Botticelli, July 2025

DQ: From science fiction or fantasy?

T

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known, though not best known, from prose
4. Only known name starts with T
5. Not a main character
6. Not created after 1930
7. American creator(s)
8. Created after 1900
9. Character is human
10. American character
11. Appeared in several movies, the most recent 100 years after the first

13. Not originally considered a “good guy”

14. From a genre
15. Caucasian
16. Originally from prose


Note correction to DQ12.

T

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known, though not best known, from prose
4. Only known name starts with T
5. Not a main character
6. Not created after 1930
7. American creator(s)
8. Created after 1900
9. Character is human
10. American character
11. Appeared in several movies, the most recent 100 years after the first

12. Not originally considered a “good guy”

13. From a genre
14. Caucasian
15. Originally from prose
16. Not from science fiction or fantasy

Note correction to DQ12.


DLR has two remaining DQs, knoodler has three

DQ:

Name begins with Ta-Tl?
Known from mystery genre?

1 DQ reserved

T

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known, though not best known, from prose
4. Only known name starts with T
5. Not a main character
6. Not created after 1930
7. American creator(s)
8. Created after 1900
9. Character is human
10. American character
11. Appeared in several movies, the most recent 100 years after the first
12. Not originally considered a “good guy”
13. From a genre
14. Caucasian
15. Originally from prose
16. Not from science fiction or fantasy
17. Name does not begin with Ta-Tl
18. Not known from mystery genre

DLR has two remaining DQs, knoodler has one. Please ask them by 6:00 EDT pm today (Sat 26 Jul).

DQ: film with most recent appearance was remake of film 100 years earlier?

1 DQ reserved.

Last DQ: Known from comedy or romance genre?

T

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known, though not best known, from prose
4. Only known name starts with T
5. Not a main character
6. Not created after 1930
7. American creator(s)
8. Created after 1900
9. Character is human
10. American character
11. Appeared in several movies, the most recent 100 years after the first
12. Not originally considered a “good guy”
13. From a genre
14. Caucasian
15. Originally from prose
16. Not from science fiction or fantasy
17. Name does not begin with Ta-Tl
18. Not known from mystery genre
19. Going by the description at IMDb, most recent movie only vaguely resembles movie 100 years earlier (same title, but major differences in characters and story)
20. Not known from comedy or romance genre

DLR has one remaining DQ. Please ask it by 6:00 EDT pm today (Sat 26 Jul).

Maybe a western?

Final DQ: from an adventure movie?

I dunno. Appearing in movies 100 years apart implies that the first appearance was in a silent movie (since the first movie would be from at most 1925), but I can’t think of anything that fits.

Nosferatu would work as the movie, but I have no idea of a character who would qualify.

Nosferatu would work as the movie except neither it nor the original source material are by Americans.

Oh, right. Duh.

I can only think.of Tonto but he was Native Americqn.

And from radio and agood guy.

All I’m coming up with is Zorro, The Cabinet of Dr, Caligari and The Student Prince.

But no characters.

Oh,and The Thief of Baghdad.

T

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Known, though not best known, from prose
4. Only known name starts with T
5. Not a main character
6. Not created after 1930
7. American creator(s)
8. Created after 1900
9. Character is human
10. American character
11. Appeared in several movies, the most recent 100 years after the first
12. Not originally considered a “good guy”
13. From a genre
14. Caucasian
15. Originally from prose
16. Not from science fiction or fantasy
17. Name does not begin with Ta-Tl
18. Not known from mystery genre
19. Going by the description at IMDb, most recent movie only vaguely resembles movie 100 years earlier (same title, but major differences in characters and story)
20. Not known from comedy or romance genre
21. Not from an adventure story


Please ask your Firstname Lastname DQs by 11:00 pm EDT tomorrow (Sun 27 Jul).

Hmm. This is a toughie. Right now, I’m drawing a blank.

Is Western the only genre left?