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Nope. Wait, what Sitting Bull reference did The Police make?
Nope - stumped.
At another guess, its probably someone in civil rights, but I have no idea who it might be.
You guys need more help? Just send me a signal and I'll be glad to provide some more clues...
:iiam:
I began as a painter and rose to fame via portraits of great men; I also ran for NYC Mayor, losing but still active in politics because I was a major anti-federalist, and wrote a book and several monographs on the subject. Also I was kind of an asshat and thought slavery was perfectly kosher. I didn't fight in the war or anything because I was too old, what with being born in the 18th century and all.
Anyway, when I was busy painting the Marquis de Lafayette in Washington DC, I received a letter by horse courier from my home in NY that my wife was sick. The next day I got another letter that she'd died. By the time I rushed home she'd already been buried. I so hated that she'd gotten sick without my knowledge, died before I even knew about it, and was buried before my arrival--and all because of the slowness of correspondence--I gave up painting and, given that I'd studied electromagnetism in the past, began to invent a way to improve the speed of correspondence. :sci:
So, who am I?
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Copy the above and go here to translate
Bravo :bravo:
Thank you good sir. He was a good pick 'cause he had a legitimate major career change, so I felt confident in saying yep, he's in the cultural field. And The Police song is, of course,Spoiler (mouseover to read):
Message in a Bottle: "I'll send an S.O.S. to the world..."
Ah, very good! Well done. Morse painted a famous depiction of the U.S. House of Representatives in his day: http://thegood.files.wordpress.com/2...-f-b-morse.jpg
Well as we didn't get it, would you like to go again choie?
All righty! Sorry about the delay, my head is split in several different places at once.
The letter is... P
IQ:
1. Did your nephew sacrifice his daughter for your life?
2. Were you a stunt woman on Star Trek and an leading star on Babylon 5?
3. Were you the only Halliwell sister to die permanently?
IQs:
Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks?
In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist?
Did you impress Liet Kynes?
CatInASuit IQs:
1. Did your nephew sacrifice his daughter for your life? -- STUMPED though it sounds like something from the bible
2. Were you a stunt woman on Star Trek and an leading star on Babylon 5? -- No, I am not Pat Tallman
3. Were you the only Halliwell sister to die permanently? -- Oh dear, that's a Charmed question, isn't it? Given that I know Shannon Daugherty left, I'll say No, I am not Prue, although for all I know one of the others bought it instead.
Possibly 2 DQs!
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks? -- Is this another Spider-Man question? No, I am not Peter Parker.
2. In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist? - No, I am not Pete Postlethwaite (sp?) Loved him.
3. Did you impress Liet Kynes? -- STUMPED although the name seems really familiar to me.
1 DQ!
Previous IQs:
Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks? - Yes, Peter Parker - Banks played J. Jonah Jameson's secretary: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...etty_brant.jpg
In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist? - Yes, Pete Postelt-howeveryouspellit in The Town. Well done!
Did you impress Liet Kynes? - Paul Atreides impressed the imperial planetologist in Dune.
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Are you the dog of a juvenile cartoon aardvark?
Were you Brett's best buddy on the Nostromo?
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you?
1. This one is also a Spiderman reference, but from Oner Fine Day. Aunt May Parker is the answer.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yes, Pat Tallman
3. Yes, Prue Halliwell
DQ:
Male
IQs:
1. Are you a living Charmed sister?
2. Are you a living Charmed sister?
3. Are you a living Charmed sister?
Gimmes really.
Elendil's Heir IQs:
IQs:
1. No, I am not Pal! (Is it sad that I knew that one?)
2. STUMPED
3. No, I am not President Palmer. Didn't you just ask this one recently?
CatInASuit IQs:
No, I am not Piper, Phoebe or Paige Halliwell!
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
Previous IQs:
Are you the dog of a juvenile cartoon aardvark? - Yes, Pal, in the Arthur books and the PBS series. Nothing to be sad about!
Were you Brett's best buddy on the Nostromo? - Parker, in the movie Alien.
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you? - Yes, candidate (and later President) David Palmer, on 24. (Did I ask that recently? Sorry - I forgot. I'm involved in two other Botticelli games right now, too; one on the Straight Dope and another via email with some high school chums).
DQ:
Last name start with P?
