mc5 - AVMA Take 2

[CdM] Blighty? - YES, primarily, the AOTC is anyway.

Is it an activity, i.e. something that one does?

[Phil] Out and about? - YES and NO, perhaps is the best answer.

Is the AOTC a present participle?

as "yes and no" isn't a very useful answer :)

[Phil] Grammatical? NO The AOTC has 3 words none of which are the definite or indefinite article. Hint: When the question was set it was in the future, now it is in the past.

Does the AOTC define/describe a period of time?

The August Bank Holiday Weekend?

[Phil] Time slot? - YES
[GL] August Bank Holiday - YES!

Hurrah! * hands over Brighton rock shaped sticky baton to GL at last *

Well, that took a pointlessly long time. So, a simple ANIMAL this time.

Is it human?

[Software] were the mineral and vegetable connections the bank?

[Phil] - Human? YES have a baton. (I said it was easy)

Hahaha! Why thank you, GL!
OK, so the next one is

ANIMAL & VEGETABLE

Is the vegetable wood?

Food or drink?

[GL] Wood? NO
[Raak] Food/Drink? YES *Some early applause*

A falling out between you and Rosie?

[Dujon] Me and the old geezer coming to blows? NO!

Hidden text

I'd love to know who's the vegetable...actually, maybe I wouldn't :-)

Raak

Meat and two veg?

Is it a sandwich?

[Raak] Meat+2Veg? NO
[Chalky] Sarnie? NO

Pork scratchings?

Does it need to be cooked?

[Software] Scratchings? NO
[Rosie] Need to be cooked? NO (although a perverse minuscule part of me wants to say YES)

Is the vegetable to be found in a greengrocer's?

I decline to answer your previous question (hidden) on the ground that ... ;)

[Dujon] Greengrocer's vegetable? NO

Is it an animal product?

Is the animal fish?

[Chalky] Animal product? YES *a little applause*
[GL] Fish? NO

Raak

A traditional British sausage (50% breadcrumbs)?

Is dairy produce involved?

[Raak] A banger? NO
[GL] Dairy involved? YES *some more applause*

A pizza?

Does the AOTC include a reference to a U.K. country?

Is cheese the animal element?

[Rosie] Pizza? NO
[Dujon] UK reference? NO
[Chalky] and cheesey? NO

CdM

Is it sweet rather than savoury?

[CdM] Sweet? The AOTC is not sweet.

Is yoghurt involved?

[GL] Yoghurt? NO

cfm

Is the vegetable element made from grain?

[cfm] Grain? NO

Milk?

[Software] Milk? YES, milk is involved *applause*

Raak

Are cookies also involved?

[Raak] Cookie? NO

Is it in anyway responsible for bringing boys to the yard?

[GL/Kelis] Your milkshake? NO

Ambrosia Creamed Rice?

[Chalky] Devon knows how they make it so creamy? NO

Is it casein?

[Software] Casein? NO

A comment

Rosie's question "Does it need to be cooked?" continues to weigh on my mind. No Anglophone would say that they cook the Answer on the Card, but cooking of some sort or other is involved in the process of turning naturally occurring ingredients into the AOTC.

Is it a salad of some sort?

Weirdly enough .. the cooking thing .. was the one reply which has completely thrown my train of thought ...

A biscuit of some kind?

[Chalky] Salady? NO
[Rosie] Biscuity? NO

Butter?

Custard?

[Chalky] Butter? NO
[GL] Custard? NO

OH NO !!!!!

I've just reviewed my answers and noticed that when Chalky asked "Is it an animal product", I said "YES". I should specify that only the animal part is an animal product, the vegetable part isn't. Hope that helps ! :-)

PANIC OVER!!!

[Phil] Fret ye not - that's what I meant.
In summary: The AOTC is 'Animal Product' plus a 'Vegetable' (but not a vegetable to be found in a greengrocer) somehow linked together. Edible/Potable. Doesn't need to be cooked. Milk is involved.
I'll now ask a question, if I may ...

