mc5 - AVMA Take 2

A specific title.

I hope Rosie has it.

Raak

An autograph book?

Getting close

[GLogin] Remember: either Animal or Vegetable
[Rosie] The Bible? - YES, *Applause* But you have not yet got the words on the card
[Projoy] A specific Title? - YES
[Raak] Sign here please? - NO

The Authorised King James Version?

A Gutenberg Bible?

A Gideon's Bible?

We have a winner.

Projoy has it - A/The Gutenberg Bible it is. There were about 180 Gutenberg bibles, about 40 printed on vellum and the rest on paper, giving the either/or.

A leather-bound baton passed on to Projoy

Splendid. OK. Here's another. ABSTRACT/ANIMAL

Is the animal element human?

[Kinrah] Animal human? Strictly speaking, NO. *audience laughter and cries of "bad luck!"*

Is it a mythical animal?

CdM

Fictional?

[GL] Mythical? NO
[CdM] Fictional? YES

Best known from Film or TV?

[INJ] Best known from film or TV? NOT SURE. I expect that some would say yes, others no, but no stats available.

(PS. For myself and probably for yourself, the answer would be NO, I suspect.)

Software

The Christmas elf?

[Software] Winterval wellbeing? NO

A character in literature later adapted for the screen?

[INJ] Book > Screen? *much animated whispering in audience* Strictly, NO. *continued animated whispering in audience*

Rosie

Character in a comedy?

[Rosie] Comedy? YES *applause*

CdM

Associated with a particular actor?

[CdM] Particular Actor? Mm. NOT SURE. To me the answer is YES, but it wouldn't be to everyone.

Dujon

Bottom?

Tuj

Begins with P?

[Duj] I beg your par... oh, you mean the series Bottom. NO.
[Tuj] P-led? NO

An animated character? [or have we established this and I'm being a bit thick]

Rosie

Archie Andrews?

[Chalky] Animated? NO
[Rosie] The uneducated one? NO.

CdM

From children's literature?

Were they adapted for the stage before TV or film?

[CdM] Kidlit? NO
[GL] A previous stage? NO

Addendum

[INJ] On further thought, I feel like I should change my answer to your adaptation question. As you phrased the question: "A character in literature later adapted for the screen?" the truthful answer is YES, but this isn't a wholly typical case, so check your assumptions.

From works of Shakespeare?

[Chalks] Bardly? *audience laughter* NO.

Is this more than one character?

Is it related to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?

[Chalky] Multiple? NO
[GL] TLOEG? NO.

Adapted from comics/graphical novels?

Software

Supernatural?

Male?

[INJ] Graphic? NO
[Softers] Supernatural? NO, at least not in the conventional sense.
[Chalky] Male? YES].

In a radio programme?

[INJ] Radio? YES *tumultuous applause*

Won't have 2 guesses in a row, but I think we're close

Well - your addendum helped

Slartibartfast?

From HHGTTG?

Marvin?

[GL] He said it wasn't important? NO
[INJ] H2G2? YES *applause*
[Software] Brain the size...? NO

Ford Prefect?

Zaphod Beeblebrox?

Freow.

[Kinrah] You have hit the subject on one of its two heads! It was ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX, indeed. As you can see, my confusion over the adaptation question arose because of course, while the screen versions followed the book version chronologically, they didn't do so adaptationally, as it were. Plus of course, the character didn't originate in the books.

Over to you, Kinrah. *Hands over a perspex baton shaped like a cricket stump, just before there is the sound of a million billion people saying "Wop"*

I was trying to weigh up whether to go for Zaphod or the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster (which has the potential to be part animal), even though I have just realised [Tuj] ruled that out with his 'P' question. Whee. Now, let's see if I can get the formatting right with
ABSTRACT/ANIMAL connections
This shouldn't be too difficult.

Tuj

Begins with a P?

Glad to see my usual question served a small purpose, Kinrah!

Is it a fictional person?

Rudolf The Red Nose Reindeer - the song?

*correction* RudolPH The Red NoseD Reindeer - the song?

[Tuj] P-aff? *audience laugh... then applause* YES
[GL] Imaginary? NO
[Chalky] Lyric of an oddly coloured creature? NO