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    Walter (Jeff Dunham's character)
    Correct
    Emma Watson (a Facebook friend reported her 10 year old daughter had been catcalled!)

    DQ: Best known for film?
    DQ2: Won awards?

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    IQ: Did a lost coinflip ultimately save your life?
    IQ2: Did your father murder a federal judge?
    IQ3: Did you give your name to the trope of exaggerating your persona for comedic effect?

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    Not Waylon Jennings, Woody Harrelson and dunno.

    W.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. not American
    5. not European
    6. born after 1950
    7. not a military/political figure
    8. in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. born after 1975
    10. not Asian
    11. not African
    12. an actor
    13. not from Latin America
    14. Aussie/Kiwi
    15. arguably known for drama
    16. best known for film
    17. has won awards

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    Correct
    Correct
    Adam West

    DQ: Won awards as the lead character?

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    IQ: Was your most famous character not given an actual name, merely an acronym describing him?
    IQ2: Did you unretire from the NFL because you were a terrible broadcaster? (Watching REDZONE)
    IQ3: Are you considered the "Father of Football"?

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    Dunno x3.

    Ask no more IQs, please.

    W.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. not American
    5. not European
    6. born after 1950
    7. not a military/political figure
    8. in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. born after 1975
    10. not Asian
    11. not African
    12. an actor
    13. not from Latin America
    14. Aussie/Kiwi
    15. arguably known for drama
    16. best known for film
    17. has won awards
    18. has won awards as the lead character

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    Yup, those 3 DQs get me to. 21.

    DQ: Oscar winner?
    DQ2: From a franchise (as opposed to stand alone movie)
    DQ3: Movie(s) financial success?

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    What were the answers to your IQs?

    W.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. not American
    5. not European
    6. born after 1950
    7. not a military/political figure
    8. in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. born after 1975
    10. not Asian
    11. not African
    12. an actor
    13. not from Latin America
    14. Aussie/Kiwi
    15. arguably known for drama
    16. best known for film
    17. has won awards
    18. has won awards as the lead character
    19. not an Oscar winner
    20. from a franchise
    21. movie was a big financial success

    Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Weds.

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    D'oh sorry!

    Wilmer Valderama from "That 70's Show"
    Jason Witten
    Walter Camp

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    Thanks! Only knew the first guy (Fez, right?).

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    Yup, spelled Fes ("foreign exchange student")

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    No "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question?

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    Are you

    Mare Winningham (I KNOW that's wrong!)

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    No, I am not. I am

    Sam Worthington

    An Australian actor and the star of Avatar, for a decade or so the biggest-grossing movie in history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Worthington

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    I would have assumed he was American! Good one. Next letter

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    Go ahead, if you like.

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    I am

    L

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    I was reading the recent Dope game, and figured out Jack Tripper! (Watched reruns as a kid, made me want to be chef)

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    IQs:

    Do you have a fort named after you in western Penna.?
    Did you write about the Owl and the Pussycat?
    Did you host several world-famous detectives in your home, on a street named after your family?

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    DQ
    Not Lewis Carrol
    DQ

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    Previous IQs:

    Do you have a fort named after you in western Penna.? - Lord Ligonier
    Did you write about the Owl and the Pussycat? - Not Lewis Carroll, but Edward Lear: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...-the-pussy-cat
    Did you host several world-famous detectives in your home, on a street named after your family? - Lionel Twain (Truman Capote), of 22 Twain, in the mystery comedy Murder by Death

    DQs:

    real?
    male?
    last name start with L?

    IQs:

    Did you represent Sangamon County in the legislature?
    Were you that person's spouse?
    Were you their eldest child?

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    Not Abraham Lincoln
    Not Mary Todd Lincoln
    Not Robert Todd Lincoln

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"

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    RIP Maggie.

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    Swept me.

    Maggie who?

    IQs:

    Did an editor say he thought you were a little crazy but that he loved your work?
    Did you create the original Battlestar Galactica?
    Have you played a longtime prisoner, sister of a slutty drunk, and a superheroine?

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    Doper Maggie the Ocelot

    3 DQs

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    The Lincolns were good guesses

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    I'll be traveling this weekend with iffy Internet access. See you late Sunday, if not before. Thanks!

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    Okay, have fun World traveler!

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    Those were indeed good Lincoln guesses.

    Well, maybe one last post before I head out the door....

    Previous IQs:

    Did an editor say he thought you were a little crazy but that he loved your work? - Far Side cartoonist Gary Larson
    Did you create the original Battlestar Galactica? - Glen Larson
    Have you played a longtime prisoner, sister of a slutty drunk, and a superheroine? - Brie Larson, in Room, Trainwreck and Captain Marvel

    Larson x3!

    DQs:

    American?
    Living?
    Political/military?

    IQs:

    Did you sometimes sleep outside Lincoln's door with a blanket and weapons?
    Were you nearly disemboweled by cannonfire?
    Were you a noted pre-World War II German film director?

