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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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It is a painting or more likely, a pencil drawing by someone very famous for art. Not modern art at all. The person, the subject of the sketch, is rather anonymous.
Is the novel in question the Da Vinci Code?
Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man?
Yes, in DaVinci Code, the Vitruvian MAN!!! YOU WIN!!
(ImNotJohn) Are you there?
Is it the ordnance survey symbol for a cairn?
Is it the ordinance survey symbol for CdM?
That's "ordnance" of course. Even having the word right in front of me didn't stop me misspelling it.
If ImNotJohn doesn't materialise perhaps Néa should start one. She got closest.
Sorry
Had to take a little bit of time off to work.
This one is MINERAL

CdM - Y....No.
Darren - No

Is it man-made?
Is the Eiffel Tower?
Is it a specific object?
It just occurred to me that CdM might have an unfair advantage here.
[GL] - No is the answer that helps most
[all] - No
[Darren] - Yes
(Or alternatively CdM might have an unfair disadvantage.)
Is it on the Earth?
[Raak] Yes
The white cliffs of Dover?
Is it bigger than a house?
Mount Rushmore?
Basically watery?
Cold
[all] - No
[Raak] - No
[GL] - No
[Rosie] - No
In Europe?
Is it usually found inside a building?
Is it a notable precious stone?
Does it belong to someone well-known?
How did you do that?
[Néa] - Yes
[Kim] - Yes
[Raak] - Yes (startled pause followed by prolonged applause)
[Tuj] - Yes
The Crown Jewels?
The Hope Diamond?
(er, except that fails the Europe test. And possibly the belonging to someone well-known test...)
[Rosie] - No, but Yes, but No, but Yes, but NO
[CdM] - No
The Koh i Noor?
(trying to decide if that's a really stupid question or not, and leaning towards "yes", so asking it anyway)
The Star of Africa?
Well that wasn't that hard, was it?
[Néa] - No
[all] - YES
Cullinan 1 or 'The Star of Africa' (if you'd been struggling I would probably have accepted 'The Cullinan Diamond', but thanks to Raak's astounding intuitive leap it all went rather quickly)
So, over to all
drawing a line under it
That was unexpected
um...

MINERAL

Is it man-made?
Is there just one of it?
Is it on earth?
Is it a notable precious stone?
[ImNotJohn] - Yes
[Raak] - Yes
[CdM] - Yes
[Néa] - Nope
An engineering structure?
[Rosie] - I'll say, Yes, pending a clarification of the term "engineering structure"
Is it a building?
Is it bigger than a phone box?
Is it made entirely of metal?
Is it a sculpture?
Does it carry a means of transport?
Does it have a practical use?
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