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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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Male?
[Dujon - Is this a character loosely based on a real person?] Not a character but yes, based on reality. [Rosie - Male?] Yes.
Is the novel more than 50 years old?
[Rosie - Is the novel more than 50 years old?] No.
Anything to do with the Harry Potter stories
[Rosie - Anything to do with the Harry Potter stories] No.
Not something from Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, then?
Is this a real person who makes an appearance in a work of fiction?
No, not HGTTG.
[CdM - Is this a real person who makes an appearance in a work of fiction?] This is a representation of a man that makes an appearance in a work of fiction; and figures prominently in that work of fiction.
A physical representation, like a portrait or a statue?
Raak! YES........................which one?
Is the person represented alive?
tough question. I suppose not, in a way, yes. Sorry, that's a matter of interpretation. The exact person dead, but could probably find others like that one now alive.
Is there just one of the physical representation?
Is the person the holder of some official position?
Any religious connotations?
Raak - there is just one original of this representation. Rosie - No indication that the person is the holder of any official position. Darren - There are no religious connotations to the person or the representation - apparently.
Is this best known as a painting?
Is it some sort of "modern art"?
Is the person anonymous?
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?
Is it in Britain?
The Angel of the North?
[CdM] - No
[Raak] - Yes (Audience, titters)
[Tuj] - No
[Dazed5] No
[Rosie] - Yes (applause)
[Darren] - Yes
[Inkspot] - Yes
[ImNotJohn] No
Is it either the London Underground in general, or Mornington Crescent in particular?
Obvious, I know, but someone has to ask.
The inside of the Tardis?
Or rather, just the Tardis?
[CdM] - (Much Applause) No and No.
[Raak] - No
[Raak] - No
Is it the Northern Line?
[CdM] - YES! Well done. Over to you
And once again I sneak in on someone else's coattails, as it were. OK, this one is
ABSTRACT
Is it in a fictional work?
Is it an emotion?
In fictional work? No.
Emotion? No.
A religion?
Religion? No.
A human construct?
Human construct? Yes.
Is it a form of entertainment?
Form of entertainment? smattering of applause. No, but it has a connection to a form of entertainment.
Is it audible?
Audible? No.
Samantha?
Samantha? No.
Is it connected to something competitive?
Connected to something competitive? Yes. The competitive aspect is perhaps not hugely important, though.
Is it a game of Mornington Crescent?
The Laser Display Board?
A bifurcation?
Points?
Ignore my last effort, which is not even abstract were it to actually exist.
Game of MC? No. substantial applause from audience
Abstract Display Board? No. (actually, I would have thought the LDB was very definitely abstract)
Bifurcation? 1. No. 2. Yes. Congratulations! You won on the second strand! Unfortunately you still need to get the answer on the original strand.
Points? No.
The rules of Mornington Crescent?
Rules of MC? No.
Is it a technical term in MC (such as knip)?
Knip (or some such)? Kno. (The audience is now concerned that it applauded too hard after Botherer's question.)
Is it game other than MC played in the Morniverse?
Morniverse game other than MC? No. loud applause from audience
Is it the Morniverse?
ISIHAC?
ISIHAC? No.
Morniverse? No.
Mornington Crescent?
MC? No. (a rather confused response from the audience; a few people applauding enthusiastically but most remaining silent)
Connected with a pastime or form of entertainment not in the Morniverse?
(Three questions for the price of one!)
Connected with Non-morniverse entertainment? Yes (but I doubt if that is particularly helpful).
A Tim-Tam slam?
Tim-tam slam? No. I'd keep focusing on the morniverse, if I were you.
mc5?
mc^5? No. (some applause)
Orange?
Orange? No. (stony silence from the audience)
A winning move?
A pilgrimage?
A winning move? Yes, but that is not sufficient. (loud and sustained applause from audience)
A pilgrimage? No.
*The* winning move?
A lurker's victory in a game of MC?
The final move of the MC^5 long game?
The winning move? No.
Lurker's victory? No.
End of the long game? No.
hmmmmmm...
actually, you might be very very close with *the* winning move, but I need a clarification...
A cry of "Mornington Crescent"?
The final move of a game of MC?
The first move of a game of Reverse MC?
No, no, and no ... you weren't quite as close as I thought you might be. :-)
That's lucky, it's time someone else got a chance to set one.
The winner?
Do eeither of the words 'mornington' or 'crescent' appear in the answer?
The winner? No.
M or C? No.
Is the answer the winning move of a game?
Is the answer the winning move of a game? Yes. (ushers are moving among the audience to try to get them to be quiet, and the riot police are starting to look nervous)
Baker Street?
(cconnection to another form of entertainment - but then again it wasn't supposed to appear in a fictional work)
Baker Street? No. (I said that the other form of entertainment might not be helpful. I simply meant that the form of entertainment in question exists outside the morniverse as well as inside it.)
is it theMC5 Audience when it *shouts, screams and generally goes wild for someone*?
Stora Mossen?
I never met a winning move I didn't like
MC5 audience? No.
Stora Mossen? No.
You're running out of time today, folks; it's gone 11pm here...
Is the answer the name of a station?
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