Previous IQs:
Were you married at Hammersmith Farm? - Jacqueline Kennedy, to JFK
Did you keep a crushed helmet in your office? - Bobby Kennedy: http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-View...BjvYDzDig.aspx
Are you a current U.S. diplomat better known for something else? - I'll rephrase.
DQs:
Living?
American?
IQs:
Are you a current female U.S. diplomat better known for something else?
Are you an actress who was nominated for but did not win a Golden Globe last night?
Are you the most famous fan of the Toledo Mudhens?
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IQs:
- Despite being an apparently happily married woman, are you only one degree of separation from your famously well-connected husband?
- Are you that guy?
- Are you a dame best-known for playing two high class, high maintenance (and often in high dudgeon) sitcom roles, one a supporting and the other a lead character?
Last edited by choie; 13 Jan 2015 at 01:02 AM. Reason: Because to my utter lack of surprise, EH beat me to one of my original questions
IQs:
Are you a current female U.S. diplomat better known for something else? - Caroline Kennedy, JFK's daughter, is now U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Are you an actress who was nominated for but did not win a Golden Globe last night? - The lovely and talented Keira Knightley, nominated for The Imitation Game.
Are you the most famous fan of the Toledo Mudhens? - Cpl. Max Klinger on M*A*S*H.
DQs:
Born since 1964?
Best known for the arts, broadly defined?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you an important early resident of Battle Creek, Mich.?
Are you the Attorney General of California?
Were you a Soviet mole in MI6?
Previous IQs:
Were you an important early resident of Battle Creek, Mich.? - Cereal magnate Mr. Kellogg
Are you the Attorney General of California? - Kamala Harris
Were you a Soviet mole in MI6? - Yes, Kim Philby
DQs:
Actress?
Has won a major award in her field?
IQs:
Were you one of Hitchcock's bombshell blondes?
Were you "the screaming comedian"?
Was your duet with Sheryl Crow a big hit?
CIAS! How could you not guess EH's Keira Knightley answer?! I practically gave it away in my edit comment.
IQ answers:
- Despite being an apparently happily married woman, are you only one degree of separation from your famously well-connected husband? Kyra Sedgewick
- Are you that guy? Kevin Bacon (you know, the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? It's a big internet meme...)
- Are you a dame best-known for playing two high class, high maintenance (and often in high dudgeon) sitcom roles, one a supporting and the other a lead character? Dame Penelope Keith, as in Margot on Good Life and Audrey fforbes-Hamilton from To the Manor Born
DQs:
Born east of the Mississippi?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon line?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
1. Did you stone-cold, flat-out lie to your protégé and then claim what you said was true, from a certain POV?
2. Do you sometimes complain about the difficulty of being a combination of blue and yellow?
3. Are you the woefully underappreciated author of a historical/paranormal tale taking place in Victorian London?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name does not start with K
4. Living
5. American
6. Not born since 1964
7. Best known for the arts generally speaking.
8. Actress
9. Has won a major award in her field
10. Born in a city on the Mississippi
11. Not Born north of the Mason-Dixon line.
1. Kim Novak
2. Stumped
3. I should probably know this one, but cannot remember -
Another 2 DQs to you, along with your reserved one.
She's top of EH's list of hotties, not mine
Good questions: Totally missed the degrees of seperation and I really should have guessed Penelope Keith
1. Stumped. There are probably hundreds of comic examples as well, but I can't think of any.IQs:
1. Did you stone-cold, flat-out lie to your protégé and then claim what you said was true, from a certain POV?
2. Do you sometimes complain about the difficulty of being a combination of blue and yellow?
3. Are you the woefully underappreciated author of a historical/paranormal tale taking place in Victorian London?
2. Nope Stumped again.
3. Don't know if you have heard of her, but Kira Lerner is definitely an underappreciated author.
Another 2 DQs to you with one spare carried over.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Why I do declare you make me blush. Well except I invited it, but still.
But oh I almost hate to give you the answer to #1: It's the literal quote ("What I told you was true, from a certain point of view...") from Ben Kenobi, re: Vader killing Luke's father. Total B.S. As Luke said incredulously, "A [I]certain point of view?!" Meanwhile, #2, the li'l guy who complained about being a blue/yellow combo is Kermit the Frog, who sings "It's Not Easy Bein' Green."
DQs although I kinda think I know this one:
- Best known for films?
- Best known for leading roles?
- Generally considered "Hollywood" beautiful?
IQs:
1) Verily, did you play one of the very first heroines to venerate the film version of certain caped vigilante?
2) Are you one of the most popular authors in the history of, like, ever, with bestselling books since the 1970s?
