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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    1.Real
    2.Male
    3.Last initial "K"
    4.Living
    5.American
    6.In arts (as himself)
    7.From TV
    8.Not an Actor
    9.Greatest fame since 2000
    10.Never won Emmy (which surprised me)
    11.Born before 1964
    12.Not considered handsome (I don't think he's bad looking)
    13.From a show currently in production
    14. Not known as funny per se, but known for getting the giggles
    15. On an ABC owned network
    16.Show time inconsistent, but usually airs between 8-11 PM ET weeknights
    17.Not a sitcom (or scripted show, for that matter)
    18.Set in present day (airs live)
    19.Not the main host of his show
    20.(Sports) Journalist

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    Ah, thanks. That Jewel.

    Hmm. I can't think of any sports journalists matching the answers so far. I give up.

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    Okay then.

    I'm TIM KURKJIAN from "Baseball Tonight" on ESPN. (They frequently air after games)

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    Hmm. Never heard of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Kurkjian. I only listen to local baseball commentary, and that, rarely.

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    Okay, I feared he'd be unfamiliar (given you're not a sports fan)

    Give CIAS a ring, see if he has a letter.

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    Done. I asked him to do so by noon EST Fri., if he wished to.

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    Hi there - I'd feel guilty giving a letter although it may prompt me to be around a little more often.

    Hmm - Let's have a go with T
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    Welcome back, CIAS!

    IQs:

    Were you a great warrior who supplied a middle name for another great warrior?
    Were you a ruler who supplied a middle name for a fictional character?
    Were you a House manager (prosecutor) in the Senate impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson?

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    IQ: Are you an ESPN baseball reporter who is best known previously for covering the Orioles?
    IQ2: Did you investigate a POTUS, and later fail to join his successor's Cabinet?
    IQ3: Did you serve up the ALCS clinching HR to Aaron *bleeping* Boone?

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    And I see the questions have gotten no easier over time

    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
    Welcome back, CIAS!

    IQs:

    Were you a great warrior who supplied a middle name for another great warrior?
    Were you a ruler who supplied a middle name for a fictional character?
    Were you a House manager (prosecutor) in the Senate impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson?
    1. Was there ever a warrior called "The"?
    2. Tiberius
    3. Dunno

    2 DQs to you good sir.
    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Are you an ESPN baseball reporter who is best known previously for covering the Orioles?
    IQ2: Did you investigate a POTUS, and later fail to join his successor's Cabinet?
    IQ3: Did you serve up the ALCS clinching HR to Aaron *bleeping* Boone?
    And pass on all these three as well - take 3 DQs
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    Tim KURKJIAN
    John Tower (Investigated Iran-Contra, failed to become Secretary of Defense)
    Tim Wakefield

    DQ: Real?
    DQ2: Male?
    DQ3: Living?

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a great warrior who supplied a middle name for another great warrior? - Tecumseh and Gen. William T. Sherman
    Were you a ruler who supplied a middle name for a fictional character? - Yes, Tiberius and Capt. James T. Kirk
    Were you a House manager (prosecutor) in the Senate impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson? - Thaddeus Stevens

    DQs:

    Last name start with T?
    American?

    IQs:

    Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
    Was your statue recently added to Statuary Hall?
    Did a biographer give his book about you the title American Sphinx?

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    IQ: Were you the 1st POTUS to succeed on the death of your predecessor?
    IQ2: Are you the MLB pitcher who entered the HoF with a record voting %?
    IQ3: Are you the "Popular" actress who was once married to Melissa Etheridge?

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American

    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
    IQs:

    Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
    Was your statue recently added to Statuary Hall?
    Did a biographer give his book about you the title American Sphinx?
    Nope - no clue, another three DQs.

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Were you the 1st POTUS to succeed on the death of your predecessor?
    IQ2: Are you the MLB pitcher who entered the HoF with a record voting %?
    IQ3: Are you the "Popular" actress who was once married to Melissa Etheridge?
    And again, another 3 DQs.
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    John Tyler became POTUS after William Henry Harrison died
    Tom Seaver was elected with about 98% vote
    Tammy Lynn Michaels (frequently went by Tammy Etheridge)

    DQ: Born after 1975?
    DQ2: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
    DQ3: Born East of the Mississippi River?

