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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Taking a backward step: Did they originally appear in a book?

[Dujon] originally from a book? No but apparently books have been made since (including children's books)

Mythical?

[Raak] Mythical? No.

Bunnyish?

[Software] Non-mammalian bunnies? No.

Earth-based?

[Phil] Earth-based? Yes, but not earth-based versions exist.

Unicellular?

[Raak] Mono-celled? No

Clues

I think everyone is as bored of this as I am. Here are some hints to push the game forward to less boring, more finishing moves.

1. The AOTC is two words. One of these describes the non-mammalian animals and the other is an attribute that sets them apart from the majority of their real world counterparts. The whole is the name of a 21st century abstract that was not originally literature but has since spread to various other media.

2. The mammalian animals are a less well known aspect of the AOTC and except with regard to colour, clearly represent an animal that is common in the UK, US and several other places. The primary animals are less easily identified.

Desert Rats?

Cat girls?

[Phil] Dessert Rats? No (Rats are mammals)
[Rak] Cat Girls? No (Cats and Girls are both mammals)

lizards?

[Raak] lizards? No

Fish?

[Raak] Fish No

Birds?

[Raak] Birds? Yes

Angry Birds?

[Raak] Angry Birds? YES Let me fire this avian baton at you.

An alarmingly intelligent species of ostrich

**>>PECK<<**

Next: MINERAL

Manufactured?

Metal?

[Rosie] Manufactured.
[GL] Partly metal.

Can you (or I) lift it?

Can we lift it? No, yes, or no, from various points of view.

Unique?

[GL] Unique.

Does it belong to a single person?

[Tuj] Does not belong to one person.

Is it a pyramid?

[Dujon] Not a pyramid.

In UK?

(amusement in the audience) Not in the UK.

Bigger than a phone box?

[GL] Smaller than a phone box.

Could it be called art?

Smaller than a breadbox?

[Rosie] Not art. [GL] Larger than a breadbox.

Is it assembled bit by discrete bit?

[Dujon] Assembled piece by piece.

A triangulation point at some particular place?

[Rosie] Not a trig point.

Does it have a technical application?

[Rosie] Yes, it has a technical application.

A light?

[Rosie] Not a light.

Does it begin with P?

[Tuj] Yes! Yes, it DOES begin with a P!

Was it manufactured in the twentieth century?

Is it associated with a particular type of geographical feature?

[Kim] Made in the 20th century.
[Rosie] Not associated with a type of geographical feature.

Would it be a product of WWII?

[Dujon] Not a product of WWII.

Oops, my answer to Kim was wrong. On searching out the date of its completion, I find it was not in the 20th century.

A telescope?

[Rosie] Not a telescope.

Philae lander?

And Knobbly scores a hole in one! Have this genuine Rosetta stone. My answer to the weightlifting question is explained by the fact that on Earth, it would weigh about 100 kg, which is more than I've ever bench pressed, but sitting on the comet it's estimated to weigh about 1 gram -- but you can't get there to lift it.

Sorry Tuj, was that where you were heading?
Next up is Vegetable

Is it edible?

Well, someone has to kick it off.

Alive?

Wooden?

Is it unique?

[Knobbly] One letter at a time? No =)

Does it have a practical use?

[Raak]

Hidden text

Measuring weight in g/kg rather than N?

Some catching up to do...

[Dujon] No, not edible (is the least misleading answer, although everything is edible once)
[GL] Yes, alive
[Phil] Yes, wooden *ripple of applause*
[Tuj] Yes, unique (or at least specific)
[Raak] No practical use

Does it live in Sherwood Forest?

Is it unusually old?

Is it a fruit tree?

[Dujon] Not in Sherwood Forest
[Raak] (Back from checking something I probably should have before starting) No, not unusually old
[GL] Not a fruit tree

Is it in the UK?

[Rosie] Yes it is in the UK

A specific sycamore?

[Dujon] Not a sycamore, no

Royal?

Is it a specific tree?

I thought I'd ask in case we were heading in the wrong direction.

Oak?

Why did the internet eat my post twice?

