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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Is it a character from a book?

Is it Hermione Granger?

as rab said, it's always Harry Potter

[Inkspot] No
[GL] Nope

Is it a character from a film?

Was the work of fiction first published since 1950?

In the work of fiction they are most famous for appearing in, are they older than 17?

Ripley (from the Alien films)?

Princess Leia?

During the works in which they appear, do they age noticably?

Is is a cartoon character?

Is it a character from a stage play or musical?

Is it a character from a song?

Does the character appear in just one work, or in a series?

Is it the title of the film/play/cartoon/whatever?

[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

Eliza Doolittle?

I'll assume it's a musical then - is this musical still regularly performed?

[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.

Does she appear in a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber?

[GL] No

Does she sing herself?

Is there a connection to Gilbert and Sullivan?

Madame Butterfly?

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

The three little maids from school?

Is she attractive?

In Gilbert & Sullivan, this is important.

Yum-yum?

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

Was its first performance in or before 1882?

(dates here)

*Ping*

[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 :-)

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

ANIMAL/ABSRACT

Just to be different

Is it some sort of emblem? (Symbol, logo, trademark, heraldic device, etc.)

Anything to do with Gilbert & Sullivan?

Just in case a bluff needs to be called.

[Raak] No
[Tuj] No.

Is it a fictional human being?

Is it male?

Is it a mythological creature?

Does it possess special powers?

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

Is it to be admired?

(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

Is it a character from a book?

[Inks] No

Is he an alien of some variety?

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

A centaur?

Does it have religious connotations?

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

Does he, or part of him, resemble a human?

Is it a superhero?

Is he a one of the bad guys, a doer of unspeakable evil?

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

Is he, special powers aside, an existing species of animal?

[sadie] No

Is he used in advertising?

Has he ever been worshipped?

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

Is he a character from a film? A play? A radio show?

[sadie] no, no and thrice no.

Does he appear in any sort of literary or artistic work?

Is he a character from a TV series?

[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

Was the TV series pre-1980?

[Chalky] No

Basil Brush?

Ronald Rat?

Is he animated?

pre-1990?

[Raak] wasn't it Roland Rat?

pre-2000?

UK terrestrial TV?

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

Was he *approximately* an existing species?

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

Was it made by Cosgrove Hall?

From The Magic Roundabout?

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

Just checked Magic Roundabout = 1965

Dangermouse?

Count Duckula?

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

Darren] Ooh, go on.

Sorry for the delay, the weekend interupted me.
[Darren1] No, but you're close
[Darren2] YES. Hoorah, take a bow.

Bow. Wow. Right. Let's see...

Vegetable/Abstract

It's Monet's waterlilies, obviously.

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