20 Questions--2/17/10 edition

[Kalel21]

I'm thinking of a character from a work of literature written in the 19th Century.

You have 20 Yes or No questions to figure out who he/she/it is.

[archaon02]

Are they from a Jules Verne novel?

[Kalel21]

Are they from a Jules Verne novel?

No.

1 down. 19 to go.

[archaon02]

I shouldn't have played a hunch so early. Was the author English?

[Kalel21]

I shouldn't have played a hunch so early. Was the author English?

No.

2 down. 18 to go.

[archaon02]

Was the author a cheese-eating-surrender-monkey? (French for those not in the know)

[Kalel21]

Was the author a cheese-eating-surrender-monkey? (French for those not in the know)

Yes.

3 down. 17 to go.

[archaon02]

Was the author Victor Hugo?

[Kalel21]

Was the author Victor Hugo?

Nope.

4 down. 16 to go.

[archaon02]

Was the author Alexandre Dumas?

[Kalel21]

Was the author Alexandre Dumas?

Yes.

5 down. 15 to go.

[archaon02]

Is the character male?

[Kalel21]

Is the character male?

Yes.

6 down. 14 to go.

[archaon02]

Is the character from the three musketeers?

[Kalel21]

Is the character from the three musketeers?

Yes.

7 down. 13 to go.

[archaon02]

Is he a musketeer?

[readyeddy?]

Is the character a fourth musketeer?

[Kalel21]

Is he a musketeer?

No.

8 down. 12 to go.

I won't count reddyeddy's question, since this answers that one as well.

[archaon02]

Is it Cardinal Richelieu? *fingers crossed for the Tim Curry version*

[Kalel21]

Is it Cardinal Richelieu? *fingers crossed for the Tim Curry version*

No.

And Charlton Heston is the only movie Richelieu worth mentioning. (Although Nigel De Brulier, who plays him in the 1921 silent movie, gets honorable mention.)

9 down. 11 to go.

[archaon02]

Is it one of the musketeer's servants?

[Kalel21]

Is it one of the musketeer's servants?

No.

10 down. 10 to go.

[archaon02]

Also, regarding the good cardinal. From a pure acting/version standpoint, the Disney version with Charlie Sheen is clearly an inferior product. That being said, it's still a lot of fun, and Curry is wonderfully campy in his villainous role.

[readyeddy?]

Is the character female?

[archaon02]

Comte de Rochefort?

[Kalel21]

Is the character female?

We established him as male a few questions back.

[archaon02]

Is the character female?

I asked if the character was male and received the answer "yes".

[Kalel21]

Comte de Rochefort?

Yes, it's Rocheforte. You got it with 9 questions to spare.

Poor Rochefort--in the novel he's an honorable enemy who becomes a good friend and ally to D'Artangan in the sequels, but he's always pure evil in the movie versions.

On the other hand, Christopher Lee in an eye-patch rates about a 12 on the cool-o-meter.

[batfink]

Count Dooku woulda beat D'Artangan, same with Dracula. Although D'Artangen & Aramis would give him a run for his money.
Hmmm, that would make a fun novel.

[Kalel21]

Christopher Lee has played:

Rocheforte

An evil Jedi

Saruman

Dracula

Frankenstein's Monster

The Mummy.


He may be the ultimate movie bad guy. A team-up of all the C. Lee villains could very easily take over the world.

[KO Bossy]

Christopher Lee has played:

Rocheforte

An evil Jedi

Saruman

Dracula

Frankenstein's Monster

The Mummy.


He may be the ultimate movie bad guy. A team-up of all the C. Lee villains could very easily take over the world.

He's also played hit-man Francisco Scaramanga, The Man With the Golden Gun. Also an awesome role.

[Kalel21]

He's also played hit-man Francisco Scaramanga, The Man With the Golden Gun. Also an awesome role.

I'd forgotten that one. His villains could definitely take over the world.

[Quebbster]

I believe it has been established that Christopher Lee is the center of the Kevin Bacon-verse.
As in, he is the best person in the world to use in a Six Degrees of Separation game.

[batfink]

Here's a NSFW version of Lee's biography:

http://www.cracked.com/funny-491-christopher-lee/