mc5 - AVMA Take 2

A burger?

Is it a predator?

Is this one object?

[JJ] Not a mad cow.
[S] Not a burger.
[GIII] Not a predator.
[R] The answer is in the singular, but it's not a specific individual. (E.g. "A window-cleaner", rather than "The Eiffel Tower".)

Clothing?

[INJ] Not clothing.

This thing has Abstract connections as well.

Is the animal part a by-product?

[P] There are no byproducts, only products other than the one you were trying to make.

JJ

A Damien Hirst?

[JJ] Sharks in formaldehyde? No.

Is it a construction/building?

Trying to clear the fog.

Is it larger than a toaster?

[S] Not a construction or building.
[P] Yes! Bigger than a toaster.

But is it art?

[GIII] *applause* Yes! It is (associated with) art!

Used in the display of a work of art?

JJ

Some kind of pigment?

[R] Not an easel, picture rail, plinth, gallery, web site, or object of like nature.
[JJ] Not a pigment.
I am taking "art" in the general sense, not just pictures.

Larger than a phonebox?

[P] Not larger than a phonebox.

Animal part human?

[S] Not human. (Herbivore, remember.)

Is the animal part, leather?

[INJ] *applause* The audience were getting desperate for something to applaud. The animal part is leather.

An armchair?

Does its shape resemble a lamina (i.e., does it have immaterial depth)

A saddle (the vegetable part being wood)

[S] Not an armchair, however artistically made.
[GIII] Not laminate.
[i] (a) Not a saddle. (b) Yes! The vegetable part is wood.

Specific to a certain culture?

A gaucho's bolas?

Elephant's foot umbrella stand?

[CdM] Yes, specific to a certain culture.
[i] Not a bolas.
[INJ] Not an EFUS.

A drum of some kind?

Does it have any stuffing?

[CdM] *APPLAUSE* It is a drum of some kind.
[GIII] No stuffing.
I'll be away and offline for the weekend from mid-afternoon on Friday, so you'd better get it solved by then.

A Lambeg Drum?

A tabla?

[R] Not a Lambeg.
[GIII] Not a tabla.

A bodhran?

Asian?

[INJ] Not a bodhran.
[GIII] Yes, Asian.

dhol?

[P] Not a dhol.

Would this be more likely to be found in the Asian sub-continent than in Asia proper?

A mridangam?

[D] I'm not sure what distinction you're drawing there. Asia.
[i] Not a mridangam.

Primarily Chinese?

[INJ] Not Chinese.

A Taiko drum?

[GIII] *the audience burst into a 3-hour Miyake improvisation* You have hit the drum on the head! One bachi passed to the winner.

Huzzah!

Right, I'll try to be as responsive as I can, but may only be able to answer on a daily basis some of the time. We'll keep it reasonably easy (I hope).

ABSTRACT

Human construct?

A manifestation of the physical world?

[CdM] Made up by humans? YES
[Rosie] Not 100% sure I get your meaning, but I'm fairly confident the answer is NO.

Related to a specific culture?

linguistic connections?

[Software] Cultural? NO
[INJ] Except insofar that the answer is formed of word(s), NO.

A philosophy?

(G III) (First question) - I meant something like heat, cold, humidity etc.

[Rosie] Thanks for the clarification. Still NO then.

[Rosie] A philosophy? NO

Begins with a P?

Related to emotions?

[Tuj] P'ed? NO
[INJ] Audience oohs and whispers. Emotional? NO, not directly.

An intellectual process?

[Rosie] A process? NO

To do with music?

Associated with a specific time period or place?

[Software] Laaa! NO
[INJ] In general, NO, but to some people, probably YES.

artistic connections?

To do with belief?

[INJ] But is it art? NO
[Software] A believer? Good question. NO

Some form of memory?

A single word answer?

Nostalgia?

[Rosie] A memory? NO
[Tuj] Just one word? YES! *some applause and general relief*
[Dujon] Vera Lynn? NO.

An action?

Connected to this game?

[INJ] Action? NO
[Tuj] Connected thinking? NOT DIRECTLY
may be time for a clue soon.

Intelligence, in some form?

Dreaming?

[Rosie] Intelligentsia? NO, but not unrelated
[Software] Nocturnal activity? *healthy applause*: NO

Some form of wish?

[Rosie] Wishful thinking? NO

An idea?

Daydream?

[Tuj] Idea? YES, in a way
[Software] Daydream? NO, wrong direction I'm afraid.

Insomnia

Reality?

Nightmare?

[INJ] Wakefulness? NO
[Rosie] Reality? NO
[Software] Mare? NO
some lateral thinking required.

