Brad Daugherty
Patrick Duffy ("Dallas")
DQ: Born after 1900?
DQ2: In Arts?
IQ: Did you go from "My So Called Life" to "Homeland"?
IQ2: Did you go from a Cabinet post to an ill fated term as a national President?
IQ3: Is your son the current "it guy" in the NBA?
IQs:
1. Were you swapped at birth to become an ambassador's son?
2. Are you a TV Chef known for her Canaries
3. Are you a Grand Prix winner and son of another Grand Prix winner.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dell Curry, father of Stephan Curry
DQ: Scientist?
IQ: Were you Lincoln's political AND romantic rival?
IQ2: Were you the Senate Majority Leader who quit your Senate seat when you ran for POTUS?
IQ3: Are you a public servant who: Served in the Cabinet, ran a major social service agency, Served in the Senate?
Elizabeth Dole.
DQ: Athlete?
IQ: Did you make back-to-back WSOP Main Event final tables at the beginning of the poker boom?
IQ2: Did you QB a team in consecutive playoff games in divergent conditions, going from a sauna to an icebox?
IQ3: Were you the losing QB the last time the Super Bowl visited the area this year's game is?
2. Delia Smith (The Canaries being Norwich football team)
3. Damon Hill (Son of Graham Hill)
DQs:
Businessman
Surname begins with D
IQs:
1. Did being hit make you inform the other team that "You'se guys is history."?
2. Did your comment about an armband to a fast bowler horribly backfire?
3. In Street Fighter terms, are you known as "The Beast"
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Don't think I'd call the Department of Transportation a "social service agency." That suggests HEW, HHS or NIH to me.
Take three DQs.
You, too.
D.
1. real
2. dead
3. American
4. not a political/military figure
5. born before 1900
6. not in Arts
7. not a scientist
8. not an athlete
9. businessman
10. first name begins with D
Between being in Reagan's Cabinet and her Senate term, she ran the Red Cross.
The most recent guys were:
Dan Harrington ('03 and '04)
Dan Fouts (1982, Miami and Cincinnati)
Dan Marino (SB XIX)
DQ: Died after 1900?
DQ2: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ3: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQ: Did you beat the Miami Hurricanes with a Thanksgiving Hail Mary, clinching your Heisman?
IQ2:Are you a horn dog DA on the graveyard shift?
IQ3: Did you hit a key HR for the Red Sox in the '86 ALCS?
Dunno x3.
D.
1. real
2. dead
3. American
4. not a political/military figure
5. born before 1900
6. not in Arts
7. not a scientist
8. not an athlete
9. businessman
10. first name begins with D
11. died after 1900
12. indeterminate, but probably born west of the Miss. River
13. indeterminate, but probably born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
I cannot find this person's birthplace anywhere online. Judging by later career, I believe these are the likeliest answers.
Doug Flutie
Dan Fielding
Dave Henderson
DQ: Business produce a tangible product?
DQ2: Died before 1950?
DQ3: Business named after him?
IQ: Were you a star DT for the '85 Bears? (Watching the 30 for 30 now)
IQ2: Were you derisively nicknamed "Mr. May"?
IQ3: Did you name your burger franchise after your daughter?
Dunno x3 again!
D.
1. real
2. dead
3. American
4. not a political/military figure
5. born before 1900
6. not in Arts
7. not a scientist
8. not an athlete
9. businessman
10. first name begins with D
11. died after 1900
12. indeterminate, but probably born west of the Miss. River
13. indeterminate, but probably born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
14. business produce a tangible product
15. died in 1950
16. business partly named after him
Dan Hampton
Dave Winfield (Steinbrenner gave him the name)
Dave Thomas (Wendy's)
DQ: Product edible?
DQ2: Product advertised on TV?
DQ reserved
IQ: Is your product nicknamed "Hog"?
IQ2: Are you a former Oklahoma State hoops star turned broadcaster?
IQ3: Are you an actor best known for helping poor children battle serious illness?
Last edited by Erictelevision; 06 Feb 2016 at 08:13 PM.
Clarification of 12 & 13: can we say that he's most identified with those geographical parameters?
Yeesh. Dunno any of these, either.
D.
1. real
2. dead
3. American
4. not a political/military figure
5. born before 1900
6. not in Arts
7. not a scientist
8. not an athlete
9. businessman
10. first name begins with D
11. died after 1900
12. indeterminate, but probably born west of the Miss. River
13. indeterminate, but probably born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
14. business produce a tangible product
15. died in 1950
16. business partly named after him
17. product edible
18. product not (and never has been, as far as I know) advertised on TV
18a. probably not really most identified with geographical parameters of 12 and 13
That last one is the best I can do, as I see it, and not held against you as to the 20 DQ max.
