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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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Tapenade?
OLIVE OIL is the CORRECT answer!!
well done snorgs - I was thinking of the extra virgin type, but hey - what's an extra pressing between friends.
A quick post - mortem:
I can't help thinking that if the original questions had been more generic, ie. Is it a vegetable product? Can you drink it? Is it savoury/sweet? Is it grown in this country? .... we might have got there a bit quicker without doing the rounds of various fruits... but hindsight is always cleverer, and besides - I knew the answer, as I suspect Darren did [but was holding back] :-)
***MINERAL***
Yay! I'm at work and its quiet so I should be able to keep an eye on this..
natural?
I'm not (any more), and can't, alas.
Is it found all over the world?
At lunch in the library, see you back at the office.
Wol - no. Inkspot - yes.
oh, someone answered, at last!
Is it a volcanic rock?
no.
That's natural, isn't it?
Does it have moving parts?
 
Is it something we can get into?
Does it require semiconductor devices to operate?
Sorry, I have a stinking cold and appear to have lost some of my ability to read. I completely skipped over a line.
DrQu+xum - no. Boolbar - no. Ibid - no!
Ibid - that would have narrowed down the field a bit.. :)
Is it larger than a housebrick?
Is it used to make other things?
ie. a material rather than an end-product.
Rosie - not normally. Boolbar - no.
Boolbar, the answer could be yes if you're a modern artist, but that covers anything, eggs, alligators, bodily fluids.. :)
If I found it in the house, would I want to get rid of it?
no.
unless you have a wierd fear..
Does it have a set shape?
Is it made from more than one material?
shhhhhhhh! back in the office, eating a Mars bar
Darren-pretty much, with minor variations. Inkspot - it can be..
Off on my lunch now, so back in half an hourish.. :D
Is it a container of some kind?
Rosie - no, not really
I'm thinking of a container as in a box, bowl or similar type of thing. I wouldn't think of this as a container, as such..
Is it something one encounters in daily life?
Is it made of glass?
Huxley - yes. Inkspot - it could be, but isn't usually.
Is it related to eating or drinking?
(also bored at work on Friday afternoon and filling billable hours with online capers)
A tile?
Is it used only in the home?
If I get another could be, I'm going home early :)
Is it a toilet?
A wild thought, hehehe.
Huxley - yes. Raak - no. Inkspot - no. Darren, no... :P
Is it something you'd eat off?
A plate? A saucer?
Does it require electricity?
is it a piece of cutlery?
Is it a cup or mug?
Darren - sort of; Raak - no; Ibid - no; Huxley - Yes!; Darren - no.
But what sort of cutlery? :)
And at this point, I bow out as I dont have time to chair a round this weekend... so passing it on....
OOh! So what lucky soul is going to be next?
Or are you all TOO SCARED?!?!?!
Fish knife?
Never entirely sure about those.
nope.
Fork?
Spoon?
Ladle?
A spoon! Yes! (about bloody time..) :)
***goes wild for Darren***
WOOOH! YAY!
This is usually VEGETABLE and MINERAL and can be ANIMAL too.
Thanks all!
Something to do with clothing?
Raak - YES!
That was a quick breakthrough!
a shoe?
Jewelry?
Wol - YES. DrQ - no.
This is getting very rapid! But a little more precision is needed.
Is it worn usually by men and/or women?
Inkspot - yes.
A pair of slippers?
Inkspot - no.
A boot?
DrQ - no.
A training shoe?
Would such an item normally contain wood? ... :-)
A pair of socks?
A snowshoe?
Are they for a particular use?
eg ballet shoes
Associated with sport?
Is it a sandal?
A deck shoe?
Dujon - no. Raak - no and no. Inkspot - theoretically yes. BM - theoretically yes. Kim - no. Software - no. Bob - YES, CORRECT!!!!
I must admit it took you much less time than I anticipated! Well done Bob the dog, you're in the chair for the next round.
I got it!
