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2. Yes, this was Ed Wood.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
3. Ender from Ender's Game
DQ:
Is best known for working as part of a team.
IQs:
1. Did you have something named after you that appears every 86 years?
2. Were you the bad half of a good man?
3. Were you best known for a heading an evil crime empire and your white cat?
New page, so....
E.
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him
Previous IQs:
Were you Gil-Galad's herald? - Elrond, in the same battle in which Elendil was killed by Sauron
Were you an Olympian often laughed at? - Different kind of Olympian than you were thinking of - this was "Eddie the Eagle," the Olympic ski-jumper
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor? - Yes, Poe indeed, in The Cask of Amontillado
DQs:
Comic figure?
Noted for good looks?
IQs:
Did you hide a fugitive while doing the dishes?
Were you a character in The Hustler?
Did you demand a surrender in the name of the Almighty and a legislative body?
Dang! I might know all of these except I don't know any of the first "E" names!Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
1. Um. No, I am not Halley? But I don't know his first name. Also I don't think it's 86 years...
2. No, I am not Mr. Hyde? Similarly, this probably shouldn't count since I don't know his first name either.
3. No, I am not Ernst Blofeld? Taking a stab at his first name.
And now I missed Elrond, too! If I miss an Eowyn question I'm gonna be very pissed off since she's basically my second favorite character. Funny about my screw-up on Olympian. My mind tends to run more to mythology than sports!
1. No, I am not Eddie ValiantQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. No, I am not Fast Eddie (Jackie Gleason's character)
3. Hmm. For some reason this sounds like a French thing to do--"Capitulez dans le nom de dieu et les Senat" or something like that! (I'm certain I got the conjugation of "Capituler" wrong, among every other error here.) But anyway, I have no idea. Could be Napoleonic or even one of the Frenchies who helped out in the Revolutionary war. Or it's King Arthur from Holy Grail! :D Stumped.
DQs
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him
16. I'll answer this assuming by 'comic figure' you mean humorous (rather than a figure from a comic): Yes, intended as a comic figure
17. Not especially noted for good looks
18. Hmm. Not working as part of a team, no.
1. It is Edmund Halley, and you're right its 76 years :fail:Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Mr Edward Hyde indeed
3. Yes, Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Three for three.
IQs:
1. Are you a man of many questions?
2. Are you synonymous with a bad attitude at Christmas?
Previous IQs:
Did you hide a fugitive while doing the dishes? - Yes, Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Were you a character in The Hustler? - Yes, "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler
Did you demand a surrender in the name of the Almighty and a legislative body? - Ethan Allen demanded the surrender of Ft. Ticonderoga "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress."
CIAS, any suggestions for a next question? Can't think of who this is.
I think this is the point where CIAS suddenly reads my mind, blowing my ambitions to stump y'all out of the water.
1. No, I am not Elendil's Heir? :D Well, he does ask a lot of questions.... Okay if that doesn't count, stumped.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Bah! No, I am not Ebenezer Scrooge.
DQs
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him
16. I'll answer this assuming by 'comic figure' you mean humorous (rather than a figure from a comic): Yes, intended as a comic figure
17. Not especially noted for good looks
18. Let me clarify: Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)
Hmm....
This would be Edward Nigma better known as The Riddler, but EH is an amusing response.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Sorry, I fear choie is wearing a tinfoil hat. :psychic: - no obvious guesses from me.
Hmm, So British (probably) first created a while ago but has been in movies, humorous some mystery solving..
What about asking if the person has a main enemy or arch nemesis? considering choie's comment about slash fics, or perhaps asking if he has an assistant of some kind.
Sure.
DQ:
Has a main enemy or archnemesis?
The Riddler's name is Edward Nigma? Seriously?? Oy veh.
DQs
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. European (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
8. Considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. British (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Has 'solved' a 'mystery' but not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Not over 40 when we first meet him
16. Intended as a comic figure
17. Not noted for good looks
18. Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)
19. Does not have a main enemy or archnemesis
Simplified answers and clarified 7 and 12 to push you along. :)
This is going to be another of those Brit in the book, Yank on film characters isn't it? Multiple movies as well.
Hmm first names: Eric, Ernest, Edward, Ethan, Evan, Eustance... any others you can think of?
