3 out of 3 correct.
IQs:
- Were you one of the fathers of photography?
- Were you a non-PC cartoon product icon?
- Did your story have illustrations by Phiz?
Not Mrs. Dangers?
Not Eliza Doolittle.
Don’t remember Fay Wray’s character- take a DQ
Mrs. Danvers, correct, Ann Darrow
DQ: From the UK?
holding 2 DQs
Previous IQs:
Is your boss’s boss a conehead? - Dilbert
Did you remind everyone of the dangers of absolute power? - Damocles, he of the suspended sword
Were you a Southern woman with a popular TV show? - I’ll rephrase
DQs:
Noted for her beauty?
Best known as a romantic figure?
IQs:
Were you a Southern woman with a popular nonfiction TV show?
Was your wife’s family’s vast fortune inexplicably never mentioned later in her life?
Did the Phantom of the Opera try to woo you?
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Summary
- Not real
- Not male
- Not American
- Last name starts with D
- Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character
- Have appeared on television, but that’s definitely not what I’m best known for.
- Best known for a work of literature
- Not known as a character in a play (though there may well have been theatrical adaptations of the work(s) I’m known for)
- European
- First appeared in a work written in English
- Not a beauty
- NOT a Romantic figure
Not … D’artagnan?
Not Daniel Boone
No idea on #3
So, take one DQ if D’artagnan is right, 2 if he’s wrong.
Not Louis Daguerre
Take two DQs for the others
IQs:
Were you a Southern woman with a popular nonfiction TV show?
Was your wife’s family’s vast fortune inexplicably never mentioned later in her life?
Did the Phantom of the Opera try to woo you?
Not Christine Daae
But take two DQs for the others
IQ1: Are you a legless split personality character from The Dark Tower series?
IQ2: Are you the character identified with sense in Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility?
IQ3: Are you Don Quixote’s true love, even though he’s never spoken with you?
I know nothing about the Dark Tower series, so take a DQ.
Not Elinor Dashwood.
Not Dulcinea
Correct on Daguerre. The other two are the Dorito Bandito and Dombey, from Dickens’s Dombey and Son.
2 DQs reserved.
Previous IQs:
Were you a Southern woman with a popular nonfiction TV show? - Dinah Shore
Was your wife’s family’s vast fortune inexplicably never mentioned later in her life? - Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie was from quite a wealthy family
Did the Phantom of the Opera try to woo you? - Yes, Christine Daae
DQs:
Originally from a work published before 1900?
By a British author?
IQs:
Is your tale seen by some as an allegory of Progressivism?
Do you get some of the credit for the extra red brake light added to American-made cars in the 1980s?
Was the first line of your memoir that you had “always had a particular idea” of your country?
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Was your wife’s family’s vast fortune inexplicably never mentioned later in her life? - Dagwood Bumstead; Blondie was from quite a wealthy family
You have it backward. Dagwood was disowned by his wealthy father when he married the bubble-headed flapper Blondie Boopadoop. Quoting wiki:
Originally designed to follow in the footsteps of Young’s earlier “pretty girl” creations Beautiful Bab and Dumb Dora, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop—a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. The name “Boopadoop” derives from the scat singing lyric that was popularized by Helen Kane’s 1928 song “I Wanna Be Loved by You.”
Marriage
On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and build-up, Blondie Boopadoop marries her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead, the son of a wealthy industrialist. The marriage was a significant media event, given the comic strip’s popularity.[3] Unfortunately, Dagwood’s upper-crust parents strongly disapprove of his marrying beneath his class, and disinherit him. The check Dagwood uses to pay for his honeymoon bounces, and the Bumsteads are forced to become a middle-class suburban family. The catalog for the University of Florida’s 2005 exhibition, “75 Years of Blondie, 1930–2005”, notes:
Blondie's marriage marked the beginning of a change in her personality. From that point forward, she gradually assumed her position as the sensible head of the Bumstead household. And Dagwood, who previously had been cast in the role of straight man to Blondie's comic antics, took over as the comic strip's clown."]Susannah Dean, correct x2
DQ: Human?
holding 3 DQs
Oops. Thanks. I withdraw my second DQ, then.
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Summary
- Not real
- Not male
- Not American
- Last name starts with D
- Have appeared on the big screen, but probably not best known as a movie character
- Have appeared on television, but that’s definitely not what I’m best known for.
- Best known for a work of literature
- Not known as a character in a play (though there may well have been theatrical adaptations of the work(s) I’m known for)
- European
- First appeared in a work written in English
- Not a beauty
- NOT a Romantic figure
- Originally from a work published before 1900
- Created by a British author
IQs:
Is your tale seen by some as an allegory of Progressivism?
Do you get some of the credit for the extra red brake light added to American-made cars in the 1980s?
Was the first line of your memoir that you had “always had a particular idea” of your country?
Not… Dorothy Gale? (Some think ***The WIzard of Oz ***was an allegory for Populism, Free Silver or various other political ideologies)
No idea for #2 or #3- take two DQs.
Three if Dorothy is wrong
IQ: Are you famous for your knitting?
YESSSS! I am the cold, cruel Madame DeFarge, from Charles Dickens’ ***A Tale of Two ***Cities! I use my knitting to send my enemies to the guillotine!