    IQ: Are you on pace to get your butt kicked in the Presidential election?
    IQ2: Are you poised to be the next VPOTUS?
    IQ3: Did your song give women a ready made fake name and phone number?

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas of Civil War fame.
    Was your statue recently added to Statuary Hall? - Thomas Edison of Ohio.
    Did a biographer give his book about you the title American Sphinx? - Joseph Ellis thus titled his bio of Thomas Jefferson.

    Thomas x3!

    DQs:

    Best known for the arts, broadly defined?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Were you captain of the Protector?
    Did your starships include the Cornucopia and the Ark?
    Did you play the lead role in The Limey?

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    dp

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post

    IQ: Are you on pace to get your butt kicked in the Presidential election?
    IQ2: Are you poised to be the next VPOTUS?
    IQ3: Did your song give women a ready made fake name and phone number?
    1. Donald Trump
    2. Tim Kaine
    3. Pass

    Take a DQ.

    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
    IQs:

    Were you captain of the Protector?
    Did your starships include the Cornucopia and the Ark?
    Did you play the lead role in The Limey?
    1. Pass
    2. Pass
    3. Terence Stamp

    Take 2 DQs.
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    Nailed "The Donald" and Kaine.

    That last one was Tommy Tutone ("Jenny/867-5309")

    DQ: From TV/film?

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    IQ: Are you the longtime Dodger manager who managed our Olympic team to a Gold medal?
    IQ2: Are you one of the track stars who gave the "black power" salute at the '68 Olympics?
    IQ3: Are you the defensive minded coach who guided the Bulls to their best seasons since MJ retired?

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you captain of the Protector? - Peter Quincy Taggart in Galaxy Quest.
    Did your starships include the Cornucopia and the Ark? - The smart, large, bald and witheringly sarcastic Haviland Tuf, in the George R.R. Martin sf novel Tuf Voyaging.
    Did you play the lead role in The Limey? - Yes, Terence Stamp.

    DQs:

    Known for the visual arts?
    Has won a top award in his field?

    IQs:

    Did you play Thaddeus Stevens in a recent movie?
    Were you the Igor character in the very, very bad movie Manos: Hands of Fate?
    Did you play the pretty brunette girl next door in The Best Years of Our Lives?

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.
    10. Not from TV/film
    11. Known for the visual arts
    12. Has won a top award in his field

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Are you the longtime Dodger manager who managed our Olympic team to a Gold medal?
    IQ2: Are you one of the track stars who gave the "black power" salute at the '68 Olympics?
    IQ3: Are you the defensive minded coach who guided the Bulls to their best seasons since MJ retired?
    Nope. Pass on all three.

    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post
    IQs:

    Did you play Thaddeus Stevens in a recent movie?
    Were you the Igor character in the very, very bad movie Manos: Hands of Fate?
    Did you play the pretty brunette girl next door in The Best Years of Our Lives?
    And another three I have no clue on.
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    Tommy Lasorda
    Tommie Smith
    Tom Thibideau

    DQ: From the Stage?
    DQ2: From West of the Appalachians?
    DQ3: Famous SO?

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    IQ: Did your HR saving catch lead to the All-Star game ending in a tie?
    IQ2: Did you co-write the 1st modern pop song?
    IQ3: Are you #2's ex-wife, played by Angela Bassett in the biopic?

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you play Thaddeus Stevens in a recent movie? - Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln: a Texan playing a Vermont-born Pennsylvanian
    Were you the Igor character in the very, very bad movie Manos: Hands of Fate? - Torgo
    Did you play the pretty brunette girl next door in The Best Years of Our Lives? - Theresa Wright

    DQ:

    Born before 1955?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Are you one of the best-known people to vacation in Key West, Fla.?
    Did a local radio station once change its nightly broadcast just for your dad's convenience?
    Did you and your husband once, to your embarrassment, break the slats in your bed, presumably due to over-energetic sex?

