Correct x2, John Lennon.
DQ: Hugo or Nebula award winning book?
Previous IQs:
IQ1: Are you a Richard Scarry character who only owns a jaunty Tyrolean hat, and a single sock? - Correct, Lowly Worm.
IQ2: Are you a basketball player who brought your native city its first championship in a major sport since 1964? Dude! You’re a Clevelander! I figured this would be a gimme! LeBron James, of course!*
IQ3: Are you a Hall of Fame wide receiver who played for the Steelers in the 1970s? - Correct, Lynn Swann.
IQ1: Did you command the British cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo?
IQ2: Were you the Sicilian-American mafioso who created the modern Syndicate by arranging the murders of bosses Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, and replacing them with a council of the major organized crime families?
IQ3: Were you the Jewish Polish-American partner and friend of IQ2, who established casinos in Cuba, and lost his fortune when Castro overthrew your ally Batista?
DQ1: Human?
*Okay, nitpick, LeBron is from Akron, not Cleveland. Close enough.
King Leonardo.
Correct.
:D.
DQ reserved.
DQ: From a novel?
IQ1: Were you a Bavarian king who was declared insane and died a few days later under mysterious circumstances?
IQ2: Was your TV show cancelled because characters in the show also appeared in commercials broadcast during the show?
IQ3: Are you one of the stars of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour?
IQ1: Are you a beautiful maiden who threw herself into the Rhine in despair over a faithless lover and transformed into a siren?
IQ2: Is your biopic “The Coal Miner’s Daughter”?
IQ3: Are you a comic strip moppet whose frenemy is named Tubby?
LeBron! :smack: Of course. Too close to home, I guess.
Dunno, not Lucky Luciano, and dunno.
Not Mad King Ludwig, dunno, and not Larry the Cable Guy.
Not Lorelei, Loretta Lynn or Little Lulu (I read those when I was a kid!).
L.
- fictional
- male
- only name begins with L
- originally from literature
- not the protagonist
- born after 1800
- created by an American author or authors
- created after 1900
- from science fiction, fantasy or horror
- not the antagonist/villain
- not a sidekick to protagonist
- has not transitioned to movies
- created after 1970
- from a work of science fiction
- not adapted to TV/streaming
- not a Hugo or Nebula award-winning book
- human
- from a novel
Correct.
Linus the Lionhearted. The other characters on the show included Sugar Bear (Sugar Crisp), So Hi (the Post version of Rice Krispies), and Lovable Truly (Alpha-Bits).
Correct.
DQ: Author’s last name starts with A-K?
SMV’s two DQs will put us over 20. Time to ponder…
Previous IQs:
IQ1: Did you command the British cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo? - Lord Lucan.
IQ2: Were you the Sicilian-American mafioso who created the modern Syndicate by arranging the murders of bosses Joe Masseria and Salvatore Maranzano, and replacing them with a council of the major organized crime families? - Correct, Salvatore “Charlie Lucky” Luciano.
IQ3: Were you the Jewish Polish-American partner and friend of IQ2, who established casinos in Cuba, and lost his fortune when Castro overthrew your ally Batista? - Meyer Lansky.
DQ1: Any special powers or abilities?
DQ2: Written in 21st century?
L.
- fictional
- male
- only name begins with L
- originally from literature
- not the protagonist
- born after 1800
- created by an American author or authors
- created after 1900
- from science fiction, fantasy or horror
- not the antagonist/villain
- not a sidekick to protagonist
- has not transitioned to movies
- created after 1970
- from a work of science fiction
- not adapted to TV/streaming
- not a Hugo or Nebula award-winning book
- human
- from a novel
- author’s last name doesn’t start with A-K
- no known special powers or abilities
- not written in 21st century
No more IQs; please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.
DQ: From a series of novels?
A side note - SCAdian pointed out to me that I answered one of my IQs incorrectly; Lord Lucan commanded the British cavalry at the battle of Balaclava, not Waterloo. The British cavalry at Waterloo was (badly) led by the earl of Uxbridge.
No worries, SMV.
L.
- fictional
- male
- only name begins with L
- originally from literature
- not the protagonist
- born after 1800
- created by an American author or authors
- created after 1900
- from science fiction, fantasy or horror
- not the antagonist/villain
- not a sidekick to protagonist
- has not transitioned to movies
- created after 1970
- from a work of science fiction
- not adapted to TV/streaming
- not a Hugo or Nebula award-winning book
- human
- from a novel
- author’s last name doesn’t start with A-K
- no known special powers or abilities
- not written in 21st century
- from a series of novels
Please ask all earned “Are you Firstname Lastname?” questions by 6pm EST tomorrow.
To summarise:
Fictional male human with a one-word name, created by an American author (or by American authors) whose name starts with L-Z.
Originally appeared in an SF novel written 1971-2000, which was part of a series, did not receive a Hugo or a Nebula, and has not been adapted for film, TV, or streaming. (Or if it was, he was left out of the adaptation.)
Was not the protagonist, a sidekick, or the antagonist, and has no known special powers or abilities.
Hmmm…
So it’s not Lazarus Long, Louis Wu or Dr. Emilio Lizardo…
Ponder, ponder, ponder…
Norton, Lackey, Stirling, Turtledove, McCaffrey, Moon, Pournelle, Niven, Le Guin, Pohl, Zelazny, Varley, Moore…
I got bupkis, save an intuition I offer to anyone: maybe a character from Ursula LeGuin?
ETA: ninja’d!
You left out Asimov and Heinlein… but here’s a freebie clue: they didn’t create this character.
Obviously.
