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    Not Edwin Stanton
    Not Salmon Chase
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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron
    Were you his second? - This was Edwin Stanton
    Were you his only SECSTATE? - William Seward

    Although you had Stanton in the wrong slot, I'll give it to you.

    DQs:

    Would be alive today, if real?
    Last name start with S?

    IQs:

    Are you Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-wife, a notable singer?
    Did Clint Eastwood direct a movie about something you did in 2009?
    Were you the longtime featured piano act at the Carlyle in NYC?

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    Thanks for the Stanton leeway. TOTALLY should have known Seward!

    3 DQs

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name.
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 12 Jan 2018 at 01:53 PM.

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    Did you mean to say that his family name was not revealed?

    Previous IQs:

    Are you Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-wife, a notable singer? - Sarah Brightman
    Did Clint Eastwood direct a movie about something you did in 2009? - Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
    Were you the longtime featured piano act at the Carlyle in NYC? - Bobby Short

    DQs:

    Good guy?
    First appeared since 1964?
    First appeared in print?

    IQs:

    Were you a noted newspaper editor who also went by a nickname?
    Did your friends call you "Cump"?
    An actor, does your best-known character have the middle name Tiberius?

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    DQ
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    Not William Shatner

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name.

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    And the Sully movie is a movie I want to see!

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    It's pretty good. I saw it a few weeks ago. Tom Hanks turns in his usually-solid performance; I've read that the movie is unfair to the NTSB and its investigation, though.

    Previous IQs:

    Were you a noted newspaper editor who also went by a nickname? - James "Scotty" Reston of the NYT
    Did your friends call you "Cump"? - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
    An actor, does your best-known character have the middle name Tiberius? - Yes, William Shatner AKA Capt. James T. Kirk

    DQs:

    First appeared in a movie?
    In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)?

    IQs:

    Did you try to cover up a tryst by saying you'd been hiking the Appalachian Trail?
    Were you the protagonist's love interest in All the King's Men?
    Were you #2's brother, a doctor?

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    Not John Scott (SC governor)
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    DQ

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print
    9.From a movie
    10.But NOT a genre movie

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name

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    OK, thanks.

    Previous IQs:

    Did you try to cover up a tryst by saying you'd been hiking the Appalachian Trail? - Yes, the South Carolina governor, but his name was Sanford.
    Were you the protagonist's love interest in All the King's Men? - Anne Stanton
    Were you #2's brother, a doctor? - Adam Stanton

    DQs:

    White?
    Romantic movie?
    Appeared in more than one movie?

    IQs:

    Were you a teenage witch?
    Were you once known as Annatar?
    Did some call you Curunir?

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    Not Sabrina
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    DQ

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print
    9.From a movie
    10.But NOT a genre movie
    11.White
    12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
    13.Only 1 movie

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a teenage witch? - Yes, Sabrina
    Were you once known as Annatar? - Sauron, in LOTR
    Did some call you Curunir? - Saruman, ditto

    DQs:

    Movie appeared since 2000?
    Actor win an Oscar for playing the role?

    IQs:

    Do many people think you did what John Rolfe actually did?
    Did you play Prince Philip on The Crown?
    Were you one of Charlie's original Angels?

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    3 DQs

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print
    9.From a movie
    10.But NOT a genre movie
    11.White
    12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
    13.Only 1 movie
    14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
    15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name

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    Previous IQs:

    Do many people think you did what John Rolfe actually did? - John Smith didn't marry Pocahontas; Rolfe did
    Did you play Prince Philip on The Crown? - Matt Smith
    Were you one of Charlie's original Angels? - Jaclyn Smith

    Smith x3!

    DQs:

    Comedy?
    Movie released before 1985?
    Movie takes place in the U.S.?

    IQs:

    Were you grumpy in early 1961 when a movie costar of yours was very distracted and often absent from the set?
    Were you that costar?
    Were you that costar's also-famous daughter?

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    SHOULD HAVE KNOWN 1 and 3!

    Not Spencer Tracy
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    DQ

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print
    9.From a movie
    10.But NOT a genre movie
    11.White
    12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
    13.Only 1 movie
    14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
    15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination
    16.Comedy
    17.Movie released IN 1985
    18.Set in the US

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name

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    As always, totally willing to go beyond 20

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    I ironically just read an article about the actor and the movie.

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    Thanks, but 20 DQs is as good a stopping point as any.

    Previous IQs:

    Were you grumpy in early 1961 when a movie costar of yours was very distracted and often absent from the set? - Yes, Spencer Tracy - very good!
    Were you that costar? - Frank Sinatra, who was busy organizing the entertainment for JFK's inaugural ball
    Were you that costar's also-famous daughter? - Nancy Sinatra

    DQs:

    Movie released before July 1, 1985?
    Movie targeted at teenagers?

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    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Would be dead if real (actor is dead)
    5.Nickname "S"
    6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
    7.First appeared AFTER 1964
    8.Did not first appear in print
    9.From a movie
    10.But NOT a genre movie
    11.White
    12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
    13.Only 1 movie
    14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
    15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination
    16.Comedy
    17.Movie released IN 1985
    18.Set in the US
    19.Aimed at teens/tweens
    20.Released BEFORE 7/1/85 (Thank you IMDb)

    Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name

    How about 11:30 PM Monday night for your guess (about 23 hours)
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 15 Jan 2018 at 12:24 AM. Reason: Changed answer, due to accuracy. Hope it doesn't screw you up

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    Tracy was a VERY LUCKY GUESS!

