Sweet. It was the not-so-famous husband line that clued me in. How could one forget studly Matt Lattanzi or whatever his name was?
The letter is S
Sweet. It was the not-so-famous husband line that clued me in. How could one forget studly Matt Lattanzi or whatever his name was?
The letter is S
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IQs:
Were you Lincoln's SECWAR?
Was your dad known as "the Gaffer"?
Did you star in the widely-panned Jury Duty?
1. No, I am not Edwin Stanton. (Some day I'll shock you and pick a Civil War military dude as my guy. You'll never see it coming!)
2. I can't tell if this is some person with a film crew person for a dad, or a sports term, or something utterly unrelated. So, clearly, very stumped.
3. No, I am not Pauly Shore, but what a great celebrity he'd've been for this game. No one would think of him! Well, except apparently you, heh.
1. Were you the brains behind a quartet of supernatural investigators
2. Does you continuously have your younger brother playing cameos in several of your movies.
3. Did you date George Clooney before he got married to his current beau?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you Lincoln's SECWAR? - Yes, Edwin Stanton.
Was your dad known as "the Gaffer"? - Samwise Gamgee.
Did you star in the widely-panned Jury Duty? - Yes, Paul Shore. :: shudder ::
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Have you played a baseball fan, a fugitive and a nun?
Were you one of Marlon Brando's iconic roles?
Were you the woman who that man called out to?
DQs:
1. Real
1. This must be Ghostbusters. Harold Ramis's character was the brainiac/inventor, wasn't he? I know his first name was Egan, IIRC (he was always my favorite among the foursome--weird, but by now CIAS you know my penchant for shy/humble/awkward characters). But damned if I can remember his last name. Also maybe Ackroyd's, um, Ray? was smarter, considering he was the one most into all the paranormal stuff. So I guess I'm stumped.Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Heh. Speaking of my affection for shy/awkward characters... No, I am not Sam Raimi, brother of Ted "Joxer" Raimi. You knew I'd get that one.
3. Unless you know something about George Clooney that hasn't been revealed yet, I'm fairly sure you mean he married his belle, not his beau. Did he date Selma Hayak? I don't remember. Not great with celeb gossip, alas! Probably stumped.
One or two DQs to the suavely dressed feline.
Really? Do I dare ask why "gaffer"? What does that mean to Hobbits?
1. Um.... no, I am not Sally Field? That is a super wild guess. I don't actually recall her being a baseball fan in any film/tv show, but I think she was a fugitive in one of the Smokey and the Bandit films, and of course, she was in The Flying Nun.
2. No, I am not Stanley Kowalski.
3. No, I am not STELLLLLAAAAAAAA!
Probably 1 DQ over to Isildur, Arathorn, Aragorn, or whichever heir you may be.
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There's this crazy thing the kids these days are calling "Wikipedia" (see the first entry): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaffer
Previous IQs:
Have you played a baseball fan, a fugitive and a nun? - Susan Sarandon, in Bull Durham, Thelma and Louise and Dead Man Walking.
Were you one of Marlon Brando's iconic roles? - Yes, Stanley.
Were you the woman who that man called out to? - Yes, Stella!!!!!
DQ:
Male?
IQs:
Were you a patriot and a brewer?
Did you have a cameo on Wild Palms?
Was your dad a diplomat and your mom a teacher?
DQ:
1. Real
2. Male
Sorry, I shouldn't have asked. I know you're famously reluctant to discuss LOTR trivia.
No, I am not Sam Adams, Oliver Stone, or Spock.Were you a patriot and a brewer?
Did you have a cameo on Wild Palms?
Was your dad a diplomat and your mom a teacher?
LOL.
Correct on all three.
IQs:
Did you write the Maigret stories?
Did you like to play chess on the movie set?
Were you deceived as to which takes of your scenes would actually appear in the movie?
I would have given either Ego Spengler or Ray Stantz.
Yup, it really should be belle, shouldn't it. In this case it is Stacey Keibler
DQs:
Alive
Last name begins with "S"
IQs:
1. Did you never finish what you started until the following day?
2. Did you have the answer to who watches the watchmen in your head?
3. Did Liza Minnelli win an Oscar for playing you?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Nitpick - it's Egon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egon_Spengler
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
Stumped on #2, but I'll say I'm neither George Simenon nor Sharon Stone for #1 and #3, while being careful to cross my legs like a proper lady.
