1. William WilberforceOriginally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. I've never heard of the game, so no idea.
3. Sounds like an explorer type thing, but still stumped.
Take 2 DQs.
1. Farm boy Wesley from the Princess Bride
2. I have no idea at all. Stumped
3. Probably one I should know, but nope.
Take 2 DQs as well
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Yay!
#2 was Robert Wadlow, the tallest man on record. Grew to 8'11" and showed no sign of stopping by the time he was 22, when he died of an infection caused by improperly fitted braces (not UK braces -- what we'd call suspenders -- I mean braces that helped support his incredibly long legs). #3 was Walter "Radar" O'Reilly from M*A*S*H.
DQs:
1. Real?
2. Living?
New IQs:
1. Were you a formidable actress even in your youth, showing particular affinity to works by a then-living George Bernard Shaw, and create the first filmed version of a play that went on to be a smash musical?
2. Did you do the same job for 700 years without complaint long after your supervisors were dead?
3. As long as we were talking about anti-semites, was your creative work used to prop up the Third Reich, and to this day is still almost completely disallowed in Israel?
Previous IQs:
Were you a giant of the British abolitionist movement? - Yes, William Wilberforce.
Were you a fan of the card game Oh, Hell? - William J. Clinton. He played it quite a bit in his final White House years, I've read.
Did the Pope give you a special flag for your big project? - William, Duke of Normandy, on his way to invade England in 1066. The Pope backed his claim to the throne.
DQs:
Male?
American?
Last name start with W?
IQs:
Were you seen as a gung-ho symbol of manly patriotism despite having arguably dodged the draft?
Were you a self-described "large party"?
Was your name maybe mentioned in Casablanca... and maybe not?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Living
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
1. The novel is probably Pygmalion, but i have no idea on the actress.
2. Wall-E - yanno I only briefly got to see the first half hour of that a month or so ago.
3. Long shot here, but could it be Wagner?
1 or 2 DQs accordingly.
I really should have got the William the Conqueror one, although it wasn't as big as the next quiltwork crafted for him.
Two DQs not three, but seeing as I'm going to be stumped on the next lot...
1. John Wayne
2. I would have said Willie Rushton, but its probably someone else.
3. Nope, don't know the film that well, although I probably should.
Take a DQ as one got used above.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you seen as a gung-ho symbol of manly patriotism despite having arguably dodged the draft? - Yes, John Wayne.
Were you a self-described "large party"? - William Howard Taft, when he telegraphed to have a train stop down the line just for him.
Was your name maybe mentioned in Casablanca... and maybe not? - Marshal Weygand, by Peter Lorre's character in discussing the letters of transit, depending on the closed-captioning version you're watching.
DQs:
Created since 1980?
First appeared in a movie?
IQs:
Were you given a mule you called "Royal Gift"?
Were you the architect of the Brooklyn Bridge?
Did you burn almost all of your husband's letters to you before you died?
The missing answer for #1 was Dame Wendy Hiller, who had a wonderfully long film career from the early 1930s to the 1980s. (And yes, the play/film was Pygmailion). WALL-e and Richard Wagner were indeed correct!
DQ:
- Have you appeared in new works within the last five years?
New IQs:
- Are you a corpulant detective who manages to solve crimes despite almost never leaving his house?
- Did you have a rather unconventional method of picking the successor to run your business?
- Were you once mistaken for a flying bird and nearly killed by an arrow?
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DQs:
1. Not real
2. Living
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within the last five years.
Aargh, I'm stumped on all of these. I really should know the Brooklyn Bridge one from the modern wonders of the world series,but I cannot remember.
Take 3 DQs
Stumped on 1 and 3 - but number two is Willy Wonka.
2 DQs to you.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you given a mule you called "Royal Gift"? - George Washington, from the King of Spain
Were you the architect of the Brooklyn Bridge? - Washington Roebling
Did you burn almost all of your husband's letters to you before you died? - Martha Washington
DQs:
Human being?
First appeared in print?
Created before 1950?
IQs:
Do you expect porridge on Tuesday mornings?
Do you like playing with toy dinosaurs?
Did you first realize the Confederate threat to Little Round Top?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Living
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within the last five years.
9. Not Human
10. Did not first appear in print
11. Was created before 1950
1. nope - Stumped
2. Spike Witwicky
3. Nope - the american civil war is not my strong point - Stumped
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Rats, #10 ruined my guess. Um, is "print" broad enough to include newspapers and comic books?
