P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
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P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
Previous IQs:
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - David Palmer
Were you an acerbic weatherman stuck in a small Pennsylvania town for a looooong time? - Phil Connors, yes, in Groundhog Day
Were you the small mammal he once stole? - Yes, Puxatawny [sic] Phil
DQs:
Born since 1950?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you a Confederate general who was also an Episcopal bishop?
Were you the first female U.S. Cabinet secretary?
Were you a major character in Shakespeare's The Tempest?
DQ
Not Frances Perkins
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
Previous IQs:
Were you a Confederate general who was also an Episcopal bishop? - Leonidas Polk
Were you the first female U.S. Cabinet secretary? - Yes, Frances Perkins
Were you a major character in Shakespeare's The Tempest? - Prospero
DQs:
Ever held elective office?
Democrat?
IQs:
Are you the incumbent VPOTUS?
Did "Stormin' Norman" answer to you in the early 1990s?
Did your hair catch fire during a welding demonstration?
Not Mike Pence
Not Colin Powell
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
Previous IQs:
Are you the incumbent VPOTUS? - Yes, Mike Pence
Did "Stormin' Norman" answer to you in the early 1990s? - Yes, Colin Powell
Did your hair catch fire during a welding demonstration? - Cleveland Mayor Ralph Perk: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_TvYfbxx9G7...0/church+4.jpg
DQ:
Ever held appointive office?
IQs:
Were you the longtime and fabled LAPD chief?
Were you a jazz musician with the nickname "Bird"?
Were you a great Pittsburgh Pirates slugger in the 1970s-80s?
DQ
Not Charlie Parker
Not Dave Parker
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
Previous IQs:
Were you the longtime and fabled LAPD chief? - Chief John (?) Parker, after whom HQ was named
Were you a jazz musician with the nickname "Bird"? - Yes, Charlie Parker
Were you a great Pittsburgh Pirates slugger in the 1970s-80s? - Yes, Dave Parker
Parker x3!
DQs:
Currently holds some public office?
IQs:
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
A Rhode Islander, did you attend Jack and Jackie Kennedy's wedding?
Were you a Sith Lord?
DQ
Not Michelle Kwan's former grandfather-in-law, Claiborne Pell
Not Padme
And I figured that was another Parker
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
Previous IQs:
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the works of Isaac Asimov
A Rhode Islander, did you attend Jack and Jackie Kennedy's wedding? - Yes, Claiborne Pell
Were you a Sith Lord? - Padme was never a Sith Lord; this was Darth Plagueis
DQs:
Best known for military service?
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Are you an outstanding Olympic swimmer?
Were you a key member of the original IMF?
Were you one of the "three little maids from school"?
Not Michael Phelps
DQ
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
12.Not known for military service
13.Not known for single incident
Previous IQs:
Are you an outstanding Olympic swimmer? - Yes, Michael Phelps
Were you a key member of the original IMF? - Jim Phelps, on Mission: Impossible
Were you one of the "three little maids from school"? - Pitti-Sing, in G&S's The Mikado
DQs:
Best known as a campaign official or advisor?
Still active in politics?
IQs:
Were you recently sentenced by two Federal judges?
Did you write "I Will Always Love You" about a fellow singer?
Were you that singer?
Not Paul Manafort (ALMOST picked him)
Not Dolly Parton (I was 14 when the cover came out, HATED it with a white hot passion)
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
12.Not known for military service
13.Not known for single incident
14.Campaign advisor
15.No longer active in politics
Previous IQs:
Were you recently sentenced by two Federal judges? - Yes, Paul Manafort
Did you write "I Will Always Love You" about a fellow singer? - Yes, Dolly Parton
Were you that singer? - Porter Waggoner
DQ:
Advised one or more Presidents?
IQs:
Were you a senior Obama campaign officer in 2008?
Was your campaign email account hacked in 2016?
Not Paul Begala
Not John Podesta
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
12.Not known for military service
13.Not known for single incident
14.Campaign advisor
15.No longer active in politics
16.Advised only 1 POTUS
Not sure Begala worked on Obama's 2008 campaign, but I'll rephrase.
IQs:
You are not Paul Begala. Were you another senior Obama campaign officer in 2008?
Did you once wear a sign around your neck with your salary written on it?
Did Maj. "Hot Lips" Houlihan marry you?
Not Leon Pannetta
DQ
Not Col. Potter
Previous IQs:
You are not Paul Begala. Were you another senior Obama campaign officer in 2008? - No, it was David Plouffe
Did you once wear a sign around your neck with your salary written on it? - American writer and wit Dorothy Parker, at a cocktail party, after her boss forbade her and her coworkers from "talking about your salaries"
Did Maj. "Hot Lips" Houlihan marry you? - Donald Penobscot (Col. Potter was already married)
DQs:
Advised a President elected after 1979?
