Not Stanley Kowalski, Solomon Grundy, or… dunno.
Not Slartibartfast (love that name!), Sarah Palin or… dunno. A Blazing Saddles reference, I know, but the name escapes me.
Right on the first two.
Stig Nasty was the Rutle in question.
DQ Reserved.
IQs:
- Did you portray the 7th Doctor?
- Did you narrate the opening to Ben Casey?
- In the comic strip Pogo, were you frequently seen in the company of Ol’ Mouse?
You’d do it for Randolph Scott!
RANDOLPH SCOTT!!! [Heavenly choir music]
I’ll use the DQ Prof. Pepperwinkle attempted earlier.
DQ: Human?
Not Sylvester McCoy; dunno the others. Two DQs?
S.
- not real
- male
- not from the movies
- last name starts with S
- not protagonist
- from literature
- published after 1950
- male author
- antagonist
- not by an American author
- from a work of sci-fi or fantasy
- by a British author
- published before 1980
- literary work has been adapted to other media, such as radio play, television, or graphic novel
- human
Nonsubstantive grammatical change to DQ 14 answer.
Right on Sylvester.
#2 was Sam Jaffee. #3 was Snavely the Snake.
3 DQs total reserved until tomorrow.
DQs:
- From a fantasy work?
- Are you the major antagonist?
One DQ reserved.
S.
- not real
- male
- not from the movies
- last name starts with S
- not protagonist
- from literature
- published after 1950
- male author
- antagonist
- not by an American author
- from a work of sci-fi or fantasy
- by a British author
- published before 1980
- literary work has been adapted to other media, such as radio play, television, or graphic novel
- human
- from a fantasy work
- arguably a, if not the, major antagonist
Okay, so the villain from a work of British fantasy literature created 1950-1980, but not Sauron or Saruman or Smaug. Have to think about C. S. Lewis, Moorcock, Lovecraft… Maybe there was an S villain in the Silmarillon I’m not remembering…
IQ1: Did you decide that something very important should be your birthday present and take it by force?
IQ2: Are you a noted demon of letters?
IQ3: Did you invent the science of psychohistory?
Lovecraft was an American.
Not Smeagol, Screwtape or Hari Seldon.
No idea at this point. I thought fanganga might have it with Screwtape, but apparently not.
Nah, whoever he is, he’s human. Screwtape was a demon.
Thinking…
Lord Dunsany?
Lin Carter, Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber are all Americans…
Correct on all three. The big name in British science fiction I’m thinking of as Arthur C. Clarke, but I can’t think of any antagonist characters from his works. John Wyndam? Aldous Huxley? Ursula le Guin?
IQ1: Did you create Comrade Ogilvy?
IQ2: Are you known for habitually stroking a white cat?
IQ3: are you a rival of Willy Wonka’s?
From Fantasy, not science fiction. And Welcome Back, fanganga!
DQ: Created by a member of the Inklings?
IQs:
- Did you write The Bell Jar?
- Did you create the game Munchkin and its sequels?
- Is your alter ego Wesley Dodds?
Oops, missed that. Oh well, it’s not like I was getting anywhere with the broader remit.
Yes, I am
Arthur Slugworth
Well done, fanganga: List of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory characters - Wikipedia
I agree. Well done, fanganga! Looking forward to the next round!
Yes, well done, fanganga! And great choice, EH. I know him but I wouldn’t have thought of him.
Wow, I wasn’t expecting that.
For the curious my first two were:
- Winston Smith from 1984, who when tasked with replacing a news article that had become inconvenient to the party just before deadline, wrote a report on the awarding of posthumous honours to the war hero Comrade Ogilvy he just made up
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld, recurring antagonist of James Bond.
Now on with the next round - my initial letter is F
IQs:
- Are you “the bull with the delicate ego”?
- Did you battle Ming the Merciless?
- Were you an Italian atomic physicist?