Something need to be updated for better solution ... ui.say "I win!" animals[animal] = asked_question.dup is better replace by ui.say "I win!" animals[animal] += asked_question animals[animal].uniq! (if not, it may lose some old knowledge about the animal ... ) Some as: db_animals[animal] = asked_questions.dup db_animals[animal] << (response ? -q : q) is better replace by db_animals[animal] += asked_questions db_animals[animal] << (response ? -q : q) db_animals[animal].uniq! -- David Tran http://www.doublegifts.com