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?
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?
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
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?
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
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?
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
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?"
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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
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?