IQs:
Did you perform at the White House for JFK?
Were you Tyrion's squire?
Were you a South American soccer god?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Um, given the time period... No I am not Pablo Casals?
2. Ugh, you and GoT. No I am not Please Bite Me. :D
3. No, I am not Pele[/QUOTE]
DQ
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
* Controversy!
Previous IQs:
Did you perform at the White House for JFK? - Yes, Pablo Casals: http://archive1.jfklibrary.org/JFKWH...T-273-3-61.jpg.
Were you Tyrion's squire? - Podrick Payne (a twofer!).
Were you a South American soccer god? - Yes, Pele.
DQ:
Living?
IQs:
Did you work on a crafts project by day, and undo it all by night?
Did you play a turncoat scientist, a top Nazi official and the President of the United States?
Were you a 20th C. Mass. governor with an incredibly WASPy name?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Ooh--no, I am not Penelope. Finally a classic!
2. This has got to be Donald Pleasance, except I don't remember him playing a turncoat scientist, unless that's Blofield? Anyway, No, I am not Donald Pleasance.
3. Geeze, almost all MA governors had WASPy names (except Dukakis), but unfortunately I'm not up on my 20th century governors except of NY and CA. So, STUMPED.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
* Controversy!
Did you work on a crafts project by day, and undo it all by night? - Yes, Penelope, wife of Odysseus
Did you play a turncoat scientist, a top Nazi official and the President of the United States? - Yes, Donald Pleasence (note spelling) in Fantastic Voyage, The Eagle Has Landed and Escape from New York.
Were you a 20th C. Mass. governor with an incredibly WASPy name? - That would be Endicott Peabody.
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Were you wife of the lord of the underworld?
Did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene?
Were you a Laker Girl who went on to greater fame?
OMG, you got me there. That is as WASPy as they come!Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
IQs:
1. Now you're talking my language, baby! No, I am not Persephone. Or Prosperine, if you're going Roman rather than Greek.
2. Hm. Does Guernica count as a crime scene? I'd say the bombing of a civillian village is a crime. So no, I am not Pablo Picasso.
3. No, I am not Paula Abdul.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
* Controversy!
Previous IQs:
Were you wife of the lord of the underworld? - Right you are.
Did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene? - I'll rephrase.
Were you a Laker Girl who went on to greater fame? - Right again!
IQs:
Before 1900, did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene?
Were you a con artist whose particular form of con has immortalized you?
Were you Florida's sole female U.S. senator?
IQs:
1. Did your sneeze cause you to teleport?
2. Did you have a sterilisation method named after you?
3. Did you play the only half human variant of an alien?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Well, I know Rubens painted Christ being crucified, so I'll say no, I am not Peter Paul Rubens. :D
2. No, I am not Charles Ponzi. But if you tell two others about it, charge them five bucks each and give five to me.
3. STUMPED. The only female politicians I can think of from FL are Janet Reno and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
CatInASuit IQs:
1. STUMPED. But this sounds like something from Dr. Who or a kid's program.
2. No, I am not Louis Pasteur.
3. Hmm. STUMPED. I can't think of any from Star Trek who were the sole representative of their race, though there are probably a few.
EH gets 1 DQ, CIAS 2. Go for it!
Previous IQs:
Before 1900, did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene? - Jesus's crucifixion was a terrible thing and deeply regrettable, but it was pursuant to the law at the time, so it wasn't a crime scene. Nice try. I was thinking of Paul Revere: http://www.earlyamerica.com/image/re.../massacre2.jpg.
Were you a con artist whose particular form of con has immortalized you? - Yes, Ponzi (I didn't even know his first name).
Were you Florida's sole female U.S. senator? - Paula Hawkins.
DQs:
European?
Involved in the creative arts (broadly defined)?
IQs:
Did you play an imaginary comic on a TV show once?
Were you the lead female character in a car-related TV cartoon?
Did you play a lifeguard and a TV show-within-a-show beauty?
Hey even Pilate said he saw no broken law and he washed his hands of the whole thing. :)
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. No, I am not Joe Piscopo (on TNG)
2. No, I am not Penelope Pitstop.
3. Well, the only lifeguard show I can think of is Baywatch, and I think Pamela Anderson was on Home Improvement, so I'm gonna go with her. No, I am not Pamela Anderson. Hard as it is to believe!