1. No, I am not Scarlett O'Hara? She of "Tomorrow is another day" fame? (If so, great clue!)
2. Stumped.
3. No, I am not the toast of London (or America, in the film), Miss Sally Bowles!
Previous IQs:
Did you write the Maigret stories? - Yes, Georges Simenon.
Did you like to play chess on the movie set? - Stanley Kubrick.
Were you deceived as to which takes of your scenes would actually appear in the movie? - I'll rephrase.
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Were you deceived as to which takes of your comedic scenes would actually appear in the movie?
Is there a museum of your work in Florida, of all places?
Did you become Prime Minister in the American, but not the British, edition of Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals?
DQ:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
Holy crap, I literally read about one of these just twenty minutes ago. In Cracked. Which, a fact to which CIAS can attest, is the fount of all my wisdom.
1. This is the one I just learned about! No, I am not George C. Scott. (Read it in their "Six Actors Who Thought They Were Making a Different Movie" article.)
2. Ooh I think I used to know this, in fact it may have been asked earlier in the thread. But I'm stumped.
3. No, I am not Simon Kerslake.
But are you kidding me, there are two endings?? I had no idea the UK edition was different--that book was my go-to novel in college! (Indeed, it's why I love the name Simon.) I suppose in the alternate edition it'swho gets the nod there? Somehow that doesn't surprise me, that we'd get the perfect noble Ken doll rather than theSpoiler (mouseover to read):
Raymond (Although I did love Simon, I had no doubt he would win in the end. The alternate would've been the bigger surprise, and also a bigger change to the system, especially given the political climate in 1984. What makes it odd is that Archer was a Thatcherite.)Spoiler (mouseover to read):
lower class Jewish guy.
Just looking at the last three rounds of questions... why am I never able to get that second question right?!
Previous IQs:
Were you deceived as to which takes of your comedic scenes would actually appear in the movie? - Yes, George C. Scott, whom Kubrick told to ham it up in "practice takes" for Dr. Strangelove, and then ended up using those takes.
Is there a museum of your work in Florida, of all places? - Salvador Dali.
Did you become Prime Minister in the American, but not the British, edition of Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals? - Yes, Simon Kerslake.
Spoiler (mouseover to read):
Archer said in an interview at the time that his American friends, on reading the manuscript, were all rooting for Kerslake, the Tory, while his British friends, many of whom thought it was time for the Tories to go, were cheering for Raymond Gould, the Labour character (he was lower class, yes, but not Jewish; come to think of it, I don't recall any references to the religious affiliations of any of the characters). The last chapter was different in the U.S. (Kerslake wins) and British (Gould wins) editions. The British edition also had a LDP character who was omitted from the American edition. I've read both, and prefer the American - it's a tighter, more streamlined story, and I do think Kerslake was the better man, even though my politics were and are closer to Gould's.
DQ:
European?
IQs:
Did you call a wartime truce for a foe's wedding night?
Were you a great baseball player nicknamed "the Man"?
Were you the first governor of the U.S. Northwest Territory?
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1. Yup, and it just gave me another idea
2. Sam Vimes from Discworld
3. Yes, Sally Bowles
DQ:
Best known for performing arts?
IQs:
1. Did you never finish what you started until the following day in order to stay alive?
2. Were you once kidnapped by a pair of slackers who needed to finish a report?
3. Was your strength related to the length of your locks?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
DQ:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
My mind is being blown all over the place. For three decades and multiple readings I've assumed Gould was Jewish, WHY? Wishful thinking, maybe? Well, his name is fairly common as a Jewish last name, but still... Dang. Not surprised that Americans preferred Simon, although it's rather typical of Archer to change the ending just to make the American readers happy. Kind of ruins the impression that the story was leading up to something. And there was a fourth potential PM? I've got to get hold of this UK edition.
I appreciate your turning my record around. Now the only one I know is #2 -- No, I am not Stan Musiel. Stumped for the others.
Buuuut CIAS brings it back.
