mc5 - AVMA Take 2

(oh, and the animal part is human to some extent, but then again not at all)

A particular (i.e. specific) god?

[Duj] A specific god? YES *audience applause*

Buddah?

In the ancient Greek pantheon?

[Softers] Fat guy? NO
[INJ] Kronos 'n' Co.? NO

Oops. That was me.

Is it one of the hindu gods?

Ganesh?

[GL] Brahma 'n' brigade? NO, and therefore
[CdM] Elephant-Head? NO (smart guess :))

An Egyptian deity?

[Duj] Egyptian? YES

Ra?

Amun?

I think we're nearly there...

[CdM] Ra? NO
[Amun] Amun? NO

Horus?

Osiris?

...and ever closer...

[GL] Horus? NO
[CdM] Osiris? NO

Anubis?

The Day of the Jackal

[Duj] You got it! ANUBIS is the answer on the card. *hands over baton inscribed with weird hieroglyphs*

Accepts in terror the bottom end of the staff.

As I typed my acceptance a flock of cockatoos flew over this my nest. Is it an omen or a red herring?
To be honest I don't know how this will work given my/our time difference. Let me think for a short while, please?

ANIMAL ABSTRACT

Is it a fictional human?

Anything specifically Australian?

Connected with the arts?

[GL] A papier mache man? NO
[Rosie] A beer drinking monotreme? NO
[INJ] Perhaps - but in the sense of which I surmise you ask the question - NO

Don't take the 'perhaps' as a clue. It isn't.

Begins with P?

[Tuj] Err, well, NO

Ladies and gentlemens, this is not going to work. The time difference does indeed put up some sort of barrier.
Perhaps Projoy might nominate a replacement?

Mythical?

Is the animal element human?

[Dujon] Don't give up on it yet. When CdM returns from his travels he'll be in your time zone, and Rosie operates on Hughestime, which is completely different from anyone else. Perhaps Flerdle needs to take a look in as well.

Is the abstract element fictional?

[Dujon] Don't give up. The game's more fun when a number of questions get backed up.

(INJ) I was just going to say the same thing. HMT has come into its own. I'll ask a question when I get back from the pub and Dujon has finished his breakfast.

A single unique thing?

Is this a well known phrase or saying?

All right then.

[Softers] As in feeble minds? NO
[INJ] A bipedal brain? NO
[GL] That, my friend, is a jolly good question. My answer must be that the subject exists but at the same time it doesn't. Therefore I am forced to YES
[Tuj] The one and only? YES
[Chalky] It is well known but it's not, other than by its description, that which you intimate. Ergo NO

Do we seek a single-word answer?

[Tuj] To be brutal and honest - NO

Invented?

I've got to say I'm much better at throwing the odd curveball in than staging an inquisition myself! Maybe I should set my watch to HMT so I know when Rosie's due...

[Tuj] That could well depend on the hours that Rosie's publican keeps combined with the depth of snow and black ice?
Invented? Not in the sense of the wheel, the steam engine or the loom, but invented it is. YES

Specific to a particular country or culture?

Ah, good international weather awareness! I can't imagine Rosie'd think a pub too bad a place to be snowed in.

Is the animal aspect mammalian?

[GL] YES

[Tuj] Sorry, I missed your last. Cultural or otherwise NO

Connected with food?

Something that is significant because of its status?

(e.g.the last mammoth)
I think under the circumstances I can allow myself to stack up questions - normally I'd wait for another intervening one.

Is it closely associated with literature?

[INJ] à la carte? NO
[INJv2] Given the situation I have no objection, ImNotJohn, but it's really up to the other participants.
In the sense that it is unique of its kind (although it has competitors in the fame stakes) YES
*audience is now stirring and seems to be taking a little more interest*
[GL] NO

Is it related to a particular form of media?

Mediation

Ooh heck, you do toss down the odd googly don't you?
In itself I would have to answer NO but in practical sense I would be inclined to YES
In other words the question is a wee bit too loose to pass a definitive judgment.

Was a particular writer responsible for this?

[Projoy] I would refer you to my earlier answer to Gusset Login relative to alphabetical verbiage. So NO

[Projoy] I will relent on my previous comment - but only to the extent that someone named it. To find out who did the deed I would need some more research, but I think that the effort would be pointless.
*The audience has reverted to its (or their) original attitude - heads up and staring at the roof of the auditorium*

Is the animal part of a particular mammalian species?

