I'll think of a letter
I'll think of a letter
Huh. I'll be damned. I actually thought of him, but could've sworn he was dead.
I was mildly surprised he's alive.
Another letter we're due for:
N
IQs:
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?
Were you probably misquoted as saying "Get there fustest with the mostest"?
Did you play a gay priest in Jeffrey?
Not Nathan Hale
DQ
Not Nathan Lane
IQs:
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - Yes, Nathan Hale, at CIA HQ
Were you probably misquoted as saying "Get there fustest with the mostest"? - Confederate cavalry genius Nathan Bedford Forrest
Did you play a gay priest in Jeffrey? - Yes, Nathan Lane
Nathan x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you put up a good fight at Guilford Court House?
Did Daniel Day-Lewis play you before 1995?
Were you an Old Testament figure with the same name as them?
DQ
Not Noah Webster
Not Noah
N
1) Real
Previous IQs:
Did you put up a good fight at Guilford Court House? - Nathaniel Greene, who lost the battle but gave Lord Cornwallis's army a beating
Did Daniel Day-Lewis play you before 1995? - Not Noah Webster, but Nathaniel Poe in The Last of the Mohicans
Were you an Old Testament figure with the same name as them? - Not Noah, but the patriarch Nathaniel
Nathaniel x3!
DQs:
Male?
American?
Living?
IQs:
Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go?
Was your dad Martin a retired cop?
Did George R.R. Martin name a planet in his sf novel Tuf Voyaging after you?
Not Norbid
Not Niles Crane
DQ
N
1) Real
2) Female
3) American
4) Living
Previous IQs:
Was Hagrid very sorry to see you go? - It was Norbert, not Norbid. Not sure that's close enough. I'll leave it up to you.
Was your dad Martin a retired cop? - Yes, Dr. Niles Crane
Did George R.R. Martin name a planet in his sf novel Tuf Voyaging after you? - Namor; it was a waterworld
DQ:
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Were you known for your poetry collections?
Were you one of Gatsby's few real friends?
Did you appear in Excalibur early in your career?
I'd say it's pronounced the same.
DQ
Not Nick Carroway
Not Jack Nicholson
N
1) Real
2) Female
3) American
4) Living
5) No connection to Arts
Previous IQs:
Were you known for your poetry collections? - All those Norton Anthologies
Were you one of Gatsby's few real friends? - Yes, Nick Carroway
Did you appear in Excalibur early in your career? - Not Jack Nicholson, but Liam Neeson
Unanswered DQ:
Best known for the Arts?
New DQs:
Born since 1950?
Considered a beauty?
I'd disagree, but have a listen (at 1:10 here, and after):
IQs:
Were you a water-fairie of English legend?
Did you want to reestablish courts of magic in Regency England?
Were you the antihero of Boardwalk Empire?
Yeah, now that I read the name, and think about it, you're right. My accent led me astray.
3 DQ
I already answered that DQ.
N
1) Real
2) Female
3) American
4) Living
5) No connection to Arts
6) Born BEFORE 1950
7) NOT known as a beauty
:: headsmack :: So you did. Don't know how I missed that. Thanks.
Previous IQs:
Were you a water-fairie of English legend? - Nimue
Did you want to reestablish courts of magic in Regency England? - Gilbert Norrell, in Susanna Clarke's fantasy Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Were you the antihero of Boardwalk Empire? - Nucky Thompson
DQs:
First name start with N?
Born since 1950?
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your father once the mayor of Baltimore?
Was Sluggo your best pal?
Did Jane Fonda play you in perhaps her most unlikely role ever?
We established she was born BEFORE 1950
YES! I AM indeed: NANCY PELOSI
Yeesh, I don't know why I keep overlooking obvious things. Thanks, Eric.
Other previous IQs:
Was Sluggo your best pal? - Nancy, in the kids' comic
Did Jane Fonda play you in perhaps her most unlikely role ever? - She played Nancy Reagan in The Butler - ironic, considering her Sixties radicalism
Nancy x3!
Go again, since that was a short round, if you like.
Thanks! Another letter we're due for:
K
IQs:
Did Queen name-check you in a big hit of theirs?
