See DQ8.
Ah. Misread it.
DQ: Originally from prose fiction?
L.
- fictional
- last name begins with L
- male
- would not be alive today, if real
- not created by an American author or authors
- created after 1950
- main character
- not originally from movies/TV
- originally from prose fiction
IQs
- Was your high school nickname Moony?
- Did you end up in St. Mungo’s due to a wand incident?
- Were you the publisher of a fantastical magazine?
Not Prof. Laupin (sp?), not Luna Lovegood, and not her dad Xenophilius Lovegood.
Not Prof. Laupin (sp?), not Luna Lovegood, and not her dad Xenophilius Lovegood.
Yes (Lupin), Gilderoy Lockhart, Yes
DQ: British creator?
IQ1: Were you a teenage werewolf in the 1950s?
IQ2: Have you sung with members of Queen in the last decade?
IQ3: Were you a long-haired bespectacled member of the Lone Gunmen?
“Hey, Blinkin!”
“Did you say Abe Lincoln?..”
IQs:
IQ1: Is a mathematical Rule named after you?
IQ2: Were you a holographic iguana who only spoke off-camera?
IQ3: Were you the L in TLC?
Not Michael Landon, dunno, and not Langley.
Ah, thanks for the Blinkin explanation. Not LaGrange, dunno and not Loving.
L.
- fictional
- last name begins with L
- male
- would not be alive today, if real
- not created by an American author or authors
- created after 1950
- main character
- not originally from movies/TV
- originally from prose fiction
- British creator
Correct, Adam Lambert, correct
DQ: Created after 1980?
Previously held DQ: Appeared in screen adaptation of prose work?
1: Well, I found references to something called the “LaGrange rule”, so I guess that counts. 2 was Leonard, from a Star Trek: Voyager episode. 3 was Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes.
2 DQs reserved.
L.
- fictional
- last name begins with L
- male
- would not be alive today, if real
- not created by an American author or authors
- created after 1950
- main character
- not originally from movies/TV
- originally from prose fiction
- British creator
- created before 1980
- appeared in a screen adaptation of prose work
IQs:
- Did you discover Pluto?
- Did you appear onstage with Elton John under the name Winston O’Boogie?
- Were Hush Puppy and Charley Horse your friends?
IQs:
1. Were you able to play piano and sing along while playing and write songs AND write satire AND teach mathematics, though you’re now retired?
2. Soon to appear in the entirely unneeded Space Jam sequel, are you a former Cleveland Cavalier and current LA Laker who plays the position of small forward (ironic, given that you’re 6’9’’)?
3. Are you well-known in the world of image processing, given that a cropped pinup photo of you has been used as a test image since 1973?
DQs:
1. from an obviously-identifiable genre (e.g. mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, western, etc.)?
2. created after 1970?
Not Percival Lowell, John Lennon (was that onstage, or just in the studio, I thought?) and dunno.
Not the great Tom Lehrer or LeBron James and dunno.
L.
- fictional
- last name begins with L
- male
- would not be alive today, if real
- not created by an American author or authors
- created after 1950
- main character
- not originally from movies/TV
- originally from prose fiction
- British creator
- created before 1980
- appeared in a screen adaptation of prose work
- from an obviously-identifiable genre (e.g. mystery, science fiction, fantasy, romance, western, etc.)
- created before 1970
IQ1: Are you James Bond’s frequent CIA contact?
IQ2: Are you the spy who came in from the cold?
I’m not the CIA’s own Felix Leiter, but I am indeed
Alec Leamas
The title character from John le Carre’s famous 1963 book, and the later movie based on it: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - Wikipedia
Well done, CFOHG!
Congratulations @ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness!
Good job, Chock! It’s been too long since I read it; I’d never have come up with the name.
Watched the Richard Burton film about a year ago. My brain went from Leiter to Bond to Smiley to le Carre to Burton to Leamas. Would not remembered the first name.
Next up.
I am Y