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    DQ
    DQ
    Not Leni Riefenstahl

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you sometimes sleep outside Lincoln's door with a blanket and weapons? - Ward Hill Lamon, US Marshal for the District of Columbia and the President's old friend
    Were you nearly disemboweled by cannonfire? - Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk, at Pine Mountain during the Atlanta Campaign
    Were you a noted pre-World War II German film director? - I'll rephrase.

    DQs:

    Best known for the Arts?
    Died since 1950?

    IQs:

    Were you a noted pre-World War II male German film director?
    Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era?
    Did you direct My Life As A Dog?

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    DQ
    Not H.L. Mencken
    DQ

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Best known for the Arts
    8.Died AFTER 1950

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a noted pre-World War II male German film director? - Fritz Lang
    Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era? - Mencken was more of an acerbic essayist than a muckraker, I'd say, but I'll rephrase
    Did you direct My Life As A Dog? - Swedish director Lasse Halstrom (sp?)

    DQs:

    Best known for the visual arts (film, TV, stage, painting, sculpture, photography, etc.)?
    Received a top arts prize?

    IQs:

    You are not Mencken. Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era?
    Did you portray Insp. Adam Dalglish on British TV for many years?
    Were you a bootlegger who was drawn to the occult in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot?

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    Not Sinclair Lewis
    DQ
    DQ

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Best known for the Arts
    8.Died AFTER 1950
    9.From a VISUAL art10.
    10.Won an Honorary top award
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    Previous IQs:

    You are not Mencken. Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era? - OK, I'll rephrase one more time.
    Did you portray Insp. Adam Dalglish on British TV for many years? - Roy Marsden
    Were you a bootlegger who was drawn to the occult in Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot? - Hubert "Hubie" Marsden

    DQs:

    Actor?
    Greatest fame before 1950?

    IQs:

    You are not Mencken or Lewis. Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era?
    Did you star in the first Battlestar Galactica?
    Are you the title character of Heinlein's Star Beast?

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    3 DQs (now I REALLY don't know the 1st one! )

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Best known for the Arts
    8.Died AFTER 1950
    9.From a VISUAL art10.
    10.Won an Honorary top award
    11.Actor
    12.Greatest fame BEFORE 1950

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    I assume to Bob Taft who was a crook was Mr. Republican's son?

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    Grandson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Taft

    Please note the superfluous "10." at the end of your DQ answer #9.

    Previous IQs:

    You are not Mencken or Lewis. Were you a prominent American muckraker of the Progressive Era? - Lincoln Steffens
    Did you star in the first Battlestar Galactica? - Lorne Greene
    Are you the title character of Heinlein's Star Beast? - Lummox

    DQs:

    Best known for movies?
    Handsome?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you play the bad guy in It's A Wonderful Life?
    Did you play a nurse in Witness for the Prosecution?
    Were you the sleazy reporter in Red Dragon?

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    3 DQs

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Best known for the Arts
    8.Died AFTER 1950
    9.From a VISUAL art.
    10.Won an Honorary top award
    11.Actor
    12.Greatest fame BEFORE 1950
    13.Best known for movies
    14.Not notably handsome

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play the bad guy in It's A Wonderful Life? - Lionel "Mr. Potter" Barrymore
    Did you play a nurse in Witness for the Prosecution? - Elsa Lancaster
    Were you the sleazy reporter in Red Dragon? - Freddy Loundes

    DQs:

    Best known for serious roles?
    Best known for a single film?
    Leading man?

    IQs:

    Were you the senior Buckingham Palace official early in Queen Elizabeth II's reign?
    Did you play Ugarte in Casablanca?
    Were you one of the Rat Pack?

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    DQ (just realized this is another Peter)
    Not Peter Lorre
    Not Peter Lawford

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    L

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last name begins "L"
    4.American
    5.Dead
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Best known for the Arts
    8.Died AFTER 1950
    9.From a VISUAL art.
    10.Won an Honorary top award
    11.Actor
    12.Greatest fame BEFORE 1950
    13.Best known for movies
    14.Not notably handsome
    15.NOT known for drama
    16.Best known for single role (in fact arguably a single SCENE)
    17.Leasing man, as in main character

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    Leasing man, eh? So he had some real estate skills? ;-)

    Previous IQs:

    Were you the senior Buckingham Palace official early in Queen Elizabeth II's reign? - Thomas "Tommy" Lascelles (not another Peter)
    Did you play Ugarte in Casablanca? - Yes, Peter Lorre
    Were you one of the Rat Pack? - Yes, Peter Lawford

    DQ:

    Honorary top award was an Oscar?

    IQs:

    Were you a beloved Cleveland Indians player of the 1990s?
    Did you play the new sheriff in Blazing Saddles?
    Did you direct Lawrence of Arabia?

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    Not Kenny Lofton (he played for a bunch of teams, surprisingly)
    Dunno who played the black sheriff
    DQ

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