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    IQ: Are you the government agent known as a film buff?
    IQ2: Did you go from the football field to a state Superior Court?
    IQ3: Are you a Food Network personality who's battled PPD?

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    Dunno, not Dick Ambrose, and dunno.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. not associated with visual medium
    12. from mainland Europe
    13. won no awards that I can determine

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    That was Anthony DiNozzo Jr. from "NCIS"
    Alan Page is a Minnesota Superior Court Justice, after playing for the Vikings
    Aarti Sequiri is the Food Network mom

    DQ: Military/Political figure?

    2 DQs reserved

    Am I correct that: given 8, 11 was a wasted DQ?

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    That was Anthony DiNozzo Jr. from "NCIS"
    Alan Page is a Minnesota Superior Court Justice, after playing for the Vikings
    Aarti Sequiri is the Food Network mom

    DQ: Military/Political figure?

    2 DQs reserved

    Am I correct that: given 8, 11 was a wasted DQ?

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    IQ: Are you the former Fox News host who died recently?
    IQ2: Are you the Pittsburgh Pirates OF who won an MVP a few years ago?
    IQ3: Are you the Civil War general with a facial feature named after you?

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    Not Roger Ailes, dunno, and not Ambrose Burnside.

    Page, I see, was a Minn. Supreme (not Superior) Court justice. My answer is equally valid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Ambrose

    11 does seem to have been wasted after 8. Want to withdraw it? You otherwise still have one reserved DQ.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. not associated with visual medium
    12. from mainland Europe
    13. won no awards that I can determine
    14. not a military/political figure

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    I will withdraw it. To me: "Superior" and "Supreme" are synonymous

    Ailes didn't host a show, but Alan Colmes did
    Andrew McCucheon is The OF

    4 total DQs reserved

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    California, Penna. and New York, for instance, all have superior courts, which are different from their respective supreme courts.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. from mainland Europe
    12. won no awards that I can determine
    13. not a military/political figure

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    Ah, didn't know that, will remember that next time you use "A" or "P" (probably not, really)

    DQ: Scientist/Inventor?
    DQ2: Namesake of something?

    2 DQs reserved

    IQ: Did your weapons arm the Third Reich?
    IQ2: Are you a baseball player who went from St. Louis to Anaheim, to little success?
    IQ3: Are you the famously clutch Patriots placekicker?
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 25 May 2017 at 09:46 PM.

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    Not Albert Speer; dunno x2.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. from mainland Europe
    12. won no awards that I can determine
    13. not a military/political figure
    14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
    15. namesake of something

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    Albert Pujols
    Adam Vinatieri

    DQ: From a reputable branch of science?
    DQ2: Famous, rather than infamous?
    DQ3: Namesake of tangible object?

    DQ reserved

    IQ: Did you found a major business in St. Louis
    IQ2: Did you once hold the most revered record in sports, and still do in the eyes of certain fans?
    IQ3: Did you "Iron Chef America" and its various American spinoffs?
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 26 May 2017 at 11:13 AM. Reason: Had already covered Andy

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    Not Mr. Annheuser, not Hank Aaron, and dunno.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. from mainland Europe
    12. won no awards that I can determine
    13. not a military/political figure
    14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
    15. namesake of something
    16. from a reputable branch of science
    17. famous, rather than infamous
    18. not namesake of tangible object

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    Right company, but his name was August Busch
    Correct of course
    Alton Brwn

    DQ: Namesake of maxim/concept?
    DQ2: Influenced a political leader/their policies?

    IQ: Are you Norm Chad's poker man-crush?
    IQ2: Are you the most famous diarist in history?
    IQ3: Are you the "Happy Days" actor whose RL cousin has helped save many people's lives?