3) Did you play one of the above author's creepiest villains, wielding one helluva hatchet on your own favorite author?
Previous IQs:
Were you one of Hitchcock's bombshell blondes? - Yes, Kim Novak
Were you "the screaming comedian"? - Sam Kinison:
Was your duet with Sheryl Crow a big hit? - Kid Rock:
DQ:
Best known for comedy?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you an early winner of American Idol?
Are you John Travolta's wife?
Is your statue draped in flowers from time to time?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Female
3. Last name does not start with K
4. Living
5. American
6. Not born since 1964
7. Best known for the arts generally speaking.
8. Actress
9. Has won a major award in her field
10. Born in a city on the Mississippi
11. Not Born north of the Mason-Dixon line.
12. Best known for films
13. Best known for leading roles
14. Not generally considered "Hollywood" beautiful?
15. Not Best known for comedy
1. Kelly Clarkson
2. Kelly Preston
3. Drat I should know this one.
1. Kim Basinger
2. Stephen King
3. and yes, knew it was coming...I am Kathy Bates
Congrats choie - over to you.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Way to go, choie!
Previous IQs:
Were you an early winner of American Idol? - Yes, Kelly Clarkson.
Are you John Travolta's wife? - Yes, Kelly Preston.
Is your statue draped in flowers from time to time? - King Kamehameha: http://www.gohawaii.com/en/assets/Im...eha-Statue.jpg
choie - in case you missed it, congrats.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
IQs:
1. Were you the epitome of the English Cad?
2. Did you write about the fictional village Llareggub?
3. Did your show have the first appearance of a very, very long running and award winning series?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
IQs:
1. Did you write Shibumi?
2. Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
3. Were you slain by knights in Canterbury Cathedral?
1. Yipe, the first person who comes to mind is Harry Flashman. I may be stumped... OH. Wait. Sudden inspiration. No, I am not Tom Jones? (As in Henry Fielding's novel, rather than the Welsh singer?)
2. Speaking of Welsh... although that's a great name, heh. Someone with a sense of humor, obviously. Terry Pratchett? I might as well guess him now since he'll probably come up at some point.
3. No, I am not Tracey Ullman. Good one!
No clue for the first two, but the third, no, I am not Thomas Beckett, the turbulent priest himself.
Previous IQs:
1. Did you write Shibumi? - The one-named author Trevanian.
2. Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas, of Civil War fame.
3. Were you slain by knights in Canterbury Cathedral? - Yes, Thomas Becket (no second "t").
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Are you a denizen of the island of Sodor?
Did you coin the phrase "winter soldier"?
Were you, a Vermonter who served Pennsylvania, recently played by a Texan?
1. Not this time, Tom Jones wasn't really a cad. Now Terry-Thomas on the other hand...
2. Llareggub, or Bugger all written backwards, the fictional village of Under Milk Wood written by Dylan Thomas.
3. Correct on Tracey Ullman
DQs:
First name begins with T
Alive
IQs:
1. Did you play what was supposed to be a one-off antagonist and ended up getting written in a lot more due to your performance?
2. Did you get interrupted while receiving an award spawning multiple internet memes about the behavior of the interrupter?
3. Were you a one of a kind animal who liked to bounce around?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
DQs:
Real
Male
First name begins with T
Not alive (aka dead)
The only guess I have is for #2, and I know it's wrong--I wanna say Tony Stark. Take three.
Okay first, Terry-Thomas was a cad?? In real life or as his stereotypical role? I think, embarrassingly, I know him best as Sir Hiss in Robin Hood by Disney. (I haven't seen as many Ealing comedies as I should've.)
1. I know I should know this, but my mind's a blank.
2. That would be Taylor Swift, who I certainly am not.
3. The not-so-wonderful thing about Tiggers... is that I'm not one.
One DQ to the handsome, sartorially splendid feline.
Previous IQs:
Are you a denizen of the island of Sodor? - Thomas the Tank Engine
Did you coin the phrase "winter soldier"? - Thomas Paine
Were you, a Vermonter who served Pennsylvania, recently played by a Texan? - Thaddeus Stevens, played by Tommy Lee Jones in the recent Lincoln movie
DQs:
American?
Died since 1950?
Best known for the arts, broadly defined?
IQs:
Did Hillary Clinton deny being like you?
Was your overuse of makeup ridiculed?
Did you play the top Man in Black?
On Terry-Thomas, well yeah, it was more the characters he played than the man himself. Apologies for the badly worded question.
1. Loki was only meant to be a one-off protagonist for Thor, but Tom Hiddleston was so good, he came back for the Avengers and Thor II.