Answers to my questions: the fat semi-agoraphobic detective is Nero Wolfe, and the flying arrow-repository is Wendy, as in Peter Pan.
DQs:
12. Created in the 20th Century?
13. A real (as in not invented) animal?
IQs:
- Is it lucky that your heart didn't literally burn with love for a doll, considering how flammable you are?
- Are you so good-natured that you're always willing to get into ridiculous schemes for your friends and aunts, despite the fact that it always ends up getting you into trouble?
- Despite it not being your actual name, are you sometimes called Edward, or even Sir Edward, but also live under the name of Sanders?
Previous IQs:
Do you expect porridge on Tuesday mornings? - Wallace, of Wallace & Gromit fame, in A Close Shave.
Do you like playing with toy dinosaurs? - I'll rephrase.
Did you first realize the Confederate threat to Little Round Top? - Gen. Gouverneur Warren, at Gettysburg.
DQs:
Do you have four legs?
Are you someone's pet?
IQs:
Did you live after 2025 AD and like playing with toy dinosaurs?
Were you the most noted captain of the ironclad USS Monitor?
Were you Harry "Breaker" Morant's codefendant, along with Peter Handcock?
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1. Not real
2. Living
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within the last five years.
9. Not Human
10. Did not first appear in print
11. Was created before 1950
12. Created in the 20th Century
13. Based on a real animal
14. Has four legs
15. Is not someone's pet
Yes, print includes comics and newspapers.
1. Drat, I should know this one. Stumped
2. Is this William from the Just William stories?
3. Christopher Robin's friend - Winnie the Pooh
1. This sounds like a Jetson's question - but stumped
2. Nope stumped again
3. and although I should know this, stumped thricely.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Ooh this one may hurt twice. The doll-lover was Worzel Gummidge, and the aunt/friend-helper I was thinking of was Bertie Wooster. But you might be right about William--I've heard of the series but I don't know enough about it. If it matches the way I worded the question then I won't take that DQ.
Okay, so this is a fictional, four-legged male animal (of a type that actually exists on earth) who in some sense is considered American, created in the 20th century prior to 1950, and who didn't first appear in books, newspapers, comics, or movies. If it's before 1950 the odds are fairly good that it's not from TV either. What the heck is left, radio? A play? A song?
I'll take one DQ:
16. Can you talk?
IQs:
1. Do you have a really freakin' annoying laugh that makes people want to strangle you?
2. Did you receive credit for being a uniquely brilliant specimen of your kind, thus sparing your life, even though all the seeming miracles were actually (and to be frank, pretty obviously!) performed by a far more intelligent creature of a different species?
3. Do you have a tendency to sneak through the streets clad only in nightclothes peeking in houses looking for children--behavior that's considered charming rather than "creepy / pedotastic"?
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Previous IQs:
Did you live after 2025 AD and like playing with toy dinosaurs? - Wash, the pilot in Firefly and Serenity:
Were you the most noted captain of the ironclad USS Monitor? - Lt. John Worden, who went on to become superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy.
Were you Harry "Breaker" Morant's codefendant, along with Peter Handcock? - George Witton, the only one of the three not to be executed.
DQ:
Would it be physically possible for a human being to ride on you?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did you have a robot dog with a bad attitude?
Did LBJ persuade you to take on a job that you really, really didn't want to do?
Were you and a colleague rather derisively called "the Minnesota Twins"?
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DQs
1. Not real
2. Living
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within the last five years.
9. Not Human
10. Did not first appear in print
11. Was created before 1950
12. Created in the 20th Century
13. Based on a real animal
14. Has four legs
15. Is not someone's pet
16. Can talk, but has only done so once.
17 No, it is not physically possible for a human being to ride on them.
Yowch - those hurt, especially the Wooster one. I had remembered the answer and then forgot it again.:
1. Woody Woodpecker.
2. Wesley Crusher - all the time he was just an expy, come'on you know it to be true.
3. Wee Willie Winkie
Crap - I keep forgetting about Wash *hands in Firefly fan card*
And nope - stumped on all three - brain turned to mush I say.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
OMG the Wesley answer is awesome! If it weren't wrong I'd almost be willing to give up my DQ.
But no, the little guy who got all the credit for being awesome was Wilbur the pig, from Charlotte's Web (a children's classic--I don't know if it's big in the UK?). He was exhibited at a State Fair and learned he was going to be butchered, but his best friend Charlotte, the spider, wrote "Some Pig" in her web above his pen (and a few more compliments for the next couple of days), and for some reason everyone decided Wilbur was the miraculous one, and too amazing to slaughter. Meanwhile, they ignored the freakin' super-intelligent spider who wove English words in her web. Yeesh. Not that I begrudge Wilbur or anything, but c'mon, credit where credit's due, please!