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
* Controversial!
1. Nadia Popov from Rentaghost - If you don't want to give a DQ for that I would understand.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yup - Pasteur
3. Paul McGann - the 8th Doctor - although we don't really talk about it.
DQ:
Born before 1920
IQ:
1. Have you also been known as Squiggle
2. Did you present BBC Gardening Time
3. Did you have a friend you called Betty
Jesus's crucifixion was under Roman law, and consistent with (indeed, at the demand of those charged with implementing) Hebraic law. Doesn't make it good or right, but it wasn't a crime.
You're correct as to all three of my previous IQs.
IQs:
Your maiden name was Digby, but you became much more famous under two of your married names. Who are you?
Did you appear in a thinly-veiled cameo in a Ray Bradbury short story set on a beach?
Did you promise, "Have gun, will travel"?
CatInASuit IQs:
1. Erm.. the only thing I think of is, No I am not Prince?
2. STUMPED, darn you for proving my anglophilia only goes so far
3. No, I am not Paul Simon?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Oh, y'know, I only know this one (I think) because I grew up a stone's throw from Manhasset on Long Island, where the Whitney Estate was. No, I am not Pamela Digby / Churchill / Hayward, I mean (I originally duplicated Whitney).
2. STUMPED. I know nothing of Ray Bradbury except maybe two of his short stories (the one with a couple of kids having a playroom that turned into an African veldt or something like that).
3. No, I am not Jack Palance.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
* Controversial!
On second thought I think Jack Palance is wrong, so that makes two STUMPEDs.
Previous IQs:
Your maiden name was Digby, but you became much more famous under two of your married names. Who are you? - Very good! Pamela Churchill Harriman became a big Democratic donor and later was U.S. ambassador to Paris.
Did you appear in a thinly-veiled cameo in a Ray Bradbury short story set on a beach? - In the story, an artist who is recognizably described like Picasso frustrates a pesky admirer by making a beautiful drawing on the sand of a beach... just as the tide is coming in.
Did you promise, "Have gun, will travel"? - This was the heroic gunslinger character Paladin, not Jack Palance.
DQs:
Born in or east of Vienna?
Died since 1900?
IQs:
Was a performance of yours the stuff of fantasies for many boys in the Eighties?
Were you a petty thief before you became a masseuse?
Are you, more than any other single person, usually credited with inventing TV?
Elendil's Heir's IQs:
1. Erm... well, this could probably be many sexpots. No, I am not Phoebe Cates? Thinking of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" here.
2. No, I am not Phoebe Buffay?
3. No, I am not Philo T. Farnsworth.
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Not born in or east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
* Controversial!
CRAP!!! My geography sucks. Edited DQs, particular #9:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
* Controversial!
Correct as to all three!
IQs:
Were you a Thirties musician with a two-syllable avian nickname?
Were you a charismatic Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the late Seventies?
Are you probably the most famous living person to have been born on Corfu?
1. Correct - its Prince.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Percy Thrower
3. Yup - Paul Simon
DQ:
1. Known mainly for his involvement in the military?
2. Born before 1600?
IQ:
1. Did you assassinate an Archduke?
2. Did you have a theory about right angled triangles?
3. Did you found abity in russia named after an apostle?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Hmm. The only musician from that era I can think of with an 'avian' nickname is someone I thought was just called "Bird," which is only one syllable. But what the hell, I'll go for it: No, I am not Charlie Parker?
2. STUMPED. My knowledge of the Pirates begins with Roberto Clemente and ends with Barry Bonds.
3. No, I am not Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Finally something in my wheelhouse again!
CIAS IQs:
1. Oh crap, I don't remember his first name. But No, I am not (mumble) Princep. Assuming you're talking about Archduke Ferdinand.
2. Heh. No, I am not Pythagoras.
3. Um... what the heck is "abity"? But since the clue implies St. Petersberg, I'm gonna guess... No, I am not Peter the Great? I'm totally just assuming the tsar was egotistical enough to name the city after himself and just pretended it was after the saint, which... let's face it, why wouldn't you be if you're a tsar?
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
* Controversial!
