Botticelli, July 2025

“Chinese” Gordon
correct
Goldie Hawn (Seems Like Old Times, Private Benjamin, and Wildcats)


DQ1: Creator’s first name begins with A-M?
DQ2: Creator’s last name begins with A-M?

Correct, correct, and Graeme Garden.

Let’s see… Cloud Atlas is too recent… Time travel is likely.

DQ: By a male author?

G

  1. Fictional
  2. Last name begins with G
  3. Not main character
  4. Originally from prose fiction
  5. Female
  6. Not an American creator
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not an American character
  9. Created after 1960
  10. Created by a European
  11. Not a European character
  12. First was referred to in a novel
  13. Created by someone from the UK or Ireland
  14. First name begins with A-M
  15. Created before 1990
  16. From a fantasy or sci-fi novel
  17. There has been a TV series made from the franchise; I don’t know if this character appeared or was referenced in the series
  18. Created after 1975
  19. Probably not human, but humanoid
  20. Takes place at a lot of different times, including contemporary to the writing
  21. From science fiction
  22. Created by a Briton
  23. Creator’s first name begins A-M
  24. Creator’s last name begins A-M
  25. By a male author

I think @De_La_Rue still has a DQ out.

If it’s someone from HHGTTG, I am not coming up with him.

3 was a teenage Goo Goo Muck.

Final DQ: from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy?

Thank you. I was just about to ask what the Prof meant. And if the answer to your question is “yes”, well – I only know the names of two characters, and they’re both male.

G

  1. Fictional
  2. Last name begins with G
  3. Not main character
  4. Originally from prose fiction
  5. Female
  6. Not an American creator
  7. First appeared since 1900
  8. Not an American character
  9. Created after 1960
  10. Created by a European
  11. Not a European character
  12. First was referred to in a novel
  13. Created by someone from the UK or Ireland
  14. First name begins with A-M
  15. Created before 1990
  16. From a fantasy or sci-fi novel
  17. There has been a TV series made from the franchise; I don’t know if this character appeared or was referenced in the series
  18. Created after 1975
  19. Probably not human, but humanoid
  20. Takes place at a lot of different times, including contemporary to the writing
  21. From science fiction
  22. Created by a Briton
  23. Creator’s first name begins A-M
  24. Creator’s last name begins A-M
  25. By a male author
  26. From The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

That’s all folks! Have your “are your firstname lastname?” questions in by 9 p.m. EDT tomorrow, July 23.

Oh, wait, a female charaxter? I misread it. Hmmmm…

I think EH did her before.

Are you Eccentrica Gallumbits?

I believe I did, and I bet that’s it.

You got it (sorry for the repeat).

I figured she was fairer than Dr. Dan Streetmentioner, who I initially considered.

OK Prof, you’re up!

No problem. The last time was years ago.

I am

L!

Congrats, Prof.!

IQs:
1. Is Nicholas Hoult playing you?
2. Is Rachel Brosnahan playing you?
3. Is Beck Bennett playing you?

L it is!

IQs:

  1. Are you playing Gaal Dornick in AppleTV’s Foundation?
  2. Are you playing several Emperors in the same series?
  3. Are you the subject of a Robert Caro biography still being written?

IQ1: Was the Lost and Confused named after you and your partner?
IQ2: Was your prison sentence commuted after you provided intelligence to the US Navy?
IQ3: Were you a Jewish gangster who broke up pro-Nazi rallies in New York?

IQs:

Did you make a movie about your life as a dog?
Did your daughter interfere with your boyfriend’s actions which resulted in his demise?
Are you Clark Kent’s first girlfriend?

Congrats!

IQs:

  1. Do you have an act using Boomerang fish?
  2. Did you once say “only the little people pay taxes”?
  3. Did you play Mary Hartman?
  1. I am not Lex Luthor.
  2. I am not Lois Lane.
  3. Take a DQ.

Take 3 DQs.

Take 3 DQs.

Take 2 DQs.
3. I am not Lana Lang.

  1. I am not Lew Zealand.
  2. Take a DQ.
  3. I am not Linda Lavin.

3 was Steve Lombard.

DQ: real?

DQ:

  1. Real