Heard of him before, I trust?
Want to do the next round?
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Heard of him before, I trust?
Want to do the next round?
I’ve DEFINITELY heard of him. Let me think of a person for a bit.
Your letter is
A
IQs:
Was the first warship of the Continental Navy named after you?
Were you a noted academic proponent of sea power?
Was Dr. Joseph Bell your famously influential teacher?
DQ
Not Albert Mahan
DQ
Didn't realize Doper Qin Shi Quin digi took his handle from a real person
IQs:
Was the first warship of the Continental Navy named after you? - King Alfred of England
Were you a noted academic proponent of sea power? - Not Albert, but Alfred Thayer Mahan
Was Dr. Joseph Bell your famously influential teacher? - Arthur Conan Doyle, who based Sherlock Holmes on him
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with A?
IQs:
Were you a noted Arctic explorer from Scandinavia?
Did Patrick Stewart once play your father-in-law?
Were you Peer Gynt's long-suffering mom?
Not Aamundsen
DQ
DQ
A
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name begins “A”
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted Arctic explorer from Scandinavia? - Yes, Roald Amundsen
Did Patrick Stewart once play your father-in-law? - Leodegrance, father of Guinevere, wife of King Arthur, in Excalibur (at 1:12 here): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSukMQHQLIs
Were you Peer Gynt's long-suffering mom? - Aase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBwxG20Umc
DQs:
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's first CO?
Were you minstrel to Robin Hood and his men?
Did you play a historian, a doctor and a senator?
Not Ambrose Burnside
DQ
DQ
A
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name begins "A"
4.American
5.Would be living if real
Previous IQs:
Were you Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's first CO? - Adelbert Ames, in the 20th Maine during the Civil War; Ames went on to become a Carpetbagger governor of Mississippi
Were you minstrel to Robin Hood and his men? - Alan a Dale
Did you play a historian, a doctor and a senator? - Alan Alda, in Sweet Liberty, M*A*S*H and The West Wing
DQs:
First appeared after 1975?
First appeared in print?
Considered a good guy?
IQs:
Were you a UN ambassador and later a mayor?
Are you the Duke of York?
Did your wife teach you to read?
Not Andrew Young
Not Prince Andrew
Not Andrew Johnson
AndrewX3
A
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name begins "A"
4.American
5.Would be living if real
6.First appeared BEFORE 1975
7.Originally from print
8.Considered Good Guy
Swept me!
IQs:
Did Don Henley sing a song named after you, his daughter?
Are you the son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex?
Were you an independent counsel who bedeviled Nixon?
DQ
Not Prince Archie
Not previous Botticelli target Archibald Cox
Previous IQs:
Did Don Henley sing a song named after you, his daughter? - Annabel: https://www.megalyrics.net/don-henley/annabel
Are you the son of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex? - Yes, Prince Archie (NOT a proper royal name IMHO)
Were you an independent counsel who bedeviled Nixon? - Yes, Archibald Cox
DQ:
Protagonist?
IQs:
Were you a hard-boiled private eye with the same last name as a fictional spy?
Is your codename "Duchess"?
Were you captain of the USS Enterprise, NX-01?
3 DQs (and yeah, "Archie" isn't a royal name)
A
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name begins "A"
4.American
5.Would be living if real
6.First appeared BEFORE 1975
7.Originally from print
8.Considered Good Guy
9.Protagonist, of a sort
Previous IQs:
Were you a hard-boiled private eye with the same last name as a fictional spy? - Lew Archer
Is your codename "Duchess"? - Sterling Archer, in the FXX animated spy spoof Archer
Were you captain of the USS Enterprise, NX-01? - Jonathan Archer, on Star Trek: Enterprise
Archer x3!
DQs:
First appeared before 1925?
Has appeared in a movie?
In genre fiction (detective novel, sf, fantasy, Western, etc.)?
IQs:
Was your mother named Gilraen?
Was your mother named Igraine?
Were you science officer of the USCSS Nostromo?
3 more DQs
A
1.Fictional
2.Probably Male
3.Last name begins "A"
4.American
5.Would be living if real
6.First appeared BEFORE 1975
7.Originally from print
8.Considered Good Guy
9.Protagonist, of a sort
10.First appeared AFTER 1925
11.NOT from a movie
12.NOT from genre fiction
Note slight change to #2
Probably male, hmm?
Previous IQs:
Was your mother named Gilraen? - Aragorn, from LOTR
Was your mother named Igraine? - King Arthur
Were you science officer of the USCSS Nostromo? - Ash, from Alien
DQs:
First appeared in a novel?
