mc5 - AVMA Take 2

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AVMA Take 2

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Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

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Meaty? Yes.
Snacky? More substantial than a snack food. *a little murmured discussion in the audience*

Would this be a food which most people are likely to have purchased in a 'take-away' form rather than in a restaurant (e.g. a kebab)?

Take-away vs Restaurant? No simple answer to that. It could be purchased for consumption on the premises; it could be purchased in a take-away form for eating elsewhere; it could be purchased for consumption at home. All three are perfectly normal for this particular foodstuff.

A sandwich of some kind?

Sandwich? No, but *considerable applause* nonetheless.

Some form of dough stuffed with meat?

Does the 'meaty' bit come from a fowl?

Meatfilled dough? No. *smattering of applause from the more generous audience members*
Fowl? Not usually, but it can.

Something with dumplings in it?

Pizza?

Pepperoni Pizza?

Pepperoni, pork and papaya pizza, with a side order of peanuts?

Dumplinged? No.
Pizza (with pepperoni, pork, papaya, peanuts, pumpkin, and peas)? No.
(On reflection, the audience should not have applauded cfm's last question; the applause for his/her sandwich question was sufficient.)

Pasty (or pastie)?

Pasty? No.
Edible pastie? Definitely no. This is a family game.

Are the words on the card English?

e.g. Pasty rather than pasta.

Pilaf?

Pastrami?

Porchetta panini?

Ding! Ding! Ding!

English? Yes-ish. Fortunately I don't have to think too hard about this one because...
Pilaf? No, but...
Pastrami? Yes! [From Wikipedia] It is cured in brine, coated with a mix of spices such as garlic, coriander, black pepper, paprika, cloves, allspice, and mustard seed, and then smoked. Finally, the meat is steamed..." and "...although beef navels are the traditional cut of meat for making pastrami, it is now common to see pastrami made from beef brisket, beef round and turkey."
*hands GL one thinly sliced baton on rye*

Oh, darn um... OK MINERAL with ABSTRACT connections

Is it festive?

Is the mineral metal?

That's annoying - I'd thought of pastrami, but rejected it because I thought it had to be beef. YLSNED.

The star that the Three Wise Men followed?

[Tuj] festive? No.
[ImNotJohn] metal? Yes.
[Raak] the comet? No.

A musical instrument?

Unique?

[INJ] I like how that looks like a past participle.

[Raak] musical instrument? No
[Tuj] unique? Yes

Fictional?

The Angel of the North?

[cfm] fictional? It depends who you ask, I would say on balance - No.
[INJ] the angel? No.

A work of art?

Is the abstract connected with literature?

[Raak] work of art? *Some tittering from the audience* No.
[INJ] abstract connected with literature? No.

Bigger than a two-up-two-down?

Is the sometimes-considered-fictional element of the thing its abstract connection??

To do with the Yuletide season?

[Raak] bigger than a house? Yes, more so if you include the concrete part I'd forgotten about.
[cfm] sometimes-considered-fictional element; the abstract connection? The abstract connection is not universally considered factual... But is abstract either way
[irach] to do with yuletide? Still not Festive

Is it a monument?

[Raak] monument? No

Is the abstract-connection-not-universally-considered-factual religious in nature?

[cfm] is the abstract religious? No.

Is it in Europe?

[Tuj] in Europe? Yes

In the UK?

[Tuj] UK? If the abstract is fictional it's in the UK.

Is it more than 100 years old?

[Raak] created before 1st Jan 1912? No.

Is its whereabouts known and constant?

Hmm!

[Tuj] fixed location? Yes

Is it a building?

Sealand?

Is the abstract component related to government/politics?

[Raak] building? Yes
[cfm] government related or political? Yes
[Tuj] Principality of Sealand? YES. Have a semi-autonomous baton.

Well, shiver me timbers!

So! Let's have a nice bit of

ABSTRACT

Related to the current season?

Funny how that's become a default question this month

Raak] Festive? NO

A title? (Such as of a book, song, movie?)

irach] A title? Do you know what, the word(s) on the card do form the title of one of those things, so YES, though as far as my setting is concerned that's coincidental.

Seeing as you cannot pose the quetion, Tuj, does the answer begin with a 'P'?

Sorry. My ring finger had a brief holiday. 'question' not 'quetion'.

An emotion?

An imaginary character?

A well known phrase or saying?

