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You got me again.
Our mystery man is:
HERB the supermarket manager from "Mr. Mom"! I'll think of a letter
I don't remember that movie at all.
Michael Keaton played an auto engineer who got laid of (movie made during Reagan recession), wife went to work in advertising. He became SAHD with a STEEP learning curve.
Letter when I think of someone.
Your letter is:
P
P
it is.
IQs:
Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863?
Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets?
Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc?
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863? - Gen. Pemberton
Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets? - Det. Pembleton
Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc? - Austin Pendleton
DQs:
Real?
Male?
First name start with P?
IQs:
An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot?
Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency?
Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari?
Not Pemberton
Not James K. Polk
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
Previous IQs:
An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot? - Not Pemberton, but Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk
Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency? - Yes, James K. Polk
Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari? - Polk Salad Annie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8DyNHHrUhA
Polk x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"?
Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video?
Were you her mom?
Not Peppermint Patty
DQ
DQ
The only famous costar I remember was MCCauley Culkin
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
Previous IQs:
Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"? - Yes, Peppermint Patty
Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video? - Lisa Marie Presley
Were you her mom? - Priscilla Presley
DQs:
Best known for the Arts?
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie?
Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers?
Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"?
DQ
Not Plutarch
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
Previous IQs:
Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie? - Elvis Presley
Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers? - Not Plutarch, but Publius
Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"? - Thomas Paine, during the Valley Forge encampment
DQs:
Actress?
Considered a beauty?
IQs:
Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name?
Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager?
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy?
Not P!nk (who overcame Caronavirus)
Not Colonel Tom Parker
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
Previous IQs:
Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name? - Yes, P!nk
Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager? - Yes, Col. Tom Parker
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? - Preem Palver
DQ:
Best known for movies?
IQs:
Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker?
Were you a costar of Hart to Hart?
Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's?
3 DQs, though I almost misremembered "Remington Steele".
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
Previous IQs:
Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker? - Gwyneth Paltrow, in Se7en, Shakespeare in Love and Emma
Were you a costar of Hart to Hart? - Stephanie Powers
Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's? - Lt. Tom Pullings, in the Napoleonic naval adventures of Patrick O'Brian
DQs:
Best known for TV?
Best known for comedy work?
White?
IQs:
Did you play Roz on Frasier?
Did you joke about your husband Fang?
Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter?
Not Peri Gilpin
DQ
Not Penny
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
Previous IQs:
Did you play Roz on Frasier? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
Did you joke about your husband Fang? - Comedian Phyllis Diller
Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter? - Yes, Penny LNU
DQ:
Sitcom star?
IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends?
Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star?
Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer?
Not Dorothy Parker
Not Patti Lupone
Not Puccini
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
Previous IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends? - I'll rephrase
Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star? - Yes, Patty LuPone
Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer? - Puccini wrote later than in the Baroque era; this was Palestrina
DQ:
Greatest fame before 2000?
IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends?
Did you play Bob Newhart's wife?
Did you play a famous sister on TV?
DQ
Not Suzanne Pleshette
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
Previous IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends? - Faith Popcorn
Did you play Bob Newhart's wife? - Yes, Suzanne Pleshette (thought I had you!)
Did you play a famous sister on TV? - Eve Plumb, on The Brady Bunch
DQs:
Sitcom still being produced?
Won an Emmy in her role?
IQs:
Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2?
Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader?
Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident?
3 DQs
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
16.Show has ended
17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated
Previous IQs:
Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2? - Con man Trevor Plantagenet
Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader? - Peregrin "Pippin" Took, in The Return of the King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOazRmDMOg
Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident? - Lord Palmerston, British prime minister during the American Civil War
DQs:
Show won a Best Sitcom Emmy (or whatever it's called)?
She was considered a breakout star in her role?
Show set in NYC?
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
16.Show has ended
17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated
18.Show, despite 2 nominations, never won Best Comedy Series Emmy (official name of category, according to Wikipedia)
19.She was the breakout star, given she was least known before
20.Show NOT set in NYC
Please submit your guess by Noon ET tomorrow (Monday)
Hmm. Right now I'm drawing a blank....
Any final guesses?
Ok, you got a few extra hours. Our mystery woman is:
AUBREY PLAZA of "Parks & Recreation".
Ah, thanks. Never watched that show.
I'll start the next round, unless you'd like to again.
I'll think of a letter
Your letter is
W
IQs:
Did you win the Battle of Hastings?
Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga?
Did you win the Battle of Atlanta?
Not William the Conqueror
DQ
Not William Tecumseh Sherman
Previous IQs:
Did you win the Battle of Hastings? - Yes, William the Conqueror
Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - William Rosecrans
Did you win the Battle of Atlanta? - Yes, William T. Sherman
William x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty?
Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio?
Did Otto eat you last?
3 DQs
W
1.Real
Previous IQs:
Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty? - Wanda Sykes
Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio? - Judge Wanda Jones
Did Otto eat you last? - The title character of A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda x3!
DQs:
Male?
Living?
American?
IQs:
Did your daughter marry a Congresswoman's son?
Was Thurlow Weed your closest political ally?
Did you often take more food than was fair for others helping themselves from the same platter?
3 DQs yet again
W
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American