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    Hmm. Can't figure out who this is. I give up.

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    Sorry to leave you hanging. The mystery man is:

    SLOTH from "Goonies".

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    Ah! Never saw it. Want to start the next round, or shall I?

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    It's a kid classic! "Goonies never say die!"

    Your letter is:

    G

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    Right, then.

    IQs:

    Was your middle name Ewart?
    Did you once take out your penis and thump it on the bar to get the bartender's attention?
    Did you write, as a young man, that you found the whistle of nearby bullets "charming"?

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    3 DQs (that 2nd one is BIZARRE!)

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    Previous IQs:

    Was your middle name Ewart? - William Gladstone, British PM
    Did you once take out your penis and thump it on the bar to get the bartender's attention? - Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame, after being kept waiting (he thought) too long
    Did you write, as a young man, that you found the whistle of nearby bullets "charming"? - George Washington, of his French and Indian War experiences

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?
    Last name start with G?

    IQs:

    Does a statue of you stand in Times Square?
    Were you married to Weezie and have a son named Lionel?
    Did you say, in a press conference, that you saved your feelings for your wife?

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    DQ
    Not George Jefferson ("moving on up, to the East Side...")
    Not George HW Bush

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    1.Fictional
    2.Female
    3.Last name begins "G"

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    Previous IQs:

    Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? - George M. Cohan
    Were you married to Weezie and have a son named Lionel? - Yes, George Jefferson
    Did you say, in a press conference, that you saved your feelings for your wife? - Not GHWB, but George C. Marshall, when asked by a reporter how he "felt" about a pending bill in Congress

    George x3!

    DQs:

    American?
    Would be alive today, if real?

    IQs:

    Did you meet another famous person and hit it off, but neither of you recognized the other?
    Were you Chuck Yeager's sweetheart at an important time?
    Did you once have to put on someone else's damp wig?

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    3 DQS

    I should have made a Plan to guess George Marshall.

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    1.Fictional
    2.Female
    3.Last name begins "G"
    4.American
    5.Would be dead if real (given when she was originally created)

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you meet another famous person and hit it off, but neither of you recognized the other? - American actress Ava Gardner and British author J.R.R. Tolkien, when she visited Oxford U. in the early 1960s
    Were you Chuck Yeager's sweetheart at an important time? - Glynnis, after whom he named the airplane in which he broke the sound barrier
    Did you once have to put on someone else's damp wig? - Glenn Close, early in her Broadway career, as an understudy when she went on in Act 2 for the star who had just been fired

    DQs:

    First appeared in literature?
    First appeared since 1900?
    Considered a beauty?

    IQs:

    Were you known as "Pap" and "Old Slow Trot," among other nicknames?
    Were you Lincoln's foe in the November 1864 election?
    Did you extensively study the cultivation and utilization of peanuts?

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    DQ
    Not George McLelland
    Not George Washington Carver

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    1.Fictional
    2.Female
    3.Last name begins "G"
    4.American
    5.Would be dead if real
    6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
    7.Originally from literature
    8.Considered "cute" (best uncreepy answer)
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 19 Jan 2018 at 04:43 PM. Reason: Subsequent answer made parenthetical comment unnecessary

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you known as "Pap" and "Old Slow Trot," among other nicknames? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame
    Were you Lincoln's foe in the November 1864 election? - Yes, George McClellan (no final "d")
    Did you extensively study the cultivation and utilization of peanuts? - Yes, George Washington Carver

    George x3 redux!

    DQ:

    A juvenile?

    IQs:

    A musician, were you injured in a bus crash while on tour?
    Was Edith your mom and Michael your husband?
    Were you a Seventies disco queen with a six-letter last name?

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    Not Gloria Estefan ("Coming out of the Light" her comeback song)
    Not Gloria Bunker Stivic
    Not Gloria Gaynor, who no longer survives I believe

    Gloria X3!

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    1.Fictional
    2.Female
    3.Last name begins "G"
    4.American
    5.Would be dead if real
    6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
    7.Originally from literature
    8.Considered "cute"
    9.Juvenile

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    I was wrong, Gloria Gaynor is alive.

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    Yes, Gloria x3. Well done.

    IQs:

    Were you a notorious interstellar prostitute?
    Were you one of several failed British generals during the American Revolution?
    Did Sherlock Holmes keep a portrait of you in his rooms?

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    Not General Gage
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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a notorious interstellar prostitute? - Eccentrica Gallumbits, a triple-breasted alien in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
    Were you one of several failed British generals during the American Revolution? - Yes, Gen. Gage
    Did Sherlock Holmes keep a portrait of you in his rooms? - Gen. George "Chinese" Gordon

    DQs:

    Appeared in a work written for children?
    Associated with NYC?

    IQs:

    Did Conan O'Brien visit your apartment on-camera last fall?
    Did a later writer say that your name was mispronounced in the best-known work about you?
    Were you a recent Director of the CIA?

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    DQ
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    Not Robert Gates

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    1.Fictional
    2.Female
    3.Last name begins "G"
    4.American
    5.Would be dead if real
    6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
    7.Originally from literature
    8.Considered "cute"
    9.Juvenile
    10.Appewred in work aimed at children
    11.NOT associated w/NYC

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