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    Not Elaine Nardo
    Not Natalie Imbruglia
    Not Nebuchadnezzar

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you one of the cabbies on the TV show Taxi? - Yes, Elaine Nardo
    Did you have a hit with "Torn" in the late Nineties? - Yes, Natalie Imbruglia
    Did your name evolve from "great king" to "total loser"? - Not Nebuchadnezzar (never heard anyone called that), but Nimrod

    DQ:

    Scientist/inventor?

    IQs:

    Did Capt. Picard have a fling with you?
    Were you the chef of the USS Voyager?
    Were you an awful being in the Lovecraft mythos?

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    You've never heard of Nebuchadnezzar?

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    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.FIRST name begins "N"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.NOT in Arts at all
    7.NO link to Politics/Military
    8.Born AFTER 1964
    10.Born BEFORE 1990
    11.Considered a beauty
    12.NOT a businesswoman
    13.NOT specifically a TV/pop culture figure
    14.NOT a model
    15.No famous DH
    16.NOT a scientist/inventor

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    I agree that Marshall is the GOAT Chief Justice.

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    Hilarious you got an Irene Adler IQ!

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    Yeah, that was sweet.

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    You've never heard of Nebuchadnezzar?
    Of course I know the name; I've just never heard it used in calling someone a total loser.

    And my three most recent IQs...?

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    Sorry, didn't even see them! :

    3 DQS

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    No worries.

    Previous IQs:

    Did Capt. Picard have a fling with you? - Nella Darren
    Were you the chef of the USS Voyager? - Neelix
    Were you an awful being in the Lovecraft mythos? - Nyarlathotep

    DQs:

    Athlete?
    Has won a top award in her field?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQ (to bring us up to 20):

    Were you reportedly less than thrilled to be in a Disneyland parade?

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    YES!! I am

    Nancy "this is so lame" Kerrigan

    Great job!

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    One of my favorite Michelle Kwan pics is her wearing Mickey ears and leaning into the dorkiness.

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    The NBC corespondent was Irving R. Levine (he focused on business and the Market)

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    Ah, yes. Heard of him, but couldn't have named him. And I had an inkling you might be thinking of a skater!

    Our next letter is

    M

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    IQ: Did you give your name to politically devious actions/motivations?
    IQ2: Did you meet your soon-to-be ex-husband interviewing for a State Department internship?
    IQ3: Did you win 6 championships during the 1990s, and it could have been 8 consecutive if you hadn't temporarily retired in the wake of your father's murder?

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    Not Machiavelli, dunno, and not Michael Jordan.

    Heading out of town tomorrow - might have spotty computer access through late Sun.
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    Correct
    Michelle Kwan (he got the position IIRC)
    Correct (pleasantly surprised)

    DQ: Real?

    IQ: Do you play an interior designer who lives with your gay bff?
    IQ2: Do you play that bff?
    IQ3: Are you the early TV figure who cross-dressed?

    BTW: the guys who murdered Jordan's dad didn't realize who he was until they were changed.

    Enjoy your weekend world traveler.
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    Not Ian McKellen (?), dunno, and dunno.

    M.

    1. real

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    Debra Messing
    Eric McCormck (both from "Will & Grace")
    Milton Berle

    DQ: Male?
    DQ2: Living?
    DQ3: American?

    IQ: Did you leave the show "Criminal Minds" due to its excessive violence, only to join the much more violent "Homeland"?
    IQ2: Are you the comedian revered by other comedians who died young from cancer?
    IQ3: Were you the Yankees manager charged with keeping Babe Ruth in line?
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    Not Mandy Patinkin, dunno, and dunno.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American

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    Correct
    Mitch Hedberg
    Miller Huggins

    DQ: Died after 1900?
    DQ2: European?

    IQ: Were you the ACTUAL "Uptown Girl"?
    IQ3: Are you the Senate Majority Leader?
    IQ3: Was Charlie Sheen's "Major League" character based on you?

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    Not Christie Brinkley (not an "M"?), Mitch "Yertle the Turle" McConnell, and dunno.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European

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    The song was ACTUALLY about Elle McPherson (you, to my surprise, knew this before)
    Correct
    Mitch Williams

    DQ: From tradition NATO nation (Western democracy)
    DQ: Born After 1900?

    IQ: Did you survive a car crash that apocryphally decapitated your mother?
    IQ2: Were you that mother?
    IQ3: Were you the longtime costar with #1 on her show, now entering season 20?

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    Dunno x3.

    Hmm. I don't remember that about McPherson at all.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900

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    See post #5877 for the Elle McPherson nugget

    Mariska Hargitay
    Jayne Mansfield
    Christopher Meloni

    DQ: In Arts, broadly defined?
    DQ2: Died after 1950?
    DQ3: Speaker of a Romance language?

    IQ: Did you hold the single season HR record from 1961 to 1998?
    IQ2: Are you the all-time HR leader among switch-hitters?
    IQ3: Are you the dairy farmer who hosted te most famous music festival in history?

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    Not Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski (guessing) or Max Yasgur.

