Botticelli #40

[Dead_Cat]

@Sternvogel

Well, you had a one-in-eight chance with the state, but the man originally known as Owen Harlan Mickel gained fame as Montie Montana.

DQ: Are you racially identified as black?

No.

@Sternvogel

IQ: Are you an actress who inspired Eve Plumb to repeatedly utter your character’s name in exasperation?

No, and I don’t know who you mean.

@Biffy

Are you stately and plump?

No, and I don’t know who you mean - sounds like a Gilbert & Sullivan character but I’m drawing a blank.

@Governor Quinn

1. Is the fiction you appear in humorous by intention?

2. Would any of the works you’ve appeared in be, under any circumstances, be considered best-sellers?

An IQ:

Were you a player and manager for both St. Louis baseball teams of the 20th century?

Yes, yes, and no, but I don’t know who you mean.

@astorian

six questions on pop music, films, and American politics, on all of which I suck

Yup, take six DQs.

@Elendil's Heir

Were you a particular spy’s boss?

Hmm, I don’t think ‘M’ has another name, so I guess you mean someone else - take a DQ.

Summary:

Fictional
Character in literature
Male
20th century
Not crime genre
American creator
Been in a movie
Male creator
“Good guy”
Not British literature
Not dead
Not in periodical fiction
Not adapted for TV
Originated in English
Not appeared in the last ten years
First appeared after WWII
Not Sci-Fi/fantasy
Not a killer
Not a main character in a series
Not a criminal
Appears in a humorous work
Appears in a bestseller

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

The first words of James Joyce’s Ulysses are “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…” Mulligan’s real first name is Malachi.

DQ: Do you appear in a war story?

Related IQ: Are you a schemer appearing in the same novel as Major Major Major Major?

[astorian]

Michael Madsen cut off a cop’s ear in “Reservoir Dogs”

Martha Mitchell, the Attorney General’s wife, was a memorable Watergate witness

French mime Marcel Marceau was the only person to speak in “Silent Movie”

Mark Metcalf was the sadistic Doug Niedermeyer, who screamed “Drop and give me 20” in “Animal House” (and in several Twisted Sister videos).

Melissa Manchester won a Grammy for the song “You Should Hear How She Talks About You”

Michael Murphey sang “Wildfire,” a hit about a ghost girl who rides a ghost horse.

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DQ1: Did you first appear in a book after 1970?

DQ2: Are you married?

DQ3: Is your creator Jewish?

DQ4: Are you the narrator of any of the books you appear in?

DQ5: Is your creator still alive?

DQ6: Have you appeared in a movie in the past 10 years?

[Dead_Cat]

@Biffy the Elephant Shrew

The first words of James Joyce’s Ulysses are “Stately, plump Buck Mulligan…” Mulligan’s real first name is Malachi.

DQ: Do you appear in a war story?

Related IQ: Are you a schemer appearing in the same novel as Major Major Major Major?

Yes and YES! I am Milo Minderbinder, one of the stars of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, which is one of my all-time favourite books. I knew it was only a matter of time once you guessed Major Major.

For completeness, I believe the answers to all astorian’s DQs are “no”.

Well done, Biffy, thanks to everyone for playing!

[WormTheRed]

Ok - having only read Catch 22 once (and that was a few years ago), I never would’ve gotten that.

But (without reading the wiki - yeah, I’m lazy), he is the guy who gives a guy his share on a napkin right?

[Dead_Cat]

@WormTheRed

Ok - having only read Catch 22 once (and that was a few years ago), I never would’ve gotten that.

But (without reading the wiki - yeah, I’m lazy), he is the guy who gives a guy his share on a napkin right?

Right.

[WormTheRed]

Good book, nevertheless… should try to get my hands on it at the library.

[Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew]

Thanks for the game, Dead Cat! Funny how I was so close with Major Major. Starting new round in 3…2…1…

[Elendil_s_Heir]

@Elendil's Heir

Were you a particular spy’s boss?

Yes, Bond’s boss is usually just referred to as “M,” but his full title and name is Admiral Sir Miles Messervey.

Congrats to Biffy! I should’ve guessed that.

[Sternvogel]

@Dead Cat

For completeness, I believe the answers to all astorian’s DQs are “no”.

At least one would have deserved a “yes” answer – Joseph Heller was of Jewish ancestry, although I don’t know if he practiced the faith.

@Sternvogel

IQ: Are you an actress who inspired Eve Plumb to repeatedly utter your character’s name in exasperation?

The reference is to Maureen McCormick. On The Brady Bunch, sister Jan (played by Plumb) once petulantly exclaimed “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!” when exasperated by the fact that McCormick’s character was generally perceived as the most beautiful, talented, and all-around wonderful of the Brady sisters.

[Dead_Cat]

@Sternvogel

At least one would have deserved a “yes” answer – Joseph Heller was of Jewish ancestry, although I don’t know if he practiced the faith.

Good spot - I think I just skimmed it (as the game was over) and missed the “creator” part - I don’t think Milo himself is Jewish. Had the game still been “live” I would have researched a bit more closely. Nothing worse than one of these games where a wrong answer is given that misleads everyone! Although in this type of game, it’s likely not to matter so much as the correct person will generally crop up at some point anyway (because IQs do not have to “match” known information).