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_amusan...

Here it is in English in 1796, as "Game of Twenty": 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/