Did you write, "In our youths, our hearts were touched with fire"? - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., writing about his experiences as a young officer in the Civil War
Were you a founding member of the Diogenes Club? - Mycroft Holmes
Were you that person's better-known brother? - Sherlock Holmes
Holmes x3!
DQs:
American?
Last name started with H?
Born after 1950?
IQs:
Were you AKA Vulcan?
Are you humorist David Sedaris's longtime companion?
Was a replica of your signature painted across the stern of a U.S. Navy warship?
Were you AKA Vulcan? - Hephaestus, the blacksmith of Greek mythology
Are you humorist David Sedaris's longtime companion? - Hugh Hamrick
Was a replica of your signature painted across the stern of a U.S. Navy warship? - Yes, John Hancock
DQs:
Political/military?
Generally considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Did you win big at Saratoga?
Were you the first President pro tem Emeritus of the U.S. Senate?
Did Gregory Peck play you in one and only one movie?
Did you win big at Saratoga? - Not Nathan Hale, but Horatio Gates
Were you the first President pro tem Emeritus of the U.S. Senate? - Hubert Horatio Humphrey
Did Gregory Peck play you in one and only one movie? - Horatio Hornblower
Horatio x3!
DQs:
Best known as political figure?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did you play Lois Lane on TV?
Were you born in London but raised in Cleveland?
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.?
Did you play Lois Lane on TV? - Yes, Teri Hatcher
Were you born in London but raised in Cleveland? - Yes, Bob Hope
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? - Gary Hart
DQs:
Democrat?
Held Federal elective office?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was Floyd Tolson a longtime aide of yours?
Did you have to deal with a dangerous fire at Christmastime in the place where you were then living?
Were you that person's spouse?
Was Floyd Tolson a longtime aide of yours? - Yes, J. Edgar Hoover, boss, friend and perhaps lover of Clyde Tolson (don't know why I keep thinking it's Floyd!)
Did you have to deal with a dangerous fire at Christmastime in the place where you were then living? - President Herbert Hoover, at the White House in 1929: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/th...g-fire-of-1929
Were you that person's spouse? - First Lady Lou Hoover
Hoover x3!
DQs:
Held American public office before 1789?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Is a giant outdoor monument being built to you?
Were you, in 2001, the junior U.S. senator from New York?
Were both of your parents dentists?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
Is a giant outdoor monument being built to you? - Yes, Crazy Horse
Were you, in 2001, the junior U.S. senator from New York? - Yes, Hillary Clinton
Were both of your parents dentists? - Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter series
DQs:
Held American political office between 1776-89?
Supported independence?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you McKinley's kingmaker?
An actress, did you date JFK Jr. for awhile?
Were you a young assassin trained by your ex-CIA agent father?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
13.Held political office between 1776-89
14.DEFINITELY supported independence
Were you McKinley's kingmaker? - Yes, Marcus (Mark) Hanna
An actress, did you date JFK Jr. for awhile? - Yes, Darryl Hannah
Were you a young assassin trained by your ex-CIA agent father? - Yes, the title character of Hanna (a good but, I'd say, not great spy thriller):
IQs:
Did you design an early U.S. flag?
Did two of your descendants become President of the United States?
Were you a top cavalryman for Gen. George Washington?
Did you design an early U.S. flag? - Francis Hopkinson, a member of the Continental Congress
Did two of your descendants become President of the United States? - Yes, Benjamin Harrison
Were you a top cavalryman for Gen. George Washington? - "Light-Horse Harry" Lee, Robert E.'s father
DQs:
Member of the Continental Congress?
Slave owner?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a top Gestapo official in SS-GB?
Were you a real person who made a cameo appearance in both the book and the TV miniseries of the same name?
Were you attacked by two British-trained Czech partisans in Prague during WWII?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
13.Held political office between 1776-89
14.DEFINITELY supported independence
15.Member of the Continental Congress
16.Probably owned slaves (owned large tract of land in slave state)
Were you a top Gestapo official in SS-GB? - Standartenfuhrer Oskar Huth
Were you a real person who made a cameo appearance in both the book and the TV miniseries of the same name? - Heinrich Himmler
Were you attacked by two British-trained Czech partisans in Prague during WWII? - Reinhard Heydrich, "the Butcher of Prague," who later died of his wounds
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
13.Held political office between 1776-89
14.DEFINITELY supported independence
15.Member of the Continental Congress
16.Probably owned slaves (owned large tract of land in slave state)
17.NOT a Virginian
18.Did NOT sign Declaration of Independence
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
13.Held political office between 1776-89
14.DEFINITELY supported independence
15.Member of the Continental Congress
16.Probably owned slaves (owned large tract of land in slave state)
17.NOT a Virginian
18.Did NOT sign Declaration of Independence
19.NOT in the cast of "1776"
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"
9.Political figure
10.Not a Democrat, because the party didn't exist
11.Held proto-federal office
12.Held American political office pre-1789
13.Held political office between 1776-89
14.DEFINITELY supported independence
15.Member of the Continental Congress
16.Probably owned slaves (owned large tract of land in slave state)
17.NOT a Virginian
18.Did NOT sign Declaration of Independence
19.NOT in the cast of "1776"
20.NOT a Carolinian
IQ: Did you apocryphally help a queen keep a clean dress?
IQ2: Are you the actress who played Ted Danson's cousin/lover?
IQ3: Did you coach Villanova to a famous upset?
Walter Raleigh
Isabella Rossellini
Rollie Massamino
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: Living?
IQ: Are you the pirate namesake of a mixed drink?
IQ2: Did you have clearance issues with the FBI?
IQ3: Are you the actor who starred in the most watched miniseries of all time?
Rob Roy was a Scottish outlaw, not a pirate, but I thought that was probably who you were going for: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Roy_MacGregor. And I believe Roots got higher ratings than The Thorn Birds.
Not Orville Reddenbacher, Ron "Go fuck yourself, San Diego" Burgundy,* and dunno.
I have to share my favorite scene from that movie:
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DQ: Born After 1900?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you the composer favored by the Nazis?
IQ2: Were you unfairly blamed for the Olympic bombing?
IQ3: Did you coach the Celtics to their most recent title?
They've been talking about it so much, I thought it came out.
Correct
Correct
Doc Rivers
DQ: Born after 1800?
IQ: Are you the entertainer whose last name is a monster?
IQ2: Are you the host of an upcoming wild game show?
IQ3: Were you recently caught up in a prostitution sting?