Was Henry Clay a family friend of yours? - Mary Todd Lincoln.
Did you write about the BOLO robot tanks? - sf author Keith Laumer.
Were you in both A League of Their Own and Tank Girl? - Jon Lovitz wasn’t in the latter movie, that I can see. This was Lori Petty.
On to E.
IQs:
Does Cate Blachett hope to play you at intervals throughout the rest of her career?
Are you the wife of the centrist Tory MP in First Among Equals?
Did you appear on the cover of Time magazine at age six?
Edward Eager (Half Magic - you had to wish twice because if you only wished once, the coin would only grant half of your wish.)
E E “Doc” Smith (the Lensman series).
Correct on E Nesbit.
DQ1: American?
DQ2: Male?
IQ1: Were you Kay’s father?
IQ2: Was Aethelred your successor?
IQ3: When you died, was your country invaded by a foreigner who claimed to be your heir?
Sir Ector was Kay’s father (and Arthur’s foster father).
Edward the Martyr.
Edward the Confessor.
DQ1: European?
DQ2: If you were real, would you be alive today?
DQ3: first appeared after 190?
IQ1: Were you an Acadian woman who searched for her lost love?
IQ2: Were you a co-star with Rupert and Daniel?
IQ3: Were you turned into a dragon?
Does Cate Blachett hope to play you at intervals throughout the rest of her career? - Yes, Queen Elizabeth I, as she’s done twice already.
Are you the wife of the centrist Tory MP in First Among Equals? - Elizabeth Kerslake.
Did you appear on the cover of Time magazine at age six? - Yes, Queen Elizabeth II, then a young princess: http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1929/1101290429_400.jpg
One DQ reserved.
By “initial letter” do you mean the first letter of your first name?
IQs:
Did you play a very nice teacher in Matilda?
Was Jane your older and prettier sister?
Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”?
IQ1: Are you a sarcastic telephone switchboard operator?
IQ2: Does your husband frequently call you a dingbat?
IQ3: Were you the real life inspiration for characters from Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs?
I know the character was Miss Honey, but I don’t know the actress.
I am not … Emma the eponymous Austen heroine?
pass
I am not Elanor Gamgee
pass
I am not Elizabeth Bennett
Pass on all 3
My initial letter is E and
1: I am not real
2: I am not American
3: I am not male.
4: If I was real I would not be alive today
5: My date of birth is indeterminate, but could conceivably have been around 1900.
6: I am not from literature
7: I could be considered a protagonist
8: I am European
9: I first appeared after 190. Because I’m feeling generous, I’ll tell you I also appeared after 1900
10: E is the initial letter of my first name
Did you play a very nice teacher in Matilda? - Yes, Miss Honey was played by Embeth Davidtz.
Was Jane your older and prettier sister? - Yes, from Jane Austen, but this was Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (and I see I was just five minutes ahead of Prof. P. in asking about her! I’ll yield my DQ to him).
Did you often mishear things, and then say “Never mind”? - Emily Litella (Gilda Radner) on SNL.
DQs:
British?
First appeared in a movie?
First appeared after 1950?
IQs:
Did you jokingly warn Noel Coward, “They count them before they put them away at night”?
Did soldiers cheer you in Breaker Morant?
Do some credit you with the introduction of an extra central brake light on American-made cars beginning in the 1980s?
My initial letter is E and
1: I am not real
2: I am not American
3: I am not male.
4: If I was real I would not be alive today
5: My date of birth is indeterminate, but could conceivably have been around 1900.
6: I am not from literature
7: I could be considered a protagonist
8: I am European
9: I first appeared after 190. Because I’m feeling generous, I’ll tell you I also appeared after 1900
10: E is the initial letter of my first name
11: I am British
12: I did not first appear in a movie
13: I first appeared after 1950
