The game2 revolves around a single player being interrogated by the rest of the people involved to seek their hidden identity. The player under the spotlight decides upon a famous individual (past or present, real or fictional) and writes their name down on a piece of paper3. Then the player tells everyone the first letter of their surname (or only name for folks like Madonna, Lulu and Sting).

The other participants can then ask a question that relates to a possible answer. So, if the first letter of the mystery name was 'M' someone could ask 'Are you a famous English Grand Prix driver?' or 'Did you publish a book called Sex?'. The player under scrutiny must answer either 'Yes, I may be' (if by a chance in a million the questioner appears to have guessed correctly) or 'No, I am not...' - filling out the reply with the name of the person the questioner is referring to. So, the replies to the above questions would be 'No, I am not Nigel Mansell' and 'No, I am not Madonna'.

The only way a questioner can ask a direct question about who the mystery individual is, or take a guess, is to leave the targeted player unable to provide a correct answer. So, if the player was asked 'Are you a war time Prime Minister?' and they didn't or couldn't reply 'No, I am not Ramsey MacDonald' then the questioner gets a chance to ask a direct 'Yes/No' question about the mystery individual's identity, or take a guess.

If the player answered 'Yes, I may be' to the original question, the questioner cannot guess until they get the opportunity to ask another question and succeed in forcing an incorrect, or 'no', answer. Of course this leaves it wide open for everyone else to get the answer right in between if they can bamboozle the target player before then.

The winner is the first person to guess the mystery identity correctly. Variations can impose a certain number of questions - maybe three - per player before the questioned player is declared the winner. Or, a specific time limit within which the game must be completed can be set or else, again, the questioned player wins by default.