[Raak] Royal connection, yes indeed
[Dujon] A specific tree, yes
[GL] Yes, an oak!
*Audience beside themselves with mild interest*

Oak Apple Day?

[Software] Not the 29th of May... A custom worthy of revival but not really a specific tree

Is it a son/daughter of a famous oak?

That Royal Oak wherein King Charles II hid from the Roundheads?

[Dujon] Do you know, I can't find out if there was any genetic continuity, but I'd be surprised if there wasn't... I'm going to unilaterally change your question and say yes it is a successor to a famous oak
[Raak] Not that Royal Oak, no

Merlin's Oak?

[Phil] Not Merlin's Oak

One of the Tree Council (UK)'s "Great British Trees" in 2002?

[Phil] Not a Great British Tree

In Kent?

[Phil] Not in Kent

An extant oak tree?

Does the royal aspect of the answer arise from a royal planting the acorn?

[Phil] Yes, an extant oak tree
[Dujon] Hmm... Well, the extant oak tree which is the AOTC was royally planted, but the royal connection was already there. I realise that wasn't a yes/no answer

(Although I rather expect the 'planting' was a photo opp holding a spade next to a sapling rather than heeling in an acorn)

Did the planting happen after the invention of photography?

[GL] Yes, photography had been invented. Can't find a photo though...

It's gone a bit quiet, shall I re-cap?
This Vegetable is a living oak tree, which is not itself unusually old, nor is it one of the Great British Trees. It was royally planted (although a royal connection already existed) and is neither the Royal Oak in which King Charles mk.2 hid, Merlin's Oak or in Kent.

Is it in England?

Being an ex-pat for nigh on sixty years this is becoming something of a guessing game to me. It's time to narrow the focus.

[Dujon] Yes, in jolly old England

Is it north of Watford?

[Raak] Yes, north of Watford.

South of Hadrian's Wall?

Mmm,

That was otiose, reading above.

In Yorkshire?

[Software] Yes, south of Hadrian's damp-course, and not in Yorkshire

North of London (Charing Cross, just in case)

[Phil] Yes, north of London (as implied by being north of Watford)

The Midland Oak?

[Raak] Not the Midland Oak
I'm trying to think of a clue that isn't just giving away the answer...

Selly Oak?

[Phil] Not the Selly Oak

The Clue Monster

Hidden text

Try and find out who the royal is

Is the royal Queen Victoria?

[Raak] Not Queen Vic

Is the royal female?

[Phil] She is a female royal

Queen Anne?

Our current Head of State?

A British royal?

[Raak] Not Queen Anne
[GL] Yes, a British Royal
[Dujon] Yes, the oak you could visit now was planted by our current Head of State but I'm not sure how helpful that is, she must have attended many tree plantings in her time... Keep finding out who the original connection was - I reiterate, she is a female British royal who is neither Queens Victoria nor Anne.

The good old late Queen Mum?

[Software] Not the Queen Mother

QE 1?

[Raak] Yes, Queen Liz the 1th

Is there also a direct connection to QE1's sister Mary?

I think the answer must be what you find if you google "Queen Elizabeth I" and "oak", but I'm going to be away a lot in the next few weeks, so I'll leave it to someone else.

[Dujon] Yes, a connection to Queen Mary also
[Raak] You can find the answer that way, yes... Who will do so?

Queen Elizabeth Oak, at Hatfield House?

Absolutely right... you even chose the right Queen Elizabeth Oak (not the one in Cowdray Park). The current tree was planted by QE2 in 1985 on the site of the original tree, beneath which Elizabeth was sat when told that Queen Mary had died and she was now the queen.
I really didn't think I'd chosen a hard one...
I pass Phil the baton, made of exquisitely turned english oak.

Re - hard ones

[Knobbly] It happens. I remember setting Jeffrey Dahmer a few years ago, and was astonished to find no-one knew who he was. He's a household name in our family. But, thanks to Google, and Raak, I've know heard of Hatfield, its house, and its trees.

Mineral, Animal and Vegetable

Human construct?

A town or city?

Does it begin with P?