Still stumped and got a feeling choie is going to get away with this one.
Any ideas for the last question EH?
I'll ask the other one you earlier suggested.
DQ:
Has an assistant of some kind?
DQs
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. European (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
8. Considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. British (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Has 'solved' a 'mystery' but not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Not over 40 when we first meet him
16. Intended as a comic figure
17. Not noted for good looks
18. Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)
19. Does not have a main enemy or archnemesis
20. Does not have an assistant of any kind
You can have another question if you like! Some possible areas that might help you...
- Narrowing down timeframe of creation
- Whether he's appeared in anything other than print/movie
- Whether he's appeared in anything since ____ (some date)
- Determining job, if any
- Romantic interest, if any
- Physical appearance questions
- Whether he's lost any body parts
- Whether he excels in any sport/game
- Whether he's ever been involved in any creative endeavors
Some or all of those could be useful. :)
Thanks for the offer, but that would be unfair on you for picking such an unknown character.
I'm well and truly stumped this time as well. Will have to have a ponder and who on earth it might be
Heh well I've kinda given you some clues in the possible questions, so enjoy.
And as for unknown... if you don't know this character, I'm gonna need to see your birth certificate for proof you're truly where you say you're from.
(Don't worry, EH... you will know this character just as well, even if you are from Ohio, rather than a green and pleasant land or sceptred isle.)
Nope, thought over it, and I am well and truly stumped :fail:
All I can do is hope EH either has a brainwave or knows which of the questions above is worth asking.
Nope. Also stumped. We had our 20 DQs; go ahead and tell us who it is, please.
Oh bother.
Classic E.H. Shepard version...
http://mountainrose.wpengine.netdna-.../11/donkey.jpg
or Disney...
http://www.reocities.com/Nashville/1...es/eeyore4.jpg
Forgot to mention that Eeyore's solved case was finding Owl a new house, which was actually Piglet's.
Eeyore...
Eeyore.....
...oh grief. :fail:
Well played choie, was never going to get that one, not in a million years.
I warned you you'd feel like an ass. ;)
Y'all never did ask if he was human. I think if you'd narrowed down the creation date or possibly genre it might've helped
Good one. I agree with CIAS, I would never have stumbled upon him... er, it.
C'mon then, who/what is the next character?
Arrgh! Okay, okay. H
IQs:
Were you "the happy warrior"?
Can you only say your own name?
Were you one of Lovecraft's supernatural bad guys?
Gee I wonder why the letter "H" was on my mind? :D
The only one I know here is that #1 is Horatio, Lord Nelson. Thank you, English Lit! For #2 all that springs to mind is Garp's dad in The World According to Garp, but obviously, that ain't the right answer. And all I know from Lovecraft is Cthulhu, so... basically, take your two DQs!
1. Were you dumped with your abusive aunt and uncle after your parents died?
2. Did you play the character who originally jumped the shark?
3. Did you get your big break when you turned up to fix the set?
Ah, there's a luv. You'll always let me start with some easy ones to warm me up. Then, by around DQ 16, you'll trot out the questions like, "Which Blue Peter cat created a voting controversy when it was named?"Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
No, I fear I am neither Harry Potter, Henry Winkler, or Harrison Ford.
Previous IQs:
Were you "the happy warrior"? - Nelson was never called this that I ever heard of, but I'll rephrase.
Can you only say your own name? - Hodor, on Game of Thrones.
Were you one of Lovecraft's supernatural bad guys? - Hastur the Unspeakable.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
You are an American. Were you widely known as "the happy warrior"?
Was your handwriting reproduced on the stern of a warship?
Were you one of Lincoln's two personal aides?
IQ
1. Are you the creator of the Stainless Steel Rat?
2. Were you the King of England when the country was last successfully invaded?
3. Would the world have been a different place if you had been better at art?
Nelson is the subject of Wordsworth's "The Happy Warrior," which is where the phrase comes from!
Take three more. I think Biden was called a happy warrior, but unless his middle name is Hiram that can't be it. :)Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. True to form, no, I don't know this one. :)Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Hmm. Well, I wanted to show off and say George VI, what with the German occupation of the Channel Islands, but you specified England rather than the UK and I don't think the islands are part of England itself. And James II was overthrown by the Dutch at some point, wasn't he? Anyhoo... "H" names are pretty much reduced to Henry or Harold, but I don't think it was one of the Henrys, though if it was I'm guessing Henry II. Certainly wasn't Henry V. But I'm sure the French got in there somewhere, and probably the Spanish made some incursions too. Argh. Eh, I'll go with no, I am not Harold?