Well - thank you! I really enjoyed that quick-fire round. How about another?
This next one is VEGETABLE and MINERAL.
Is this some sort of building?
Leather-lined steel manacles?
Made with, er, vegetarian leather.
Is the vegetable part wood?
Darren - no, Raak (!leather-lined steel manacles? :o) - no, and vegetable part not wood either.
The Shadow Cabinet?
At least that's what they look like to me.
Is it man-made?
DrQu+xum - No (although I smiled at the suggestion)
Darren - Yes
Is it edible?
Is it a single individual or a class of things?
Is the mineral part salt?
Darren - Yes Breadmaster - Not a yes or no answer question - but I think it is fair to say that I am thinking of a single individual item which is part of a class of things
Raak - Yes
Is it a salted peanut?
Hehehe, or a ready-salted crisp?
Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps?
A chip?
Salted cod?
We have a winner!
Raak - if only!
Ibid - No
Tuj - Cod - a vegetable?
Darren - Not crisp but YES, it was a salted peanut. Audience goes wild for Darren!!
Looks like you've regained the chair - back to you...
Thinks: Is getting it in 9 some kind of record? I shall have to be more obscure next time...
Standing in line
Looks like it's me again, and this one is ABSTRACT and/or ANIMAL, depending on your approach.
Thanks Bob the Dog!
Is it a mythical or symbolic animal?
Raak - in a way, it is, yes.
Is it a God?
Does it have religious significance?
Inkspot - no. Kim - no.
Has it starred in an animated film?
Was it invented by a particular person?
Is it a black dog?
*storming into this game with a completely wild guess*
Is 'it' a fictional character?
Fine tuning Raak's earlier and meaning from a film/novel or their ilk as opposed to from "real" legend/myth or theirs.
Is it associated with a particular nation?
Is it a fictional/mythical human?
Is it capable of metamorphosis?
Chalky - no. Raak - YES. CdM - no. Dujon - YES. Rosie - well, yes, I suppose it is. Bob the dog - YES. LotUS - no.
Some useful inroads there.
Is it a male fictional character?
A detective?
Harry Potter?
It usually is.
Is it from an 'ancient' story ?
By 'ancient' I mean Roman/Greek/Egyptian
Bob - yes. Raak - no. rab - no. Inkspot - no.
Arthur Dent?
Do we know him by his full name [more than one word]?
... although I have a sneaky feeling that Boolbar is correct
James Bond?
I also have a sneaky feeling, but it has nothing to do with Boolbar.
[Bob] Mine was more of a 'hunch' - and yours . . .?
Does the person appear in a SF/Fantasy?
Chalky] A sort of premonition - I feel that I'm going to sneak someone elses chocolate pudding...
Boolbar - no. Chalky - yes (if you do indeed know him). Bob - no. Inkspot - no.
Male?
Did the person first appear in written fiction? (Screenplays don't count.)
Comic character?
Raak - (1) we've already had that, (2) no. Chalky - yes.
Is the character animated? (In the disney/pixar sense)
American?
Does this character appear in more than one film?
Dennis the Menace?
I could ask a more general question, but I'm not sure how to phrase it, so I'll keep stabbing (as the bishop said to the hockey team).
Was the character's first appearance on television?
A computer game character?
Bob - no (and we've almost had that before too). Chalky - no. Boolbar - no. rab - no. Raak - as it happens, no I don't think it was. Chalky - no.
Was his first appearance in the theatre?
Raak - no.
Before we go further down this route, I should say I'm not sure where this character first appeared, but I believe it was on radio.
Is it a child?
Does this character appear in a British film?
Was his first appearance less than 20 years ago?
Does this character appear in a publication containing largely, or only, comic strips?
Does this character wear spectacles?
snorgle - no. Bob - no. Chalky - yes. rab - no. Boolbar - no.
Is this character 'voiced' by an actor/comedian?
... meaning - is this a comic creation?
Alan Partridge?
Does this character speak in the English language?
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