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13 Nov 2019 10:27 AM
#7901
Member
Dunno and dunno.
Q.
1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play
12. received big screen adaptation
13. adaptation did not win marquee Oscars
14. adaptation was, as far as I know, a financial success, although not a huge hit
15. adaptation did not have an Elizabethan setting
16. has been an adaptation since 2000
17. has been played on screen by a big-name actor
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13 Nov 2019 03:28 PM
#7902
Quentin Crisp
Johnny Quest
DQ: Movie aimed at tweens or teens?
DQ2: Character had a love interest?
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13 Nov 2019 03:30 PM
#7903
IQ: Were you the American goalie for the Cup winning L.A. Kings?
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14 Nov 2019 10:32 AM
#7904
Member
Dunno.
Q.
1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play
12. received big screen adaptation
13. adaptation did not win marquee Oscars
14. adaptation was, as far as I know, a financial success, although not a huge hit
15. adaptation did not have an Elizabethan setting
16. has been an adaptation since 2000
17. has been played on screen by a big-name actor
18. movie not particularly aimed at tweens or teens
19. character did not have a love interest
With your just-earned DQ, that's 20, so no more IQs, please.
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14 Nov 2019 10:54 AM
#7905
Yup, exactly why I asked only 1 IQ.
That was Jonathan Quick
DQ: Movie a faithful adaptation?
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14 Nov 2019 02:35 PM
#7906
Member
Q.
1. fictional
2. male
3. if real, would not be alive today
4. not American
5. not created by an American
6. created before 1900
7. European
8. created by a European
9. created before 1700
10. created by Shakespeare
11. from a comedic play
12. received big screen adaptation
13. adaptation did not win marquee Oscars
14. adaptation was, as far as I know, a financial success, although not a huge hit
15. adaptation did not have an Elizabethan setting
16. has been an adaptation since 2000
17. has been played on screen by a big-name actor
18. movie not particularly aimed at tweens or teens
19. character did not have a love interest
20. some of the adaptations have been faithful; others less so
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST tomorrow.
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14 Nov 2019 07:51 PM
#7907
James Ives was just an answer on "Jeopardy".
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14 Nov 2019 10:57 PM
#7908
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15 Nov 2019 04:20 PM
#7909
Member
I'm not sure if that's a misspelling or if you're thinking of someone else entirely. What play or character description do you have in mind?
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15 Nov 2019 08:46 PM
#7910
I THINK "Twelveth Night" Or "Midsummer Nights Dream"?! My Bard is rusty.
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15 Nov 2019 08:47 PM
#7911
I have the next one in mind if you can't think of someone.
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16 Nov 2019 01:13 AM
#7912
Member
Right, then. Yes, I am
Peter Quince
Leader of the Rude Mechanicals in A Midsummer Night's Dream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Quince
Good job! Thought I had you stumped. Take it away for the next round.
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16 Nov 2019 02:04 AM
#7913
Lucky deduction!
Your letter is
C
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18 Nov 2019 01:28 AM
#7914
Fun fact about JFK Jr.: his family NEVER called him "John John".
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18 Nov 2019 01:54 PM
#7915
Member
Correct. Apparently a reporter misheard the President call "John! John!" to call his little boy from another room.
C it is.
IQs:
Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States in 1864?
Were you a noted scientist who married his first cousin?
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar?
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18 Nov 2019 06:02 PM
#7916
Not Salmon P. Chase
Not Copernicus
DQ (remember the question, just not the answer)
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19 Nov 2019 01:40 PM
#7917
Think I know the Dope answer.
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19 Nov 2019 03:17 PM
#7918
Member
Don't tell me!!!
Previous IQs:
Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice of the United States in 1864? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase
Were you a noted scientist who married his first cousin? - Not Copernicus, but Charles Darwin
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood
DQs:
male?
real?
IQs:
Were you the second commanding officer of the 20th Maine?
Were you the Tory grandee bad guy in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals?
Did Joanie love you?
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19 Nov 2019 03:37 PM
#7919
Not Joshua Chamberlain
DQ
Not Chachi (the show bombed in Mexico IIRC, because "chachi" is slang for "testicles")
I'm mildly surprised nobody has guessed who I think it is
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19 Nov 2019 03:38 PM
#7920
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
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19 Nov 2019 03:42 PM
#7921
Want me to suggest a IQ for the Dope game?
