Cpickle/Data file need program to retain information

[biganimal]

I have a program and I want the program to be able to save question/answers so the program actually gets smarter without getting amnesia everytime its started. Can anyone help???

# questor.py
 
 # define some constants for futureuse
 
kQuestion = 'question'
kGuess = 'guess'
 
# define a function for asking yes/no questions
def yesno(prompt): 
          ans = raw_input(prompt) 
          return (ans[0]=='y' or ans[0]=='Y')
 
# define a node in the question tree (either question or guess)
class Qnode: 
 
          # initialization method 
          def __init__(self,guess): 
                     self.nodetype = kGuess 
                     self.desc = guess 
          # get the question to ask 
          def query(self): 
                     if (self.nodetype == kQuestion): 
                               return self.desc + " " 
                     elif (self.nodetype == kGuess): 
                        return "Is it a " + self.desc + "? " 
                     else: 
                        return "Error: invalid node type!" 
 
          # return new node, given a boolean response 
          def nextnode(self,answer): 
                     return self.nodes[answer] 
  
          # turn a guess node into a question node and add new item 
       # give a question, the new item, and the answer for that item   
          def makeQuest( self, question, newitem, newanswer ): 
 
       # create new nodes for the new answer and old answer newAnsNode = Qnode(newitem) 
oldAnsNode = Qnode(self.desc) 
 
# turn this node into a question node 
self.nodetype = kQuestion 
self.desc = question 
 
# assign the yes and no nodes appropriately 
self.nodes = {newanswer:newAnsNode, not newanswerdAnsNode} 
 
def traverse(fromNode): 
           # ask the question 
           yes = yesno( fromNode.query() ) 
 
           # if this is a guess node, then did we get it right? 
           if (fromNode.nodetype == kGuess):
                      if (yes): 
                         print "I'm a genius!!!" 
                         return 
           # if we didn't get it right, return the node 
           return fromNode 
 
           # if it's a question node, then ask another question 
           return traverse( fromNode.nextnode(yes) )
 
def run(): 
           # start with a single guess node 
           topNode = Qnode('python') 
 
           done = 0 
           while not done: 
                      # ask questions till we get to the end 
                      result = traverse( topNode ) 
 
                      # if result is a node, we need to add a question 
                      if (result):
                 item = raw_input("OK, what were you thinking of? ") 
                 print "Enter a question that distinguishes a", 
                 print item, "from a", result.desc + ":" 
                 q = raw_input() 
                ans = yesno("What is the answer for " + item + "?")          
                result.makeQuest( q, item, ans ) 
                print "Got it." 
 
                       # repeat until done
                       print 
                       done = not yesno("Do another? ") 
                       print
 
 
 
#  immediate-mode commands, for drag-and-drop or execfile() execution
if __name__ == '__main__': 
          run() 
          print 
          raw_input("press Return>")
else: 
 
          print "Module questor imported." 
          print "To run, type: questor.run()" 
          print "To reload after changes to the source, type: reload(questor)"
# end of questor.py