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    3 DQs

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Did your father play Veruca Salt's gutless dad? - Rory Kinnear
    Have you played a pianist, an android and a petty criminal? - Ryan Gosling, in La La Land, Blade Runner 2049 and The Place Beyond the Pines
    Were you implied to be the British Prime Minister in Watchmen? - Roy Hattersley

    DQs:

    American?
    Living?
    Last name start with R?

    IQs:

    Were you Earl Hickey's slow brother?
    Are you Sterling Archer's go-to undercover name?
    Is Morty Smith your timid grandson?

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    3 more DQs

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you Earl Hickey's slow brother? - Randy, on My Name Is Earl
    Are you Sterling Archer's go-to undercover name? - Also Randy (once he said he was "Randy Randerson")
    Is Morty Smith your timid grandson? - Rick Sanchez, on Rick and Morty

    DQs:

    Political/military?
    Died since 1950?
    Considered a good guy?

    IQs:

    Did Pontius Pilate offer to free you in Life of Brian?
    Did he offer to free you, too?
    Did Steve Martin pretend to be you, a mentally-disturbed prince, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?

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    3 more DQs

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some

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    Previous IQs:

    Did Pontius Pilate offer to free you in Life of Brian? - Roger
    Did he offer to free you, too? - Roderick
    Did Steve Martin pretend to be you, a mentally-disturbed prince, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? - Ruprecht:

    DQs:

    Involved in the Arts, broadly speaking?
    Died after 2000?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you and Cpl. Dwayne Hicks flirt a bit?
    Was Stannis Baratheon your brother?
    Was he your brother, too?

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    3 DQs

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    R

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    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you and Cpl. Dwayne Hicks flirt a bit? - Ellen Ripley, in Aliens
    Was Stannis Baratheon your brother? - Robert Baratheon, on Game of Thrones
    Was he your brother, too? - Renly Baratheon, ditto

    DQs:

    Athlete?
    Best known for a single incident?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Were you known as "The Biter"?
    Did you unexpectedly fly to Scotland during WWII?
    Were you forced out of the navy, supposedly for impregnating another officer's daughter, but found power and notoriety in another line of work?

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    DQ
    Not Rudolph Hoess
    DQ

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you known as "The Biter"? - Rorge, in Game of Thrones
    Did you unexpectedly fly to Scotland during WWII? - Yes, Rudolf Hoess/Hess
    Were you forced out of the navy, supposedly for impregnating another officer's daughter, but found power and notoriety in another line of work? - Reinhard Heydrich, later Himmler's #2 guy in the Gestapo

    DQs:

    A sports journalist?
    Greatest fame before 1975?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you make William O. Douglas momentarily feel like committing suicide?
    Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you?
    A noted composer, were you played by an actor with the same first name as you?

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    DQ
    Not Robin Hood
    Not Richard Wagner

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident
    13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
    14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you make William O. Douglas momentarily feel like committing suicide? - Richard Nixon, when the then-Vice President told Douglas that his speech to Nixon's college class many years before had inspired Nixon to enter public service.
    Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you? - I'll rephrase.
    A noted composer, were you played by an actor with the same first name as you? - Yes, Richard Burton played Richard Wagner.

    DQs:

    Coach or trainer?
    Associated with the Olympics?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    You are not Robin Hood. Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you?
    Was your dog Seamus briefly famous?
    Were you a libertarian municipal employee with a luxuriant mustache?

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    3 DQs

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident
    13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
    14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
    15.Not a coach/trainer
    6.No link to Olympics

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    That last clue should be #16, not 6.

    Previous IQs:

    You are not Robin Hood. Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you? - Richard Lionheart
    Was your dog Seamus briefly famous? - Mitt Romney
    Were you a libertarian municipal employee with a luxuriant mustache? - Ron Swanson, on Parks and Recreation

    DQs:

    Associated with pro sports?
    Team owner?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Will you, a fictional tough guy, return in another movie this year, almost 40 years after you first appeared on the big screen?
    Were you a lobbyist who became White House Chief of Staff in a TV show?
    Was your house in Cambridge, Mass. once used as a headquarters by George Washington?

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    DQ
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    Not Paul Revere

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident
    13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
    14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
    15.Not a coach/trainer
    16.No link to Olympics
    17.Associted with professional sports
    18.NOT a team owner

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    Previous IQs:

    Will you, a fictional tough guy, return in another movie this year, almost 40 years after you first appeared on the big screen? - John Rambo
    Were you a lobbyist who became White House Chief of Staff in a TV show? - Remy Devereaux, in the American version of House of Cards
    Was your house in Cambridge, Mass. once used as a headquarters by George Washington? - Paul Revere lived in Boston proper, not in Cambridge; this was Ralph Waldo Emerson

    DQ:

    Journalist?
    Has won a top award in his field?
    Associated with a sport played with a ball?