Spoke only once! What the heck IS this thing? It's obviously something whimsical because you said you were feeling silly.
Oh dear, I just noticed how badly I phrased my second question. What does "Living" mean?! Of course it was living at some point. Clumsy of me. EH, do you think I should ask to clarify it this damnable animal-hellbeast-thing would be alive today?
Need to amass some DQs.
IQs:
1. Despite being perhaps the most famous loser character in theatrical history, has almost everyone who's played you on Broadway won--or been nominated for--a major award?
2. Have you once reflected upon the fact that the odor from your pet's mouth oft resembles the provender he or she ingests?
3. Did you successfully (at least for a little while) gain sympathy for yourself while encouraging others in your social circle to believe poorly of the brother of the underage girl you attempted to debauch?
Yes, "living" means living now, as we play this game. If you already know the person or entity is fictional, as we do, the question might be phrased, "If real, would you be alive today?"
Previous IQs:
Did you have a robot dog with a bad attitude? - Damsel in distress Wendolyn, in the Wallace & Gromit adventure A Close Shave.
Did LBJ persuade you to take on a job that you really, really didn't want to do? - Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States, who very reluctantly agreed to chair the Warren Commission, investigating JFK's assassination.
Were you and a colleague rather derisively called "the Minnesota Twins"? - Chief Justice Warren Burger and his fellow Minnesotan and (for a long time) conservative soulmate, Justice Harry Blackmun.
DQs:
Cat?
Lives in a city?
One DQ reserved.
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DQs
1. Not real
2. Living - though has taken more damage than your average army.
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within the last five years.
9. Not Human
10. Did not first appear in print
11. Was created before 1950
12. Created in the 20th Century
13. Based on a real animal
14. Has four legs
15. Is not someone's pet
16. Can talk, but has only done so once when first seen and has never spoken again. Prefers signs instead.
17. No, it is not physically possible for a normal human being to ride on him. Well, if he was real, you possibly could if you were small, but it might be considered exceedingly unwise
18. No, not a cat
19. Does not live in a city.
I'll add that choie has been close on a coupler of occasions with her guesses.
1. This will be a Producers questions,though I cannot remember the name.
2 & 3. Nope stumped, I feel I really should know them, but cannot remember.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
I've been closer on some guesses? Hmm. Cold comfort since I'm essentially clueless!
Answers: #1 was actually a reference to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, and the iconic character is Willie Loman. Dustin Hoffman, Brian Dennehy, Phillip Seymour Hoffman were all nominated for/awarded Tonys and Drama Desk Awards for their portrayls. Lee J. Cobb won an Emmy, I believe. #2 was Ralph Wiggum from The Simpsons, who famously stated, "My cat's breath smells like cat food." And #3 was Mr. Wickham from Pride and Prejudice, the manipulative cad who nearly charms Elizabeth Bennet and convinces most of the town that Mr. Darcy has treated him ill by denying him the living that Darcy's late father had once promised Wickham (when Wickham himself actually refused to live a religious life, and eventually seduced/tried to seduce Darcy's 15-year-old sister Georgianna).
Damn only one question left. And looking at the additional hints (thanks for that, CIAS) I'm just as ignorant. The new addendums to the clues indicate an animal that's been in a lot of fights or is super-clumsy ("taken more damage than an army"); a smallish animal that would be dangerous to ride, which means this creature's a pretty tough, violent or hates humans; and holds up signs (or does this mean 'signs' as in 'gestures'?) that indicate he knows English, but spoke in his first appearance.
The signs indicate something visual. So probably not a song. Maybe I dismissed cartoons too quickly, I dunno. But who doesn't speak in a cartoon?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh wait. Bloody hell.
20. Does this animal live in a desert area with a lot of cliffs?
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Hmm.
IQ:
Did Jack London create this fictional beast?
DQs
1. Not real
2. Living - though has taken more damage than
your average army.
3. Male
4. American - but only in a manner of speaking
5. First name start with W
6. Created before 1980.
7. Did not first appear in a movie.
8. AFAICT has not appeared in a new work within
the last five years.
9. Not Human
10. Did not first appear in print
11. Was created before 1950
12. Created in the 20th Century
13. Based on a real animal
14. Has four legs
15. Is not someone's pet
16. Can talk, but has only done so once when
first seen and has never spoken again. Prefers
signs instead.
