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    No, but it's someone associated with him

    The recently deceased Tommy Lasorda is associated with our mystery man

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    DQ
    Not William Shakespeare
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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you the lead character of a recent novel that adapted and retold the story of Hamlet? - Edgar Sawtelle
    Was your wife the first Anne Hathaway? - Yes, William Shakespeare
    Did an interviewer ask you about your wife, not realizing she had died several years earlier? - Martin Short

    DQs:

    Born since 1950?
    Best known for the Arts?

    IQs:

    Were you an early American colonial leader with the same first name as a Star Trek character?
    Did you write a book about your experiences preparing for, and playing, Richard III?
    Were you an eccentric twin in the Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four?

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    DQ
    Not Patrick Stewart
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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you an early American colonial leader with the same first name as a Star Trek character? - Miles Standish / Miles O'Brien
    Did you write a book about your experiences preparing for, and playing, Richard III? - Not Patrick Stewart, who IIRC hasn't played Richard III; this was Simon Callow
    Were you an eccentric twin in the Conan Doyle novel The Sign of Four? - Major Sholto

    DQs:

    Political/military?
    Born since 1950?
    Best known for a single incident?

    IQs:

    Were you JFK's de facto White House chief of staff?
    Did you say, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it"?
    Was your name mispronounced by a not-so-bright cop in a Nineties thriller?

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    Already answered DQ2

    Not Pierre Salinger
    Not Pablo Picasso
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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident

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    Ah, yes, so you did as to 1950. Sorry.

    Previous IQs:

    Were you JFK's de facto White House chief of staff? - Not Salinger, who was press secretary, but Ted Sorensen
    Did you say, "It's a small world, but I wouldn't want to paint it"? - Stephen Wright
    Was your name mispronounced by a not-so-bright cop in a Nineties thriller? - The Brad Pitt character Mills in Se7en referred to the "Marquis de Shar-day" (Sade).

    DQs:

    Athlete?
    Famous wife?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Were your brothers Robert and Renly?
    Did T'Pring not want to marry you?
    Did she want to marry you instead?

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    3 DQ

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife

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    Previous IQs:

    Were your brothers Robert and Renly? - Stannis Baratheon, in Game of Thrones
    Did T'Pring not want to marry you? - Spock, on Star Trek
    Did she want to marry you instead? - Stonn, ditto

    DQs:

    Businessman/entrepreneur?
    Greatest fame before 2000?
    Best known for a single incident?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Was your baseball nickname "Pops"?
    Were you a peg-legged colonial Dutch official?
    Did you write The Bell Jar?

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    DQ
    Not Peter Stuyvesant
    Not Sylvia Plath

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    Already answered DQ3

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000

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    So you did. Sorry. I should re-read past answers more carefully.

    Previous IQs:

    Was your baseball nickname "Pops"? - Willie Stargell of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1970s and after
    Were you a peg-legged colonial Dutch official? - Yes, Peter Stuyvesant of New Amsterdam
    Did you write The Bell Jar? - Yes, Sylvia Plath

    DQs:

    Scientist?
    Has won a top award in his field?

    IQs:

    Did you, in an SNL sketch, remember that a fan had returned a scratched record album of yours?
    Did you write a book about Lincoln's service in the Illinois statehouse?
    Did you interview Diana Rigg early in her career and, even then a total fanboy, ask, "Just what is it that makes you so wonderful?"

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    DQ
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    Not Tom Snyder

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
    14.NOT a scientist
    15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you, in an SNL sketch, remember that a fan had returned a scratched record album of yours? - Paul Simon
    Did you write a book about Lincoln's service in the Illinois statehouse? - The other Paul Simon
    Did you interview Diana Rigg early in her career and, even then a total fanboy, ask, "Just what is it that makes you so wonderful?" - Not Tom Snyder, but NPR's Scott Simon

    Simon x3!

    DQs:

    Journalist?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you sometimes have "a boy in buttons" working for you?
    Were you a bigshot football coach who started a chain of restaurants?
    Did your dad supervise the investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping?

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    3 DQ

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
    14.NOT a scientist
    15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field
    16.Media figure, but I wouldn't call him a journalist

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you sometimes have "a boy in buttons" working for you? - Sherlock Holmes, in the original Conan Doyle stories
    Were you a bigshot football coach who started a chain of restaurants? - Don Shula
    Did your dad supervise the investigation of the Lindbergh baby kidnapping? - Gen. Norman Schwartzkopf

    DQs:

    TV show host?
    Considered handsome?

    Three DQs reserved.

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    I should have known 2 and 3!

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
    14.NOT a scientist
    15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field
    16.Media figure, but I wouldn't call him a journalist
    17.NOT a TV host
    18.NOT notably handsome

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    DQs:

    Commentator or opinion-maker?
    Associated with NYC?

    One DQ reserved.

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
    14.NOT a scientist
    15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field
    16.Media figure, but I wouldn't call him a journalist
    17.NOT a TV host
    18.NOT notably handsome
    19.NOT a commentator or opinion-maker
    20.NOT associated with NYC to most people

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    Use that DQ and I'll set it deadline

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    Hmmm.

