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This should be question 19. Is this a flower?

Spartaculous wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:24 pm

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:23 pm

Is it associated with olives?

Wouldn't that have once been part of a tree?

Yes, so I will ignore it.

Eh, I will be helpful (for free) and tell you that you're not looking for a country listed here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive#Global_production

Wattsthematter wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:29 pm

This should be question 19. Is this a flower?

This is Q19. Here is what I will say:
- The kind of plant that this character was produced from is very well-known. You and I have seen a lot of things that look like this character.
- The kind of plant that this character is produced from does, in fact, produce flowers, but I am pretty sure I personally have never seen flowers produced by this kind of plant (I had to look this up). The character itself is not a flower.

damo666 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:18 am

Free guess

Carnations of the Carnation revolution

You want something with a lot more personality than this.

A shamrock would have been good, given the date, but not specific enough to match the hints.

If the flower question was #19, does anyone want to get their free guesses in before I ask a Q20? FYI, my question will be "does this entity have a given name (like Pete the Dragon, or Excalibur); as opposed to a description (like the Stone of Scone, or the Royal Oak). I am not asking that question yet, just putting it out there to the players to see if they want to guess before I ask that question - or to suggest a better final question.

cdngooner wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 1:44 pm

FYI, my question will be "does this entity have a given name (like Pete the Dragon, or Excalibur); as opposed to a description (like the Stone of Scone, or the Royal Oak)". I am not asking that question yet...

but I think I am going to go ahead and "Pass" on the question - I could see either binary answer being misleading.

Your question is good.

I'm absolutely stumped tbh.

Yeah this is incredibly tough.

Ok after a brief internet search, I'll throw in my free guess as such:

The Thousand-Year Rose, in Hildesheim, Germany

it's obviously wrong but it's at least a free guess, there's this tree that owns the land it's planted on, and then when a hurricane tore it out an acorn was saved so now the son of the tree that owns itself sits on that land. fun fact.

DarthPorg36 wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:07 pm

Ok after a brief internet search, I'll throw in my free guess as such:

The Thousand-Year Rose, in Hildesheim, Germany

No. (This is clearly a flower, and it doesn't have enough character.)

DrFidelis wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:07 pm

it's obviously wrong but it's at least a free guess, there's this tree that owns the land it's planted on, and then when a hurricane tore it out an acorn was saved so now the son of the tree that owns itself sits on that land. fun fact.

Obviously wrong, but Wikipedia link for anyone who was curious like me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself

I hope the QM is convinced that this entity he's thinking of is "a character", as that's a basic Rule 0 requirement.

Scottish Thistle (the 'flower' thing might rule this out... but I am not sure of plantical definitions.)

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:18 pm

Scottish Thistle (the 'flower' thing might rule this out... but I am not sure of plantical definitions.)

oops nvm... i thought the free guess time was in place. This is NOT a good enough guess to waste a question for.

Scottish Thistle

Plus that is a symbol. I'm pretty sure the hints imply that this is an actual item with its own character.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:16 pm

I hope the QM is convinced that this entity he's thinking of is "a character", as that's a basic Rule 0 requirement.

Yes, I am very convinced of this.

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:19 pm

dargorygel wrote: ↑

Mon Mar 18, 2024 2:18 pm

Scottish Thistle (the 'flower' thing might rule this out... but I am not sure of plantical definitions.)

oops nvm... i thought the free guess time was in place. This is NOT a good enough guess to waste a question for.

We are still waiting on Q20, so we are in free guess time. But I will ignore your guess, and suggest you think of a different one.

How about this for Q20 people?

Is this a particular example of a [non tree] nut or fruit?

Taking views, not a Q for QM yet.

I don't know what you have in mind, but the answer to that question wouldn't help me. If you get a Yes to that question, and that leads you to a good answer, go ahead and ask it. If the answer will leave you just as stumped, perhaps not. I'd rather know what country its associated with, but can't pin that down to one with just one question.