mc5 - Animal-Vegetable-Mineral-Abstract: The Pants Memorial Game

Is it a sound?

[Software] No. [Brendan] Sure.

Can it be felt?

not touch, but you can feel the sun and wind.

[Inkspot] Again, I'm not sure how helpful this is, but yes, some parts more than others may generate a kinaesthetic response.

Music?

[Dujon] Yes!

Is it a drum beat?

[Inkspot]Some of it.

Is this a particular piece of music?

[Dujon] Yes!

Dujon

The 1812 Overture?

Wild guess and retiring.

[Dujon] It is not.

Was it written before 1950?

The national Anthem

That'll be "Hen Wlad fy Nhadau"

Is it pop music?

The Hen who laid Ralph Nader? (my welsh isn't that good) ;-)

Ravel's Bolero?

Was it written by (an) American(s)?

Would it generally be considered "classical" as opposed to "pop" or "folk"?

Interesting fact: there is no official British national anthem. "God save the Queen" has never been made such, either by royal proclamation or parliamentary vote.

[Brendan] Yes.
[Inkspot] No.
[snorgle] No.
[Raak] No.
[Kim] No.
[Breadmaster] Yes.

Was the composer Italian?

[Inkspot] Nope.

German?

Russian?

Was it written before 1850?

Was it written for full orchestra?

[Chalky] Yes!
[Kim] So no.
[Kim] Yes.
[Inkspot] Yes.

Chalky

Something by Beethoven?

[Chalky] Yes!

1812 Overture?

Scratch that, it's by Tschaikovsky.

Wellington's Victory

His fifth symphony?

The fourth movement of his ninth symphony?

(aka Ode to Joy) (aaka the EU anthem [where's JLE when you want to raise his blood pressure? ;) ])

[Raak] Scratched.
[Inkspot] No.
[Breadmaster] No.
[Brendan] Well, I'm tempted to say "No" and make you all discover that I intended the whole thing; but I think that's close enough. Chair to you, sir!

Ooh, wow, my first time! Thank you for being so flexible, Toby. Let's have an ANIMAL/ABSTRACT.

Mythical?

Is it a person?

An expression?

An anthropomorphism?

[Raak] No, not "mythical" exactly ...
[Inkspot] Yes.
[Software] No.
[Kim] No.

Are they fictional?

Is it a charater from a play?

If not "mythical", then "legendary"?

[Breadmaster] Certainly not! I'm shocked you could even suggest such a thing.
[Inkspot] No.
[Kim] Again, no, by a strict definition of "legendary" as coming from a legend. But possibly "legendary" in a looser sense amongst people here.

Are they someone like Robin Hood, legend loosely based on 'fact'?

[Inkspot] No, I would have said "Yes" if it was Robin Hood.

Chalky

Is there a connection with ISIHaC?

Man?

[Chalky] Yes.
[Kim] Yes.

Mrs Trellis?

Pretty legendary, I'd say. And certainly NOT fictional!

Mr Trellis

(just noticed the sex)

[snorgle] Nope!

An occasional panel member like Jeremy Hardy?

[Inkspot] No. (Don't forget the abstract/quasi-legendary side of things; snorgle's on the right lines, but not quite there.)

Sven!

[Breadmaster] Correct! I was going to have Samantha but I decided she was a little too easy ... Your turn.

Audience

applauding widly whilst fixing Brendan's forgetfulness ...

Yay!

Well, who else could it have been?

Well, just for a change, let's go for something MINERAL.

Chalky

Is it man-made?

Well timed, B'meister - must be that new yeast you started using a couple of weeks back, you're certainly proving that you can rise to the challenge by using your loaf and turning out some tasty guesses ..

.. now where's that butter?

[Chalky] - No. You're playing a good roll in this game, though, despite your crusty exterior.

Is it made of stone?

[Inkspot] On the whole, I think.

Is it a geological feature?

[Kim] No.

Is there only one of this thing?

[Toby] There is.

Tuj

Is it an English landmark?

[Tuj] Nope.

Is it above ground?

Is it a building?

Is it the Grand Canyon?

Making a pointlessly specific guess, just for fun.

[Inkspot] That's a hard one to answer. In one way yes, in another way no.
[Raak] Nope. Not manmade, remember.
[Brendan] Nope. Alas.

Is it found on earth?

[Toby] It is not.

The moons of Jupiter?

For pity sake, child.

Is it somewhere on Mars?

Halley's Comet?

Does it orbit something other than the Sun?

[Inkspot] Mostly ice, isn't it, Halley's Comet?

Is it a planetary body?

[Toby] None of them.
[Raak] It is not.
[Inkspot] No.
[Brendan] Yes.
[Kim] Technically, no.
Surely it can only be a matter of time now!

Does it orbit something that orbits the Sun?

Is it further than 8 Astronomical Units from the Sun?

(8 AU being between the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn)

Is it The Moon (ie, ours)?

[Raak] It does.
[Brendan] It is.
[Kim] It is not.

Charon?

Pluto being 39.4 AU from the sun and Saturn orbiting at 9.5AU

[Inkspot] Nope.

The rings of Saturn?

One of the moons of Saturn?

I'm busy with these ones, Mudder!

[Brendan] Yes indeed.

Sorry, I forgot - [Raak] Nope.

Pass

I think Brendan's done all the hard work on this one....

Titan?

just one out of 31

Iapetus?

[Inkspot] I think you're right, actually, given Breadmaster's enthusiasm for the Huygens probe. But I like Iapetus for being the real location of the monolith in 2001.
[Kim] Sorry if I've been monopolising it a bit. I think Toby deserves a lot of credit for the initial realisation that it was extra-terrestrial.

[Inkspot] Yes indeed!
Inkspot snatches the answer from Brendan, who foolishly plumped for an obscure moon about which I know nothing, except for a vague recollection that it is piebald, being dark in front and light behind, or possibly the other way around, from its passage through the dust that orbits Saturn.

Thank you, Breadmaster, very close at the end there.

ABSTRACT / ANIMAL

Software

Is it a human concept?

Is it something fictional?

Software] No, I think I understand what your asking.
Breadmaster]No...

Is it an anthropomorphism?

I have this strange sense of deja vu...

Kim] No

Can it be detected with one or more of the senses?

Deja vu, what? [Inkspot] Very close indeed; you simulposted me!

Brendan]Yes, so that's one thing (probably the only thing) I've got right today

Is it mythical?

I have this strange sense of deja vu...

Kim] Yes

Is it a mythical human?

Or possibly legendary?

I have this strange se-...no, stop it.

The Medusa?

Breadmaster]No
Kim]No
Toby]No

Is it an animal of myth (or fable)?

Kim]Yes, this particular animal is mythological, not fable though others may appear in fables

is it a particular one (eg Smaug) as opposed to a kind (eg dragons)?

Breadmaster]Yes it is one particular dragon.

The Welsh Dragon ?

Kalessin?

snorgle] YES, an inspired guess
Kim]so sorry no.

snorgle once the crowd have put you down again and the cheering has subsided,the chair is yours

Abstract

Yay! And not really inspired, considering where I live and one is gazing at me as I type. But who is the Dragon Kalessin? Google throws up a bunch of rock websites - and some Ursula LeGuin excerpt I'd never heard of. Do tell, Kim.

Can it be seen?

Not in and of itself, no.

Is it fictional?

Erm, sort of.

Do people pretend that it's real?