IQ: Are you the government agent known as a film buff?
IQ2: Did you go from the football field to a state Superior Court?
IQ3: Are you a Food Network personality who's battled PPD?
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IQ: Are you the government agent known as a film buff?
IQ2: Did you go from the football field to a state Superior Court?
IQ3: Are you a Food Network personality who's battled PPD?
Dunno, not Dick Ambrose, and dunno.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. not associated with visual medium
12. from mainland Europe
13. won no awards that I can determine
That was Anthony DiNozzo Jr. from "NCIS"
Alan Page is a Minnesota Superior Court Justice, after playing for the Vikings
Aarti Sequiri is the Food Network mom
DQ: Military/Political figure?
2 DQs reserved
Am I correct that: given 8, 11 was a wasted DQ?
That was Anthony DiNozzo Jr. from "NCIS"
Alan Page is a Minnesota Superior Court Justice, after playing for the Vikings
Aarti Sequiri is the Food Network mom
DQ: Military/Political figure?
2 DQs reserved
Am I correct that: given 8, 11 was a wasted DQ?
IQ: Are you the former Fox News host who died recently?
IQ2: Are you the Pittsburgh Pirates OF who won an MVP a few years ago?
IQ3: Are you the Civil War general with a facial feature named after you?
Not Roger Ailes, dunno, and not Ambrose Burnside.
Page, I see, was a Minn. Supreme (not Superior) Court justice. My answer is equally valid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Ambrose
11 does seem to have been wasted after 8. Want to withdraw it? You otherwise still have one reserved DQ.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. not associated with visual medium
12. from mainland Europe
13. won no awards that I can determine
14. not a military/political figure
I will withdraw it. To me: "Superior" and "Supreme" are synonymous
Ailes didn't host a show, but Alan Colmes did
Andrew McCucheon is The OF
4 total DQs reserved
California, Penna. and New York, for instance, all have superior courts, which are different from their respective supreme courts.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. from mainland Europe
12. won no awards that I can determine
13. not a military/political figure
Ah, didn't know that, will remember that next time you use "A" or "P" (probably not, really)
DQ: Scientist/Inventor?
DQ2: Namesake of something?
2 DQs reserved
IQ: Did your weapons arm the Third Reich?
IQ2: Are you a baseball player who went from St. Louis to Anaheim, to little success?
IQ3: Are you the famously clutch Patriots placekicker?
Not Albert Speer; dunno x2.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. from mainland Europe
12. won no awards that I can determine
13. not a military/political figure
14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
15. namesake of something
Albert Pujols
Adam Vinatieri
DQ: From a reputable branch of science?
DQ2: Famous, rather than infamous?
DQ3: Namesake of tangible object?
DQ reserved
IQ: Did you found a major business in St. Louis
IQ2: Did you once hold the most revered record in sports, and still do in the eyes of certain fans?
IQ3: Did you "Iron Chef America" and its various American spinoffs?
Not Mr. Annheuser, not Hank Aaron, and dunno.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. from mainland Europe
12. won no awards that I can determine
13. not a military/political figure
14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
15. namesake of something
16. from a reputable branch of science
17. famous, rather than infamous
18. not namesake of tangible object
Right company, but his name was August Busch
Correct of course
Alton Brwn
DQ: Namesake of maxim/concept?
DQ2: Influenced a political leader/their policies?
IQ: Are you Norm Chad's poker man-crush?
IQ2: Are you the most famous diarist in history?
IQ3: Are you the "Happy Days" actor whose RL cousin has helped save many people's lives?
Just noticed I've run out of DQs
So you have.
A.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. died before 1950
8. not in the Arts, broadly defined
9. from a traditional NATO country
10. died before 1925
11. from mainland Europe
12. won no awards that I can determine
13. not a military/political figure
14. kinda sorta a scientist/inventor
15. namesake of something
16. from a reputable branch of science
17. famous, rather than infamous
18. not namesake of tangible object
19. sort of a namesake of a maxim/concept
20. did not influence a political leader or his or her policies
Right. Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Mon.
BTW, those last 3 were:
Patrik Antonius
Anne Frank
Anson Williams (he's Dr. Heimlich's nephew, who I saw in a Facebook memory was alive as recently as 2 years ago)
Saw on Dr. Heimlich's Wikipedia page, he passed away right before last Christmas. :(
Yes, I remember hearing about that. Didn't know the Anson Williams family connection, though.
Happy Memorial Day! It's 45 minutes late but, is it once again:
Hans Asperperger
Good guess, but no, it's
Alois Alzheimer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois_Alzheimer
I'll start the next round tomorrow, unless you'd like to do the honors sooner.
I was sorta in the neighborhood
Your letter is:
V
IQs:
Are you the British bad guy in the current season of Fargo?
Were you the best-known resident of the Larkhill Resettlement Camp?
Were you the first big TV role of Jimmy Smits?
DQ
DQ
Not Victor from "L.A. Law"
IQs:
Are you the British bad guy in the current season of Fargo? - Varga, played by David Thewlis (very creepily)
Were you the best-known resident of the Larkhill Resettlement Camp? - V, in V for Vendetta
Were you the first big TV role of Jimmy Smits? - Yes, Victor Sifuentes
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip?
Were you known for your Thirties and Forties drawings of beautiful women?
Did you play a naval architect, a billionaire and a spy?
