3 DQS
1.Real
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3 DQS
1.Real
Previous IQs:
Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames
Were you an AI rebel leader in a Heinlein novel? - Adam Selene, in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Were you later AKA Sauron? - Annatar, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
DQs:
Male?
Living?
Last name start with A?
IQs:
Did Mark Rylance win an Oscar for playing you?
Are you the most recent British Princess Royal?
Did you succeed Churchill as PM?
DQ
Not Princess Anne (forget who her DH is)
Not Clemente Atlee
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
Previous IQs:
Did Mark Rylance win an Oscar for playing you? - Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, in Bridge of Spies
Are you the most recent British Princess Royal? - Yes, Princess Anne
Did you succeed Churchill as PM? - Correct, but spelled "Clement Attlee"
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Did you also succeed Churchill as PM?
Did you create the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination?
Did a Canadian and a Latino both play you, many years apart?
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Not Anthony Eden
DQ (annoyingly)
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
Previous IQs:
Did you also succeed Churchill as PM? - Yes, Anthony Eden
Did you create the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination? - Alan Parsons
Did a Canadian and a Latino both play you, many years apart? - Commander Adama of Battlestar Galactica, played by Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos
DQs:
Died since 1950?
Political/military?
IQs:
Did you help found Kenyon College?
Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same first name as that guy?
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
3 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
Previous IQs:
Did you help found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same first name as that guy? - Philander Knox
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Philoctetes (Danny DeVito)
Phil x3!
DQ:
Ever held Federal elective office?
Greatest fame before 1975?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your catchphrase, "Keep the faith, baby"?
Did Jeremy Renner play your character's future husband in a recent movie?
Were you the (later) best-known person at the Battle of New Hope Church?
Not Al Koch
DQ
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
Previous IQs:
Was your catchphrase, "Keep the faith, baby"? - Adam Clayton Powell, longtime Congressman from Harlem
Did Jeremy Renner play your character's future husband in a recent movie? - Amy Adams, in Arrival
Were you the (later) best-known person at the Battle of New Hope Church? - Ambrose Bierce, then a young Army lieutenant
DQs:
Ever held state elected office?
Greatest fame before 1939?
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg?
Did you and the Empire State Building appear on a New Yorker cover together?
Did you joke that your Secret Service codename was just your own name?
DQ
Not Anthony Weiner (LOVE phallic humor)
Not Albert Gore Jr.
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
Previous IQs:
Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg? - Ambrose Burnside
Did you and the Empire State Building appear on a New Yorker cover together? - Yes, Anthony Weiner - one of my all-time favorite TNY covers: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQGtKpXCcAAE1T8.jpg
Did you joke that your Secret Service codename was just your own name? - Yes, former VP Al Gore
DQs:
Military figure?
Usually considered a "good guy"?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did Kiefer Sutherland costar in a movie about a guy who plotted to kill you?
Did LBJ unsuccessfully nominate you to become Chief Justice of the United States?
Did you often go about the house barefoot because you said your feet "needed to breathe"?
DQ
Not Abe Fortas
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
Previous IQs:
Did Kiefer Sutherland costar in a movie about a guy who plotted to kill you? - Spiro Agnew (Flashback)
Did LBJ unsuccessfully nominate you to become Chief Justice of the United States? - Yes, Abe Fortas
Did you often go about the house barefoot because you said your feet "needed to breathe"? - Abraham Lincoln, to his wife's distress
DQ:
Best known as a social activist?
Best known for a single incident?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted Sixties radical with the same initials as a notorious tyrant?
Did you play a sf character with the middle name "Lafayette"?
Is your sister nicknamed "D.W."?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
See my IQs above?
Sorry!! :(
Not Abby Hoffman (almost stumped me)
DQ
DQ
Sorry!! :(
Not Abbie Hoffman (almost stumped me)
DQ
DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted Sixties radical with the same initials as a notorious tyrant? - Yes, Abby Hoffman
Did you play a sf character with the middle name "Lafayette"? - Avery Brooks played Benjamin Lafayette Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Is your sister nicknamed "D.W."? - Arthur the Aardvark, on the PBS kids' show Arthur
DQs:
Businessman/entrepreneur?
Was wealthy at time of death?
Two DQs reserved.
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
17.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
18.Died upper middle class I'd say
DQs:
Died before 1975?
Ever held a Federal appointive office?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
17.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
18.Died upper middle class I'd say
19.Died AFTER 1975
20.Held FEDERAL appointed office
How about 2PM ET tomorrow for your guess
Were you Abe Fortas?
Nope. See post #5369. Still have 14 hours
Hour left, any last minute guesses?
You got me. Who is it?
ARCHIBALD COX, the Watergate Special Prosecutor.
Pick the next letter if you'd like.
Thanks! Let's move on to
O
IQ: Were you the first POTUS not born in the contiguous US?
IQ2: Are you his SO?
IQ3: Did you supposedly pick your infamous date due to liking Porsches?
I assume you recognize Cox?
Yes, of course.
Not Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, or... dunno.
I thought so. :)
Correct
Correct
Osama Bin Laden
DQ: Real?
IQ: Are you a slob newspaper writer?
IQ2: Did you create factory jobs to save the workforce from extermination?
IQ3: Are you the melancholic Sesame Street resident?
Did any of my Cox DQ answers lead you astray?
No, looks like they were all on the mark.
Hmm. Never heard that about bin Laden and 9/11.
Not Oscar Madison, Oskar Schindler or Oscar the Grouch (although he's more snappish than melancholic, I'd say). Oscar/Oskar x3!
O.
1. real
The OBL thing may be an UL.
IQ: Are you the famed Brotherly Love conductor?
IQ2: Were you the first Olympic gymnast to achieve a perfect 10?
IQ3: Are you the gold medal winning Ukrainian figure skater?
Not Eugene Ormandy, Olga Korbut or Oksana Baiul (sp?).
3 for 3
IQ: Are you the NFL legend who benefited from jury nullification?
IQ2: Were you the murder victim of the player who recently committed suicide?
IQ3: Are you the legendary college hoops coach whose former school was implicated in the current scandal?
Not O.J. Simpson, dunno, and dunno.
Aaron Hernandez murdered Odin Llyod
Lute Olsen coached at Arizona
DQ: Female?
DQ2: Dead?
IQ: Are you the member of the Fearsome Foursome who lived near the Little House on the Prairie?
IQ2: Did you from the the band whose name people say when impersonating a Boston accent?
IQ3: Did you play bass in that band?
Aaron Hernandez murdered Odin Llyod
Lute Olsen coached at Arizona
DQ: Female?
DQ2: Dead?
IQ: Are you the member of the Fearsome Foursome who lived near the Little House on the Prairie?
IQ2: Did you front the the band whose name people say when impersonating a Boston accent?
IQ3: Did you play bass in that band?
Fixed typo
Not Merlin Olsen, dunno and dunno.
O.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
Correct (Very nice! Wasn't sure you knew that)
Ric Ocasek fronted The Cars
Benjamin Orr played bass (and occasionally sang)
DQ: Died After 1900?
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you go from talk show host to cable network founder?
IQ2: Did you star in "Wuthering Heights"?
IQ3: Did you have a controversial song about God?
Not Oprah Winfrey, Sir Laurence Olivier or... dunno.
O.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
4. died before 1900
5. American
Born elsewhere, and unclear whether she was ever naturalized, but a resident of the U.S. and best known for her time here.