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Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Abstract: The Pants Memorial Game
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The chairperson selects an object/idea/whatever and announces whether it's animal, vegetable, mineral, and/or abstract. The others have to ask questions to figure out what it is. Whomever guesses the object correctly is given the chair for the next round; repeat ad nauseam.
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To amplify my answer to Inkspot: it is made of metal, but while there are no doubt metals which are more or less well suited to the purpose, it is not part of its nature to actually be made of a particular metal.
Does it have moving parts?
Does it tell the time?
[Inkspot] Yes.
[Chalky] YES!! (round of applause)
deliberately not guessing ...
... so that someone else can have a turn :-)
A watch?
May as well get the easy one out of the way.
Is it a digital watch?
Since Raak had to look it up on the internet, and I can't believe he wouldn't have heard of clockwork watches, so it has to be a type of timepiece that you'd think would need a battery - except there are those kinetic ones which apparently don't. Hence my guess.
A carriage clock?
available as wedding gifts in either clockwork or with batteries(not included)
A Rolex Cosmograph Daytona?
Following Ibid's comments I shall have to be more specific.
[rab] Yes.
[Ibid] No. (Some clockwork watches are driven by a quartz crystal powered by a battery, but as far as I can determine, all of the watches in question are entirely mechanical.)
[Inkspot] No.
[rab] *mixture of applause and laughter from the audience* Definitely not.
A Mickey Mouse Watch?
Is it a wristwatch?
As opposed to a pocket-watch or some other type.
Is it a pocket-watch?
As opposed to a wristwatch or some other type ;)
[Btd] No.
[Riff] Yes.
[barbacoa] No.

The sharks are circling around the mystery object...

A hint: this type of wristwatch is definitely not valuable, made of a specific metal, or a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona.

A timex?
[Riff] Actually, I don't know who makes these. One thing is certain, the maker's name does not appear on them.
Was Bob the dog close in guessing it as a "character" watch?
Have you got one?
[Z.K.] No.
[Btd] No.

Hint: it is not a Rolex.

Is it a *fake* Rolex?
It is indeed a fake Rolex.
aaaaaaaargh!
ooh! popped up randomly and guessed the answer right! goodness me! Okay. Um...give me a few minutes while I think of something!
Wahey!
Okay. The next object is VEGETABLE.
Edible?
Standard opening.
[BtD] Technically, yes, but I don't know anyone who would.
Is it a manufactured object?
Hate having to answer vaguely!
[Raak] No. If it was (in this case) I'd have to call it mineral.
Coal?
Ooh
[BtD] No.
Oil (the stuff pumped out of the ground)?
Still vegetable
[Raak] No. I thought oil was made of long-dead sea creatures that had been crushed and whatnot?
Is it something made from a vegetable?
[Beth] No.
Is wood involved?
Isn't oil made of fossilised vegetable matter, like coal? Particularly squishy vegetable matter, maybe...
Lol at squishy
[Breadmaster] Yes. I don't know about the composition of oil, to be honest. But let's just say for now, definitively, it is not oil.
Is it something fashioned (ie manufactured, to go back to Raak's first question) from vegetable matter?
Eg: Vegemite.
Is it wood from a particular tree?
Is it hard?
[Kim] No.
[Inkspot] Yes....mostly (audience muttering excitedly)
[rab] Hard or solid?
A cricket bat?
[Riff] No.
I'm worried my answer to Inkspot's question might be a bit misleading...
A Christmas tree ?
'Twas the first day of advent, and all through the house...

Yes! It is indeed A Christmas Tree. Not very challenging then, but worth a go!
Over to Inkspot!
*peels off the label from computer reminding self of own answer :)*
Cheers and wild clapping as Inkspot flicks the switch on the lights of the Christmas Tree.
lucky guess
ZK]Your clues at the end about a tree were just enough to tip the balance.

