Let's play Botticelli!

Previous IQs:

Did you perform a hit song with Peter Gabriel about Eighties British unemployment? - I thought this was Laurie Anderson, but I see you're right, it's Kate Bush on "Don't Give Up": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9vWBWEGEnM
Were you married to your first husband at Malabar Farm, in Ohio? - Lauren Bacall and Bogie: http://vickielester.files.wordpress....ry-in-ohio.jpg
Were you a fictional amphibian who lived in NYC? - Not Leonardo. I'll rephrase.

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a fictional amphibian, without brothers, who lived in NYC?

Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson, Enya, Bjork, they're all the same to me too! Meanwhile I will admit that is very cool about Bogie/Bacall marrying in Ohio. Would never have guessed that.

Another fictional amphibian in NYC? Is it a comic book thing? Yipe, I'm stumped here.

Note that I've decided to refine my answers to #11 ("Is he generally considered a good guy?") and #18 ("Comedy character?"). I think my own feelings about the character may have influenced my answer.

DQs

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American (well, naturalized)
4. First name begins with L
5. This is a toughie but I'd have to say no, would probably not be alive today... but it could go either way
6. First main appearance in print
7. Created since 1950
8. Has appeared in more than one medium
9. Is the main protagonist in at least one of his appearances
10. Has appeared in a movie in or since 1994
11. Not a good guy, especially early on; now, most of the audience would probably say 'yes, but...' while others would say 'no, but...'
12. Sometimes appears in works considered somewhat action-oriented
13. Not known to use a gun as far as I know
14. Not particularly associated with New York City, though possibly lived there for a little while
15. Not a detective/law enforcement
16. Was a lead character in movie(s) in which he appeared since 1994
17. Aged over 40
18. Not a comedy character, although in one film the performance was pretty amusing. But no. Considered witty, however.
19. Definitely not involved in military/secret agent government type work

Previous IQs:

Were you a fictional amphibian, without brothers, who lived in NYC? - Lyle the Crocodile, featured in a series of charming kids' books: http://www.amazon.com/Lyle-Birthday-...lyle+crocodile

CIAS, what should our last DQ be, do you think? I'm still drawing a blank on this guy.

Its the naturalised American in an action orientated medium who doesn't use a gun that gets me. I would have guessed someone like The Punisher for some of it apart from the lack of guns and so on...

It's the Vampire Lestat isn't it. :smack

Try asking if the character is undead.

Ooo, good idea. But I think I'll cast our net a little more broadly.

DQ:

Supernatural in some way?

Goddammit, CIAS!

DQs

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American (well, naturalized)
4. First name begins with L
5. This is a toughie but I'd have to say no, would probably not be alive today... but it could go either way
6. First main appearance in print
7. Created since 1950
8. Has appeared in more than one medium
9. Is the main protagonist in at least one of his appearances
10. Has appeared in a movie in or since 1994
11. Not a good guy, especially early on; now, most of the audience would probably say 'yes, but...' while others would say 'no, but...'
12. Sometimes appears in works considered somewhat action-oriented
13. Not known to use a gun as far as I know
14. Not particularly associated with New York City, though possibly lived there for a little while
15. Not a detective/law enforcement
16. Was a lead character in movie(s) in which he appeared since 1994
17. Aged over 40
18. Not a comedy character, although in one film the performance was pretty amusing. But no. Considered witty, however.
19. Definitely not involved in military/secret agent government type work
20. Yes, supernatural

Grrrrrrrr! So close!

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Goddammit, CIAS!

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How appropriate.

So...Are you the Vampire Lestat? :smug:

Yes, yes, of course I bloody am Lestat de Lioncourt, the stupid sexy vampire that Anne Rice first made a villain and then, as with many romance writers, fell in love with him and turned him into a tortured good guy.

How the hell did you get there?! So close, soooooo close!

:: golf clap for CIAS ::

It was the trying to think of someone who was in an action film in america who didn't use a gun. The Punisher fitted but uses waaaaay to much arsenal, but he does live in a universe fighting creatures who don't use guns, like mutants, supernatural etc. From there I thought of Twilight because Ed Cullen is such a moody git and the supernatural stuff would have fitted as being in the action genre but no guns again seeing as cops and government had been ruled out.

Of course, he was such a goody two shoes, so no chance. but the undead thought stuck, and then it was the part about witty, but not comedic that suddenly made me think of Lestat, and looking over the clues, he just fitted. Not to mention its one of Tom Cruise's best performances.

You should have picked Louie, I never would have guessed that. ;)

Oh well, time to think of someone knew.

Actually EH, you haven't had a go for a while - would you like to?

Thanks, but no, you go ahead. I don't need your pity! ;-)

Ok, here we go again.

Letter is C

IQs:

Will you be making an impromptu visit to Scotland soon?
Are you another person soon making such a visit?
Were you a prominent Black Panther leader?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Will you be making an impromptu visit to Scotland soon?
Are you another person soon making such a visit?
Were you a prominent Black Panther leader?

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1 and 2. That would be Messrs Cameron and Clegg as the independence referendum goes to the wire.
2. The only one I know is Malcolm X - so Stumped.

Take a DQ.

LOL, when reading the above post, I immediately thought "wait, why does CIAS think Malcolm X is going to Scotland??? He knows he's dead, right?" And then I saw you'd just labeled the third answer incorrectly.

Speaking of certain names...

1. Are you (very not-so-secretly) the inspiration for the fictional character known for lines such as "Come the fuck in, or fuck the fuck off," "He's about as much use as a marzipan dildo," and "Don't you ever, ever call me a bully; I'm so much worse than that!"?

2. Are you smaller than your 14 siblings, not to mention the 86 other animals of your breed in a famous children's book and film?

3. Were three of your four Oscar nominations for Best Actor for playing a) a corrupt, blackmailing Nazi collaborator, b) a corrupt, murdering Nazi spy, and c) a sympathetic Jewish concentration camp survivor?

Previous IQs:

Will you be making an impromptu visit to Scotland soon? - Yes, British PM David Cameron
Are you another person soon making such a visit? - Yes, Deputy PM Nick Clegg
Were you a prominent Black Panther leader? - This was Eldridge Cleaver

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you a Civil War major general, postwar Governor of Ohio, and had a building named after you at Oberlin College?
Were you an early, fire-and-brimstone President of Oberlin College, and his father-in-law?
Were you the aristocratic Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer's (wait for it) First Among Equals?

DQs:

1. Real

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

1. Are you (very not-so-secretly) the inspiration for the fictional character known for lines such as "Come the fuck in, or fuck the fuck off," "He's about as much use as a marzipan dildo," and "Don't you ever, ever call me a bully; I'm so much worse than that!"?

2. Are you smaller than your 14 siblings, not to mention the 86 other animals of your breed in a famous children's book and film?

3. Were three of your four Oscar nominations for Best Actor for playing a) a corrupt, blackmailing Nazi collaborator, b) a corrupt, murdering Nazi spy, and c) a sympathetic Jewish concentration camp survivor?

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1. I believe its Alistair Campbell
2. Drat, drat, drat, its 101 dalmatians and I cannot remember what the runt of the litter was called.
3. Nope, stumped on that one.

Take 2 DQs.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you a Civil War major general, postwar Governor of Ohio, and had a building named after you at Oberlin College?
Were you an early, fire-and-brimstone President of Oberlin College, and his father-in-law?
Were you the aristocratic Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer's (wait for it) First Among Equals?

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I can see I am going to have to research Ohio and environs thoroughly to ensure a lack of easy DQs for you good sir.
And I'm stumped on Archer as well.

Take 3 DQs

Well picked up on Malcolm Tucker/Alistair Campbell, of course. The littlest Dalmatian is the Cadpig. And #3 is Claude Rains, who was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Casablanca (Nazi collaborator), Notorious (Nazi spy) and Mr. Skeffington (Jewish banker unfortunate enough to fall in love with Bette Davis's heartless egomaniac, and then even more unfortunate to end up in a concentration camp). His fourth nom was for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, another nuanced performance.

DQs:

- Female? (One of these days we'll get another woman...)
- Alive?

IQs:

- Despite your many significant achievements as a talented actress and fashion icon before and since, is one of your most notorious/controversial claims to fame the fact that one of your starring roles required you to give a real blow job to your film's director/star?

- Putting it rather baldly, is your primary purpose in life seemingly waiting for your mom to die?

- When you first rocketed to fame forty years ago, were you known for reminding people each Saturday who you were--and also reminding them in turn that they weren't you?


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Speaking of Ohio and particularly Oberlin, can I just brag, EH, that my incredibly talented niece has just gone off to begin her college life there? She's doing a double degree both at the Conservatory of Music and the regular college. [/proud aunt]

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female. (your wish choie. etc. etc.)
3. Alive

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Well picked up on Malcolm Tucker/Alistair Campbell, of course. The littlest Dalmatian is the Cadpig. And #3 is Claude Rains, who was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Casablanca (Nazi collaborator), Notorious (Nazi spy) and Mr. Skeffington (Jewish banker unfortunate enough to fall in love with Bette Davis's heartless egomaniac, and then even more unfortunate to end up in a concentration camp). His fourth nom was for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, another nuanced performance.

IQs:

- Despite your many significant achievements as a talented actress and fashion icon before and since, is one of your most notorious/controversial claims to fame the fact that one of your starring roles required you to give a real blow job to your film's director/star?

- Putting it rather baldly, is your primary purpose in life seemingly waiting for your mom to die?

- When you first rocketed to fame forty years ago, were you known for reminding people each Saturday who you were--and also reminding them in turn that they weren't you?

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Cadpig, drat, I should have remembered.

IQs:
1. I can remember the controversy, I believe the guy was also an ex- as well, but I can't remember the film or the actress in question.
2. Prince Charles
3. Sounds like something Jay Leno or someone like that would say, but stumped.

Take another 2 DQs.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

...Speaking of Ohio and particularly Oberlin, can I just brag, EH, that my incredibly talented niece has just gone off to begin her college life there? She's doing a double degree both at the Conservatory of Music and the regular college. [/proud aunt]

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Hey, great! I loved my time at Oberlin. I teach a course there every fall. PM me for details if you like, or if you'd like me to say howdy to your niece next time I'm out there.

Previous IQs:

Were you a Civil War major general, postwar Governor of Ohio, and had a building named after you at Oberlin College? - Jacob Cox
Were you an early, fire-and-brimstone President of Oberlin College, and his father-in-law? - Charles Grandison Finney
Were you the aristocratic Tory villain of Jeffrey Archer's (wait for it) First Among Equals? - Charles Seymour

DQs:

Last name start with C?
Best known for the creative arts, as broadly defined?
American?

IQs:

Did you record "letters" home for your fictional sister?
Did your mistress assuage a mob by identifying herself as "the Protestant whore"?
Was your wife's pet name for you "Pig"?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name does not start with C
5. Is Best known for the creative arts, as broadly defined
6. American

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did you record "letters" home for your fictional sister?
Did your mistress assuage a mob by identifying herself as "the Protestant whore"?
Was your wife's pet name for you "Pig"?

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1. Arrgh, this one has come up before and I cannot remember the answer.
2. Nope, no idea, again
3. Drat, all I can think of is John Peel, but that was his nickname for his wife.

Stuffed again, another 3 DQs to you.

Previous IQs:

Did you record "letters" home for your fictional sister? - Maj. Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H
Did your mistress assuage a mob by identifying herself as "the Protestant whore"? - King Charles II of England
Was your wife's pet name for you "Pig"? - Winston Churchill

DQs:

Best known as an actress?
Has won a major award in her field?
Born since 1970?

IQs:

Have people gossiped about your weight since you first became famous?
Have you played a crazy person, a defense lawyer and the Vice President of the United States?
Is your ratty old chair displayed in the Natl. Museum of American History?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name does not start with C
5. Is Best known for the creative arts, as broadly defined
6. American
7. Tricky, but I would say no, not best known as an actress.
8. Has won a major award in her field
9. Not Born since 1970.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Have people gossiped about your weight since you first became famous?
Have you played a crazy person, a defense lawyer and the Vice President of the United States?
Is your ratty old chair displayed in the Natl. Museum of American History?

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I really should have remembered the M.A.S.H one.

IQs.
1. Waay too generic a question, that's happened to nearly every female in the public eye since the year dot. Some gossip mags are insatiable. I'll start with Coleen Rooney but please refine.
2. Nope, I'll take stumped for 10, please Alex.
3. Davy Crockett???? Seriously, no idea.

Take another 2 DQs. Yeah, its one of those days again.

1. Did you begin your career as an idealistic and secretly privileged intern, eventually becoming a seasoned doctor who at one point took over from his old mentor?

2. Were you a friend of the above who helped save his life via a kidney?

3. Are you an actor described in the opening song to a cult, campy film classic as being 'over a barrel'?

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

1. Did you begin your career as an idealistic and secretly privileged intern, eventually becoming a seasoned doctor who at one point took over from his old mentor?

2. Were you a friend of the above who helped save his life via a kidney?

3. Are you an actor described in the opening song to a cult, campy film classic as being 'over a barrel'?

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1. Nope, not one I can think of . Stumped
2. If I can't get the first, I'm not getting this one either.
3. That...that sounds so familiar, Drat its Rocky Horror Picture Show isn't it. Science fiction, Double Feature and I cannot remember the words..... *Hangs head in shame*

Take 3 DQs to add to the other two you have spare.

