IQs:
- Were you one of Roger Ramjet’s squad of kid helpers?
- Did you play Batgirl on the 1960’s Batman TV series?
- Were you a noted French surrealist painter?
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
Not Yanni
Take 2 DQs
Not Yoko Ono?
Not Yassar Arafat?
Not Yivo
Take a DQ
Not Yvonne Craig
Take a DQ
A clean sweep!
IQs:
1. Did you write We (the sci-fi dystopian novel)?
2. Did you popularize the idea of micro-loans?
3. Did you hold up a diner with your boyfriend, who you called “Pumpkin” (and who in turn called you “Honey Bunny”)?
You swept me back! Take 3 DQs.
(I know the last one is Amanda Plummer in Pulp Fiction, but I don’t remember the character’s real name)
1 was Yevgeny Zamyatin; 2 was Muhammad Yunus; 3 was Yolanda.
DQs:
1. created after 1970?
2. has appeared in prose and movies/TV?
One DQ reserved.
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
- Created after 1970
- Has appeared in prose and movies/TV, although not necessarily in the way commonly meant by that phrase.
#1 was Yank (the other kids were Doodle, Dan and Dee).
Correct on Ms. Craig.
#3 was Yves Tanguy.
DQs:
- From comic books or comic strips?
- Antagonist?
IQ: Are you a blue-skinned alien with an arrow that responds to your will?
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
- Created after 1970
- Has appeared in prose and movies/TV, although not necessarily in the way commonly meant by that phrase.
- Not from comic books or comic strips
- Not an antagonist.
Not Yondu from Guardians of the Galaxy
IQs:
- Did you compose Tea For Two?
- Were you the singer for Classics IV?
- Did you write the lyrics to Brother, Can You Spare A Dime??
Previous IQs:
Are you a New Age musician who was particularly popular in the Nineties? - Yes, Yanni
Were you Gorbachev’s CPSU patron? - Yuri Andropov
Did you know Major Major Major Major? - Yossarian, in Catch-22
DQs:
First introduced in a song?
Human?
IQs:
Were you a rebel Soviet poet who met with Nixon?
Did you angrily quit the CPSU despite being allied with Gorbachev?
Were you Andrei Sakharov’s steadfast wife?
IQs:
1. Were you primarily a singles figure skater, though you also skated in pairs with Rudy Galindo from 1984-1990?
2. Are you You, the Hunter from the Future?
3. “Father and I went down to camp,
Along with Captain Gooding,
There we see the men and boys,
As thick as hasty pudding”–does your name come next?
1 DQ reserved.
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y, but almost always preceded by an honorific
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
- Created after 1970
- Has appeared in prose and movies/TV, although not necessarily in the way commonly meant by that phrase.
- Not from comic books or comic strips
- Not an antagonist.
- Not first introduced in a song
- Intended to be perceived as human
Also I want to draw attention to an update to #3. Only given name starts with Y, but name is almost always preceded by an honorific.
Take 3 DQs
Take 3 DQs
Not Kristi Yamaguchi? - I think she’s too young for that time frame, but only Y skater I can think of.
Not Yor
Take a DQ
#1 was Vincent Youmans.
#2 was Dennis Yost.
#3 was Yip Harburg.
DQ: From a commercial or advertising campaign?
2 DQs reserved.
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y, but almost always preceded by an honorific
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
- Created after 1970
- Has appeared in prose and movies/TV, although not necessarily in the way commonly meant by that phrase.
- Not from comic books or comic strips
- Not an antagonist.
- Not first introduced in a song
- Intended to be perceived as human
- From a commercial or advertising campaign
DQ: Is the character’s honorific “Mr.”?
1 DQ reserved.
DQs:
Y
- Not real
- Male
- Only known name starts with Y, but almost always preceded by an honorific
- Not originally known from movies or TV
- Not a protagonist
- Not explicitly specified, but very likely American
- Could be alive today, if real, depending on access to medical care
- First appeared since 1950
- Created by American(s)
- Concept of lead character is not applicable
- Not originally from prose
- First appeared before 1990
- Created after 1970
- Has appeared in prose and movies/TV, although not necessarily in the way commonly meant by that phrase.
- Not from comic books or comic strips
- Not an antagonist.
- Not first introduced in a song
- Intended to be perceived as human
- From a commercial or advertising campaign
- Character’s honorific is “Mr.”
IQ: Does your character indicate items that are unhealthy or poisonous?