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11 Aug 2021 01:09 PM
#9401
T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
Use that last DQ and I’ll set your deadline
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12 Aug 2021 12:00 PM
#9402
Member
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12 Aug 2021 12:13 PM
#9403
T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
22) NOT a musician
Please submit your guess by Noon ET Saturday
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13 Aug 2021 10:08 PM
#9404
Member
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13 Aug 2021 11:23 PM
#9405
Our mystery man is:
BRANDON TARTIKOFF, NBC entertainment head during the 80s, who greenlit their biggest hits of the era.
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17 Aug 2021 09:07 AM
#9406
Member
Ah, of course! Good one. Just saw him in a clip from Saved by the Bell the other day.
Want to start the next round, or pass?
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17 Aug 2021 09:47 AM
#9407
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18 Aug 2021 03:29 PM
#9408
Member
IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works?
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18 Aug 2021 07:57 PM
#9409
Not President Palmer
2 DQ
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20 Aug 2021 01:35 PM
#9410
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo? - Parker (Yaphet Kotto), in Alien
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - He wasn't President until later, but yes, David Palmer
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works? - Preem Palver
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective?
Did you found a woolens company?
Did you surrender Vicksburg?
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20 Aug 2021 03:05 PM
#9411
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20 Aug 2021 03:06 PM
#9412
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21 Aug 2021 11:32 PM
#9413
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective? - Pembleton (Andre Braugher), in Homicide: Life on the Streets
Did you found a woolens company? - Mr. Pendleton
Did you surrender Vicksburg? - Yes, Confederate Gen. Pemberton
Pe-ton x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu?
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts?
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22 Aug 2021 04:25 PM
#9414
Not Phil Hartman
Not Prince Philip
Not Phil Collins
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22 Aug 2021 04:26 PM
#9415
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
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23 Aug 2021 10:08 AM
#9416
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Not Phil Hartman, but Philoctetes (called "Phil," and voiced by Danny De Vito)
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu? - Yes, the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts? - Yes, Phil Collins; here's a good article about his hobby and a recent controversy: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-t...ttle-of-alamo/
Phil x3!
DQ:
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic?
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist?
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam?
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23 Aug 2021 11:39 AM
#9417
DQ
DQ
Not Phil Garner (I know him for his Brewer ties)
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23 Aug 2021 11:40 AM
#9418
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
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24 Aug 2021 01:51 PM
#9419
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic? - Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist? - Pete Postlethwaite, in The Usual Suspects, Inception, James and the Giant Peach and The Town
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam? - Yes, Phil Garner, who I rooted for back in the day
DQs:
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero?
Were you Odysseus's wife?
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom?
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24 Aug 2021 05:49 PM
#9420
DQ
Not Penelope
Not Phoebe Buffay
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25 Aug 2021 11:02 AM
#9421
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero? - Perseus
Were you Odysseus's wife? - Yes, Penelope
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom? - Yes, Phoebe Buffay, on Friends
DQ:
Political/military? (unanswered from above)
Best known for single incident?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows?
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower?
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek?
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25 Aug 2021 04:44 PM
#9422
D’oh! Sorry I missed that!
Not Jeff Probst
Not William Penn
DQ
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25 Aug 2021 04:46 PM
#9423
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
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25 Aug 2021 04:47 PM
#9424
I was tempted to give 6 a hint and the “incident” he’s known for isn’t usually what that question means
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26 Aug 2021 11:31 AM
#9425
Member
Previous IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows? - Yes, Jeff Probst
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower? - Yes, William Penn, in Philadelphia
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan, during the American Civil War
DQ:
Now in elective office?
IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993?
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin?
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York?
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26 Aug 2021 05:42 PM
#9426
Not Mike Pence
DQ
Not George Pataki
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26 Aug 2021 05:43 PM
#9427
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
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27 Aug 2021 03:29 PM
#9428
Member
Previous IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993? - Yes, Mike Pence
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin? - Paul Ryan, in Newport News, Va., when picked by Mitt Romney as his running mate in 2012
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York? - Yes, George Pataki
DQ:
Best known for military?
IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title?
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century?
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible?
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27 Aug 2021 04:33 PM
#9429
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27 Aug 2021 04:34 PM
#9430
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
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27 Aug 2021 11:17 PM
#9431
Member
Previous IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title? - Penny Lane was a place, not a person; this was "Dear Prudence"
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century? - Harold Pinter
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible? - Bob Parr, in The Incredibles
DQs:
Once held elective office?
Best known as a Federal official?
Last name starts with P?
IQs:
Was your dad a mayor of Baltimore?
Were you introduced simultaneously with someone else on SNL, and pretended to be surprised to find him there?
Were you, too, that night?
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29 Aug 2021 06:35 PM
#9432
Not Nancy Pelosi
Not Art’s former collaborator Paul Simon
Not former IL Senator Paul Simon
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29 Aug 2021 06:38 PM
#9433
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
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30 Aug 2021 02:30 PM
#9434
Member
Swept me!
IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office?
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care?
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War?
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30 Aug 2021 11:14 PM
#9435
Not Paul Tsongas
Not Patrick Kennedy
Not Pemberton
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31 Aug 2021 12:04 PM
#9436
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office? - Yes, Paul Tsongas
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care? - Not Patrick Kennedy, who was not "thought killed," but astronaut Frank Poole, in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey and a much-later sequel
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War? - Pemberton had no particular cavalry experience, and I already asked about him; this was Gen. Alfred Pleasanton
DQs:
Now holds Federal office?
Democrat?
IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title?
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched?
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered?
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31 Aug 2021 02:52 PM
#9437
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31 Aug 2021 02:53 PM
#9438
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
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31 Aug 2021 03:18 PM
#9439
Fun hint: just saw something about his most notable ex that bummed me out.
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01 Sep 2021 11:48 AM
#9440
Member
Previous IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title? - The lead in Philomena
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched? - Phil Silvers, in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered? - Yes, Phil, on Murphy Brown
Phil x3!
DQs:
Served in the Cabinet?
From a state west of the Mississippi?
IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator?
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name?
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council?
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01 Sep 2021 01:12 PM
#9441
DQ
DQ
Not Colin Powell (I DISTINCTLY Remember watching his presentation, it’s what brought me around on invading Iraq)
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01 Sep 2021 01:14 PM
#9442
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi
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02 Sep 2021 12:24 PM
#9443
Member
IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator? - Lewis Powell
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name? - Another, unrelated Lewis Powell
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council? - Yes, Colin Powell
Powell x3!
Yes, I think Powell's UN presentation had that effect on a lot of people. Too bad it wasn't all the 100% truth.
DQs:
Held a top Federal bureaucratic post?
Best known before 1945?
IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show?
Did you play Roz Doyle?
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo?
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02 Sep 2021 03:09 PM
#9444
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02 Sep 2021 03:11 PM
#9445
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
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02 Sep 2021 03:16 PM
#9446
If you get to 20, I’ll give you a free clue if you don’t ask about it
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04 Sep 2021 10:38 AM
#9447
Member
Previous IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show? - Punky Brewster
Did you play Roz Doyle? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo? - Paul
DQs:
From north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Best known for activity since 2000?
I never say no to free clues, thanks!
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04 Sep 2021 02:48 PM
#9448
P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
19) From NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
20) Best known for activities ATTER 2000
Freebie: Best known for his former SO
Please submit your guess by 3 PM ET SUNDAY
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06 Sep 2021 02:10 PM
#9449
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06 Sep 2021 02:25 PM
#9450
Member
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