The van Pelt siblings
Lucy
Linus
Rerun
DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?
DQ3: American?
IQ: Are you a sportscaster who went from The Golf Channel to ESPN?
IQ2: Were you Reagan's Fed Chair?
IQ3: Are you a tennis great whose been eclipsed by your sister?
The van Pelt siblings
Lucy
Linus
Rerun
DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?
DQ3: American?
IQ: Are you a sportscaster who went from The Golf Channel to ESPN?
IQ2: Were you Reagan's Fed Chair?
IQ3: Are you a tennis great whose been eclipsed by your sister?
Scott van Pelt
DQ: Born after 1975?
IQ: Are you a boisterous college basketball analyst?
IQ2: Are you the late protege of a singer who died not long after you?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of the waterway separating Asia from North America?
Dick Vitale
Vanity (protege of Prince)
DQ: Born after 1950?
DQ2: Born East of the Mississippi?
IQ: Did you narrate "Thriller"?
IQ2: Are you the ex-wife of a pioneering rock guitarist?
IQ3: Are you the first POTUS born after the signing of the DoI?
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Valerie Bertinelli (ex of Eddie Van Halen)
DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQ: Did Sandy Duncan replace you on your eponymous sitcom?
IQ2: Were you a CIA spy controversially outed in an act of political retribution?
IQ3: Were you Barry Bonds' steroids supplier?
Victor Conte (who I hadn't realized was also a rock guitarist)
DQ: In Arts?
IQ: Are you John Travolta's breakout role?
IQ2: Are you a former UNC dunker nicknamed "Vinsanity"?
IQ3: Are you a former Pats LB who frequently played TE?
His last name was Barbarino
Vince Carter was Vinsanity
Mike Vrabel is the LB/TE
DQ: Also known for politics?
DQ2: From East of Appalachians?
IQ: Were you the Red Sox 1B who got hurt in your 1st game with the Angels, later appearing in the Mitchell Report?
IQ2: Are you the actor who famously looked 60 while in your 40s?
IQ3: Were you the Red Sox SS replaced by Nomah?
Dunno, not Viola Davis, and dunno.
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
Mo Vaughn
Abe Vigoda
John Valentin
DQ: Militaey figure?
DQ2: Famous SO?
DQ3: Infamous rather than famous?
IQ: Are you the only guy to catch 4 no-hitters?
IQ2: Are you the only guy in your family who doesn't hold a franchise record hitting streak?
IQ3: Are you a once dominant pitcher who is STILL winning, because you're engaged to a supermodel?
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Foiled yet again by sports questions! Dunno x3.
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
12. not a military figure
13. has no famous significant other
14. famous rather than infamous
Jason Varitek caught 4 no-hitters
Vince DiMaggio, brother to Joe (56 for the Yankees, also the MLB record) and Dom (34 for the Red Sox)
Justin Verlander (engaged to Kate Upton)
DQ: Had no show biz fame initially, but later entered show biz?
DQ2: Had male SO? (Given I used Windsor before, ya never know )
DQ3: Scientist?
IQ: Are you an award winning American pianist?
IQ2: Are you a pianist who also dis physical comedy?
IQ3: Are you a famous "grownup" actor?
Not Van Cliburn or Victor Borge; dunno the third.
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
12. not a military figure
13. has no famous significant other
14. famous rather than infamous
15. had male SO
16. not a scientist
I don't understand your DQ "Had no show biz fame initially, but later entered show biz." Please explain or rephrase.
Rephrased DQ: Did she capitalize on non show biz fame to enter show biz?
New DQ: Athlete?
That was Victor Mature (I sincerely apologize for that pun)
IQ: Were you a costar of Carol Burnette who went on to play an old lady in a first-run sitcom?
IQ2: Were you a bball player nicknamed "The Microwave"?
IQ3: Were you an actor who thought "Eight is Enough"?
Not Vicki Lawrence, dunno, and not Dick Van Patten.
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
12. not a military figure
13. has no famous significant other
14. famous rather than infamous
15. had male SO
16. not a scientist
17. did not capitalize on non-show biz fame to enter show biz
18. not an athlete
The "Microwave" was Vinnie Johnson, a 6th man who came in to boost scoring.
DQ: Did something that would've led evening news/cable pundit show?
IQ: Are you an actor turned poker analyst?
IQ2: Are you the only Celtic since Bird to play for USA Basketball?
IQ3: Are you the godmother of the advice column?
Dunno x2; not Abbie Van Buren.
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
12. not a military figure
13. has no famous significant other
14. famous rather than infamous
15. had male SO
16. not a scientist
17. did not capitalize on non-show biz fame to enter show biz
18. not an athlete
19. did nothing that would've led evening news/cable pundit show
Vince van Patten is the poker analyst
Vin Baker played for Team USA
DQ: From an extinct form of Arts?
DQ2: Would be recognized by average "person on the street"?
V.