Is the abstractness because this is imaginary?

Rather than real but not pin-downable.

Does the answer contain more than three words?

Is the answer related to any form of entertainment?

[INJ] A viewpoint? YES
*Lots of movement and a few murmurs in the dress circle*
[GL] Triple plus NO
[INJ] A three ring circus? NO

[Projoy] Sorry, I've done it again.
A part of a mammalian species? NO
CLUE: The animal portion refers to a particular mammal but not to one of its named variations.

Is it a bear?

Is it a star constellation?

Just getting it out of my head.

[Tuj] Ursine? NO
*Every single audience member is now awake*
[Kinrah] Join the dots? NO ... BUT
*The audience has burst into applause, feet are being stamped on floorboards and a collective breath has been taken*.

Sirius?

An asterism?

I think the audience are just trying to keep warm, like the rest of us "up" here.

The Zodiac?

Leo?

Within the solar system?

[I have instructed the audience to 'tone it down a bit'. As you probably know they do tend to become over excited at times]
[Projoy] The dog with a waggly tail? NO
[Rosie] A casually recognised pattern of stars? NO
*The audience though is murmuring and beginning to look expectant*.
[Gusset Login] The ecliptically organised? NO
*Audience reaction was a decently loud ripple of applause.*
[Projoy] The King of the jungle? NO (see the answer to Kinrah above)
[INJ] Within the orbit of Sol? NO

[INJ] Sorry, my answer was looser than my collar. I should have said that it most surely does not orbit Sol, unless you take the sun's influence as the be-all and end-all of the Universe.

A galaxy?

Horsehead Nebula?

[Kinrah] One of the Andromedan look alikes - elliptical, spiral or otherwise? NO
*The audience has settled back but still looks interested*
[Gusset Login]The equine embodiment of bodylessness? YES
Offers a bed, sheets and the subject - plus a stick - to the winner.

OK, my turn I guess, MINERAL with ANIMAL (and possibly abstract) connections.

Human animal?

[Kinrah] YES and NO

Android?

[Software] A dreamer of electric sheep? NO

Begins with P?

Well played, Dujon =)

[Tuj] P...? NO

Relative to palaentology?

Congratulation on the win. To me it seemed like a pretty decent sprint to the finish. :)

Depiction of a living thing in some material?

A rubbing of sorts?

[Dujon] Dinosaur's Uncle? NO.
[Rosie] Depiction of the living? YES, would be the more helpful answer, though not technically the more accurate.
[Dujon II] Rubbing? NO
*The audience members, who helped a lot with the last round, begin to return from the bar and retake their seats*

A tombstone or similar memorial?

In stone?

[CdM] A memorial? YES
[Rosie] Stoned? NO

A unique item?

A statue?

[Tuj] One of a kind? In that there is only one of it, YES.
[Dujon] Statue? YES
*A smattering of applause from the audience*

A statue of a specific dead individual?

The Angel of the North?

[CdM] One Dead Person, Immortalised? YES, but not exclusively (See Kinrah's first question)
[Rosie] t'Angel? NO

An equine statue?

[Projoy] an equestrian statue? YES

Richard the Lionheart?

You know - the one outside parliament.

[INJ] Cœur de Lion? NO, but I do know the one you mean.

In Britain?

[CdM] British? NO

Colleoni statue in Venice?

[Chalky] Water Polo Pony? NO

In the US?

[CdM] Merkin? NO

European?

[INJ] Europe? YES
*The Audience mutter, possibly in anticipation or possibly the bar is running low on spirits again*

Does this reside in the Capitoline Museums (Rome)?

[Dujon] Roman Museums? NO

Is/was the human a monarch?

[INJ] The King/Queen? YES
To clarify an early answer in light of what is now known, I feel I should point out that although the statue is not stone its pedestal may be.

France?

Germany?

[Software] French? NO
[Projoy] German? NO

Greece?

Western Europe?

As defined by the pre-1989 'Iron Curtain'

[Chalky] Greek? NO
[INJ] Capitalist Running Dogs? NJET

Russia?

[Projoy] Russian? YES

Lenin's statue in Red Square?

I Say, Porter!

[Softers] The guy on the horse is not Lenin but I'm not going to name him here 'cos all I've been doing is lurking. It begins with Z.

I Say, Porter!

