mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Does this have a small relation to everything?

Activity? No, but it has activities
Small relationship to everything? Not quite, but is related to a lot of things.

Is this a human creation?

Human Creation? Yes

One particular country/nation

One Country/Nation? No.

So to summarise...

Not: a sport, a recipe, butchery, a specific human, a quadruped, fashion, an activity, a phrase or saying, something everyone does, an award, something done with meat/veg, a licence, a type of behaviour, science-related, games, a ritual, a dictionary, an activity (but it has them), a country.
Connections to: humans, food.
Minor connections to: non-human animals, the arts, sports, severe medical conditions, a lot of things.
Is: a human creation.

We haven't got very far, have we?

Related to a belief system?

Always the problem with Abstract - You need to get a category or a link to something physical before you can begin to make proper progress. I generally try to avoid setting Abstracts for those reasons.

Related to a belief system? This is NOT linked to a belief system in any way.

Time for a hint, methinks...

This is multinational, and part of a major convention.

To do with climate change?

Carbon trading?

Global warming? No
Carbon Trading? No

To do with military matters?

irach

An international banking connection?

Military? Not connected to the military, but may become involved in military matters.
International Banking? No

To do with medicine?

Medicine? Has something to do with medicine, but not solely with medicine.

Dujon

Is the answer based on a televison/film series?

TV/Film? No

Anything to do with the law?

To do with the Law? Sort of. it is specifically protected by it.

A human right or rights?

Human right? No, but it does help to protect them.

Does this have a specific United Nations connection?

Specific UN connection? Not really, but I'm sure there will be some connections... It's sort of a grey area. Sorry I can't be more helpful on that one.

OK then ... does this have a specific connection to some other international organisation (e.g., World Bank, World Trade Organisation, World Health Organisation, International Monetary Fund, etc....)?

Connected to a big international organisation? YES
*Audience Awakens*

Does it have to do with the law?

Oops, was just asked.

Does it have to do with humanitarian action?

Humanitarian? Yes.
*Audience look expectant*

The Red Cross?

Red Cross? Yes
*Audience Screams and goes wild*
It was indeed the Red Cross. I therefore hand you over a red, cross-shaped baton.

Phew. Ok, here's a concrete ANIMAL and VEGETABLE. Oh, and ABSTRACT as well.

A statue of a gorilla eating a banana?

Human animal?

[Projoy] Like this?
[FGZ*] Odd that it took us so long to get something eminently guessable. As INJ said, abstracts can just be very hard to get a handle on. As a minor quibble, if it was "NOT linked to a belief system in any way", we probably wouldn't also have the Red Crescent.

Can it be found in Milton Keynes?

Can anything be found in Milton Keynes? Sorry to be so flippant.

[Projoy] Oooh, close, but...no, nothing like.
[Rosie] Surely, if one waits in Milton Keynes, all the world shall eventually pass by one's front door. Yes! This can be found in Milton Keynes!

[CdM] Not a human animal.

Should the word "concrete" be taken literally?

(Raak) Is MK the new Crewe Station?

No, concrete would be MINERAL.

Musical?

[CdM] I suppose, but as a symbol it is not related to any religion, although there was some speculation by other religions which caused the red crescent and red crystal to come into existence.

[FGZ*] Not musical.

Tuj

Begins with a P?

[Rosie] ...what do they say about Crewe Station?

[Tuj] Does not begin with a P.

jim

Connected with agriculture?

[Tuj] Dunno. Perhaps they pronounce its name as if it began with a P.

[jim] Agro? Not really.

Connected to Architecture?

Is it man-made?

(Tuj) It is said that if you stand on Crewe Station you will see, either on the platform or through the window of a train, and within a reasonable length of time, the entire population of Britain, not to say the whole world.

[F] No connection to architecture.
[R] Is man-made.

Tuj

Is it unique?

[Rosie] Thanks! Would've been nice to know when I went there every few weeks a few years ago... but at least that proves I could have been seen there, I guess

[Tuj] Not unique.

Vegetable wood?

[Rosie] Not wood.

Edible?

[CdM} Yes, edible.

Commonly eaten?

[CdM] Commonly eaten.

Eaten raw?

[Software] Not eaten raw.

jim

A confectionary item of some sort?

[jim] I don't think this is classed as confectionary. Or confectionery.

Does it taste sweet?

[CdM re: gorilla] "the recipient will simply love it to pieces." Are they using "love" as a euphemism for "smash"?

A dish?

(I mean as in 'Fish and Chips', not as in a nice piece of Samian Ware)

[Projoy] * a ripple of polite applause* It is sweet.
[INJ] Not a dish.

jim

Honey?

A raspberry ripple of polite applause?

[jim] Not honey (being neither cooked, nor -- apart from the occasional stray bee leg -- animal).
[CdM] Not a raspberry ripple.

Is suet involved?

[INJ] As near as I can judge from Google, this does not generally contain suet.

Jelly on a plate?

[FGZ*] Not jelly on a plate.

Can it be bought in a supermarket as a single item?

[Rosie] That sounds like two questions. Can it be bought in a supermarket? Yes. Does one buy them individually there? No.

Sold ready to eat?

[FGZ*] Ready to eat.

Rice pudding?

[FGZ*] Not rice pudding.

Generally found in the chiller cabinet?

[INJ] Brrrr? No.

Marshmallows?

[Software] Not marshmallows. (I'd class those with confectionery.)

Sweet and sour pork?

(Raak) Wasn't meant to be two questions but whether you could buy a packet of "it" in a supermarket, or anywhere.

Typically sold in a bottle, jar or can?

[Rosie] You can buy a packet of it.
[CdM] ...but not a bottle, jar, or can.

It might be profitable at this point to consider the Abstract part of this.

[Rosie] That was slightly misleading -- you can buy a packet of them.

irach

Involves chocolate in any way? Such as a packet of "Smarties" or "M&Ms" ?

[irach] It can involve chocolate.

A cookie?

Crunchy frog?

[Rosie] Only if it's a crunchy frog cookie, as...
[CdM] ...a cookie it is. nom nom nom.

[Raak] Um, where's the baton? There seems to be just a pile of crumbs here.

This one is MINERAL and VEGETABLE.

Vegetable wood?

Wood? In part, yes.

mineral = metal?

A building?

A garden?

Metal? No.
A building? No.
A garden? No.

Significant amounts of water?

Significant amounts of water? It is going to come down a bit to the definition of "significant", but I think the best answer is No. Despite this, the audience *applauds*.

mineral = stone?

A natural feature?

A desert?

Stone? In large part, Yes
Natural feature? Yes.
Desert? No.

The Grand Canyon?