IQ: Do you share a nickname with a notorious serial killer?
DQ.
Professor Pat Pending (Penelope was in the Compact Pussycat #5)
Randle Patrick McMurphy
Reverend Harry Powell
DQ: Is character from more than one book?
2 DQs in reserve
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name does not start with P
- From literature
- By an American author
- Created after 1950
- Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
- Creator not still alive
- American character
- Could be alive today, if real
- Considered a “good guy”
- Not associated with NYC
- Not crime genre
- Protagonist
- Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV
- TV show not still on the air
- Not in a film created after 1990
- Character is from more than one book
Phil “Unabomber” Laak.
DQ reserved
DQ: from an action/adventure series?
IQ1: Are you outlaw Ben Wade’s partner?
IQ2: Are you a left-wing Labour Prime Minister who is determined to get rid of American nuclear bases in the UK in* A Very British Coup*?
IQ3: Did Wayne Rogers portray you as a stagecoach driver with the same name as an actor from Beverly Hills, 90210?
IQ1: Did you ever spend time as a zoo exhibit in Tralmadore?
Three DQs.
DQ.
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name does not start with P
- From literature
- By an American author
- Created after 1950
- Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
- Creator not still alive
- American character
- Could be alive today, if real
- Considered a “good guy”
- Not associated with NYC
- Not crime genre
- Protagonist
- Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV
- TV show not still on the air
- Not in a film created after 1990
- Character is from more than one book
- Not from an action/adventure series (though there are action and adventures)
That’s 19 DQs. Knowed Out has five, astorian has three, etv78 has one, and Elendil’s Heir has one. Time to use 'em or lose 'em…
DQ: Award winning?
IQ1: Are you outlaw Ben Wade’s partner?
IQ2: Are you a left-wing Labour Prime Minister who is determined to get rid of American nuclear bases in the UK in A Very British Coup?
IQ3: Did Wayne Rogers portray you as a stagecoach driver with the same name as an actor from Beverly Hills, 90210?
Charley Prince, Harry Perkins, Luke Perry
Those were actually my guesses.
Nitpick: Tralfamadore.
Previous IQs:
Were you a detective about whom Raymond Chandler wrote? - Yes, Philip Marlowe.
Has it been suggested that your youngest son someday get your current title? - Yes, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; the son is Prince Edward, now Earl of Wessex.
Were you entitled to be slain by the sword, and were? - St. Paul, as a Roman citizen, was not crucified.
DQ:
Best known as a romantic lead?
We’ve reached the 20 DQ limit, so it’s time for final guesses.
Are you Piggy of Lord of the Flies?
,I keep thinking it’s from one of those kids’ series…
No it’s not, because not all of those questions have been answered yet. Would you really want Piggy to be your final choice if the answer to EH’s question –
– were “yes”?
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name does not start with P
- From literature
- By an American author
- Created after 1950
- Not from a work of science fiction or fantasy
- Creator not still alive
- American character
- Could be alive today, if real
- Considered a “good guy”
- Not associated with NYC
- Not crime genre
- Protagonist
- Adapted to visual medium such as film or TV
- TV show not still on the air
- Not in a film created after 1990
- Character is from more than one book
- Not from an action/adventure series (though there are action and adventures)
- Award-winning
- Not best known as a romantic lead
Now it’s time for final questions. Everyone who has earned at least one DQ in this round may ask one final “Are you Firstname Lastname” question. You have until Sunday morning (say, 0800 EDT), though I’ll check in from time to time Saturday to see if anyone has asked the right question.
It’s 11AM EDT, so I’m bumping this stumper.
Can I say, then, that I have stumped the bumper?
Yes, I believe that would be fair to say. 
Are you Ben Pepper from The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew?
I am not.