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Previous IQs:
Were you a TV actor later elected to Congress from Iowa? - Close enough; it was Fred Grandy, from The Love Boat
Did you play Grandpa Walton? - Will Geer, on The Waltons
Did Jon Stewart usually "do" your voice as a flustered Southern belle? - Not Newt Gingrich, but Sen. Lindsey Graham
DQs:
Born east of the Miss. River?
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Event was before 1941?
IQs:
Were you originally known as Olorin?
Were you maybe reborn, but maybe not?
Did the actor who played you not do what every other actor in his particular group did, after 1995?
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G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
Take another DQ
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Previous IQs:
Were you originally known as Olorin? - Gandalf the Grey, in Tolkien's writings
Were you maybe reborn, but maybe not? - The Elf-lord Glorfindel, ditto
Did the actor who played you not do what every other actor in his particular group did, after 1995? - Every actor who played a member of the Fellowship of the Ring got a tattoo with the Tengwar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) symbol for "9" somewhere on his body but John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli
DQs:
Event took place before 1900?
One or more people died as a result of the event?
Event happened within the U.S.?
IQs:
Does a certain Starfleet captain favor your famous tea?
Do you own the bar Bad Alibi in Portland?
Did Ahnuld succeed you as Governor of California?
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G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
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Previous IQs:
Does a certain Starfleet captain favor your famous tea? - Earl Grey tea (Capt. Picard)
Do you own the bar Bad Alibi in Portland? - Grey, on the TV detective show Stumptown
Did Ahnuld succeed you as Governor of California? - Yes, Gray Davis
Grey/Gray x3!
DQs:
Died in the event himself?
Event was an accident?
IQs:
Did you carry out executions while serving as sheriff?
Were you a protege of Hari Seldon?
Did a coworker jokingly call you a "lunkhead"?
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Not Grover Cleveland
DQ
DQ
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G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
17.Did not die as a result of the event
18.Was an "accident", in that his actions were not deliberate
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"Nanook of the North" on TCM at 12:30 am
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All right!
Previous IQs:
Did you carry out executions while serving as sheriff? - Yes, Grover Cleveland, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Were you a protege of Hari Seldon? - Gaal Dornick, in the Foundation books of Isaac Asimov
Did a coworker jokingly call you a "lunkhead"? - Geordi LaForge, by Data, on ST:TNG
DQs:
Event was military in nature?
More than 50 people died in the event?
As that's 20 DQs, I won't ask any more IQs.
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G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
17.Did not die as a result of the event
18.Was an "accident", in that his actions were not deliberate
19.Event was NOT military in nature
20.More than 50 people died in the event
Let's say 1:30 PM ET Tuesday for your guess (it's 1:50 AM ET Monday as I type)
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Hmmm. Can't quite figure this out....
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No, you got me. I give up.
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Our mystery man is:
Albert Gitchell, believed to be "Patient Zero" in the American outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918
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I know of the pandemic, of course, but never heard of him. Certainly apropos for right now!
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EXACTLY why I picked him. :). Letter soon
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IQs:
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.?
Did you play a ventriloquist, a bookstore owner, a doctor and a professor?
Did you play that actor's son in several movies?
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H
it is.
Previous IQs:
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? - Gary Hart
Did you play a ventriloquist, a bookstore owner, a doctor and a professor? - Anthony Hopkins, in Magic, 84 Charing Cross Road, The Silence of the Lambs and Shadowlands
Did you play that actor's son in several movies? - Chris Hemsworth, as Thor to Hopkins's Odin in the MCU series
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with H?
IQs:
Did you criticize your leading lady, who then had an intensive rehearsal session with the director?
Did you give the longest speech of its type in history?
Were you that person's grandson?
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Not Rex Harrison
Not William Henry Harrison
Not Benjamin Harrison
HarrisonX3
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H
1.Fictinal
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
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Swept me! Harrison x3 indeed.
You misspelled "Fictional" above, FYI if you were going to cut and paste your answers.
IQs:
Did Emma Woodhouse take a particular interest in you?
Were you the subject of a recent historical biopic, with Leslie Odom playing an ally and friend of yours?
Did Ol' Golly look after you at home?
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3 more DQs. (I originally had someone else for Rex, but deduced the 3 Harrisons)
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Previous IQs:
Did Emma Woodhouse take a particular interest in you? - Harriet Smith, in Jane Austen's Emma
Were you the subject of a recent historical biopic, with Leslie Odom playing an ally and friend of yours? - Harriet Tubman
Did Ol' Golly look after you at home? - The title character of the YA novel Harriet the Spy
Harriet x3!