Appeared in more than one print work?
Associated with NYC?
IQs:
Do you have a small museum named after you in San Francisco?
Did Paul Giamatti play you in a miniseries?
Were you that person's wife?
Not Ansel Adams
Not John Adams
Not Abagail Adams
AdamsX3
A
1.Fictional
2.Probably Male
3.Last name begins "A"
4.American
5.Would be living if real
6.First appeared BEFORE 1975
7.Originally from print
8.Considered Good Guy
9.Protagonist, of a sort
10.First appeared AFTER 1925
11.NOT from a movie
12.NOT from genre fiction
13.NOT from a novel
14.Appeared in multiple editions of a periodical
15.NOT Associated with/NYC
Note slight change to #2
Swept me!
IQs:
Were you the US Minister to the Court of St. James's during the Civil War?
Were you an author and good friend of John Hay's?
Does the work of an illustrator nicknamed "Slug" often accompany your writings?
3 DQs
Just looked at something, I'm betting it's IQ3. :)
Previous IQs:
Were you the US Minister to the Court of St. James's during the Civil War? - Charles Francis Adams
Were you an author and good friend of John Hay's? - Henry Adams
Does the work of an illustrator nicknamed "Slug" often accompany your writings? - Cecil Adams of the Straight Dope: http://www.straightdope.com/the-slug-signorino-faq/
Adams x3!
As I suspected, I AM the man fighting (and losing to) ignorance:
CECIL ADAMS
Charles and Henry were JQ's sons, correct?
Looked at Wikipedia, they were indeed JQ's sons.
Charles was JQ's son, and Henry was Charles's son (JQ's grandson).
Thanks for that round!
Lemme think of our next letter....
OK, it's been awhile since we've gone with
B
Thanks, misread the family tree. On to B
IQ: Were you a writer contemporary of Shakespeare, sometimes thought to be the real Bard?
IQ2: Are you former MN congresswoman who was target of much scorn?
IQ3: Was your death notoriously retconned by a shower scene?
Not Ben Jonson, Michelle Bachmann or Bobby Ewing.
I was thinking Bacon, but I think Ben is equally valid
Correct
Correct ("good morning")
IQ: Were you a newscaster whose weatherman had the easiest job in America?
IQ2: Are you the most famous real person from Scranton PA?
IQ3: Are you #2's SO?
Not Ron "Go fuck yourself, San Diego" Burgundy, not Joe Biden, and not Dr. Jill Biden.
3 for 3 :)
San Diego has the reputation as the easiest city to do forecasts for: 75 and sunny EVERY DAY!
IQ: Are you most famous for performing an illegal figure skating maneuver?
IQ2: Were you a famously moderate IN Senator?
IQ3: Were you #2 son, who some wanted to be replaced by John Mellencamp?
Not Brian Boitano, and not Birch or Evan Bayh.
Surya Bonaly did a backflip but you nailed the Bayhs.
DQ: Real?
IQ: Are you a figure skater turn FoodTV host?
IQ2: Did you think you would be the "Last President of the United States"?
IQ3: Are you the longest lived FLOTUS?
Dunno, not James Buchanan and not Barbara Bush.
B.
1. real
THAT was Brian Boitano
Correct
Bess Truman (she was 98)
DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?
IQ: Was your husband the most famous person born in Milton MA? (My hometown)
IQ2: Did you speak jive?
IQ3: Were you the Olympic track star who,played for the Cowboys?
Dunno, not Barbara Billingsley, and dunno.
B.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
Barbara Bush
Correct (GREAT movie!)
Bob Hayes
DQ: American?
DQ: Born after 1900?
IQ: Are you the NBA legend who grew up in Italy?
IQ2: Was #1 your prom date?
IQ3: Did the Celtics drafting of you lead to the league closing a loophole in the draft rules?
Dunno, dunno and dunno.
Yes, I love Airplane! "Don't start up with your White Zone shit again, Betty...."
B.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
Kobe Bryant
Brandy
Larry Bird (drafted as a "junior eligible")
DQ: Born before 1950?
DQ2: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ3: Born South of the Mason-Dixon?
IQ: During the 80's, did you open the NFL TODAY by telling viewers,"You are looking LIVE.."
IQ2: Are you considered The Godfather of Texas Hold em?
IQ3: Did your discovery lead to the lightning rod?
Dunno, dunno and not Ben Franklin.
B.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. born after 1950
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line