...and the next one please, Vegetable *gasps from the audience*

Sprouts?
Is this vegatable associated with Christmas dinner?
Is it edible?
Whether or not that would preclude its being sprouts, I won't comment.
Is it native to the UK?
and we're off...
[Bob the dog]No
[Kim] No
Bread Master [No] But this is misleading as the 'whatever it is', is not meant to be eaten but eating it would do you no harm, "Edible-Something fit to be eaten" def Dictionary .com
[Software]No
A banana skin?
Orange peel?
[Raak] No
[Kim] No
Would it be classed as a fruit?
[Software] No
Is it customarily eaten by some animal?
Is it processed an any way?
[Raak]No
[Bob the dog] Yes
Is it something made of paper?
And if so, is it the recently-released fifth book in Stephen King's Dark Tower series, Wolves of the Calla?
Might it be found in the average household?
Is a beverage made from this?
[Riff]No *oooo's, two claps and a murmur from the back row * what do you mean harsh.
[Breadmaster] Yes *brief clapping and a cheer from the back*
[Dazed5] Yes *more clapping and a chair from the back falls over*
A tea-bag?
Coffee beans?
[Raak] YES!
[Riff]No
A Tea bag it is, well done Raak, your chair is ready, two secs while I rearrange the cushions to how you like them ;)

The next object is MINERAL.
Is it found in the average home?
I am going to get one of these, doggonnit!
[Bm] No.

Come to think it of, I'm not entirely sure what this is made of. It's at least partly MINERAL, but might be partly VEGETABLE.

Is it often seen on a road-side?
Is is manufactured?
[Boolbar] No.
[Lib] Yes.
Could I use it to shelter from the rain?
[Boolbar] Yes.
Is it colourful?
[Lib] No.
Is it movable?
Is it bigger than an averaged sized car?
Well - is it an umbrella?
[DrQ] With difficulty, even if it isn't screwed down.
[Lib] No.
[Wol] No. (You could use it to shelter from the rain, but that's not its purpose.)
Is there more than one of these?
Could it be a form of transport?
[Boolbar] Yes.
[Bm] Er...no. (Audience goes "oooooooooh".)
Is it some form of structure?
Does it have moving parts (even when screwed down)?
Is it something that would normally be screwed down?
[Dazed5] Yes.
[Chalky] No.
[Riff] Well, fixed in some way, yes.
Does it use electricity?
A tent?
[DrQ] Yes.
[Software] No.
Is it a telephone box?
wild cheers
[rab] Oooh, sort of.
One of those tardis/police box things you get in Edinburgh?
Or some sort of booth? Maybe Cherie?
Just recapping
MINERAL. At least partly MINERAL, but might be partly VEGETABLE.
Is it found in the average home? No
Is it often seen on a road-side? No
Is it manufactured? Yes
Could I use it to shelter from the rain? Yes
Is it colourful? No
Is it movable? With difficulty, even if it isn't screwed down.
Is it bigger than an averaged sized car? No
is it an umbrella? No. (You could use it to shelter from the rain, but that's not its purpose.)
Is there more than one of these? Yes
Could it be a form of transport? Er...no. (Audience goes "oooooooooh".)
Is it some form of structure? Yes
Does it have moving parts (even when screwed down)? No
Is it something that would normally be screwed down? Well, fixed in some way, yes.
Does it use electricity? Yes
A tent? No.
Is it a telephone box? Audience - wild cheers Oooh, sort of.
[rab] I think rab gets the prize. It is a police box.
Audience cheers, claps, and goes wild for rab.
So not Cherie Booth then...
Predictable, I know, but this one's ABSTRACT.
Is it natural?
... as opposed to 'created'.
Well done rab. I've always wondered what a police box was - and now I am none the wiser :-)
Is there only one of these?
So if police boxes are not often seen on road sides, where are they often seen then?
Is it fictional?
[Boolbar] They aren't, these days.
Should be working...
[Chalky] Yes.
[Boolbar] No.
[Raak] No.

The only place I've ever seen police boxes is in Edinburgh. Some are now used as police 'info boxes' (with a computer touch screen thinghy), others have been converted to coffee-vending booths.

Is it pleasant?
Would it exist if humankind didn't?
Is it a mathematical entity?
Effective repulsion
[Chalky] It can be.
[Boolbar] Yes.
[Raak] *an audience member nods sagely*... but no.
Is it something astronomical?
Like the orbit of Jupiter, the age of the universe, the constellation Orion, etc.
Has it always been known about?
Would it exist if there were no animals?
[Raak] No.
[Inkspot] I would say so.
[Breadmaster] Yes.
Is it anything to do with the passing of time?
Can we measure it in any way?
[Dazed5] No.
[Boolbar] Nnnyieahh... Possibly, although I probably wouldn't follow this avenue of thought just now.
Would a child [under age of 10] know about this?
Is it a natural reoccuring event?
[Chalky] Oh yes.
[Inkspot] No.
Can we see it occuring?
[Boolbar] We can see it, but it's not something that occurs.
Is it a term for a collection things?
When we see it, does it usually have the same colour (if any)?
[Inkspot] No.
[Boolbar] Yes. *Audience begins whispering excitedly*

I have a feeling Boolbar really wants to get this one...

