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    Not Rob Zombie, not Rob Lowe, and not Richard Krafft (?), the Patriots owner.

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    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800

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    Correct
    Correct (looks fun)
    Robert Kraft (like the mac&cheese)

    DQ: Born after 1850?

    IQ: Did you become POTUS after a disputed election, whose consequences stayed with us for a century?
    IQ2: Are you the only union head to become POTUS?
    IQ3: Are you the film critic who famously wrote a screenplay for a cult classic?
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    Not Rutherford B. Hayes, Ronald Reagan or Roger Ebert (Valley of the Dolls, wasn't it?)

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850

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    Correct
    Correct
    Correct (on both counts) I had to remind myself about which movie, and I was right

    IQ: Are you the safety who had part of his finger amputated so he wouldn't miss any playing time?
    IQ2: Are you the comic turned serious actor whose signature character has appeared in a record number of shows?
    IQ3: Are you the former NFL QB famous for your impeccable reputation and All-American life story?

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    Dunno, dunno and not Roger Staubach.

    Actually, I see it was Beyond the Valley of the Dolls; Ebert does not appear to have been involved in the first film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond...y_of_the_Dolls

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    Ronnie Lott
    Richard Belzer
    Correct (VERY nice!)

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    DQ: Military/Political figure?
    DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
    DQ: Born Wast of the Mississippi?

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    IQ: Are you the doctor who set a significant track record?
    IQ2: Were you the Texas representative who was Speaker intermittently during the 20th century?
    IQ3: Did you star in an 80s action-adventure show whose reboot pales in comparison to your version?

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    Not Roger Bannister, Sam Rayburn or... dunno.

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi

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    Correct (heart surgeon IIRC)
    Correct
    Richard Dean Anderson ("MacGyver")

    DQ: Combat veteran?

    IQ: Were you a powerful NY political figure of the 1880s?
    IQ2: Are you best known for investigating a polarizing politician?
    IQ3: Were you an African dictator during the 80s?

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    Bannister was a neurologist.

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    Didn't know that - thanks. Knew he was a medico of some kind.

    Not Roscoe Conkling, Robert Mueller or Robert Mugabe (and well beyond the '80s, unfortunately).

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine

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    3 for 3

    IQ: Are you the basketball coach who was the face of recruiting's sleazy side?
    IQ2: Did you go from an Alaska doctor to government agent who used math to solve mysteries?
    IQ3: Did you famously "submit things for our approval"?

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    Dunno, not Rob Whasisname from Northern Exposure, and not Rod Serling.

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    Rick Pitino
    Yup, Rob Morow (his other show was NUMB3RS)
    Correct

    DQ: Regarded positively by history?

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    IQ: Were you the runner-up in the recent season of "Celebrity Big Brother"?
    IQ2: Are you the son from America's first popular TV family who later perished in a plane crash?
    IQ3: Are you the Hispanic singer who died on The Day the Music Died?
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    Dunno, not Rickie Nelson, and not La Bamba. I forget his "R" name, so take two DQs.

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine
    12. to the extent he's remembered at all, regarded positively by history

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    Ricky Williams
    Correct
    Richie Valens (yes, the "La Bamba" guy)

    DQ: Appointed official?
    DQ2: Associated with scandal?

    IQ: Are you the former Cowboys QB who seamlessly transitioned to broadcasting?
    IQ2: Are you the former Seton Hall hoops coach much better known for broadcasting?
    IQ3: Are you the new Twins manager?
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    Dunno x3.

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine
    12. to the extent he's remembered at all, regarded positively by history
    13. not an appointed official
    14. not associated with scandal

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    Tony Romo (he's the color guy with Jim Nantz, and is TERRIFIC!)
    Bill Raftery
    Rocco Baldelli

    DQ: Died before 1925?
    DQ2: Part of POTUS inner circle?
    DQ3: Federal official?

    IQ: Did you leave the business world to join JFK's Cabinet?
    IQ2: Were you another member of JFK's Cabinet?
    IQ3: Were you the member of JFK's Cabinet whose appointment led to a new law regarding Presidential appointments?

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    Not Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk or Robert Kennedy.

    I've vaguely heard of Tony Romo but not the other two.

    R.

