H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
Previous IQs:
Was your ship the Half Moon? - Yes, Henry Hudson
Did Bruce Willis play you in movie that became a semi-cult favorite? - Yes, Hudson Hawk
Did Paul Newman provide your voice near the end of his life? - Hudson the police car, in Cars
Hudson x3!
DQs:
Political/military?
IQs:
Did Adam Sandler play you in a title role?
Were you Nelson Rockefeller's second wife?
Were you not quite as slutty in your film debut as in the book in which you first appeared?
Not Happy Gilmore
Not Happy Rockefeller
DQ
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
5)Not Political/Military
I've heard that Julia Roberts was a beyotch while making "Hook", and blamed the broken engagement for her behavior.
Previous IQs:
Did Adam Sandler play you in a title role? - Yes, Happy Gilmore
Were you Nelson Rockefeller's second wife? - Yes, Happy Rockefeller
Were you not quite as slutty in your film debut as in the book in which you first appeared? - Holly Golightly, in Breakfast at Tiffany's
DQ:
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Were you a Federation administrator in the Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold"?
Did you play an overly-emotional astronaut in Interstellar?
Were you Shakespeare's wife?
DQ
Not Anne Hathaway (?)
Not the other Anne Hathaway
(3 led me to 2)
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
5)Not Political/Military
6)Involved in Arts but not best known for it
Previous IQs:
Were you a Federation administrator in the Star Trek episode "Wolf in the Fold"? - Mr. Hengist
Did you play an overly-emotional astronaut in Interstellar? - Yes, Anne Hathaway
Were you Shakespeare's wife? - Ditto
DQ:
Died since 2000?
IQs:
Were you Capt. Miller's right-hand man in Saving Private Ryan?
Did Carol Burnett play your nemesis in a recent movie?
Did you command the Continental forces at the 1777 Battle of Oriskany, N.Y.?
DQ
DQ
Not General Haig (wonder if Al is a descendent)
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
5)Not Political/Military
6)Involved in Arts but not best known for it
7)Died BEFORE 2000
Previous IQs:
Were you Capt. Miller's right-hand man in Saving Private Ryan? - Sgt. Horvath
Did Carol Burnett play your nemesis in a recent movie? - She played the mean, bossy kangaroo mom in Horton Hears a Who
Did you command the Continental forces at the 1777 Battle of Oriskany, N.Y.? - Gen. Herkimer, not Haig
DQs:
Athlete?
Best known for a single event?
Died before 1950?
IQs:
Do some historians think Lloyd George was right not to give you more troops?
Did Richard Dreyfus once play you in a TV movie based on actual events?
Did you play Bobby Hill's partner in a TV series?
Not General Haig
Not Matt Hooper (maybe it was based on factual events)
DQ
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
5)Not Political/Military
6)Involved in Arts but not best known for it
7)Died BEFORE 2000
8)NOT an athlete
9)NOT known for single event (arguable)
10)Died AFTER 1950
Previous IQs:
Do some historians think Lloyd George was right not to give you more troops? - Yes, Gen. Douglas Haig
Did Richard Dreyfus once play you in a TV movie based on actual events? - Al Haig, in a movie about the 1981 Reagan assassination attempt
Did you play Bobby Hill's partner in a TV series? - Charles Haid, who played Ptl. Andy Renko on Hill Street Blues
DQs:
Best known as a businessman?
Last name start with H?
IQs:
Did you give your name to the journal of the British House of Commons, and now many others?
Were you an Elf who died at an important Rohan fortification in the movie LOTR: The Two Towers?
Was that fortification named after you?
3 DQs!
H
1)Real
2)Male
3)Dead
4)American
5)Not Political/Military
6)Involved in Arts but not best known for it
7)Died BEFORE 2000
8)NOT an athlete
9)NOT known for single event (arguable)
10)Died AFTER 1950
11)Best known as businessman (dabbled in various businesses)
12)Both names start "H"
Previous IQs:
Did you give your name to the journal of the British House of Commons, and now many others? - Mr. Hansard: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansard
Were you an Elf who died at an important Rohan fortification in the movie LOTR: The Two Towers? - Haldir
Was that fortification named after you? - The kingly namesake of Helm's Deep
Three DQs reserved.
IQ:
Did you build the "Spruce Goose"?
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 18 Apr 2018 at 11:05 PM.
YES!! I am indeed
HOWARD HUGHES. . Great job!
WRT #9: the incident I was thinking of was the one time the "Spruce Goose" flew.
WRT #6: He owned RKO studios of course.
Last edited by Erictelevision; 19 Apr 2018 at 10:21 AM.
Thanks! You didn't have to tell me that both names started with H, but once you did, it all clicked.
OK, next let's go with
A
IQ: Did you write the most famous fables?
IQ2: Are you the American Quisling?
