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 an object that is only carried on particular occasions?

Is it something one would look through?

Is there a particular kind of person (e.g., age, occupation, specialized interest) who is most likely to carry these objects?

Are these objects more likely to be used by a specific gender?

Is there anything written on it?

A box/book of matches?

[R] Not related to particular occasions.
[r] Not for looking through.
[C] Yes! A particular sort of person would deliberately have these.
[B] Not gender-related.
[Q] Yes, there is stuff written on it (using the word "written" rather generally).
[S] Not a book or box of matches.

Is it used in a game?

[rab] Not used in a game.

Do people use these for work?

Is it a form of 'currency'?

Is any part of it edible, potable and/or smokable?

[I] In a sense, some people do use these for work.
[C] *at last, the audience exercise their applause muscles* It is a form of currency!
[Q] You can't eat or drink it, and one wouldn't want to smoke it.

A five euro note?

Is it "sterling"?

Is it a well-known phrase to describe a type of currency ?

and was this currency used in the past?

sorry .... a bit greedy with 2 questions - but I'm orf to bed now, have an early start, etc etc.

[CdM] Not €5.
[rab] Not sterling.
[Chalky] Not a well-known phrase.
[Chalky] I dare say that this form of currency is as old as currency itself.

Change?

Casino chips?

[Rosie] Not change.
[Chalky] Not casino chips.

Is this paper currency?

Beer token? :o)

Is it a voucher of some kind?

From the U S of A?

[Chalky] *cheering* It is paper currency.
[Software] Not a beer token.
[Kim] Not a voucher.
[Bigsmith] Not specifically from the USA.

An IOU?

A pawn ticket?

The thing you get from the dry-cleaners?

[CdM,Chalky,Kim] None of these are what I would call paper currency.
One of the earliest answers may now prove illuminating.

OK - is it a banknote of some kind?

Am intrigued by the 'wood in part' reply [or was that a reference to paper?] Also, the fact that it ranks below the humble toaster

[Chalky] *applause* It's a banknote of some kind. The wood was indeed a reference to paper. *A ripple of anticipation as Chalky seizes on the significant earlier answer.*

Is the monetary value of this banknote insufficient to conduct the purchase of an average price toaster?

[Bigsmith] From one point of view, it could be, from another, it couldn't be enough to buy a toaster.

A promissary note?

[by way of explanation] some bank notes are promissory notes, some are not.

A forged banknote?

Is its use confined to professionals in the world of finance?

A traveller's cheque?

Is it official currency of any nation at the present time?

[G3,R,K,Q] No, because...
[Chalky] It is a forged banknote.
Hands over a wad of fivers all with the same serial number.

Wahay!

Thanks Raak. We seem to be on the same wavelength :-)
[I thought I knew the solution when you replied half an hour after my 'banknote' question. But I did wait for 3 hours.)
Now - we have this:

A N I M A L with a tinge of ABSTRACTINESS

A Cheshire Cat?

A human being who is bigger than a toaster and smaller than a telephone box?

Cézanne?

Is this animal used as a symbol?

A mascot?

[Rosie] cat from cheshire? NO
[CdM] A human being? YES :-)
[Irouléguy] Cézanne? NON
[Raak] Animal as symbol? N-N-NO
[Software] A mascot? NO

A singloe, specific individual?

[Raak] A specific, singly individual YES

A figurehead in some way?

Alive?

[Phil] A figurehead? Not sure what you mean but I'd say NOT
[Irouléguy] Alive? NO

Someone who has given his/her name to an idea?

[Rosie] Given name to an idea? GOOD QUESTION. YES - in a manner of speaking [that's the abstracty bit]

Robin Hood?

artistic connections?

Died in the 20th century?

[Kim] Robin Hood? NO
[INJ} Artistic connections? NO
[Iroulé] Died in 20th century? YES

Is this person noteworthy in regards to religion?

An academic?

[Quendalon] Religion? NO
[Raak] An academic? Of a kind - YES

~~Belgian~~ European?

Sigmund Freud?

[CdM] European? ~~Close~~ YES
[Rosie] Freud? NO

Philosopher?

[Graham III] Philosopher? NO

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