    Ah. I knew Billy Joel; I didn't remember the McPherson connection.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. died after 1950
    11. not a speaker of a Romance language

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    Roger Maris
    Mickey Mantle
    Correct

    DQ: Won a major award? (NOT a leg lamp!).
    DQ2: Died before 2000?

    IQ: Was today the 64th anniversary of your iconic WS defensive play?
    IQ2: Are you the leader of Germany?
    IQ3: Were you happy when "de plane, de plane" arrived?
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 29 Sep 2018 at 10:16 PM. Reason: Another guy actually sees it

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    Still not Willie Mays, not Angela Merkel and not Ricardo Montalban.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. died after 1950
    11. not a speaker of a Romance language
    12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
    13. died before 2000

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    Thought it might be KHAAAN!

    IQ: Did you believe that "Greed is good, greed works"?
    IQ2: Did you go from auto engineer to SAHD with a STEEP learning curve?
    IQ3: Did you sing about the "Joker"?
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    Not Gordon Gekko, dunno and dunno.

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    Michael Douglas
    Michael Keaton
    Steve Miller

    DQ: Actor?
    DQ2: Scandinavian?
    DQ3: Famous SO?

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    IQ: Were you Nixon's corrupt AG?
    IQ2: Were you the BoSox slugger twice suspended for PEDs?
    IQ3: Were you the PBS host whose sign-off was "Bye Bye"?

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    D'oh! I wasn't thinking "M."

    Not John Mitchell, dunno, and not Mr. Rogers.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. died after 1950
    11. not a speaker of a Romance language
    12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
    13. died before 2000
    14. not an actor
    15. not Scandinavian
    16. didn't have a famous SO

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    Yup
    Manny Ramirez
    John McGlauglin

    DQ: Singer?
    DQ: Ever appeared on TV?

    IQ: Were you the American 100m champ during the 90s with a colorful name?
    IQ2: Were you a contemporary of #1 who held records in the 200 and 400m races?
    IQ3: Are you the hurdler who went 12 years without losing?

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    Yup
    Manny Ramirez
    John McGlaughlin


    DQ: Singer?
    DQ: Ever appeared on TV?

    IQ: Were you the American 100m champ during the 90s with a colorful name?
    IQ2: Were you a contemporary of #1 who held records in the 200 and 400m races?
    IQ3: Are you the hurdler who went 12 years without losing?

    Fixed typo

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    Dunno x3.

    Mr. Rogers said "Bye bye" on PBS too, so I'm going to have to turn you down for that one.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. died after 1950
    11. not a speaker of a Romance language
    12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
    13. died before 2000
    14. not an actor
    15. not Scandinavian
    16. didn't have a famous SO
    17. not a singer

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    Ah, I watched "The McGlaughlin Group" MUCH more recently than "Mister Roger's Neighborhood".

    Maurice Green
    Michael Johnson
    Edwin Moses

    DQ: Author?
    DQ2: Died after 1975?
    DQ3: Notable circumstances of death?

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    Uh, WAIT A SEC! Where's the "M" in Fred Rodgers?!

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    "Mr." The vast majority of his audience wouldn't even know his first name.

    M.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. not American
    5. died after 1900
    6. European
    7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
    8. born after 1900
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. died after 1950
    11. not a speaker of a Romance language
    12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
    13. died before 2000
    14. not an actor
    15. not Scandinavian
    16. didn't have a famous SO
    17. not a singer
    18. not an author
    19. died after 1975
    20. circumstances of his death weren't notable

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    That makes sense. Time to ponder, BTW: when's my deadline?

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    How about by noon EST Sat.?

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    Sounds good to me, time to ponder.

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    Coming back to concede

    BTW: a notoriously confusingly laid out building at my alma mater is named Weatkey.

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    I don't get it.

    Our Botticelli person is

    Christopher Robin Milne

    A fictionalized version of him appeared in his father's books about Winnie-the-Pooh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin_Milne

    And a recent movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin_(film)

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    I was referring to the Dope game with that comment.

    VERY nice pick with Christopher Robin! The movie looks good, may see it.

    Shall I pick a letter?

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    Sorry, I still don't get the Weatkey reference.

    Yes, please pick a letter.

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    We're about due for:

    V

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    And Weatkey?

    IQs:

    Were you a Fifties actor whose name suggested he was not a juvenile?
    Are you a longtime Pro Wrestling exec?
    Were you an early King of Gondor?

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    A building at my college is named after Phyllis Wheatley

    Not Victor Mature (I used a similar construction to ask about him before).
    Not Vince McMahon
    Not Voldemort

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    Ah, got it!

    Previous IQs:

    Were you a Fifties actor whose name suggested he was not a juvenile? - Yes, Victor Mature
    Are you a longtime Pro Wrestling exec? - Yes, Vince McMahon
    Were you an early King of Gondor? - Not Voldemort (wrong fandom!), but Valandil

    DQ:

    Real?

    IQs:

    Were you the last governor of New France?
    Did Picard meet you on Risa?
    Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina?

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    DQ
    DQ
    Not the appeareantly anarchoristically named Virginia Dare

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