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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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?

[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.

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?

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