He said spy genre. That eliminates Dial M, Rear Window, Psycho, Vertigo and Strangers on a train.
Was Lifeboat during those years?
I don’t think so, but can’t be sure without checking. I’m coming up with movies but not characters starting with K.
DQ1: Military character?
DQ2: Young character (~30 or less)?
K
- Not real
- Male
- Last name starts with K
- Created by an American or Americans
- From a filmed dramatic work (i.e. movie, TV, etc.)
- Character is American
- Not created after 1980
- Not created after 1960
- From a movie
- Created after 1940
- Not main character
- Not from a comedy
- Not from a western
- Not more than one appearance in movies
- From the spy genre
- Race unspecified
- Not a side character
- Depending on how one interprets “played by” and how meta one chooses to be, the answer to “played by an onscreen actor” could be either yes or no.
- Not best known for TV appearance(s)
- Movie set in the time it was made.
- Movie not set during WWII
- Not an antagonist
- Movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Movie made after 1950
- Not a military character
- Age unspecified, but safely assumed to be an adult
Well, I’ve got an idea of who it is, if no one else does.
So, go ahead and ask.
Are you George Kaplan, the “secret agent” Roger is mistaken for in North by Northwest?
Now that’s a good guess!
Yes!! I am indeed George Kaplan from North by Northwest
The villains mistake advertising executive Roger Thornhill, played by Cary Grant, for secret agent George Kaplan, try (and fail) to kill him, then frame him for murder and send him on the run. The twist, which explains my answers to #16, #26 and #18 is (Spoiler for a 1959 film): George Kaplan does not exist. He’s a decoy set up by the good guys to divert attention from the real double agent they have embedded in the villain’s inner circle. For #18 - “no” in the sense that Kaplan is not a real character and so never appears on screen. “yes” in the sense that at one point in the film, the good spies convince Thornhill to pretend to be Kaplan in order to fake Kaplan’s on-screen death and lull the bad guys into a sense of security.
Well done, DLR!
Great job, DLR! Good choice, Chock! Yay!
New game will start later tonight.
I’ve never seen any Hitchcock films.
New game: I am (a person with the initial) I.
My favorite Hitchcock film is High Anxiety.
IQs:
- Were you a priestess of Hera?
- Did you have a hit with A Little Bitty Tear?
- Are you the title character of a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta?
Congrats, DLR! I’ve seen the movie but couldn’t have named that character.
You’re in for a treat - or many! I’d suggest you start with Notorious, another spy flick and my all-time Hitchcock favorite, but I’m sure others have their own must-sees.
On to I!
IQs:
Was your nemesis supposedly killed during the Battle of White Plains?
Were you a quirky fat guy living in Nawlins?
Did you offer your captives the choice of Cake or Death?
1. I am not Io.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Iolanthe.
Respectively:
Take a DQ.
I am not Ignatius O’Reilly.
I am not an unnamed fundamentalist Anglican in an Eddie Izzard routine.
Previous IQs:
Was your nemesis supposedly killed during the Battle of White Plains? - Ichabod Crane; the Headless Horseman was said to be the wrathful spirit of a Hessian soldier
Were you a quirky fat guy living in Nawlins? - Yes, Ignatius O’Reilly, in A Confederacy of Dunces
Did you offer your captives the choice of Cake or Death? - Yes, Eddie Izzard
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Are you an emaciated rock star?
Were you First Lady of Argentina?
Are you a novelist from a noted South American political family?
Correct, Burl Ives, Correct.
DQ: Male?
IQs:
- Did you play a P.O.W. on Hogan’s Heroes?
- Did you write the play Picnic?
- Did you write Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?
Respectively:
I am not Iggy Pop.
I am not Isobel Peron.
I am not Isabelle Allende.
1. Oh, crap, I think this is the guy SCAdian mentioned earlier. Ivan Something? Or is Ivan the first name of the character?
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Ian Fleming.
DQs
1. real
2. female