Congrats on all three.
1. Are you one of the finest ancient Greek polymaths who contributed to almost everything he studied?
2. Did you weep when you reached the end of the world?
3. Were you beaten for burning a batch of cakes while in hiding?
Congrats on all three.
1. Are you one of the finest ancient Greek polymaths who contributed to almost everything he studied?
2. Did you weep when you reached the end of the world?
3. Were you beaten for burning a batch of cakes while in hiding?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you a Visigoth king who sacked Rome? - Yes, Alaric
Did you once play Benedict Arnold? - Aidan Quinn, in a TV movie with Kelsey Grammer (ugh!) as George Washington
Are you a beautiful young Italian actress? - Alyssa Milano is Italian-American; I was thinking of Asia Argento.
By "given name" you mean "first name," right? I always get confused between that and "surname."
DQs:
Living?
American?
Involved in the arts, loosely defined?
IQs:
Were you a maester who might have been king?
Did some call you Undomiel?
Were you the future spouse of that person?
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
Holy crap, CIAS, I was right on Aida?! I thought for sure I'd just found a loophole and it would turn out to be some myth or (more likely, considering the source) Marvel character.
Stumped on 1 and 3, although I would totally have guessed Archimedes on #1 if you hadn't just used him. I know I'm gonna regret not knowing this guy, however.Originally posted by CatInASuit
#2 sounds like Alexander, who wept because there were no more worlds to conquer?
At least two DQs for you.
EH I can genuinely say I have never heard of that George Washington movie, and somehow I don't mind having been ignorant of it. I also don't know Ms. Argento, alas! So, good ones.
Yep, not a surname aka family name.
1. Stumped as I have no idea what a master is, so it's either ancient Icelandic something or Tolkien (but it doesn't sound Tolkienish) or bloody ASoIaF
2. With that name this has got to be LOTR, and since this guy has eight thousand names (and seems to match clue #3) I'm gonna say No, I am not Aragorn?
3. No, I am not Arwen?
Aida was a valid answer to the question. Not the one I was looking for, but I need to rethink it.
1. The other one - Aristotle
2. Correct on Alexander the Great
3. The other Great - Alfred.
DQs:
1. Born before 1800
2. European
IQs:
1. Were you first first emperor after Julius Caesar was murdered?
2. Is your big number a big thing in Chemistry?
3. Did you find yourself running the original red queen's race?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you a maester who might have been king? - Aemon, yes, in Game of Thrones. A maester is like a scholarly monk in Westeros.
Did some call you Undomiel? - This is Arwen.
Were you the future spouse of that person? - This is Aragorn.
You switched 'em, but that's OK - I'll give you credit.
IQs:
Did you have a mysterious event involving a goat in your past?
Although fictional, are you very, very well-respected in your real profession?
Were you Peer Gynt's mom?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
7. Born before 1800
8. European
Oh damn, Aristotle! I don't associate him with math.
1. No, I'm not Augustus (Octavian)
2. Stumped
3. No, I am not Alice?
Dang! I thought it was Aragorn who had 1,000 names. Well, thanks for giving me that one! But you have a DQ coming for the GoT question.
1. Oh what was his name... No, I am not Aberforth Dumbledore?
2. No, I am not Archie Goodwin?Doubt that. Stumped.
3. Is this Anitra? I know I've answered this before, I just can't remember if it's her.
Correct on 1 & 3.
2 is Avogadro who has a number named after him.
DQ:
1. Involved in politics/military?
IQs:
1. Did your skill with weaving upset a goddess to your detriment?
2. Did you save your lover with a ball of thread?
3. Did your family name become a byword for the kind of activities which went strictly against the ethos of the organisation you were leading.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Did you have a mysterious event involving a goat in your past? - Yes, Albus's brother Aberforth Dumbledore.
Although fictional, are you very, very well-respected in your real profession? - I was thinking of Atticus Finch, still (according to a recent American Bar Assn. poll) the most respected fictional lawyer.
Were you Peer Gynt's mom? - The poor, oft-disappointed Aase: .
DQs:
Born before 1700?
Military/political?
IQs:
Was a Greek goddess your mom in a recent work of fiction?