Did they name-check you, too?
Did you jokingly paraphrase the Seebees motto in the early Seventies?
3 DQs
Last year I went to an event marking the SeaBees anniversary.
Previous IQs:
Did Queen name-check you in a big hit of theirs? - JFK, in "Killer Queen"
Did they name-check you, too? - Khrushchev
Did you jokingly paraphrase the Seebees motto in the early Seventies? - Henry Kissinger, in the Nixon White House: "The illegal we do right away; the unconstitutional takes a little longer."
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with K?
IQs:
Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer's political novel First Among Equals?
Were you his wife, a doctor?
Were you a noted boxer from Cleveland in the Twenties?
3 DQ
ALMOST used Jissinger
K
1) Fictional
2) Male
3)"FIRST name begins K
Previous IQs:
Were you the Tory hero of Jeffrey Archer's political novel First Among Equals? - Simon Kerslake, MP
Were you his wife, a doctor? - Elizabeth Kerslake, MD
Were you a noted boxer from Cleveland in the Twenties? - Johnny Kilbane
DQs:
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared before 1980?
IQs:
Do you die every time on South Park?
Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning?
Were you, perhaps unfairly, portrayed as the top bad guy in Breaker Morant?
OMG IT IS
KENNY!
Wow, in three questions! Want to go again, or shall I?
Other IQs:
Did you love the smell of napalm in the morning? - Col. Kilgore, in Apocalypse Now
Were you, perhaps unfairly, portrayed as the top bad guy in Breaker Morant? - Lord Kitchener
I've had multiple turns in a row. All yours
OK, thanks. I think I have just the person for the letter
L
IQ: Did Dana Carvey mention you, under another name?
IQ2: Are you the Senator who got in trouble for your actions in a public bathroom?
IQ3: Did you go from astronaut to oil magnate?
Not Baberaham, er, Abraham Lincoln, not Larry Whatshislastname, and not Jim Lovell.
Lucifer
Yes, Larry Craig
Larry Hagman
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Did you star in e most famous porn movie?
IQ2: Were you famous for your 80s catfights?
IQ3: Did you befriend the most famous intern in history, and use taped conversations to attempt to bring down her boss?
Are you crying?! THERE'S NO CRYING IN BOTTICELLI!
My cousin married Nora Ephron's niece.
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No kidding!
But I think I correctly answered your first question:
I'm none of the Lindas: Lovelace, Evans or Tripp.
L.
1. fictional
Haven't seen "WW" in YEARS, unsure who's he's referring to.
BUT: you got the Lindas (Tripp died earlier this year, 2020 has been SUCH a slog it felt likes years ago)
IQ: Are you the comic book villain played by Gene Hackman?
IQ2: Are you about to make your 10th appearance in the NBA FINALS?
IQ3: Did you pioneer germ theory and antiseptic practices?
Checked to make sure I'm on right track, I am.
Wayne and Garth are waxing lyrical as to Wayne's new crush; I forget her name. Tia Carrere played her - a babe indeed (I particularly liked her in True Lies).
Not Lex "Australia!" Luthor, dunno, and not Dr. Joseph Lister (I read a short bio of him when I was a kid).
Ahh, Cassandra WAS a babe!
Correct
Lebron James
Correct
DQ: Male?
IQ: Are you the Miami based ESPN radio host who's known for his anti-establishment views?
IQ2: Were you Michael Cohen's lawyer?
IQ3: Are you the NHL player who forced a trade that became a HUGE transaction which helped build a dynasty?
Dan Lebatard
Lanny Davis
Eric Lindros
DQ: American?
DQ2: Would be living if real,
DQ3: From literature?
IQ: Are you the pioneer of right-wing talk radio?
IQ2: Were you Superman's love interest?
IQ3: Are you the greatest American male soccer player?
Not Rush Limbaugh, Lois Lane or... oh, jeez, I can see his face but can't remember his name.
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. American
4. would be dead, if real
5. not from literature
Correct
Correct
Landon Donovan
DQ: From film?
IQ: Are you the world leader who died in the early hours of Holy Saturday?
IQ2: Were you the first woman to dunk in a game?
IQ3: Were you the first European to visit North America?