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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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?

name of a station? No.

Boardo!?

sorry CdM - are we keeping you up? :-)

Boardo? No. And no you are not -- I have been working up to now. But you are probably going to have to wait until tomorrow, now...

The Last Line Of A Limerick?

Checkmate?

Limerick?
Said Gertrude, that master of prose
"A rose is a rose is a rose"
There's wisdom, you see
In tautology:
An answer's an answer, I s'pose.

Checkmate? No.

The end of this game?

Is it a punchline?

[Raak] I think that is close enough!
The answer to this round of AVMA is "the answer to this round of AVMA". Over to you

After that rarefied flight of circular fancy, a very down to earth MINERAL.

Is it man-made?

Is it found on Earth?

[GL] Yes.
[all] Yes.

Is it a building?

[Néa] No.

Are there many of these?

Is it bigger than a bread box?

[Rosie] No. (But there are more than one.)
[all] Yes. (All of them are. Each of them is.)

Does it move?

[INJ] No. At least, they're not supposed to.

Are it made of stone?

Are they to be found in Britain?

[all] Um...no.
[GL] Yes.

That's all for today, I'm off shortly to a concert at the Aldeburgh Festival.

Were they all made after 1900?

I hope you enjoyed your evening the programme, not that I am in the least bit jealous.

Are these objects identical, more or less?

Would these consist of a soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone?

[Inkspot] Yes. (The Orlando Consort, giving a concert of Baroque recreational depression -- Tallis, Purcell, Tomkins, etc. There was a BBC OB van there, so it might get broadcast at some point, but of course, that's nothing like being there.)
[Rosie] They're similar.
[Dujon] Soft? No.

Are they composed entirely of a single substance?

[INJ] They are known for it!

Is the substance liquid?

[INJ] No.

Does the name of the substance appear in the answer?

[GL] Yes.

Is the substance iron?

Is it made to be decorative?

Are they all in the same city or town?

A brick outhouse?

[GL] No.
[Inkspot] Yes.
[Darren] Yes.
[INJ] No.

The Crown Jewels?

Concrete cows?

[Rosie] No.
[GL] YES! The Concrete Cows of Milton Keynes.

(Gusset Login) Coo-oo!

[Gusset Login) Coo-ee!

Sorry, I was away for a few days

I assumed I had it wrong. um...

Vegetable

A potato?

[Raak] - No

Is it edible?

[Darren] - Yes, or part of it is

Is it processed?

Can you buy it in a typical U.K. supermarket?

[Darren] - No.
[Raak] - No

Does it grow wild in the U.K.?

[Raak] - Yes

Is the edible part of it a fruit?

Is it a nettle?

Is it later processed into a product?

Is it a magic mushroom?

[Kim] - No
[CdM] - No
[Rosie] - Yes
[rab] - No.

Is it rhubarb?

Is it nicer with custard?

Is it a type of grain?

Is the edible bit green?

Dandelion and Burdoch?

Is it a mustard seed?

[Darren] - No
[Irouléguy] - No
[Raak] - No
[Tuj] - The websites I've checked are undecided about the green bit being edible.
[Dujon] - No
[CdM] - No

Hops?

Would you (well, not necessarily you personally) ever eat the edible bit in its unprocessed form?

[Chalky] - No
[CdM] - Yes

It might be worth clarifying that most products produced from it are not intended to be edible

Are those products flowers?

Oil See Rape?

or perhaps Linseed?

[Irouléguy] - No
[Chalky] - No (nor Oilseed Rape)
[Chalky] - No

Are the products produced from it mostly liquid?

Is it a tree?

[Darren] - No
[Rosie] - Yes

Is the edible part a nut?

[Darren] - No

Is the product produced from it decorative?

Is the non-edible product timber?

[Darren] - That depends, can you think of any decorative uses for wood?
[Raak] - Yes

Is the answer a particular tree (such as a maple tree, for example)?

Are we looking for the final product?

[CdM] - Yes
[Darren] - No, it's a tree

So we are looking for a tree that grows wild in Britain and which has an edible part that is not a leaf or a fruit or a nut or a blossom...

A pine tree?

Licorice?

If I'm right, someone else needs to carry the torch...

The mighty oak?

My "other" computer is an Acorn but I've never eaten one.

Is the edible bit a vegetable?

[CdM] - Good summary, But you forgot to mention that the edible part can be eaten raw and it is mainly used for non-edible products.

[Raak] - No
[Botherer] - No
[Rosie] - No
[Irouléguy] - No, the whole thing is a tree.

Willow

The bark is edible in small quantities but is mostly used for medicinal ones

[ImNotJohn] - No, but you're thinking along the right lines

Is the edible part the sap?

Alder?

[Raak] - Yes, but also the bark.
[Inkspot] - No

Is it from the salicaceae family of trees?

[Inkspot] - No

Family Fagaceae?

Jesuit's bark aka cinchona?

[Darren] - No
[Irouléguy] - I've never heard quinine bark called that before... No

Would a clue be useful at this point?

WE will ask the questions, Mr Login. Er, yes please. :-)

Very well.

It's a conifer and easy to recognise from a distance.

The Larch?

[Darren] - YES! Well done, it would have been easier if no one had asked about it being edible, which it is, apparently.

Ah, but it's the unexpected questions that can produce misleading answers which are so much fun!

So, this one is primarily VEGETABLE but I wouldn't be surprised if MINERAL or indeed ANIMAL could be involved in some cases.

Stovold's Mornington Crescent Almanac 2002 ?

Is the vegetable still alive?

[Chalky] I can see your reasoning, but no.
[Gusset Login] No.

Is it man-made?

Austrian wine?

GL] I know the name from the Patrick O'Brian 'Master and commander' books.

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