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    Happy Fourth Elendil!

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    Thanks! It's been a good one.

    Previous IQs:

    Are you the Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister? - Yes, Pippa Middleton
    Was your best friend Meriadoc Brandybuck? - Peregrin "Pippin" Took, in LOTR
    Were you a violist who played for JFK at the White House? - Yes, Pablo Casals (I'm a contributing member of the JFK Library - keep up the good work!)

    DQ:

    Actress?
    Greatest fame before 2000?

    IQs:

    Were you an alliteratively-named tennis star?
    Did an English actor play you, a Roman general who was unlucky in romance, in Masada?
    Were you that actor?

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    3 DQS. (I work the JFK info booth, telling visitors things are "back and to the right, back and to the right")

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    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000

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    I've long been a JFK admirer, despite his long-hidden flaws. As it happens, I'm now reading Sally Bedell Smith's Grace and Power, about his White House years - it's pretty good.

    Previous IQs:

    Were you an alliteratively-named tennis star? - Withdrawn. I was thinking of someone else.
    Did an English actor play you, a Roman general who was unlucky in romance, in Masada? - Pomponius Falco
    Were you that actor? - Peter O'Toole

    DQs:

    Singer?
    Considered a beauty?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you play a younger sister in A League of Their Own?
    Are you married to Ric Ocasek?
    Did you sing "Chained to the Rhythm"?

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    DQ (I JUST read article about the movie the other day!)
    Not Paulina Porhizkova
    DQ

    I believe Paulina was in the "Drive" video

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    weird double post

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    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play a younger sister in A League of Their Own? - Lori Petty
    Are you married to Ric Ocasek? - Yes, Paulina Porizkova (sp?)
    Did you sing "Chained to the Rhythm"? - Katy Perry:

    DQs:

    In the performing arts?
    Born in Europe?

    IQs:

    Did you appear with your then-boyfriend in Vanilla Sky?
    Did you live involuntarily with your husband Hades?
    Was Tolkien's Middle-earth equivalent of you named Ulmo?

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    No the YUMMY Penelope Cruz
    Not Persephone
    DQ
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 05 Jul 2017 at 11:32 PM. Reason: Knew another

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    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you appear with your then-boyfriend in Vanilla Sky? - Yes, indeed, Penelope Cruz, and yes, she IS yummy: http://haircolorss.website/wp-conten...brown-eyes.jpg
    Did you live involuntarily with your husband Hades? - Yes, Persephone
    Was Tolkien's Middle-earth equivalent of you named Ulmo? - Poseidon

    DQ:

    Born in the Western Hemisphere (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Hemisphere)?

    IQs:

    Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
    Were you the puppy of a young aardvark?
    Was your death fictionalized in The Godfather, Part 3?

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    3 DQs

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    1.Real
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    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth
    14.Not from West of the Prime Meridian

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the Asimov stories
    Were you the puppy of a young aardvark? - Pal, on PBS's kid show, Arthur
    Was your death fictionalized in The Godfather, Part 3? - Pope John Paul I

    DQs:

    Born in the Southern Hemisphere?
    Best known for the visual arts?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Was your motto "Have gun, will travel"?
    Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
    Are your sons Stewie and Chris?

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver, in the Asimov stories
    Were you the puppy of a young aardvark? - Pal, on PBS's kid show, Arthur
    Was your death fictionalized in The Godfather, Part 3? - Pope John Paul I

    DQs:

    Born in the Southern Hemisphere?
    Best known for the visual arts?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Was your motto "Have gun, will travel"?
    Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
    Are your sons Stewie and Chris?

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    Not Peter Gunn
    DQ
    Not Peter Griffin

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    1.Real
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    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth
    14.Not from West of the Prime Meridian
    15.From Northern Hemisphere
    16.Not from visual arts (I.e. Not best known as a model, depicted in a painting or photograph)

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    Yes, Parker in the movie Alien, and yes.

    DQ:

    Has won a top award in her field?

    IQs:

    Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates teammate of Willie Stargell?
    Were you another?
    Did you say, "Money doesn't just talk, it screams"?

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    Neither Phil Garner nor Dave Parker
    DQ

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    1.Real
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    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth
    14.Not from West of the Prime Meridian
    15.From Northern Hemisphere
    16.Not from visual arts (I.e. Not best known as a model, depicted in a painting or photograph)
    17.Nominated for, but never won Top award in her field

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    Correct as to the two Pirates; the other was Dorothy Parker.

    DQ:

    An organizer/impresaria of the arts?

    IQs:

    Did your car get stuck in a river in a Sixties movie comedy?
    Are you the best-known person from Corfu?
    Were you Alexander the Great's royal dad?

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    DQ
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    Not Philip of Macedonia

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    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth
    14.Not from West of the Prime Meridian
    15.From Northern Hemisphere
    16.Not from visual arts (I.e. Not best known as a model, depicted in a painting or photograph)
    17.Nominated for, but never won Top award in her field
    18.Not a organizer

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    Previous IQs:

    Did your car get stuck in a river in a Sixties movie comedy? - Phil Silvers, in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mad World
    Are you the best-known person from Corfu? - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    Were you Alexander the Great's royal dad? - Yes, Philip of Macedon

    Phil(ip) x3!