IQ3: Are you the gymnast who doesn't play one on TV, but is a doctor?
Not Aesop, Benedict Arnold or... dunno.
Correct
Correct
Amy Chow is a pediatrician
DQ: Real?
IQ1) Did you play a mystery writer by day, serial killer by night?
IQ2) Are you the VPOTUS born in D.C.?
IQ3) Were you mayor of NYC during the 80s?
Last edited by Erictelevision; 21 Apr 2018 at 11:00 AM. Reason: Amy's area of medicine
Angela Lansbury (how else do you explain all those murders in Cabot Cove?)
Al Gore
Al Koch
DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?
DQ3: American?
IQ: Were your rights traded for Kevin Love?
IQ2: Are you the NFL QB who recently bought a percentage of your local NBA team?
IQ3: Are you the NFL QB who replaced a legend, but have dealt with a potentially career ending shoulder injury?
Dunno x3.
The Lansbury question is a bit dodgy - I know it's a funny fan (or critic) theory, but we don't know that she really was a serial killer (and obviously she wasn't portrayed that way). It's not a factual question. And Koch's first name was Ed (Edward), so he's not an "A."
A.
1. real
2. male
Yeah, my Lansbury question was totally tongue-in-cheek, and I can't believe I messed up Koch!
Andrew Wiggins
Aaron Rodgers bought into the Bucks
Andrew Luck replaced Peyton Manning, has been injury prone
DQ: Living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: In Arts, broadly defined?
IQ: Were you a NY Senator during the 80's?
IQ2: Were you on of FDR's VPs?
IQ3: Were you TIME's Man of the 20th Century?
Not Al D'Amato, Henry A. Wallace or Albert Einstein.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
Correct
Misremembered but he fits
Correct
IQ: Were you Truman's VP?
IQ2: Are you the famous "plus size" model? (I put it in quotes because she'd be considered normal size in the real world)
IQ3: Are you about to become the newest member of the 3000 hit club?
Not Alben Barkley, dunno and dunno.
Correct
Ashley Graham
Albert Pujols needs 6 hits
DQ: European?
DQ2: Military/Political figure?
IQ: Are you the War of 1812 hero who won an ultimately meaningless battle?
IQ2: Are you the Scottish industrialist who pioneered modern philanthropy?
IQ3: Did you famously hate spunk?
Not Andrew Jackson, Andrew Carnegie or Ed "Lou Grant" Asner.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. European
7. kinda sorta a military/political figure, but not best known for that
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Did you found modern Turkey?
IQ2: Did you replace Churchill in the aftermath of WWII?
IQ3: Did you replace Churchill in the 50s?
Not Kemal Ataturk, Clement Attlee or Anthony Eden.
3 for 3 once again.
IQ: Are you the architect of American Cold War foreign policy?
IQ2: Did you have a usually friendly rivalry with the Sage of Monticello?
IQ3: Were you his wife?
Not Dean Acheson (or Harry Truman, or George F. Kennan); not John or Abigail Adams.
3 for 3 (I was crediting Dean as SoD at the time)
DQ: Are you the GM of the team that traded you in part of the 1985 NCAA TOURNAMENT MOP?
IQ2: Were you the first manager to win the WS in both leagues?
IQ3: Are you the tv judge who considered himself a magician?
Acheson was SECSTATE, not SECDEF.
Dunno x2; not Harry Anderson of Night Court.
Of course the State Department helps set foreign policy
Danny Ainge is GM in Boston, part of trade for Ed Pinckney
Sparky Anderson managed Cincinnati's Big Red Machine and the '84 Tigers
Correct of course
DQ: Best known for Science?
DQ2: From Warsaw Pact nation?
IQ: Did you create the basic American financial system?
IQ2: Did you murder #1?
IQ3: Did you once hold the most revered record in sports, and still do in some eyes?
Of course, but you wrote "SoD," which I presume meant "Secretary of Defense" - which he was not.
Not Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr or Hank Aaron.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. European
7. kinda sorta a military/political figure, but not best known for that
8. arguably not best known for science
9. not from a Warsaw Pact nation
I was pointing out the fact I erred as to his Cabinet position.
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Were you the first victim of the Boston Massacre?
IQ2: Are you the Founding Father associated with craft beer?
IQ3: Are you the computer scientist driven to suicide because of your homosexuality?
Who’s gateway is San Soucy? (I figured out the other 2)
Not Crispus Attucks, Sam Adams or Alan Turing.
3 for 3
IQ: Are you the mythical figure who gave his name to an important piece of lower body tissue?
IQ2: Are you the ventriloquist dummy who's a parody of OBL?
IQ3: Are you the Italian female Iron Chef?
Achilles
Correct (spelled Achmed)
Alex Guarnaschelli
DQ: Namesake of something?
DQ2: Had leadership position?