Previous IQs:
Did you command Hill Street station? - Capt. Frank Furillo, on Hill Street Blues FYI “action guy”? - Frank Fontana, on Murphy Brown
Frank x3!
DQs:
Native speaker of English?
One DQ reserved.
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:233, topic:1018078”]
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:242, topic:1018078”]
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
Created after 1550
DQ: Name begins with Fa-Fl?
1 DQ reserved
Final DQs:
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:245, topic:1018078”]
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
Created after 1550
Name begins with Fm-Fz
Not from a play
First appeared after 1700
From the New World
Final reserved DQ:
Story was set in the present day, when published?
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:249, topic:1018078”]
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
Created after 1550
Name begins with Fm-Fz
Not from a play
First appeared after 1700
From the New World
Story set in present day at time of publication
Hmm. I was thinking this was Friday from Robinson Crusoe , but Dafoe was a native English speaker.
SunUp
May 19, 2025, 7:46pm
253
I think that question is in reference to the character, not the author. (I think you have it!)
Looks that way, but EH is the one who asked it, so he can decide what it meant.
SunUp
May 19, 2025, 11:54pm
255
True, but what did @Thing.Fish mean when he answered it? That’s the real key as to whether it is Friday or not.
(I guess I should have said that “I think the answer is in reference to the character, not the author.”)
Yes, the character is not a native English speaker. The author is a native speaker of a Germanic language.
Last DQ:
Are you a sidekick/associate/apprentice/student to the main character and not part of an ensemble?
That actually strikes me as two questions; it’s certainly possible to be part of an ensemble of sidekicks or students. I’ll answer the first one.
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
Created after 1550
Name begins with Fm-Fz
Not from a play
First appeared after 1700
From the New World
Story set in present day at time of publication
Sidekick-type character
OK,@SunUp has the last DQ.
SunUp
May 20, 2025, 9:40pm
259
DQ: Rescued by the protagonist?
[quote=“Thing.Fish, post:258, topic:1018078”]
Fictional
Male
Only name begins with F
Not a main character
From prose fiction
Author not American
Author is European
Created before 1950
Not from genre fiction
Created before 1800
Author native speaker of a Germanic language
Not a native English speaker
A good guy
Created after 1550
Name begins with Fm-Fz
Not from a play
First appeared after 1700
From the New World
Story set in present day at time of publication
Sidekick-type character
Rescued by the protagonist
OK, final guesses!
