IQ: Did your love of insect collecting inspire a multimillion dollar business?
No, I’m not… Sting?
Dunno this one. Take a DQ.
S.
- Male
- Fictional
- Has appeared as a movie character
- Not American
- Appeared in another medium before debut as a movie character
- Native speaker of English, as far as I know
- First name starts with “S”
- Creator not from the UK
- Movie in which I appeared was set between 1900 and 2011
Were you the first superintendent of the college that eventually became Louisiana State University?
IQ: Are you the mother of Caliban?
IQ: Are you Cain’s younger brother?
IQ: Are you described as an evil sorceror in the first part of Act I, only to be revealed as the benevolent victim of malicious lies by the end of Act I?
You are not Saul Zantz, who sued John Fogerty for self-plagarism. Zantz claimed that Fogerty’s solo hit “The Old Man Down The Road” ripped off the Fogerty-penned CCR song “Run Through The Jungle”. Fantasy Records, which Zantz partially owned, held the copyright to the CCR catalog.
You are not Satoshi Tajiri, creator of the original Pokemon video games. His childhood bug collecting hobby was one of his inspirations.
DQ 1: Did you originally appear in a novel?
DQ 2: Would the movie in which you appear be considered part of the science fiction/fantasy/horror family of genres?
No, I’m not William T. Sherman.
No, I’m not… Scipia?
No, I’m not… Sampson? (I’m sure that’s wrong, but what the hell. I didn’t even know Cain had a younger brother).
Dunno. Ask a DQ.
S.
- Male
- Fictional
- Has appeared as a movie character
- Not American
- Appeared in another medium before debut as a movie character
- Native speaker of English, as far as I know
- First name starts with “S”
- Creator not from the UK
- Movie in which I appeared was set between 1900 and 2011
- Did not originally appear in a novel
- Movie in which I appeared would IMHO generally not be considered part of the science fiction/fantasy/horror family of genres
Were you a high school teacher and football coach, while working as a pro wrestler on the side?
Did you sing lead on the Sixties hit “She’s About a Mover”?
Sycorax is the witch who formerly inhabited Prospero’s island. She is mentioned by both Caliban, who claims ownership of the island through being her son, and by Prospero, who chastises Ariel by reminding him how he was imprisoned in the knotted entrails of a pine by Sycorax.
Cain actually had two younger brothers - Abel, whom he slew and then Seth, who is born to Adam and Eve after the incident.
This is a reference to Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’. The Queen of the Night convinces Prince Tamino and the birdcatcher Papageno to go off to rescue her daughter, Pamina, from the evil Sarastro. When they get to Sarastro’s realm, they discover that he is actually a wise and just ruler and it is the Queen of the Night who is wicked, evil and plotting the overthrow of everything good.
DQ#1: Was the original medium in which this character appeared a play?
If I may, I’ll reserve my other two DQs until I get an answer.
Did you create the pirate Captain Blood?
Did you star in a flop martial arts film before winning two Oscars?
Did Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley drive you bonkers every week?
No, I’m not Stone Cold Steve Austin.
No, I’m not… Serena Baker? Wildass guess.
No, I’m not Robert Louis Stevenson.
I thought we’d agreed to three IQs between answers…?
S.
- Male
- Fictional
- Has appeared as a movie character
- Not American
- Appeared in another medium before debut as a movie character
- Native speaker of English, as far as I know
- First name starts with “S”
- Creator not from the UK
- Movie in which I appeared was set between 1900 and 2011
- Did not originally appear in a novel
- Movie in which I appeared would IMHO generally not be considered part of the science fiction/fantasy/horror family of genres
- Did not first appear in a play
IQ: Did Sex Pistol Steve Jones infamously swear on live TV because host Bill Grundy was flirting with you?
[side talk] Hmm, the movie would not be considered science fiction, fantasy nor horror, yet the original medium was not a novel nor a play. Comic book, perhaps? Character based on a work of visual art? Fascinating, Captain. I have two more DQs coming, but we’re at the stage where I don’t want to waste them…[/side talk]
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The high school teacher & football coach who moonlighted as a pro wrestler was George “The Animal” Steele. His real name is Jim Myers, and he kept his wrestling career a secret from students and colleagues for decades.
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Captain Blood (and “Scaramouche”) were the creations of Rafael Sabatini.
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And “She’s About a Mover” was a hit for the Sir Douglas Quintet, led by Doug Sahm (a musical legend here in Austin).
DQ1: Was your creator American?
DQ2: Have you appeared in a series of books or stories?
DQ3: Were you created after 1950?
No, I’m not Siouxsie of The Banshees fame?
astorian, I’d never heard of any of those "S"s. Not sure Steele and Sahm, in particular, would meet the as-well-known-as-Botticelli rule, but I’ll let you have 'em.
S.
- Male
- Fictional
- Has appeared as a movie character
- Not American
- Appeared in another medium before debut as a movie character
- Native speaker of English, as far as I know
- First name starts with “S”
- Creator not from the UK
- Movie in which I appeared was set between 1900 and 2011
- Did not originally appear in a novel
- Movie in which I appeared would IMHO generally not be considered part of the science fiction/fantasy/horror family of genres
- Did not first appear in a play
- Created by an American
- Has appeared in books or stories, but not a series of them, as such
- Created after 1950
Would it reassure you that George “The Animal” Steele was a co-star of Ed Wood? Or that his trademark was a green tongue?