DQs:
American?
First appeared since 1900?
First appeared in print?
IQs:
Were you a galactic rock star?
Were you "the Unspeakable" in the works of a particular author?
Were you that author?
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H
1.Fictinal
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
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"Fictional" is still misspelled, despite my post 8325.
Previous IQs:
Were you a galactic rock star? - Han Solo, although a very cool dude, has no musical skills that I'm aware of; this was Hotblack Desiato, in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Were you "the Unspeakable" in the works of a particular author? - The evil demigod Hastur
Were you that author? - H.P. Lovecraft
DQs:
First appeared after 1950?
First appeared in movies?
Good guy?
IQs:
Are you buried in the same cemetery as Commodore Perry?
Are you, too?
Were you Grant's SECSTATE?
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DQ
DQ
Not John Hay (not him, I THINK he was in Harrison's Cabinet)
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COMPLETELY forgot to fix that!
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
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Previous IQs:
Are you buried in the same cemetery as Commodore Perry? - Alexander Hamilton
Are you, too? - Eliza Hamilton
Were you Grant's SECSTATE? - John Hay was McKinley's and TR's SECSTATE; this was Hamilton Fish
Hamilton x3!
DQs:
Protagonist?
Movie appeared after 1980?
From a genre film (Western, sf, fantasy, detective, etc.)?
IQs:
Were you door-warden at Meduseld?
Were you Beren and Luthien's faithful dog?
Were you a captain of Elves in Lothlorien?
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3. DQS! Couldn't even fathom guesses!
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
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Previous IQs:
Were you door-warden at Meduseld? - Hama, in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Meduseld was the great hall of the kings of Rohan)
Were you Beren and Luthien's faithful dog? - Huan, in Tolkien's The Silmarillion
Were you a captain of Elves in Lothlorien? - Haldir, also in LOTR
DQs:
Movie from after 2000?
Appeared in only a single movie?
White?
IQs:
Did Charlize Theron play your former lover?
Were you a U.S. Army officer known as "the Superb"?
Did George Washington get a military appointment that you, a Bay State man, kinda sorta hoped to get for yourself?
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DQ
Not Horatio Gates
Not Henry Lee
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
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Previous IQs:
Did Charlize Theron play your former lover? - The title character (Will Smith) of the movie Hancock
Were you a U.S. Army officer known as "the Superb"? - Not Horatio Gates, but Winfield Scott Hancock, during the Civil War
Did George Washington get a military appointment that you, a Bay State man, kinda sorta hoped to get for yourself? - Not Henry Lee, who was from Virginia, but John Hancock of Massachusetts
Hancock x3!
DQs:
from a comedy?
movie won at least one Oscar?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did your wife not allow your Jewish friends to come in the house?
Did you play a Greek hero, an ambitious U.S. senator and a hard-working lawyer?
Did your wife appear more than you did in ads for your company?
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TOTALLY overthought John Hancock!
Not Harry Truman
Not Harry Hamlin
Not Harry Shearer
HarryX3
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
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Previous IQs:
Did your wife not allow your Jewish friends to come in the house? - Yes, Harry Truman
Did you play a Greek hero, an ambitious U.S. senator and a hard-working lawyer? - Yes, Harry Hamlin, in Clash of the Titans, Favorite Son and L.A. Law
Did your wife appear more than you did in ads for your company? - Not Harry Shearer, but Harry Helmsley, whose wife Leona was in all their hotel's ads
And yes, Harry x3!
DQs:
Lead actor in movie was an SNL alum?
Movie got more than 75% on Rotten Tomatoes?
IQ:
Were you one of the two Czech brothers and "wild and crazy guys"?
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
18.Lead actor NOT SNL alum
19.Movie rated 75+% "Fresh"
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Duh, I DID see it!
DQ for that "WILD AND CRAZY GUY!"
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Previous IQ:
Were you one of the two Czech brothers and "wild and crazy guys"? - Horga and Yortuk were the SNL characters (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, but I forget which played which)
DQ:
Movie had a sequel?
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I already addressed that with DQ14
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Ah, gotcha.
DQ:
Character was a friend of the protagonist's?
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H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
18.Lead actor NOT SNL alum
19.Movie rated 75+% "Fresh"
20.MC was an unintentional irritant
Enjoy your Easter while you ruminate. Post your guess by 3 PM ET Monday