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06 Sep 2021 03:27 PM
#9451
Our mystery man is
Former Coast Guard officer, RI gubernatorial candidate and ex-husband of Michelle Kwan
CLAY PELL
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07 Sep 2021 01:36 PM
#9452
Member
Yeah, I vaguely remember him. Thanks. Wanna start the next round, or shall I?
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07 Sep 2021 06:26 PM
#9453
I’ll check the used letters and think of someone. It’s 150 posts behind. Is that 2 or 3 games?
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08 Sep 2021 03:10 PM
#9454
Member
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.
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 08 Sep 2021 at 03:19 PM.
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08 Sep 2021 04:17 PM
#9455
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09 Sep 2021 11:01 PM
#9456
Member
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"?
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10 Sep 2021 01:13 PM
#9457
Not U.S. Grant
DQ
Not David Lloyd George
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10 Sep 2021 02:15 PM
#9458
Member
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?
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10 Sep 2021 02:53 PM
#9459
I figured it wasn’t Grant for 1, no better guess
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10 Sep 2021 02:54 PM
#9460
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
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10 Sep 2021 02:54 PM
#9461
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10 Sep 2021 11:08 PM
#9462
Member
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?
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11 Sep 2021 12:31 PM
#9463
DQ
Not George Bailey
George Jetson also had a daughter Judy, alas not him either
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11 Sep 2021 12:33 PM
#9464
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial “G”
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12 Sep 2021 08:33 PM
#9465
Member
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"?
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13 Sep 2021 12:00 AM
#9466
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13 Sep 2021 12:01 AM
#9467
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
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13 Sep 2021 09:51 AM
#9468
Member
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?
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13 Sep 2021 01:05 PM
#9469
DQ
DQ
Not Gray Davis (ALMOST picked him)
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13 Sep 2021 01:06 PM
#9470
G
1) Real
3) American
3) Male
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) FIRST initial G
7) Political/Military
8) Political figure
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15 Oct 2021 10:46 AM
#9471
Member
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?
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15 Oct 2021 04:40 PM
#9472
Not The Skipper’s “little buddy” Gilligan
DQ
DQ
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15 Oct 2021 04:42 PM
#9473
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
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18 Oct 2021 01:28 PM
#9474
Member
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?
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18 Oct 2021 09:21 PM
#9475
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18 Oct 2021 09:22 PM
#9476
#10 implies elected official, ask another DQ
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18 Oct 2021 09:22 PM
#9477
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
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22 Oct 2021 10:38 AM
#9478
Member
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?
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22 Oct 2021 07:31 PM
#9479
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22 Oct 2021 07:31 PM
#9480
You’re of course right about Cabinet secretaries.
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22 Oct 2021 07:34 PM
#9481
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
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25 Oct 2021 01:42 PM
#9482
Member
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?
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25 Oct 2021 11:03 PM
#9483
YES! I am indeed:
GAVIN NEWSOM! Did the recall have ANY prayer of succeeding?!
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27 Oct 2021 01:46 PM
#9484
Member
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....
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17 Jan 2022 12:46 AM
#9485
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17 Jan 2022 11:17 AM
#9486
Member
Aaaaaaand we're back - Happy New Year, and thanks!
Our next letter is
O
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28 Feb 2022 09:29 AM
#9487
Member
You'll appreciate the latest subject of the SDMB Botticelli thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bo...022/958810/230
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