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20 Nov 2019 09:46 PM
#7922
Too late! It was EXACTLY who I thought. Sca best me yo it.
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21 Nov 2019 12:31 AM
#7923
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you the second commanding officer of the 20th Maine? - Yes, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, hero of Little Round Top
Were you the Tory grandee bad guy in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals? - Charles Seymour
Did Joanie love you? - Yes, Chachi (didn't know that about Mexican TV!)
DQ:
Human?
IQs:
Were you a noted robotics expert in the writings of Isaac Asimov?
Was a lake heavily stocked with fish for you in South Dakota?
Is your unnamed father a patent lawyer, just like your creator's?
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21 Nov 2019 01:15 AM
#7924
DQ
Not Calvin Coolidge
DQ
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21 Nov 2019 01:16 AM
#7925
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
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22 Nov 2019 01:27 PM
#7926
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted robotics expert in the writings of Isaac Asimov? - Dr. Susan Calvin
Was a lake heavily stocked with fish for you in South Dakota? - Yes, President Calvin Coolidge
Is your unnamed father a patent lawyer, just like your creator's? - The little boy from Calvin and Hobbes
Calvin x3!
DQs:
First name start with C?
From Earth?
IQs:
Was it said that you were "like a rotten mackerel by moonlight"?
Did you deceive Mr. Jabez Wilson?
Were you one of Andrew Carnegie's top execs?
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22 Nov 2019 03:01 PM
#7927
Not Henry Clay (you used that when I used HC).
DQ
Not Henry Clay Frick
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22 Nov 2019 03:01 PM
#7928
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
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24 Nov 2019 03:12 PM
#7929
Member
Previous IQs:
Was it said that you were "like a rotten mackerel by moonlight"? - Yes, Henry Clay, "because he both shined and stank"
Did you deceive Mr. Jabez Wilson? - The bank robber John Clay, in Conan Doyle's "The Red-Headed League"
Were you one of Andrew Carnegie's top execs? - Yes, Henry Clay Frick
Clay x3!
And check out the Frick home next time you're in Pittsburgh: https://www.thefrickpittsburgh.org/gallery
DQ:
First appeared since 1945?
IQs:
Were you Mr. Norrell's man of business?
Did you write O Pioneers!?
Were you the Fitch family's maid and cook?
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24 Nov 2019 04:07 PM
#7930
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24 Nov 2019 04:08 PM
#7931
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
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25 Nov 2019 11:02 AM
#7932
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you Mr. Norrell's man of business? - Childermass, in Susanna Clarke's alt-hist magic novel Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
Did you write O Pioneers!? - Yes, Willa Cather
Were you the Fitch family's maid and cook? - Calpurnia, in Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird
DQs:
First appeared in print?
Created by an American?
IQs:
Were you the mistress of Chartwell?
Were you the master?
Were you their son, about whom a foe jested about an operation you had?
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25 Nov 2019 12:51 PM
#7933
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25 Nov 2019 12:53 PM
#7934
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
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26 Nov 2019 03:21 PM
#7935
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you the mistress of Chartwell? - Clementine Churchill
Were you the master? - Winston Churchill; Chartwell was his beloved country estate: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartwell
Were you their son, about whom a foe jested about an operation you had? - Randolph Churchill, who had a tumor removed which was then found not to be malignant. Evelyn Waugh wrote, "Leave it to modern science to find the one part of Randolph that isn't malignant, and remove it!"
Churchill x3!
DQs:
Portrayed as friendly or good?
Cartoon character?
Larger than a human being?
IQs:
Were you a Friendly Ghost?
Were you a one-named Latina who was often on The Love Boat?
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"?
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26 Nov 2019 03:35 PM
#7936
Not Casper (have you seen the GEICO commercial with Casper? Hilarious)
Not Charo
Not "Wrong Way" Corrigan
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26 Nov 2019 03:36 PM
#7937
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
9.Portrayed as friendly/good
10.Cartoon character
11.Smaller than a human being
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27 Nov 2019 03:21 PM
#7938
That JFK Jr. story was awesome!