17. No, it is not physically possible for a normal
human being to ride on him. Well, if he was real,
you possibly could if you were small, but it might
be considered exceedingly unwise
18. No, not a cat
19. Does not live in a city.
20. This animal does live in a desert area with a
lot of cliffs
No, I am not White Fang.
Final guesses if you please.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
You traitor to the name of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies fans! The character in question actually speaks a few times in his appearances in Bugs Bunny shorts--usually at least his self-imposed title.
Are you Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius?
(Despite the faux pas, I wouldn't have gotten this if it weren't for the "signs" hint in your earlier post. So you helped steer us right.)
Yes, indeed, I am Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius and ACME beta tester.You traitor to the name of Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies fans! The character in question actually speaks a few times in his appearances in Bugs Bunny shorts--usually at least his self-imposed title.
Are you Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius?
(Despite the faux pas, I wouldn't have gotten this if it weren't for the "signs" hint in your earlier post. So you helped steer us right.)
Congrats choie
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Nice job, choie! Well done.
DQ answers 2 and 16 should've tipped me off sooner. As to 14, though, I'd say he has two arms and two legs, being an anthropomorphic coyote and all. Don't think I've ever seen him on all fours.
All fours, is usually in scenes where he is attempting to chase the Road Runner on foot paw, with all four limbs going like windmills.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Hmm. I remember Wile E.'s arms moving, but only his rear paws (his "feet") actually touching the ground when he was running. :: shrugs :: No matter.
Argh, I hate being "it" but needs must. The letter is...
M
DQs:
Did you play a Nazi security officer, a child molester and an angel?
Were you an American consultant who later strongly turned against your former boss?
Were you orange and picky?
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IQs.
1. Did you write the treatise on how to rule deviously?
2. Were you responsible for the Sex Pistols?
3. Did you get captured to play a bunch of aliens at basketball?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
1. No I am not James Mason? I know he's played a nazi and an angel, although I don't remember the child molester. Unless that's Lolita? I thought that was Dirk Bogarde--but I always get them confused.
2. Um... no I am not Mark "Deep Throat" Felt? Not sure if he was a consultant, though. He was consulted by Bob Woodward but that doesn't sound like what you meant, so probably stumped.
3. This sounds like a Dr. Seuss character. But I'm going to say Tigger, because he's orange w/stripes and when he was first introduced to the 100 Acre Wood, Pooh kept trying to figure out what he would eat, and Tigger tasted everything and hated it all. Turns out the only thing Tigger liked was Roo's daily medicine (whatever that was... castor oil, maybe?)
1. No, I'm not Nicolo Machiavelli (that's freaky, though, 'cause originally he was gonna be the one I picked!)
2. Well, the only person I know from the SP is Johnny Rotten, but unless that was a stage name that's obviously not it. Stumped!
3. Oh geeze. No, I am not Michael Jordan? Was he in that Bugs Bunny movie? I thought that was Shaq.
Previous DQs:
Did you play a Nazi security officer, a child molester and an angel? - Yes, James Mason in The Boys From Brazil, Lolita and Heaven Can Wait.
Were you an American consultant who later strongly turned against your former boss? - Good guess, but Felt wasn't a consultant. He was a senior FBI official when he became Woodward and Bernstein's source. I was thinking of Dick Morris, Bill Clinton's former political guru, now a quite conservative political pundit.
Were you orange and picky? - Morris the finicky cat, from all those catfood ads.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Did you wear an animal-skin bikini in an early TV role of yours?
Did you play a female cabbie?
Were you a chemist before entering politics?
That would have been truly bizarre guessing the answer straight off. In other news, please stay out of my head.
The missing answer was Malcolm McLaren who was the manager of the band. Correct on the other two though.
DQ:
Last name begins with M.
IQs
1. Did you spend several years on your back for a Pope?
2. Were you the person who always asked what people wanted onboard Babylon 5?
3. Were you an elderly spinster known for solving murders in rural England?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Hmm, I'm tempted to ask for a judgment call on whether my answer was right! Heck, I think Tigger is even more finicky than Morris. (Morris doesn't show a preference for any flavor from 9 Lives; Tigger only likes that one type of medicine.) But I'll wait to pick my battles.
1. No, I am not... Mary Tyler Moore? For some reason I remember her having some weirdly sexy role prior to Laura Petrie.
2. Of the only two women cabbies I can remember, only one fits the requirements, so I'll say No, I am not Marilu Henner. (The other was Nancy Walker in Wonderful Town, the Leonard Bernstein musical.)