I may be a while I'm gonna go watch it again.

Oh goodness I didn't realize I had DQs left over. For some reason I thought I was all caught up!

Answers are John Carter (Noah Wylie) and Carol Hathaway (Juliana Margulies) from ER, and Leo G. Carroll ("...was over a barrel, when Tarantula took to the hills...")

DQs (I'll stick with three and bank the other ones):

- Known primarily as a musician?
- Born since 1950?
- First became famous after 1985?

IQs:

1. As someone who was replaced by a muuuch younger performer in the film version of your hit musical, were you a favorite of drag queen impersonators as well as a Whose Line Is It Anyway? contestant?

2. Did your longtime working partner believe he was the first person to use the word "fuck" during your eulogy?

3. If your father had kept his original surname, would your own last name have coincidentally been the subject of one of your most famous comedy routines?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name does not start with C
5. Is Best known for the creative arts, as broadly defined
6. American
7. Tricky, but I would say no, not best known as an actress.
8. Has won a major award in her field
9. Not Born since 1970.
10. Known primarily as a musician. For some its YMMV, but I think for the majority it music.
11. Not born since 1950?
12. Was definitely famous before 1985

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Oh goodness I didn't realize I had DQs left over. For some reason I thought I was all caught up!

Answers are John Carter (Noah Wylie) and Carol Hathaway (Juliana Margulies) from ER, and Leo G. Carroll ("...was over a barrel, when Tarantula took to the hills...")

IQs:

1. As someone who was replaced by a muuuch younger performer in the film version of your hit musical, were you a favorite of drag queen impersonators as well as a Whose Line Is It Anyway? contestant?

2. Did your longtime working partner believe he was the first person to use the word "fuck" during your eulogy?

3. If your father had kept his original surname, would your own last name have coincidentally been the subject of one of your most famous comedy routines?

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I never did catch ER, so no chance on those. As for RHPM - should have known it. Ho Hum

1. Dare I ask what Ryan Styles was up to? I can think of plenty of musicals on screen but I'm stumped as to the stage performer.
2. I believe that was John Cleese at Graham Chapman's eulogy.
3. Nope, stumped. Curious, but stumped.

2 more DQs to you.

Ahhhh methinks I know our heroine...

My first IQ answer was Carol Channing (the original Dolly Levi in Hello, Dolly); I'm assuming you're guessing Chapman and that's correct for #2; and #3 was actually John Cleese, whose father changed the last name from its original: Cheese. Middle names were "Venezuelan Beaver," interestingly enough. :D

DQs, including one of my saved ones:

- Born west of the Mississippi?
- Were you ever married to someone famous?
- Are you known by a single name?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Alive
4. Last name does not start with C
5. Is Best known for the creative arts, as broadly defined
6. American
7. Tricky, but I would say no, not best known as an actress.
8. Has won a major award in her field
9. Not Born since 1970.
10. Known primarily as a musician. For some its YMMV, but I think for the majority it music.
11. Not born since 1950?
12. Was definitely famous before 1985
13. Born west of the Mississippi
14. Has been married to someone famous
15. Known by a single name

It's like you almost read my mind. I need to find a psychic smiley from somewhere.

Perhaps http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-rpg031.gif or http://grammophon-platten.de/e107_im.../yahoo/127.gif?


The approximate age and musician things were what gave it away, really... there aren't that many musician/actresses from prior to 1950 who've won major awards; also, I had to rule out Chita Rivera since you mentioned she's not best known as an actress, and I wouldn't really call being a dancer a 'musician.' I was tempted to think of Charo, but she's probably before your time, plus if she's won any awards for 'hoochie-coochie-ing" there's some mighty specific award presentations out there!

So... are you Cher?

I'll bet that's it.

Previous IQs:

Have people gossiped about your weight since you first became famous? - I'll rephrase, just in case.
Have you played a crazy person, a defense lawyer and the Vice President of the United States? - Glenn Close, in Fatal Attraction, Jagged Edge and Air Force One.
Is your ratty old chair displayed in the Natl. Museum of American History? - Carroll O'Connor, from his character Archie Bunker in All in the Family.

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Have people gossiped about your weight since you, best known as a singer, first became famous in the past 14 years?
Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.?
Did you and your ex-husband perform for Bill and Hillary Clinton while the Clintons were on vacation?

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

So... are you Cher?

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I like :psychic: - consider it added to the pool.

Knew it wouldn't take too long.

Yes, The person in question is Cher

Yay! Hey, "Half-Breed" could be Kylah's theme song, too.

Okay, I totally have one. The letter is... E

All right, choie!

Previous IQs:

Have people gossiped about your weight since you, best known as a singer, first became famous in the past 14 years? - Kelly Clarkson
Are you the best-known person from Pin Point, Ga.? - Clarence Thomas
Did you and your ex-husband perform for Bill and Hillary Clinton while the Clintons were on vacation? - Carly Simon, with James Taylor

New IQs:

Did the troops in their tents cheer you in the movie Breaker Morant?
Did you reign in 1936, and only in 1936?
Did Vincent Price play your creator, who died too soon?

I would've guessed Christina Aguilera for the singer. Sadly it could be almost any female celebrity.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Did the troops in their tents cheer you in the movie Breaker Morant?
Did you reign in 1936, and only in 1936?
Did Vincent Price play your creator, who died too soon?

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- No, I am not Edward Woodward? (Total stab in the dark as I haven't seen the movie, but obviously I know he starred in it.)

- No, I am not Edward VIII, thankfully.

- No, I am not... Edward Scissorhands? Another film I haven't seen, but am less likely to than Breaker Morant, that's for sure. (Not a big Depp fan, especially when paired with Timmy-One-Note Burton.)

Well done choie,

1. Did you write of a young boy raised by animals?
2. Are you supposed to be earliest known discoverer of Greenland?
3. Did you play the only protagonist of the Eighth Doctor on screen?

Thank you! She was a good choice.

1. No, I am not Edgar Rice Burroughs
2. No, I am not Eric the Red
3. Ermmm this was Paul McGann, no? Did you mean Antagonist? In which case, stumped like a beheaded Dalek since I've never seen the film and for some reason know little about it... but if there was only one baddie I really should know who played him/her. I should at least be able to take a wild guess considering my knowledge of UK character actors. So I'm embarrassed.

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

Well done choie,

1. Did you write of a young boy raised by animals?
2. Are you supposed to be earliest known discoverer of Greenland?
3. Did you play the only protagonist of the Eighth Doctor on screen?

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Correct for the first two.
3. I did mean antagonist, it was the Master, and it was the only US actor to play him: Eric Roberts.

DQ:
Real

IQs:
1. Was your painting responsible for a lot of modern day horror masks?
2. Did you compose Land of Hope and Glory?
3. Were you a British nurse executed during World War One?

Previous IQs:

Did the troops in their tents cheer you in the movie Breaker Morant? - Woodward was in the movie, and shoulda won an Oscar, but the troops cheered the British monarch of the day, Edward VII. Here's the movie (one of my all-time favorites!); the cheer is at 47:28: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZgNosQ8oCY.
Did you reign in 1936, and only in 1936? - Yes, King Edward VIII.
Did Vincent Price play your creator, who died too soon? - Yes, Edward Scissorhands.

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you a scrappy Californian legal research assistant?
Did you play Wilma Deering on TV?
Were you Lincoln's Attorney General?

DQ

1. Fictional

EH! No excuse for not noticing CIAS's identical DQ, you were hours and hours apart! Shame shame everyone knows your name. :D

Rats on Woodward being wrong, I should've known that was too easy.

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Was your painting responsible for a lot of modern day horror masks?
2. Did you compose Land of Hope and Glory?
3. Were you a British nurse executed during World War One?

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1. No, not Edvard Munch? Probably butchered that spelling...

2. Okay well if you're going to insult me with such a question...! Besmirching my identity as a pathetic Anglophile who wouldn't know the composer of one of the most patriotic British anthems? Edward Elgar! (I went through this period last year where I'd listen to random classical stations and would hear a gorgeous piece and think, wow, why don't I know this and who is it by? And every time it was Elgar.)

3. And now I embarrass myself after that speech because I can't think of this woman's name. Stumped in shame.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you a scrappy Californian legal research assistant?
Did you play Wilma Deering on TV?
Were you Lincoln's Attorney General?

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Stumped thrice. Take three, darn it--well, four with your left over one from earlier. I wonder iif #1 is from Ally McBeal or Moonlighting or something like that... No idea who Wilma Deering is, and I've forgotten much that I learned from The Civil War marathon I did a few months back, so I'm all pink and vulnerable if you want to hit me with your usual "who was the 3rd red-headed lieutenant shot at Gettysburg?" type questions. :D

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs:
1. Was your painting responsible for a lot of modern day horror masks?
2. Did you compose Land of Hope and Glory?
3. Were you a British nurse executed during World War One?

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Correct in the first two;
3. Edith Cavell

DQs:
Female

IQs
1. Were you the evil TV from Willow the Wisp?
2. Was your name based off exactly what you offered to certain viewers?
3. Are you an expert practitioner of headology?

You really, really should know who Wilma Deering is though. Cheesy though the series was.

Previous IQs:

Were you a scrappy Californian legal research assistant? - Erin Brockovich
Did you play Wilma Deering on TV? - Erin Gray, on Buck Rogers in the Seventies
Were you Lincoln's Attorney General? - Edward Bates

DQs:

Last name start with E?
If real, would be alive today?
American?
Created since 1950?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln's SecWar?
Did you play a woman who was a little too close to her brother in Mansfield Park?
Are you the current Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio?

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Were you the evil TV from Willow the Wisp?
2. Was your name based off exactly what you offered to certain viewers?
3. Are you an expert practitioner of headology?

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LOL, stumped on 1 and 3, but #2 is the redoubtable Emma Peel. (I still refuse to believe that story about her name! Even if it's true I don't believe it. :D)

Oh dear. Buck Rogers. I do remember Erin Gray and that stupid beedeebeedeep robot, but this was not a show I paid much attention to.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you Lincoln's SecWar?
Did you play a woman who was a little too close to her brother in Mansfield Park?
Are you the current Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio?

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Yeah I asked for that one, didn't I?

1. Stumped, obviously
2. I can only think this refers to Mary Crawford, but I don't know the adaptations well enough to remember who played whom. So, embarrassingly, stumped on a Jane freakin' Austen question. Ugh, that's worse than if I'd missed the Elgar question!
3. Stumped, not surprisingly

This round should be a quick one...

DQs

Fictional
Male
First name starts with E
Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
Not American
Not created since 1950

Here's Erin Gray; I had a bit of a nerd-crush on her back then: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/23...387dc118ed.jpg

Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln's SecWar? - Edwin Stanton
Did you play a woman who was a little too close to her brother in Mansfield Park? - Embeth Davidtz
Are you the current Democratic nominee for Governor of Ohio? - Ed FitzGerald

DQs:

European?
Considered a "good guy"?
Created since 1900?

IQs:

Was your ship the Queen Anne's Revenge?
Did your ship become a star in Tolkien's tales?
Did you die on the slopes of Mount Doom?

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs
1. Were you the evil TV from Willow the Wisp?
2. Was your name based off exactly what you offered to certain viewers?
3. Are you an expert practitioner of headology?

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1. This was Evil Edna
2. Was indeed Emma Peel
3. Granny Esme Weatherwax from Discworld.

DQs:
First seen in print?
From the romance genre?

IQs:
1. Did you betray your siblings for some Turkish Delight?
2. Are you the miserable cousin of the character above?
3. Are the the bespectacled one of a quartet of paranormal investigators?

I remember Gray quite well; she recently had an arc on The Guild webseries.

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Was your ship the Queen Anne's Revenge?
Did your ship become a star in Tolkien's tales?
Did you die on the slopes of Mount Doom?

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- Damn, that's Blackbeard, but I don't know his real name. And that bugs me because there's a series about Blackbeard that I've been meaning to watch because it has an actor I like in it (Richard Coyle) and if I'd watched it, I'd know the answer! Rats!

- Oy. I dunno. No, I am not Elrond? Probably not, there are only 398374582 characters in Tolkien who begin with "E." But the Evenstar has to come from somewhere in Arwen's family, so...

- DUH, that's obviously Eagle #3, the rogue one who would've totally flown Frodo and Sam there if he'd survived! No, I have no idea.

Yeah you're just gonna go for military/maritime history, Tolkien ephemera, and Ohio trivia, right? I have no chance in hell.

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1. Did you betray your siblings for some Turkish Delight?
2. Are you the miserable cousin of the character above?
3. Are the the bespectacled one of a quartet of paranormal investigators?

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Finally back to safe ground, almost.

1. No, I am not Edmund Pevensie
2. No, I am not Eustace, um, Scrubb I think?
3. Stumped. Only ones I can think of are Daphne from Scooby Doo and Giles from Buffy, assuming you only count him, Buffy, Xander and Willow. I would say it might be someone from Angel but Wesley was the bespectacled one there, no?

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. No, not from the romance genre, although I have no doubt Rule 34 applies; the slash practically writes itself

Previous IQs:

Was your ship the Queen Anne's Revenge? - Yes, Blackbeard, FKA Edward Teach
Did your ship become a star in Tolkien's tales? - Earendil the Mariner
Did you die on the slopes of Mount Doom? - Elendil the Tall

DQs:

British?
Has appeared in movie(s)?
Detective/crimefighter?