Correct on Taylor Swift and Tigger.
DQ:
Died aged over 60
IQs:
1. Were you best known for singing about what would happen if you had a lot money?
2. Did you authorise the use of atomic weapons to hasten the end of World War II?
3. Was your contribution to American music: the PMRC?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Tevye, Truman and Tipper Gore. As usual most of EH's elude me except for Rip Torn.
I'm busy and unable to play this for a while. The answer is Torquemada. Have fun!
Last edited by choie; 27 Jan 2015 at 11:33 PM.
Thanks choie.
Torquemada would have been a tough one.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Botticellius interruptus. Ouch.
Previous IQs:
Did Hillary Clinton deny being like you? - She said in a 60 Minutes interview early in Bill's 1992 campaign, "I'm not Tammy Wynette, you know, 'Stand by Your Man.'"
Was your overuse of makeup ridiculed? - Tammy Fae Bakker, the televangelist's wife.
Did you play the top Man in Black? - Yes, Rip Torn.
Want to start the next round, CIAS?
Nope, you have a word to guess, so feel free to start.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
OK, thanks. I see we haven't done
V
before. Have at it!
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IQs:
1. Were you the eldest of the Tracy brothers
2. Were you shot to death with your own gun by the boxer whose house you were snooping around?
3. Did your declarations of wanting it immediately end with a trip down a garbage shoot?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Virgil, dunno, and not Veruca Salt (and do you mean "chute"?)
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno, not Vicky Vale (sp?), and not Van Gogh.
V.
1. real
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno any of those!
V.
1. real
2. male
1. Valerie Singleton
2. Valeria from Conan
3. VICTOR VON DOOM
DQs:
Alive
Last name begins with V
American
IQs:
1. Did your rebellion against Julius Caesar fail?
2. Did you have a Prince and a Football Player duel to the death for your amusement?
3. Are you one of the top stuntmen in Hollywood best known as the main stand in stuntman for Harrison Ford due to the resemblance?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Vespasian, dunno and dunno.
V.
1. real
2. male
3. alive
4. first name begins with V
5. American
!. Vercingatorix, not Vespasian (Vespasian was about 100 years later)
2. Prince Vultan from the film Flash Gordon
3. Vic Armstrong
DQs:
1. Best known for performing arts
2. Involved in military politics
One DQ reserved
IQs:
1. Were you a wise mentor's evil son who constantly harassed a bunch of kids
2. Was the only thing you wanted to do was meet your creator?
3. Did you pursue your creation that had killed your wife, but ultimately died before being able to gain revenge.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Those all sound familiar, but dunno any of 'em. Take three DQs.
V.
1. real
2. male
3. alive
4. first name begins with V
5. American
6. best known for performing arts
7. not involved in military politics
1. Venger from the D&D cartoon series
2. VEGA from Star Trek the motion picture
3. Victor Frankenstein
DQs
Actor
Best known for films
Aged over 50
One DQ reserved
IQs:
1. Did you take an highly intelligent girl to the prom to the disappointment of her red headed friend?
2. Are you consider one of the finest slow left arm bowlers ever?
3. Did you play the bad guy in a film remake of a 70's cop show.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Ah. But that was V'ger, not VEGA.
Dunno any of your IQs.
V.
1. real
2. male
3. alive
4. first name begins with V
5. American
6. best known for performing arts
7. not involved in military politics
8. actor
9. arguably best known for films
10. more than 50 years old
V.
1. real
2. male
3. alive
4. first name begins with V
5. American
6. best known for performing arts
7. not involved in military politics
8. actor
9. arguably best known for films
10. more than 50 years old
11. also well-known for TV
12. best known in action movies
DQs:
Mainly played the protagonist
Played "good" people in his roles.
IQs:
1. Was your catchphrase "I don't believe it!"
2. Did you play a computer expert in an impossible movie?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Dunno either of those.
V.
1. real
2. male
3. alive
4. first name begins with V
5. American
6. best known for performing arts
7. not involved in military politics
8. actor
9. arguably best known for films
10. more than 50 years old
11. also well-known for TV
12. best known in action movies
13. has not mainly played the protagonist
14. has generalyl played "good" people in his roles
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Yes, I am
Ving Rhames!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ving_Rhames
Good job, CIAS.
Woot! Time to think of a new one.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Hmm, haven't had J in a while
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
IQs:
Did you and Lori Ciana have a thing for awhile, before she tragically died?
Is your middle name speculated to be "Hamish," but no one knows for sure?
Were you a British diplomat played by Roger Rees on The West Wing?