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17 Mar 2018 04:14 PM
#5901
Member
Not John Dillinger. Not John Wilkes Booth, may he burn in Hell forever.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
16. from a work of prose
17. human
18. not aimed at children
19. has fantasy but not sf elements
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17 Mar 2018 05:28 PM
#5902
IQ: Are you the much mocked “Star Wars” character?
IQ2: Are you Kiefer Sutherland’s most durable role?
IQ3: Are you Sam Waterston’s best known character?
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18 Mar 2018 10:51 PM
#5903
Member
Not Jar Jar Binks, Jack Bauer or Jack McCoy.
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18 Mar 2018 11:45 PM
#5904
3 for 3
IQ: Were you the title character of “show about nothing”?
IQ2: Did your character’s lie about being a marine biologist bite him in the ass?
IQ3: Do you play a fictional political figure and did you watch your (RL) son help your Alma mater make history?
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19 Mar 2018 01:59 PM
#5905
Member
Not Jerry Seinfeld (loved that show!), Jason "The sea was angry that day, my friends" Alexander, or... dunno.
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19 Mar 2018 03:14 PM
#5906
Correct (me too!)
Correct
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (her son played basketball at Northwestern, they were the last power team to make the tournament)
DQ: Adult?
Aaand that's 20
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19 Mar 2018 09:47 PM
#5907
Member
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
16. from a work of prose
17. human
18. not aimed at children
19. has fantasy but not sf elements
20. adult
Ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Weds., if you please.
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23 Mar 2018 12:34 PM
#5908
The 2 extra days didn't help, so I cry "Uncle!"
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24 Mar 2018 03:32 PM
#5909
Member
Very well, then - I am
Jonathan Strange
One of the two title characters of Susanna Clarke's wonderful magic-returns-to-Regency-England alternative-history novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonath...%26_Mr_Norrell
Want to start the next category?
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24 Mar 2018 03:48 PM
#5910
That was a stumper! Letter soon
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24 Mar 2018 05:36 PM
#5911
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25 Mar 2018 01:30 PM
#5912
Member
Had you heard of the book before?
On to C.
IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Did you write about Henry and Beezus?
Were you the Finch family's cook and maid?
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25 Mar 2018 06:41 PM
#5913
Not Salmon Chase
Not Beverly Cleary
DQ (I SHOULD know this!)
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25 Mar 2018 07:57 PM
#5914
Reading prior rounds, I got #1 wrong
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25 Mar 2018 08:51 PM
#5915
I wasn’t familiar with it
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25 Mar 2018 10:20 PM
#5916
Member
But had you heard of it?
Previous IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron, not Salmon P. Chase
Did you write about Henry and Beezus? - Yes, Beverly Cleary
Were you the Finch family's cook and maid? - Calpurnia, in To Kill A Mockingbird
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you the head of the Flying Tigers in China?
By your own description, was your brief military service limited to hiding out in the woods with your fellow militiamen?
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"?
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26 Mar 2018 10:34 AM
#5917
DQ
DQ
Not "Wrong Way" Corrigan
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26 Mar 2018 10:34 AM
#5918
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26 Mar 2018 10:34 AM
#5919
I had vaguely heard of it
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26 Mar 2018 02:59 PM
#5920
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you the head of the Flying Tigers in China? - Claire Chennault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
By your own description, was your brief military service limited to hiding out in the woods with your fellow militiamen? - Samuel Clemens, during the Civil War, when he was in the Confederate Missouri militia
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"? - Not Corrigan, but the intrepid Cal Rodgers - quite a tale!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers
DQs:
First appeared since 1950?
First appeared in print?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you play a Texas member of Congress in House of Cards?
Did you forget your name when you first met your future spouse?
Were you that future spouse?
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26 Mar 2018 09:05 PM
#5921
DQ
Not Bill Clinton
Not Hillary Clinton
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26 Mar 2018 09:08 PM
#5922
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Did NOT first appear I print (though she's a composite of print characters)
5.Would be living, if real
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27 Mar 2018 02:26 AM
#5923
I looked it up, will edit 4 for accuracy after the next batch
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27 Mar 2018 01:50 PM
#5924
Member
Previous IQs:
Did you play a Texas member of Congress in House of Cards? - Cicely Tyson
Did you forget your name when you first met your future spouse? - Yes, Bill Clinton, at Yale law school
Were you that future spouse? - Yes, Hillary Clinton
DQ:
Has appeared in a movie?
IQs:
Did you choose between Kerslake and Gould?
Did Sam Neill once play you in a long black wig?
Were you the dad of the guy whom Neill played?
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27 Mar 2018 03:02 PM
#5925
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27 Mar 2018 03:03 PM
#5926
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
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28 Mar 2018 12:11 PM
#5927
Member
Previous IQs:
Did you choose between Kerslake and Gould? - King Charles III, selecting the next British prime minister in Jeffrey Archer's terrific political novel First Among Equals
Did Sam Neill once play you in a long black wig? - King Charles II
Were you the dad of the guy whom Neill played? - King Charles (wait for it!) I
DQs:
protagonist of the movie?
considered a beauty?
first appeared after 2000?
IQs:
Did you give your wife a four-word summary of a preacher's very long sermon?
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar?
Did you play Scarecrow?
