IQs:
1. Were you a (non-criminal) personal hero of Lex Luthor?
2. Did Julius Caesar give the retired soldier Tremensdelerius your village?
3. Were you, your husband Marko, and your daughter Hazel on the run from the armies of Wreath and Landfall in Saga?
I just realized too late that this one is probably Asterix the Gaul referencing the comic Ceasar’s gift (not revoking the DQ)… I need to start letting the IQs gel in my brain for a bit before giving up.
Simplified DQs
a) Male
b) Non unusual first name that begins with A
c) Fictional character from TV or movies
d) From fantasy or science fiction
e) Created between 1950 and 1975
f) Non-American creators
g) Would be dead today if real
h) Caucasian
i) Good guy
Hence my use of the phrase “if it’s accurate.” Buck has since indicated that the person in question is, indeed, male.
Previous IQs:
Were you the first CO of the 20th Maine? - Adelbert Ames, later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi
Were you a devout Catholic who spied for the KGB inside the FBI? - Aldrich Ames
Did you represent in court some soldiers of a hated occupying army? - Yes, John Adams, after the Boston Massacre
IQ1 was A.S. Byatt. Correct on Tim Allen. IQ3 was Eddie Albert, who played Oliver Douglas on Green Acres.
DQs:
Originated in a book?
Protagonist/main character of his work?
IQs:
Are you an Irish fairy who befriends a young monastic novice in the 2009 film The Secret of Kells?
Are you the mother of writers Frank and Malachy McCourt, and name-checked in the title of Frank’s memoir?
Are you an Irish-born comedian and actress, currently living in the UK, probably best known to British audiences as a staple of quiz and panel shows, but best known to Americans for playing Paul Rudd’s wife in the Netflix sci-fi/comedy series Living With Yourself?
IQs:
1. Did you fight crime with Charles Babbage, in a comic by Sydney Padua?
2. Are you America’s favorite red-headed teenager?
3. Were you a childhood friend of the above person, in the series about not teenage but Little him?
This is very similar to Prof.Pepperwinkle’s question about prose particularly given that its been establsihed to be a TV/movie characters. THis makes me think you may not have seen his DQ before submitting yours. Feel free to take another DQ,
Not Aisling, although my (Buck_Godot’s) Real life cat is named after her.
Not some other Aisling who I only know because she stole my cats name and whose last name escapes me.
Following a theme not Aisling McCourt?
Not Ada
Not Archie
Dunno take a DQ.
Assuming its not Arathorn or Aragorn who have already been asked, its some other Elvish Arasomebody so take a DQ
I’m not Aragog
I’m not an Ape named Ape.
OK that’s probably enough IQs to get us well over 20. So no more IQs.
Please submit all DQs by 11:59 PM tomorrow.
DQs
Not Real
Not Female
From TV or Movies
Non-American creators
Created before 1980
First name starts with A
Considered a good guy
Would be dead today if real
Not a particularly unusual first name.
Caucasian
From a Genre work
Created After 1950
Male
Created before 1975.
From Science fiction or fantasy
Did not originate from Prose
First name A to Al
From Science Fiction
Is not the main character of the work
Simplified DQs
a) Male, Caucasian, good guy
b) Non unusual first name that begins with A-Al
c) Fictional character from Science fiction TV or movies
d) Created by non-Americans between 1950 and 1975
e) Not originally from prose.
f) Would be dead today if real
g) Is not the main character of the work
I think you got the order mixed up, but yes, mostly right. IQ1 was indeed Aisling. IQ2 was the question about Angela McCourt, from her son Frank’s memoir Angela’s Ashes. Since I gave you her surname, I feel that should count for a DQ. IQ3 was another Aisling, the hilarious Aisling Bea. Think you got that one, since you spotted the theme. (And also, you didn’t name your cat Pangur Ban?)