Anything to do with sex?

The mind?

[Rosie] Something to do with sex? YES make of that what you will
[Tuj] The mind? NO, (and yes but that's less helpful).

A result of sexual activity?

I'm going to sleep.

Necessarily to do with reproduction?

A fantasy?

Fictional?

Hmm, along rather the wrong lines at the moment.

[Rosie] Afterglow? NO
[Projoy] Necessary? DEPENDS ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW. For most people, NO
[Software] Fantastical? NO
[Tuj] A fiction? DEPENDS ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW ;-)

A sexual activity?

[Projoy] Sexual activity? NO

To do with sex in the sense of "gender"?

[Projoy] Gender specific

Clue (but not really). Think about dreams (healthy applause but not the right answer) and being to do with sex.

An imaginary thing?

related to a man's world?

[Projoy] Imaginary? I think we can safely say YES
[Dujon] Manly? Not specifically.

An ideal?

[Software] Ideal? NO

A fantasy?

[Rosie] I refer you to an earlier answer. NO.

Think about dreams. Someone else did...

To do with being female?

Actually, scrub that. Is it connected with the subconscious?

[Projoy] Subconscious? *audience applause* YES!

The id?

The superego?

[CdM] Let's not just rush in with a random guess.

Subliminal?

[Software] Sublime? NO
[Projoy] Superlative self? NO
[CdM] Id? *Audience gasps with the audacious guess, then rapturous applause* YES! The word on the card was Id. One baton winging its way over to CdM...

The line maker

A bit of a lurker's victory, I'm afraid. So I'll atone with a nice easy VEGETABLE.

Is this a LARGE vegetable? ;)

Large? It is neither large nor otherwise.

Edible?

Grass?

Edible? Yes.
Grass No.

*coff* Begins with a P?

Got a feeling it will =)

Is it a vegetable?

Begins with a P? Absolutely not.
A vegetable? No.

A collective noun, e.g. blossom?

Collective noun? No.

Is it man-made?

[CdM] Burst my bubble, eh?

Man-made? I'm not sure one would usually use that term, but the answer is Yes in the sense that it is processed.

Potato crisps/chips?

Chrisps? No.

Canned?

Tofu?

Canned? Can be, but not usually.
Tofu? No.

Is this comprised of a type of tuber?

Kinrah

Can it be fed to animals?

Just need to get that out of my head.

Tuberous? No.
Fed to animals? Um, I don't see any reason why it couldn't be, although perhaps there is something I don't know about animal digestion that would preclude it. I don't think it is fed to animals on any kind of established or regular basis. On the other hand, googling around to investigate that question, I discovered that -- to my surprise -- I should have labeled this "VEGETABLE AND SOMETIMES ANIMAL".

Is it an ingredient in something that is consumed by humans?

Does it consist of multiple small elements?

e.g. Muesli

Some form of oil?

Ingredient? Sometimes, yes.
Mueslish? No.
Oil? No.

Is it something extracted from a plant (or sometimes animal)?

Extracted from a plant? Yes. *applause* (Extracted from an animal? No.)

As a small clue, the "sometimes animal" is not an avenue that you will find worth pursuing. I did not know of the animal connection and would be amazed if anyone here did.

Is it a liquid?

Liquid? Yes.

Fruit smoothie?

Smoothie? No.

Is it a brand name?

Does it have therapeutic qualities?

A syrup (e.g. corn or maple?)

An essential oil (i.e. perfume)?

Does it come in a variety of flavours?

Cutting to the chase

The words on the card are Maple Syrup, and so I will pass a fine hand-carved maplewood baton to irach. Apparently, manufacturers sometimes use a tiny amount of lard (or other animal or vegetable fat) to reduce foaming while boiling the maple sap. So your maple syrup may in fact contain about 0.003% lard. Vegetarians take note.

Lard-dee-dah!!

This one is Mostly MINERAL with possibly abstract connections

Mostly metal?

Does one wear it?

Man made?

Begins with P?

[CdM] Not metal
[Raak] Not worn.
[Software] Not man-made
[Tuj] No "P" involved.

Mostly stone?

[CdM] Not mostly stone.

Does it currently exist?

A terrestial object or phenomenon?

[Tuj] Does currently exist.
[Dujon] Yes , a terrestrial object; many may also describe it as phenomenal.

Mostly harmless?

[CdM] Hmmmm... yes, for the vast majority of people it is, and has been harmless.

Is it unique?

Bigger than Wales?

Mostly water?

[Tuj] Unique? Certainly.
[Raak]Not bigger than Wales
[CdM] Mostly water? Yes!!!

Is it a lake?

The Ganges?

