I declare a draw between Mick and Mark - seven each. Fight it out between yourselves.....
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I declare a draw between Mick and Mark - seven each. Fight it out between yourselves.....
Well I have this work in progress, I was going to string it into a story - but I can't be bovvered.
You have to guess the name that has become a metaphor or generic - or whatever it is.
He left a (AMERICAN ARTIST) on the pavement
She called for a (HATED AGENT)
My name is (MURDERER'S DOCTOR)
He did a (ENGLISH PEER) on the beach.
She tweaked her (AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S) ear.
Don't (SHAKESPEARIAN CHARACTER)to him.
He was a (FICTIONAL DREAMER) character
Let's (HOMERIC CHARACTER) the speaker.
His stories have (YOUNGEST STARFLEET OFFICER) moments
I'm going to (AMERICAN INDUSTRIALIST) up
Was there a (BIBLICAL CHARACTER) on board?.
His stories have (YOUNGEST STARFLEET OFFICER) moments
Wesley? Crusher?
Whoa.
EDIT: I see, I didn't realize Wesley's time with the bald trans-dimensional traveler lasted so long... So the answer is CHEKOV.
His stories have Chekov moments.
That's a better answer than the one I want.
I should explain that the names I am looking for have entered the English Language as a metaphor for an action or situation or as a generic name of something.
eg "The patience of JOB" clue would be "The patience of (BIBLICAL CHARACTER)
The one you have answered is the most obscure one. and infact Wesley Crusher's role could be an example.
I'm not quite sure I've got my head around this.
I'm assuming that FICTIONAL DREAMER is Walter Mitty, but if that's right, I don't understand what the point is of putting it in a sentence. Unless that's a particularly literal one, and some others are less straightforward - for instance, if there had been an AMERICAN PRESIDENT called Husband. Or, coming at it the other way, a cocktail called Quisling.
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Originally Posted by prendrelemick
His stories have ENSIGN moments?
(Even using the internet, I can't really tell if that means anything..)
Given that he's some kind of android, and therefore manufactured a couple of years ago, the youngest one would be that metallic guy, so the answer would be His stories have data moments. Which is not the sort of recommendation you're going to put above the title on the cover of the paperback.
"He's a Walter Mitty Character." is a phrase I have often heard to discredit whistleblowers.
Turns out Data was an amazingly young 9 years old when he became a Star Fleet Officer (actually, a mere 7 years old, if we discount the two years of deactivation before his discovery by the Federation).
I've heard that too (although I might not have known what it meant exactly).Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick
OK 9 years old trumps my Star fleet officer. So additional info needed..
She appeared in one of the many Trekkie books that sprang up (Where she is billed as Starfleet's youngest Lieutenant at 15 years old.) A character without any flaws except that she hasn't any flaws.
? He did a Lord Lucan on the beach.
? Was there a Jonah on board?
? Let's Hector the speaker.
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American Artist: Pollock
Murderer's Doctor: Mudd
...and apparently there was an American President called Pierce, though I don't think he gave his name to holes in bodies.
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some clues.Quote:
Originally Posted by prendrelemick