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    Previous IQs:

    Did Alan Arkin play you in a movie that included the intriguing line, "The Nixon who went to China was not the Nixon who came back"? - The title character in the sf comedy Simon
    Were you the hero of Jeffrey Archer's political thriller First Among Equals? - Tory good guy Simon Kerslake
    Did Mike Meyer play you, a precocious English boy taking a bath? - Simon, from the SNL skits

    Simon x3!

    DQs:

    Last name start with S?
    American?
    First appeared since 1900?

    IQs:

    Did you command DS9?
    Were you his son?
    Was your mother's maiden name Grayson?

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    3 DQS

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    S.

    1)Fictional
    2)Male
    3)FIRST name begins "S"
    4)American
    5)First appeared BEFORE 1900

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you command DS9? - Cmdr. Benjamin Sisko
    Were you his son? - Jake Sisko
    Was your mother's maiden name Grayson? - Cmdr. Spock

    DQs:

    Good guy?
    Lead character?
    Contemporary character at the time he first appeared?

    IQs:

    Are you the lead character of Veep?
    Were you noted for designing fjords?
    Were you an athlete nicknamed "the Man"?

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    DQ (gotta start watching these shows!)
    DQ
    Not Stan "The Man" Musial (favorite player I never actually saw play)

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    S.

    1)Fictional
    2)Male
    3)FIRST name begins "S"
    4)American
    5)First appeared BEFORE 1900
    6)Definitely NOT a good guy
    7)Not main character
    8)Contemporarious to publication

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you the lead character of Veep? - Selina Meyer
    Were you noted for designing fjords? - Slartibartfast, in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    Were you an athlete nicknamed "the Man"? - Yes, baseball great Stan Musial

    DQs:

    Appeared before 1861?
    First appeared in a novel?

    IQs:

    Were you the evil overseer in Uncle Tom's Cabin?
    Were you a SCOTUS justice and an influential writer about American law?
    Did you and someone who held a similar high-profile job once switch gigs on April Fool's Day?

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    YES! I am indeed:

    SIMON LEGREE! Great job!

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    Thanks! Couldn't think of too many other noteworthy villains in American literature before 1900. My dad, when he gave my sisters and me household chores we really would rather not have to do, sometimes jokingly described himself as a Simon Legree.

    Other previous IQs:

    Were you a SCOTUS justice and an influential writer about American law? - Joseph Story
    Did you and someone who held a similar high-profile job once switch gigs on April Fool's Day? - Pat Sajak and Alex Trebek swapped hosting gigs on Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!

    Right! Our next letter is

    A

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    Joe Story was the 1st SCOTUS Justice who was never a British subject

    On to A

    IQ: When people say your name, do they sometimes pretend they have peanut butter on the roof of their mouth?
    IQ2: Are you the Civil War general who gave his name a facial feature?
    IQ3: Are you the American gymnast who had a college class with Chelsea Clinton?

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    Confession about last round: I've never actually read "UTC", but heard the character name.

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    Dunno, not Ambrose Burnside, and dunno.

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    Confession about last round: I've never actually read "UTC", but heard the character name.
    Ditto. I read a short excerpt from it years ago. It also comes up, oddly enough, in the musical The King and I.

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    Aaron Burr
    Correct
    Amy Chow (Biology I believe)

    DQ: Real?
    DQ2: Male?

    IQ: Are you J-Lo's fiancé?
    IQ2: As POTUS, did you initiate the "Trail of Tears"?
    IQ3: Are you the 19th c. Scottish-American industrialist turned philanthropist?

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    LOL about Aaron Burr and peanut butter. I remember that ad (and the later Hamilton parody of it).

    Dunno, not Andrew Jackson, and not Andrew Carnegie.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male

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    Alex Rodriguez
    Correct
    Correct

    DQ: Living?

    Didn't know HAMILTON parodied it.

    IQ: Are you the Red Sox OF with a frequently misspelled name?
    IQ2: Are you the former Pirate OF now playing for the rival Phillies?
    IQ3: Did you "take the initiative creating the Internet"?

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    Just watched the video of the commercial on YouTube. 2 fun facts:

    1) Michael Bay directed

    2) it was made TWENTY-FIVE years ago!

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    The Hamilton parody:

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
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    IQ: Are you the Red Sox OF with a frequently misspelled name?
    IQ2: Are you the former Pirate OF now playing for the rival Phillies?
    IQ3: Did you "take the initiative creating the Internet"?
    Dunno, dunno, and not the unfairly-maligned Al Gore.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living

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    Andrew BeniNtendi
    Andrew McCutcheon
    Correct (on both counts)

    DQ: Born after 1950?
    DQ2: American?

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    IQ: Were you W's Chief of Staff?
    IQ2: Are you the openly gay CNN host?
    IQ3: Are you the only MLB player to have: 40 HR, 40 SB & 40 2B in a season?

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    Not Andrew Card, I'm blanking on this guy's name even though I can see him clearly in my mind, and dunno.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American

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    Yup
    Anderson Cooper
    Alfonso Soriano

    DQ: Born after 1925?
    DQ2: European?

    IQ: Did you host the only Food Network cooking show NOT filmed in NYC?
    IQ2: Do you host shows originally hosted by Bob Saget and Marc Summers?
    IQ3: Are you the NY politician whose ex-wife was a key HRC campaign advisor?
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 04 Apr 2019 at 05:21 PM. Reason: Plural, not possessive

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    Not Anthony Bourdain, some other Anthony (take DQ), and not Anthony Weiner.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European

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    Alton Brown
    Alfonso Ribeiro ("AFV" and "Unwrapped")
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    DQ: From traditional NATO country?
    DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?

