h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Since GB became Prime Minister a few months ago, anything and everything has gone wrong for the Government. Floods, foot & mouth, blue tongue, Bird Flu's back, Northern Rock, the HMRC losing the personal data of every parent in the UK claiming Child Tax Credits, Party Donations problems...did I miss anything?

The correct answer (which I will email to my friend who doesn't post here) is a two-word character from a film, however, as usual, points will be awarded for imaginative film titles or anything else you lovely lot care to come up with that make me laugh.

This is my first QI-setting question, prompted by Bob so everybody I hope you have fun with it

The GB in the question is, of course, The Right Hon. Gordon Brown, not me

GB

Mr Bean

Ahh .... I know this one.


I think Gordon Brown is descended from John Brown and Queen Victoria (Billy Connolly and Judy Dench) ...... his great grandfather was their love child and he is rightly the heir to the throne. He has already broken the news to Liz - and Charles in particular isn't best pleased.


All this will be announced to the nation in Her Majesty's Christmas Speech by the way ....... so don't miss it.

Johnny Scottish well hes not English is he

Walter Mitty?

Or - the later film with a different story but a similar plot.

Ah, Billy Liar?

Nobody's right yet, but there are some great suggestions - I will be awarding a sackfull of pointsas soon as I find out the system

Is it time for a clue yet?

The F Word - Sorry, wrong Gordon!!

'Greedon',like 'payrise' doesn't have an 'f'.

- Two e's in please but no f in payrise

No, sorry.

A two word character is what I'm looking for. I mentioned it a week ago in someone's journal (the subject) and I've also heard people saying it out loud!

OK - clue one: ONE of the words is a hootoo smiley but not the other.

Mr. Beale from Network

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMBZDwf9dok&feature=related

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!"

Chauncey Gardener - Being There!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYLy1Yj_P_Q

I guess he's just taken over Blair's Bewitched Project.

Gordon Bennett?

Flying Scotsman?

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Ooh, Icy is SO close, I'm going to have to give him the winner's points, unless, of course, someone gets it spot on!!

Monty Pythons Flying Circus would be close but Bewitched might be closer

Following on from Fizzymouse, maybe he's actually *Mrs* Brown?

Brown bess thats a musket that was prone to cockups

I just worked out all my scores and three more posts! I better go fix

Are we all done here then?

Points:
Mu Beta +2QI (1 each for post 13)
(Z)einmoto +1QI (post 7)
RodtheBrit +2QI (1 each for post 5)
Intern +1QI (post 4) +1QI (post 2) = Total +2QI
Fizzymouse (post 3) +2QI for the John Brown and Queen Victoria connection; +2QI for "Charles in particular isn't best pleased" and +2QI for making me look forward to the Queen's Speech Total +6QI
Bob Stafford +1QI for Monty Python and +1QI for Brown Bess = Total +2QI
Pedro +2QI for post 16 *Mrs* Brown
Icy North +5QI - closest (post 12)

Totals:
Icy North = +5QI
Fizzymouse = +6QI
Intern = +2QI
RodtheBrit +2QI
(Z)einmoto +1QI
Mu Beta +2QI
Bob Stafford +2QI
Pedro +2QI
The answer I was looking for was Blair Witch (nothing to do with Cherie Booth, who allegedly cursed 10 Downing Street when she left, of course)

SCORE UPDATED 30/11/07