mc5 - AVMA Take 2

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 ....

CdM

(I think that my No is the best answer, but the mutterers do have a point.)

Phil

The Philippine Sea?

CdM

Phil's sea? No.

Phil

Is it contained within the Pacific Ocean?

CdM

Contained within the Pacific Ocean? No.

cfm

Patagonian fjords?

CdM

Patagonian crinkly bits? No.

Chalky

Panama Canal?

Raak

Is it bigger than Wales?

Raak

(clarifying) ...in surface area?

Tuj

In the possession of a single country?

*pondering the audience applause for the age question*

cfm

Is it a glacier? *trying to imagine how a body of water gets classified as mineral*

CdM

Panama Canal? No.
Bigger than Wales? Yes.
In the possession of a single country? No. *some laughter*
A glacier? No. (And, yes, that is I guess a legitimate question/complaint. I think that in this game we generally take a broad definition of "mineral". For example:
4 : something neither animal nor vegetable.
The answer on the card certainly wouldn't fit the more narrow definition of mineral, which includes the word "solid". I am not sure how else I should classify a body of water, though. In any case, you (the group) have correctly figured out that this is a body of water, bigger than Wales, more than 65 million years old, with some muttering about whether or not it is a Pacific Ocean.)