3. No, I am certainly not Margaret Thatcher? There are probably others but she's the first one who springs to mind.
Hey you got in mine first!That would have been truly bizarre guessing the answer straight off. In other news, please stay out of my head.Oh my gosh, and we're doing band managers now? I think the only ones I know are Brian Epstein, the inept dude named Klein (Adam, maybe?) who followed him, and the only slightly more inept Ian Faith from Spinal Tap.
1. There is a very bad taste joke begging to be used here, but I'll refrain. No, I am not Michelangelo.
2. Not even gonna try to guess here since I only know the late Richared Biggs's doctor character (and that only 'cause Biggs used to be on Days of Our Lives. So, very stumped.
3. Don't all elderly British spinsters solve crimes?No, I am not Miss Jane Marple.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
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Oh no, I wasn't going to go in unannounced or uninvited. Simply not gentlemanlyHey you got in mine first!
Malcolm McLaren did a lot more than just the Sex Pistols, the whole British punk scene owes a lot to him and Vivienne Westwood.
The answer is Mr Morden, a wonderfully creepy performance by Ed Wasser, giving people exactly what they want.
DQs:
4. Human?
IQs
1. Were you nearly blinded while acting when a doctor forget to pay attention?
2. Are you as blind as a bat but completely convinced otherwise?
3. Do you have the most successful American female tennis playing career?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
PS: Tigger begins with a "T".Hmm, I'm tempted to ask for a judgment call on whether my answer was right! Heck, I think Tigger is even more finicky than Morris. (Morris doesn't show a preference for any flavor from 9 Lives; Tigger only likes that one type of medicine.) But I'll wait to pick my battles.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Oh. My. God. I can't believe I blanked on the LETTER part of the requirement regarding "Tigger," especially when I even specified it for the female cabbie clue! Wow, that is extraordinarily embarrassing.
IQs
1. Stumped and interested. I can't tell if the doctor was a character in a play, or if this was some kind of backstage doctor...
2. No, I am not Mr. Magoo? Dang how many of our children's TV shows get exported?
3. I'm gonna guess No, I am not Monica Seles? (I can't remember if Margaret Court is from the U.S. or UK. For all I know Martina Navratilova (sp?) is now an American citizen and maybe that's the right answer, but for now, I'm sticking on Monica.)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
Previous IQs:
Did you wear an animal-skin bikini in an early TV role of yours? - Mariette Hartley, as Zarabeth in ST:TOS "All Our Yesterdays": http://images2.fanpop.com/images/pho...44-750-600.jpg
Did you play a female cabbie? - Yes, Marilu Henner on Taxi.
Were you a chemist before entering politics? - Yes, Margaret Thatcher.
DQ:
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you save an important painting of one of your spouse's predecessors?
Are you that spouse?
Were you the love of Tom Hanks's character's life in Splash?
Total WAG on the first two... I'm assuming the spouse is a president (although why, I have no idea--except you like politics). Also if a portrait had to be saved, it might have been during the British invasion/burning of the White House in, um, the early 1800s? Not sure if it was Monroe or Madison at this point but they're the only "M's" I can think of. Since I don't know Monroe's wife, and it fits with the last question as a theme, I'll go with...
1. No, I am not Dolley Madison?
2. No, I am not James Madison?
3. No, I am not plain ol' Madison the mermaid?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. Wellllll I'm gonna say no, would not be alive today if real
1. Malcolm McDowell - from the eye drop scene in Clockwork Orange
2. Correct.
3. Wrong one - it was Martina Navratilova
DQs
1. First appeared in print?
2. Appeared in a sci-fi setting?
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Drat, that's the second time I convinced myself I was wrong when I was actually right! When will I learn to trust my instincts? Re: McDowell, wow, I didn't know that about the eye scene. That's a film I've never had the stomach to watch all the way through. I got to a fairly early incredibly violent rape scene and I was like, okaaay, I'm done here. But I've seen enough clips to know about the whole forced-Beethoven-montage bit at the end.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. Wellllll I'm gonna say no, would not be alive today if real
6. This is another toughie. But I'll say a tentative yes, he generally first appeared in print?
7. Assuming you're talking about his first appearance still? Then no, did not appear in a sci-fi setting.
These questions are harder than I thought!
Correct as to all the Madisons. The portrait was the famous one of George Washington which still hangs at the White House.
IQs:
Did you have a single word of dialogue in a big Seventies comedy?
Were you known for turning your back on your audiences?
Did you sing "The Climb"?
