Let's play Botticelli!

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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?

[Erictelevision]

DQ
DQ
Not John Hancock (you linked to pic in a previous round)

[Erictelevision]

H

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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?

[Erictelevision]

Not Nathan Hale
DQ
DQ

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H

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last iniial "H"
6.Born BEFORE 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Considered "Good guy"

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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.?

[Erictelevision]

Not Teri Hatcher
Not Bob Hope
DQ

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H

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

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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?

[Erictelevision]

I think we determined it was Clyde, nevertheless I'm not J Edgar Hoover
DQ
DQ

[Erictelevision]

H

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

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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?

[Erictelevision]

Not Crazy Horse (hopefully they EVENTUALLY finish it)
Not Hillary Clinton
Not Bill Clinton (MAYBE?!)

[Erictelevision]

H

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

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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?

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Not Mark Hanna
Not Darryl Hannah
DQ (another Hannah?)

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H

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

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

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): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u73CLdHpbNk

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?

[Erictelevision]

And you rightfully earned a DQ for #3 above


DQ
Not Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison. Dad of our 9th POTUS and great grandfather of our 23rd
DQ

[Elendil's Heir]

OK, thanks.

Previous IQs:

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?

[Erictelevision]

3DQS

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H

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)