[Raak] Not a lake.
[Dujon] Not the Ganges.

Mostly freshwater?

Is the water liquid?

[CdM] Freshwater.
[Raak] Almost always liquid. In rare instances has been known not to be.

In a single country?

Niagara Falls?

[Tuj] Two nations.
[CdM] Yes.... Niagara Falls it is... the falls froze over completely in 1911...An icicle baton is handed off to you...

Line Maker

Me again? OK, a nice easy ANIMAL this time.

Human?

Human? No.

Dead?

Dead? Um. Well, I think the correct answer is that it was never really alive. Which might make you wonder if it is actually animal at all -- and I admit that I have had to think hard about that. My conclusion is that it *is* animal, though I could see someone making the case that it is vegetable. And still never really living. Or not exactly. Confused? So am I, despite the fact that it really is a simple AVMA topic.

Smaller than a pinhead?

Begins with a P?

Edible?

Fictional?

A Snark, as in the Lewis Carroll poem (Boojum or not)?

Insufficient room for angels? It is of no specific size, but it is not smaller than a pinhead?
Begins with P? No.
Edible? Yes. *some audience chuckling at the juxtaposition of the last two questions*
Fictional? No.
Snarky? No.

Is it unique?

A mineral, despite the classification?

Of marine origin?

Limestone?

Unique? No. (actually, not really a relevant question)
Mineral? No.
Marinal? No.
Limestone? No.

A brain?

Chalky

A fossil?

Brain? No. (I don't think there would be any ambiguity there.)
Fossil? No. (Not mineral.)

Yeast?

Yeast? No.

Insect like?

liquid?

Insect-like? No (but some *applause*)
Liquid? Usually, yes.

Royal Jelly?

Sorry to ask 2 in a row, but it's a long time between them.

An oil?

Royal jelly? No, but *loud applause*.
Oil? No.

Honey?

Kinrah

Tree sap?

Honey is correct. Is honey more like milk (surely animal), or regurgitated carrots (probably stlll vegetable)? I think the answer is milk, but I'm not sure. *hands somewhat sticky baton to Raak*

The next is MINERAL and ANIMAL, with ABSTRACT connections.

Water off a duck's back?

[i] Not water off (or on) a duck's back.

Is the mineral component metal?

Rats! I was hesitating between Honey & Royal Jelly and decided that I would have put honey as more vegetable-ish.

Human animal?

{S} Not human.

Exceeding dimensional equivalence with a domestic bread grilling machine?

And my metal question?

[INJ] Oops, yes, mostly metal. Bigger than a toaster.

Animal leather?

Is it unique?

Any artistic connections?

[R] Not leather.
[T] Not unique.
[INJ] Yes, artistic, broadly understood.

Movable?

[S] Erm....yes, movable.

Associated with film or television?

Found in the home?

[INJ] applause! Associated with film or television.
[R] laughter! Not found in the home.

Begins with a P?

[T] Does not begin with a P. Bonus answer: there is not a single P on the card.

[Raak] Have you checked on the back as well?

[CdM] It's a Möbius card.

Associated with the *creation* of film or TV content?

[Raak] Ah, ok. Have you checked the edge?

A dalek?

[INJ] Not a dalek.

Pinewood studios

[S] Not a film director's tree hut.

[CdM] Associated with the creation of film or TV content? Like, equipment, screenplays, production crew, etc? No.

TV?

(Rather than film)

[INJ] Yes, TV rather than film.

Dr. Who's Tardis phone booth?

[i] Bigger inside than out? No.

A location or set?

[R] Not a location or set.

Associated with a specific TV programme?

Associated with Star Trek?

[Tuj] Yes, associated with a specific TV programme.
[P] Boldly going? No.

Kinrah

Associated with a children's TV programme?

[K] Not children's TV.

British TV?

[CdM] Not children's TV.

[CdM] Ahem. Yes, British TV.

Red Dwarf?

[S] Not Red Dwarf.

TV drama?

[K] Not TV drama.

Is the animal a character in the TV show (such as Skippy the Wonder Horse)?

[CdM] Not a character.

Comedy?

[S] Yes, comedy.

Monty Python?

[S] *applause* It is Monty Python!

That is, it is from Monty Python. Still a way to go.

The University of Wallamaloo?

Bibo ergo sum.

A Norwegian Blue in a cage?

[R] Not UW.
[CdM] Not pining for the fjords.

Dead bird and cage in the " Dead Parrot" skit?

[i] CdM just asked that.

Does it feature in one of their films?

[GIII] It doesn't feature in any of their feature films, but I couldn't swear that it's not in things like The Secret Policeman's Ball.