Were you Lincoln's second SECWAR? - Yes, Edwin Stanton
Were you his SECSTATE? - William, not John, Seward
Did you supposedly "pop the question" on behalf of another man? - Miles Standish
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you Melkor's lieutenant?
Were you also knowns as Curunir?
Was your father nicknamed "the Gaffer"?
Were you Melkor's lieutenant? - Sauron, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Were you also knowns as Curunir? - Saruman, ditto
Was your father nicknamed "the Gaffer"? - Samwise Gamgee, double ditto
DQs:
Male?
From a religious text?
First name start with S?
IQs:
Did you head a colony that ought to have been killed off by Berthold rays?
Did you front The Banshees?
Did you lend money to the noted but underpaid sf author with whom you were working on a movie project?
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Did you head a colony that ought to have been killed off by Berthold rays? - Elias Sandoval, in ST:TOS "The Side of Paradise"
Did you front The Banshees? - Siouxsie
Did you lend money to the noted but underpaid sf author with whom you were working on a movie project? - Stanley Kubrick, to Arthur C. Clarke, while they were filming 2001: A Space Odyssey
DQs:
First appeared after 1800?
European?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Are you an effeminate exercise guy who often appeared on David Letterman's show?
Have you played a pathologist, an editor, a restaurant owner and a casino robber?
Are you a musician noted for your unusually long tongue?
Are you an effeminate exercise guy who often appeared on David Letterman's show? - Yes, Richard Simmons
Have you played a pathologist, an editor, a restaurant owner and a casino robber? - J.K. Simmons, in Law and Order, Spider-Man, La La Land and The Ladykillers
Are you a musician noted for your unusually long tongue? - Yes, Gene Simmons of KISS
Simmons x3!
DQ:
From the Northern Hemisphere?
IQs:
Were your brothers named Robert and Renly?
Did you have a younger sister named Arya?
Was your lover Ygritte killed by a boy?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
Were your brothers named Robert and Renly? - Stannis Baratheon, on Game of Thrones
Did you have a younger sister named Arya? - Sansa Stark, ditto
Was your lover Ygritte killed by a boy? - Jon Snow, ditto
DQs:
From Eastern Hemisphere?
Best known for a single incident?
From before 1600?
IQs:
Were you one of the Three Amigos?
Were you, too?
Did you appear in a music video with the third of the Amigos (the one whose names don't begin with S)?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
Are you a noted mythic god of India with a five-letter name? - Shiva
Were you a Korean heroine of the book and movie Cloud Atlas? - Son-mi
Were you T'Pring's intended? - Stonn, on ST:TOS
DQs:
From before 1000?
Born in or east of Bangladesh?
Born in or north of Bangladesh?
IQs:
Were you a media mogul who rose to lead Italy?
A media star yourself, did you die in a car wreck in suburban Philadelphia?
Was your best-known character bald and have a taste for lollipops?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
12.From BEFORE 1000
13.Born EAST of Bangladesh
14.Born NORTH of Bangladesh
Were you a media mogul who rose to lead Italy? - Yes, Silvio Berlusconi
A media star yourself, did you die in a car wreck in suburban Philadelphia? - TV journalist Jessica Savidge
Was your best-known character bald and have a taste for lollipops? - Yes, Telly "Kojak" Savalas
DQ:
Chinese?
IQs:
Have you written a lot of scary books for kids?
Were you the bad guy in Jeffrey Archer's political thriller First Among Equals?
Were you defeated in the Battle of Lewes?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
12.From BEFORE 1000
13.Born EAST of Bangladesh
14.Born NORTH of Bangladesh
15.Chinese
Have you written a lot of scary books for kids? - Yes, R.L. Stine
Were you the bad guy in Jeffrey Archer's political thriller First Among Equals? - Charles Seymour, a scheming Tory MP
Were you defeated in the Battle of Lewes? - English rebel Simon de Montfort
DQs:
An emperor or other top leader?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you order a truce for a rival's wedding night?
Were you a lizardlike alien who once helped Kirk and Spock?
Did you write the melody which later became the Israeli national anthem?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
12.From BEFORE 1000
13.Born EAST of Bangladesh
14.Born NORTH of Bangladesh
15.Chinese
16.Non-emperor top leader
Did you order a truce for a rival's wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades
Were you a lizardlike alien who once helped Kirk and Spock? - Sord, in a ST:TAS episode
Did you write the melody which later became the Israeli national anthem? - Smetana:
I'll stop asking IQs, since I have four DQs in my pocket.
DQs:
Warlord?
Responsible in some way for the Great Wall?
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
12.From BEFORE 1000
13.Born EAST of Bangladesh
14.Born NORTH of Bangladesh
15.Chinese
16.Non-emperor top leader
17.Soldier
18.No role in constructing the Great Wall
1.Probably Real
2.Male
3.Associated with secular text
4.First name begins "S"
5.From BEFORE 1800
6.NOT European
7.NOT a good guy, though YMMV
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.From Eastern Hemisphere
10.Known for singular achievement
11.From BEFORE 1600
12.From BEFORE 1000
13.Born EAST of Bangladesh
14.Born NORTH of Bangladesh
15.Chinese
16.Non-emperor top leader
17.Soldier
18.No role in constructing the Great Wall
19.Known for non-battle contribution to military
20.At least 1 statue erected
IQ: Were you the first African American mayor of NYC?
IQ2: Were you the oldest man to be nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars?
IQ3: Were you the Reagan official who was a previous Botticelli target that I jumped the gun on identifying?
I am not David Dinkins, dunno, and not Michael Deaver.
My DQ was, "Do statues of you still stand in China?" You responded, "At least 1 statue erected." I think a reasonable person would interpret that answer to mean "in China," given the question. But no big deal.