Life or death?
You are a worker for an emperor. All he will ask for is to guess his number. It is in between 1 and 549,755,813,888. You can ask if it is more or less than a certain number and he will respond. What is the minimum number of questions you could ask with being guaranteed of winning?
FYI: You will die if you take any unnecessary moves.
The answer is 39.
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