[Knobbly] Well lasted =)

[Software] Human Construct? Ummm, no, I don't think so (although I've always been rather vague about what "human construct" means).
[GL] Town or city? NEITHER
[Tuj] Pstarted? NO

Bigger than a K6 telephone box?

Is there just one?

Is either the Animal or Vegetable human?

[Software] Bigger than telephone box? YES
[Raak] Unique? YES
[GL} Human? NO

Is it in Britain?

[Raak] In Britain? YES. most definitely

A building?

[Software] A building? NO, although it includes a building or buildings

Is it a region of some description?

Some form of animal sanctuary?

[Knobbly] a region? NO
[Rosie] an animal sanctuary? NO *much laughter*

A farm, then?

[Rosie] Farm? YES, slightly surprisingly

Chalk Farm?

[GL] Chalk Farm? NO

On reflection, my answer to Is the Animal or Vegetable human? could be YES - with a little chuckle from the audience.

A non-fictional real-life farm? (...which we've heard of?)

[Knobbly] YES-ish. You will have heard of it, I expect, but you may not be aware that it functions as a farm.

A royal estate?

Belonging to the Prince of Wales?

[Dujon] Royal estate? NO *audience wakes up*
[Raak] PoW-owned? NO

Belonging to a religious institution?

[Raak] Religious? NO

Is it a tourist destination?

[Raak] Tourist destination? NO, or if it is I'd be surprised

Is this farm maintained by people detained at Her Majesty's pleasure?

[Dujon] HMP-farm? NO

Is it in England?

[Raak] In England? YES

Does anyone live there except the farmers?

[Raak] Non-farming inhabitants? YES

Privately owned?

[Raak] Privately owned? NO *some applause*

Porton Down?

[Rosie] Porton Down? NO

Is it in a National Park?

[Raak] in a National Park? NO, but it is in an AONB

Stonehenge?

[Software] Stonehenge? NO

A similar monument?

A research establishment?

[Software] Stonehengey-type-monument? NO
[Rosie] Research establishment? NO

Some clues from answers already given

"Royal estate" woke the audience up, but it's not privately owned, and not owned by Prince Charles. It includes buildings and farmland, and is in an Area of Outstanding National Beauty in England.

Longleat?

Ah ... just spotted the 'not privately owned' bit. Scrub that attempt please.

The New Forest?

[Chalky] New Forest? NO (and not Longleat either, of course)

In Cornwall?

[Rosie] Cornwall? NO

Another clue

In the Home Counties

Legoland?

Hampton Court?

Aha! NOT a tourist destination eh?

Um, the estate surrounding Hampton Court containing the piggeries and grouse shooting, where tourists never go?

[Software & Raak] Neither Legoland, nor Hampton Court. Nor the estate surrounding it.

The Chilterns?

[Chalky] The Chilterns? NO *huge applause from audience who thought it was all over, for a moment*

The Chiltern Hundreds?

[Raak] Chiltern 100s? NO *Audience apologises for over-reacting earlier, leading to the thought that "chiltern" is in the answer*

One of the nuclear places near the Kennett valley?.

Is it an SSSI?

[Rosie] One of those nuclear type things? NO
[Chalky] An SSSI? NO, but I think it includes part of one, but I can't be 100% sure.

The Ridgeway?

[Chalky] Ridgeway? NO, but the Ridgeway does pass through it. *Applause, from me for remembering where I've been recently, and from the audience too

Salisbury Plain?

So-called. Actually the very opposite.

Chequers?

... piecing together the clues

Uffington White Horse?

[Rosie] Salisbury Plain? NO
[Software] Uffington White Horse? NO (although I was there the day before I was at the AOTC, in Feb this year)
[Chalky] Chequers? YES - the estate, that is, rather than just the house that lies within. And what splendid timing for me to hand over the leadership of this fine game to you, given that we don't yet know who'll be spending their weekends there for the next five years.

We do now.

Time for an ANIMAL

Human?

A politician?

[Software] Human? NO
[Raak] A politician? NO

Is there just one?

Is it a dog?

A mammal?

Begins with P?

[Raak] Just one? NO
[GL] A dog? NO
[Rosie] A mammal? Yes
[Tuj] Begins with a P? Yes! The latin name.