    IQ: Are you the Ghanan UN Secretary General?
    IQ2: Are you the Knicks broadcaster who had an embarrassing sex scandal?
    IQ3: Are you the most brilliant patent clerk in history?

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    Not Kofi Annan, Marv Albert or Albert Einstein.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined

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    3 for 3 of course

    IQ: Are you the French writer with a silent letter at the end of your last name?
    IQ2: Are you the Nobel Peace Prize winning doctor?
    IQ3: Do prank callers wonder why your trapped in a container?

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    None of the Alberts: Camus, Schweitzer or Prince _____.

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    Once again, 3 for 3.

    That was the best Camus question I had without research.

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    IQ: Are you the Eisenhower official who gave your name to an airport?
    IQ2: Were you a noted Beat poet?
    IQ3: Were you Truman's SECDEF, who originated much of our Cold War foreign policy?

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    Not John Foster Dulles, dunno, and... hmm. I only remember Forrestal, Johnson and Marshall as Truman's SECDEFs. You got me.

    I remember Reagan took some teasing for mispronouncing Camus's name in a speech when he was President, incidentally.

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    Correct (Thinking of his brother Allen)
    Allen Ginsberg
    Dean Acheson (He may have been SoS) award DQ at your discretion

    DQ: Writer?

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    IQ: Did you coach the Warriors to their first NBA title in CA?
    IQ2: Did you coach Marquette to their National Championship?
    IQ3: Did you famously ask Americans, "Do you believe in miracles?"

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    Dunno, dunno, and... still not Marv Albert?

    Yes, Acheson was SECSTATE, not SECDEF. Don't think you get a DQ for that one.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. a writer, among other things

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    Yeah, I feared I made that mistake

    Al Attles
    Al Maguire
    Al Michaels

    AlX3

    DQ: Primarily a writer of prose?
    DQ2: Secondarily a visual artist?
    DQ3: Award winner for his writing?

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    IQ: Are you the noted 20th century photographer?
    IQ2: Are you the actor turned sports owner?
    IQ3: Did you win an Oscar in a movie my celebrity crush surpringly wasn't mentioned?

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    Dunno x3.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. a writer, among other things
    11. not primarily a writer of prose
    12. primarily a visual artist
    13. not, as far as I can determine, an award winner for his writing

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    Ansel Adams
    Gene Autry (first owner of the Angels)
    Allison Janney

    DQ: Won awards for his artwork?
    DQ2: Poet?
    DQ3: From a country that was a dictatorship during any point in the 20th century?

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    IQ: Was your cousin a South American dictator?
    IQ2: Were you that dictator?
    IQ3: Did you go from failed artist to genocidal despot?

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    Not Isabel Allende, Salvador Allende or Adolf Hitler.

    Ansel Adams, of course! For some reason I read your questions as "sports photographer."

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. a writer, among other things
    11. not primarily a writer of prose
    12. primarily a visual artist
    13. not, as far as I can determine, an award winner for his writing
    14. nor for his artwork
    15. not a poet
    16. yes, from a country that was a dictatorship at some point in the 20th century

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    IQ: Are you the alleged spy who used pumpkins to hide documents?
    IQ2: Did you pioneer "rags to riches" stories?
    IQ3: Were you the first woman in charge at Foggy Bottom?

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    Were all my earlier guesses right?

    Not Alger Hiss, Horatio Alger or Madeline Albright.

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    Oops! Yes, those were absolutely correct. Same with your recent batch.

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    IQ: Are you the QB for the Packers?
    IQ2: Are you the most recent man to end a winner take all playoff game with a HR, and currently manage the team you hit that HR for?
    IQ3: Do you hold the MLB career record for RBI and TB?

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    Dunno, dunno, and not... Albert Belle?

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    Aaron Rodgers
    Aaron *bleeping* Boone
    Hank Aaron

    AaronX3

    DQ: Homeland part of the Axis?
    DQ2: Screenwriter?
    DQ3: Created primarily 2-D artwork?

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    IQ: Did you originally give a liberal counterpoint to the conservative Sean Hannity?
    IQ2: Were you Fed chairman during the 00s?
    IQ3: Are you the main White House correspondent for MSNBC?

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    Dunno x3

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. a writer, among other things
    11. not primarily a writer of prose
    12. primarily a visual artist
    13. not, as far as I can determine, an award winner for his writing
    14. nor for his artwork
    15. not a poet
    16. yes, from a country that was a dictatorship at some point in the 20th century
    17. homeland was part of the Axis
    18. screenwriter, among other things
    19. created primarily 2-D artwork

    No more IQs, but I'll answer all your earned DQs.

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    Thanks!

    Those were:

    Alan Colmes
    Alan Greenspan
    Andrea Mitchell

    DQ: Any screenplay became popular movie?
    DQ2: Famous spouse?
    DQ3: Well regarded by Americans?

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    I, of course, was familiar with the "Godfather" line, but never knew who actually said it.

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    Quite understandable. Among fans of the movie, he's very well-known, at least by his last name.

    A.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. living
    4. born before 1950
    5. not American
    6. born after 1925
    7. European
    8. from a traditional NATO country
    9. in the Arts, broadly defined
    10. a writer, among other things
    11. not primarily a writer of prose
    12. primarily a visual artist
    13. not, as far as I can determine, an award winner for his writing
    14. nor for his artwork
    15. not a poet
    16. yes, from a country that was a dictatorship at some point in the 20th century
    17. homeland was part of the Axis
    18. screenwriter, among other things
    19. created primarily 2-D artwork
    20. several screenplays became popular movies
    21. no famous spouse
    22. well-regarded by those Americans who know his work, esp. from early in his career

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

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    Hmm, time to ponder....

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