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine
    12. to the extent he's remembered at all, regarded positively by history
    13. not an appointed official
    14. not associated with scandal
    15. died after 1925
    16. not part of a POTUS's inner circle
    17. not a Federal official

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    3 for 3 (can NEVER keep Macnamara and Rusk perfectly straight)

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    IQ: Did you cofound your brother's eponymous movie studio?
    IQ2: Are you the football player who got confused, and nearly scored a safety?
    IQ3: Was your last big hit the theme song for Julia Roberts' breakout role?

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    Not Roy Disney, dunno (another Roy?) and not Roy Orbison.

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    Correct
    Roy Riegels
    Correct

    RoyX3

    DQ: Namesake of something?

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    R.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine
    12. to the extent he's remembered at all, regarded positively by history
    13. not an appointed official
    14. not associated with scandal
    15. died after 1925
    16. not part of a POTUS's inner circle
    17. not a Federal official
    18. namesake of something

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    IQ: Were you a member of a Latin boy band?
    IQ2: Was your last MLB hit a memorable milestone hit?
    IQ3: Are you the only man to collect 7 hits in a 9-inning game?

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    Not Ricky Iglesias, dunno and dunno.

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    Ricky Martin (He was in Menudo)
    Roberto Clemente (his last hit was his 3000th)
    Rennie Stennett

    DQ: State official?
    DQ: Law named after him?
    DQ: Died before 1940?
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    I see Stennett was the first to do it in the 20th century, but it had happened before:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennie_Stennett
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...e_hits_leaders

    R.

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    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. born after 1800
    7. born after 1850
    8. kinda sorta a military/political figure
    9. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
    10. born east of the Mississippi
    11. not a combat veteran, as far as I can determine
    12. to the extent he's remembered at all, regarded positively by history
    13. not an appointed official
    14. not associated with scandal
    15. died after 1925
    16. not part of a POTUS's inner circle
    17. not a Federal official
    18. namesake of something
    19. not a state official
    20. law not named after him
    21. died before 1940

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

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    I knew that caveat about Stennett (I assume you wouldn't have known anyway?)

    Time to ponder

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    No, that's why I gave you the DQ without a quibble.

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    Okay: a non-veteran elected local official from the Midwest or Northeast corridor who wasn't scandalous or memorable, died during the Depression era, has something, but not a law, named after him? Hmm
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    That summary contains an assumption not warranted by my answers so far.

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    True, he could have died BEFORE the crash. Still pondering, but not coming up with anything.

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    Heh. That's actually not the assumption I had in mind.

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    Interesting. Not coming up with anything.

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    I am in fact

    Charles E. Rushmore

    after whom the famous mountain with its huge carvings of four Presidents is named: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_E._Rushmore

    I never said he was an elected local official.

    Want to start the next round?

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    You're right about that, of course. NEVER knew the mountain had a namesake

    Letter coming soon

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    Your letter is

    P

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    Righto!

    IQs:

    Did you surrender the Confederate garrison at Vicksburg?
    Were you perhaps the most notorious actual American cannibal not in the Donner Party?
    Do many credit you with inventing TV?
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    DQ
    DQ
    Not Philo T. Farnsworty

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you surrender the Confederate garrison at Vicksburg? - Gen. Pemberton
    Were you perhaps the most notorious actual American cannibal not in the Donner Party? - Alferd [sic] Packer
    Do many credit you with inventing TV? - Almost; Philo Farnsworth

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?

    IQs:

    Are you the best-known person born on Corfu?
    Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
    Famous in your own right, are you married to a famous cartoonist?

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    Not Prince Philip
    DQ
    Not Jane Pauley (came to me!)

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    1.Real
    2.Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you the best-known person born on Corfu? - Yes, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
    Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Philoctetes (voiced by Danny DeVito)
    Famous in your own right, are you married to a famous cartoonist? - Yes, Jane Pauley, married to Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau

    DQ:

    Alive?

    IQs:

    Were you one of the officers on CHIPs?
    Did you both succeed and precede the same doctor in an important job?
    Were you Brett's supervisor?

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    Not Ponch
    DQ
    DQ

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Alive

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you one of the officers on CHIPs? - Yes, Ponch
    Did you both succeed and precede the same doctor in an important job? - Dr. Katherine Pulaski, on Star Trek: The Next Generation
    Were you Brett's supervisor? - Parker, in Alien

    DQs:

    American?
    Last name start with P?

    IQs:

    Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
    Were you an acerbic weatherman stuck in a small Pennsylvania town for a looooong time?
    Were you the small mammal he once stole?

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    DQ
    Don't know Bill Murray's character from "Groundhog Day"
    Not Puxatawny Phil

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