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 ....

Quendalon

Did more than one person perform the actual killing?

NotJohn

[Boolbar] Pre 1920? - NO
[Quendalon] >1 killers? - YES *a few chuckles in the audience*

Chalky

The 38th Parallel?

NotJohn

[Chalky] Korean? - NO

Chalky

Was this a key event in a war?

In Asia. Which has been established. I think.

NotJohn

Aha!

[Chalky] Key event in a war? - YES *considerable applause* (and yes, Asia (not China or Korea) has been established)

Chalky

So .. are we talking Vietnam then?

Which was NOT established by previous line of questioning.

Phil

or Japan?

NotJohn

The audience is beginning to pack bags.

[Chalky] Vietnam? - YES
[Phil] Therefore Japan? - NO

Raak

Dien Bien Phu?

Chalky

Has Raak scored a lurker's victory?

Chalky

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu?

... as you specifically stated earlier that this was not the name of a place.

NotJohn

There, that wasn't so hard, was it?

[Chalky] It is indeed The battle of Dien Bien Phu where a small French force held out for weeks against overwhelming Viet Minh forces before being comprehensively defeated. The French inability to relieve or effectively resupply the garrison spelt the end of French colonial ambitions in Indo-China.
Since I got this round as a bit of a lurker I feel disinclined to step into this quarrel, but the answer is specifically the battle, not the place.

Throws a baton in the air to see who will catch it.