IQs:

Were you Gil-Galad's herald?
Were you an Olympian often laughed at?
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor?

Oh dear, I missed one about Elendil? That must sting. Sorry!

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Were you Gil-Galad's herald?
Were you an Olympian often laughed at?
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor?

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- Well now I can only think of Gil Gerard thanks to your Erin Gray reference, but I suspect this other person has no relationship. Stumped.

- Huh. The only "E" gods I can think of are Eros and Eris. Eros sounds wrong, so I guess I'll say no, I am not Eris? (But she doesn't seem funny or risible at all...)

- No, I am not Edgar Allan Poe. I had to read those stories in fifth grade--we actually did a production of "Hop-Frog." Talk about inappropriate. I had a psycho for a teacher.

DQs:

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Well... he would consider himself a successful detective, having sorta solved at least one mystery. But on the whole, most would say no, not a detective/crimefighter.

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IQs:
1. Did you betray your siblings for some Turkish Delight?
2. Are you the miserable cousin of the character above?
3. Are the the bespectacled one of a quartet of paranormal investigators?

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Correct as to Edmund Pevensie and Eustance Scrubb.
3. How could you fail to remember Egon Spengler from Ghostbusters???

DQ:
Character over 40?

IQ:
1. Are you known for playing a bushy haired swot
2. Were you a film director known for his atrocious B movies.
3. Are you a child who found out the war games he was playing were actually for real.

Ack! And Harold Ramis was my favorite out of the Ghostbusters, too! In my mild defense (and this is embarrassing) I always forget there were four of them. That makes me sound horribly racist. But when I see photos of them it's always focused on Murray, Ackroyd and Ramis. Poor Ernie Hudson doesn't get much respect.

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1. Are you known for playing a bushy haired swot
2. Were you a film director known for his atrocious B movies.
3. Are you a child who found out the war games he was playing were actually for real.

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1. No, I am not the notably un-bushy-haired Emma Watson
2. No, I am not Ed Wood?
3. Oh dear, the only person I can think of is David Lightman from WarGames, but obviously not. Stumped!

DQs:

Wow, can I just say, I never expected the age question. I really have to mull over how best to answer that...

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him

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IQ:
2. Were you a film director known for his atrocious B movies.
3. Are you a child who found out the war games he was playing were actually for real.

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2. Yes, this was Ed Wood.
3. Ender from Ender's Game

DQ:
Is best known for working as part of a team.

IQs:
1. Did you have something named after you that appears every 86 years?
2. Were you the bad half of a good man?
3. Were you best known for a heading an evil crime empire and your white cat?

New page, so....

E.

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him

Previous IQs:

Were you Gil-Galad's herald? - Elrond, in the same battle in which Elendil was killed by Sauron
Were you an Olympian often laughed at? - Different kind of Olympian than you were thinking of - this was "Eddie the Eagle," the Olympic ski-jumper
Did you write of Fortunato and Montresor? - Yes, Poe indeed, in The Cask of Amontillado

DQs:

Comic figure?
Noted for good looks?

IQs:

Did you hide a fugitive while doing the dishes?
Were you a character in The Hustler?
Did you demand a surrender in the name of the Almighty and a legislative body?

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1. Did you have something named after you that appears every 86 years?
2. Were you the bad half of a good man?
3. Were you best known for a heading an evil crime empire and your white cat?

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Dang! I might know all of these except I don't know any of the first "E" names!

1. Um. No, I am not Halley? But I don't know his first name. Also I don't think it's 86 years...

2. No, I am not Mr. Hyde? Similarly, this probably shouldn't count since I don't know his first name either.

3. No, I am not Ernst Blofeld? Taking a stab at his first name.


And now I missed Elrond, too! If I miss an Eowyn question I'm gonna be very pissed off since she's basically my second favorite character. Funny about my screw-up on Olympian. My mind tends to run more to mythology than sports!

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Did you hide a fugitive while doing the dishes?
Were you a character in The Hustler?
Did you demand a surrender in the name of the Almighty and a legislative body?

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1. No, I am not Eddie Valiant

2. No, I am not Fast Eddie (Jackie Gleason's character)

3. Hmm. For some reason this sounds like a French thing to do--"Capitulez dans le nom de dieu et les Senat" or something like that! (I'm certain I got the conjugation of "Capituler" wrong, among every other error here.) But anyway, I have no idea. Could be Napoleonic or even one of the Frenchies who helped out in the Revolutionary war. Or it's King Arthur from Holy Grail! :D Stumped.

DQs

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him
16. I'll answer this assuming by 'comic figure' you mean humorous (rather than a figure from a comic): Yes, intended as a comic figure
17. Not especially noted for good looks
18. Hmm. Not working as part of a team, no.

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IQs:
1. Did you have something named after you that appears every 86 years?
2. Were you the bad half of a good man?
3. Were you best known for a heading an evil crime empire and your white cat?

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1. It is Edmund Halley, and you're right its 76 years :fail:
2. Mr Edward Hyde indeed
3. Yes, Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Three for three.

IQs:
1. Are you a man of many questions?
2. Are you synonymous with a bad attitude at Christmas?

Previous IQs:

Did you hide a fugitive while doing the dishes? - Yes, Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Were you a character in The Hustler? - Yes, "Fast Eddie" Felson in The Hustler
Did you demand a surrender in the name of the Almighty and a legislative body? - Ethan Allen demanded the surrender of Ft. Ticonderoga "in the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Congress."

CIAS, any suggestions for a next question? Can't think of who this is.

I think this is the point where CIAS suddenly reads my mind, blowing my ambitions to stump y'all out of the water.

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1. Are you a man of many questions?
2. Are you synonymous with a bad attitude at Christmas?

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1. No, I am not Elendil's Heir? :D Well, he does ask a lot of questions.... Okay if that doesn't count, stumped.

2. Bah! No, I am not Ebenezer Scrooge.

DQs

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. One presumes he is European
8. Well... yes, considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. One presumes he is British
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Would consider himself a mystery-solver but no, he is not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Almost certainly not over 40 when we first meet him
16. I'll answer this assuming by 'comic figure' you mean humorous (rather than a figure from a comic): Yes, intended as a comic figure
17. Not especially noted for good looks
18. Let me clarify: Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)

Hmm....

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IQs:
1. Are you a man of many questions?

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This would be Edward Nigma better known as The Riddler, but EH is an amusing response.

Sorry, I fear choie is wearing a tinfoil hat. :psychic: - no obvious guesses from me.

Hmm, So British (probably) first created a while ago but has been in movies, humorous some mystery solving..

What about asking if the person has a main enemy or arch nemesis? considering choie's comment about slash fics, or perhaps asking if he has an assistant of some kind.

Sure.

DQ:

Has a main enemy or archnemesis?

The Riddler's name is Edward Nigma? Seriously?? Oy veh.

DQs

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. European (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
8. Considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. British (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Has 'solved' a 'mystery' but not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Not over 40 when we first meet him
16. Intended as a comic figure
17. Not noted for good looks
18. Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)
19. Does not have a main enemy or archnemesis

Simplified answers and clarified 7 and 12 to push you along. :)

This is going to be another of those Brit in the book, Yank on film characters isn't it? Multiple movies as well.

Hmm first names: Eric, Ernest, Edward, Ethan, Evan, Eustance... any others you can think of?

Still stumped and got a feeling choie is going to get away with this one.

Any ideas for the last question EH?

I'll ask the other one you earlier suggested.

DQ:

Has an assistant of some kind?

DQs

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name starts with E
4. Probably would not be alive but it might depend on your POV
5. Not American
6. Not created since 1950
7. European (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
8. Considered a "good guy"
9. Created since 1900
10. First seen by the public in print
11. Not from the romance genre
12. British (but not in the movie(s) where he's appeared)
13. Has appeared in movie(s)
14. Has 'solved' a 'mystery' but not a detective/crimefighter.
15. Not over 40 when we first meet him
16. Intended as a comic figure
17. Not noted for good looks
18. Not best known for working as part of a team (although he has, very rarely)
19. Does not have a main enemy or archnemesis
20. Does not have an assistant of any kind

You can have another question if you like! Some possible areas that might help you...

- Narrowing down timeframe of creation
- Whether he's appeared in anything other than print/movie
- Whether he's appeared in anything since ____ (some date)
- Determining job, if any
- Romantic interest, if any
- Physical appearance questions
- Whether he's lost any body parts
- Whether he excels in any sport/game
- Whether he's ever been involved in any creative endeavors

Some or all of those could be useful. :)

Thanks for the offer, but that would be unfair on you for picking such an unknown character.

I'm well and truly stumped this time as well. Will have to have a ponder and who on earth it might be

Heh well I've kinda given you some clues in the possible questions, so enjoy.

And as for unknown... if you don't know this character, I'm gonna need to see your birth certificate for proof you're truly where you say you're from.

(Don't worry, EH... you will know this character just as well, even if you are from Ohio, rather than a green and pleasant land or sceptred isle.)

Nope, thought over it, and I am well and truly stumped :fail:

All I can do is hope EH either has a brainwave or knows which of the questions above is worth asking.

Nope. Also stumped. We had our 20 DQs; go ahead and tell us who it is, please.

Oh bother.

Classic E.H. Shepard version...
http://mountainrose.wpengine.netdna-.../11/donkey.jpg

or Disney...

http://www.reocities.com/Nashville/1...es/eeyore4.jpg

Forgot to mention that Eeyore's solved case was finding Owl a new house, which was actually Piglet's.

Eeyore...

Eeyore.....

...oh grief. :fail:

Well played choie, was never going to get that one, not in a million years.

I warned you you'd feel like an ass. ;)

Y'all never did ask if he was human. I think if you'd narrowed down the creation date or possibly genre it might've helped

Good one. I agree with CIAS, I would never have stumbled upon him... er, it.

C'mon then, who/what is the next character?

Arrgh! Okay, okay. H

IQs:

Were you "the happy warrior"?
Can you only say your own name?
Were you one of Lovecraft's supernatural bad guys?

Gee I wonder why the letter "H" was on my mind? :D

The only one I know here is that #1 is Horatio, Lord Nelson. Thank you, English Lit! For #2 all that springs to mind is Garp's dad in The World According to Garp, but obviously, that ain't the right answer. And all I know from Lovecraft is Cthulhu, so... basically, take your two DQs!

1. Were you dumped with your abusive aunt and uncle after your parents died?
2. Did you play the character who originally jumped the shark?
3. Did you get your big break when you turned up to fix the set?

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1. Were you dumped with your abusive aunt and uncle after your parents died?
2. Did you play the character who originally jumped the shark?
3. Did you get your big break when you turned up to fix the set?

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Ah, there's a luv. You'll always let me start with some easy ones to warm me up. Then, by around DQ 16, you'll trot out the questions like, "Which Blue Peter cat created a voting controversy when it was named?"

No, I fear I am neither Harry Potter, Henry Winkler, or Harrison Ford.

Previous IQs:

Were you "the happy warrior"? - Nelson was never called this that I ever heard of, but I'll rephrase.
Can you only say your own name? - Hodor, on Game of Thrones.
Were you one of Lovecraft's supernatural bad guys? - Hastur the Unspeakable.

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

You are an American. Were you widely known as "the happy warrior"?
Was your handwriting reproduced on the stern of a warship?
Were you one of Lincoln's two personal aides?

IQ

1. Are you the creator of the Stainless Steel Rat?
2. Were you the King of England when the country was last successfully invaded?
3. Would the world have been a different place if you had been better at art?

Nelson is the subject of Wordsworth's "The Happy Warrior," which is where the phrase comes from!

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You are an American. Were you widely known as "the happy warrior"?
Was your handwriting reproduced on the stern of a warship?
Were you one of Lincoln's two personal aides?

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Take three more. I think Biden was called a happy warrior, but unless his middle name is Hiram that can't be it. :)

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1. Are you the creator of the Stainless Steel Rat?
2. Were you the King of England when the country was last successfully invaded?
3. Would the world have been a different place if you had been better at art?

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1. True to form, no, I don't know this one. :)

2. Hmm. Well, I wanted to show off and say George VI, what with the German occupation of the Channel Islands, but you specified England rather than the UK and I don't think the islands are part of England itself. And James II was overthrown by the Dutch at some point, wasn't he? Anyhoo... "H" names are pretty much reduced to Henry or Harold, but I don't think it was one of the Henrys, though if it was I'm guessing Henry II. Certainly wasn't Henry V. But I'm sure the French got in there somewhere, and probably the Spanish made some incursions too. Argh. Eh, I'll go with no, I am not Harold?

3. I am rather happy to say that no, I am not Hitler.

Probably two, but definitely one, DQ coming your way.


DQs:

Real
Male

Huh. Didn't know of the Wordsworth poem before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charac..._Happy_Warrior. I see Biden is indeed referred to.

Previous IQs:

You are an American. Were you widely known as "the happy warrior"? - Hubert Humphrey
Was your handwriting reproduced on the stern of a warship? - John Hancock: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...cock_Stern.jpg
Were you one of Lincoln's two personal aides? - John Hay

DQs:

American?
Living?
Last name start with H?

IQs:

Did you flee your shrill wife Stella?
Were you an artillery officer in WWI?
Were you photographed nearly nude in a Vegas hotel room?

Nope don't know any of them.