Erratum. It can't be the Zhukov statue because it would fall foul of the "Monarch" question. The same goes for Lenin, for that matter.

The statue of Peter the Great in St Petersburg?

[INJ] Peter the Great? There's more than one famous statue of Peter the Great in St Petersburg. Which one did you mean?

The Bronze Horseman

The one perched on the great big rock - which Wikipedia tells me is called the 'Thunder Stone'

[INJ] Медный всадник? YES. Well done ImNotJohn, have a batton.

And on we go

This one shouldn't be too hard
ABSTRACT with ANIMAL connections

A depiction of some kind?

[Kinrah] - Depiction? - I think 'NO' is the most useful answer, although for some people the answer might well be different. It could be argued both ways.

A statue?

[Software] Statue? - NO

Is it a fictional character?

[Glogin] Made-up? - YES

Begins with P?

Fictional human?

[Tuj] Pplus - NO *some muttering in the audience*
[CdM] Human? - NO

Female?

[Tuj] Distaff? - NO

Anthropomorphic?

[GLogin] Anthropomorphic? - YES, though there's room for discussion

Cartoon character?

Deceased?

[Chalky] - Cartoon? - YES *considerable muttering in the audience*
[Tuj] - RIP? - NO (or, more strictly, Not Applicable)

Bugs Bunny?

Began as a cartoon?

[Software] Wabbit? - NO
[Projoy] Originally Cartoon? - NO

Originated in the C20?

Homing in on it quickly

[Projoy] So last century? - YES

The Pink Panther?

Began in books?

[Kinrah] Panther? - NO
[Projoy] Originally in books? - YES *audience are beginning to gather up bags, coats etc.*

Winnie the Pooh?

A small long eared mammal?

Didn't think that would take long

We have a winner. Winnie ille Pu it is. I suspect Projoy might have been thinking of him for a couple of guesses.

One hunny-covered baton passed on.

I wasn't, actually. It just so happened that Simon Hoggart's parliamentary sketch on Thursday mentioned a Heffalump trap, so that brought him to mind. Would Pooh also be vegetable? What's he made of?

Anyhoo, here's a VEGETABLE.

edible?

I started off thinking about a Teddy Bear (possibly Aloysius), but the 'what is it made of?' question was a bit of a problem, so Pooh was easier as an abstract.

Harvested?

Living?

Edible?

Round?

Wood?

This obviously doesn't count as stacking questions since CdM's taken over my previous one (unless the initial capital is significant).

[Kinrah] Harvested? *considerable audience laughter* NO
[GL] Alive, alive-o? NO
[CdM] Edible? NO *more audience laughter*
[Tuj] Round? NO *yet more audience laughter*
[INJ] Wood? NO.

An object made of vegetable matter?

Unique?

[Rosie] Object made of veg. matter? YES
[Tuj] One is one and all alone and evermore...? NO

Begins with P?

Since more orthodox questions drew blanks

[Tuj] P, please, Bob? NO, not as the item is expressed on the card

Is it more utilitarian than decorative or artistic?

[Rosie] Utility? Hm. Interesting question. I think YES is the most helpful answer, although the more strictly correct answer is NO.

Is it associated with a particular room?

[Tuj] Its own space? NO, not really.

Culturally specific?

Normally seen outdoors?

[CdM] Specific to a particular culture? YES
[Rosie] Predominantly an outdoor thing? NO

Is it specific to a particular western culture?

A rubber plant?

....American condom factory....

[GL] A particular Western Culture? YES
[Rosie] Rubber? NO

Is the specific Western culture either Icelandic or British?

[CdM] Björk/Boudica? YES

Is it made of wicker?

Can we eliminate Icelandic specificity?

[GL] Wicker, man? NO
[Rosie] Non-Icelandic? YES

Does this involve string?

[Rosie] No strings attached.

Does it involve paper?

[GL] Papery? YES! *applause*

A globular paper lampshade?

The House at Pooh Corner?

(the book, not the abode)

[Rosie] Seventies interior decor nightmare? NO
[CdM] Pooh-ey book? NO

A book?

[GL] Big papery thing tied up with string? (or glue for that matter) NO

Is it likely that any member of the morniverse owns one of these?

[CdM] Morniversal ownership? PRETTY LIKELY. I don't, as it happens.

A periodical publication?

Wallpaper?

[Tuj] Beano? NO
[Soft] Anaglypta? *laughter* NO

primarily decorative?