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.
    10. Not from TV/film
    11. Known for the visual arts
    12. Has won a top award in his field
    13: Not from the Stage
    14: From East of the Appalachians
    15: Does not have a famous SO
    16. Born before 1955

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Did your HR saving catch lead to the All-Star game ending in a tie?
    IQ2: Did you co-write the 1st modern pop song?
    IQ3: Are you #2's ex-wife, played by Angela Bassett in the biopic?
    Nope another three DQs

    Quote Originally posted by Elendil's Heir View post

    IQs:

    Are you one of the best-known people to vacation in Key West, Fla.?
    Did a local radio station once change its nightly broadcast just for your dad's convenience?
    Did you and your husband once, to your embarrassment, break the slats in your bed, presumably due to over-energetic sex?
    Nope. No ideas as well. Another 3DQs.
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    Torii Hunter
    Ike Turner ("Rocket 88")
    Tina Turner

    DQ: Born after 1925?
    DQ2: Known as a painter/sculptor?
    DQ3: New Englander?
    Last edited by Erictelevision; 27 Sep 2016 at 07:38 PM. Reason: My DQs

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    Previous IQs:

    Are you one of the best-known people to vacation in Key West, Fla.? - Harry Truman
    Did a local radio station once change its nightly broadcast just for your dad's convenience? - Margaret Truman, so the President could hear her sing in a concert in another city
    Did you and your husband once, to your embarrassment, break the slats in your bed, presumably due to over-energetic sex? - Bess Truman, while they were staying in Blair House during the White House reconstruction

    Three DQs reserved.

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    EH: I had heard that happened at the White House. Nevertheless, I LOVE that story!

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    David McCullough recounts it in his excellent bio Truman. Lots of great stories in there.

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    I read that 20 years ago!! May have to revisit it.

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    It's great. Or, if you want something more recent, I just read his The Wright Brothers. Quite a bit shorter than Truman, but equally good, I'd say.

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    Yeah, I have to get around to that. I LOVED "Truman", "1776", and "John Adams".

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    Mornings on Horseback, about Theodore Roosevelt's youth, is also quite good.

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    IQ: Did you found University of Virginia?
    IQ2: Are you famous for your "Common Sense"?

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    IQ3: Are you an autistic fictional character who weaves together several tv universes?

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Are you famous for your "Common Sense"?
    Edited out repetitive question

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.
    10. Not from TV/film
    11.Not known for the visual arts

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    12. Has won a top award in his field
    13: Not from the Stage
    14: From East of the Appalachians
    15: Does not have a famous SO
    16. Born before 1955

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    Typical. I got 11 incorrect, although I'm sure I had a not there.

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    13 is the only one that might've been asked differently, I think.

    DQs:

    Musician?
    Considered handsome?

    One DQ reserved.

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    Dunno if you remember, but: you ARE allowed to research DQs, as opposed to IQs.

    Reasking an effected DQ: Known as a writer?

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    Did you see my recent IQs?

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    IQ: Did you serve up the infamous HR to Bucky *bleeping*'Dent?

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    Did you see my recent IQs?
    You also missed my DQs above

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Did you found University of Virginia?
    IQ2: Are you famous for your "Common Sense"?
    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ3: Are you an autistic fictional character who weaves together several tv universes?
    Nope. Once again stumped
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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.
    10. Not from TV/film
    11.Not known for the visual arts.
    12. Musician
    13. Not traditionally handsome, but has never had a shortage of admirers
    In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.

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    We already covered the founder of UVa (Thomas Jefferson). So that's 2 DQs

    DQ: From pop music?
    DQ2: From a group?l

    Those were:

    Thomas Paine
    Tommy Westphal ("St. Elsewhere")

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    IQ: Did you serve up the infamous HR to Bucky *bleeping*'Dent?
    You missed this

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    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    Dunno if you remember, but: you ARE allowed to research DQs, as opposed to IQs.

    Reasking an effected DQ: Known as a writer?
    Missed this too

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    DQ:

    Greatest fame since 2000?

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    DQs

    1. Real
    2. Male
    3. Living
    4. Last name start with T
    5. American
    6. Born before 1975
    7. Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line
    8. Born East of the Mississippi River
    9. Best known for the arts, broadly defined.
    10. Not from TV/film
    11.Not known for the visual arts.
    12. Musician
    13. Not traditionally handsome, but has never had a shortage of admirers[/QUOTE]
    14. Not known as a writer
    15. Not from pop music
    16. From a group
    17. Has had great fame before 2000
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