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28 Mar 2018 03:13 PM
#5928
Not “Silent Cal” Coolidge
DQ
Not Susan St. James (last minute moment of clarity)
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28 Mar 2018 03:18 PM
#5929
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
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28 Mar 2018 11:06 PM
#5930
Member
Previous IQs:
Did you give your wife a four-word summary of a preacher's very long sermon? - Yes, Calvin Coolidge. Do you remember the four words?
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar? - Adm. Collingwood
Did you play Scarecrow? - Susan St. James is not a "C." This was Cillian Murphy in the recent Batman movies.
DQs:
Love interest of the protagonist?
American?
IQs:
Were you elected mayor of the unnamed city on Hill Street Blues?
Were you a top official who, in your earlier public service, personally hanged convicted murders?
Are you credited with surveying a major American city but have your name often misspelled today?
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28 Mar 2018 11:22 PM
#5931
Don’t know the 4 words.
I kinda knew I messed up Susan
DQ
Not Grover Cleveland
Not Mr. Cleavland
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28 Mar 2018 11:24 PM
#5932
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
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29 Mar 2018 12:23 PM
#5933
Member
The story goes that Calvin Coolidge went to church alone and was gone a long time. When he returned, his wife asked what took so long. He explained that the preacher had given a very long sermon.
"What was it about?" she asked.
"Sin," he said.
"Well, what did he say about it?"
"He was against it."
Previous IQs:
Were you elected mayor of the unnamed city on Hill Street Blues? - Ozzie Cleveland
Were you a top official who, in your earlier public service, personally hanged convicted murders? - Yes, Grover Cleveland, while he was sheriff of Buffalo, N.Y.
Are you credited with surveying a major American city but have your name often misspelled today? - Close enough, I guess - it was Moses Cleaveland
Cleveland x3!
DQ:
European?
IQs:
Are you a kid on South Park?
Does your creator mostly keep to himself these days in Chagrin Falls, Ohio?
Are you the person after whom #2 is named?
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29 Mar 2018 01:19 PM
#5934
Not Eric Cartman ("I'm NOT fat, I'm big-boned")
DQ
DQ
My misspelling in #3 from te last batch was a typo.
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29 Mar 2018 01:20 PM
#5935
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
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29 Mar 2018 09:15 PM
#5936
Member
Previous IQs:
Are you a kid on South Park? - Yes, Cartman
Does your creator mostly keep to himself these days in Chagrin Falls, Ohio? - Bill Watterson created Calvin and Hobbes
Are you the person after whom #2 is named? - Protestant theologian John Calvin
DQs:
British?
Story is contemporary (set at roughly the same time as when it first appeared)?
IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College?
Were you a hero of the Battle of Franklin?
Were you the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1920?
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29 Mar 2018 10:50 PM
#5937
DQ (this is one of YOUR go tos I never remember)
Not Joshua Chamberlain
Not John Cox (only man either ticket never to become POTUS)
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29 Mar 2018 10:51 PM
#5938
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
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30 Mar 2018 08:18 PM
#5939
Member
Previous IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a hero of the Battle of Franklin? - Not Chamberlain, who wasn't there, but Jacob Cox
Were you the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1920? - Not John, but James Cox - close enough
Three Ohioans, as it happens.
DQs:
Last name start with C?
Story set in the UK?
IQs:
Did you talk about Earendil recently on national TV?
Were you a fictional animated VPOTUS?
Do you voice Mr. Krabs?
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30 Mar 2018 08:37 PM
#5940
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30 Mar 2018 08:42 PM
#5941
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
15.Set in UK
16.BOTH names start "C".
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31 Mar 2018 11:27 AM
#5942
Member
Previous IQs:
Did you talk about Earendil recently on national TV? - Tolkien junkie Stephen Colbert
Were you a fictional animated VPOTUS? - Cletus Spuckler, on The Simpsons
Do you voice Mr. Krabs? - Clancy Brown, on SpongeBob SquarePants
DQs:
The best-known role of the actress who played her?
Genre character (spy, crime, sf, fantasy, etc.)?
Associated with London?
IQs:
Were you Himmler to Adam Sutler's Hitler?
Did your political miscalculation lead to Brexit?
Were you head of the Abwehr?
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31 Mar 2018 04:45 PM
#5943
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31 Mar 2018 04:47 PM
#5944
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
15.Set in UK
16.BOTH names start "C".
17.Actress' best known role
18.Fantasy character
19.Not directly associated w/London
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31 Mar 2018 07:57 PM
#5945
BTW: please take both DQs.
Happy Easter
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01 Apr 2018 01:08 PM
#5946
Member
To you, as well!
Previous IQs:
Were you Himmler to Adam Sutler's Hitler? - Mr. Creedy, in V for Vendetta
Did your political miscalculation lead to Brexit? - Yes, David Cameron
Were you head of the Abwehr? - Adm. Wilhelm Canaris, during WWII
DQ:
In the Harry Potter series?
One DQ reserved.
IQ:
Are you of Asian ancestry and the one-time girlfriend of Harry Potter?
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01 Apr 2018 05:25 PM
#5947
YES! I am indeed
CHO CHANG!
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02 Apr 2018 11:20 AM
#5948
Member
Woohoo! Good one - thanks. Our next letter will be
F
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02 Apr 2018 07:57 PM
#5949
IQ: Are you the tennis player dating a former VS and SI model?
IQ2: Are you the tennis player with 2 sets of twins?
IQ3: Are you the famous 3 named architect?
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02 Apr 2018 11:08 PM
#5950
Member
Not Roger Federer, dunno, and not Frank Lloyd Wright.
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