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Bill Paxton (Terminator, Predator II, Aliens). Lance Hendrickson might also qualify, but AVP was so forgetable, I don't remember how his character bought it.

Yup - you're up...

Next Q:
Which member of Arnold's squad in "Predator" also fought aliens on the small screen?

Didn't the guy who played Poncho play one of the Army officers in the War of the Worlds series in the late 80's?

Yep - Richard Chavez who played Poncho was Lt Col Ironhorse in the tv version of "War of the Worlds"

You're up LL!

I need to quit answering these if I don't have another question in mind.

Okay, I think this should be easy. The name Vader is actually a title in a common language. What does it mean and it what language?

Hmm should I give an answer if I don't have a question?

Yeah, I'll try

Vader means father in Swedish

Close but not quite. Fader is Swedish for father. There is another Scandinavian language that the translation is from vader.

Norwegian then, hows that Scott? I have absolutely no idea but it's worth a guess innit?

I'll go for Finnish then.

Bit of a give-away if you happen to speak whichever Scandinavian language it is. Kinda spoils part 5 doesn't it.

Hmm. How many Scandinavian languages are left? 'cause we still don't have the correct answer.

Or is someone going to tell me this language isn't really Scandinavian?

Must be Danish then, as that's the only one left.

Okay, then it isn't a Scandinavian language (you can blame that on the Nevada school system). But it is in the same region. One of those languages that isn't named for the country where it originates.

Flemish.

Nope. Often confused with the Danes. At least in my red-neck part of the world.

Dutch then. If it's not Belgium, it has to be the language of the Netherlands, since Flemish & Dutch are the only two that fit.

And I can't believe you thought the Benelux countries were Scandinavian...

Excuse me for living in a society that doesn't teach any geography beyond its own borders.

Seriously, when I was in school the Netherlands were considered Scandinavian. Never even heard the term Benelux. Of course, at least I know my way around a map unlike most of the generation behind me (and associates in my center). You wouldn't believe how many times I've been asked what part of California Hawaii is part of. Or how far is it, driving, from Utah to Hawaii. At least in Nevada I learned my way around the globe if not all your fancy European words.

Dutch it is.

*shakes head*

Next line, please:

"You don’t look as if you’re in good condition for digging with your arm in a sling. Is it broken?"
"Oh no. It’s just a pseudo-fracture."
"Huh?"
"Pseudo-fracture. It’s artificially induced. All the pain, swelling, and immobility of a fracture, without the inconvenience of a fracture itself."
"Oh. Is that good?"
"Good?"
"Yes, particularly?"

"Well you wouldn't want me to have a broken arm would you?"
"Well no, of course not, I mean I hardly know you."

Arthur Dent and a Lintilla clone, from the second Hitchhiker's Guide radio series.

(and possibly from somewhere in the books, I haven't gotten around to rereading the books since I asked the question about the Total Perspective Vortex, which I also thought only appeared in the second radio series ... )

No, Lintilla actually didn't make it into the books (the vast majority of the last three radio eps either didn't make it into the books or made it in only in highly abbreviated form). Pity really, after having heard the radio show since that TPV question, I actually prefer the radio continuity to the books. Pity Adams never picked up on it - maybe if he'd made his deadline for book 1 and not had to chop off the last two eps of the first series from it...

The more HhG-aware of you may notice that we meet precisely three Lintillas out of several billion. Insert note about Waid ripping off Adams here when doing over Lu...

Anyway, your go bike

New Q: Who, when first seen, was using the alias "Leo Walsh"?

No guesses yet? I suppose it's time for a hint, then: the question refers to a television show made in the USA.

Michael Knight from Night Rider?

No, earlier than that.

Here's another hint: the character in question was not a regular on the show, though he did appear in more than one episode.

Wasn't that one of Harcourt Fenton Mudd's alias on the original Star Trek? He took the name from the captain who was supposed to have piloted his ship in Mudd's Women but the man died 'suddenly'.