3 DQs but I suspect I SHOULD know them
1. Fictional
2. Male
Previous IQs:
Are you the hero of a long-running comic strip? - Prince Valiant
Were you known for your Thirties and Forties drawings of beautiful women? - Vargas
Did you play a naval architect, a billionaire and a spy? - Victor Garber, in Titanic, Little Orphan Annie and Alias
DQs:
Last name start with V?
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Were you played by a notable actor and, in the character's youth, that actor's nephew?
Were you a stereotypical Mafia don on Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Did you once play Blofeld?
DQ
DQ
DQ
Hope this isn't too problematic, but in researching DQ3 above, I found answer to IQ1
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins "V"
4. American
5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
Shouldn't be a problem.
Previous IQs:
Were you played by a notable actor and, in the character's youth, that actor's nephew? - Voldemort, played by both Ralph Fiennes and his nephew
Were you a stereotypical Mafia don on Monty Python's Flying Circus? - Luigi Vercotti (or his brother Dino) - at 1:27 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNj1dXi-z0M
Did you once play Blofeld? - Victor Buono; I forget in which James Bond movie
DQs:
First appeared in print?
First appeared before 1964?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Did nearly-deranged fans swarm your funeral?
Was one of your best friends nicknamed "Stinky"?
Did you, for many years, have a website dedicated to the question of whether or not you were dead yet?
Not Rudolph Valentino
DQ
DQ
Totally should have gotten Voldemort!
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins "V"
4. American
5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
6. First appeared in print
7. First appeared AFTER 1964
8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
Previous IQs:
Did nearly-deranged fans swarm your funeral? - Yes, Rudolph Valentino
Was one of your best friends nicknamed "Stinky"? - Valentine Michael Smith, in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land
Did you, for many years, have a website dedicated to the question of whether or not you were dead yet? - Abe Vigoda
DQs:
Has appeared in a movie?
Set in the present day at the time of publication?
IQs:
Did George Peppard play you in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
Were you the first English child born in the Roanoke Colony?
Were you an oldtime Hollywood director with a royal name?
DQ
Not Virginia Dare
Not Prince Vinnie (don't REALLY think this is correct)
TOTALLY should have known "Fish"!
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins "V"
4. American
5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
6. First appeared in print
7. First appeared AFTER 1964
8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
9. From multiple movies
10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication
Previous IQs:
Did George Peppard play you in Breakfast at Tiffany's? - Writer and "kept man" Paul Vorick
Were you the first English child born in the Roanoke Colony? - Yes, Virginia Dare
Were you an oldtime Hollywood director with a royal name? - King Vidor
DQs:
From a genre work such as sf, fantasy, crime, romance, etc.?
Associated with NYC?
IQs:
Were you Carter's first SECSTATE?
Were you a jaded, drawling, high-class American detective in fiction?
Were you John Travolta's first big TV role?
Not Cyrus Vance
DQ
Not Vinnie Barbarino
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins "V"
4. American
5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
6. First appeared in print
7. First appeared AFTER 1964
8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
9. From multiple movies
10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication
11. Set in NYC during contemporary parts
12. Genre movie
Previous IQs:
Were you Carter's first SECSTATE? - Yes, Cyrus Vance
Were you a jaded, drawling, high-class American detective in fiction? - Philo Vance
Were you John Travolta's first big TV role? - Yes, Vinnie Barbarino
DQ:
Has killed one or more people?
IQs:
Did you play Aragorn?
Did Gwyneth Paltrow once play you?
Were you a robot assigned to the starship Palomino?
DQ
Not Virginia Wolfe (who I am NOT afraid of)
Not Vin Diesel
1. Fictional
2. Male
3. First name begins "V"
4. Naturalized American
5. Would be dead if real (died in-universe)
6. First appeared in print
7. First appeared AFTER 1964
8. Definitely NOT a "good guy"
9. From multiple movies
10. Most of the action was set contemporaneously to publication
11. Set in NYC during contemporary parts
12. Genre movie
13. Didn't kill with his own hands but people died on his say so
Note change to #4
Previous IQs:
Did you play Aragorn? - Viggo Mortensen, in the LOTR movies
Did Gwyneth Paltrow once play you? - I'll rephrase*
Were you a robot assigned to the starship Palomino? - This was VINCENT in The Black Hole
* Actually, I think I know who this is.
IQs:
Were your sons named Sonny, Fredo and Michael?
YES! I am.
VITO CORLEONE!
I offer you the opportunity to pick the next letter.
That is truly an offer I can't refuse. So let's go with...
E
IQ: Are you me?
IQ2: Did you, along with your brother, murder your parents in CA during the 90s?
IQ3: Were you AG under Obama?
I'm not Erictelevision, Menendez or Holder. Eric x3!
3 for 3! :)
IQ: Are you the coach of the Miami Heat?
IQ2: Are you the coach who ratted out the Patriots on Spygate?
IQ3: Are you the "Wizard of Menlo Park"?
Dunno x2; not Thomas Edison (now honored in Statuary Hall: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stor...uary-hall.html).
Erik Spoelstra
Eric Mangini
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you one of Disney's 21st century princesses?
IQ2: Did you create Tarzan?
IQ3: Are you the most famous mountain climber in history?
Dunno, not Edgar Rice Burroughs, and not Sir Edmund Hilary.
E.
1. fictional
2. male
Elsa from "Frozen"
DQ: Would be living if real?
IQ: Do you hold the NFL single season rushing record?
IQ2: Were you a key DB on the Ravens SB defense?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of a boat Gordon Lightfoot made famous?