Was George Washington supposedly your son in the same work?
Was your birthday the subject of a joke memo in an important place?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
7. Born before 1800
8. European
9. Involved in politics/military
10. Born before 1700
EH, darlin', you gotta read your cohort's DQs!
1. Hmm. No, I am not Arachne? Is that how she got turned into a spider?
2. No, I am not Ariadne.
3. Stumped, but am looking forward to the answer, which I bet I'll be annoyed at myself for not knowing.
Oh EH, how could I not have guessed ATTICUS FINCH?!! I am ashamed. And I promise the third time you ask about Peer Gynt's mom I will remember that it is not Anitra!
Is this Greek myth day or something?
1. No, I am not Annabeth from Percy Jackson
2. No, I am not Athena, ibid
3. Argh, stumped but I feel I shouldn't be...
Correct on Arachne and Ariadne.
3. Pope Alexander IV, head of the Catholic Church, whose family name was the Borgias. Not to mention he took part in several of those activities.
DQ:
1. Western European
IQs:
1. Were you killed by your traitorous nephew?
2. Did the film of your life use your middle name instead of your more well known surname
3. Did you once stop a starship by asking for a cup of tea?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Was a Greek goddess your mom in a recent work of fiction? - Yes, Annabeth from Percy Jackson
Was George Washington supposedly your son in the same work? - Yes, Athena (which would come as a surprise to the real Mrs. Washington!)
Was your birthday the subject of a joke memo in an important place? - Vice President Spiro Agnew. William Safire tells the story in his memoirs: he mentioned in passing to a top Nixon White House official (I think it was H.R. Haldeman) that Agnew's birthday was coming up. Haldeman asked Safire to write a memo about it. "A memo about a birthday? What would that be?" Safire wondered. So he sat down and wrote:
Re: Vice President's upcoming birthday
1. Happy birthday to you
2. Happy birthday to you
3. Happy birthday dear (point of decision) :
a. Spiro
b. Ted
4. Happy birthday to you.
I don't remember what Haldeman's reaction was.
DQ:
Royalty?
IQs:
You are a real person. Did you serve as a ship's surgeon while a newly-accredited doctor?
Do you have a puppy named Pal?
Did a clone of yours have a way with dogs in a movie?
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DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
7. Born before 1800
8. European
9. Involved in politics/military
10. Born before 1700
11. Western European
12. Royalty
1. I want to say that I am not King Arthur, but Mordred was his son, right?
2. No, I am not Mozart, as in Amadeus?
3. Now really! No, I am entirely unlike Arthur Dent.
Probably put him on the Enemies List.
Oh dear, the only one I know is #2 -- No, I am not Arthur from, well, Arthur. And I blush to admit I read the third question as "did a clone of yours have his way with dogs..." and thought, "What the hell movie is that?"
You're probably right about Haldeman. I always loved that memo story, though.
Previous IQs:
You are a real person. Did you serve as a ship's surgeon while a newly-accredited doctor? - Arthur Conan Doyle, M.D.
Do you have a puppy named Pal? - Yes, Arthur, from the books and PBS kids' show.
Did a clone of yours have a way with dogs in a movie? - Adolf Hitler, in The Boys from Brazil. Better book than a movie, but both are pretty good.
DQs:
Born in or west of Paris?
Born in or north of Paris?
IQs:
Were you a great Scandinavian king after whom an American college was named?
Were you an early Western European monarch after whom an American warship was named?
Were you any one of a series of Scottish monarchs?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
7. Born before 1800
8. European
9. Involved in politics/military
10. Born before 1700
11. Western European
12. Royalty
13. Not born in or west of Paris
14. Not born in or north of Paris (to the best of my knowledge)
Yes, I'll give that one to Safire.
1) Um... no, I am not Alfred? Is there a college named after him? I've never heard of one, but I can't think of any other "A" Scandinavian kings.
2) Is there a ship named after King Arthur? Stumped.
3) Oh help. Totally blank. The only Scottish kings I can think of are Roberts, Williams, Mac___s or Jameseseses.
Yipe. Probably three DQs.
Correct as to all three. The King Arthur myth gets fuzzy as to the relationship, but you got it right anyway.
