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    DQ:

    Best known as a mascot?

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    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
    20.Best known as a mascot

    How about Wednesday at 1PM ET for a deadline (it's 1 AM ET Tuesday as I type)

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    Sure. Thinkthinkthink....

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    Hello Elendil's Heir, it looks like you're playing Botticelli, because it's

    CLIPPY!

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    Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about him, er, it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Assistant

    Start the next round, or shall I?

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    I'll think of a letter, post later tonight

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    I always thought of Clippy as male

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    Your letter is:

    S

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    IQs:

    Did you head Dunder Mifflin's Scranton regional office?
    Were you a noted British officer with the middle name of Falcon?
    Did you describe yourself as "an old Aberdeen pub-crawler"?

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    Not Michael Scott
    DQ
    Not Sherlock Holmes

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you head Dunder Mifflin's Scranton regional office? - Yes, Michael Scott, on The Office
    Were you a noted British officer with the middle name of Falcon? - Robert Falcon Scott, the Arctic explorer lost with his entire expedition
    Did you describe yourself as "an old Aberdeen pub-crawler"? - Not Holmes, but Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott, USS Enterprise

    Scott x3!

    DQs:

    Male?
    Real?

    IQs:

    Were you a noted real violinist mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story?
    Did you call a truce for a foe's wedding night?
    Were you JFK's top White House aide, although not given the title of chief of staff?

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    DQ
    Not Saladin
    Not Ted Sorensen

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a noted real violinist mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story? - Sarasate; Holmes and Watson attend one of his concerts in "The Red-Headed League": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_de_Sarasate
    Did you call a truce for a foe's wedding night? - Yes, the great Arab warrior Saladin
    Were you JFK's top White House aide, although not given the title of chief of staff? - Yes, Theodore "Ted" Sorensen

    DQ:

    Living?

    IQs:

    Were you engaged to T'Pring?
    But did T'Pring prefer you?
    Were you the father of that first person?

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    3 DQs

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    S

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Living

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you engaged to T'Pring? - Cmdr. Spock
    But did T'Pring prefer you? - Stonn, some Vulcan yahoo who wasn't Spock
    Were you the father of that first person? - Amb. Sarek

    DQs:

    American?
    Last name start with S?
    Political/military?

    IQs:

    Was it said that you probably wouldn't steal a hot stove?
    Does your statue stand outside the county courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio?
    Was Thurlow Weed a very good friend of yours?

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    Not William Seward
    DQ
    DQ

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    S

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    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military

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    Previous IQs:

    Was it said that you probably wouldn't steal a hot stove? - Simon Cameron, Lincoln's notoriously crooked first SECWAR
    Does your statue stand outside the county courthouse in Steubenville, Ohio? - Edwin Stanton, his very honest second
    Was Thurlow Weed a very good friend of yours? - This was William H. Seward; Weed was also his New York political advisor

    DQs:

    Best known for politics?
    Born since 1950?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Was your middle name "Kooi"?
    Were you the first to write a book about Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature?
    Was the President in Dr. Strangelove based on you?

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    S

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    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics

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    Just watched a YouTube video of Siskel & Ebert discussing the turkeys of 1984. Their most underwhelming movie: Dune.

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    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
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    IQs:

    Was your middle name "Kooi"?
    Were you the first to write a book about Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature?
    Was the President in Dr. Strangelove based on you?

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    Coulda sworn I answered! Sorry!

    Not Alan Simpson
    Not Carl Sandburg
    Not Adlai Stevenson

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    No worries.

    Previous IQs:

    Was your middle name "Kooi"? - Yes, Sen. Alan Simpson
    Were you the first to write a book about Lincoln's time in the Illinois legislature? - Not Carl Sandburg, but Paul Simon (at the time in the legislature himself)
    Was the President in Dr. Strangelove based on you? - Yes, Adlai Stevenson

    DQ:

    Held elective office?

    IQs:

    Were you a White House lawyer caught up in the Watergate scandal?
    Did you have your first heart attack at age 78 but keep running for higher office?
    Did you just write and publish Desk 88?

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    DQ
    Not Bernie Sanders
    Not Sherrod Brown (seen him doing interviews promoting it)

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    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics
    9.Holds elected office

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a White House lawyer caught up in the Watergate scandal? - Oops, never mind - I was thinking of Maurice Stans, but he was a CPA, not a lawyer
    Did you have your first heart attack at age 78 but keep running for higher office? - Yes, Bernie Sanders
    Did you just write and publish Desk 88? - Yes, Sherrod Brown

    DQs:

    Did you develop the science of psychohistory?
    Were you a Roman statesman after whom an Indian tribe was named?
    Were your brothers Renly and Robert?

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    DQ (wasn't Wilson a famous subject?)
    No Cicero
    DQ

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    Previous IQs (mislabeled):

    Did you develop the science of psychohistory? - Hari Seldon, in the works of Isaac Asimov
    Were you a Roman statesman after whom an Indian tribe was named? - Cicero doesn't start with S, and I know of no tribe of that name; this was Seneca
    Were your brothers Renly and Robert? - Stannis Baratheon, in Game of Thrones

    DQs:

    Democrat?
    Now holds Federal office?
    From a state east of the Miss. River?

