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    Previous IQs:

    Have you played a network executive, a concierge, a computer expert and a Federal prosecutor? - Bob Balaban, in Seinfeld, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2010 and Absence of Malice
    Did you once pretend to be a PR guy advising Lincoln on his Gettysburg Address? - Bob Newhart
    Did you semi-commit to naming your son after a baseball player? - Bob Costas: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...160-story.html

    Bob x3 redux!

    DQs:

    American?
    First appeared since 1950?
    First appeared in print?

    IQs:

    Did you play the Duke of Oxford in Kenneth Branagh's movie Henry V?
    Was your mother a prostitute catering to soldiers?
    Did you hit your head, not fatally, during an Olympic competition?

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    DQ (assuming it isn't Kenneth himself)
    Not Bob Hope (I don't REALLY think this is correct)
    The only one I can think of isn't a "B" so another DQ for you

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play the Duke of Oxford in Kenneth Branagh's movie Henry V? - Brian Blessed; Branagh (hey, another B!) directed and played the title role
    Was your mother a prostitute catering to soldiers? - The title character in The Life of Brian
    Did you hit your head, not fatally, during an Olympic competition? - Brian Boitano

    DQs:

    First appeared onscreen?
    A good guy?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Did your wife write in her memoir extensively about her college experience, but only about three paragraphs about her grad school experience?
    Were you #2 in your medical-school class after making a simple mistake on a final exam?
    Are you a former governor recently pardoned by the President?

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    How did I NOT guess Michelle's buddy?!

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    DQ
    Not Clara Barton
    Not Rod Blogovich

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"

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    Did your wife write in her memoir extensively about her college experience, but only about three paragraphs about her grad school experience? - Barack Obama
    Were you #2 in your medical-school class after making a simple mistake on a final exam? - Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    Are you a former governor recently pardoned by the President? - Close enough: Rod Blagojevich

    DQs:

    First appeared in a movie?
    Usually carried a gun?

    IQs:

    Did you own the Cafe Americain?
    Did you take part in a famous San Francisco car chase?
    Were you Leia's adoptive father?

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    Not Rick Blaine
    Not Bullitt
    Not Boba Fett

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you own the Cafe Americain? - Yes, Rick Blaine
    Did you take part in a famous San Francisco car chase? - Yes, Bullitt
    Were you [Princess] Leia's adoptive father? - Not Boba Fett (that would be an interesting alternative universe!), but Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits in the movies)

    DQ:

    From after 1980?

    IQs:

    Were you the Texas redneck persona of a movie reviewer?
    Did you recently fly west to see a former subordinate start an important new job?
    Did you command a craft with the identifier XD-1?

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    DQ
    Not Barack Obama
    DQ

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun
    11.From AFTER 1980

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you the Texas redneck persona of a movie reviewer? - Joe Bob Briggs, who wrote about drive-in movies
    Did you recently fly west to see a former subordinate start an important new job? - Not Barack Obama (I already used him as an IQ in post 8258), but Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a former clerk of whom was just sworn in as a Federal judge in California
    Did you command a craft with the identifier XD-1? - David Bowman of the Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey

    DQs:

    From after 2000?
    Genre movie (sf, fantasy, Western, etc.)?
    Appeared in a sequel?

    IQs:

    Were you Adrian Veidt's genetically-engineered lynx?
    Were you an acerbic longtime Cleveland commentator?
    Were you the longtime Governor of Iowa?

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    3 DQs

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun
    11.From AFTER 1980
    12.From BEFORE 2000
    13.Genre film
    14.Appeared in sequel(s)

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you Adrian Veidt's genetically-engineered lynx? - Bubastis: https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Bubastis
    Were you an acerbic longtime Cleveland commentator? - Roldo Bartimole
    Were you the longtime Governor of Iowa? - Terry Branstad

    DQs:

    Lead character?
    Actor won an Oscar in the role?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Are you a cyborg spy who talks to himself in the third person?
    Have you played both a future President and the mayor of a big city?
    Did you write Enemy Mine?

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    DQ
    Not Barry Bostwick
    DQ

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun
    11.From AFTER 1980
    12.From BEFORE 2000
    13.Genre film
    14.Appeared in sequel(s)
    15.NOT the lead character
    16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar

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    Are you a cyborg spy who talks to himself in the third person? - Barry, on the spy comedy Archer
    Have you played both a future President and the mayor of a big city? - Yes, Barry Bostwick, in George Washington and Spin City
    Did you write Enemy Mine? - sf author Barry Longyear

    Barry x3!

    DQs:

    The actor's best-known role?
    Movie set in the present day at the time it was released?

    Two DQs reserved.

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun
    11.From AFTER 1980
    12.From BEFORE 2000
    13.Genre film
    14.Appeared in sequel(s)
    15.NOT the lead character
    16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar
    17.Actor's best known FILM role
    18.Set contemporarariously to release

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    Hint related to 17: I was just watching the other day his best known scene from his best known TV role

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    Hmmm.

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    Handsome guy?
    Sf movie?