IQs
1. Did you introduce Christmas trees to Britain?
2. After leading a successful war, were you murdered by your wife and her lover on your return?
3. Did you find a secret cave entrance by knowing your seeds?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you a great Scandinavian king after whom an American college was named? - Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.
Were you an early Western European monarch after whom an American warship was named? - This was King Alfred of England; the USS Alfred was one of John Paul Jones's commands.
Were you any one of a series of Scottish monarchs? - Scotland had several Alexanders (four, I think).
So... a Western European royal male, born to the southeast of Paris.
DQs:
Native speaker of a Germanic tongue?
Famous for military glory?
One DQ reserved.
Oh crapples, I'm sorry--I just reread my answers and realized I made a rather significant mistake. My very very bad.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Given name begins with A
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. Not involved in the arts, however you define 'em
7. Born before 1800
8. European
9. Involved in politics/military
10. Born before 1700
11. Not likely considered Western European
12. Royalty
13. Not born in or west of Paris
14. Not born in or north of Paris (to the best of my knowledge)
15. Mmm, no, not a native speaker of a Germanic tongue as it's defined in Wikipedia
16. Famous for military glory
EH: There's an Adolphus college? Let me guess, it's in Ohio.
1. No, I am not Prince Albert, aka Mr. Victoria?
2. Oh dear this could be anyone, and yet I'm blanking again.
3. This too sounds familiar but sadly, cannot think.
Two DQs to CIAS, and one holdover for EH, and you might not need them given my changed answer.
I certainly would've asked #13 and 14 differently, knowing that.
Actually, no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Adolphus_College...EH: There's an Adolphus college? Let me guess, it's in Ohio....
IQs:
Were you a noted Hun?
Were you a noted Macedonian king once played by an Irish actor?
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Yes, I know, I'm sorry! I really don't know what I was thinking. I genuinely don't even remember adding that answer to the list!
In reverse order, no, I'm not Alexander the Great, but yes of course I am Attila the Hun!
The language was a difficult question, as was the place of birth. Hunnish (astonishingly, a real word, much to my surprise) seems to be more related to Slavic languages than Germanic ones. And so little is known of Attila that his birthplace is given only as "Pannonia," which consisted of any one of like eight different modern countries.
(And that's why I had to say given name, because "first" wasn't really accurate.)
Well done, EH!
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Thanks! I see we haven't done
Q
yet.
Congrats EH - nice one
IQs:
1. Were you the main teacher at Balamb Garden?
2. Did your love for a gypsy girl lead to tragedy?
3. Were you the inspiration for Rorscach?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno, not Quasimodo, and not The Question.
Q! This is going to be really easy or extremely hard.
1. Are you one of the most prolific music producers of all time?
2. Given the known influences on your body of work, would some of your cultural touchstones almost certainly have included the popular TV show starring the above person's wife?
3. Staying in the same time period, were you (sadly) best known for your tragic accident and eventual death, which became integral to the right-to-die movement?
1. Quistis Trepe
DQ:
1. Male
IQ:
1. Did you continually tell the person using you things not to break them
2. Did the person playing you go on to voice another chaotic god like being?
3. Are you an old flame of the above?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Quincy Jones, dunno, and not Karen Anne Quinlan.
Please rephrase the first IQ; is there an extra word in there somewhere? Dunno the second and third.
Q.
1. female
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2. Q (as played by John De Lancie) who went onh to play Discord in MLP:FIM - typecasting at its finest
3. Q with whom Q who had baby Q with.
DQs:
Real
Alive
1. Did you continually tell the person using your things not to break them?
2. Did you fictionally practice medicine in the Wild West as a female doctor?
3. Were you a member of Captain Ahab's crew?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno, not Dr. Quinn, and not Queequeg.
Q.
1. female
2. real
3. alive
Missing answer: Quentin Tarantino, whose 1960s/1970s sensibility would have included The Mod Squad, starring Peggy Lipton, Quincy Jones's wife (and Rashida Jones's mom).
DQ: First name starts with Q?
IQs:
1. Are you a teacher whose shy demeanor hides the fact that you've always got a dark secret lurking in the back of your head?