1. No, I am not Scheherazade. (And good question!)
2. Stumped!
3. No, I am not Samson.
More on the two versions of First Among Equals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_...Equals_(novel)
Previous IQs:
Did you call a wartime truce for a foe's wedding night? - Saladin, during the Crusades.
Were you a great baseball player nicknamed "the Man"? - Yes, Stan Musial.
Were you the first governor of the U.S. Northwest Territory? - Arthur St. Clair.
DQs:
British?
Actor?
IQs:
Were you Chief O'Brien in the Mirror Universe?
Did the actor who played you agonize over what kind of glasses you would wear?
Were you a dangerously clever computerized bad guy?
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Correct on 1 & 3.
No.2: Socrates - who was kidnapped by Bill and Ted on their excellent adventure to write a history report.
DQ:
1. Born after 1964
IQs:
1. Are you more known for not appearing with your own face?
2. Were you and your large American partner known for wearing bowler hats?
3. Are you known for having to get out of American cities that have been turned into prison camps?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
1. LOL. Took me a second to remember his nickname--No, I am not "Smiley" O'Brien.
2. This is completely a guess only due to the above answer, but no, I am not George Smiley? (I don't even know if he wore glasses...)
3. No, I am not Agent Smith?
1. Um... No, I am not Paul Stanley, from KISS? (Well, who knows what he looks like under that makeup?)
2. No, I am not Stan Laurel
3. And no, I am not Snake Plissen (sp?) from those "Escape from..." films.
IQs:
Were you Chief O'Brien in the Mirror Universe? - Yes, "Smiley."
Did the actor who played you agonize over what kind of glasses you would wear? - Yes, George Smiley; Gary Oldman said in an NPR interview that he looked at several dozen different 1970s glasses to choose just the right frames for the recent remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Were you a dangerously clever computerized bad guy? - I'll rephrase.
IQs:
Were you a dangerously clever computerized bad guy in a movie with a black lead actor?
Are you the main character of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth?
Was your sweetie a blacksmith and your dad a governor?
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1. This must be someone from I, Robot, since the number of sci-fi films with black leads is fairly small. But hell if I know anything else about the film except that it's not related to the Asimov tale. Stumped.
2. I guess you're aiming for Sabina, but I'm not convinced she's the main character of that awful play--surely that would be George, no? Anyway, not her. (In fairness I only read it, not seen it, and I'm sure for its time it was considered daring and unusual and all that. But as pure text, I really dislike the work.)
3. No, I am not Elizabeth Swann. Your Keira Knightley fixation gives you away, young Skywalker.
IQs:
Were you a dangerously clever computerized bad guy in a movie with a black lead actor? - SID (Russell Crowe) in the Denzel Washington sf thriller Virtuosity.
Are you the main character of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth? - Yes, Sabina. I was in the play in high school.
Was your sweetie a blacksmith and your dad a governor? - Yes, Elizabeth Swann. Le sigh.
DQ:
Best known for movie roles?
IQs:
Are you the former president of Oberlin College and director of the Aspen Institute?
Were you a pal of JFK and a U.S. senator from Florida?
Did you have a cameo in The Life of Brian?
You got this one last time - Andy Serkis
DQ:
1. Mainly known for good character roles.
IQs:
1. Is it joked that your roles are always Scottish even if they come from other countries?
2. Are you known for playing a French man with an English accent where everyone else sounds American?
3. Are you known for creating the phenomenon of the summer blockbuster?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles.
1. Yeah as if. Stumped.
2. No clue.
3. No, I am not Spike Milligan.
I would argue that Paul Stanley was a legit answer, but because you don't ask me questions like "did I once see you across the street at my local off-license?" I won't argue!
1. No, I am not Sean Connery?
2. No, I am not Sir Patrick Stewart, although you're forgetting Troi and O'Brien didn't sound American. Thank heavens.
3. No, I am not... Steven Spielberg?
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Previous IQs:
Are you the former president of Oberlin College and director of the Aspen Institute? - S. Frederick Starr
Were you a pal of JFK and a U.S. senator from Florida? - George Smathers
Did you have a cameo in The Life of Brian? - Yes, Spike Milligan
DQs:
Best known as TV actor?
