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Good guess (although it's "Brasi"). I am actually another mobster:
Doyle Lonnegan
The ruthless Irish-American gangster and card cheat, played by Robert Shaw, ripped off by Newman and Redford in The Sting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sting
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070735...ters/nm0001727
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Thanks for correcting me. Good pick!
Next letter?
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Want me to update the "used letters" page?
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No, I'll do it, thanks. And lemme see, our next letter is...
C
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IQ: Did your legislative work ensure you wouldn't live to see the Civil War?
IQ2: Are you the VP who resigned to become a Senator, not exactly upsetting the POTUS you served under?
IQ3: Are you 1 of 3 new POTUS NOT sworn in by the Chief Justice?
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Not Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun (feh) or Calvin Coolidge.
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3 for3 of course
IQ: Are you the football kicker with the worst holder in history?
IQ2: Did you co-win a Grammy with Jason Mraz?
IQ3: Are you the former SI model and social media figure who recently suffered a miscarriage?
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Charlie Brown
Colbie Callait
Chrissy Teigen
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: Living?
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IQ: Are you the fictional scientist who won a Nobel Prize in record time?
IQ2: Are you the 1st love of a MSN who relived his Nixon era adolescence during Poppy Bush's presidency?
IQ3: Are you the CNN anchor who lost his mother last year?
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IQ: Are you the fictional scientist who won a Nobel Prize in record time?
IQ2: Are you the 1st love of a man who relived his Nixon era adolescence during Poppy Bush's presidency?
IQ3: Are you the CNN anchor who lost his mother last year?
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D'oh! I shoulda known all three of those.
I'm not Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Courtney Cox or Anderson Cooper.
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Correct
Winnie Cooper
Correct
CooperX3
DQ reserved, pending answers to existing DQs in post 8859
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Ooops, right!
C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
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Do you read the Layeral Puzzle game on the Dope? I didn't get the exact details, but I deduced the event precipitating the events in the puzzle.
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No, I didn't read that.
C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
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Yeah, it's in Thread Games.
IQ: Did your daughter marry a noted playwright?
IQ2: Are you that daughter?
IQ3: Are you the cellist who entertained JFK?
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Not Charlie Chaplin, not Oona Chaplin, and not Pablo Casals.
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IQ: Did you play the Joker on TV?
IQ2: Did you play the dive 3B in "Major League"?
IQ3: Are you Ms. John Tesh?
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Not Cesar Romero, Corbin Bernsen or Connie Seleca (sp?).
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I believe Connie doubles the L, but 3 for 3.
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IQ: Did you have a hit with "Fast Car"?
IQ2: Is your husband a much reviled Senator?
IQ3: Are you the tennis legend who made a deep U.S. Open run late in your career?
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Not Tracy Chapman, Mrs. Ted Cruz or Chrissy Evert.
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Correct
Elaine Chao
Jimmy Connors
DQ: European?
DQ2: Created by European?
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IQ: Are you the former MA congressman who lost to a member of the #Squad?
IQ2: Are you the NJ Senator who ran for POTUS this year, and found little traction?
IQ3: Are you the congresswoman and best known member of the #Squad?
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I think my Mrs. Ted Cruz answer is responsive (they're maybe the two most-loathed men in the Senate, and that's saying a lot), so I'm gonna have to deny you a DQ for that. Remember you can rephrase up to three times.
Dunno, and not Cory Booker (much to my regret) or Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (sp?).
C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
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Good enough on "Mrs." Cruz
Mike Capuano (he lost to Ayanna Presley, I live in her district)
Correct
Correct
DQ: Created by a European?
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IQ: Are you the NFL coach who twice beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl?
IQ2: Were you the title character in what is widely considered the first English language novel?
IQ3: Are you the Trump advisor who tested positive for Coronavirus shortly after advising Trump in debate tactics designed to provoke his stutter?
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IQ: Are you the NFL coach who twice beat the Patriots in the Super Bowl?
IQ2: Were you the title character in what is widely considered the first English language novel?
IQ3: Are you the Trump advisor who tested positive for Coronavirus shortly after advising Trump in debate tactics designed to provoke Biden's stutter?
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Not Bill Cowher, David Copperfield or Chris Christie.
C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
6. created by Europeans
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Tom Coughlin
Robinson Crusoe
Correct
DQ: Created before 1800?
DQ2: From mainland Europe?
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C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
6. created by Europeans
7. created after 1800
8. not from mainland Europe
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IQ: Are you the boxer who was beaten to death by a roided up Russian dude?
IQ2: Did you play #1?
IQ3: Did you share your 1st kiss with Harry Potter?
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I'm not Apollo Creed, Carl Weathers or Cho Chang.
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IQ: Did predict the hero would experience "pain"?
IQ2: Do you host the 8 PM show on MSNBC?
IQ3: Are you the famed country fiddler?
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Not Clubber Lang, dunno and dunno.
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Correct
Chris Hayes
Charlie Daniels
DQ: From work of prose?
DQ2: British?
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C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
6. created by Europeans
7. created after 1800
8. not from mainland Europe
9. not from a work of prose
10. British
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IQ: Are you the Vikings QB?
IQ2: Are you the journalist whose husband specializes in trashy talk show topics?
IQ3: Are you the golfer affectionately nicknamed "Boom Boom"?
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Dunno, not Connie Chung and dunno.
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Kirk Cousins
Correct ("You ARE the Elendil's Heir")
Fred Couples
DQ: Created after 1900?
DQ2: From a poem?
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C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
6. created by Europeans
7. created after 1800
8. not from mainland Europe
9. not from a work of prose
10. British
11. created after 1900
12. not from a poem
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IQ: Are you the most famous Holy Cross basketball player?
IQ2: Are you the former NBA career scoring champ, still the single game leader?
IQ3: Are you the current NFL QB of a team whose dynasty is dying?
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Not Wilt Chamberlain, also not Wilt Chamberlain, and dunno.
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Bob Cousy (Wilt went to Kansas)
Correct
Cam Newton
DQ: Created after 1950?
DQ2: From a play?
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C.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. European
6. created by Europeans
7. created after 1800
8. not from mainland Europe
9. not from a work of prose
10. British
11. created after 1900
12. not from a poem
13. created after 1950
14. not from a play
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IQ: Did you recently play a role originated by Kris Kristofferson?
IQ2: Are you recent VPOTUS who never ran for POTUS?
IQ3: Were you the NBA #1 pick who's much better known as Michael Jordan's coach when he 1st made the playoffs?