DQs:

Real
Male
American
Dead
Last name does not start with H


Hmm, maybe you'd prefer me to just tell you the answer? Not really fun to solve something by yourself, y'know... :devil:

Previous IQs:

Did you flee your shrill wife Stella? - Harry Mudd, on ST:TOS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FGgHEKko3E
Were you an artillery officer in WWI? - Harry Truman
Were you photographed nearly nude in a Vegas hotel room? - Prince Harry of the UK

DQs:

Born since 1900?
Best known for creative arts?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?

IQs:

Did you say that taxes are for "the little people"?
Did you chop off Ser Jaime Lannister's hand?
Were you Lincoln's first VP?

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Did you say that taxes are for "the little people"?
Did you chop off Ser Jaime Lannister's hand?
Were you Lincoln's first VP?

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- Vaguely remember Leona Helmsley saying something like that? I'm not her.
- Rather appropriately... stumped.
- No clue.

DQs:

Real
Male
American
Dead
Last name does not start with H
Not born since 1900
Not best known for creative arts
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line

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IQ

1. Are you the creator of the Stainless Steel Rat?
2. Were you the King of England when the country was last successfully invaded?

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1. This would be Harry Harrison and a fine set of sci-fi books they are too.
2. Yes, this was Harold, he of the missing eye

DQ:
Involved in business?

IQs:
1. Are you the civil servant best known for confusing Jim Hacker in Yes Minister
2. Are you "The Worst Witch"?
3. Did you go for Breakfast at Tiffanys?

Previous IQs:

Did you say that taxes are for "the little people"? - Yes, hotel queen Leona Helmsley.
Did you chop off Ser Jaime Lannister's hand? - "Stumped"? Aargh. This was Vargo Hoat.
Were you Lincoln's first VP? - Hannibal Hamlin, Republican of Maine.

DQs:

Political/military?
Born 1850-1900?

IQs:

Were you the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
Have you played a mobster, a private eye and a first mate?
Did you date Jackson Browne and JFK Jr.?

There's no way you're gonna miss this one, gentlemen.

Wow, CIAS, the metal rat thing was a book reference? I was certain it was a 1980s UK cartoon.

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1. Are you the civil servant best known for confusing Jim Hacker in Yes Minister
2. Are you "The Worst Witch"?
3. Did you go for Breakfast at Tiffanys?

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1. As I am certain you anticipated, the identity of the man whose name you are endeavoring to pursue is not shrouded in much mystery, and is, in fact, an individual for whom such interlocutory circumnavigation and outright obfuscation as I am using now is second nature--indeed, one would call him prima inter pares at such verbal gymnastics (or at least, one would assuming one did not go to the LSE or read classics). Not to put too fine a point of it, at the end of the day, I daresay it would not be stating too strongly that though he modesty refers to himself as a mere humble functionary, the truth is he is also a greatly respected and influential, even indomitable presence at the highest levels of power, rising through the Civil Service to the lofty heights of Permanent Secretary and finally Cabinet Secretary with extraordinary responsibilities in the smooth operations of the government of Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the antepenultimate and the penultimate decades of the twentieth century. But alas, no, I am not he--viz., Sir Humphrey Appleby.*

2. Stumped. I never did read these books/watch the series (I think it was a series, wasn't it? I seem to recall it showing on cable over here.)

3. I'm assuming you refer to the character rather than the actress who portrayed her, so no, I am not Holly Golightly.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
Have you played a mobster, a private eye and a first mate?
Did you date Jackson Browne and JFK Jr.?

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1. No, I am not Alexander Hamilton. I'm sure you've asked this one before because I'm certain I related my affinity for the guy despite my disliking his politics.

2. No, I am not Bob Hoskins.

3. No, I am not Daryl Hannah.

Yay!

DQs:

1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name does not start with H
6. Not born since 1900
7. Not best known for creative arts
8. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. Involved in business
10. Involved in political/military realm (indirectly both)
11. Born 1850-1900


_{* This speech, while cobbled together with many pre-existing bits of Applebyspeak, was all my own making. Yes, I could've been a Thatcher-era civil servant, assuming I was a moral vacuum.}

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Originally posted by choie

1. As I am certain you anticipated, the identity of the man whose name you are endeavoring to pursue is not shrouded in much mystery, and is, in fact, an individual for whom such interlocutory circumnavigation and outright obfuscation as I am using now is second nature--indeed, one would call him prima inter pares at such verbal gymnastics (or at least, one would assuming one did not go to the LSE or read classics). Not to put too fine a point of it, at the end of the day, I daresay it would not be stating too strongly that though he modesty refers to himself as a mere humble functionary, the truth is he is also a greatly respected and influential, even indomitable presence at the highest levels of power, rising through the Civil Service to the lofty heights of Permanent Secretary and finally Cabinet Secretary with extraordinary responsibilities in the smooth operations of the government of Her Majesty's United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the antepenultimate and the penultimate decades of the twentieth century. But alas, no, I am not he--viz., Sir Humphrey Appleby.*

_{* This speech, while cobbled together with many pre-existing bits of Applebyspeak, was all my own making. Yes, I could've been a Thatcher-era civil servant, assuming I was a moral vacuum.}

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:bravo: :bravo: :bravo:

Outstanding indeed.

IQs:
2. Mildred Hubble - from the Worst Witch books and other assorted media appearances

DQs:
Something named after him?

IQs:
1. Are you considered a master comic of the silent era?
2. Did you coin the phrase "You can have it in any color as long as it is black."
3. Were shanty towns named after you during the Great Depression?

Correct as to all three of my IQs. The Hoskins films were The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Hook.

IQs:

Did John Ritter play you in a short-lived cop show?
Was Ol' Golly your best friend?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?

DQs:


1. Real
2. Male
3. American
4. Dead
5. Last name does not start with H
6. Not born since 1900
7. Not best known for creative arts
8. Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. Involved in business
10. Involved in political/military realm (indirectly both)
11. Born 1850-1900
12. Yeah, you could say there were a myriad of 'somethings' named after him... :D

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Did John Ritter play you in a short-lived cop show?
Was Ol' Golly your best friend?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?

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1. Wasn't it Hooper something? I can imagine it on the credits pretty well... Argh, on the tip of my tongue!

2. No, I am not Harriet the Spy, although I always identified with her (not surprising for many young girls). Wouldn't have pegged you as a fan, though!

3. This feels like it should be a pilot of some kind, since when I hear "Langley" I think of the airforce base. But I don't know enough air pilots. I dunno, Harry Truman? (I don't think he was a pilot, but hey, he was a war president, so...)

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Are you considered a master comic of the silent era?
2. Did you coin the phrase "You can have it in any color as long as it is black."
3. Were shanty towns named after you during the Great Depression?

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1. No, I am not Harold Lloyd,

3. No, I am not Herbert Hoover,

2. But yes, for my sins, I am Henry Ford, noted car manufacturer, "pacifist" (aka German appeaser), philanthropist, mechanics supplier to Hitler's German and POW slave labor-user, and anti-Semitic propagandist. Quite the renaissance man, am I!

Very well done, CIAS!

Good grief, that was slightly unexpected.

I'd better go think of someone new.

Way to go, CIAS!

Previous IQs:

Did John Ritter play you in a short-lived cop show? - Close; the show was Hooperman
Was Ol' Golly your best friend? - Yes, Harriet the Spy
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.? - America's best-known early spy, Nathan Hale, is honored with a statue on the grounds of CIA HQ in Langley

OK, lets go for R

IQs:

Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.?
Were you the commander of His Imperial Majesty's Battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you tell David Letterman that you washed milk jugs right after buying them?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.?
Were you the commander of His Imperial Majesty's Battlecruiser MacArthur?
Did you tell David Letterman that you washed milk jugs right after buying them?

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Ah, an excellent set of questions. No clue on any of them. Take 3 DQs.

Previous IQs:

Are you the best-known person born in Dixon, Ill.? - Ronald Reagan
Were you the commander of His Imperial Majesty's Battlecruiser MacArthur? - Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle's The Mote in God's Eye
Did you tell David Letterman that you washed milk jugs right after buying them? - Tony Randall, who was (big surprise) something of a neatnik

DQs:

Real?
Male?
Last name start with R?

IQs:

Were you the first Baratheon king?
Did you have a monkey named Marcel?
Did you win the Battle of Yorktown, working closely with George Washington?

DQs

1. Real.
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you the first Baratheon king?
Did you have a monkey named Marcel?
Did you win the Battle of Yorktown, working closely with George Washington?

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You really want this one badly don't you EH :p

Take another 3 DQs, because I still don't have a clue on any of them

I always do!

Previous IQs:

Were you the first Baratheon king? - Robert, from Game of Thrones
Did you have a monkey named Marcel? - Ross Geller, from Friends
Did you win the Battle of Yorktown, working closely with George Washington? - Comte de Rochambeau

DQs:

American?
Born since 1964?
Best known for the arts?

IQs:

Are you Earl Hickey's brother?
Were you a founder of the Rhode Island colony?
Has your tale been retold with you as both a Navy pilot and an astronaut?

DQs

1. Real.
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Not American
5. Not Born since 1964
6. Not Best known for the arts

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you Earl Hickey's brother?
Were you a founder of the Rhode Island colony?
Has your tale been retold with you as both a Navy pilot and an astronaut?

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1. Stumped
2. Mr Rhodes???????
3. Stumped again.

2, probably 3 DQs for you.

Previous IQs:

Are you Earl Hickey's brother? - Randy, on My Name Is Earl
Were you a founder of the Rhode Island colony? - Roger Williams
Has your tale been retold with you as both a Navy pilot and an astronaut? - Robinson Crusoe

DQs:

European?
Living?
Political/military?

IQs:

Do you hang around Rhosgobel?
Did Charlie Sheen spoof you on a movie poster?
Did you and Jim Baker swap jobs?

DQs

1. Real.
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
4. Not American
5. Not Born since 1964
6. Not Best known for the arts
7. European
8. Not Living
9. Military - with just a hint of political

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Do you hang around Rhosgobel?
Did Charlie Sheen spoof you on a movie poster?
Did you and Jim Baker swap jobs?

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1. I should probably know this but cannot remember
2. Rambo - woot I got one
3. As I don't know how Jim Baker is, stumped again.

Take another 2 DQs.

At this rate you are going to guess it before choie even posts.

Hello boys.

1. Were you known as the Desert Fox?
3. A gentle soul by nature, are you the only one among four friends who wasn't either a bully or a vicious killer--although at certain times, you came close to turning into the latter?
2. Did Snoopy consider you a mortal enemy, but only when he was sitting on his doghouse wearing goggles?

Previous IQs:

Do you hang around Rhosgobel? - Radagast the Brown, one of Tolkien's wizards
Did Charlie Sheen spoof you on a movie poster? - Yes, Rambo: http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV...640_SY720_.jpg
Did you and Jim Baker swap jobs? - Treasury Secretary Donald Regan and then-White House Chief of Staff Jim Baker, in 1985

DQs:

Born in or east of Vienna?
Greatest fame before 1919?

IQs:

Did you build McDonald's into a global restaurant chain?
Did you play Chief Insp. Adam Dalgliesh?
Did you write the most recent single-volume bio of Winston Churchill?

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Hello boys.

1. Were you known as the Desert Fox?
3. A gentle soul by nature, are you the only one among four friends who wasn't either a bully or a vicious killer--although at certain times, you came close to turning into the latter?
2. Did Snoopy consider you a mortal enemy, but only when he was sitting on his doghouse wearing goggles?

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Oh grief - I don't believe it....

The second most amusing thing is that I can answer all three questions straight off.

3. The Red Baron
2. Remus Lupin

And the even more amusing thing is that.

1. Yes, good grief, I seriously don't believe it, but I am Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox

First guess of the round and the good lady gets it. :psychic:

Ummm...wow!

Way to go, choie! Woohoo!

Wow! Float in like a butterfly, sting like a bee. Sorry about that. Well, in fairness, I had EH's earlier DQs as a guide. Why I focused on the 20th century I'm not sure, since there was nothing pinning him to (what I still consider) modern times, but Rommel was very literally the first person I thought of.


Okiedoke. The letter is... M.

IQs:

Were your theories of naval power influential in the early 1900s?
Were you most famously played by Denzel Washington?
Did you sing at the segregated 1939 premiere of Gone with the Wind?

IQs:
1. Did you play a time traveller who became the father of his leader?
2. Did you song reflect on the crash that killed Buddy Holly?
3. Can you only be got rid of, if you are made to say your name backwards?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were your theories of naval power influential in the early 1900s?
Were you most famously played by Denzel Washington?
Did you sing at the segregated 1939 premiere of Gone with the Wind?

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- No, I am not Admiral McHale, whose seafaring genius was the inspiration for the noted documentary-esque sitcom McHale's Navy. (No seriously, stumped, duh.)

- No, I am not Malcolm X?

- No, I am not Marian Anderson? I'm guessing her because she was the reason Eleanor Roosevelt resigned from the DAR (a question I think I gave in earlier rounds).

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Did you play a time traveller who became the father of his leader?
2. Did you song reflect on the crash that killed Buddy Holly?
3. Can you only be got rid of, if you are made to say your name backwards?