First achieved fame before 1980?
IQs:
Did you write The Moor's Last Sigh?
Was Kyle the father of your son John?
Did you play Chachi?
Correct on all three.
1. Were you the sensei for a set of mutated animals?
2. Were you known for playing the spoons and being a magician before you played a doctor?
3. Are you the lead singer of Madness?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles
13. Not best known as TV actor
14. First achieved fame before 1980
Apropos of absolutely nothing, I had Chinese food for lunch today. My fortune cookie said "Past impreciseness may be sending you down a less profitable path." Just thought you might find that interesting.
No, I am neither Salmon Rusdie, Sarah Connor, nor Scott Baio.
1. Okaaay. Is this the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles? I remember someone named Shredder, but I have a feeling he was the baddie. If not, stumped.
2. I think... no, I am not Sylvester McCoy? I vaguely remember him being a magician, though I don't recall the spon thing.
3. I don't even know what Madness is, except within myself.Stumped of course.
Correct on all three of mine. Great job!
IQs:
Did you have an all-too-memorable visit to Argelius?
Was your dad touchy about his graduate degree?
Did you have the pleasure, early in your career, of interviewing an actress whom you adored?
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Two of those seem familiar but I can't think of them, so you get 3 DQs.
1. It is a TMNT question, but Shredder was the bad guy, Splinter was the sensei
2. Correct on Sylvester McCoy
3. The lead singer is Suggs, the band is definitely worth catching.
DQs:
1. Not best known as an actor?
I'll keep one DQ on reserve.
IQs:
1. Were you one of the main actors in the "Carry On" Series?
2. Did you play a pair of twins, one emotionless, one who could be considered evil?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Clever boy.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles
13. Not best known as TV actor
14. First achieved fame before 1980
15. Not best known as an actor
1. How embarrassing. Stumped. Anglophile? Anglofail.
2. No, I am not Brent Spiner. It took me longer than I should admit to get this one.
Previous IQs:
Did you have an all-too-memorable visit to Argelius? - Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott on ST:TOS "Wolf in the Fold;" he became the suspect in two murders.
Was your dad touchy about his graduate degree? - You'd better always refer to Scott Evil's dad as Dr. Evil.
Did you have the pleasure, early in your career, of interviewing an actress whom you adored? - NPR Scott Simon interviewed Diana Rigg and was so smitten, he later said, that his first question was something like, "What is it that makes you so wonderful, Miss Rigg?"
DQs:
Best known as a singer?
Considered good-looking?
Won a major award?
IQs:
As Robert Lawson described you, were you a blowhard and a mooch?
Were you described by a standup comic as obsessed with fellatio?
Were you that comic?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles
13. Not best known as TV actor
14. First achieved fame before 1980
15. Not best known as an actor
16. Probably best known as a singer... though that's a narrow slot.
17. Considered good-looking (fans self)
18. Won a major award
IQs:
1. This could be a Ben and Me reference, but I can't think of an "S" revolutionary name. Sam Adams?
2. Oh man. This could so easily be Louis CK, whose real name is... um.. Szejkay or something like that. OTOH, could also be Sarah Silverman. Okay since CK is more of a masturbation guy, I'll say no, I'm not Sarah Silverman
3. Ummm... maybe no, I'm not Jerry Seinfeld? Except I can't even imagine him talking about sex.
Probably three more DQs but I bet you won't need them.
IQs:
As Robert Lawson described you, were you a blowhard and a mooch? - Yes, Sam Adams, but it was from Paul Revere's Horse and not Ben and Me. (Love those books!)
Were you described by a standup comic as obsessed with fellatio? - Richard Simmons
Were you that comic? - Sam Kinnison
Two DQs reserved.
Hmm. Not sure who this is. Lemme think.
This would have been Sid James, him of the unmistakeable laugh.
So, A Live Male British Singer aged over 50 also with an acting career, guess that counts out Mick Jagger then.
DQ:
1. Married to someone famous?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
This was a hard one to answer. Famous without being the singer's spouse? I don't think so, but has become pretty distinguished alone as well.So, A Live Male British Singer aged over 50 also with an acting career, guess that counts out Mick Jagger then.