Is it feline?

[GL] Feline? NO

Orang-utan?

[GL] Orang-utan? NO

Carnivoran?

Generally considered edible in Europe?

Bandicoot?

[Knobbly] Carnivoran? NO
[Phil] edible in Europe? Doubt it .. No
[GL] Bandicoot? NO

Bigger than a toaster?

Chimp?

Regarded as a pest?

Thank you for your patience ..

[Raak] Bigger than a toaster? About the same ... except for the sticky out bits
[GL] Chimp? NO
[Rosie] Regarded as a pest? I don't believe so.

Kept as a pet?

[Raak] Kept as a pet? Not usually but no reason why not ..

Nocturnal?

[Rosie] Nocturnal? YES!

Racoon?

Sloth?

[ GL] Racoon? NO
[Softers] Sloth? No ... but quite a good guess.

A badger?

A pangolin?

[Rosie] Badger? NO
[Raak] Pangolin? NO

Found in the wild in Britain?

Is it arboreal?

[Rosie] ... wild in Britain? NO
[Dujon] Arborial? YES! *audience cheers*

Is it a bird?

Civet?

[Phil] Bird? NO
[GL] Civet? NO

Is its native continent South America?

[Dujon] native of S America? NO

A Primate?

[GL] A primate? NO

Koala?

[GL] Koala? NO. Are they nocturnal?
clue: nocturnal ... arborial... nocturnal ... arborial

Is it native to China?

African Native?

[Knobbly] native to China? NO
[GL] ... or Africa? NO

A chimpanzee?

[Raak] chimpanzee? I refer the honourable gentleman to my reply above ...
nocturnal ... mammal ... nocturnal ... arborial

Hmm... does it fly? - either actually or 'falling in style'

Some lizardy thing like a chameleon?

Phalangeriforme?

[Knobbly] YesYesYesYes! Now just name it.
[Rosie] Not lizardy

[GL] phalangeriforme? Apparently no

I think it's too soon to be my turn again... *I turn my back and feign great interest in that thingummy over there*

Please please release me from this Knobbly! #thoughtitwasgoingtobeaquickie

Pteromyini?

more googling ...

[GL] Pteromyini? Veryvery close - but I believe they are omnivorous.

If somebody doesn't guess this before 0700 BST 27 May 2015 ...

Known for its winged fingers?

[Raak] winged fingers? Yes
... further investigation reveals it can be found in China, although it didn't originate there. (Apologies Knobbly)

answer

It was the Indian Flying Fox (pteropus giganteus) aka Greater Indian Fruit Bat in the Pteropodidae family.

A certain degree of exasperation

Who could possibly have guessed that? In any case all fruit bats are called Eric and come from Guildford.

[Rosie] Not me obviously, though I had a good try at guessing it.

If no one objects, I guess I'll pick up the dropped baton. You have until 10am (BST) 29th May to object

Fire away, GL.

OK. Hopefully a slightly harder one. VEGETABLE

A hard vegetable. Is it a turnip?

[Stevie] A turnip (for the books)? - No. *Someone claps briefly*

Celeriac?

Grown for consumption?

Begins with P?

[Raak] Celeriac? - No
[Rosie] Grown to be eaten? - Yes
[Tuj] Begins with P? - Yes

A parsnip?

[Rosie] Parsnip? - Yes.

Good heavens, it's me. In that case it's

ABSTRACT

An Emotion?

(GL) I am disconsolately sad to tell you that it is not.

Weather-related?

Begins with P?

(Raak) Nothing to do with the weather
(Tuj) Begins with P? NO (but it could do).

Phrase or saying?

Is the answer on the card a single word?

(Sofware) Not a phrase or saying.
(Tuj) Single word? YES (plus the indefinite article).

Would it exist without humans?

(Knobbly) Exist without humans? YES.

Is it an action?

(Tuj) Not an action.

Is the indefinite article "an"?

A phenomenon ?

(GL) The indefinite article? NOT "An".
(Software) A phenomenon? NO, not really.

Would it exist without lifeforms?

(Tuj) Exist without lifeforms? YES, it could.

A sound?