Is there an alcoholic content to this?

[Chalky] Alcoholic? NO

A bit more summary

One would not "cook" the AOTC but some form of "cooking" is involved at some point in creating the AOTC from naturally occurring ingredients.

Is yeast involved?

[Phil] Thanks - I was thinking fermentation - hence the alcohol question.

[Chalky] Yeast? NO

Sour cream and chive flavoured crisps?

A hint...

A follow-up to the 2nd question asked (Rosie's first) would be useful.

Drink?

[Chalky] Drink? YES *relieved applause*

A skinny latte or somesuchlike?

[Chalky] A latte? CORRECT. Congratulations! Now does my dithering over "cooked" make sense? Anyway, have this tax-avoiding baton...

Thanks Phil - we managed to sort that one out between ourselves :)
*raises a tasse of full fatte latte*

Staying with the Keep It Simple agenda - here's a lively little A N I M A L

Human?

[Rosie] Human? YES

Is/was this person short in stature?

[Dujon] Is/was this person short in stature? YES

Napoleon?

[Software] Napoleon? NO

Is this person alive?

[Software] Napoleon wasn't short, apparently, he was just portrayed as short for propaganda purposes. A bit of googling, and my suspicions are confirmed. He was about 5'7" (1.70m), over 2 inches taller than average for France at the time, and just about exactly average for the UK. Reference here

[Phil] Is this person alive? YES
re. Boney - grossly misrepresented ... poor sod.

An entertainer?

Does this person have a name consisting of two identical syllables?

[Rosie] An entertainer? NO
[Dujon] A name consisting of two identical syllables? NO

Nicolas Sarkozy?

keeping with the French theme ...

There's a French theme..???

[Software] Nicolas Sarkozy? NON

Sandy Toksvig?

(Appolgies for the spelling I don't have time to check it.)

[GL] Sandy Toksvig? NO

John Bercow?

[Rosie] John Bercow? NO

This is supposed to be a nice easy quick one - random guesses of allegedly vertically-challenged individuals will lead nowhere .. and I'm already bored

Male?

British?

Under 35?

3 yesses!

[Rosie] Male? YES
[Software] British? YES
[Gusset Login] Under 35? YES

Is he a 'child prodigy'?

[Dujon] Child prodigy? Not exactly a prodigy ..*huge cheer from audience*

George, prince of cambridge?

YES - the very chap! HRH George, Prince of Cambridge.
*Hands silver-spoon shaped baton to Gusset Login*

Thank you. I guess he is a little short for a stormtrooper.

OK. This one is a MINERAL with possible abstract and animal connections.

Is this a unique object?

Metallic?

Manufactured?

[Phil] Unique? YES
[Software] Metal? NO
[Rosie] Manufactured? Um... it is man-made, if that's what you mean, but not mass produced, obviously.

A monument or statue?

[Software] Monument or Statue? YES. *Applause*

In England?

[Rosie] England? NO.

A well known male sans fig leaf?

[Dujon] A well known male without a fig leaf? As written, the answer has to be 'partly'. As intended, the answer would be very much NO. Take your pick.

Rodin's The Thinker?

[Software] The thinker? NO.

To clarify my answer to Dujon, the AOTC involves the image of a man who is not wearing a fig leaf but does not involve naked men in any way that I know of.

Is it a statue of just one person?

A political figure?

In Europe?

[Phil] A statue of just one person? The statue part of it is of one person.
[Rosie] A political figure? YES.
[Software] In Europe? NO.

Lovely Gravy

In America?

[Gravy] 'Mer'ca? Yes

The Lincoln Monument?

Does the word Washington appear on the card?

[Dujon] Does Washington feature? NO
[Phil] Lincoln Monument/Memorial? YES. Have a baton purchased from the John Wilkes booth.