DQ:
1. Married to someone famous?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles
13. Not best known as TV actor
14. First achieved fame before 1980
15. Not best known as an actor
16. Probably best known as a singer... though that's a narrow slot.
17. Considered good-looking (fans self)
18. Won a major award
19. Married to someone well-known; not entirely certain if "famous" is the right word. High name recognition, I think, particularly in the UK.
Still stumped. Use my last two DQs, if you like, CIAS.
Nah, I'm pretty stumped on this one. I'm having a hard time thinking of old british singers whose success started before 1980. Actually, I can think of one...
DQ:
1. Are you better known by a single name, instead of your full name?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Annnd like a starving bee to honey, CIAS finally homes in on the right target...
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Alive
4. Last name begins with "S"
5. Not American
6. European
7. Best known for the performing arts
8. British
9. Actor
10. Born before 1964
11. Not best known for movie roles
12. Not mainly known for good character roles
13. Not best known as TV actor
14. First achieved fame before 1980
15. Not best known as an actor
16. Probably best known as a singer... though that's a narrow slot.
17. Considered good-looking (fans self)
18. Won a major award
19. Married to someone well-known; not entirely certain if "famous" is the right word. High name recognition, I think, particularly in the UK.
20. Better known by a single name, instead of his full name
If I'd given you more details about the music I listen to, or the holiday gift I gave myself, you'd have got this earlier, CIAS.
Huh. Can't think of any British actor/singer who goes by a single name. Still stumped.
If it's who I am thinking of, its singer rather than actor.
IQ.
Was I the lead bassist and singer for a well known pop group before going on to play Feyd Rautha in the abysmal adaption of Dune?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Yes, you are indeed the singer/actor/composer/multi-instrument-playing Sting, aka Gordon Sumner, whose Broadway show The Last Ship I am extremely psyched to be viewing in a couple of weeks on the last night of your performance.
CIAS with the last-minute steal.
Sting, of course! Duh. Well done, CIAS.
My favorite song of his:
Excellent choice, EH! Yeah, Fortress is definitely in my top 10, probably my favorite off that first solo album. Although with your love of naval stuff, I would've pegged you for one of his many ship-related songs. My favorites would be . The latter is used in a gorgeous video, accompanying some stunning, steampunk-looking animated film "Eye of the Storm" that I've never seen.
Here in the light at the edge of the world
He'd wait for a ship with its black sail furled
And day after day he would stand on the shore
And dream of the life that they knew before
The tide rolls out, the tide rolls in
Without a care for the ways of men
I'd give three ships of Spanish gold
To see my love again
You can imagine her wot's in Pirates of the Caribbean if you like, EH.
Sting is basically the composer of my life's soundtrack. I closely associate two of his earliest solo works ("Nothing Like the Sun..." and "Soul Cages") with helping me work through grief over the loss of my mom--I think his mother died the same year mine did, back when I was 19, and his father died very soon after, so both of those albums were tied to his own losses. I've been drawn to his musical sensibilities ever since. And his voice, while not technically "good" (I must admit this as a singer), is still like audible chocolate. He uses it like an instrumentalist, not like a vocalist.
Anyhoo, enough of my fangirling. Your turn, CIAS!
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Thanks! I'd never heard any of those songs before. "Valparaiso" and "The Pirate's Bride" (even without the KK link) are quite good.
One I'm sure you'll get this in no time.
The Letter is K
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
IQs:
Were you the villain of Breaker Morant?
Did you sail in the Victura?
Did FDR jokingly want to look at your legs to see if he should appoint you to a particular job?
Nope - stumped on all three - what a start
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Previous IQs:
Were you the villain of Breaker Morant? - Lord Kitchener
Did you sail in the Victura? - JFK: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-View...h8OnhAOrg.aspx
Did FDR jokingly want to look at your legs to see if he should appoint you to a particular job? - Joe Kennedy Sr. FDR pointed out that the ambassador to the Court of St. James's would be expected to wear court dress, and joked that Joe Sr. was too bowlegged. He still got the post.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with K?
IQs:
Were you married at Hammersmith Farm?
Did you keep a crushed helmet in your office?
Are you a current U.S. diplomat better known for something else?
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