Yeah, that’s probably it.
Damn, you’re good! Yes, indeed, I am
Parson Brown
who, having been simulated with a snowman, was going to marry the two lovebirds in the song.
Well done, CFOHG!
“not originally from a work of prose”? I’m curious, 'cause that would imply the character has been in prose, and I’m wondering what was–or how something could be–based on “Winter Wonderland”.
I answered the question just as it was asked. The character is originally from a song, not a poem, short story or book.
Fair enough.
Woo-hoo!! Mentally going through Christmas songs from around that time that named names other than Santa, various reindeer or Jesus, none of whom are American - that was the only one I came up with.
Next up.
I am N
IQs:
- Is Archie Goodwin in your employ?
- Were you a Russian mathematician known for your work on hyperbolic geometry, which is sometimes named after you?
- Are you an American fine art print artist, known for your stylized androgynous portraits?
IQs:
Did Herman Melville live near you, and you often visited each other to chat?
Did you win a tactical victory at Guilford Court House?
A US Army general, did you win an unwelcome nickname in the Civil War?
Not Nero Wolfe
Take 2 DQs
Not Nathaniel Hawthorne
Take 2 DQs
Correct on Nero.
#2 was Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.
#3 is Patrick Nagel.
DQs:
- Real?
- Last name starts with N?
N
- Real
- First name starts with N
IQs:
- Are you a former host of America’s Got Talent who was at one time married to Mariah Carey?
- Are you one of the Backstreet Boys?
- Are you best remembered for singing duets with Jeannette Macdonald?
Previous IQs:
Did Herman Melville live near you, and you often visited each other to chat? - Yes, Nathaniel Hawthorne
Did you win a tactical victory at Guilford Court House? - Gen. Nathanael Greene, during the American Revolution
A US Army general, did you win an unwelcome nickname in the Civil War? - Gen. Nathaniel “Commissary” Banks, thus named after Confederate troops made off with a lot of his supplies during a raid
Nathanael/iel x3!
DQs:
Male?
Living?
IQs:
Was Hagrid sorry to see you go when you just got too big to keep?
Were you married to Maris but pined for Daphne?
Were you a powerful king whose name has come to mean anything but?
N
- Real
- First name starts with N
- Male
- Dead
Not Nick Cannon
Not Nick Carter? or was he N’Sync? - I vaguely remember that name from teen mag covers at the checkout counter
Take a DQ
Not Norbert
Not Niles Crane
Not Nimrod?
Swept me.
IQs:
Were you the title character in Steve Martin’s first movie starring role?
Did Jane Fonda play you in The Butler?
Were you a sneaky and mean cat at Hogwarts?
Not Navin R. Johnson
Take a DQ
Not Mrs. Norris
Correct, Nancy Reagan and correct. And see: https://www.mugglenet.com/2018/04/mythtery-is-mrs-norris-really-filchs-wife/
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Were you the put-upon wife of Carl Bernstein?
Were you often misquoted as having said “Get there fustest with the mostest”?
Were you FDR’s first VP?
N
- Real
- First name starts with N
- Male
- Dead
- Not American
Not Nora Ephron
Take 2 DQs