3. I am rather happy to say that no, I am not Hitler.
Probably two, but definitely one, DQ coming your way.
DQs:
Real
Male
Huh. Didn't know of the Wordsworth poem before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charac..._Happy_Warrior. I see Biden is indeed referred to.
Previous IQs:
You are an American. Were you widely known as "the happy warrior"? - Hubert Humphrey
Was your handwriting reproduced on the stern of a warship? - John Hancock: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...cock_Stern.jpg
Were you one of Lincoln's two personal aides? - John Hay
DQs:
American?
Living?
Last name start with H?
IQs:
Did you flee your shrill wife Stella?
Were you an artillery officer in WWI?
Were you photographed nearly nude in a Vegas hotel room?
Nope don't know any of them.
DQs:
Real
Male
American
Dead
Last name does not start with H
Hmm, maybe you'd prefer me to just tell you the answer? Not really fun to solve something by yourself, y'know... :devil:
Previous IQs:
Did you flee your shrill wife Stella? - Harry Mudd, on ST:TOS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FGgHEKko3E
Were you an artillery officer in WWI? - Harry Truman
Were you photographed nearly nude in a Vegas hotel room? - Prince Harry of the UK
DQs:
Born since 1900?
Best known for creative arts?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQs:
Did you say that taxes are for "the little people"?
Did you chop off Ser Jaime Lannister's hand?
Were you Lincoln's first VP?
- Vaguely remember Leona Helmsley saying something like that? I'm not her.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
- Rather appropriately... stumped.
- No clue.
DQs:
Real
Male
American
Dead
Last name does not start with H
Not born since 1900
Not best known for creative arts
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
1. This would be Harry Harrison and a fine set of sci-fi books they are too.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yes, this was Harold, he of the missing eye
DQ:
Involved in business?
IQs:
1. Are you the civil servant best known for confusing Jim Hacker in Yes Minister
2. Are you "The Worst Witch"?
3. Did you go for Breakfast at Tiffanys?
Previous IQs:
Did you say that taxes are for "the little people"? - Yes, hotel queen Leona Helmsley.
Did you chop off Ser Jaime Lannister's hand? - "Stumped"? Aargh. This was Vargo Hoat.
Were you Lincoln's first VP? - Hannibal Hamlin, Republican of Maine.
DQs:
Political/military?
Born 1850-1900?
IQs:
Were you the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
Have you played a mobster, a private eye and a first mate?
Did you date Jackson Browne and JFK Jr.?
There's no way you're gonna miss this one, gentlemen.
Wow, CIAS, the metal rat thing was a book reference? I was certain it was a 1980s UK cartoon.
1. As I am certain you anticipated, the identity of the man whose name you are endeavoring to pursue is not shrouded in much mystery, and is, in fact, an individual for whom such interlocutory circumnavigation and outright obfuscation as I am using now is second nature--indeed, one would call him prima inter pares at such verbal gymnastics (or at least, one would assuming one did not go to the LSE or read classics). Not to put too fine a point of it, at the end of the day, I daresay it would not be stating too strongly that though he modesty refers to himself as a mere humble functionary, the truth is he is also a greatly respected and influential, even indomitable presence at the highest levels of power, rising through the Civil Service to the lofty heights of Permanent Secretary and finally Cabinet Secretary with extraordinary responsibilities in the smooth operations of the government of Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the antepenultimate and the penultimate decades of the twentieth century. But alas, no, I am not he--viz., Sir Humphrey Appleby.*Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Stumped. I never did read these books/watch the series (I think it was a series, wasn't it? I seem to recall it showing on cable over here.)
3. I'm assuming you refer to the character rather than the actress who portrayed her, so no, I am not Holly Golightly.
1. No, I am not Alexander Hamilton. I'm sure you've asked this one before because I'm certain I related my affinity for the guy despite my disliking his politics.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. No, I am not Bob Hoskins.
3. No, I am not Daryl Hannah.
Yay!