Dujon] I could hardly resist ;) YES!
Rosie] An emotion? NO
Raak] Imaginary character? *audience gives a brief burst of laughter, applause* NO. There are elements of truth in what you ask, like with irach's happy happenstance, but it's certainly not imaginary.
GL] Phrase or saying? NO

Is it the name of a role?

An activity?

Raak] Name of a role? NO
Rosie] Activity? NO

Does this have anything to do with Ovid and sculpture?

Is the coincidental link a title of a movie?

MC to all MCers

Dujon] Ovid and sculpture? Not that I know of
irach] A film title? YES

A human construct?

CdM] Human construct? NO

A film made in the last twenty years?

Will be asking the Internet all about this film

Rosie] Was the film the answer on the card coincidentally shares its name with made after 1992? YES

Is the answer to do with the 'arts'?

Could animals be aware of this abstract quality?

Penelope?

Did the film the answer on the card coincidentally shares its name with star that guy, name's on the tip of my tongue, you know, was in the movie with whatshername, you know, who got the oscar nomination for that movie about the guy and the other guy, played by that really tall bloke, and the girl who had the problem with whaddyacallit?

Good questions all!

Dujon] Arts? NO
Rosie] Animal awareness? NO, I doubt it. Though I could imagine some bored scientist making a case about bees or something, like they do.
Chalky] pen? NO =)
CdM] ...? This was particularly hard to research, but I'm pretty sure the answer is NO

Related to biology?

Can it be measured?

cfm] Biological? NO
Rosie] Measured? YES (though that may not quite be the right word) *some appreciative audience noise*

Something to do with the weather?

We're stalling. Time for a summary?

Rosie] Your favourite subject? NO

To do with magic?

A purely physical effect?

Favourite subject? Well one of them. :-)

Keep fishing

irach] Magical? NO
Physical? NO

Do do with something monetary?

Related to mathematics?

irach] Monetary? NO
jim] Mathematical? YES! *standing ovation*

Pi?

Eureka!

INJ] Pi? YES *audience fire party poppers*

Here, have this cylindrical baton, and I won't even ask you to calculate its volume.

Lurker? Me?

OK, this one is MINERAL

Metal?

Manufactured?

Unique?

[Raak] Metallic? - NO
[GL] Manufactured? YES (in the broadest sense)
[Tuj] Unique? - YES is probably the most helpful answer *some muttering in the audience*

Assuming a unique instance

Was it made in the last 20 years?

Concrete (in the concrete sense)?

[Merlyn] Naughty nineties? - NO
[Raak] Concretion? - NO

A reservoir?

Could it be seen from space?

[Rosie] The big reservoy? - NO
[Tuj] Spatial visibility? - Well, space is a big place - did you have any particular bit of it in mind? How big a pair of binoculars have you got with you?
Anyway, the sensible and useful answer is NO

Is the mineral water?

Is the mineral water what?

[Rosie] Perrier? - NO

Is the 'manufacture' of this mineral natural, in the sense, say, of granite or pumice?

[Dujon] Naturally manufactured? - I think I see what you mean and the answer is NO. I probably should have said 'In a broad sense' for manufactured, just as a clue that you shouldn't interpret it too narrowly. This is the product of a human process.

Is the mineral a by-product of another process?

Is it in a specific fixed location?

[Dujon] Mineral a by-product? - NO
[CdM] In one place? - YES *a few appreciative murmurs in the audience*

Located in Europe?

[cfm] European? - NO

On Earth?

Has this thing necessitated the shifting of large quantities of rock, soil etc?

Begins with P?

[Chalky] Terrestrial? - YES
[Rosie] Moving rock/soil - YES *some applause*
[Tuj] THE QUESTION? - NO

Fracking?

[Raak] Fracking? - Frack NO!

If it's not fricking fracking - is it in aNY WAYconnected to fuel extraction

Cold

[Chalky] Drilling/mining/etc? - NO

Is it linked to death?

[GL] Morbid? - To some extent but not exclusively or even chiefly *whispered discussions in the audience*

Connected with transport?

[Rosie] Transport-related? - NO

Is this an individual object?

[Raak] Individual object? - NO (this explains the hesitation over Unique). Strictly speaking it's a group, but the words on the card card refer to the whole group.

Current hours of business

I will respond as quickly as I can between 8am & 6pm UK time, but I'm not carrying my laptop the 2 mile walk to my hotel.

Is this collection to be found in China?

The Pyramids?

[Dujon] Sinitic? - NO (but it so easily could have been since I was in Xi'an in October)
[Rosie] Pyramids? - NO, but *some applause*

Does it end with P?

[CdM] Pending? - NO

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