Those were:
Mr. Davidson (as in Harley-Davidson)
Doug Gottlieb
Danny Thomas (founder of St. Jude hospitals)
DQ: Fast food?
DQ2: Usually a main dish?
DQ3: Dish food, as opposed to a beverage?
I thought of Marlo Thomas, but not her father Danny. The "Are you...?" phrasing made me think the person you were asking about was still alive.
D.
1. real
2. dead
3. American
4. not a political/military figure
5. born before 1900
6. not in Arts
7. not a scientist
8. not an athlete
9. businessman
10. first name begins with D
11. died after 1900
12. indeterminate, but probably born west of the Miss. River
13. indeterminate, but probably born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
14. business produce a tangible product
15. died in 1950
16. business partly named after him
17. product edible
18. product not (and never has been, as far as I know) advertised on TV
18a. probably not really most identified with geographical parameters of 12 and 13
19. not a fast food
20. usually not a main dish
21. dish food, as opposed to a beverage
OK, that's it for DQs. Discuss amongst yourselves, then ask your earned "Are you Firstname Lastname?" questions, one apiece, by noon Tues. EST, please.
The deadline has already passed, but I'll extend it to noon EST Weds. for Eric.
Sorry, my iPad is temperamental. You stumped me anyway.
I am
David Rosenberg
of Harry & David and Fruit of the Month Club fame:
http://www.harryanddavid.com/
http://www.harryanddavid.com/h/view/about01
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_%26_David
Best-known for his business in Oregon, but I could never find out where he was born.
Wow!! NEVER would have gotten that!! Never heard of him, TBH.
Ditto - never heard of him or even the Fruit of the Month Club before?
Interesting choice.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
I'm surprised - I thought Harry & David is pretty well-known.
If one of you would like to start the next round, help yourself.
Okay
I'm C
IQs:
Were you Nelson's #2 dude at Trafalgar?
Are you buried in Plymouth Notch, Vermont?
Does your creator live in Chagrin Falls, Ohio?
Don't know Nelson's right hand man
Not Calvin Coolidge
DQ
IQs:
1. Are you the current British PM?
2. Did you have a funny walk and a bowler hat?
3. Did you avoid death by Basilisk due to your camera?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Dave Cameron
2 DQs
Previous IQs:
Were you Nelson's #2 dude at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood.
Are you buried in Plymouth Notch, Vermont? - Yes, Calvin Coolidge.
Does your creator live in Chagrin Falls, Ohio? - Bill Watterson, creator of Calvin and Hobbes.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Did you have a raccoon as a pet?
Did you forget your name when you first met your future wife?
Did you once head the Legal Services Corporation?
Not Davy Crockett, King of the wild frontier
2 DQs, though I should known the guy who got tongue tied.
1.Real
2.Male
Previous IQs:
Did you have a raccoon as a pet? - I'll rephrase.
Did you forget your name when you first met your future wife? - Bill Clinton.
Did you once head the Legal Services Corporation? - Hillary Clinton.
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
A woman, did you have a raccoon as a pet?
Did a fictional young woman misidentify a young man as you based on his apparel?
Are you a U.S. senator from New Jersey?
DQ
DQ
Not Christie Todd Whitman (?)
Previous IQs:
A woman, did you have a raccoon as a pet? - Grace Coolidge, Calvin's wife.
Did a fictional young woman misidentify a young man as you based on his apparel? - Marty McFly's mom in Back to the Future kept referring to him as "Calvin," since he was wearing Calvin Klein underwear.
Are you a U.S. senator from New Jersey? - Cory Booker.
DQs:
Born since 1964?
Last name start with C?
Political/military?
IQs:
Are you a U.S. senator from Texas?
Did you allegedly name your horse a consul of Rome?
Were you Marcus Aurelius's son?
Not Caligula
Marc's son WOULD have earned you a DQ, BUT...
I am indeed Ted Cruz!
Woohoo! Thanks, Eric. That was quick. Marcus Aurelius's son was Commodus, played by Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator.
I'll start the next round tomorrow.
Excellent goodnight.
IQ: Are you a Greek-American tennis champ?
IQ2: Did you write legislation helping working and middle-class kids afford college?
IQ3: Are you #2's grandson, married to my celebrity crush?
Pete Sampras
Clay Pell (married to Michelle Kwan)
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you regarded as the greatest hold 'Em player of all time?
IQ2: Did you "bubble" the 2003.WSOP MAIN EVENT final table?
IQ3: Are you a classical musician who committed suicide because you were about to be "outed"?
IQs:
1. Are you a party loving cartoon pony?
2. Were you a coach used to cross Australia?
3. Were you constantly being rescued by the Ant Hill Mob?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.