IQs
1. Are there rumours of you going on tour despite being dead?
2. Did you, as an opera singer, have a dessert named after you?
3. Are you the Distaff counterpart to Dennis the Menace?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
1. Hmm. I'm not sure if this counts as a big comedy, but I remember Marcel Marceux being (ironically) the only person to speak in Silent Movie. I am not him.
But I'm stumped on 2 and 3. I've never heard of "The Climb."
1. Oh dear, there's the Michael Jackson hologram (which was awesome albeit slightly creepy!) and the omnipresent Jim Morrison rumors. I'm gonna have to go with MJ here, if only because the Morrison stuff is evergreen and I don't know if there's anything new/specific. No, I am most definitely not Michael Jackson?
2. No, I am not Nellie Melba. (She got dessert and also toast!)
3. I can't tell if "counterpart" you mean the equivalent (as in, a pain-in-the-ass girl who's like Dennis the Menace) or simply the girl who seems to have a crush on him. Since I can only think of the latter, I'll say No, I am not Margaret?
Previous IQs:
Did you have a single word of dialogue in a big Seventies comedy? - Yes, Marcel Marceau in Silent Movie.
Were you known for turning your back on your audiences? - Jazz great Miles Davis.
Did you sing "The Climb"? - Miley Cyrus, before she got all skanky:
DQs:
American?
Created since 1950?
IQs:
Did you and your cousin both hold top government jobs at the same time, but not get along well?
Were you Sauron's boss?
Were you the plaintiff in a case which established the American principle of judicial review?
I should've known the Miles Davis one, but I'll actually take pride in not knowing Miley Cyrus's repertoire.
1. Stumped. Feels like it should be a Roosevelt or Kennedy, but it's possibly more obscure--and might not even be the U.S. government for all I know.
2. No, I am not Morgoth. Or did you want his earlier name? Well tough 'cause I don't remember it.
3. Shoot. I want to say Justice Marshall but he would've been on the court, not part of the case. If it's not Marshall, I'm stumped.
Probably 2 DQs!
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. No, would not be alive today if real
6. Yes, he generally first appeared in print
7. His first appearance was not in a sci-fi setting
8. Not American
9. Not created since 1950
Previous IQs:
Did you and your cousin both hold top government jobs at the same time, but not get along well? - John Marshall was Chief Justice when Thomas Jefferson was President. They had strong political differences.
Were you Sauron's boss? - Yes, Morgoth FKA Melkor.
Were you the plaintiff in a case which established the American principle of judicial review? - William Marbury, of Marbury v. Madison fame.
DQs:
Created since 1900?
European?
IQs:
Did you have a political rival shot when he got off an airplane?
Is your Cub Scout uniform displayed in a Cleveland museum?
Were you Commodus's dad?
Are you freakin' kidding me? I managed to think of John Marshall and he was the answer to a different question? ARRGH that's frustrating!
1. Oh, please let this be... No, I am not Ferdinand Marcos? He's the first dictator I can think of (and it's gotta be a dictator, right?) other than Mussolini, and I don't remember if Mussolini was big with assassinations.
2. I dunno, No, I am not Meatloaf? Yeeah, probably not, although that'd be awesome. Stumped.
3. I KNOW THIS ONE! No, I am not Marcus Aurelius. (Took Latin throughout junior/senior high, damn straight I know my Roman history!)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. No, would not be alive today if real
6. Yes, he generally first appeared in print
7. His first appearance was not in a sci-fi setting
8. Not American
9. Not created since 1950
10. Not created since 1900
11. Hmm. I guess yeah, European
The answer to #3 was Minnie the Minx.
DQ:
1. Died in the fictional work?
IQs:
1. Did you die while your best friend was trying to stop you duelling who, after your death, promptly killed your murderer in a duel.
2. Were you known for getting out of impossible situations while never using a gun.
3. Do you look exactly the same as your male counterpart apart from a hairbow and a skirt.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Did you have a political rival shot when he got off an airplane? - Yes, Ferdinand Marcos had Aquino shot when he returned to the Philippines. Marcos was eventually forced from power, and Aquino's widow Corazon was elected as president.
Is your Cub Scout uniform displayed in a Cleveland museum? - Jim Morrison of The Doors.
Were you Commodus's dad? - Yes, the great Marcus Aurelius.
DQ:
Created since 1800?
IQs:
Do most historians credit Canadian infantry for your demise?
Was a large exhibit of your work shown at the Akron Art Museum two years ago?
Did you build a replica of part of New York City in Rome?
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