(GL) A sound? YES. *audience erupts*

Is it onomatopoeic?

Is this a useful question?

(Knobbly) Unlike a cat, does not on a mat appear. (Shurely all questions are useful).

Whispering?

to kick start this one again

(Software) NO, not whispering.

Is it geological?

A tree falling in the forest?

(Knobbly) Geological? NO.
(Softers) The unseen and unheard tree? NO.

In a desperate bid to do something about the terrifying speed of this one I could mention that the AOTC is connected with an interest of mine, but not steam locos.

Lost for words

Not weather or locos? What does that leave, then? Sex? Beer?

Flattered

(Software) We have met, haven't we?

The sound made by the opening of a can of London Pride?

Oh, yes.

<mode="Lady Bracknell"> A CAN? </mode>. Not the sound suggested.

Oh, all right - a bottle then?

(Software) Not a bottle. Nothing to do with booze.

Astronomy related?

Just popping by.

(Boolbar) Stargazing? NO.

Is it associated with music?

(Robin) Music? YESSSSS! *audience, previously comatose, now resembles a football crowd whose side has just scored.*

A Flat?

(GL) Not A flat, not G sharp either.

F Natural?

(GL) Not F. (Not a Key).

A wind chime?

(Softers) NO, not a wind chime.

a rhythm?

(Knobbly) NO - not a rhythm. A different aspect of music.

If I may sum up, some

So, an aspect of music which, moreover, would exist without life-forms... Beginning with a consonant which isn't P (but confusingly could be)

Molto adagio

(Knobbly) Orl krekt.

The blistering pace of this one

It's a musical term, found also in ordinary speech.

Is the AOTC an italian term?

Is there anybody else out there?

(Knobbly) Italian? YES, it certainly is.

Piano?

(Softers) Piano? NO.

Fortisomo?

(Softers) ff? NO, but you're getting there.

Allegro?

Not the Leyalnd version - oh, no.

(Softers) Allegro? NO. The AOTC is not an adjective.

Presto?

(Softers) Even faster? NO. Presto is an adjective. I dunno - man of your calibre.

Intermezzo?

(Knobbly) Not an intermezzo. The AOTC is usually abbreviated.

Ah, in that case is the abbreviation 'cresc.'?

YAY, it be that. Say it again, louder. KNOBBLY is the winner. Take this conductor's baton and whack it on the music stand louder and louder until everyone else has woken up.

Actually I was trying not to win by not giving the AOTC, but since you've given me this baton I may as well wave it about a bit...
OK, this is hopefully an easy MINERAL.

Metal?

(Rosie) Not a metal

A manufactured object?

Solid?

(Rosie) Not manufactured
(GL) Solid, YES.

Something dug up from the earth?

What's mined is yours...

(Rosie) No, not dug up.

Found lying around?

(Software) Lying around? I'm going to go with no... Although I'm not sure how helpful or right that is

Does it come from space?

Is it unique?

(Raak) Extra-terrestrial? No
(Gussy[if I may call you that]) The one-and-only? YES (or at least, the AOTC is specific)

A lake?

A geographical feature?

(Rosie) No, not a lake but...
(Software) YES, a geographical feature

Bigger than the Isle of Wight?

Smaller than the Isle of Wight?

An area of sea-water?

Ayres Rock?

(Raak & GL) Smaller than IoW in area, which was surprisingly hard to find out. Strangely couldn't find it anywhere and had to work it out myself.
(Rosie) Not sea-water
(Software) Not Ayer's Rock

In the Northern hemisphere?

(Tuj) Not Northern hemisphere, no

Zambesi Falls?

A Mountain?

[Rosie] I don't believe the falls or an area of sea water would count as solid.

(Rosie) Zambezi Falls? No
(GL) YES, a mountain *applause*

Higher than 20,000 ft (6096 m)?

Everest?

(Rosie) Not higher than 20,000 ft
(GL)Not Everest

Shorter than 1,000 ft?

Kilimanjaro?

Lurkers R Us

(GL) Not shorter than 1,000ft
(CdM) Not Kilimanjaro

In Africa?

(Rosie) Not African

Vinson Massif?