    IQs:

    Did you serve in Dubya's Cabinet and have the same name of another President?
    Are you likely to be challenged next year by the Speaker of your home state's House of Representatives?
    Are you that Speaker?

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    3 DQs

    Knew it wasn't Cicero
    ANOTHER Doper name I learn source of

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    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics
    9.Holds elected office
    10.Democrat
    11.Holds FEDERAL elected office
    12.From WEST of the Mississippi

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you serve in Dubya's Cabinet and have the same name of another President? - Spencer Abraham
    Are you likely to be challenged next year by the Speaker of your home state's House of Representatives? - Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
    Are you that Speaker? - Sara Gideon

    DQs:

    Now in the US Senate?
    From north of the Mason-Dixon Line, if drawn all the way to the Pacific?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Are you a noted naval historian whose Annapolis office was used as Harrison Ford's in Patriot Games?
    Were you, a Democrat, a Governor of Vermont in the 1970s?
    Did you precede Howard Dean as Governor of Vermont in 1991?

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    3 DQs, don't know my Green Mountain guvs.

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    2.Male
    3.Living
    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics
    9.Holds elected office
    10.Democrat
    11.Holds FEDERAL elected office
    12.From WEST of the Mississippi
    13.NOT in U.S. Senate
    14.From SOUTH of an extended Mason-Dixon Line (a cool possibility occurred to me upon looking this up)

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you a noted naval historian whose Annapolis office was used as Harrison Ford's in Patriot Games? - Craig Symonds
    Were you, a Democrat, a Governor of Vermont in the 1970s? - Tom Salmond
    Did you precede Howard Dean as Governor of Vermont in 1991? - Dick Snelling

    DQs:

    From a state which Trump carried in 2016? (See the map here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_U...ntial_election)
    Has been elected to the same House seat more than five times?

    Two DQs reserved.

    Hmm. Off the top of my head, don't know any U.S. House Democrats from the West or Southwest right now. Better think.

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    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics
    9.Holds elected office
    10.Democrat
    11.Holds FEDERAL elected office
    12.From WEST of the Mississippi
    13.NOT in U.S. Senate
    14.From SOUTH of an extended Mason-Dixon Line (a cool possibility occurred to me upon looking this up)
    15.Trump DID NOT carry his home state
    16.Been elected MORE than 5 terms

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    Still thinking.

    IQs:

    Did you draw criticism for how you announced your withdrawal from your presidential campaign?
    Did you recently mock Joe Biden's stuttering, then apologize?
    Were you a fictional White House staffer who ran for Congress but lost?

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    Not John Sewall
    DQ
    Not Sam Seaborn

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    IQs:

    Did you draw criticism for how you announced your withdrawal from your presidential campaign? - Never heard of John Sewall; this was Pat Schroeder, who cried at the time (which some thought reinforced gender stereotypes)
    Did you recently mock Joe Biden's stuttering, then apologize? - Sarah Huckabee
    Were you a fictional White House staffer who ran for Congress but lost? - Yes, Sam Seaborn

    DQs:

    In the news lately as part of Trump impeachment coverage?
    Considered an Obama ally?

    Two DQs reserved.

    I won't ask any more IQs, since we're at 20 now.

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    4.American
    5.Last name begins "S"
    6.Political/Military
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Best known for Politics
    9.Holds elected office
    10.Democrat
    11.Holds FEDERAL elected office
    12.From WEST of the Mississippi
    13.NOT in U.S. Senate
    14.From SOUTH of an extended Mason-Dixon Line (a cool possibility occurred to me upon looking this up)
    15.Trump DID NOT carry his home state
    16.Been elected MORE than 5 terms
    17.In news because of his role in the impeachment investigation
    18.Not particularly aligned with Obama

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    I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't even need those last 2 DQs

    Clue WRT #14: there's a non-Zero chance Michelle Kwan is a constituent

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    I stopped watching "NCIS" after Ziva left

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    Ah, gotcha.

    Are you U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff?

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    YES! I am the Chairman of the House Intellegence Committee

    ADAM SCHIFF Good job Elendil

    (He represents the L.A. area, where she lives, I believe)

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    Righto! Thanks - good one, and very topical. Our next letter will be

    M

    Have at you!

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    IQ: Were you recently awarded the Tradition award, presented by your good friend?
    IQ2: Were you recently the musical guest for 4 straight nights on "The Late Late Show"?
    IQ3: Are you in prison because you paid hush money to Individual 1's mistress?

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    Dunno, not Madonna, and not Michael Cohen.

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    Michelle Kwan (her presenter was Brian Boitano)
    Mariah Carey
    Correct

    DQ: Real?
    DQ2: Male?

    IQ: Were you the QB in the biggest SB choke job?
    IQ2: Are you the RB who just came out of retirement?
    IQ3: Do you play the longtime Special Victims detective?

    Merry Christmas Eve!

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    And to you, as well!

    Dunno, dunno and not Maritsa Hargitay (sp?).

    M.

    1. real
    2. male

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