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    Just noticed I've run out of DQs

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    So you have.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. died before 1950
    8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
    9. from a traditional NATO country
    10. died before 1925
    11. from mainland Europe
    12. won no awards that I can determine
    13. not a military/political figure
    14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
    15. namesake of something
    16. from a reputable branch of science
    17. famous, rather than infamous
    18. not namesake of tangible object
    19. sort of a namesake of a maxim/concept
    20. did not influence a political leader or his or her policies

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

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    BTW, those last 3 were:

    Patrik Antonius
    Anne Frank
    Anson Williams (he's Dr. Heimlich's nephew, who I saw in a Facebook memory was alive as recently as 2 years ago)
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 27 May 2017 at 09:54 PM. Reason: But got relationship wrong

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    Saw on Dr. Heimlich's Wikipedia page, he passed away right before last Christmas.

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    Yes, I remember hearing about that. Didn't know the Anson Williams family connection, though.

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    Happy Memorial Day! It's 45 minutes late but, is it once again:

    Hans Asperperger
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 29 May 2017 at 11:47 AM. Reason: Misspelled his name

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    Good guess, but no, it's

    Alois Alzheimer

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Alzheimer

    I'll start the next round tomorrow, unless you'd like to do the honors sooner.

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    I was sorta in the neighborhood

    Your letter is:

    V

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    IQs:

    Are you the British bad guy in the current season of Fargo?
    Were you the best-known resident of the Larkhill Resettlement Camp?
    Were you the first big TV role of Jimmy Smits?

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    DQ
    DQ
    Not Victor from "L.A. Law"

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    IQs:

    Are you the British bad guy in the current season of Fargo? - Varga, played by David Thewlis (very creepily)
    Were you the best-known resident of the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? - V, in V for Vendetta
    Were you the first big TV role of Jimmy Smits? - Yes, Victor Sifuentes

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?

    IQs:

    Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip?
    Were you known for your Thirties and Forties drawings of beautiful women?
    Did you play a naval architect, a billionaire and a spy?

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    3 DQs but I suspect I SHOULD know them

    1. Fictional
    2. Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip? - Prince Valiant
    Were you known for your Thirties and Forties drawings of beautiful women? - Vargas
    Did you play a naval architect, a billionaire and a spy? - Victor Garber, in Titanic, Little Orphan Annie and Alias

    DQs:

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

    IQs:

    Were you played by a notable actor and, in the character's youth, that actor's nephew?
    Were you a stereotypical Mafia don on Monty Python's Flying Circus?
    Did you once play Blofeld?

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    DQ
    DQ
    DQ

    Hope this isn't too problematic, but in researching DQ3 above, I found answer to IQ1

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    1. Fictional
    2. Male
    3. First name begins "V"
    4. American
    5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)

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    Shouldn't be a problem.

    Previous IQs:

    Were you played by a notable actor and, in the character's youth, that actor's nephew? - Voldemort, played by both Ralph Fiennes and his nephew
    Were you a stereotypical Mafia don on Monty Python's Flying Circus? - Luigi Vercotti (or his brother Dino) - at 1:27 here:
    Did you once play Blofeld? - Victor Buono; I forget in which James Bond movie

    DQs:

    First appeared in print?
    First appeared before 1964?
    Considered a "good guy"?

    IQs:

    Did nearly-deranged fans swarm your funeral?
    Was one of your best friends nicknamed "Stinky"?
    Did you, for many years, have a website dedicated to the question of whether or not you were dead yet?

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    Not Rudolph Valentino
    DQ
    DQ

    Totally should have gotten Voldemort!

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    1. Fictional
    2. Male
    3. First name begins "V"
    4. American
    5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
    6. First appeared in print
    7. First appeared AFTER 1964
    8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"

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    Previous IQs:

    Did nearly-deranged fans swarm your funeral? - Yes, Rudolph Valentino
    Was one of your best friends nicknamed "Stinky"? - Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land
    Did you, for many years, have a website dedicated to the question of whether or not you were dead yet? - Abe Vigoda

    DQs:

    Has appeared in a movie?
    Set in the present day at the time of publication?

    IQs:

    Did George Peppard play you in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
    Were you the first English child born in the Roanoke Colony?
    Were you an oldtime Hollywood director with a royal name?