Does it take the form of a single sheet of paper?

[INJ] Primarily decorative? SEE ABOVE (I said that the most helpful thing is to think of it as functional, but the more strict answer in this particular case might be that it's decorative)
[CdM] A single sheet? YES *applause*

Recap, as there seems to be a generalised torpor...

This "Vegetable" is a single sheet of paper (of which there are many instances), most helpfully described as functional, from Britain.

Is it usually affixed to a wall?

A map or chart of some sort??

Sorry - missed Rosie's previous question.

Christmas card?

[GL] Wall? NO
[INJ] Topographical? NO
[Soft] Xmas card? NO

A doiley?

Does it have words printed on it?

[INJ] Like the Irish Parliament? NO
[Rosie] Words thereon? YES!

Is it something that would be used as advertising?

Beer mat?

I think you still need a couple more deductive questions...

[GL] PR? NO
[Soft] Beer mat? NO

Is it smaller than a credit card?

Is it larger than a bath towel?

[Chalky/GL] It is larger than a credit card and smaller than a bath towel.

Fish & Chip newspaper?

Does one write on this?

Is it a legal document?

[INJ] Newspaper? NO
[Rosie] For writing on? NO
[Tuj] A legal document? YES. *hearty applause mixed in with a couple of questioning murmurs*

The Magna Carta?

Although I doubt it, because checking back I see that Projoy set that before, and I guessed it...

[CdM] My memory is indeed that long and it isn't the Magna Carta :-)

Is there a requirement that it be on display in certain locations?

Related to a specific city?

irach

A "Last Will and Testament"

Hm. Still something you're missing.

[CdM] Mandated display? NO
[Tuj] City-specific? NO
[irach] Give the spoons to Cousin Doris? NO

Is it blank on one side?

Birth Certificate?

[CdM] Blank on either side? NO
[Software] Baby Receipt? NO

Are all the instances identical copies of a single identifiable original?

A certificate of achievement?

[CdM] Copies of a single...? YES, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, AND YET, IMPORTANTLY, NOT QUITE.

[Rosie] Achievement? NO

A certificate of some sort?

[GL] Not a certificate.

A ten shilling note?

Ah ha!!

[CdM] A ten-shilling note? NO *tumultuous applause*

A pound note?

[Rosie] Well carpe'd! The words on the card are: A Series D One Pound Note. Please accept this as your prize money:
Isaac Newton's on the back

*hands rolled up note to Rosie*

Oops. Sorry vincelewis. Here's how it looked...

Oscar accpetance speech

I owe everything to CdM. *breaks down and weeps uncontrollably*.

*Pulls self together* Stop giggling at the back there and announces that the next subject is

ABSTRACT with MINERAL and ANIMAL connections.

Altogether now... a human construct?

Is the animal human?

Is it a fictional location?

e.g. Gotham City, Hogwarts or Moon Base Alpha

(Projoy) - Not in the way we all know and love.
(INJ) Human? - YES, but this connection is not the most important.
(GL) - Fictional location? - NO.

Begins with a P?

Fictional?

Raak

Any sort of entertainment?

(Tuj) - Pinitiation? - NO.
(Projoy) - Fictional - NO.
(Raak) - Entertainment? - NO, not at all.

Connected with the natural world?

An activity?

Science-related?

(Damn! I was almost sure I had that last one right. I probably would have gotten it right, too, if I had remembered that pound notes weren't circulating any more (something that I knew but had not really absorbed , if you see what I mean).)

A single-word answer?

[CdM] Remind me not to ask you for change for a fiver ;)

[CdM] Strictly speaking, there are still RBoS pound notes in legal circulation in the UK, and there are also pound notes in the Channel Islands and probably other places, hence my being forced to choose a specific note series rather than just "a one pound note". I almost went for the Duke of Wellington fiver. I must admit, that last one seemed to go down a wrong turning, but I think I was right to say "yes" to "a legal document".

(INJ) - Mountains, typhoons, worms etc? - YES, partly.
(Projoy) - NOT an activity.
(CdM) - Science-related? - NO, not directly.
(Tuj) - One word? - NO, four times NO.

Does this occur naturally?

(Projoy) - A natural occurrence? - NO.

Do animals make it happen?

(Projoy) - Caused by animals? - Let's say there's a contribution.

Weather or Climate related?