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1. DAMN. What's his name. Kyle Reese from Terminator, I had such a crush on the actor?!! OH Michael... Biehn? Beihn? No, I'm not him. Sigh, one of my many favorite characters who inevitably end up dying. (Oh dear, Rangin had better be careful; I probably should've warned you about that losing streak before getting him involved w/Kylah, CIAS...)

2. No, I am not Don McLean, and thanks for getting the song stuck in my head.

3. Oh you're cruel. Um. There's no way I know how to spell this guy's name, but I'm not Superman's puckish villain Mr. MzylSomeMishMashOfLetterspyk.

Correct as to all three and, no, I'm not expecting you to be able to spell Mr Mix-spittle-lick correct or Mister Mxyzptlk as it should be be spelt. That would be cruel

1. Did you drop you cockney accent for your breakout role as an upper class officer?
2. Do you refuse to accept you are as blind as a bat causing havoc on the way?
3. Did the kidnap of your wife result in your brother invading another country?

Yay! I bet EH would've counted #3 as a loss since I couldn't spell it. :devil:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Did you drop you cockney accent for your breakout role as an upper class officer?
2. Do you refuse to accept you are as blind as a bat causing havoc on the way?
3. Did the kidnap of your wife result in your brother invading another country?

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1. Dick Van Dyke? HA just kidding. Hmm. It's very hard to imagine this, but when I hear 'cockney' I think Michael Caine. Except I thought his breakout role was Alfie, so I could be wrong. But wot the 'ell: nah, I don't fink I'm Michael bleedin' Caine.

2. No, I'm not Mr. Magoo.

3. This sounds like the Helen of Troy story, but it'll probably turn out to be Game of freaking Thrones. But I don't remember if Helen was married or just engaged when she was kidnapped. Still: No, I'm not Menelaus?

Nope, three for three again. The Michael Caine breakout movie I was thinking of is Zulu.

1. Did your scrumping expedition turn into a much longer journey than expected?
2. Did the film about you have your original actor play your father?
3. Have you played both an astronaut and a stuntman?

Even I wouldn't insist on the correct spelling of that annoying Superman adversary.

Previous IQs:

Were your theories of naval power influential in the early 1900s? - Alfred Thayer Mahan; Theodore Roosevelt was a fan
Were you most famously played by Denzel Washington? - Yes, Malcolm X
Did you sing at the segregated 1939 premiere of Gone with the Wind? - A very young Martin Luther King Jr., who sang with his church's gospel choir

DQs:

Male?
Real?

IQs:

Were you a historian who got a ship named after him?
Were you a man of the cloth whose first name was a kind of cloth?
Were you a notable American politician since 1970 whose middle name was Stanley?

Wow, I cannot fathom Michael Caine with an RP accent. I've gotta check this Zulu thing out. Is it as racist (well, imperialist) as I've always assumed it was?

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

Nope, three for three again. The Michael Caine breakout movie I was thinking of is Zulu.

1. Did your scrumping expedition turn into a much longer journey than expected?
2. Did the film about you have your original actor play your father?
3. Have you played both an astronaut and a stuntman?

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1. Scrumping is such a UK word. All I know is it means stealing apples... except with Lister from Red Dwarf, who'd go scrumping cars. Anyway... this is really a wild guess, but... is it Merry from LOTR? At least in the film _{no I still haven't read the books don't hit me, EH} he and Pippin were stealing from Farmer MacGregor's vegetable patch. (Okay not really Farmer M. but the scene reminds me of Peter Rabbit!)

2. Original actor. So... a play first? A TV show? Or a film remake? I'm gonna guess TV. Nope, I'm drawing a blank. I have a feeling I'm gonna be really annoyed at this one. Well, it could be one of the Churchills because I'm sure Robert Hardy has played every Churchill in the family tree, but I don't know of any "M" names. Plus, my guess this isn't a real person anyway. Argh.

3. Damn, another one. Stuntman makes me think of a big guy, but astronauts don't tend to be muscular. Not a clue, I can't even think of anyone with an "M" name who's played an astronaut.

Oh crap, I knew that about Martin Luther King, EH! Damn and blast!

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you a historian who got a ship named after him?
Were you a man of the cloth whose first name was a kind of cloth?
Were you a notable American politician since 1970 whose middle name was Stanley?

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1. Quel surprise, stumped.

2. That would be Father Burlap McMartin, right? No, stumped again.

3. The only one I can think of is Mike Stanley Dukakis, but you make it sound like the man is dead. Still, I'll go for Dukakis. (As I did in 1988, likely with as much luck!)

DQs:

Male
Real

I always liked that MLK factoid, linking cinematic Lost Cause mythology with the man who arguably did more than anyone else to tear it down.

Previous IQs:

Were you a historian who got a ship named after him? - Samuel Eliot Morison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sam...rison_(FFG-13)
Were you a man of the cloth whose first name was a kind of cloth? - Cotton Mather.
Were you a notable American politician since 1970 whose middle name was Stanley? - Yes, Michael Stanley Dukakis; didn't mean to imply that he's dead.

DQs:

Last name starts with M?
American?

IQs:

Are you the Red Priestess?
Did Helen Mirren play you early in her career?
Were two particular kinds of food named after you?

Hmm I just noticed that for the past day I haven't received any notifications to the three threads I'm subscribed to (STRPG setup, game thread, and this one). Either of you having problems with that?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Are you the Red Priestess?
Did Helen Mirren play you early in her career?
Were two particular kinds of food named after you?

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- Obviously stumped, this sounds like another ASoIaF/GoT reference (only assuming that because of the term 'red wedding' which I know through cultural osmosis; for all I know it could be Heinlein or someone else).

- Her wot's King Arthur's half-sister and Mordrid's mom, plus (at least implied in the film) lover/student of Merlin, from Exclaiber. But I cannot believe the character's name is totally blank to me. Mag, Meg, Mar, Mel, Mer, Mog, Mor... GOT IT. Morgan le Fay! Or Morgana? I think they're the same person. Whew. No, I am not her, obviously.

- Nope, not Nellie Melba! Man she's cropped up a lot in these rounds. :)

DQs:

Male
Real
Last name starts with M
American

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

Nope, three for three again. The Michael Caine breakout movie I was thinking of is Zulu.

1. Did your scrumping expedition turn into a much longer journey than expected?
2. Did the film about you have your original actor play your father?
3. Have you played both an astronaut and a stuntman?

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No, Zulu is not racist or imperialist and is surprisingly balanced. It may help that the Zulus were being played by the actual descendents of the Zulus at the battle. It's also an excellent film as well even with the few liberties it took.

1. Yes, indeed, it is Meriadoc Brandybuck, who went scrumping for mushrooms with Pippin.
2. This one may annoy you. The answer is Bret Maverick, originally played by Robert Garner, who went on to play his father in the film starring Mel Gibson.
3. Heh, this one is a little sneaky. The answer is Lee Majors, star of The Fall Guy and the Six Million Dollar man. Steve Austin was an astronaut before the accident.


DQ:
1. Alive
2. Known for the performing arts?

IQs:
1. Did your first appearance on TV involving freezing the Fonz?
2. Do you have a form of communicating named after you?
3. Were you known for your magic baseball cap?

Previous IQs:

Are you the Red Priestess? - Melissandre, yes, in Game of Thrones
Did Helen Mirren play you early in her career? - Yes, Morgan le Fay in Excalibur
Were two particular kinds of food named after you? - Yes, Nellie Melba, of toast and peach fame

DQ:

Born east of the Miss. River?

IQs:

Is Barnacle Boy your boon companion?
You are the same person as in the first question. Is this supervillain your nemesis?
Were you a noted avant garde photographer and artist?

I'll have to give Zulu a look. And I can't believe I got that Merry question right, that was a shot in the dark. (Also, PS, you mean James Garner in Maverick. I didn't see the movie or TV series so I didn't have a chance, but I always did like Garner in everything he did. Lee Majors totally left my brain, and you're right I don't think I even knew Steve Austin started out as an astronaut.)

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Did your first appearance on TV involving freezing the Fonz?
2. Do you have a form of communicating named after you?
3. Were you known for your magic baseball cap?

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1. No, I am not Mork?

2. No, I am not Samuel Morse?

3. I wish I could think of a player on the Orlando Magic other than Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee Hardaway, because that would've been an awesome workaround. (I know it's a basketball team but surely they have baseball caps too.) But I can't, so I'm gonna have to say I'm stumped.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Is Barnacle Boy your boon companion?
You are the same person as in the first question. Is this supervillain your nemesis?
Were you a noted avant garde photographer and artist?

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1. Barnacle Boy? The only fishy/sea-based superhero I can think of is Aquaman, and if he actually has a sidekick named Barnacle Boy than he's even lamer than I thought. But I don't think his real name begins with an M anyway. So, stumped.

2. I dunno. Marvin the Monkfish?

3. No, I am not Man Ray? I can only think of him or Mapplethorpe, and I'm pretty sure Mapplethorpe was just a photographer, while Man Ray did do different kinds of artwork.


DQs:

Male
Real
Last name starts with M
American
Alive
No, I wouldn't say known for the performing arts.
Born east of the Mississippi River

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs:
1. Did your first appearance on TV involving freezing the Fonz?
2. Do you have a form of communicating named after you?
3. Were you known for your magic baseball cap?

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Yes, I did mean James Garner :smack:

Correct on Mork and Morse.
The baseball cap wearer is Mighty Max

DQ:
1. Best known for Politics/Military

IQs:
1. Are you known for your faustian pacts?
2. Were you kidnapped by a rabbit to play against aliens?
3. Did you blame your cancer on your sexual activities with your wife?

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs:
1. Did your first appearance on TV involving freezing the Fonz?
2. Do you have a form of communicating named after you?
3. Were you known for your magic baseball cap?

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Yes, I did mean James Garner :smack:

Correct on Mork and Morse.
The baseball cap wearer is Mighty Max

DQ:
1. Best known for Politics/Military

IQs:
1. Are you known for your faustian pacts?
2. Were you kidnapped by a rabbit to play against aliens?
3. Did you blame your cancer on your sexual activities with your wife?

I think you have a case of the hiccups, CIAS. :)

Quote:

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1. Are you known for your faustian pacts?
2. Were you kidnapped by a rabbit to play against aliens?
3. Did you blame your cancer on your sexual activities with your wife?

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No, I am neither Mephistopheles, Michael Jordan, or Michael Douglas.

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. No, not best known for politics/military

Previous IQs:

Is Barnacle Boy your boon companion? - Mermaid Man, on SpongeBob SquarePants: http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2...id_Man.svg.png
You are the same person as in the first question. Is this supervillain your nemesis? - Man Ray: http://images.tvrage.com/cguide/27/4454.gif
Were you a noted avant garde photographer and artist? - Yes, the other Man Ray

DQs:

Best known for the arts generally?
Born since 1964?

IQs:

Did you tell reporters that you saved your feelings for your wife?
Were you appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967?
Did George Washington personally ask you to run for Congress, telling you it was your duty to do so?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Did you tell reporters that you saved your feelings for your wife?
Were you appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967?
Did George Washington personally ask you to run for Congress, telling you it was your duty to do so?

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1. This seems doubtful but.. No, I am not Richard M. Nixon? I don't know why he springs to mind, especially since I'm not sure you'd consider him an "M" name, but...

2. No, I am not Thurgood Marshall.

3. Urk. The only M whom I can think of is James Madison. I ain't him, FWIW.

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964

Correct on all three.

IQs
1. Are you a famous 49er's quarterback?
2. Was your original name Cassius Clay?
3. Did you claim your goal was caused by "The Hand of God"

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Are you a famous 49er's quarterback?
2. Was your original name Cassius Clay?
3. Did you claim your goal was caused by "The Hand of God"

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Oy veh, football. Probably both kinds, hand-to-ball or foot-to-ball, yet.

1. No, I am not... erg, I can only think of one "M" football dude and that's just because of the videogames... John Madden?

2. No, I am not Muhammed Ali.

3. What the hell, I'll guess John Madden again. One of these might be right! :D

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs
1. Are you a famous 49er's quarterback?
2. Was your original name Cassius Clay?
3. Did you claim your goal was caused by "The Hand of God"

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1. Joe Montana
2. Indeed is Muhammed Ali
3. Maradona

DQs:
1. Involved in business
2. Involved in sport.

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.

Previous IQs:

Did you tell reporters that you saved your feelings for your wife? - Secretary of State George C. Marshall, when asked how he "felt" about a bill pending in Congress.
Were you appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967? - Yes, Thurgood Marshall.
Did George Washington personally ask you to run for Congress, telling you it was your duty to do so? - John Marshall.

Yes, it was an all-Marshall round!

DQs:

Scientist?
Wife also well-known?

IQs:

Were you an ex-cop who had a live-in physical therapist?
Did you head The Citadel after WWII?
Was your dad wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. in 1864?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you an ex-cop who had a live-in physical therapist?
Did you head The Citadel after WWII?
Was your dad wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. in 1864?

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1. No, I am not Martin Crane (good question!)

2. Well, the only "M" I associate with a citadel is Judith Mossman from Half-Life 2, so I'm gonna have to say stumped

3. DUDE. I dunno, William McKinley? Probably stumped again. He seems like he'd be born too late to have a dad in the Civil War, although I suppose his father could've been super-young.


DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.
13. Not a scientist
14. Not married currently (well... at least not officially)

Previous IQs:

Were you an ex-cop who had a live-in physical therapist? - Yes, thanks, Martin Crane on Frasier
Did you head The Citadel after WWII? - Gen. Mark Clark
Was your dad wounded at the Battle of Franklin, Tenn. in 1864? - Actually, William McKinley served in the Civil War himself; there's a monument to him at Antietam: http://www.nps.gov/anti/historyculture/mnt-mckinley.htm. No, this was Douglas MacArthur, whose father Arthur (yes, he was actually named Arthur MacArthur) was wounded at Franklin.

DQs:

TV personality of some kind?
Gay?

IQs:

Was the Eye in The Mote in God's Eye alternatively named after you?
Were you the best-known resident of St. Mary Mead?
Did you catch Mr. Bingley's eye?

Wow, Douglas MacArthur's father was in the Civil War? He must've been pretty young (or DM was much older than I thought he was during WWII/Korea).

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Was the Eye in The Mote in God's Eye alternatively named after you?
Were you the best-known resident of St. Mary Mead?
Did you catch Mr. Bingley's eye?

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1. Oh man, another weak spot in my knowledge bank. I dunno. I'm not Moses? I like the idea of Moses with a mote.

2. Finally something in my wheelhouse! I am not Miss Marple.

3. Mr. Bingley? Are you sure you've got the right gentleman? Because unless there's another noteworthy Bingley other than Jane Austen's creation, his eyes were all for Miss Jane Bennett, no matter how much his bitchy sisters hoped for a match with Georgiana Darcy. I suppose he might have looked at Mary Bennett, but not in approbation (although Bingley would never have made this known; he was too kind and gracious to ever insult a young lady, no matter how poorly she sang).

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.
13. Not a scientist
14. Not married currently (well... at least not officially)
15. Not a TV personality of some kind, although I daresay he's been on TV multiple times
16. Not gay

IQs:
1. Did you have the brain the size of a planet?
2. Was it discovered that you had so many illnesses, they all keep each other in check?
3. Are you a former champion wrestler and bestselling author?

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs:
1. Did you have the brain the size of a planet?
2. Was it discovered that you had so many illnesses, they all keep each other in check?
3. Are you a former champion wrestler and bestselling author?

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1. Not Marvin the Paranoid Android (although he never really seemed paranoid to me... just morbidly depressed)

2. Hmm. For some reason the only person who springs to mind is definitely not right, because he's too obscure (and wrong name, anyway): Michael Palin's grotesque uncle character from Ripping Yarns. It also sounds positively Dickensian but I can't think of any relevant character. So, stumped.

3. To no surprise at all, stumped!

Previous IQs:

Was the Eye in The Mote in God's Eye alternatively named after you? - A settler named Murchison.
Were you the best-known resident of St. Mary Mead? - Yes, Miss Marple.
Did you catch Mr. Bingley's eye? - Ooops, my mistake. Yes, that was Jane Bennet (one "t"). Withdrawn.

Can't figure out who this guy is. Any suggested DQs, CIAS?

IQs:

Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Did you paint the battle of the Kearsarge and Alabama?
Did you become Chancellor of the Klingon Empire?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Did you paint the battle of the Kearsarge and Alabama?
Did you become Chancellor of the Klingon Empire?

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1. Well, apparently.... no, I'm not Michael Caine? :D If his first big role was an upper-crust soldier...
2. LOL, this is so obviously wrong, but no, I'm not Monet? If there were a lot of water lilies there...
3. At least this one I know. No, I am not the awesome Martok!

Previous IQs:

Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles? - I'll rephrase.
Did you paint the battle of the Kearsarge and Alabama? - No, Edouard Manet: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...e-Alabama2.jpg
Did you become Chancellor of the Klingon Empire? - Yes, Martok.

Now two DQs reserved.

IQs:

You are an American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Were you Maj. Gen. Stanley's most tuneful daughter?
Were you Jimmy Carter's second Secretary of State?

MANET! Oh my God, one letter off. Admittedly a world apart in painting styles, but still. Dang!

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

You are an American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Were you Maj. Gen. Stanley's most tuneful daughter?
Were you Jimmy Carter's second Secretary of State?

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1. Hmm. I actually just thought of two who might fit here. But I'll say no, I am not Michelle Pfeiffer, who played the head of the Pink Ladies biker chick gang in the execrable (but hilariously fun) musical Grease 2. (She has a so-so singing voice but even back then was amazingly gorgeous--not surprised she rose much higher.)

2. She wasn't one of the Andrews sisters, was she? No, that wouldn't make sense. Also I don't think there were any M names. Stumped!

3. No, I am not Edwin Meese?

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs:
1. Did you have the brain the size of a planet?
2. Was it discovered that you had so many illnesses, they all keep each other in check?
3. Are you a former champion wrestler and bestselling author?

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1. Yup to Marvin
2. This was Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons.
3. Mick Foley, who was one of my earlier Botticelli challenges

I have no idea who this is, and I'm running out of areas to consider. Makes me wonder if the person is a lawyer or something like that.

What do you think EH and I'll hold onto those 2 DQs for the moment.

Mr. Burns! Ugh, that's embarrassing.

I just realized that my answer to EH's question about Carter is obviously wrong, too. Sigh. Meese was in the '80s, wasn't he. The only Carter Sec. State I remember is Vance, mainly because I seem to recall the Special Report interrupting General Hospital when he was forced out.

Previous IQs:

You are an American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles? - I'll rephrase.
Were you Maj. Gen. Stanley's most tuneful daughter? - Mabel, in G&S's The Pirates of Penzance.
Were you Jimmy Carter's second Secretary of State? - Edmund Muskie.

DQs:

Journalist?
Won a top award in your field?

Still two DQs reserved.

IQs:

You are a male American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Were you a noted Civil War photographer?
Did you play Princess Irulan?

Oh riiiight, Muskie! Oy, names from the past... I was so barely politically sentient at the time. It was like my brain was finally coming online after having been booting up for 13 years. :)

And I'm right ashamed for not getting a G&S reference. I don't think I realized the Major General had a last name!

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

You are a male American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles?
Were you a noted Civil War photographer?
Did you play Princess Irulan?

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1. Heh. Okay, we'll go with my second choice. No, I'm not Morgan Freeman, who of course is beloved by everyone my age for being the funky "Easy Reader" in The Electric Company?

2. Oh, this one I remember. No, I am not Matthew Brady? (I feel like his name was spelled oddly, though... )

3. My Fantasy/Sci-Fi knowledge (for such this must be) is woeful. Stumped, not surprisingly.


DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.
13. Not a scientist
14. Not married currently (well... at least not officially)
15. Not a TV personality of some kind, although I daresay he's been on TV multiple times
16. Not gay
17. Not a journalist
18. No, not a top award-winner in his field; not entirely sure there is any such prize... though if there were, he'd be a contender, methinks

So we have a 50+yr old American Male still alive, not involved in the business, sports, science, journalism.
Is not best known for arts/politics/military, so whoever it is has had some small part to play in it.

Last name start with M...nope still stumped, although I'm sure choie will have picked someone I will heave heard of.

Indeed, CIAS, I will be very surprised if you aren't familiar with this gentleman and his body of work. I know some UK celebrities have definitely heard of him.

Previous IQs:

You are a male American actor. Was your first big role very different from most of your subsequent roles? - Yes, Morgan Freeman
Were you a noted Civil War photographer? - Yes, Mathew (one "t") Brady
Did you play Princess Irulan? - Virginia Madsen, in Dune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ7DkBFjLRI

Three DQs now reserved.

Think think think....

Oh come now, gentlemen. Don't give up! I don't want to hear you saying "tell me the answer" before you've even asked your full 20 DQs.

Quick question choie: are you including things like writing under the arts generally?

Actually its alright, I'm not a UK celebrity, so I don't have to have heard of him :D

Hmm a DQ to keep it going, despite the lack of ideas: Involved in computers?

DQs:

Holds an advanced degree?
Best known for a single incident?

One DQ reserved, if you'll let me.

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

Quick question choie: are you including things like writing under the arts generally?

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Yep. :)

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

DQs:
One DQ reserved, if you'll let me.

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Sure, why not.

DQs:

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.
13. Not a scientist
14. Not married currently (well... at least not officially)
15. Not a TV personality of some kind, although I daresay he's been on TV multiple times
16. Not gay
17. Not a journalist
18. No, not a top award-winner in his field; not entirely sure there is any such prize... though if there were, he'd be a contender, methinks
19. Not involved in computers--certainly not to a degree that he'd be known for it
20. Does not hold an advanced degree
21. Mmm, no, not best known for a single incident

Drat - well there goes the other person I suddenly thought of: Kevin Mitnick

Nope: I'm stumped...again. :cage:

Time to be put out of my misery again.

Oh my. What a great smilie!

M.

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name starts with M
4. American
5. Alive
6. No, I wouldn't say best known for the performing arts
7. Born east of the Mississippi River
8. Not best known for politics/military
9. Not best known for the arts generally
10. Not born since 1964
11. Not involved in business
12. Not involved in sport. Or sports, as we call 'em in the good ol' US of A.
13. Not a scientist
14. Not married currently (well... at least not officially)
15. Not a TV personality of some kind, although I daresay he's been on TV multiple times
16. Not gay
17. Not a journalist
18. No, not a top award-winner in his field; not entirely sure there is any such prize... though if there were, he'd be a contender, methinks
19. Not involved in computers--certainly not to a degree that he'd be known for it
20. Does not hold an advanced degree
21. Mmm, no, not best known for a single incident

Still stumped. I give up.

Would it help if I mentioned that there's a reason I find CIAS's smilie both amusing and appropriate?

Or that if the single work of the performing arts with which this person is most associated (but which he did not create himself) was a biographical piece about him, we could fairly say that while he might be adept in sexual activities, he is certainly not blessed with skill in the Terpsichorean art?

Or that what would surprise many people who aren't all that familiar with the particulars of the things for which he is most famous, the irony is that he, personally, did not actively participate in them?

Hmm, a possible (ex-)jailbird who may be great at sex, but can't dance for toffee.

If it wasn't for that last DQ, the only other person I could think of is Charles Manson, but he is easily best known for the Sharon Tate Murder and the associated furore. Also, although I don't know of any, it wouldn't surprise me if there had been multiple biographies about him,

EH is Manson better known for things other than those murders? Any other ideas of who it might be?

Bingo. The Tate - LaBianca murders, each of which took place on multiple nights, involved seven deaths; there were also other killings elsewhere at different times, for which he was also convicted, and he is known for being a cult leader and his, um, unique racial views. (And for the fact that he personally never actually killed any of the people for whom he was convicted of murdering.) Thus, I don't consider him known for only a single incident.

So yes, it is Charles Manson.

Regarding my clue about sex and dancing, that was a reference to the Beatles' song Helter Skelter, which Manson erroneously believed was sending him a message about a coming race war (God knows why, there's literally nothing in it to justify his crackpot theory). If it were biographical, Paul would be singing these words about Manson:

Tell me tell me tell me,
Come on, tell me the answer.
Well you may be a lover but you ain't no dancer.

(You may notice I also included a reference to it in #1946, re: "tell me the answer." :D)

Well crumbs - he seemed to fit several of the points, but I only know him for the single incident, so I wasn't sure, but it was really the comment on the smilie that gave the biggest hint.

Time to think of someone new.

Way to go, CIAS! Should've thought to guess some criminal.

I must admit it amused me greatly that you, of all people, did not consider the legal/criminal angle. :)

Ok, here's one I'm sure you y'all will get quickly.

Lets go for G

IQs:

Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson?
Are you SpongeBob's pet snail?
Did you invent Dungeons & Dragons?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson?
Are you SpongeBob's pet snail?
Did you invent Dungeons & Dragons?

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1. Nope - stumped on that one
2. Not a Spongebob fan so stumped
3. If I couldn't get this one, it would be a dark day indeed. Gary Gygax

2DQs

Previous IQs:

Did you have a dog named Sweetlips and a horse named Nelson? - George Washington
Are you SpongeBob's pet snail? - Gary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeeRRCNOZ9M
Did you invent Dungeons & Dragons? - Yes, Gary Gygax

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
Did you tell reporters you saved your feelings for your wife?
Are you a rock star who likes kids waaaaay too much?

DQs:
1. Real
1. Male

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
Did you tell reporters you saved your feelings for your wife?
Are you a rock star who likes kids waaaaay too much?

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1. Stumped on that one.
2. You asked that one for the last person. George Marshall, IIRC
3. Gary Glitter *shudder*

Previous IQs:

Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, who led the troops which stood off a Confederate onslaught when the rest of the army fled
Did you tell reporters you saved your feelings for your wife? - Yes, George C. Marshall
Are you a rock star who likes kids waaaaay too much? - Yes, Gary Glitter

DQ:

Last name start with M?

IQs:

Did a President predict people would be naming their children after you?
Is there a display honoring you in a Cleveland law school?
Did Gilbert Gottfried joke about having lunch with you?

1. Was one of your biggest hits as a songwriter the subject of a plagiarism suit (which you lost)?

2. Is the TV character you famously portrayed the basis for one of the most famous cartoon sitcom characters?

3. Though your early life was spent as a thief and a prostitute--or perhaps I should say a prostitué--did you later become a lauded, if controversial, author, playwright, activist and poet?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with M

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did a President predict people would be naming their children after you?
Is there a display honoring you in a Cleveland law school?
Did Gilbert Gottfried joke about having lunch with you?