A volcano?

(GL)Vinson Massif- Is he? I mean, no
(Rosie) A volcano? YES. *Audience erupts...*

Near the equator?

Etna?

(Rosie) Not near the equator (for any sensible value of 'near')
(Software) Not Etna

Calbuco, Chile?

(Rosie) Not Calbuco

Erupted in the last 100 years?

(Raak) YES, erupted in last 100 years

Puyehue-Cordón Caulle?

(GL) Puy-what-you-said - no

On a small island?

(Rosie) I wouldn't call it a small island, no.

Mt Erebus?

(Rosie) Not Mt Erebus

Erupted in 1956?

(Raak) 1956 eruption? Not as far as I can find out

In Antarctica?

(Rosie) Not in Antarctica

in the Philippines?

(CdM) Not in the Philippines neither

All right. How about Indonesia?

(CdM) No, but keep going...

One week later round up...

So, it's a volcano in the Southern hemisphere, between 1,000 and 20,000 ft high which isn't near the equator, in Antarctica, the Phillipines or Indonesia. It has erupted in the last 100 years, but not in 1956. It also isn't Mt Erebus or Puyehue-Cordón Caulle...

Did it erupt this century?

Did it cause much death and destruction?

(GL) Erupted this century? YES. (Rosie) Much death and destruction? I'm not sure what the standardised scale of death and destruction is, but I would say no.

In Chile?

(Rosie) Not in Chile.

Caribbean?

(SW) Not Caribbean.

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean on an island that isn't particularly small?

(CdM) On a not-small island in the Pacific? YES.
I wonder if anyone will disagree with any of my previous answers when the answer is reached?

Mt Ruapehu? Or failing that, another Kiwi volcano like Tongarairo or White Island?

(Pablo) Mt Ruapehu? Why, YES. *Wild applause*
Let us rub noses ... Thank you.
Passing the baton to Pablo.

Pablo seems to have buggered orff.

He was in the limerick game yesterday...

I think he's forgotten about this. Maybe a gentle nudge would be in order.

Where are you Pablo?

We're waiting for you

Still waiting

I gave him a gentle oblique nudge then a less gentle more direct one. What does one do, within the bounds of propriety and etiquette? FIIK.

Runner-up?

I think CdM was coming up on the answer... maybe he (?) would like to take over?

Impatience

(knobbly) Somebody ought to. I can't understand why Pablo seems to have gone on the blink. Anybody got his phone number?

well...

I'm not convinced that Pablo is the Pablo we think it is. Or someone (e.g. Gusset Login) typed 'Pablo' by accident instead of their own name, for reasons unknown.

It wasn't me

But, if it gets the game running again, I'd happily pick up the baton if asked.

Fine by me...

(GL) I'm happy for you to pick up the dropped baton, if there are no objections from the floor - it is nearly a month since my round was won...

No objections from this bit of old linoleum so go ahead, GL.

Very well. A new one and it's an ANIMAL

Is it one unique animal?

[Phil] Unique animal? - Yes.

A human?

[Rosie] Human? - Yes.

Living?

British, be damned?

In the news?

[blamelewis] Living? - Yes.
[Software] British? - Yes.
[Rosie] In the news? - Sometimes

Royal connections?

[Software] Royal Connections? - They are not royal.

A performer of sorts?

[Knobbly] Performer of sorts? - Not as such

Politician?

[Chalky] In Politics? - Yes

Jeremy Corbyn?

[Software] The Jez Meister? - No

Male?

[Phil] Male? - Yes

Any legal connections?

[Rosie] Legal connections? - Well, he is in politics. So, of course, there are connections to the law.

Tory?

[Software] A blue-ribboner? - Yes

A Cabinet member?

Minister of Cockney Rhyming Slang - Jeremy Hunt?

[Rosie] Cabinet member? - Yes
[Software] Total Hunt? - No

George Osborne?

As he insists on calling himself.

[Rosie] George "Dramatic Pose" Osborne? - No

IDS?

[Software] Irritable Duncan Syndrome? - No

Michael Gove?

(the MP that keeps on goving)

Sajid Javid?

working through ...