1. real
2. female
3. living
4. American
5. born before 1975
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. kinda sorta in the Arts
10. not known for politics
11. from east of Appalachia
12. not a military figure
13. has no famous significant other
14. famous rather than infamous
15. had male SO
16. not a scientist
17. did not capitalize on non-show biz fame to enter show biz
18. not an athlete
19. did nothing that would've led evening news/cable pundit show
20. not from an extinct form of Arts (but see #9)
21. would, I believe, be recognized by average "person on the street"
Bonus hint: Especially, perhaps, by older Americans.
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Weds.
Stumped!
Another hint: Best known for TV work.
My (bad) guess
Vanna White
Dingdingding! Yes, I am
Vanna White
Hostess of the American game show Wheel of Fortune: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanna_White
Good job, Eric!
I'd say she's DEFINITELY in Arts.
Your letter is S
I wondered. Game shows aren't really "Arts," I think - not like literature, movies, sitcoms, painting, dance, photography, poetry, etc.
S it is.
IQs:
Did some call you Curunir?
Did you consent to be captured by a young king as part of a grander scheme?
Were your brothers Robert and Renly?
3 DQS
IMO game shows are a tv show, and TV certainly fits the Arts
Understood.
My answers: Saruman, Sauron (both Lord of the Rings) and Stannis Baratheon (Game of Thrones).
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with S?
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name begins "S"
IQs:
Were you a hard-boiled American detective?
Were you a fictional British prime minister?
Were you a fictional White House chief of staff?
Not Mickey Spillane
DQ
Not Sam Seibert (sp?)
Previous IQs:
Were you a hard-boiled American detective? Mickey Spillane was an author, not a detective himself. I was thinking of Sam Spade.
Were you a fictional British prime minister? - Simon Kerslake, in Jeffrey Archer's excellent political novel First Among Equals.
Were you a fictional White House chief of staff? - Sam Seaborne (if that's who you mean) wasn't WH chief of staff in The West Wing. But I misphrased the question, so I'll try again.
DQs:
American?
First appeared since 1964?
IQs:
Did you play a fictional White House chief of staff?
Did you create the French detective Maigret?
Did you once describe yourself as an "Aberdeen pub-crawler"?
Not John Spencer
DQ
DQ
Previous IQs:
Did you play a fictional White House chief of staff? - I'll rephrase.
Did you create the French detective Maigret? - Georges Simenon.
Did you once describe yourself as an "Aberdeen pub-crawler"? - Lt. Cmdr. Montgomery "Scotty" Scott.
DQs:
First appeared in print?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
You were not John Spencer. Did you play a fictional White House chief of staff?
Did you spoof one of your dad's most famous movie roles?
Were you the chief robopsychologist for USR&MM?
3 DQS
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "s"
4.First appeared after 1964
5.Not from print
6.Considered "Good guy"
Previous IQs:
You were not John Spencer. Did you play a fictional White House chief of staff? - Martin Sheen, in The American President (later Spencer's boss on The West Wing, of course).
Did you spoof one of your dad's most famous movie roles? - Martin's son Charlie:
Were you the chief robopsychologist for USR&MM? - Susan Calvin, in Isaac Asimov's I, Robot stories.
DQs:
First appeared in a movie?
The main character or hero of the work in which he appeared?
American?
IQs:
Were you a fictional POTUS?
Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice?
Did FDR appoint you to the same job?
DQ
Not Salmon Chase
Not Harlan Stone
Previous IQs:
Were you a fictional POTUS? - Matt Santos, from the last few episodes of The West Wing.
Did Lincoln appoint you Chief Justice? - Yes, Salmon P. Chase.
Did FDR appoint you to the same job? - Yes, Harlan F. Stone.
DQ:
Dramatic film?
IQs:
Have you played an author, a wife with secrets, and an apartment dweller?
Have you played a Southern belle, a slayer of the undead and the young sweetheart of a superhero?
Are you a handsome TV journalist with a "rocky" name?
DQ
Not Sarah Michelle Gellar
Not Stone Phillips
I'll post a fresh list with 11, so the "nest" doesn't get too messy.
Thanks. You can also cut and paste rather than "Reply with quote," which looks better IMHO.
Previous IQs:
Have you played an author, a wife with secrets, and an apartment dweller? - Sharon Stone, in Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Sliver.
Have you played a Southern belle, a slayer of the undead and the young sweetheart of a superhero? - Don't think Sarah Michelle Gellar ever played that third role. This was Emma Stone, in The Help, Zombieland and The Amazing Spider-Man.
Are you a handsome TV journalist with a "rocky" name? - Yes, Stone Phillips.
Stone x3!
DQs:
First appeared after 2000?
Appeared in more than one movie?
IQs:
Are you a country singer who had a hit with "Innocence"?
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Were you his second?
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "S"
4.1st appearance after 1964
5.Not from print
6.Considered a "Good Guy"
7.Not the lead character
8.American
9.From a movie
10.Comedic film
11.1st appearance before 2000
12.From multiple films
Not Shania Twain
Not Edwin Stanton
DQ
(Might reverse 2 and 3)