Our mystery man is
Former Coast Guard officer, RI gubernatorial candidate and ex-husband of Michelle Kwan
CLAY PELL
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Our mystery man is
Former Coast Guard officer, RI gubernatorial candidate and ex-husband of Michelle Kwan
CLAY PELL
Yeah, I vaguely remember him. Thanks. Wanna start the next round, or shall I?
I’ll check the used letters and think of someone. It’s 150 posts behind. Is that 2 or 3 games?
Two. I just updated the list: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...d-so-far/page2
B, G, H, O, V, X, Y are currently the longest-unused letters.
Your letter is:
G
Righto!
IQs:
Were you buried far from home in your wife's hometown of Troy, N.Y.?
Were you the best-known person to attend his funeral?
Did Queen Victoria complain of you, "He always addresses me as if I was a public meeting"?
Not U.S. Grant
DQ
Not David Lloyd George
Previous IQs:
Were you buried far from home in your wife's hometown of Troy, N.Y.? - Not Grant, who is buried in NYC, but George Henry Thomas, a Virginian by birth
Were you the best-known person to attend his funeral? - This was U.S. Grant, President at the time
Did Queen Victoria complain of you, "He always addresses me as if I was a public meeting"? - Not Lloyd George (Queen Victoria was a bit before his time, I think), but William E. Gladstone
DQs:
Real?
Male?
American?
IQs:
Were you also known as Tharkun and Olorin?
Were you married to a guy who was AKA Teleporno?
Were you Arathorn's wife?
I figured it wasn’t Grant for 1, no better guess
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
3 DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you also known as Tharkun and Olorin? - Gandalf, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Were you married to a guy who was AKA Teleporno? - Galadriel's husband Celeborn, ditto (with "Teleporno" being pretty much the silliest name in all of Middle-earth, I'd say)
Were you Arathorn's wife? - Gilraen, mother of Aragorn, ditto
DQs:
Living?
Born since 1950?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Did the Duke Brothers have pictures of Nixon, Reagan, Edison and you in their shared office?
Did your Bedford Falls-born brother win the Medal of Honor?
Was Jane your wife and Elroy your son?
DQ
Not George Bailey
George Jetson also had a daughter Judy, alas not him either
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial “G”
Previous IQs:
Did the Duke Brothers have pictures of Nixon, Reagan, Edison and you in their shared office? - George Washington, in Trading Places
Did your Bedford Falls-born brother win the Medal of Honor? - Yes, George Bailey, in It's a Wonderful Life
Was Jane your wife and Elroy your son? - Yes, George Jetson
George x3!
DQ:
Political/military?
IQs:
Although not holding governmental office, did you try to shut down the Federal investigation of Vice President Spiro Agnew's corruption?
Were you the also-famous son of that person?
Did you fail to "watch out for that tree"?
3 DQ
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
Previous IQs:
Although not holding governmental office, did you try to shut down the Federal investigation of Vice President Spiro Agnew's corruption? - George H.W. Bush, at that time the RNC chairman, according to Rachel Maddow's Bag Man podcast
Were you the also-famous son of that person? - George W. Bush
Did you fail to "watch out for that tree"? - George, George, George of the Jungle
George x3 redux!
DQs:
Best known for politics?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Was Capt. Picard a fan of your variety of tea?
Were you an ex-con and owner of a Portland bar in Stumptown?
Were you a California governor forced from office in a recall election?
DQ
DQ
Not Gray Davis (ALMOST picked him)
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
Back again!
Previous IQs:
Was Capt. Picard a fan of your variety of tea? - Earl Grey
Were you an ex-con and owner of a Portland bar in Stumptown? - Gray
Were you a California governor forced from office in a recall election? - Yes, Gray Davis
Grey/Gray x3!
DQs:
Democrat?
Now in office?
IQs:
Were you a sailor with the little-known first name "Willy"?
Were you a one-term governor of Ohio in the Seventies?
Were you Holmes's frenemy at Scotland Yard?
Not The Skipper’s “little buddy” Gilligan
DQ
DQ
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
Previous IQs:
Were you a sailor with the little-known first name "Willy"? - Yes, Gilligan from the TV show
Were you a one-term governor of Ohio in the Seventies? - John Gilligan
Were you Holmes's frenemy at Scotland Yard? - G. Lestrade (Conan Doyle never told us his full first name)
DQs:
Elected official?
Holds Federal office?
IQs:
Were you a former Federal judge who became a US senator and eventually a diplomat?
Did you often use the staccato phrase "What, what?" in a play about you?
Did a biographer say your hobbies, stamp collecting and hunting, were boring?
DQ
Not Cary Grant
DQ
#10 implies elected official, ask another DQ
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
11) NOT a Federal officeholder
Well, every member of the Cabinet holds an office and isn't elected, but OK, thanks.
Previous IQs:
Were you a former Federal judge who became a US senator and eventually a diplomat? - George Mitchell of Maine
Did you often use the staccato phrase "What, what?" in a play about you? - Not Cary Grant, but rather George III, in The Madness of King George
Did a biographer say your hobbies, stamp collecting and hunting, were boring? - King George V
George x3!
DQs:
Governor of a state?
From a state east of the Miss. River?
From a state north of the Mason-Dixon Line, if extended to the Pacific?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a series of children's cartoons intended to teach courtesy and good behavior?
Were you, too?
Were you Sir Launcelot's son in most retellings of Arthurian legend?
3 DQ
You’re of course right about Cabinet secretaries.
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
9) Democrat
10) Currently in office
11) NOT a Federal officeholder
12) Governor
13) State WEST of the Mississippi
14) State mostly SOUTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a series of children's cartoons intended to teach courtesy and good behavior? - Goofus, in a Christian-themed comic book I used to get at church
Were you, too? - Gallant, ditto
Were you Sir Launcelot's son in most retellings of Arthurian legend? - Sir Galahad
I think I know who this is.
IQ:
Did you survive a recent recall effort in California?
YES! I am indeed:
GAVIN NEWSOM! Did the recall have ANY prayer of succeeding?!
Some of the polling was less than favorable and it looked a few times like he just might lose. I think the Newsom team had an anxious moment or two, but down the homestretch he was almost certain to win.
Thanks, Eric. Lemme think about our next person....
BUMP
Aaaaaaand we're back - Happy New Year, and thanks!
Our next letter is
O
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