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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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Are the sports connected with the AOTC occuring at the 2012 Olympics?
Topical!
[Boolbar] Are the sports in the Summer Olympics 2012? The obvious one is. The other one isn't and if it had been, the AOTC part would likely be omitted.

If no one gets this by Monday morning (BST) I intend to quit and let the first person to say "baton" start a new one.
Does the AOTC have something to do with a Baton?
[Boolbar] A Baton? YES the AOTC is "The Baton" please take this thing off me.
I wasn't expecting that!
Onwards :
ANIMAL
Human?
Unique?
Alive today?.
A flying start.
[cfm] Human?   Oh yes.
[CdM] Only one?   Oh yes.
[irach] Unkicked bucket?   Oh yes.
Did they win a medal at the London 2012 Olympics?
Female?
Bradley Wiggins?
[Gusset Login] Gong?   No.   *Slight murmur from the audience*
[cfm] Femella?   Yes!
[Raak] Ginger sideburns?   No.
Disqualified from a medal at the London 2012 Olympics?
[Raak] Gong gone? No.
A competitor at the London 2012 Olympics?
Or failing that an asian badminton player
A medalist at some past Olympics?
[Gusset Login] Going for gold in 2012?   No.   *A few sniggers from the audience*
[cfm] Old Olympian?   No.
Any connection with the 2012 Olympics
[ImNotJohn] 2012 Olympics   Yes!
A politician?
Lord Coe?
[Raak] I think you must mean Lady Coe.
[cfm] Politician No.
[Raak] Coe/Coette No.
British?
[ImNotJohn] No. Not British.
A journalist?
Asian?
[cfm]   Journalist?   No.
[Gusset Login]   Asian?   Yes!   *Audience applause*
Were they disqualified from the 2012 Olympics?
[Gusset Login]   Disqualified   No. "Not applicable" is a more accurate answer.
A member of the IOC?
[ImNotJohn]   IOCilver Lining?  No.
Associated with any particular sport?
[Raak]   Sporty?   No.
Chinese?
[Tuj]   Chinese?   No.
A busy weekend looming
I have to admit, I don't know why this particular person popped into my head when I picked up the baton. She really shouldn't have been there.
Connected to the Opening Ceremony in London?
[CdM] Yes! *Audience applause*
Madhura Nagendra, the "gatecrasher" with the Indian contingent marchers?
[irach] Yes! She is the answer on my card. I pass you these two batons. I'm not sure where the second one came from.
A lurker's victory this....the next one is ABSTRACT with a main ANIMAL connection, plus another somewhat more remote ANIMAL connection.
Is the main animal connection human?
Fictional?
Connected with a particular country?
[INJ] The main animal connection is human.
[Raak] Yes, fictional.
[Tuj] Yes, originated in one particular country.
Is the secondary animal connection human?
[cfm] The secondary animal connection is not human.
St. George?
[Raak] Not St. George (or a dragon as the secondary animal connection, I might add).
Calvin & Hobbes?
[GLogin] Not Calvin and Hobbes.
Created in the last century?
Is the particular country in Europe?
[Tuj] Not created in the last century.
[cfm] The country in question is European.
Sport-related?
[Tuj] Not sport-related
Is the country fictional but based on real one?
Literary?
Connected with religion?
Begins with P?
[Dujon] The country where the abstract entity stems from is not fictional.
[INJ] Yes, could presumbably be construed as "literary".
[jim] Not connected to religion.
[Tuj] Does not begin with "P".
Created in the last millennium?
[jim] Created within the last millenium.
Is the country Britain or a sub country thereof?
[gil] Yes, British.
From film or television programme?
Is the main human connection to an individual (fictional) human?
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