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    You got me again.

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    Our mystery man is:

    HERB the supermarket manager from "Mr. Mom"! I'll think of a letter

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    I don't remember that movie at all.

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    Michael Keaton played an auto engineer who got laid of (movie made during Reagan recession), wife went to work in advertising. He became SAHD with a STEEP learning curve.

    Letter when I think of someone.

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    Your letter is:

    P

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    P

    it is.

    IQs:

    Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863?
    Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets?
    Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc?

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    3 DQs

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863? - Gen. Pemberton
    Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets? - Det. Pembleton
    Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc? - Austin Pendleton

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?
    First name start with P?

    IQs:

    An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot?
    Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency?
    Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari?

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    Not Pemberton
    Not James K. Polk
    DQ

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"

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    Previous IQs:

    An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot? - Not Pemberton, but Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk
    Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency? - Yes, James K. Polk
    Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari? - Polk Salad Annie:

    Polk x3!

    DQs:

    American?
    Living?

    IQs:

    Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"?
    Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video?
    Were you her mom?

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    Not Peppermint Patty
    DQ
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    The only famous costar I remember was MCCauley Culkin

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"? - Yes, Peppermint Patty
    Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video? - Lisa Marie Presley
    Were you her mom? - Priscilla Presley

    DQs:

    Best known for the Arts?
    Born since 1950?

    IQs:

    Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie?
    Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers?
    Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"?

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    DQ
    Not Plutarch
    DQ

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950

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    Previous IQs:

    Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie? - Elvis Presley
    Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers? - Not Plutarch, but Publius
    Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"? - Thomas Paine, during the Valley Forge encampment

    DQs:

    Actress?
    Considered a beauty?

    IQs:

    Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name?
    Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager?
    Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy?

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    Not P!nk (who overcame Caronavirus)
    Not Colonel Tom Parker
    DQ

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name? - Yes, P!nk
    Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager? - Yes, Col. Tom Parker
    Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? - Preem Palver

    DQ:

    Best known for movies?

    IQs:

    Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker?
    Were you a costar of Hart to Hart?
    Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's?

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    3 DQs, though I almost misremembered "Remington Steele".

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    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker? - Gwyneth Paltrow, in Se7en, Shakespeare in Love and Emma
    Were you a costar of Hart to Hart? - Stephanie Powers
    Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's? - Lt. Tom Pullings, in the Napoleonic naval adventures of Patrick O'Brian

    DQs:

    Best known for TV?
    Best known for comedy work?
    White?

    IQs:

    Did you play Roz on Frasier?
    Did you joke about your husband Fang?
    Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter?

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    Not Peri Gilpin
    DQ
    Not Penny

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    P

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    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies
    11.Best known for TV
    12.Best known for comedy
    13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play Roz on Frasier? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
    Did you joke about your husband Fang? - Comedian Phyllis Diller
    Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter? - Yes, Penny LNU

    DQ:

    Sitcom star?

    IQs:

    Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends?
    Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star?
    Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer?

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    Not Dorothy Parker
    Not Patti Lupone
    Not Puccini

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies
    11.Best known for TV
    12.Best known for comedy
    13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
    14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends? - I'll rephrase
    Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star? - Yes, Patty LuPone
    Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer? - Puccini wrote later than in the Baroque era; this was Palestrina

    DQ:

    Greatest fame before 2000?

    IQs:

    Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends?
    Did you play Bob Newhart's wife?
    Did you play a famous sister on TV?

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    DQ
    Not Suzanne Pleshette
    DQ

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    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies
    11.Best known for TV
    12.Best known for comedy
    13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
    14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
    15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends? - Faith Popcorn
    Did you play Bob Newhart's wife? - Yes, Suzanne Pleshette (thought I had you!)
    Did you play a famous sister on TV? - Eve Plumb, on The Brady Bunch

    DQs:

    Sitcom still being produced?
    Won an Emmy in her role?

    IQs:

    Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2?
    Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader?
    Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident?

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    3 DQs

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies
    11.Best known for TV
    12.Best known for comedy
    13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
    14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
    15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
    16.Show has ended
    17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated

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    Previous IQs:

    Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2? - Con man Trevor Plantagenet
    Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader? - Peregrin "Pippin" Took, in The Return of the King:
    Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident? - Lord Palmerston, British prime minister during the American Civil War

    DQs:

    Show won a Best Sitcom Emmy (or whatever it's called)?
    She was considered a breakout star in her role?
    Show set in NYC?

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    P

    1.Real
    2.Female
    3.LAST name begins "P"
    4.American
    5.Living
    6.Best known for Arts
    7.Born AFTER 1950
    8.Actess
    9.Considered beauty
    10.NOT best known for movies
    11.Best known for TV
    12.Best known for comedy
    13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
    14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
    15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
    16.Show has ended
    17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated
    18.Show, despite 2 nominations, never won Best Comedy Series Emmy (official name of category, according to Wikipedia)
    19.She was the breakout star, given she was least known before
    20.Show NOT set in NYC

    Please submit your guess by Noon ET tomorrow (Monday)

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    Hmm. Right now I'm drawing a blank....

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    Any final guesses?

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    Ok, you got a few extra hours. Our mystery woman is:

    AUBREY PLAZA of "Parks & Recreation".

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    Ah, thanks. Never watched that show.

    I'll start the next round, unless you'd like to again.

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    I'll think of a letter

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    Your letter is

    W

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    IQs:

    Did you win the Battle of Hastings?
    Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga?
    Did you win the Battle of Atlanta?

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    Not William the Conqueror
    DQ
    Not William Tecumseh Sherman

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you win the Battle of Hastings? - Yes, William the Conqueror
    Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - William Rosecrans
    Did you win the Battle of Atlanta? - Yes, William T. Sherman

    William x3!

    DQ:

    Real?

    IQs:

    Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty?
    Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio?
    Did Otto eat you last?

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    3 DQs

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    W

    1.Real

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty? - Wanda Sykes
    Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio? - Judge Wanda Jones
    Did Otto eat you last? - The title character of A Fish Called Wanda

    Wanda x3!

    DQs:

    Male?
    Living?
    American?

    IQs:

    Did your daughter marry a Congresswoman's son?
    Was Thurlow Weed your closest political ally?
    Did you often take more food than was fair for others helping themselves from the same platter?

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    3 DQs yet again

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    W

    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Dead
    4.American

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