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 ....

Raak

Does it have a practical use?

Phil

[Raak]

Hidden text

Measuring weight in g/kg rather than N?

Knobbly

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

Dujon

Does it live in Sherwood Forest?

Raak

Is it unusually old?

Gusset Login

Is it a fruit tree?

Knobbly

[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

Rosie

Is it in the UK?

Knobbly

[Rosie] Yes it is in the UK

Dujon

A specific sycamore?

Knobbly

[Dujon] Not a sycamore, no

Raak

Royal?

Dujon

Is it a specific tree?

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

Gusset Login

Oak?

Knobbly

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*

Software

Oak Apple Day?

Knobbly

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

Dujon

Is it a son/daughter of a famous oak?

Raak

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

Knobbly

[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

Phil

Merlin's Oak?