mc5 - AVMA Take 2

s/us/is

Is this associated with a particular part of the world?

Does it at ground level?

Is the abstractness anything to do with literature?

[Irouléguy] Yes. *applause*
[Inkspot] Does it what at ground level?
[Raak] No - not a human creation.

Projoy

The global conveyer

(it is associated with a particular part of the world, albeit a very large part)

Is it seasonal?

[rab]That's what happens from simulposting the same thing then trying to think of something else, all before the first cup of tea of the morning.

Is it in the northern hemisphere?

El Niño?

The monsoon?

[Raak] Certainly associated with the northern hemisphere, but not sure if it's confined to it.

[Rosie] I wouldn't be that pedantic (see CdM's last guess).

[Ir] Nope.

The doldrums?

Is it a specific named wind like the monsoon?

Trade Winds?

Chalky

Trans-Atlantic Drift?

Low Bailey 986 expected South Utsire 971 by this time tomorrow?

Is the wind associated with this phenomenon always from a particular direction, more or less?

(rab) Sorry, didn't see CdM's El Nino. I'm sure he pronounced it right, though.

[Inkspot] Not the doldrums.
[Irouléguy] The least misleading answer is probably 'no'. I'll elucidate further later if need be.
[irach] Not trade winds.
[Chalky] Nor a Trans-Atlantic Drift, although one or two audience members have woken up.
[Rosie] Low Bailey... 'fraid not.
[Rosie] Again not sure, but with 95% certainty I would say YES!

(that last to Rosie's direction question, and a different one-or-two audience members are starting to look agitated)

Does the answer on the card contain a geographical reference?

[Rab] You didn't answer a couple of earlier questions - 'Is it seasonal?' and 'The global conveyor?'

[ImNotJohn] YES! *applause*
Whoops - seasonal yeah, global conveyor no.

The Azores High?

Nope.

Equinoctial gales?

The Gulf Stream?

[Rosie, Raak] No.

Is it a hot desert wind of North Africa?

[irach] *Considerable peals of laughter, hooting, rolling about and slapping of thighs from the audience* No.

Okay, then. Is it an Arctic Express wind blast?t

That's good enough for me - it was Arctic Blast that was on the card.

This one is ANIMAL and VEGETABLE with a dash of MINERAL as well.

A tequila shot?

[Raak] After the day I've had, I wish it was a tequila shot. But 'no" is the answer to your "shot in the dark".

Is it something you eat or drink?

Lib

Is it larger than a washing machine? (an average sized british one).

[Iroleguy] Yes.

[Lib] No.

Is it a sandwich?

Smoky bacon crsisps?

Does fluid account for more than 50% of its volume?

[Kim] Not generally a "sandwich", although in one incarnation it may be so.
[Raak] Yummy!! But no.
[rab] This one is a little tricky... It is made up mostly of fluids, but it shouldn't be fluid when bought, or presented for consumption

CdM

Is rab's question easier to answer if you leave it at room temperature for a while?

[CdM] It cerainly is, in the affirmative.

Is Ice Cream involved?

[rab] Yes! "Ice cream" are the exact words on the card. (although at minus 17 degrees Celsius room tempaerature, and a minus 30 degree windchill here in suburban Boston, I'm not sure I want any just now. Over to you.

Whoops

Sorry, it's me again. MINERAL

Man-made?

Metallic?

[Rosie] No.

[irach] No.

A geographical feature?

Liquid?

Is there just one of these?

[Rosie] No.
[Raak] No.
[Irouléguy] It describes a class of things.

Is the mineral rock?

A geological term?

[irach] No.
[Rosie] No.

plastic?

Terrestrial?

IINJ] No.
[irach] No.

Sea salt?

Metal?

Chalky

Is this found in the atmosphere?

Asteroids?

[irach] No.
[Raak] No.
[Chalky] Possibly (and that goes for terrestrial too, actually).
[Rosie] No.

A gas?

[Rosie] More gassy than anything else I would have thought.

To do with volcanoes?

A "greenhouse" gas?

A plasma, e.g. on the sun?

[Raak] No
[irach] No
[Rosie] No - but getting warmer (and not because you mentioned the sun).

Cosmic rays>

The solar wind?

Still mentioning the sun. :-)

Aurora borealis?

[Raak] I don't think cosmic rays are completely disconnected from what's written on the card.
[Rosie] Nope.
[irach] No.

Is it found in interstellar space?

[Raak] I believe so.

Is it found within our solar system?

Hydrogen?

[Inkspot] It might be.
[Rosie] No.

Is it made of subatomic particles (not assembled into nuclei)?

A particular element?

[Raak] Probably, yes.
[Irouléguy] No.

Dark matter?

If that isn't the answer, it should be.

YES! - Dark Matter it is.

Coo - I got a science one. OK, our next is quite different - ANIMAL and VEGETABLE (and ABSTRACT insofaras the answer's a concept, rather than a straighforward description).

Edible?

Raak] Edible? Yes

Meat and potatoes?

A particular dish?

A vegetarian diet?

Associated with a particular geographic area?

A Stew?

Raak] Meat and potatoes? Both could be included
Darren - A particular dish? Ye..es
Rosie - A vegetarian diet? *laughter rings round the audience* No
ImNotJohn - Associated with a particular geographic area? *applause* YES
irach - A Stew? No

A soup?

Is it a recipe?

A Cornish pasty?

Is the name of the geographic area on the card?

Somewhere in the UK?

Darren

Some sort of curry?

irach] A soup? No
Kim] Is it a recipe? No
Raak] A Cornish pasty? No
ImNotJohn] Is the name of the geographic area on the card? A derivative of the name is.
rab] Somewhere in the UK? *applause* Yes
Darren] Some sort of curry? Naan

England?

Scotch broth?

That was gonna be my next guess...

Fish pie?

rab] England? *applause* Yes
Raak - Scotch broth? Nae chance
Inkspot - Fish pie? No