    Two DQs reserved.

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident
    13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
    14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
    15.Not a coach/trainer
    16.No link to Olympics
    17.Associted with professional sports
    18.NOT a team owner
    19.Earned top honor in his field
    20.Associated w/sport played with a ball

    You had already asked about journalism, reask the DQ
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 01 Jun 2019 at 11:34 AM.

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    No more IQs please, use up your 3 reserved DQs and I will set the deadline

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    No, thanks, I'll just stay at 20. Lemme think....

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    Please take your duly earned DQs.

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    Oh, all right, since you insist. Thanks.

    Associated with baseball?
    Involved in sports management or promotion?
    Died before 1975?

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    You earned them fair and square (I guess I don't take the "20" literally).

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    R

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Last name begins "R"
    6.NOT Political/Military
    7.Died AFTER 1950
    8.Considered a Good Guy by some
    9.No connection to Arts
    10.Died BEFORE 2000
    11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
    12.NOT known for singular incident
    13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
    14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
    15.Not a coach/trainer
    16.No link to Olympics
    17.Associted with professional sports
    18.NOT a team owner
    19.Earned top honor in his field
    20.Associated w/sport played with a ball
    21.NOT associated with baseball
    22.Involved with management of the sport
    23.Died AFTER 1975

    Please submit your guess by 12 noon ET Tuesday (about 36 hours)

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    Free hint WRT #19: He's in his sport's Hall of Fame

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    Hmm. Thinkthinkthink....

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    You got me.

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    Okay, I gave a couple extra hours. Our mystery man is:

    PETE ROZELLE, longtime NFL commissioner

    I'll think of a letter

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    Ah, of course. I've heard of him, of course, but it didn't come to mind.

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    Your letter is:

    Y (because I said so)

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    Har har.

    IQs:

    Were you part of a famous musical trio?
    Did you costar on Baywatch?
    Did you write a series of vampire books?

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    Not Neil Young
    Not Yasmine Bleeth
    Not Yan Rice

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you part of a famous musical trio? - I'll rephrase
    Did you costar on Baywatch? - Yes, Yasmine Bleeth
    Did you write a series of vampire books? - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

    DQ:

    Real?

    IQs:

    You are not Neil Young. Were you part of a famous musical trio?
    Were one of the first two NASA astronauts to enter orbit in a Space Shuttle?
    Were you "a fellow of infinite jest"?

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    DQ
    Not Michael Young
    Not Yorick

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    Y

    1.Real

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    Previous IQs:

    You are not Neil Young. Were you part of a famous musical trio? - Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary
    Were one of the first two NASA astronauts to enter orbit in a Space Shuttle? - John Young, actually, but you got the "Y" name right
    Were you "a fellow of infinite jest"? - Yes, Yorick, from Hamlet

    DQ:

    Male?

    IQs:

    Did you once play the President's national security advisor?
    Were you the star of Witchblade?
    Did an editorial cartoon in 2000 show you throwing a giant fish back into the water?

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    3 DQs

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    Y

    1.Real
    2.Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you once play the President's national security advisor? - Yakov Smirnov, in Buckaroo Banzai
    Were you the star of Witchblade? - Yancey Butler
    Did an editorial cartoon in 2000 show you throwing a giant fish back into the water? - Yasir Arafat, after the breakdown of joint talks with President Clinton and the Israeli PM - the fish was labeled "Peace"

    DQs:

    Living?
    American?
    Last name start with Y?

    IQs:

    Were you one of the Darrins?
    Did you star in Logan's Run?
    Were you perhaps the best-known Medal of Honor winner of World War I?

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    I had a feeling #3 was the guy. Because yes I am:

    YASSIR ARAFAT!

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    All right - thanks!

    Previous IQs:

    Were you one of the Darrins? - Dick York, on Bewitched
    Did you star in Logan's Run? - Michael York
    Were you perhaps the best-known Medal of Honor winner of World War I? - Alvin York

    York x3!

    Lemme think of our next letter....

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    OK, I see it's been awhile since we've had a go at

    G

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    IQ: Did your estate have a view of the world capital named after you?
    IQ2: Did Jamie Foxx recently play you in a one-off revival of your character?
    IQ3: Did you try to pull a fast one on the unemployment office by using your friend's apartment as a perspective boss's phone number?

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