DQ:
American character?
That Commodore Perry painting, by the way: https://x.com/ohiohistory/status/1568570442436296704
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not first appear on TV
13. Considered a beauty *
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
* The character may not be, but the actress certainly is.
By my count, Thing Fish has one remaining DQ; DLR and the Prof have three each.
Thanks. Maybe next time I’ll remember it.
I’m stumped. Either this is someone I’ve never heard of, or I will be slapping my forehead and loudly exclaiming “D’OH!” when it is revealed.
Trying to think of a DQ.
DQ: from a movie released before 1963?
2 DQs reserved.
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not appear first on TV
13. Considered a beauty
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
18. Not from a movie released before 1963
Thing Fish has one remaining DQ, DLR has two, and the Prof has three. Please ask them all by 2100 EDT tomorrow, 13 May.
I’m baffled. I’ll yield my DQ to anyone who wants it,
DQ: from a war movie?
1 DQ reserved.
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not appear first on TV
13. Considered a beauty
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
18. Not from a movie released before 1963
19. Not from a war movie
DLR has one remaining DQ, the Prof has three, and there is one up for grabs (courtesy of Thing Fish). Please ask them all by 2300 EDT today, 13 May. (Note revised deadline time.)
While we’re waiting, I have a rules question (not in any way pertaining to the current game). What if, for instance, the host is thinking of She-Hulk, and an IQ is “Have you been a member of the Fantastic Four?”
The correct answer is “yes”, but unless the questioner is intimately familiar with brief plotlines from the 80s, they’re almost certainly thinking of Sue Richards. So what does the host do? Answering the question correctly gives a basically unearned win to the questioner. Asking for clarification gives the game away. And answering “I am not Sue Richards” could arguably throw the questioners so far off the track as to be unfair. (in this particular case, probably not, but maybe in others).
Anyway, what the hell, maybe this can narrow it down a little:
DQ:
Did you appear in more than one movie?
Any valid answer to an IQ yields no DQ, whether it’s the person the questioner was thinking about or not. We had a player back when I first joined in who got ticked off every time we reminded him of this rule. As I recall, he eventually quit playing because of this.
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not appear first on TV
13. Considered a beauty
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
18. Not from a movie released before 1963
19. Not from a war movie
20. Did not appear in more than one movie
DLR has one remaining DQ, and the Prof has three. Please ask them all by 2300 EDT today, 13 May.
Only five hours to go and it’s awfully quiet…will there be last minute shenanigans??
Too quiet.
(No, really, I’ve got nothin’. Maybe a western? There is one thing I could ask, but really, I’m in the dark here.)
1 was Edith Hamilton.
2 was Linda Hamilton.
3 was George Hamilton.
DQs:
- From a horror movie?
- From a mystery?
- First name begins with Ha - He?
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not appear first on TV
13. Considered a beauty
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
18. Not from a movie released before 1963
19. Not from a war movie
20. Did not appear in more than one movie
21. Not from a horror movie
22. Not from a mystery
23. First name begins with Ha - He
There’s one question I’ve been expecting, bu no one has asked it yet.
Well, I was going to try to narrow the name down, but…
Final DQ: from a western?
H
1, Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins with H
4, Did not originally appear in prose
5. First appeared in 1950 or later
6. The main protagonist of the best-known story in which I appear
7. By an American author or authors
8. Did not first appear after 1980
9. Not created after 1975
10. Appeared in TV or movies
11. Caucasian
12. Did not appear first on TV
13. Considered a beauty
14. First appeared in movies
15. In a genre piece (fantasy, sf, Western, horror, detective, etc.)
16. An ordinary human – no special powers or characteristics that no actual humans have
17. American character
18. Not from a movie released before 1963
19. Not from a war movie
20. Did not appear in more than one movie
21. Not from a horror movie
22. Not from a mystery
23. First name begins with Ha - He
24. From a western
All righty, then. Think it over, discuss it if you want, and ask your “Firstname Lastname” DQs by 0830 EDT Thursday, 15 May, please.
You got me. I don’t think I know any female Western characters by name.