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    B

    1.Fictional
    2.Male
    3.Last name "B"
    4.American
    5.From AFTER 1950
    6.NOT originally from print
    7.First appeared on screen
    8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
    9.First appeared in a movie
    10.Never carries a gun
    11.From AFTER 1980
    12.From BEFORE 2000
    13.Genre film
    14.Appeared in sequel(s)
    15.NOT the lead character
    16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar
    17.Actor's best known FILM role
    18.Set contemporarariously to release
    19.Not notably handsome
    20.Lite sci-fi

    How about 2 PM ET Sunday

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    Hint related to 17: I was just watching the other day his best known scene from his best known TV role
    Googled something related to this. Answer made sense.

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    Thinkthinkthink....

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    I gave an extra hour, so our mystery man is:

    Dr. Emmett Brown from the "Back to the Future" movies.

    The TV scene I referenced was Jim taking his driving test on "Taxi".

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    BTW: what does a yellow light mean?

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    "SLOW DOWN!"

    Great pick, Eric - a great character in a great movie. Want to start the next round, or shall I?

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    Whaaat Doooes a yellooow liiiight meeann?

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    Let me think of a letter

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    Your letter is

    G

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    G

    it is.

    IQs:

    Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
    Did a friend say he'd never seen you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs stole an entire ham from the kitchen table?
    Did you appear in only a single scene of a Spielberg movie?

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    Not George Meade
    DQ
    Not Goldie Hawn

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - Not Meade, but George H. Thomas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas
    Did a friend say he'd never seen you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs stole an entire ham from the kitchen table? - George Washington
    Did you appear in only a single scene of a Spielberg movie? - Not Goldie Hawn, but Gen. George C. Marshall, in Saving Private Ryan

    George x3!

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?
    American?

    IQs:

    Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend?
    Did Jack Benny send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your honeymoon night in Cleveland?
    And for you, too?

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    Not Georgina
    Not George Burns
    Not Gracie Allen

    Wonder if they swung by Bob's parents?

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    G

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American

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    Deduced the recent lateral puzzle on the Dope.

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend? - Close enough; it was Georgette
    Did Jack Benny send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your honeymoon night in Cleveland? - Yes, Gracie Allen
    And for you, too? - Yes, George Burns (who later joked that Gracie said the meal was the best thing about their wedding night)

    IQs:

    Are you SpongeBob's pet?
    Did your wife long struggle with her stuttering?
    Was your wife disappointed not to get the White House welcome she'd been really looking forward to?

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    DQ
    Not George HW Bush
    Not US Grant

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you SpongeBob's pet? - Gary the Snail
    Did your wife long struggle with her stuttering? - Not GHWB, but John Glenn
    Was your wife disappointed not to get the White House welcome she'd been really looking forward to? - Not US Grant, but Gus Grissom, after his Project Mercury mission didn't quite go as planned

    DQs:

    Living?
    Born since 1950?
    Last name start with G?

    IQs:

    Did you write the Long Telegram, advocating containment of the USSR after WWII?
    Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio?
    Was your fictional brother presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman?

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    DQ
    Not Julia Grant
    DQ

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    G

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Born BEFORE 1950
    6.Last name "G"

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you write the Long Telegram, advocating containment of the USSR after WWII? - US diplomat George F. Kennan
    Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - Not Julia Grant, but George Armstrong Custer
    Was your fictional brother presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman? - George Bailey, in It's A Wonderful Life (third photo here): https://aurorasginjoint.com/2013/12/...onderful-life/

    George x3 redux!

    DQs:

    Born before 1850?
    Best known for politics/military?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Did you sail to meet your fiancee aboard the steamer Constitution?
    Does a thinly-veiled version of you appear in the movie Gone Girl?
    Did you say that you'd be glad to have a certain then-U.S. senator "Barack my world"?

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    DQ
    Not John Gotti
    Not Grace Jones

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    G

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    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Born BEFORE 1950
    6.Last name "G"
    7.Born AFTER 1850
    8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service

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    Did you sail to meet your fiancee aboard the steamer Constitution? - Grace Kelly, on her way to Monaco
    Does a thinly-veiled version of you appear in the movie Gone Girl? - Not John Gotti, but cable-news legal commentator Nancy Grace
    Did you say that you'd be glad to have a certain then-U.S. senator "Barack my world"? - Not Grace Jones, but the second-named title character of the TV show Will & Grace

    Grace x3!

    DQs:

    Best known for a single incident?
    Considered a "good guy"?
    More known for politics than military service?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Were you a TV actor later elected to Congress from Iowa?
    Did you play Grandpa Walton?
    Did Jon Stewart usually "do" your voice as a flustered Southern belle?

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    Should have known Princess Grace! BTW, she was Grace Adler

    Not Fred Grande
    DQ
    Not Newt Gingrich

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    [QUOTE=Erictelevision;331347]G

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Born BEFORE 1950
    6.Last name "G"
    7.Born AFTER 1850
    8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
    9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
    10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
    11.NO connection to Politics

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    G

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.American
    4.Dead
    5.Born BEFORE 1950
    6.Last name "G"
    7.Born AFTER 1850
    8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
    9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
    10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
    11.NO connection to Politics
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