    DQ:

    Best known for his association with broadcasting?

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    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name "S"
    6.Born BEFORE 1950
    7.Not associated with Arts
    8.Not associated with Politics/Military
    9.Not known for single incident
    10.NOT an Athlete
    11.No famous wife
    12.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
    13.Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
    14.NOT a scientist
    15.Won SEVERAL top awards in his field
    16.Media figure, but I wouldn't call him a journalist
    17.NOT a TV host
    18.NOT notably handsome
    19.NOT a commentator or opinion-maker
    20.NOT associated with NYC to most people
    21.Associated with broadcasting

    Please submit your guess by 5 PM ET Saturday

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    You got a couple extra hours. Our mystery man is

    VIN SCULLY

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    Ah, sure. I've heard of him. Good one.

    Start the next round, if you like.

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    I'll post tomorrow (tablet dying, I'm about to fall asleep)

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    Sorry for the delay, a letter we're due for is

    Z

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    IQs:

    Did you play the mom of two doomed, unrelated young women on Nineties TV?
    Did you discover a notable mountain out west?
    Were you a put-upon, hard-luck schlub of an alien on Babylon 5?

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    DQ
    Not Zebulon Pike
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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play the mom of two doomed, unrelated young women on Nineties TV? - Grace Zabriskie played the mom of Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks and the mom of Susan, George's fiancee, on Seinfeld
    Did you discover a notable mountain out west? - Yes, Zebulon Pike
    Were you a put-upon, hard-luck schlub of an alien on Babylon 5? - Zathras

    DQs:

    Male?
    Real?

    IQs:

    Were you a Mobile Infantry drill instructor?
    Did you write A People's History of the United States?
    Were you marooned in Sarpeidon's ice age?

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    Z.

    1) Male
    2) Fictional

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    DQ
    DQ (will PISS ME OFF when you reveal)
    DQ

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a Mobile Infantry drill instructor? - Master Sergeant Zim, in Heinlein's Starship Troopers
    Did you write A People's History of the United States? - Howard Zinn (don't be TOO pissed!)
    Were you marooned in Sarpeidon's ice age? - Zarabeth, in ST:TOS "All Our Yesterdays"

    DQs:

    American?
    Would be alive today, if real?
    First appeared since 1950?

    IQs:

    Were you in charge of a castle filled with nubile young women?
    Were you Ike's favorite author?
    Did you play a bad guy in the film Titanic?

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    Shoulda known Zinn!

    DQ
    Not Zane Grey
    Not Billy Zane

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    Z.

    1) Male
    2) Fictional
    3) NOT American
    4) Would be DEAD if real
    5) First appeared BEFORE 1950

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you in charge of a castle filled with nubile young women? - Zoot, in Monty Python and the Holy Grail
    Were you Ike's favorite author? - Yes, Zane Grey
    Did you play a bad guy in the film Titanic? - Yes, Billy Zane

    DQ:

    European?

    IQs:

    Was an early Ohio city named after you?
    Were you known for playing Tevye?
    Was your father delighted to find your flower petals back in his pocket?

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    3 DQ

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    Z.

    1) Male
    2) Fictional
    3) NOT American
    4) Would be DEAD if real
    5) First appeared BEFORE 1950
    6) European, in a sense

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    Previous IQs:

    Was an early Ohio city named after you? - Edward Zane, I think it was; namesake of Zanesville, Ohio
    Were you known for playing Tevye? - Zero Mostel, in Fiddler on the Roof
    Was your father delighted to find your flower petals back in his pocket? - Zuzu Bailey, in It's A Wonderful Life

    DQs:

    Human?
    First appeared before 1800?
    Protagonist?

    IQs:

    Did Strauss's song about you appear in a major sf film?
    Did the same actor who played your husband also play a villain and a British Army officer in other movies?
    Did Anthony Hopkins play your world-weary mentor?

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    3 DQ

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    Z.

    1) Male
    2) Fictional
    3) NOT American
    4) Would be DEAD if real
    5) First appeared BEFORE 1950
    6) European, in a sense
    7) Human-form
    8) First appeared BEFORE 1800
    9) Protagonist

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    Previous IQs:

    Did Strauss's song about you appear in a major sf film?- Zarathustra, in 2001: A Space Odyssey:
    Did the same actor who played your husband also play a villain and a British Army officer in other movies? - Zelda Fitzgerald's husband F. Scott in Midnight in Paris is played by Tom Hiddleston, who also played Loki in the Avengers movies, and a British officer in War Horse
    Did Anthony Hopkins play your world-weary mentor? - Zorro

    DQs:

    Biologically human, as you and I are?
    First name starts with Z?
    Thought to be British by those around him?

    IQs:

    Were you a notable CNO after whom a warship was named?
    Were you briefly stunned by washers thrown at your head?
    Did a giant flying stone head appear in a movie named after you?

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    3 DQs

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