IQ: Are you the "PTI" host who has a soft spot for Canada?
IQ2: Are you the character whose least favorite song is probably "Don't Stop Believing"?
IQ3: Are you the actor who went from NYC cabbie to CT housekeeper?
IQ: Are you the "PTI" host who has a soft spot for Canada?
IQ2: Are you the character whose least favorite song is probably "Don't Stop Believing"?
IQ3: Are you the actor who went from NYC cabbie to CT housekeeper?
Dunno, not Anthony "Tony" Soprano (and yes, I think he got whacked right there in the diner, in front of his wife and kids), and not Tony Danza.
Tony Kornheiser (at the end of every episode he waves a mini-Canadian flag saying,"Goodnight Canada")
Correct (I too think he got whacked enjoying his onion rings)
Correct
DQ: Grammy winner?
IQ: Did you famously ask your parents for money to buy pizza after explaining you weren't going to college?
IQ2: Did you play the Fresh Prince's baby sister?
IQ3: Did you play the Italian Stallion's love interest?
Dunno, not Thandie Newton, and not Talia Shire.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
14. not a Grammy winner
Theo Huxtable
Tatiana Ali
Correct
DQ: In RnRHOF?
DQ2: Performed at SB, either Anthem or Halftime?
IQ: Have you been DNC chairman as well as. A governor?
IQ2: Were you W's Agriculture Secretary?
IQ3: Did you play a Cabot Cove sheriff and Milwaukee hardware store owner?
Not Tom Perez (never a governor, if that's who you're thinking of), dunno and not Tom Bosley.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
14. not a Grammy winner
15. not in the RnRHOF
16. never performed at SB, either the national anthem or at halftime, that I could determine
Terry McAulliffe was VA governor
Tom Vilsack (he was the designated survivor one year, I asked about it on the Dope)
Correct
DQ: Appeared on MTV or VH1, when they ACTUALLY showed videos?
DQ2: Has/had famous SO?
IQ: Is your museum dedicated to telling the history of the US Senate?
IQ2: Are you the architecture professor who accidentally taught an economics class?
IQ3: Did you famously pla: an arrogant newscaster, and a regular at a country club?
It JUST occurred to me: Vilsack was probably in Obama's Cabinet! :SMH:
Dunno, dunno and not Ted Knight.
Yes, Vilsack (who graduated from my prep school many years earlier) was an Obama and not Bush appointee, so I'll answer your first DQ.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
14. not a Grammy winner
15. not in the RnRHOF
16. never performed at SB, either the national anthem or at halftime, that I could determine
17. pretty sure I saw him on MTV; dunno about VH1
Ted Kennedy (right next door to JFK MUSEUM)
Ted Moseby (from "How I Met Your Mother")
Correct
TedX3
Yeah, Obama became POTUS right before I rejoined the Dope (had been member from '02-'05)
DQ: Has/had famous SO?
DQ2: From rock/pop genre?
For my last IQ: Is your catchphrase,"Make it Work"
BTW: Ted Mosby has a page at www.ratemyprofessor.com
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As to "Make It Work," no, I'm not Ted Turner.
Very rarely watched How I Met Your Mother, but that's funny to see people rated him.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
14. not a Grammy winner
15. not in the RnRHOF
16. never performed at SB, either the national anthem or at halftime, that I could determine
17. pretty sure I saw him on MTV; dunno about VH1
18. does not/did not have famous SO
19. from rock/pop genre
That's Tim Gunn from "Project Runway".
DQ: Most famous song hit #1 on Billboard chart?
Happy Thanksgiving Eve Elendil! This can definitely wait for Black Friday.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
14. not a Grammy winner
15. not in the RnRHOF
16. never performed at SB, either the national anthem or at halftime, that I could determine
17. pretty sure I saw him on MTV; dunno about VH1
18. does not/did not have famous SO
19. from rock/pop genre
20. most famous song did not hit #1 on Billboard chart
Happy Thanksgiving Eve to you, too! Ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EDST Friday, please.
I'll be burning my turkey calories thinking about who this is.
Sounds like a plan!
Happy Black Friday!
My (bad) guess: Ted Nugent
Good guess, but I am actually
Taco Ockerse
best known for his Eighties synthpop take on Irving Berlin's "Puttin' on the Ritz":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taco_(musician)
I'll go again, or you can start the next round, if you like.
Never knew he had a last name! One of my favorite 1-hit wonders!
Letter coming up soon.
Your letter is:
Z (we're due)
His last name is so little-known, that's why I went with his first.
IQs:
Did you play the mom of two doomed young women?
Did George Hamilton play you very tongue-in-cheek?
Were you marooned in Sarpeidon's long-ago ice age?
Not Catherine Zeta-Jones
Not Zorro
DQ
Previous IQs:
Did you play the mom of two doomed young women? - Not CZJ, but Grace Zabriskie, who played the moms of both Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks) and George's fiancee Susan (Seinfeld)
Did George Hamilton play you very tongue-in-cheek? - Yes, Zorro
Were you marooned in Sarpeidon's long-ago ice age? - Zarabeth, in a Star Trek episode: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Zarabeth
DQs:
Male?
