVERY time.