Right, of course, on 1 and 2. #3 is William Moorcroft.
DQ: From a series of books?
IQs:
- Were you the top box office star of 1940 and 1941?
- Did you play the Catwoman in the movie Batman opposite Adam West?
- Were you the hero in the Firesign Theatre’s Fools In Space?
Matt Helm, from the secret-agent series by Donald Hamilton.
Frank Merrill. The 5307th was the jungle-warfare group commonly known as Merrill’s Marauders.
Mandrake the Magician.
DQ: Story set in the 20th century?
Four DQs reserved.
IQ1: Have you played a British army officer, a con man in India, and a London businessman, all in movies set in the 19th century?
IQ2: Are you orange, furry, and a finicky eater?
IQ3: Do you abstain, courteously?
Not Marlene Dietrich, dunno and dunno.
Not Michael Caine, Morris the cat, or Robert Morris in 1776.
M.
- fictional
- male
- first name starts with M
- from a work of literature
- alive as of the end of his canon
- could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
- from a work of American origin
- created after 1900
- literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
- protagonist (but not the only one)
- created after 1960
- from a genre, rather than from general fiction
- not from a series of books
- story set in the 20th century
#1 is the recently deceased Mickey Rooney. It was the peak of his Andy Hardy series of movies.
DQ: From Science-Fiction?
2 DQs reserved.
Lewis Morris, actually, but close enough. (The other delegate from New York, Livingston, was Robert.)
Correct on the other two. For anyone who might be wondering, the three films I had in mind were Zulu, The Man Who Would Be King, and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Four DQs still reserved.
IQ1: Were you and another person getting kind of itchy?
IQ2: Did you write “Eve’s Diary”?
IQ3: Did you demonstrate the effectiveness of aircraft against ships?
Ah, of course. So who were the Catwoman and the Firesign Theatre star?
Dunno the first two; not Billy Mitchell.
M.
- fictional
- male
- first name starts with M
- from a work of literature
- alive as of the end of his canon
- could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
- from a work of American origin
- created after 1900
- literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
- protagonist (but not the only one)
- created after 1960
- from a genre, rather than from general fiction
- not from a series of books
- story set in the 20th century
- not from science fiction
Michelle Phillips. This was another refernce to “Creeque Alley,” the first line of which is John and Mitchie were getting kind of itchy….
Mark Twain. (He also wrote “Adam’s Diary.”)
Correct on Billy Mitchell.
DQ: Mystery/detective/spy story?
IQ1: Was the name of an African town included in your title of nobility?
IQ2: Did you and your partner disappear whilst trying to climb Everest in the 1920s?
IQ3: Were you a Roman general in Britain who usurped the imperial throne?
Not Montgomery of El Alamein, Mallory or… Marcellus?
M.
- fictional
- male
- first name starts with M
- from a work of literature
- alive as of the end of his canon
- could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
- from a work of American origin
- created after 1900
- literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
- protagonist (but not the only one)
- created after 1960
- from a genre, rather than from general fiction
- not from a series of books
- story set in the 20th century
- not from science fiction
- not from a mystery/detective/spy story
Mickey Mouse
DQ: Is the literary work a novel?
Oops.
#2 was Lee Meriwether. #3 was Mark Time.
DQ: from a work of Fantasy?
1 DQ reserved.
IQ1: Did you use the name “James Cromwell” on an undercover operation?
IQ2: Are you a police detective who ended up owing an armed robber a favour after he helped you recover a fellow officer’s missing weapon?
IQ3: Did you employ a hitwoman named Snoop?
Correct on Montgomery (though note that he was Viscount Montgomery of Alamein - no ‘El’).
Correct on George Mallory.
Magnus Maximus.
Seven DQs reserved, so there’s not much point in asking IQs about people that aren’t possibilities for the right person. Thinking…
You got me on all three. Take three DQs.
M.
- fictional
- male
- first name starts with M
- from a work of literature
- alive as of the end of his canon
- could conceivably (and easily) have existed in the real world
- from a work of American origin
- created after 1900
- literary work in which he appeared has been adapted for the screen, either television or cinema
- protagonist (but not the only one)
- created after 1960
- from a genre, rather than from general fiction
- not from a series of books
- story set in the 20th century
- not from science fiction
- not from a mystery/detective/spy story
- literary work was a novel
- not a work of fantasy
I guess you didn’t watch the Wire then.
Number 1 was Jimmy McNulty
Number 2 was his partner, Bunk Moreland
Number 3 was Marlo Stansfeld.
DQs reserved while I think of some useful ones.
Hmmmm…
Romances, alternate histories, westerns, horror…
IQ: Did you treasure a red stapler?
I know that’s from Office Space, but I never saw it and don’t know any of the character names. Take a DQ.