Real fictional detective? Let's see if I get what you mean.
Race Williams was a detective. Lamont Cranston and Richard Wentworth were both millionaire playboys. Sir _Henry_ Merrivale was a John Dickson Carr detective, but if you deliberately misspelled him as Harry to eliminate him, then he's out. Gordon Fell sounds familiar, but both Google and I are blanking on him.
So unless I'm missing something re. Fell, it would be Race, correct?
Best,
Calidore
Very thorough detective work, Calidore! Now let's see if the dragon says you're right...
Originally Posted by Calidore
You are right, nice use of resources available, you might be a detective yourself.
The rundown:
1) Lamont Cranston was the Shadow but then The Shadow was not Lamont Cranston. Odd, right? Cranston and The Shadow, who by the way is really Kent Allard had a deal whereby they shared the Cranston identity, so not Lamont Cranston.
2) Race Williams was a fictional detective from the pulps written by Carroll John Daly. A new book has been released chronicling his adventures, so Race it is.
3) Doctor Gordon Fell sounds familiar because he is really Doctor Gideon Fell, created by John Dickson Carr, so not Gordon.
4) Sir Harry Merrivale as you suspected was deliberately a misspelling or variation on Sir Henry Merrivale, written by John Dickson Carr under the pseudonym of Carter Dickson, so not Sir Harry.
5) Richard Wentworth is the Spider, a violent vigilante more concerned with blowing criminals away instead of solving crimes and turning them over to the police. Not Wentworth then.
So you are up, Cal. Let us see if you are as brilliant at concealing the truth as revealing it!
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Cool. Here's mine. Apologies if my first try is too easy.
Everybody likes quoting movies, especially if they're Monty Python or The Princess Bride, but sometimes they get it wrong, and the misquote lives on. Following is a list of very famous misquotes from film, plus one that's actually accurate. Which one was spoken as-is in the movie?
1) “Top of the world, Ma!"
2) "Do you feel lucky, punk?"
3) “Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges!”
4) “Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?”
5) “Play it again, Sam”
I think it's III. Funny scene.
Buzzzz! Sorry, incorrect. Though "funny scene" makes me wonder if you're thinking of Blazing Saddles, where they might have said it like that. The original, however, is from Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and goes like this:
“Badges? We ain’t got no badges. We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!”
If the link below survives the post, you can hear it as well:
http://listverse.com/quotes/treasuresm.wav
I understand the version in the source novel is even harsher, with a lesson in Spanish obscenities as a bonus.
Best,
Calidore
I'll say 4, because I think the rest are all wrong.
I like poetry,long walks on the beach and poking dead things with a stick.
Dingdingding! Correct. #4 is usually misquoted as "Mirror, mirror...", but I posted the correct version. Others are:
1) "Made it, Ma. Top of the world!"
http://www.filmsite.org/wavfiles/whiteheat.wav
2) "...you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"
http://www.filmsite.org/wavfiles/dirtyharry3.wav
5) "You played it for her, you can play it for me...If she can stand it, I can. Play it!"
http://www.filmsite.org/wavfiles/casablanca4.wav
Congratulations, and you're up.
Best,
Calidore
bump! Bump! Bump!
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Isn't anyone going to play this game? I grow weary of restarting all the time!
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I will ease you of your burden, Mister Dragon.
I have been in a couple of casual bands, and like many bands, we changed our name far too often. Of the following six band names, which one was I never in:
I. The Electric Preachers
II. Two Face Moon Face
III. To Face Moon Face
IV. He and His Backing Band
V. Captain Midnight and the Sapphire Dream
VI. The Flights
Out of two and three I suspect one of them is the correct answer. Try three.
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I shall go with the last one:
VI. The Flights
I sang of leaves, of leaves of gold, and leaves of gold there grew.
Ding Ding. We have a winner!
I. The Electric Preachers (My first gig was with this two man rap group at some bar that payed us in peanuts. We got the name by filling up a cup with adjectives and another full of nouns and whatever we picked from each would sum to our name.)
II. Two Face Moon Face (I was looking around the room at a practice, as we were coming up with name suggestions, and saw a mural with a half sun half moon face on the wall and blurted out Two Face Moon Face. It stuck.)
III. To Face Moon Face (Our guitarist thought that we were saying To Face Moon Face, like to face a villain named Moonface, and told everyone that was the new name. That stuck.)
IV. He and His Backing Band (I just thought this was the simplest, cool sounding band name ever, and still do. Just the music sucked...)
V. Captain Midnight and the Sapphire Dream (In college I hosted a radio show with a few friends. It was from 11pm to 12am. We would play a (somewhat) improvised selection of songs. No idea where the rest of the band name came from, but Captain Midnight was my DJ-ing alias)
VI. The Flights (Made up. Sounds plausible though.)
Therefore, Pensive wins this round.
Go, Pensy! Batter up!
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