2. Though your early days of popularity relied heavily on the spoken word, did one of your greatest success occur when you let your brassy voice sing out in a film musical?
3. Are you the tough but bizarrely tolerant cop who often looks away at the antics of a certain private detective and his outright criminal sidekick (don't call him that, though) inevitably flout the law?
Dunno any of those three.
Q.
1. female
2. real
3. alive
4. last name starts with Q
First was Professor Quirinus Quirrell, the first of many doomed Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who secretly had Lord Voldemort growing on the back of his head in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone; second is Queen Latifah, a reference to her hip-hop past and her Oscar-nominated turn as Big Mama Morton in Chicago; third is Martin Quirk, the helpful Boston police captain (or lieutenant? Can't remember) who often helped out fictional detective Spenser and his friend Hawk assistance in the super-popular series of mysteries by Robert B. Parker.
DQs:
5. American?
6. Born after 1964?
7. Involved in the arts?
IQs:
- Did you play the dumbest (extended) family member of a popular 1980s-90s sitcom, then an incredibly insightful half-demon on a popular drama?
- Despite your desire to command respect from others, was it well-established that when you were nervous, you tended to play with your balls to feel better?
- Are you an AI who appears to take over a mining ship 3 million years in the future when its previous AI turned out to be incompetent, revealing that your predecessor supposedly had an IQ of 6?
1. Q - as in James Bond
DQ:
1. American
IQ:
1. Are you one of the most notable examples of a new character created for a cartoon being added to the canon of the original comic it was based on?
2. Was the character you played killed in a lift shaft by John McClane?
3. Did one of your most memorable gaffs occur with your inabililty to spell the name of a root vegetable correctly?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno the first or third; not Capt. Queeg.
Not Harley Quinn; dunno; not Dan Quayle (and did you misspell "gaffes" on purpose?)
Q.
1. female
2. real
3. alive
4. last name starts with Q
5. American
6. born before 1964
7. involved in the arts, as broadly defined
CIAS, choie had already asked if this woman is American. Ask another DQ, if you wish.
Yes, I did spell gaffs wrong on purpose. Honest!
2. Maggie Q
DQs:
1. Best known for performances on screen?
2. Born east of the Mississippi?
IQs:
1. Are you best known for your colourful role in a very long running musical?
2. Were you told that you would need a bigger boat?
3. Were you a feathered serpent worshipped by an ancient tribe?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno, not Quint from Jaws, not Quetzalcoatl.
Q.
1. female
2. real
3. alive
4. last name starts with Q
5. American
6. born before 1964
7. involved in the arts, as broadly defined
8. not best known for performances on screen
9. born east of the Mississippi
I knew you'd get that Queeg.
DQs:
- Best known for the performing arts?
- Won any awards for her work?
New IQs:
- Are you both a upper-class New York detective and the writer(s) who created him?
- Have you played eighteen billion cops (more or less), a well-known castaway, a famous Beatle, and an infamous rat?
- By the time you were 11, did you have Oscar and Golden Globe nominations under your belt?
Patricia Quinn - who played Magenta in the Rocky Horror Picture Show
DQ:
Novelist?
IQ:
1. Are you a villain, hero, coward and Galactic President of the Solana Galaxy?
2. Did you discover a Biblical's king's source of shiny objects?
3. Are you an American Tennis player who was at his most successful about four or five years ago?
PS: Queeg (Red Dwarf - was an excellent episode)
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno, not Terry Quinn, and dunno.
Dunno any of these!
Q.
1. female
2. real
3. alive
4. last name starts with Q
5. American
6. born before 1964
7. involved in the arts, as broadly defined
8. not best known for performances on screen
9. born east of the Mississippi
10. not best known for the performing arts
11. has not won any awards that I can see on her Wiki page
13. not a novelist
By "performing arts" I mean acting, dancing, mime, comedy standup or music. If you have others in mind, ask a DQ.
Hey, that last number in the DQs should be 12, not 13.
I'm going to hold off on that 2nd question because I'd like a clarification that you really meant that particular name.
However, #1 is Ellery Queen, who's a detective and also the nom de plume of the two men who wrote the mystery series. #3 is Quinn Cummings, who played Marsha Mason's adorable daughter "Lucy" in The Goodbye Girl.
