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

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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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I'll be away on a business trip from Wednesday afternoon to the end of the week. If no-one's got it before then, I'll just have to declare victory and reveal the answer.

Doughnut?

Wild screaming, clapping, cheering, and orgies in the aisles. Civilisation has risen once more, and soon, there will be lemon-scented paper tissues, and their flight can depart after a brief delay of 10,000 years.

[GL] Nearly there. What abstract thing is associated with a doughnut?

The doughnut hole?

[GL] !!!YES!!! Doughnut holes, referring both to the hole in the ring, and little blobs of doughnut fashioned as if cut out from the hole in the ring.

And you wonder why it took so long for people to guess?

Nevermind. The next item is ANIMAL.

Is it a mammal?

A long time to guess but it was a good conundrum.

Human?

[Inkspot] Yes
[Software] Yes

alive?

[sadie] No

Was english their main language?

[sadie] Yes

Male?

Sir Peter Ustinov?

Did he write a great many letters from America?

He's dead as well? Damn.

[Ink] Yes
[sade] No
[Raak] It's certainly not what he's famous for.

So... he might have written a number of letters from America?

[sadie] Was that a question? or a comment?

Did he die within this century?

Taking the view, for the sake of disambiguating, that the century started with 2000. It was merely a comment. With a question mark.

[sadie] No

Did he visit America?

Was he, in fact, American?

[sadie] He spent sometime in America
[BM] Yes

Was he born before America became independent?

Was he best known as an author?

[Bren] Yes.
[Inkspot] No

Abraham Lincoln?

[Software] See my answer to Brendan's question (independent - 1776. Lincoln born - 1809)
In other words, No.

Benjamin Franklin?

[Bren] No

Was he a publisher?

Was he of strictly European descent?

[Ink] I can find no reference to him having ever been a publisher
[sadie] As far as I can tell.

George Washington

It can't be that easy unless GL is feeling sorry after the last saga!

[Snodgrass] No

Caucasian appearance?

Was he ever president?

Are we talking present day USA? as oposed to the Americas in general?

Was he born before 1700?

[Snodgrass] Yes
[sadie] Yes
[Snodgrass] We're talking North America
[Inkspot] No

Thomas Jefferson

[sadie] No

James Maddison?

There's only so many it can be.

[sadie] I thought it would take a little longer than that for anyone to get it.
YES
It was Maddison 4th President of the USA and the first to be forced out of the White House during his first term. (The British burnt it down)

Very well, over to you sadie

Yay! Okay, now i've got a VEGETABLE for you.

Is it a turnip shaped like a thingie?

[Gusset] No.

Edible?

Is it something that has been man-made?

[Snodgrass] yes [Inkspot] yes

Does it involve eggs?

[Gusset] Not that i know of

Is it made from wood?

[Inkspot] No

Does it involve citrus fruit?

[Gusset] No

Is it a drink?

Does it contain more than one vegetable?

[all] Not generally, but i expect somebody out there is wierd enough.
[Software] Yes

Is it marmite?

Or Vegemite?

[all] Yes.

Marmite it is.

OK let's hope this proves harder. ANIMAL with ABSTRACT connections.

Is is fictional?

[sadie] Yes, that is the abstract connection

Is it part of some religious mythology?

Is it a dragon of some sort?

[sadie] No
[Raak] No

Is there a single fictional work (or closely-related set of fictional works) from which it comes?

[Brendan] Depending on your definition of "closely-related", Yes

Is it a fictional human being?

More than 2 legs?

Is the source pre-1950?

Does it's name begin with an L?

Is this closely-related set of fictional works all by the same author?

Is it Tinga and Tucka?

OK 40 somethings have wierd time warping memories. So sue me!

Is it a specific fictional animal belonging to a real Earth species?

Is it from a Marvel or DC comic book?

[GL] Yes
[Snodgrass] No
[Brendan] No
[Tuj] No
[Raak] Yes
[Snodgrass] Who? No.
[Darren] Yes, see above
[Inkspot] No

Less than 2 legs?

Who doesnt remember (Auntie) Jean Morton and her cuddly Koalas Tinga and Tucka? Shame on you! [Kids TV - 1960's]

[Snodgrass] No, and I wasn't born until 1979.

Female author?

Male author?

Female? (the fictional human)

[Inkspot] No
[GL] Yes
[Brenda]n No

J R R Tolkien?

[all] sorry about that. The 1979 bit I mean - you missed a great couple of decades there!

Is it adult fiction?

Snodgrass]One of the few children's tv with animals during 60's (other than Animal Magic) that I watched was Daktari with a cross eyed lion.

Is the fiction set in the real world?

[Snodgrass] No. I also missed a pretty reasonable couple of centuries
[Inkspot] Depending on your definition of "adult fiction". It is not adult in the sense that pornography is adult, but it is aimed at an audience that would be refered to as adults. Although of course it isn't entirely unsuitable for children.

I'll say Yes to make it simpler.
[BM] No

Is he the primary or title character of the set of works?

[saddie] Of his appearences in the set of works, only one was as anything other than the main character of the specific work.

Is it written in the science-fiction genre?

drawing a thin line between SF and fantasy novels.

[Inkspot] No

Is the fiction set on some version of Earth?

To clarify: the fictional worlds of Star Trek and Mad Max are both set in versions of Earth, whereas those of Star Wars and Narnia aren't.

[sadie] No, most 'alternate' Earth stories would be on the SF side of Inkspot's line.

Are the set of works books, or were they originally?

[sadie] Mostly

Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler

In the same vein, Rincewind?

[Inkspot] No. He wasn't usually/ever the main character
[sadie] Not you again, Yes. it was Rincewind the Wizzard star of several Discworld novels and two computer games

Damn.

I have to think of something now.

Alright, people. Have yourselves a... MINERAL

Is it man-made?

Is it bigger than a phonebox?

[Gusset Login] Yes [all] Than a... yes, you freak of nature, you.

Is it made from more than one different material?

Stonehenge?

Shot in the dark, well its much bigger than a phone box and it will look lovely when its finished.

[Inkspot] Yes
[Snodgrass] No, but interesting guess. And in a wierd way, they are even connected...

Is it in the UK?

[Gusset Login] No

Is it in Europe?

[all] I think i can safely say no, it is nowhere in Europe.

Is it in Africa?

Is it made of stone?

[all] No, it's not in africa either
[Gusset Login] No

Is it a monument?

[Inkspot] No, but there are monuments to it

Is it made of metal?

[all] Yes, largely

Is it in America?

[Gusset] Not any more

Is it on Earth?

[Breadmaster] Nope.

Did leave Earth or get destroyed after 1990?

Is it a space probe?

[R.J.Fakename] No, earlier
[Inkspot] Not a probe.

Is it a Lunar Module from one of the Apollo moon (alleged) landings

Ooo, Controversial

or the Lunar Buggy from 15, 16 or 17?

[Snodgrass] Yes [the other Snodgrass] No, not a buggy

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