DQs
- Title character?
- From a children’s book?
- Created after 1930?
P
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins with P
4. Originally from prose
5. A main character
6. Not an American character
7. Not created after 1960
8. Not created before 1800
9. European character
10. Created by a European
11. Good guy
12. Not created before 1900
13. Created by an author from the UK
14. Not a title character
15. From a children’s book
16. Created after 1930
EH, DLR and knoodler each have two remaining DQs. Please ask them by noon ten PM Eastern, Thursday 12 March.
Previous IQs:
Were you a giant with food in his name? - Pantagruel
Were you “trainer to the gods” in Disney’s Hercules? - Philoctetes AKA Phil, voiced by Danny DiVito
Was Sam Adams always imposing on you in a kids’ book by Robert Lawson? - Yes, Paul Revere, in his excellent Mr. Revere and I, told from the point of view of Revere’s horse
Can’t figure out who this is. I yield my two earned DQs, one per customer.
DQ: from a book published after 1945?
1 DQ reserved.
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name begins with P
- Originally from prose
- One of a group of main characters
- Not an American character
- Not created after 1960
- Not created before 1800
- European character
- Created by a European
- Good guy
- Not created before 1900
- Created by an author from the UK
- Not a title character
- From a children’s book
- Created after 1930
- From a book published after 1945
DLR has one remaining DQ, knoodler has two, and EH has two he’s offering (one per customer) to anyone who wants them.
Final DQ: from a fantasy novel?
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name begins with P
- Originally from prose
- One of a group of main characters
- Not an American character
- Not created after 1960
- Not created before 1800
- European character
- Created by a European
- Good guy
- Not created before 1900
- Created by an author from the UK
- Not a title character
- From a children’s book
- Created after 1930
- From a book published after 1945
- From a fantasy novel
Note that I have reworded my answer to DQ5 in order to clear any possible confusion ("a main character* vs “the main character”).
Waiting on knoodler… .
One of EH’s DQs…
From a work by Roald Dahl or Ian Fleming?
P
- Fictional
- Male
- First name begins with P
- Originally from prose
- One of a group of main characters
- Not an American character
- Not created after 1960
- Not created before 1800
- European character
- Created by a European
- Good guy
- Not created before 1900
- Created by an author from the UK
- Not a title character
- From a children’s book
- Created after 1930
- From a book published after 1945
- From a fantasy novel
- Not from a work by Roald Dahl or Ian Fleming
Note that I have reworded my answer to DQ5 in order to clear any possible confusion ("a main character* vs “the main character”).
Waiting on knoodler (and on EH’s remaining DQ)… .
Can I use my DQs to ask First Name/Last Name?
You can always ask that, as long as you’ve earned a DQ duting the round.
Thanks Prof!
DQs:
Are you Peter Pevensie?
Are you Pippin?
Yes! I am Peter Pevensie, eldest of the Pevensie children and sometime king of Narnia!
Who’s Pippin?
Pippin is from The Lord of the Rings, a trilogy of fantasy novels by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Well done, knoodler!
Thanks! I saw both books listed in the Baker’s Dozen thread and took a gamble.
New letter up soon.
And Pippin is Pippin / Peregrin Took of The Lord of the Rings.
I am…
D
IQs
- Did you beat up your cousin frequently until he saved your life?
- Are you secretly a superhero, but only in Italian comic books?
- Did you write The Idiot?
Congrats, Knoodler!
IQs:
1. Were you W. Mark Felt?
2. Were you Janet on The Good Place?
3. Did you play M?
Good one, knoodler!
A rules question: if the person being sought has both names starting in the given letter, is is customary to answer that to a first name/last name question, or just to the DQ asked?
IQs:
- Do you have a cousin who does animal rescues?
- Are you the cousin of #1?
- Were you played by George Hamilton in a dual role?