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    DQ
    Not Virginia Dare
    Not Prince Vinnie (don't REALLY think this is correct)

    TOTALLY should have known "Fish"!

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    1. Fictional
    2. Male
    3. First name begins "V"
    4. American
    5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
    6. First appeared in print
    7. First appeared AFTER 1964
    8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
    9. From multiple movies
    10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication

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    Previous IQs:

    Did George Peppard play you in Breakfast at Tiffany's? - Writer and "kept man" Paul Vorick
    Were you the first English child born in the Roanoke Colony? - Yes, Virginia Dare
    Were you an oldtime Hollywood director with a royal name? - King Vidor

    DQs:

    From a genre work such as sf, fantasy, crime, romance, etc.?
    Associated with NYC?

    IQs:

    Were you Carter's first SECSTATE?
    Were you a jaded, drawling, high-class American detective in fiction?
    Were you John Travolta's first big TV role?

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    Not Cyrus Vance
    DQ
    Not Vinnie Barbarino

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    1. Fictional
    2. Male
    3. First name begins "V"
    4. American
    5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
    6. First appeared in print
    7. First appeared AFTER 1964
    8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
    9. From multiple movies
    10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication
    11. Set in NYC during contemporary parts
    12. Genre movie

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you Carter's first SECSTATE? - Yes, Cyrus Vance
    Were you a jaded, drawling, high-class American detective in fiction? - Philo Vance
    Were you John Travolta's first big TV role? - Yes, Vinnie Barbarino

    DQ:

    Has killed one or more people?

    IQs:

    Did you play Aragorn?
    Did Gwyneth Paltrow once play you?
    Were you a robot assigned to the starship Palomino?

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    DQ
    Not Virginia Wolfe (who I am NOT afraid of)
    Not Vin Diesel

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    1. Fictional
    2. Male
    3. First name begins "V"
    4. Naturalized American
    5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
    6. First appeared in print
    7. First appeared AFTER 1964
    8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
    9. From multiple movies
    10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication
    11. Set in NYC during contemporary parts
    12. Genre movie
    13. Didn't kill with his own hands but people died on his say so

    Note change to #4
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 02 Jun 2017 at 12:25 PM. Reason: Forgot to delete first quote string

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play Aragorn? - Viggo Mortensen, in the LOTR movies
    Did Gwyneth Paltrow once play you? - I'll rephrase*
    Were you a robot assigned to the starship Palomino? - This was VINCENT in The Black Hole

    * Actually, I think I know who this is.

    IQs:

    Were your sons named Sonny, Fredo and Michael?

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    YES! I am.

    VITO CORLEONE!

    I offer you the opportunity to pick the next letter.

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    That is truly an offer I can't refuse. So let's go with...

    E

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    IQ: Are you me?
    IQ2: Did you, along with your brother, murder your parents in CA during the 90s?
    IQ3: Were you AG under Obama?

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    I'm not Erictelevision, Menendez or Holder. Eric x3!

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    3 for 3!

    IQ: Are you the coach of the Miami Heat?
    IQ2: Are you the coach who ratted out the Patriots on Spygate?
    IQ3: Are you the "Wizard of Menlo Park"?

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    Dunno x2; not Thomas Edison (now honored in Statuary Hall: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...uary-hall.html).

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    Erik Spoelstra
    Eric Mangini

    DQ: Real?
    DQ2: Male?

    IQ: Are you one of Disney's 21st century princesses?
    IQ2: Did you create Tarzan?
    IQ3: Are you the most famous mountain climber in history?

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    Dunno, not Edgar Rice Burroughs, and not Sir Edmund Hilary.

    E.

    1. fictional
    2. male

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    Elsa from "Frozen"

    DQ: Would be living if real?

    IQ: Do you hold the NFL single season rushing record?
    IQ2: Were you a key DB on the Ravens SB defense?
    IQ3: Are you the namesake of a boat Gordon Lightfoot made famous?

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