Born east of the Miss. River?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQs:
Were you a fictional Thirties sf hero?
Did you like to pretend to be that hero?
Did the same actor play both your nephew and a younger you?
3 DQS (I know the 3rd is a "Harry Potter" reference)
The idea of Potter having sex is an image I'd rather NOT contemplate
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
12.Not known for military service
13.Not known for single incident
14.Campaign advisor
15.No longer active in politics
16.Advised only 1 POTUS
17.Advisor to POTUS elected AFTER 1979
18.Born BARELY WEST of the Mississippi
19.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
Previous IQs:
Were you a fictional Thirties sf hero? - Captain Proton: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Captain_Proton
Did you like to pretend to be that hero? - Tom Paris
Did the same actor play both your nephew and a younger you? - Not a Harry Potter character, but Jean-Luc Picard: https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki...Tristan_Birkin
DQs:
Advisor to POTUS elected after 1999?
Two DQs reserved.
P
1.Real
2.Male
3.Alive
4.American
5.Last initial "P"
6.Born AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held elected office
9.Republican
10.Not an administration appointed official
11.Never held public office
12.Not known for military service
13.Not known for single incident
14.Campaign advisor
15.No longer active in politics
16.Advised only 1 POTUS
17.Advisor to POTUS elected AFTER 1979
18.Born BARELY WEST of the Mississippi
19.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
20.Advisor to POTUS elected AFTER 1999
Once you use those DQs, I'll set your deadline
Hmm. Gotta think....
Bump
You stumped me. Who is it?
Our mystery man is:
CARTER PAGE, Trump's foreign policy advisor during the transition
If you Want, I can Think of a new letter
Ah, good one. I'd almost forgotten him.
Sure, start another round, if you like.
Your letter is
M
IQs:
Did your theories on naval power influence TR?
Are you the villain of the movie Dredd?
Were you Keiko's husband and Molly's dad?
Not Mahan (someone stumped the Dope with him
DQ
DQ
Previous IQs:
Did your theories on naval power influence TR? - Yes, Alfred Thayer Mahan
Are you the villain of the movie Dredd? - Ma-Ma, a badly-scarred drug queen and former prostitute
Were you Keiko's husband and Molly's dad? - Miles O'Brien, on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with M?
IQs:
Did you lament that you were just a pawn in life?
A young stunner, did you play Princess Irulan?
Are you Duchess of Sussex?
That's only 2 DQs. ;)
Not Mongo
DQ
Not Pippa Middleton
M
1.Real
2.Male
Oh, right. Sorry - just earned two.
Previous IQs:
Did you lament that you were just a pawn in life? - Yes, good ol' Mongo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKRma7PDW10
A young stunner, did you play Princess Irulan? - Virginia Madsen, in David Lynch's Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7DkBFjLRI
Are you Duchess of Sussex? - Not Pippa Middleton, but the former Meghan Markle
DQs:
Last name starts with M?
Living?
IQs:
Did you appear in a single scene in Saving Private Ryan?
Played by Tom Hanks, did you appear in many?
Did Richard Harris play you in Gladiator?
3 DQS
M
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last initial "M"
4.Dead
Previous IQs:
Did you appear in a single scene in Saving Private Ryan? - Gen. George C. Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwsdDRyXPw
Played by Tom Hanks, did you appear in many? - Capt. John Miller
Did Richard Harris play you in Gladiator? - Emperor Marcus Aurelius
DQs:
American?
Died since 1900?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you the Lucifer figure of Tolkien's legendarium?
Did you oversee the halls of the dead in the same works?
Were you the best-known Brandybuck?
3 more DQs
M
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last initial "M"
4.Dead
5.NOT American
6.Died AFTER 1900
7.Political/Military
Previous IQs:
Were you the Lucifer figure of Tolkien's legendarium? - Melkor AKA Morgoth
Did you oversee the halls of the dead in the same works? - Mandos
Were you the best-known Brandybuck? - Meriadoc AKA Merry, a hobbit
DQs:
Mostly political?
European?
Died since 1950?
IQs:
Were you a friendly alien in Galaxy Quest?
Were you the young heroine of G&S's The Pirates of Penzance?
Did you head The Citadel military institute after WWII?
DQ
DQ
Not George Marshall (?!)
M
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last initial "M"
4.Dead
5.NOT American
6.Died AFTER 1900
7.Political/Military
8.Primarily Political
9.European, per our definition
10.Died AFTER 1950
Just noticed you already used Marshall. That's 3 DQs