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[3iff]

My first running of the game so apologies in advance for any errors on my part...

One limitation I think I will use...NO reference to American sports/sports persons.

The letter is S which should allow a multitude of names.

[Quailman]

Stumper: Were you Foreign Secretary at the time of the 9/11 attack?

[jesternl]

I was waiting for you 3iff....

Stumper: Did you play Louise in Thelma and Louise ? (an easy one to start out with)

[Zag]

Stumper: Are you married to the governor of California?

[ralphmerridew]

Stumper: Are you strongly associated with ambition?

[lex*]

Are you famous for a poster in which you point to the viewer?

[3iff]

Not a good start...trying to answer the stumpers with the letter "I"...No wonder I couldn't answer any. Now trying with the correct letter.

Jesternl: Did you play Louise in Thelma and Louise ? (an easy one to start out with) Susan Sarandon
Quailman: Were you Foreign Secretary at the time of the 9/11 attack? Jack Straw
Zag: Are you married to the governor of California? Mrs Schwarzenegger??
ralphmerridrew: Are you strongly associated with ambition? No idea
lex: Are you famous for a poster in which you point to the viewer? Uncle Sam

[Scurra]

[3iff]

Scurra: Were you the adversary of Prince Adam's alter-ego? Not the faintest idea.
Quailman: Were you Helen Keller's teacher? No idea

Zag gets a general.

[Quailman]

[Zag]

Anne Sullivan (Helen Keller's teacher)

General 1: Are you alive?

[3iff]

Quailman has a general

General 1: Are you alive? NO

[Quailman]

General: Are you European?

Stumper: Are you a professional golfer from Fiji?

[ralphmerridew]

Were you the adversary of Prince Adam's alter-ego? Skeletor

[Lepton*]

Will your last descendant be killed by Daniel Radcliffe's character?

[3iff]

Summary...

General 1: Are you alive? NO
General 2: Are you European? NO

General for Scurra and Lepton

Stumpers
ralphmerridrew: Are you strongly associated with ambition? No idea
Quailman: Are you a professional golfer from Fiji? No idea
Milkshake*: Did you write the music for a 20th century ballet? Shostakovic (If that's right I WILL be surprised!)

I'm updating this summary page including questions posted after this page...I'll do a new summary page when there are enough changes.

[milkshake*]

Did you write the music for a 20th century ballet?

[3iff]

Milkshake*: Did you write the music for a 20th century ballet? Shostakovic (If that's right I WILL be surprised!)

[Zag]

Lepton*: Will your last descendant be killed by Daniel Radcliffe's character? Snape (almost certainly wrong)

Slytherin, of course. Though Tom Riddle was Slytherin's "true descendant" but I don't think he was necessarily his last one.

[Zag]

Stumper: Are you the hero of The Maltese Falcon?

[3iff]

Zag: Are you the hero of The Maltese Falcon? Sanders ??

[Quailman]

[3iff]

Zag has a general.

After I 'answered' that last stumper, I looked up the real answer...I could have kicked myself. Still, can't win them all.

[Lepton*]

Zag: There was some speculation in the 6th book about Slytherin's descendants interbreeding to the point of extinction. Given the ancestral fascination and strong sense of magical history in Harry Potter's universe, I'd be surprised if there were anyone else who received Slytherin's genes beyond the Gaunts. I think.

General: Were you born in, or at any point a citizen or permanent resident of, the United States of America?

Stumper: Did John Gribbin write a popular account of your demiexanimated cat?

[Lepton*]

Quailman's is Vijay Singh, and I think that Sisyphus is fairly well-tied to the concept of ambition.

[3iff]

General: Were you born in, or at any point a citizen or permanent resident of, the United States of America? YES

I'm not equipped to deal with the arguments about fictional characters, so I'm happy to allow Slytherin...

Generals for Quailman and ralphmerridrew

Lepton*: Did John Gribbin write a popular account of your demiexanimated cat? I don't think I understand the question...so that's a No Idea.

[ralphmerridew]

I don't know whether Sisyphus is associated with ambition, but my intended answer (coincidentally) was Salazar Slytherin (Ambition, cunning, leadership and resourcefulness).

While we're on the subject
Stumper: Did you play a recurring role in the Harry Potter films?

[Zag]

The demiexanimated cat (eh??) must be referring to Schroedinger's cat. (Overhead in a physics lab: Schroedinger, your cat looks half-dead.)

General: Are you best known for your contributions in the entertainment field?

Stumper: Did you play the character that the title character of this famous movie calls out for near the end, when he is almost completely (or perhaps completely) blinded?

(How's THAT for a confusingly-worded question? I'll break it down:

A famous movie.
Near the end of the movie, the title character is blinded, or nearly so.
While in this state, he calls out for another character.
Who played that other character?
)

[Quailman]

Vijay Singh indeed! Thanks, Lepton.

General: Are you Male?

Stumper: Did you write a novel about young Jim Hawkins and his run-in with pirates?

[Scurra]

Milkshake's may have been intended to be Stravinsky (The Rite of Spring)? but Shostakovitch sounds like a perfectly good answer - I'd be surprised if he hadn't written music specifically for a ballet.

Stumper: Did you once cross your legs on screen to great effect?

Boring General: Are you male?
(so boring, in fact, that Quailman beat me too it by a few seconds..!)
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[3iff]

Zag...I shall refrain from comment.

Zag: Did you play the character that the title character of this famous movie calls out for near the end, when he is almost completely (or perhaps completely) blinded? I don't know.

Seems I have to withdraw the general from ralphmerridew.

ralphmerridrew: Did you play a recurring role in the Harry Potter films? I'll have to think about this one.

General: Are you best known for your contributions in the entertainment field? YES


Due to unforeseen circumstances (good ones) I shall not be around tomorrow (Wednesday) so I'll have to put a hold on the game until Thursday. Apologies.

[3iff]

Stumper: Did you once cross your legs on screen to great effect? Sharon Stone

Boring General: Are you male? NO

[Quailman]

So I'm boring, huh? Would it have been less boring if I had asked "Are you female?"

I googled Shostakovich (yes, I like to learn stuff from the answers in -cellis) and he did operas but not ballets.

[Scurra]

[Quailman]

Since I simulposted with Scurra, I will re-ask my stumper:

Stumper: Did you write a novel about young Jim Hawkins and his run-in with pirates?

[lexprod]

Are you the personal assistant to the boss of the Springfield nuclear power plant?

[Lepton*]

General: Are you best known for your singing career?

Stumper: Are you the daughter of a mob-tied crooner?

[3iff]

I'm back.

Summary...

General: Are you alive? NO
General: Are you European? NO
General: Are you best known for your contributions in the entertainment field? YES
General: Are you male? NO
General: Are you best known for your singing career? YES



General for Lepton

Stumpers

Milkshake*: Did you write the music for a 20th century ballet? Shostakovic (If that's right I WILL be surprised!)
Zag: Did you play the character that the title character of this famous movie calls out for near the end, when he is almost completely (or perhaps completely) blinded? I don't know.
ralphmerridrew: Did you play a recurring role in the Harry Potter films? That's Prof McGonagle - Maggie Smith
Stumper: Did you write a novel about young Jim Hawkins and his run-in with pirates? Robert Louis Stevenson - Treasure Island
Stumper: Are you the daughter of a mob-tied crooner? Nancy Sinatra
Lexprod: Are you the personal assistant to the boss of the Springfield nuclear power plant? Smithers

Think that's all up to date.

[Cordelia]

stumper: Are you Orion's enemy?

[3iff]

stumper: Are you Orion's enemy? Saturn. Purely a guess.