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1. Umm, Marilyn Munroe?
2. Umm. Nope stumped totally.
3. Mata Hari??

Probably 3 DQs

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

1. Was one of your biggest hits as a songwriter the subject of a plagiarism suit (which you lost)?

2. Is the TV character you famously portrayed the basis for one of the most famous cartoon sitcom characters?

3. Though your early life was spent as a thief and a prostitute--or perhaps I should say a prostitué--did you later become a lauded, if controversial, author, playwright, activist and poet?

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1. Umm somehow I doubt its Paul McCartney, but what the hey.
2. The only major cartoon sitcom I can think of is the Simpsons, but now idea who the character or the actor is who might have influenced it.
3. Umm... the Marquis de Sade, although I doubt that even counts as an answer anyway.
Definitely curious as to who the three people are. No idea on the number of DQs though.

Previous IQs:

Did a President predict people would be naming their children after you? - LBJ said this of Thurgood Marshall after appointing him to the Supreme Court
Is there a display honoring you in a Cleveland law school? - Chief Justice John Marshall, at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Did Gilbert Gottfried joke about having lunch with you? - Gottfried joked about dining with Charles Manson, who asked him, "Is it hot in here, or am I crazy?"

DQs:

American?
Living?
Best known for the arts?

IQs:

Do you, the older sibling, have a first name beginning with a letter earlier in the alphabet than that of your sole other sibling?
Are you their mother?
Were you Sherlock Holmes's one-time nemesis?

Ummmm guys? When did we change from G to M? At first I thought it was an EH hiccup, but now CIAS is guessing "M" folks too. Help? It seems that George Marshall was the tipping point where we swapped letters...

My answers focused on "G" names, FWIW. Knowing that, do you want to try again, CIAS?

:: headsmack ::

You're right. Sorry.

IQs:

Are you an autistic author who is a veterinarian?
Are you a male who withstands the attraction of a magical trinket?
Are you a female who does the same?

Hah, that is so amusing - yes the letter is supposed to be G. Thanks choie.

It was that DQ that did it.

EH: Did you want to change that DQ at all?

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you an autistic author who is a veterinarian?
Are you a male who withstands the attraction of a magical trinket?
Are you a female who does the same?

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1. Gerald Durrell (sp.)
2. Gandalf
3. Galadriel

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

1. Was one of your biggest hits as a songwriter the subject of a plagiarism suit (which you lost)?

2. Is the TV character you famously portrayed the basis for one of the most famous cartoon sitcom characters?

3. Though your early life was spent as a thief and a prostitute--or perhaps I should say a prostitué--did you later become a lauded, if controversial, author, playwright, activist and poet?

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1. Art Garfunkel?
2. Umm. Kelsey Grammer? Frasier Crane -> Sideshow Bob??
3. Still French I guess - still stumped

Yes, please change that DQ to "Last name start with G?"

Previous IQs:

Are you an autistic author who is a veterinarian? - I'll rephrase.
Are you a male who withstands the attraction of a magical trinket? - Yes, Gandalf.
Are you a female who does the same? - Yes, Galadriel.

IQs:

Are you a male autistic author who is a veterinarian?
Did you die in the same battle as Elendil the Tall?
Were you a Stoor?

As an aside: y'know, for a ring that was supposedly All-Powerful and All-Consuming, a helluva lot of people managed to withstand its allure (Gandalf, Galadriel, Faramir, Sam...) For all the grief Jackson gets for having Faramir briefly tempted, I think Jackson's decision made it more impressive that Samwise was the only one in the films who was utterly beyond the grasp of the Ring. So nyeah, purists!

And as another aside... there are multiple autistic author/veterinarians out there?

Answers to my IQs: I couldn't find a reference to Art Garfunkel plagiarizing anything (Paul Simon, OTOH...), so I'll have to count that against you. The correct responses were:

1) George Harrison (and you were so close with Paul!) -- the "My Sweet Lord" / "He's So Fine" lawsuit, which Harrison lost.
2) Jackie Gleason, whose "Ralph Kramden" was directly taken for Fred Flintstone (as were all the other Honeymooners characters).
3) Jean Genet, author of The Maids among others, who was a thief and male prostitute before he found his proper métier.

New IQs:

1) Did you take over the role of a major film character when your greatly admired predecessor died, and eventually become just as well-loved (if not more so) than the original?

2) Were your adoptive grandfather, father, brother, and son all world leaders--and you probably would have been as well (or perhaps instead, in at least one case), had you lived?

3) Is one of your most often-quoted witty rejoinders simply: "You will, ___, you will."

DQs:

I'll steal a couple of the EH questions.

1. Living?
2. European?
3. Involved in the arts?

:: double headsmack ::

My first IQ should be:

IQs:

Are you a female autistic author who is a veterinarian?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you a female autistic author who is a veterinarian?
Did you die in the same battle as Elendil the Tall?
Were you a Stoor?

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1. Nope - stumped this time round
2. Gil-Gandel, oops...no...wait,wrong character - Gil-Galad.
3. Gollum

What is this Tolkein trivia time?

1 DQ for you good sir.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

IQs:

1) Did you take over the role of a major film character when your greatly admired predecessor died, and eventually become just as well-loved (if not more so) than the original?

2) Were your adoptive grandfather, father, brother, and son all world leaders--and you probably would have been as well (or perhaps instead, in at least one case), had you lived?

3) Is one of your most often-quoted witty rejoinders simply: "You will, ___, you will."

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1. Drat it's Dumblebore isn't it....Michael Gambon
2 and 3. Stumped on the pair, although I have this feeling I should really know them. 2 DQs.

Yes indeedy, Michael Gambon! But I completely screwed up the last two questions so I'll take no points. #2 was Germanicus, but I got one of the relationships wrong--he was the grandson (by marriage) to Augustus, but Tiberius's nephew, not son. He was also Claudius's brother and the dad of Caligula. And like an idiot I thought the "You will, Oscar, you will" was George Bernard Shaw, but of course it was James McNeill Whistler. So, I suck.

New IQs:

1. Did you first gain prosperity and fame working on comedy recordings, and later--only after nearly turning down the job--become an integral part of a musical group's increasingly ambitious sound?

2. During the American Civil War, would the Union Army have been better off without you as its leader, a fact that Lincoln spent way too long deliberating before finally booting you out?

3. A notorious iconoclast of a politician, did you once call a highly-placed leader (who shared your name) a 'wolf,' and then take it back, because doing so 'defamed wolves'?

Previous IQs:

Are you a female autistic author who is a veterinarian? - Temple Grandin
Did you die in the same battle as Elendil the Tall? - Yes, Gil-Galad
Were you a Stoor? - Yes, Gollum

DQ:

American?

IQs:

Did you briefly appear with your mistress in the novel Fatherland?
Did you like to hang out at Karinhall?
Is your portrait mentioned in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

New IQs:

1. Did you first gain prosperity and fame working on comedy recordings, and later--only after nearly turning down the job--become an integral part of a musical group's increasingly ambitious sound?
2. During the American Civil War, would the Union Army have been better off without you as its leader, a fact that Lincoln spent way too long deliberating before finally booting you out?
3. A notorious iconoclast of a politician, did you once call a highly-placed leader (who shared your name) a 'wolf,' and then take it back, because doing so 'defamed wolves'?

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Stumped on all three, but exceedingly curious as to who they are. 3 DQs

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did you briefly appear with your mistress in the novel Fatherland?
Did you like to hang out at Karinhall?
Is your portrait mentioned in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals?

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1. Nope can't remember this one
2. If this is a GoT reference, I'm also stumped
3. And not an Archer reader either

Take 3 DQs.

Previous IQs:

Did you briefly appear with your mistress in the novel Fatherland? - Josef Goebbels.
Did you like to hang out at Karinhall? - Hermann Goering; Karinhall was his country retreat.
Is your portrait mentioned in Jeffrey Archer's First Among Equals? - King George III.

DQs:

Born since 1964?
Best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)?
Has won a major award in his field?

IQs:

Are you one of two brutal brothers in Westeros?
Were you a noted early Greek physician?
Did you hold the all-time top rank in the U.S. Navy?

I can forgive you missing the Civil War reference, since I was doing my EH impression (except this guy isn't, like, some abstruse reference to a 2nd lieutenant whose leg was shot off in some minor battle :devil:). But 1 and 3! Tsk tsk tsk.

#1 was George Martin, who worked on Peter Sellers & (I think) Beyond the Fringe albums before being asked to produce The Beatles's recordings. He wasn't impressed and planned on passing until he actually met and spoke w/them, at which point their sense of humor and intelligence clinched the deal. #2 was George McClellan, General in Chief of the Union Army, who kept making wimpy decisions (unnecessarily retreating multiple times) that resulted in either failures to take full advantage of the South's weaknesses or outright losing ground to the Rebels. And #3 is George Galloway, MP and agitator. After the Iraq invasion he made the wolf comment about George W. Bush.

I'll just take one DQ for now, pending the answers to EH's.

- Born north of the Mason-Dixon line?


New IQs:

1. Are you a multiple-gold-medal Olympic athlete who bravely (but controversially) revealed that you were HIV positive only after an accident that spilled some of your blood--albeit in a place that made it 99.9999999% no risk to others?

2. Were you (at the time) the oldest person ever nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, although your role largely consisted of a few reminisces before you dropped some jewelry and then croaked?

3. Despite your not being a singer, did no less a musical genius than Stephen Sondheim write his most famous song with you in mind, making sure the song actually took advantage of your vocal weaknesses?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American
8. Born before 1964
9. Is best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)
10. Has won multiple major awards in his field.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you one of two brutal brothers in Westeros?
Were you a noted early Greek physician?
Did you hold the all-time top rank in the U.S. Navy?

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1. Oh grief, a GoT question - I'm stumped
2. I should probably know this but stumped again.
3. George Washington??

Go on - take another 3dqs.

It's Halloween, I've spent today handing out sweets to trick or treaters. Fie on thee for expecting to know answers to your questions

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American
8. Born before 1964
9. Is best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)
10. Has won multiple major awards in his field.
11. Born North of the Mason Dixon Line.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

I can forgive you missing the Civil War reference, since I was doing my EH impression (except this guy isn't, like, some abstruse reference to a 2nd lieutenant whose leg was shot off in some minor battle :devil:). But 1 and 3! Tsk tsk tsk.

#1 was George Martin, who worked on Peter Sellers & (I think) Beyond the Fringe albums before being asked to produce The Beatles's recordings. He wasn't impressed and planned on passing until he actually met and spoke w/them, at which point their sense of humor and intelligence clinched the deal. #2 was George McClellan, General in Chief of the Union Army, who kept making wimpy decisions (unnecessarily retreating multiple times) that resulted in either failures to take full advantage of the South's weaknesses or outright losing ground to the Rebels. And #3 is George Galloway, MP and agitator. After the Iraq invasion he made the wolf comment about George W. Bush.

New IQs:

1. Are you a multiple-gold-medal Olympic athlete who bravely (but controversially) revealed that you were HIV positive only after an accident that spilled some of your blood--albeit in a place that made it 99.9999999% no risk to others?

2. Were you (at the time) the oldest person ever nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, although your role largely consisted of a few reminisces before you dropped some jewelry and then croaked?

3. Despite your not being a singer, did no less a musical genius than Stephen Sondheim write his most famous song with you in mind, making sure the song actually took advantage of your vocal weaknesses?

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Well well, I never knew that about George Martin, and George Galloway is someone you just don't give airtime to or consider. The less thought about him the better.

1. I should probably know this, but cannot remember who.
2. Why does this sound like the old lady from Titanic whose name I cannot remember.
3. Nope, no idea.

Go on, more DQs going your way.

Previous IQs:

Are you one of two brutal brothers in Westeros? - Gregor Clegane; Sandor was his hated brother.
Were you a noted early Greek physician? - Galen
Did you hold the all-time top rank in the U.S. Navy? - I already asked about George Washington, who never held any naval rank; this was George Dewey, hero of the Spanish-American War, who still holds the top rank, Admiral of the Navy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admira...United_States)

DQs:

Actor?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Were you a legendary American labor leader?
Were you another?
Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your trade?

Quote:

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

It's Halloween, I've spent today handing out sweets to trick or treaters. Fie on thee for expecting to know answers to your questions

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True, if you're in the midst of a sugar high, you're not responsible for your actions, much less knowing someone obscure like George Martin. (At least it wasn't the other George Martin, i.e. the only writer slower than myself, who it grieves me to say is the first person who turns up on my search results for "George Martin." I weep for pop culture.)

Answers: #1 is Olympic diver Greg Louganis. #2 is indeed Gloria Stuart from Titanic. Thank heavens she didn't win. Not that I begrudge a biddy her award, but she just wasn't that great, aside from being old, IMHO. #3 was Glynis Johns, whom you might also know from Mary Poppins (she played the suffragette Mrs. Banks); 'twas for her that Sondheim wrote "Send in the Clowns," and his knowledge of her deficiencies is why the song requires very little vocal range, and the lines are all quite short (which was helpful for someone like Johns, who didn't have enough breath support to sing a long sustained melodic line--so it's easy to take breaths after phrases like "Isn't it rich?" "Are we a pair?" "Me, here at last on the ground," "You in mid-air..." and so on). But he knew she'd hit it out of the ballpark, emotionally, as indeed she did. (Although for my money, Judi Dench wins in this role. Look at this scene, her vulnerable face, her voice. Sublimely heartbreaking.)