Real?
IQs:
Was your dad delighted to find your flower petals in his pocket?
Were you an entertainer who, despite his or her name, had nothing to do with inedible fruit components?
Were you a well-known role of Anthony Quinn?
DQ
DQ
Not Zapata (good memory!).
1.Male
2.Real
Previous IQs:
Was your dad delighted to find your flower petals in his pocket? - Zuzu's petals, in It's a Wonderful Life
Were you an entertainer who, despite his or her name, had nothing to do with inedible fruit components? - Zasu Pitts
Were you a well-known role of Anthony Quinn? - I'll rephrase
DQs:
Living?
Last name start with Z?
IQs:
Other than Zapata, were you another well-known role of Anthony Quinn?
Did Deadpool threaten to kill someone with a device that you invented?
Were you a badass Mobile Infantry instructor?
3 DQs
1.Male
2.Real
3.Dead
4.Last name begins "Z"
Previous IQs:
Other than Zapata, were you another well-known role of Anthony Quinn? - Zorba the Greek
Did Deadpool threaten to kill someone with a device that you invented? - Mr. Zamboni:
Were you a badass Mobile Infantry instructor? - Master Sergeant Zim in Heinlein's Starship Troopers
DQs:
American?
Born since 1900?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you a wry, much-put-upon alien on Babylon 5?
Were you one of Ike's favorite authors?
Were you a noted social reformer in Greater Cleveland, Ohio?
3 more DQ
Z
1.Male
2.Real
3.Dead
4.Last name begins "Z"
5.Naturalized American
6.Born AFTER 1900
7.Associated with a political figure
Previous IQs:
Were you a wry, much-put-upon alien on Babylon 5? - Zathras
Were you one of Ike's favorite authors? - Western author Zane Grey
Were you a noted social reformer in Greater Cleveland, Ohio? - Zelma George
DQ:
Born after 1950?
Married to a political figure?
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Were you horrified to realize you'd filmed the murder of a President?
Are you a clown with his own surreal comic strip?
Did Strauss write a tone poem about you?
YES! I am:
Abraham Zapruder! The man who caught JFK's final moments.
Thanks - a good one. Paul Giamatti played him very well in the movie Parkland.
Previous IQs:
Are you a clown with his own surreal comic strip? - Zippy the Pinhead
Did Strauss write a tone poem about you? - Zarathustra:
I see we haven't done
U
in awhile....
IQ: Are you the HOF baseball broadcaster who also played an 80s TV dad?
IQ2: Are you the 3-time WSOP Main Event champ who died shortly after your final title?
IQ3: Are you the late poker player who was nicknamed after a potentially deadly dish?
Dunno x3.
Bob Uecker ("Mr. Belvedere")
Stu Ungar
David "Devilfish" Ulliot
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: Living?
IQ: Are you the legendary Indy Car driver?
IQ2: Are you #1's brother?
IQ3: Are you #1's son?
Not Al Unser, Frank Unser or Al Unser Jr.
U.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if he were real
Correct
Technically correct (Bobby)
Correct
IQ: Did you play the Asian goth on "Glee"?
IQ2: Are you the politician played by Kevin Spacey?
IQ3: Are you the British version of #2?
Wow, that was quick! Yes, I am
Francis Urquhart
of the British original House of Cards (who I far prefer to Frank Underwood in the American version, BTW; Ian Richardson is having wicked fun while Kevin Spacey is usually just being grimly evil).
Good job!
Go me! Francis died in-universe I assume?
Letter forthcoming.
BTW, the goth is Jenna Ushkowitz
Your letter is of course
Y (we've now played every letter in 2018)
Francis Urquhart wasSpoiler (mouseover to read):
assassinated by his long-trusted bodyguard in the last series, The Final Cut, just a day after surpassing Margaret Thatcher's record as longest-serving Prime Minister. His wife was in on it, in order to turn him into a martyr, keep a scandal from ruining his name, and help the Tories win the next election. Pretty cold.
On to Y!
IQs:
Was the creation of your group alluded to in the Coen Bros. film Inside Llewyn Davis?
Were you a knockout brunette on Baywatch?
Did several Monty Python folks have a dud with a movie named after you?
DQ
Not the lovely Yasmine Bleeth
Not Yeti
Previous IQs:
Was the creation of your group alluded to in the Coen Bros. film Inside Llewyn Davis? - Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary
Were you a knockout brunette on Baywatch? - Yes, Ms. Bleeth
Did several Monty Python folks have a dud with a movie named after you? - Not Yeti, but the pirate Yellowbeard
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you a Confederate statesman and diplomat?
Were you a noted character actor with appearances on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The X-Files?
In an episode of Robot Chicken, did someone joke with two cronies about his fight with you?
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