    DQs:

    Born in or east of Vienna?
    Born in or north of Vienna?

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    1.Real
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    3.Living
    4.First name begins "P"
    5.Naturalized American
    6.Born after 1964
    7.In Arts
    8.Not an actress
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Not a singer
    11.DEFINITELY considered a beauty
    12.Not in performing arts (meaning NOT: singer, actress etc.)
    13.Not European by birth
    14.Not from West of the Prime Meridian
    15.From Northern Hemisphere
    16.Not from visual arts (I.e. Not best known as a model, depicted in a painting or photograph)
    17.Nominated for, but never won Top award in her field
    18.Not a organizer
    19.Born East of Vienna
    20.Born South of Vienna
    Freebie: From TV

    I'll give you until Noon EST Monday for your final guess

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    You got me. Who is it?

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    Giving up 10 hours early?!

    I'm PADMA LAKSHMI! The host of the reality show "Top Chef". (She was born in India)

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    Pick the next letter, or see if Cat wants to.

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    OK. I've only vaguely heard of her.

    I'll PM CIAS.

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    Bump

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    Right. No response from CIAS, so our next letter is

    H

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    IQ: Did you write an early code of law?
    IQ2: Are you the Nazi who committed suicide on the eve of your execution?
    IQ3: Did you make an unauthorized attempt to make peace with England during WWII?

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    Not Hammurabi, Hermann Goering or Rudolph Hoess.

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    3 for 3

    IQ: Did you entitle your manifesto "My Struggle"?
    IQ2: Were you FDR's trusted aide at Yalta?
    IQ3: Were you the anti-Semitic industrialist who was in a mutual admiration society with #1?

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    Not Adolf Hitler, Harry Hopkins (before Yalta, too) or Henry Ford (who, although an anti-Semite for many years, does not appear to have been admirer of Hitler, as such: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_...d_antisemitism).

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    It may be apocryphal, but I thought they had pictures of each other on their respective office desks.

    IQ: Are you the most famous magician?
    IQ2: Are you the POTUS Sheldon Cooper would derisively call "a dirt person"?
    IQ3: Are you the politician the former home of the Twins and Vikings was named after?

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    Never read that anywhere.

    Not Houdini, Herbert Hoover (guessing) or Hubert Humphrey.

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    Yup. Hoover was a Geologist as a young man.

    IQ: Did you deliver the longest innagural speech?
    IQ2: Did you go 1-1 in Presidential elections against the same person?
    IQ3: Are you considered the most hated man in poker?

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    Not William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison (v. Cleveland) and still not Hitler. No, just kidding - take a DQ for that final one.

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    That is Howard Lederer. He allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme on a poker site.

    DQ: Real?

    IQ: Are you the eccentric businessman who founded RKO Stuio?
    IQ2: Are you the longtime government figure whose deputy helped bring down a POTUS?
    IQ3: Are you the poker player known for your unorthodox play and good looks?

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    Not Howard Hughes, J. Edgar Hoover (as to Mark Felt) and dunno.

    H.

    1. fictional

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    Gus Hansen plays unorthodox hands. He also made People's "Most Beautiful" issue awhile back.

    DQ: Male?

    IQ: Were you the dragon will a beloved son?
    IQ2: Did you coin the term for a situation with unforeseen consequences?
    IQ3: Were you left to reassure America "The Gipper" would be okay?

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    I don't understand the first question, not Heisenberg, and not Al Haig.

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    I'll rephrase the 1st two

    IQ: Were you a dragon who son left "the nest" much to your consternation?
    IQ2: Did you write a book whose title became synonymous with a situation with unfortunate consequences?

    DQ: Would be living, if real?

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    Dunno x2.

    H.

    1. fictional
    2. male
    3. would be dead now, if real

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    Hagrid
    Joseph Heller ("Catch-22")

    DQ: American?
    DQ2: Created by American?

    IQ: Are you the most famous entertainer from Hawaii?
    IQ2:Are you a top female poker player with an unfortunate last name?
    IQ3: Are you the least formally educated POTUS of the 20th century?

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    Hagrid wasn't a dragon; he was a half-giant.

    Not Don Ho, dunno, and not Harry Truman.

    H.

    1. fictional
    2. male
    3. would be dead now, if real
    4. American

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    Ah, I remember you using Hagrid in a question. But wasn't really familiar with him.

    The poker player is Maria Ho (not related to Don AFAIK)

    DQ: Created by American?

    IQ: Were you the HS student who went on a fateful school trip to Aruba?
    IQ3: Did you famously ask punks if they felt lucky?
    IQ3: Are you the voice actor who plays: an inept police chief, bartender with an over-inflated self image, among many others?

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    For more on Hagrid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubeus_Hagrid

    Not Chris Hansen (from Into the Wild?), Det. "Dirty Harry" Callahan, dunno.

    H.

    1. fictional
    2. male
    3. would be dead now, if real
    4. American
    5. created by Americans

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