DQs:
I thought performing arts meant the forms, i.e. theater, opera, ballet, films, music, etc.--not the specific types of performers. For example, someone who directs a play or choreographs a dance piece is involved in the performing arts, but that doesn't fit in one of the categories you mention. Am I wrong about that?
- Best known for the visual arts?
Passing on 2nd DQ, possibly 3rd depending on your clarification of the above answer.
IQs:
- Did you get to co-star in a film adaptation that included a significant cameo by the actor who originally played your role, as your mutual role?
- A little over 30 years ago, were you one of the first stars on a new network that would massively impact an entire generation of popular culture?
- At around the same time, did you start working with a famous (or perhaps infamous, to some) radio host, and remain his sidekick ever since?
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Don't need to answer the others, because yes, I am Howard Stern's sidekick
Robin Quivers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Quivers
Well played, choie!
Congrats choie
My remaining answers were as follows:
1. Captain Quark
2. Allan Quartermain from King Solomon's Mines
3. Sam Querry
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Was that Quark from the Richard Benjamin sf comedy TV show in the Seventies?
Nope, this is Captain Qwark from the Ratchet and Clank Video Game series.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Ah, thanks! Hadn't heard of him.
I was not expecting that to be the right answer! Ay yi yi, so Robin Quivers is considered as famous as Botticelli. Culture is officially dead.
My other answers were (going back to the Terry Quinn thing) Aiden Quinn, Zachary Quinto, and Martha Quinn.
I'll have to think about a new person. Oh, okay. The letter is A
Don't worry, he's not that famous, I have no idea who Robin Quivers is... *googles*
...err, who she is.
Yeah anyway.
IQs:
1. Did your knowledge of seeds gain you a mighty treasure?
2. Did you play a powerful witch whose girlfriend was murdered?
3. Were you beheaded on grounds of treason for not doing what was expected of you, even though what you did do lasted a whole lot longer.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Why Google? I gave you a Wiki link in post 2039.
IQs:
Did Grieg write about your death?
Did you play a man called Jayne?
Were you married to Gilraen?
Oh geeze I completely forgot that my last choice was an "A" too. Sorry guys, I completely spaced. Let me know if you want me to change it.
1. I still don't know the answer to this seed question, darn it!
2. No, I am not Alyson Hannigan (or however she spells her name)
3.
1. Well, like Lupus on House, I know your Peer Gynt answers are never Anitra, so I guess I'll go with the one you always mention--Aase?
2. No, I am not Adam Baldwin?
3. Oh grief, it's an LOTR question, isn't it? Well, I don't recognize this as one of the 5957393 names of either Arwen or Aragorn. The only other A name I can think of is Arathorn? Am I not him?
EH - its force of habit.
1. Ali Baba
Correct on the other two.
DQ:
Male.
IQs:
1. Are you an extremely irritating, squeaky voiced animal with you and your brothers having distaff counterparts?
2. Are you a male tennis player who made headlines for getting a female tennis coach?
3. Are you the tennis coach hired by the above?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Correct as to all three of mine.
IQs:
Did you get in trouble with the military when you were in charge in Philadelphia?
Did you and your secretary try to have sex between the false ceiling and the floor above?
Did you describe a VIP as "modest, wise and good"?
DQ:
1. Male
1. Stumped. I hope this is-- oh wait. Could this be Alvin, of Chipmunk fame? If so, I'm not him. Otherwise, as I was gonna say, I hope this is some obscure British cartoon or kid's show.
2. OH yay, I know the guy, and we can thank The Thick of It for this: No, I am not Andy Murray. (He's actually a plot point in the third series.)
3. ...But I'm stumped as to who his coach is/was.
At least I finally learn the name of the seed guy and OMG I just got it. You clever bastard!
1. No, I am not John Adams? Except I don't remember when he'd have been in charge in Philadelphia. But I'm throwing it out there anyway because of #3, you'd be sneaky like that.
2. Damn, this sounds familiar. But stumped.
3. No, I am not Abigail Adams, and thank you David McCullough for letting me know that bit of trivia!
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