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Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:57 pm
by JustAGuyNamedWill
Has an e/E in their full first name?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:59 pm
by DarthPorg36
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:41 pm
Clarification (not a new question):

Would a video game character count as "animated" ?
I would say so, but there could be arguments made against. It's not a video game character anyway - but yeah I'd say video game characters count as animated.

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:00 pm
by DarthPorg36
JustAGuyNamedWill wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 3:57 pm
Has an e/E in their full first name?
No, no e in their full first name

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:20 pm
by DarthPorg36
Q 1, 2, 3, 4 - Fictional character
Q 5, 7 - Appeared after the fall of the Soviet Union
Q 6 - Created in a country that was never at war with the Soviet Union
Q 8 - Character's first appearance was not primarily represented through drawn, painted, or animated appearance.
Q 9 - Character is a human
Q 10 - Character from Science Fiction or Fantasy genre
Q 11 - Character created by someone born 1971 or later
Q 12 - Character not first introduced by means of film
Q 13 - Character not in a book that is in a series [there was a later prequel, however]
Q 14 - Character does not have an e in their full first name

Not: Eragon [Hominidae], Murtaugh [dargorygel], Ed Mercer [damo666]

Free hint: This character first appears in a book that was published 2010 or later, and is easily the author's most well-known book

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:08 pm
by han-shahanshah
Hero or protagonist of the works they are portrayed in?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:32 pm
by DarthPorg36
han-shahanshah wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:08 pm
Hero or protagonist of the works they are portrayed in?
yes

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:50 pm
by Spartaculous
Was the book in which this character first appeared nominated for (or won!) a Hugo Award, Nebula Award, or World Fantasy Award?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:02 pm
by Jamiet99uk
Is the character female?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:10 pm
by Jamiet99uk
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 4:20 pm

Free hint: This character first appears in a book that was published 2010 or later, and is easily the author's most well-known book
This rules out the work of a few people I was starting to think of, such as Emily St. John Mandel (whose last two or three books all achieved considerable acclaim).

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:42 pm
by DarthPorg36
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:50 pm
Was the book in which this character first appeared nominated for (or won!) a Hugo Award, Nebula Award, or World Fantasy Award?
Yes, I believe so. The book won an award at the Hugo Awards, but I do not know if that is a Hugo Award per se?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:43 pm
by DarthPorg36
Jamiet99uk wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:02 pm
Is the character female?
No

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:44 pm
by DarthPorg36
Given the fact you have three guesses to go, and given where you are I will give another hint.

This book was made into a movie that also did quite well, with some very notable actors playing the various roles

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:20 pm
by Spartaculous
Guess: Watney from The Martian.

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:48 pm
by DarthPorg36
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:20 pm
Guess: Watney from The Martian.
Mark Watney is correct!

Congrats Spartaculous! One of my favorite characters in one of my favorite books of all time. The movie is pretty good too! I recommend both.

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 9:09 pm
by Hominidae
Well done, Spartaculous and good round, DarthPorg!

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:03 pm
by Spartaculous
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:48 pm
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:20 pm
Guess: Watney from The Martian.
Mark Watney is correct!

Congrats Spartaculous! One of my favorite characters in one of my favorite books of all time. The movie is pretty good too! I recommend both.
Thanks for the game DarthPorg!

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:04 pm
by damo666
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:42 pm
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:50 pm
Was the book in which this character first appeared nominated for (or won!) a Hugo Award, Nebula Award, or World Fantasy Award?
Yes, I believe so. The book won an award at the Hugo Awards, but I do not know if that is a Hugo Award per se?
Which award?

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:14 pm
by Spartaculous
damo666 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:04 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:42 pm
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:50 pm
Was the book in which this character first appeared nominated for (or won!) a Hugo Award, Nebula Award, or World Fantasy Award?
Yes, I believe so. The book won an award at the Hugo Awards, but I do not know if that is a Hugo Award per se?
Which award?
The author, Andy Weir, won the "Astounding Award for Best New Writer". It looks like it is not technically a "Hugo Award", but it is presented at the Hugo Awards ceremony; DarthPorg's comment that "the book won an award at the Hugo Awards" seems appropriate.

Re: Twenty Questions - CLXXXVI

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:19 pm
by damo666
Spartaculous wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:14 pm
damo666 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 10:04 pm
DarthPorg36 wrote:
Thu Feb 01, 2024 6:42 pm


Yes, I believe so. The book won an award at the Hugo Awards, but I do not know if that is a Hugo Award per se?
Which award?
The author, Andy Weir, won the "Astounding Award for Best New Writer". It looks like it is not technically a "Hugo Award", but it is presented at the Hugo Awards ceremony; DarthPorg's comment that "the book won an award at the Hugo Awards" seems appropriate.
Ok thanks