Thanks

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:42 pm

Has this character been defined as part of a fairy tale or folktale?

Wintergreen deserves major credit for this question.

From what I can tell, Goldilocks first appeared in an 1850 version of the story written by Joseph Cundall. The little girl's name is "Silver-hair" but she is essentially the same character. Previous versions of the story had an old woman or a fox instead, which I think is pretty far removed.

Good work everyone and congrats, kingofthepirates!

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:31 pm

[quote=kingofthepirates post_id=384449 time=<a href="tel:1709483316">1709483316</a> user_id=26135]
Free guess: Goldilocks?

This guess is just right!
[/quote]

Ha! Nice. Next game will be up later, before I go to bed (eastern us time).

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:28 pm

Free guess: Goldilocks?

This guess is just right!

kingofthepirates wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:28 pm

Free guess: Goldilocks?

That is an excellent guess.

Free guess: Goldilocks?

Okay so:

Female character from a British folk or fairy story, the author of which was born between 1750 and 1834.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:06 pm

Is it a British fairy or folk tale?

Yes.

Is it a British fairy or folk tale?

Hominidae wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:43 pm

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:42 pm

Has this character been defined as part of a fairy tale or folktale?

Yes.

Aha, ok.

wintergreen wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:42 pm

Has this character been defined as part of a fairy tale or folktale?

Yes.

Has this character been defined as part of a fairy tale or folktale?

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:27 pm

Based on Question 9 and other answers, I think we can now be quite confident that the author is French.

I actually am starting to suspect that this is might not be the case: the first appearance of the character may have been in a non-novel book. Hominidae has given us Humpty Dumpty before, for example.

Spartaculous wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:28 pm

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:25 pm

I think that's enough questions about the author's date of birth btw. chaps.

Yep; agreed. Getting the 1835-1899 time period nixed rules out a *lot* of authors.

It does. It rules out most of the ones I had been thinking of!

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:25 pm

I think that's enough questions about the author's date of birth btw. chaps.

Yep; agreed. Getting the 1835-1899 time period nixed rules out a *lot* of authors.

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑

Sun Mar 03, 2024 3:25 pm

I think that's enough questions about the author's date of birth btw. chaps.

I would agree with this. Free hint: the character is much, much, much more famous than the author.

Based on Question 9 and other answers, I think we can now be quite confident that the author is French.

I think that's enough questions about the author's date of birth btw. chaps.

1-5. Fictional human being first introduced in a book or novel (which may include comic books).

6,7,10,13. The author of the book was born between 1750 and 1834 in either France or Great Britain.

8. Character is main protagonist.

9. The character's first appearance was NOT in a novel published in the English language before 1950.

11. Character is female.

12. Author is neither Victor Hugo nor Gaston Leroux.

NOT: Phileas Fogg (Damo)
NOT: Célestine (JamieT)
NOT: Madame Bovary (han)