Botticelli - October 2024

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401

Sorry, Prof, but we’re already over 20 DQs, so no more IQs. But I’ll give you three more DQs, regardless.

402

DQs:

  1. Not alive.
  2. Male.
  3. Fictional.
  4. Surname begins with “B”.
  5. Created by an American.
  6. Created after 1900.
  7. Human.
  8. Not known for TV, but has appeared in that medium.
  9. Appeared more than once in media.
  10. Created after 1960.
  11. Not an American character.
  12. Did not first appear in print.
  13. Not known primarily for film.
  14. Main character.
  15. Not from science fiction or fantasy.
  16. Created before 1990.
  17. Created before 1975.
  18. European.
  19. First appeared in what could be considered a theatrical musical work.
  20. Born north of Vienna. Native country established, but not specific town or city.
  21. Born west of Vienna.
  22. Has “appeared” in more than one work.
  23. The categories of “good guy” and “bad guy” aren’t really applicable to this type of character.
  24. Best known for what could be called theatrical musical works.
403

Nope, I missed the cutoff announcement, so I won’t take any more DQs. Thanks anyway!

404

We’re got a main character from an American stage musical from 1961-1974, possibly British.
Surname starts with a B. Not from SF/Fantasy.

That was something of a golden age for Broadway musicals, so there’s lots to pick from.

405

Final DQ: British?

This points to something that happens on a stage but isn’t thought of as theater, like a theme park ride, maybe…

…and I suspect this indicates he’s a narrator (or some other role).

406

Or he’s amoral, or an antihero.

407

DQs:

  1. Not alive.
  2. Male.
  3. Fictional.
  4. Surname begins with “B”.
  5. Created by an American.
  6. Created after 1900.
  7. Human.
  8. Not known for TV, but has appeared in that medium.
  9. Appeared more than once in media.
  10. Created after 1960.
  11. Not an American character.
  12. Did not first appear in print.
  13. Not known primarily for film.
  14. Main character.
  15. Not from science fiction or fantasy.
  16. Created before 1990.
  17. Created before 1975.
  18. European.
  19. First appeared in what could be considered a theatrical musical work.
  20. Born north of Vienna. Native country established, but not specific town or city.
  21. Born west of Vienna.
  22. Has “appeared” in more than one work.
  23. The categories of “good guy” and “bad guy” aren’t really applicable to this type of character.
  24. Not British.
408

French, Dutch, Belgium, Norwegian - Irish?, Danish? Am I missing any NW European nations?

If not for the time frame, I’d go for Emil de Becque.

409

German, Swedish…

410

Luxembourger?

411

Icelander?

412

Not Rocky Horror, nor Hair, nor The Rothschilds, nor Fiddler on the Roof, nor A Little Night Music, nor Cabaret…

Unless I’m misremembering.

413

I tried recalling animated musicals (Disney and Warner Bros).

414

Okay, guys, no more DQs. Please ask your firstname-lastname questions by 11 pm Eastern on Monday, October 28th.

415

Are you Edgar Balthazar?

416

I am not Edgar Balthazar.

417

Those would be films, and #13 above says that’s out.

I don’t know Pippin well enough to know if there’s a character there.
It’s not gonna be Stop The World, that’s a British authorship.

I’m stumped so far.

418

Me too.

419

Thirded.

420

I seem to have stumped you all. I am P.D.Q. Bach (1807-1742?), last and least child of Johann Sebastian Bach, composer of such classics as “Cantata, Iphigenia in Brooklyn” (S.53, 162), “Pervertimento for Bagpipes, Bicycle and Balloons” (S.66), “Fanfare for the Common Cold” (S.98.7), and “The Short-Tempered Clavier, Preludes and Fugues in All the Major and Minor Keys Except the for the Really Hard Ones”, (S.easy as 3.14159265). And, of course those beloved Christmas carols “Throw the Yule Log On, Uncle John”, “O Little Town of Hackensack”, and “Good King Kong Looked Out”.