20 Questions

[Sailor Kenshin]

Does it have mass?

9. One form does. The other does not.

[CrayonAngelss]

Is it air?

[FredRydr]

Nucleons

[Marsilius]

Schrödinger's Breadbox? (Just kidding, not a question.)

[Sailor Kenshin]

10. It is not air.

11. It probably contains some.

Schrödinger's Breadbox would be a great band name!

[Marsilius]

Would I be getting warmer to ask if it is viral or bacterial? I was struck by this article opening with a reference to 20 questions and how there are ore than three families, btw:
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/virtualmu...ekingdoms.html

[manoeuver]

not ephemeral, so it is long-lived.

can we determine an origin date (or time period) and if so would that help us to identify it?

[FredRydr]

Is it a fossil?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Marsilius, 12. No.

Manoeuver, 13. Late 1930s, origin date, and Yes.

FredRyder, 14. No.

[manoeuver]

Is it pen related?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Is it pen related?

14. Only in the very broadest sense, though that might be inaccurate and misleading.

[CrayonAngelss]

Do we use it daily?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Do we use it daily?

15. In all likelihood, no.

[FredRydr]

Would we die without it?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Would we die without it?

16. No.

[CrayonAngelss]

Can you physically hold it?

[Sailor Kenshin]

Can you physically hold it?

17. In one form, yes.

[FredRydr]

Ice. Water!

[Sailor Kenshin]

Ice. Water!

18. Sorry, neither.

[FredRydr]

You will probably all gang up and kill me with the reveal.

Tick...tick...tick...tick....