Previous IQs:
Were you a Thirties musician with a two-syllable avian nickname? - Yes, Charlie "Yardbird" (or "Bird") Parker
Were you a charismatic Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the late Seventies? - Dave Parker
Are you probably the most famous living person to have been born on Corfu? - Yes, Prince Philip (one "l").
DQ:
Born northeast of Vienna?
IQs:
Were you a royal person noted for your admiration of the modern customs of countries other than your own?
Were you an ancient mathematician noted for your theorem, in use to this day?
Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Oookay, I played Anna in The King and I so I know the King of Siam counts here, and I'm almost certain his first name began with a "P." I only know his more common name. No, I am not King Mongkut.
2. No, as I told CatInASuit, I am not bloody Pythagoras! :D
3. No, I am not Precious. (Well, I am, but just to my family.)
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
* Controversial!
I wish I'd put more ranks into Knowledge (geography)!
Previous IQs:
Were you a royal person noted for your admiration of the modern customs of countries other than your own? - Mongkut wasn't a "P" as far as I know. This was Peter the Great of Russia.
Were you an ancient mathematician noted for your theorem, in use to this day? - Ooops, right you are.
Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you? - I'll rephrase.
DQ:
Political?
IQs:
You are not an American. Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you?
Did you play a guy who lost his car crossing a river?
Did David Letterman repeatedly mock one of your songs?
BZZZT! I was right, my co-lead in The King and I, King Mongkut, gloried in the name of: Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua No DQ for you! (Also, both Peter the Great and Pythagoras were used by CIAS in his last question! :D)Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. No, I am not "Pi" as in Life of Pi?
2. (River cross guy) STUMPED. I can only think of Steve Carell (in The Office(US)) and Jack Weston (in The Four Seasons).
3. No, I am not... Pavarotti? (Yeah doubtful, I just couldn't think of anyone else.) STUMPED probably!
Previous IQs:
You are not an American. Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you? - Yes, the lead from Life of Pi.
Did you play a guy who lost his car crossing a river? - Phil Silvers in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. A little boy told him he could drive across; turns out he couldn't.
Did David Letterman repeatedly mock one of your songs? - Letterman repeatedly welcomed the audience to the "stu-stu-studio," joking about Phil Collins's "Susudio."
DQs:
Political?
Famous for a single incident or event?
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
14. Had some political dealings.
15. Not famous for a single incident or event.
* Controversial!
Yup, you got all three again.
IQs:
1. Are you one of the Birds of a Feather?
2. Did you play the Marquis de Carabas?
3. Did you have a sidekick called Gordon the Gopher?
Okay, three questions trying to prod my Anglophilia. Unfortunately you've reached my limit on one of 'em.
1. No, I am not Pauline Quirke.
2. You couldn't ask me about Johnson from Peep Show instead? No, I am not Patterson Joseph. :)
3. STUMPED. You Brits have way too many goofy animal children's characters! I do know Noddy and the Bunkey, if that helps restore my cred.
IQs:
Were you, in a Disney movie, the trainer of heroes?
Did you help found Kenyon College?
Were you a top lawyer who had the same last name as a top artilleryman?
Oy, I'm embarrassed that the only one I'm sure of is the Disney question!
1. No, I am not Phil from Hercules
2. So very very STUMPED.
3. Well, I'm going to assume Revolutionary War, for no reason whatsoever because it's more likely the artillary dude was from the Revolutionary War, rather than the Lawyer. Trouble is, I don't know any top artillarymen. What the hell. No, I am not Patrick Henry? (If this turns out to be Phillip Schuyler I'm gonna be really pissed off considering I named my online serial after him.)
Presumably two more DQs!
3. Gordon the Gopher - sidekick to Phillip SchofieldQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Known by only one name?
IQ:
1. Were you a disciple of Socrates?
2. Did your nephew describe your death due to the eruption of Versuvius
Previous IQs:
Were you, in a Disney movie, the trainer of heroes? - Correct, Phil(octetes)
Did you help found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a top lawyer who had the same last name as a top artilleryman? - Philander Knox, Grant's Atty. Gen. / Henry Knox, Washington's top cannon guy
DQs:
Italian?
Involved in some way with the Papacy?
IQs:
Are yours the Shoes of the Fisherman?
Did you persecute the same sect you later joined?
Did you have a comedic lisp and an oddly-named friend in a Python movie?
Umm, EH: Italy is west of Vienna. See DQ:9