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27 Nov 2019 03:51 PM
#7939
Member
Isn't it? His friend really wanted to tell the little old lady - but knew from the look in JFK Jr.'s eyes that it would make him very uncomfortable. It's from this book, which I recommend: https://www.amazon.com/Men-We-Became.../dp/0312324774
Previous IQs:
Were you a Friendly Ghost? - Correct, Casper (haven't seen the Geico ad)
Were you a one-named Latina who was often on The Love Boat? - Correct, Charo
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"? - Not "Wrong Way" Corrigan, but Cal Rodgers - always thought his story would make for a great movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers
DQ:
First appeared in newspaper comic strip?
IQs:
Are you AKA Duke of Cornwall?
Did you dictate "letters" to your sister in Boston?
Did you insist, early in your career, on being paid in $1 bills?
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27 Nov 2019 05:05 PM
#7940
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
9.Portrayed as friendly/good
10.Cartoon character
11.Smaller than a human being
12.NOT from a newspaper comic strip
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27 Nov 2019 05:05 PM
#7941
3 DQs
This can DEFINITELY wait for us to recover from our tryptophan comas!
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28 Nov 2019 10:05 AM
#7942
The solution was in my Facebook memories.
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29 Nov 2019 12:41 AM
#7943
Member
Previous IQs:
Are you AKA Duke of Cornwall? - Charles, Prince of Wales
Did you dictate "letters" to your sister in Boston? - Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester, MD, on M*A*S*H
Did you insist, early in your career, on being paid in $1 bills? - Ray Charles, after being ripped off by promoters who said they were giving him $20 bills
Charles x3!
DQs:
First appeared in comic books?
Has appeared in at least one movie since 1990?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did John Forsyth provide your voice for several years?
Were you the Wright Brothers' favorite mechanic, who later helped out Cal Rodgers?
Did Lord Fancourt Babberley pretend to be a relative of you, a British farce character?
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29 Nov 2019 01:51 AM
#7944
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29 Nov 2019 01:52 AM
#7945
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
9.Portrayed as friendly/good
10.Cartoon character
11.Smaller than a human being
12.NOT from a newspaper comic strip
13.NOT from comics
14.Never been in a movie
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30 Nov 2019 12:15 AM
#7946
Member
Previous IQs:
Did John Forsyth provide your voice for several years? - The unseen boss of Charley's Angels
Were you the Wright Brothers' favorite mechanic, who later helped out Cal Rodgers? - Charley Taylor
Did Lord Fancourt Babberley pretend to be a relative of you, a British farce character? - The title character of Charley's Aunt
Charley x3!
DQs:
First appeared after 1980?
Sidekick to another character?
Spends most of his/its time in the US?
IQs:
A villain, do you make a brief appearance in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood?
A singer, do you?
Did you lead the Abwehr?
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30 Nov 2019 01:11 AM
#7947
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30 Nov 2019 01:12 AM
#7948
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
9.Portrayed as friendly/good
10.Cartoon character
11.Smaller than a human being
12.NOT from a newspaper comic strip
13.NOT from comics
14.Never been in a movie
15.First appeared AFTER 1980
16.Not a sidekick, nor does it have a sidekick
17.Spends Its time in US
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02 Dec 2019 03:25 PM
#7949
Member
Previous IQs:
A villain, do you make a brief appearance in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood? - Charles Manson
A singer, do you? - Mama Cass Elliott
Did you lead the Abwehr? - Adm. Wilhelm Canaris was in charge of German military intelligence during WWII
DQs:
Best known for TV appearances?
Anthropomorphic animal?
One DQ reserved.
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02 Dec 2019 04:56 PM
#7950
C
1.Male, I guess
2.Fictional
3.NOT Human
4.Only name begins "C"
5.Earthling
6.First appeared AFTER 1945
7.Appears with the printed word
8.Created by an American
9.Portrayed as friendly/good
10.Cartoon character
11.Smaller than a human being
12.NOT from a newspaper comic strip
13.NOT from comics
14.Never been in a movie
15.First appeared AFTER 1980
16.Not a sidekick, nor does it have a sidekick
17.Spends Its time in US
18.NOT from TV
19.NOT anthromorphical animal
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