DQ:

- Is your first name start in the first half of the alphabet (A-L)?

Withholding others till I hear about the actor question.

IQs:

1. Have you played a man who turns into a bat, a friend/colleague of a man who turned himself into a bat, and a man who went batty after being wrongly imprisoned for murder?

2. Is your art famous for depicting Tahitian natural beauty (sometimes flora but usually females)?

3. One of the most respected writers of all time, did you take on a pen name to hide both your gender and the fact that you were living with a married man?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American
8. Born before 1964
9. Is best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)
10. Has won multiple major awards in his field.
11. Born North of the Mason Dixon Line.
12. Not an Actor
13. First name does not start in the first half of the alphabet (A-L)

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you a legendary American labor leader?
Were you another?
Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your trade?

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1. Umm, nope stumped at the first
2. So no hope with the second.
3. Bill Gates

Take another two DQs. (4 total)

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Originally posted by choie

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

It's Halloween, I've spent today handing out sweets to trick or treaters. Fie on thee for expecting to know answers to your questions

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True, if you're in the midst of a sugar high, you're not responsible for your actions, much less knowing someone obscure like George Martin. (At least it wasn't the other George Martin, i.e. the only writer slower than myself, who it grieves me to say is the first person who turns up on my search results for "George Martin." I weep for pop culture.)

Answers: #1 is Olympic diver Greg Louganis. #2 is indeed Gloria Stuart from Titanic. Thank heavens she didn't win. Not that I begrudge a biddy her award, but she just wasn't that great, aside from being old, IMHO. #3 was Glynis Johns, whom you might also know from Mary Poppins (she played the suffragette Mrs. Banks); 'twas for her that Sondheim wrote "Send in the Clowns," and his knowledge of her deficiencies is why the song requires very little vocal range, and the lines are all quite short (which was helpful for someone like Johns, who didn't have enough breath support to sing a long sustained melodic line--so it's easy to take breaths after phrases like "Isn't it rich?" "Are we a pair?" "Me, here at last on the ground," "You in mid-air..." and so on). But he knew she'd hit it out of the ballpark, emotionally, as indeed she did. (Although for my money, Judi Dench wins in this role. Look at this scene, her vulnerable face, her voice. Sublimely heartbreaking.)

IQs:

1. Have you played a man who turns into a bat, a friend/colleague of a man who turned himself into a bat, and a man who went batty after being wrongly imprisoned for murder?

2. Is your art famous for depicting Tahitian natural beauty (sometimes flora but usually females)?

3. One of the most respected writers of all time, did you take on a pen name to hide both your gender and the fact that you were living with a married man?

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Cheers for those answers, I should really have remembered the Greg Louganis one, the other two not so much I'm afraid.

1. Vampire question I would guess, but I can't think which one it might be.
2. Gaughin , or how ever it is spelt.
3. Hmm, nope lost on that one as well.

Take another 2 DQs (4 total).

You two are really racking up those questions, yanno.

Judi Dench is good in anything... and I'm not just saying that because my dad dated her in the late Fifties.

Previous IQs:

Were you a legendary American labor leader? - Samuel Gompers
Were you another? - George Meany
Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your trade? - I'll rephrase.

DQs:

Involved in cinema or the stage?
First name starts with M-S?

IQs:

Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your non-computer trade?
Are you a noted living Civil War historian with the initials G.G.?
Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend?

EH ... :eek: seriously?? Are your parents (or at least your dad) from the UK? Gosh I don't know if it's too personal to ask how they knew each other, but I sure do wanna ask it. :)

CIAS, you're not gonna be pleased about missing #1, who is Gary Oldham (referring to his roles as Dracula, Commissioner Gordon, and Sirius Black, respectively). #3 is George Eliot, of Middlemarch, Silas Marner, Daniel Deronda, and Mill on the Floss fame.

(But well played on the Bill Gates answer, heh.)

Arrgh. The problem with my DQs is that EH trumps me on asking the good ones, so I don't want to waste a question by asking "involved in sports?" if it turns out he's involved in the cinema, for example.

DQs:

- Married to anyone famous?
- Born after 1939?

IQs:

- Did you 'borrow' one of your most iconic images (perhaps the iconic image for the group that first brought you fame) from a painting of Cupid?

- While John Lennon may have said his group was 'bigger than Jesus,' were you a rock band's lead singer who actually was Jesus _{in a manner of speaking}?

- Despite having a career that put you squarely in the public eye, is the phrase for which you're most remembered related to your desire for solitude?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American
8. Born before 1964
9. Is best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)
10. Has won multiple major awards in his field.
11. Born North of the Mason Dixon Line.
12. Not an actor
13. First name does not start in the first half of the alphabet (A-L)
14. Has been involved in cinema, but is not best known for it.
15. First name starts with M-S.
16. Not Married to anyone famous - at least no-one I know
17. Born after 1939.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Judi Dench is good in anything... and I'm not just saying that because my dad dated her in the late Fifties.

IQs:

Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your non-computer trade?
Are you a noted living Civil War historian with the initials G.G.?
Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend?

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Your dad dated Judi Dench - wow.
I have no idea who the two labor leaders are either.

1. George Romero - zombie movies.
2. There are no UK Civil War historians with those initials...wait you mean the US one, oh well, stumped
3. As I don't know who Ted Baxter is - Stumped

Take another 2 DQs

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Originally posted by choie

IQs:

- Did you 'borrow' one of your most iconic images (perhaps the iconic image for the group that first brought you fame) from a painting of Cupid?

- While John Lennon may have said his group was 'bigger than Jesus,' were you a rock band's lead singer who actually was Jesus _{in a manner of speaking}?

- Despite having a career that put you squarely in the public eye, is the phrase for which you're most remembered related to your desire for solitude?

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Gary Oldman, Ugh. IU was wondering where Batman was going to go in that IQ.

1. Nope, stumped on this one.
2. Whether it's in terms of being named Jesus or being clinically dead and then revived - either way I'm stumped.
3. I want to be alone - Greta Garbo

Take another 2 DQs.

Both of my parents are Americans. My dad, who at that point had not yet met my mom, was a soldier on leave from the U.S. Army in the north of England in the late 1950s, saw Dench in a local play, was smitten and asked her out. They dated for a few weeks. Years later, after Dench rose to fame, my mom wrote to ask if she remembered my father Jack. Dame Judi wrote back at once to say, "Of course I remember Jack! I'll be performing in New York City in a few months. Here are some tickets; please come see the play and visit me in my dressing room afterwards." So they did! I wrote to her myself after she was diagnosed with macular degeneration a year or so ago, and got a very nice note back. Now, when I see her as M in the James Bond movies with my sons, I say, "See her? That could've been your grandmother!"

Previous IQs:

Since 1900, were you the best-known early practitioner of your non-computer trade? - George Gallup, the pollster
Are you a noted living Civil War historian with the initials G.G.? - Gary Gallagher
Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend? - Georgette, on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

What DQs should we ask? We're getting towards the end here, choie.

Edited to add: Dang he even ninjas me the one time I finally think I'm getting the drop on him! At least this time I get to ask some decent DQs. Anyway that's an extremely cool story, EH, and how lovely that your parents and she were able to catch up together--and the same for you and her.

Okaaay, I think I might have a shot at this one.

First, the IQ answers:

#1 was Terry Gilliam, who used this to create this. #2 was Ian Gillan, lead singer of Deep Purple (biggest song "Smoke on the Water"), who brilliantly sang/performed the role of Jesus in the original concept album (and best version) of Jesus Christ Superstar.

DQs:

- Are you best known for television?
- Born west of the Mississippi?

IQs:

1) Did you once play the musical icon mourned in the song "American Pie"?

2) Was your nearly-damaged virtue the prime reason that your older brother acted like an ass to the man who tried to ruin you--someone who otherwise seemed so very amiable that he charmed all of Longbourn?

3) Might a medical professional be concerned that your most famous creations seem to suffer from utter inability to age, dental issues (primarily rather serious overbites) and jaundice-like coloring?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does start with G
4. Living
5. Not European
6. Involved in the arts
7. American
8. Born before 1964
9. Is best known for the visual arts (acting, dance, painting, photography, etc.)
10. Has won multiple major awards in his field.
11. Born North of the Mason Dixon Line.
12. Not an actor
13. First name does not start in the first half of the alphabet (A-L)
14. Has been involved in cinema, but is not best known for it.
15. First name starts with M-S.
16. Not Married to anyone famous - at least no-one I know
17. Born after 1939.
18. Best known for television.
19. Yes, born West of the Mississippi.

Excellent story EH - thanks for that.

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Originally posted by choie

Okaaay, I think I might have a shot at this one.

IQs:

1) Did you once play the musical icon mourned in the song "American Pie"?

2) Was your nearly-damaged virtue the prime reason that your older brother acted like an ass to the man who tried to ruin you--someone who otherwise seemed so very amiable that he charmed all of Longbourn?

3) Might a medical professional be concerned that your most famous creations seem to suffer from utter inability to age, dental issues (primarily rather serious overbites) and jaundice-like coloring?

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*sigh* - she says she thinks she might have a chance.

Typical choie :p

Yes in answer to Number 3, (never mind 1 & 2), I am Matt Groening

Ooo, good one! Well done, choie.

Thank you! Once he wasn't an actor and was only nominally involved in films, I immediately thought of Groening--I have no idea why.

The letter is A

IQs:

Were you a virtual lunar rebel?
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem?
Were you played by both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos?

Ooh I just realized I forgot to give the answers to my other questions, FWIW: Gary Busey played Buddy Holly, and the girl whose reputation was protected by her brother was Georgianna Darcy, from Pride and Prejudice, who ran away when she was only 15 with cad George Wickham.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you a virtual lunar rebel?
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem?
Were you played by both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos?

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No clue on #1, but on #2 and #3 I'll say that I'm neither Adam Clayton Powell, nor.... urgh I'm not entirely sure if this is the right name since I wasn't a Battlestar Galactica fan, but was it Captain or General or Major... Adama? Adamo? Something like that.

Take at least 1 DQ. :)

IQs

1. Did the series you starred in, last longer than the event it covered?
2. Are you known for both water transportation and fiery destruction?
3. Were you a well known bisexual pirate?

Previous IQs:

Were you a virtual lunar rebel? - Adam Selene, an AI in Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Were you the longtime Congressman from Harlem? - Yes, Adam Clayton Powell
Were you played by both Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos? - Yes, Cmdr. Adama on BSG

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Did you and Tolkien once meet, and neither knew of the other's fame?
Were you the last monarch of your country to veto legislation?
Did Liam Neeson provide your voice?

DQ

1. Male

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Did the series you starred in, last longer than the event it covered?
2. Are you known for both water transportation and fiery destruction?
3. Were you a well known bisexual pirate?

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1. No, I am not Alan Alda. :)
2. and 3. Stumped and fascinated to know the answers.

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Did you and Tolkien once meet, and neither knew of the other's fame?
Were you the last monarch of your country to veto legislation?
Did Liam Neeson provide your voice?

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1. Hmm. No, I am not Isaac Asimov? Total stab in the dark here.
2. I'm sure this is wrong but I want it to be true. No, I am not Queen Anne?
3. No, I am not Aslan

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

IQs

1. Did the series you starred in, last longer than the event it covered?
2. Are you known for both water transportation and fiery destruction?
3. Were you a well known bisexual pirate?

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1. Correct, Alan Alda in M*A*S*H
2. Archimedes - for the Archimedes screw and for his Heat Ray
3. Anne Bonney - who had liaisons with both Capt Rackham and Mary Read

DQ.
1. Real
2. Surname begins with A

IQs:
1. Did you play a character who did not notice the rain when you she was standing in it, due to the person in front of her?
2. Did you become synonymous with body building over a set of books with your name on it?
3. Did you affair end with your suicide?

Previous IQs:

Did you and Tolkien once meet, and neither knew of the other's fame? - American actress Ava Gardner. The celebrated beauty and Tolkien met at an Oxford social event and enjoyed each other's company; a mutual friend later asked, "Don't you know who that is?" Neither did.
Were you the last monarch of your country to veto legislation? - Yes, Queen Anne
Did Liam Neeson provide your voice? - Yes, Aslan

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Were you a Visigoth king who sacked Rome?
Did you once play Benedict Arnold?
Are you a beautiful young Italian actress?

Sorry for the delay boys.

DQ

1. Male
2. Real
3. Given name begins with A

(EH -- you asked "male" a second time in your last post. You get to ask again.)

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Originally posted by CatInASuit

1. Did you play a character who did not notice the rain when you she was standing in it, due to the person in front of her?
2. Did you become synonymous with body building over a set of books with your name on it?
3. Did you affair end with your suicide?

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1. No, I am not Andie McDowell, although I'd love to have her hair
2. Mmmm no, I am not Charles Atlas? I suppose this could be Schwarzenegger but I don't remember books.
3. No, I am not Aida, from Verdi's Aida

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Were you a Visigoth king who sacked Rome?
Did you once play Benedict Arnold?
Are you a beautiful young Italian actress?

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1. Shoot... is this Alaric? No, I am not Alaric?

2. Wow I can't think of anyone who's played B.A. I probably should've watched the entire John Adams HBO miniseries, darn it.

3. Erm... no, I am not Alyssa Milano? (Well, she's young to me!) :D