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name does not start with H
6. Not born since 1900
7. Not best known for creative arts
8. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. Involved in business
10. Involved in political/military realm (indirectly both)
11. Born 1850-1900
* This speech, while cobbled together with many pre-existing bits of Applebyspeak, was all my own making. Yes, I could've been a Thatcher-era civil servant, assuming I was a moral vacuum.
:bravo: :bravo: :bravo:Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Outstanding indeed.
IQs:
2. Mildred Hubble - from the Worst Witch books and other assorted media appearances
DQs:
Something named after him?
IQs:
1. Are you considered a master comic of the silent era?
2. Did you coin the phrase "You can have it in any color as long as it is black."
3. Were shanty towns named after you during the Great Depression?
Correct as to all three of my IQs. The Hoskins films were The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Hook.
IQs:
Did John Ritter play you in a short-lived cop show?
Was Ol' Golly your best friend?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name does not start with H
6. Not born since 1900
7. Not best known for creative arts
8. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. Involved in business
10. Involved in political/military realm (indirectly both)
11. Born 1850-1900
12. Yeah, you could say there were a myriad of 'somethings' named after him... :D
1. Wasn't it Hooper something? I can imagine it on the credits pretty well... Argh, on the tip of my tongue!Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. No, I am not Harriet the Spy, although I always identified with her (not surprising for many young girls). Wouldn't have pegged you as a fan, though!
3. This feels like it should be a pilot of some kind, since when I hear "Langley" I think of the airforce base. But I don't know enough air pilots. I dunno, Harry Truman? (I don't think he was a pilot, but hey, he was a war president, so...)
1. No, I am not Harold Lloyd,Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
3. No, I am not Herbert Hoover,
2. But yes, for my sins, I am Henry Ford, noted car manufacturer, "pacifist" (aka German appeaser), philanthropist, mechanics supplier to Hitler's German and POW slave labor-user, and anti-Semitic propagandist. Quite the renaissance man, am I!
Very well done, CIAS!
Good grief, that was slightly unexpected.
I'd better go think of someone new.
Way to go, CIAS!
Previous IQs:
Did John Ritter play you in a short-lived cop show? - Close; the show was Hooperman
Was Ol' Golly your best friend? - Yes, Harriet the Spy
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - America's best-known early spy, Nathan Hale, is honored with a statue on the grounds of CIA HQ in Langley
OK, lets go for R
IQs:
Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.?
Were you the commander of His Imperial Majesty's Battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you tell David Letterman that you washed milk jugs right after buying them?
Ah, an excellent set of questions. No clue on any of them. Take 3 DQs.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Previous IQs:
Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan
Were you the commander of His Imperial Majesty's Battlecruiser MacArthur? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye
Did you tell David Letterman that you washed milk jugs right after buying them? - Tony Randall, who was (big surprise) something of a neatnik
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with R?
IQs:
Were you the first Baratheon king?
Did you have a monkey named Marcel?
Did you win the Battle of Yorktown, working closely with George Washington?
DQs
1. Real.
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
You really want this one badly don't you EH :pQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Take another 3 DQs, because I still don't have a clue on any of them
I always do!
Previous IQs:
Were you the first Baratheon king? - Robert, from Game of Thrones
Did you have a monkey named Marcel? - Ross Geller, from Friends
Did you win the Battle of Yorktown, working closely with George Washington? - Comte de Rochambeau
DQs:
American?
Born since 1964?
Best known for the arts?
IQs:
Are you Earl Hickey's brother?
Were you a founder of the Rhode Island colony?
Has your tale been retold with you as both a Navy pilot and an astronaut?
DQs
1. Real.
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Not American
5. Not Born since 1964
6. Not Best known for the arts
1. StumpedQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Mr Rhodes???????
3. Stumped again.
2, probably 3 DQs for you.
Previous IQs:
Are you Earl Hickey's brother? - Randy, on My Name Is Earl
Were you a founder of the Rhode Island colony? - Roger Williams
Has your tale been retold with you as both a Navy pilot and an astronaut? - Robinson Crusoe
DQs:
European?
Living?
Political/military?
IQs:
Do you hang around Rhosgobel?
Did Charlie Sheen spoof you on a movie poster?
Did you and Jim Baker swap jobs?