[Phil] Govey? - No
[Software] Javid? - No
Hint: Don't work through, work up.

Not Dave? (Cameron)

[Rosie] Not Dave? - No it's not Not Dave. It is Dave. I don't whether that should count as a yes or a no.

David Mundell?

A fush oo' a wa'er.

Getting a little impatient.

I have internets again! Sorry for the silence.

[Rosie] David Mundell - No, as I said, it's the Dave you guessed it wasn't.

David Cameron?

Software DC? - Yes

Well I am blowed, who'd have thought, so obvious really Eton and all that. Now let me think .....

Ah, yes!

ABSTRACT with ANIMAL, VEGETABLE and MINERAL connections.

Animals human?

i.e. Not Millwall

[Rosie] people? - YES.

To do with politics?

[Raak] political? probably the right answer is NO

Is the mineral connection water?

Is the vegetable connection wood?

[Rosie] water? - NO * much chuckling in the audience *
[Phil] wood? - NO - well,not directly but it may figure somewhere, not sure that this is actually helpful

To do with mineral resources?

Does it begin with P?

[Raak] ores? - NO
[Tuj] P? - YES one of the three words on the card does. (including the definite article)

Is a liquid involved?

A desert?

[Phil] Liquid? - YES. * chuckling in audience *
[Rosie] Desert? - NO

The Pacific Ocean?

Is it fit for human consumption?

Is the liquid an organic compound?

[GL] Pacific? - NO
[Phil] Drinkable? - YES
[Rosie] Organic? - YES

The petroleum industry?

Is alcohol involved?

[Rosie] Gas? - NO is probably the correct answer but I suppose it could be.
[Phil] Booze? YES * spattering of claps from the audience *

A type of beer?

[Phil] A variety of the brewing process? - NO but certainly involved in the ATOC

A bottle of champagne?

[Rosie] Bubbly? - NO but could certainly be involved in the ATOC

Is the AOTC associated with a particular place?

[Tuj] Localle? - NO

* HINT: the ATOC has 3 words including the definite article *

Is the word that starts with P pub?

[Knobbly] P = Pub? - NO * a smattering of clapping from the audience *

Is the 'p' word = Punch?

[Chalky (welcome back)] P = Punch? - NO * more clapping in the audience *

A type of wine?

[Phil] Cru? - NO * a little more clapping in the audience *

Reprise:
ATOC 3 words including the definite article;
One begins with 'P';
Alcohol of some sort involved.

Does the word "party" appear on the card?

Is it seasonal?

[CdM] Party - YES! * Audience goes wild with applause *
[GL] Seasonal - YES! * Audience now agog with expectation *

The Easter Party?

[GL] Easter? (* wonders why Easter? *) - NO * clapping from audience *

The Christmas Party?

[Phil] Xmas? - NO * audience wild with anticipation! *

The Summer Party?

Keep going, we'll find the right season soon.

[GL] Summer? you seem to have a penchant for the warmer weather - * audience wild with anticipation *

The Dinner Party?

[Phil] Dinner? - NO * audience still on the edge of their seats *

The Hogmanay Party?

[GL] Jock do? - NO * audience cannot believe that nobody has got it yet! *

HINT: There are lots this time of year

I shall be on the plane to the USA in the morning so may not get back online for a day or two.

The Hanukkah Party?

Christmas party has already gone and I'm struggling to think of any other sort that happens at this time of year.

The Office Party?

Ding!

Phil has it. * Hands over the photocopied bum to Phil *

When I was self-employed, the office party was a disaster. I got off with myself and didn't speak to myself for the whole of January. I tried to phone in sick the next morning, but it was engaged every time.

So, onwards and outwards. Your next challenge is

Animal

Human?

Alive?

Male?

Apols for delay

[Software] Human? NO
[GL] Alive? NO
[Rosie] Male? YES

Dead While Male?

Sorry, that was meant to be "Dead White Male?"

Lassie?

[Raak] Are you saying that white people aren't human?

[Raak] Dead White Male? YNY (taking white strictly as a colour rather than race, as humans are not involved)
[GL] Lassie? NO

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