[Software, GL, Chalky, Kim] No.

[GL,I] no.

Silly idea I know, but I can't shake the idea that it might be

[I] For some people it might be.
[GL] No.

[s,a] No.

[s] Yes.

[all] Yes, but not to any great purpose.

And the physical manifestation, presumably, the membership card or other such thing.

It is a state of mind? No
Is it a belief system? No
Have people been killed over it? Don't know
Does it have supernatural connections? No
Is it entertaining? Can be
Is it a piece of music? No
Would Software like this? Raak couldn't say
Is it a part of any nations laws or constitution (that you know of)? No
Is it a work of fiction? (laughter) sometimes
Is it a game? No
Did it exist in 1900? Yes
Does it exist now? Yes
Is it intelligence? No
Can it be represented mathematically? No
Is it the title of a story? No
Are there more than one of them? Yes
Is it presented as fact? Yes
Is it some sort of list? No
Is it an alibi? No
Is it a saying or proverb? No
Is it instantiable? Yes, you can make copies of it
Is it connected to religion? No
Is it an idea? No
Does it have an existence seperate from interaction with human consciousness? Yes
Has it been disproven? N/A
Is it a work of art? No
Is it Art? No
Did it exist before humans? No
Did exist before DNA? No
Is it created by humans exclusively? Yes
Is it specific to the culture of any one country, ethnic group, etc? No [but some may not have it]
Is it an event? No
Is it a measure of some sort? No
Is the physical embodiment manufactured? Suppose so
Is the physical emodiment organic? Could be
Is it some sort of picture/image/diagram? Could be in part [audience stirs]
Is it ... Software? No
Is it a map? No
A Hologram? No
Is it a game? No
Is there one for each person? No
Is it an action? No
Would life be better if there were more of them? For some people it might be
Is it a timetable? No
Is it a Patent? No
Is it money? No
Are they still being made? Yes

Adding the 3 additional questions which I didn't see - that's 50 questions so far. EEk!

... half of which have been asked by 2 people :-)

[GL] It can be a web page.
[sadie] It is not the membership of a group.

For "it", substitute "is" and vice versa. Doh!

Such as a manual, or assembly instructions, or an advert...

[Kim] No.
[sadie] Yes.
[sadie] Yes -- anything that can appear on a web page is abstract, not being made of animal, vegetable, or mineral matter.
[GL] No.
[Darren] No.

[GL] No to both.
[all] Yes (although I woldn't have known without Google).

[all] Yes.

Just in case that's misleading, examples of this have existed before 1783.

(More applause from the audience.) No.

Anticlimax, that last one.

[Chalky] YES!!! A personal ad. Google tells me that the earliest known personal ad was placed in 1727. The woman who placed it was sentenced to a lunatic asylum for four weeks.

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Wow - not only for getting there eventually, but also for that poor woman who ended up in the madhouse just because she was lonely. [well chaired btw]

Now for a nice easy

A N I M A L / A B S T R A C T

[Inkspot] No :-)
[Darren] No

[GL] Yes

It's always Harry Potter.

[rab] 'tisn't

[BM] No and Yes
[GL] No

as rab said, it's always Harry Potter

[Inkspot] No
[GL] Nope

[GL] No
[Raak] No
[all] Doubtful but possible
[Raak] No
[GL] No
[sadie] No
[Kim] No
[Darren] Yes therefore Yes [sort of] *oohs and aahs from audience*
[Irouleguy] One
[Rosie] No

[Raak] I think you'll find she turns up in the film versions too (see Gusset Login's question).

(by "assume it's a musical" I mean the musical from which this female character is taken)

[Raak] No
[Darren] Don't assume too much - but yes, it is performed regularly.

[GL] No

[sadie] er .. sort of
[GL] Yes *loud cheers from audience*
[Inks] No

In Gilbert & Sullivan, this is important.

As I'm told that's the important one of them

(dates here)

[all] Well done! - it was indeed the Three Little Maids from School from The Mikado - famous for being filled to the brim with girlish glee-ee ... especially Yum Yum - 'though Pitti Sing is just as important, being a bit of a minx.
.. and [sadie] I quite agree - attractiveness IS important in G&S - why, even Katisha had a fascinating elbow.
[Darren] better luck next time :-)

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Well, OK that's good. um...

ANIMAL/ABSRACT

Just to be different

Just in case a bluff needs to be called.

[Raak] No
[Tuj] No.

By which I mean ones that are impossible under our laws of physics. (Good game, btw!)

(Botherer - 'tis indeed :-))

[Irouleguy] No
[Inkspot] Yes
[Darren] Yes (depending on how strict a definition of mythological you use)
[Botherer] Yes
[Chalky] That would depend on who you are

[Inks] No

In the space sense, not the immigrant sense, obviously.

[sadie] No
[Inkspot] No
[Darren] *laughter from audience* No

[sadie] He is somewhat anthropomorphised, yes.
[Darren] No
[Inkspot] No, but there are those that wish he was

[sadie] No

[Darren] Not to my knowledge, and brief google failed to turn up any suggestion that he ever has been
[sadie] No

[sadie] no, no and thrice no.

[Raak] He had his picture in TV Times once... But I don't know if that counts
[GL] *mummerings as the audience wakes up* Yes

[Chalky] No

[Raak] wasn't it Roland Rat?

[Raak] No
[Raak 2] I think you mean Roland Rat, and No
[sadie] Yes
[Chalky] Yes.
[sadie] Yes
[Chalky II] Yes

[sadie] Do you mean "prior to anthopomorphising, was he to some extent an existing species?"
If so, then, Yes he was.

[GL] Yes
[Rosie] No, I think that was pre-1980.

Just checked Magic Roundabout = 1965

I'm aware I could go on for some time with this, but I'll be a semisportsman and not list out the lot.