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Previous IQs:
Did you say that anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made? - Tip O'Neill was best known for saying "All politics is local," but this was Otto von Bismarck
Did you bring the Bynars aboard the USS Enterprise? - Cmdr. Orfil Quinteros
Was your sister Katherine on the board of trustees of Oberlin College? - Orville Wright
DQs:
Typically considered German?
Best known for a single incident?
Greatest fame after 1945?
IQs:
Did you rescue Mussolini?
Were you an inflatable character on Airplane!?
Were you an early aviator who inspired the Wright Brothers?
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YES! I am:
OTTO SKORZENY! Nice job!
I watched a YouTube video about Tito, whom Skorzeny tried to assasinate.
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Thanks, but as to your DQ answer 12, he was an officer.
Other previous IQs:
Were you an inflatable character on Airplane!? - Otto the Autopilot
Were you an early aviator who inspired the Wright Brothers? - Otto Lilienthal
Otto x3!
Next round to start later today, I hope.
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I didn't notice it in his Wikipedia page, but you're probably correct.
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Yeah, you don't get to lead a mission like that without being an officer. I see he was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel), the same rank as Eichmann. I'm actually surprised he didn't rise higher by the end of the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Skorzeny
Right, then. Your next letter is
N
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IQ: Did apocryphally practice your instrument while your city was destroyed?
IQ2: Did you achieve "peace in our time"?
IQ3: Did you famously consult an astrologer when planning your hubby's political moves?
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Not Nero, Neville Chamberlain (for certain values of "our time"), or Nancy Reagan.
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3 for 3 of course (and yeah, Neville was HOPELESSLY naive there)
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IQ: Did you play a pitching coach turned bartender?
IQ2: Did you play a character who ordered your subordinates to shove a poisoned rag down a guy's throat?
IQ3: Did Charlie Brown mention you while directing the Christmas play?
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Dunno, dunno, and not St. Nick.
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Nicholas Colosanto from "Cheers"
Jack Nicholson from "A Few Good Men"
Nebuchadnezzar
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: American?
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IQ: Are you the patron saint of children?
IQ2: Were your boots made for walking?
IQ3: Are 3rd in line to the Presidency?
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Not St. Nick, Nancy Sinatra or Nancy Pelosi.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
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3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the fictional character whose last name is a combination of a U.s. coin and a pest but vital animal?
IQ2: Are you the 1930s detective who worked with his wife?
IQ3: Are you that wife?
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Not Nicklesomething, and not Nick or Nora.
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Yup, Nicholas Nicklebee
And you nailed Nick and Mora Charles
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IQ: Did you initiate De-Stalinization?
IQ2: Are you the screenwriter who is my cousin-in-law's aunt?
IQ3: Are you the most famous Boston accountant?
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Not Nikita Khruschev, dunno, and dunno.
I was just kidding with "Nicklesomething." It's actually "Nickleby," but take a DQ if you want.
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Yes
Nora Ephron
Norm Peterson
DQ: If he were real, would he be alive?
DQ2: Created by an American?
DQ3: From TV/Film?
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IQ: Are you the pitcher who famously beat up a guy half your age after he charged the mound?
IQ2: Are you the star 3B for the Colorado Rockies?
IQ3: Are you the VPOTUS whose birthday fell on a fateful day?
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Not Nolan Ryan, dunno, and not John Nance Garner (wished a happy birthday over the phone by JFK on 11/22/63).
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
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Correct (Robin Ventura his famous victim)
Nolan Arenado
Correct
DQ: Created before 1950?
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IQ: Do you harbor a crush on the sister of the boy you bully?
IQ2: Are you married to the 1st great American female soccer player?
IQ3: Did you perform a gymnastics routine full of non-standard maneuvers?
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Dunno, dunno and not Nadia Comeneci (sp?).
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
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Nelson from "The Simpsons"
Nomar Garciaparra (married to Mia Hamm)
Nikki Soohoo (in the movie "Stick it")
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DQ: European?
DQ2: Created after 1925?
DQ3: Main character?
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IQ: Were you a character in "The Mikado"?
IQ2: Were you a major figure in Ancient Egypt?
IQ3: Did you inspire Beethoven's famous piece?
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Not Nanki-Poo, Nefertiti or Napoleon.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
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3 for 3
IQ: Did you play the tomboy on "The Facts of Life"?
IQ2: Were you a copyright infringing Dracula?
IQ3: Are you the golfer notorious for your Sunday collapses?
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Looking for something else, found that it was Finley Dunn (had to look twice) who made the "all politics is local" quip. He ALSO said,"it is our job to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable".
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Dunno, not Nosferatu and not Norman.
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Nancy Mckeon
Correct
Yes, Greg Norman
DQ: Asian?
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IQ: Are you the singer who famously turned down the opportunity to pose for Playboy during the 00's?
IQ2: Are you the commentator for the WSOP?
IQ3: Did your shows lead to the "Rural Purge"?
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Dunno x3.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
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Nelly Furtado
Norman Chad
Norman Lear
DQ: African?
DQ2: Considered heroic?
DQ3: Created after 1900?
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IQ: Are you the greatest Serbian tennis player?
IQ2: Are you the most successful female Wimbledon player in history?
IQ3: Are you a HOF umpire
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Not Ilie Nastase, not Martina Navratilova, and dunno.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
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Novak Djokovic (Nastase is Romanian)
Correct
Nestor Chylak
DQ: From Latin America/Caribbean?
DQ2: Had multiple adaptations?
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IQ: Are you Gloria Swanson's most famous role?
IQ2: Are you the role that earned Sally Field an Oscar?
IQ3: Did you play the original landlord on "Three's Company"?
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Not Nora Desmond, Norma Rae or Norman Fell.
Never heard of Chylak before - interesting career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Chylak
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
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3 for 3 of course
IQ: Were you an actor turned macadamia farmer?
IQ2: Did you die in a skiing accident because you weren't wearing a helmet?
IQ3: Are you a famously lazy postman?
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Not Paul Newman, dunno, and not Newman! My favorite scene of his: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17S0TOfaw3E
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Jim Nabors
Natasha Richardson
And yes,"NEWMAN!"
DQ: Did its adaptation win awards?
DQ2: Considered a kid-friendly character?
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IQ: Did you create a famous teen temptress?
IQ2:Are you Mr. Megan Mullally?
IQ3: Are you the female teen mystery solver?
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Dunno, dunno, and not Nancy Drew.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
17. has not had any adaptations
18. not particularly a kid-friendly character, but not a villain, by any means
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Nabokov
Nick Offerman (their SlingTV commercials are HILARIOUS!)
Correct
DQ: Earthling?
DQ2: Human?
Aaand that's 20
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Ah, I should have thought of Megan Mullaly.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
17. has not had any adaptations
18. not particularly a kid-friendly character, but not a villain, by any means
19. Earthling
20. Human
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by Thursday noon EST.
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Today was the anniversary of the Pine Tar HR I referenced in a recent round
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Righto!
I am
Nanook of the North
His real name was Allakariallak, and he was the subject of a groundbreaking (but largely fictionalized) 1922 documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North
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