Is it the sky?
Is it a symbol of some sort?
So, if it doesn't occur does that mean its there all the time?
Is it a rainbow?
[rab] I'm just bored . . . .
[Breadmaster, Raak] No.
[Lib] Um. I could get all philosophical and ask how would we tell... All I can say is that it just 'is'...
[Boolbar] No.
Shadows ?
Not the guitar plucking popular beat combo.
A reflection?
[Boolbar, Chalky] No.

I'd like to offer a hint without giving the game away, but I'm finding that difficult so I shall say for now that the the last three guesses are quite cold.

Is it light?
[Breadmaster] Warmer.
Is this detectable by any of our other senses apart from vision?
Darkness?
[Dazed5] No.
[Raak] I think you want to go back the way Breadmaster came from.
Is it anything to do with the seasons?
Is it something that produces light?
Is it a *kind* of light?
Like sunlight, starlight, moonlight, etc...
Is it a Sunset?
Sneaking in half-way through the class and looking over the shoulders of other students....
Photosynthesis?
Can it be seen underground?
Is it the colour green?
Moonlight?
Is it a superintelligent shade of anything?
Is it the light that shines out of someones backside?
All good guesses, but only one of them is right. And the winner is...

*Fanfare*

Chalky! Yes it was green. I had considered peach puff, but thought I might get lynched.

*curtsies to fanfare*
That'll teach me to take some time to read the questions and replies. That's the first time I've actually deduced the answer [and rab - peach puff would have been my next guess] :-)

And now, a nice easy peasy * A N I M A L *

Is it a whole animal or some part of an animal?
Is it a person?
cutting to the chase
Boolbar - Neither, because ....
Inkspot - Yes [but you're only part way there]
Is it a player of MC?
[crosses fingers]
Are they female?
MF - Not that I know of :-)
Inkspot - No, they are not female
It is the England Rugby Team?
Is it a team of people who play a sport?
simulled
Kim, Boolbar - Neither - you can eliminate sport.
Is it a group of musicians?
Is it Sean Connery?
....as he watches Ursula Andres emerge from the sea in Dr No.
Ant and Dec?
whoever they are.
Are they all currently alive?
Is it more than one person?
sorry .... forgot I was in the chair
Uno - No
Inkspot - No
Software - No
Kim - No
rab - Yes
Were they royalty?
Were they a tribe?
(I would include Ancient Romans, Greeks etc in that definition).
Is it more than 4 people?
Inkspot - No
rab - No
Boolbar - No
Is it the triumvirate of Mark Antony, Lepidus, and Octavius Caesar?
The Holy Trinity?
(Although there'd be an argument for at least two of the three to be abstract)...
BM - Nah
rab - Nah [these peeps were unequivocally 'animal']

I'm Oklahoma-ing now until about 11.30 - please leave your questions/guesses in an orderly pile :-)

Was he a writer published before 1900?
Is it a film duo?
Ignore previous one about the writer, I blame my runny nose!
Are they English?
The Beatles?
Is it a famous duo?
eg morecambe and wise, fred astaire and ginger rogers...
Inkspot - Yes [2nd question]
Riff - No
Raak - No
ZK - Yes
Is it Laurel and Hardy?
Duuhh I'd like to blame my runny eyes for not seeing Inkspot's question! :)
ZK - No
It wasn't Fred and Ginger, was it?
ZK - It wasn't :-)
Is it Bob Hope and Bing Crosby?
R2D2 and C3PO?
Not being alive, technically they can presumably be considered as, well, not alive..
Leaping out of the hot seat .....
Dazed - YES!

* audience gasps in amazement at the audacity of Mr Dazed - then cheers wildly for a rare 'poachers victory' *

*whoops for Dazed5*
poachers victory?
ZK] poachers victory? - when someone 'steals' the game without doing any of the hard work :-) It happens.
Poachers victory
Thanks Chalklette. Next one up is ABSTRACT
A poachers victory?
Is it a human concept?
ZK - no
ZK - not a concept
is it weather-related?
Is is a condition or state of being?
Is it a fictional human ?
Is it a law of some kind?
Is it a sin?
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