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T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
Use that last DQ and I’ll set your deadline
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T
1) Real
2) Male
3) Last name “T”
4) Dead
5) American
6) NOT Political/Military
7) Died AFTER 1900
8) NOT known for single incident
9) Associated with Arts
10) Died AFTER 1950
11) No famous wife
12) Associated with the Performing Arts
13) No top award
14) NOT an actor
15) No connection to Music
16) Greatest fame BEFORE 2000
17) Inown for working behind the scenes
18) NOT known for movies
19) Bedt known for TV
20) NOT a producer
21) NOT associated with a specific show
22) NOT a musician
Please submit your guess by Noon ET Saturday
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Our mystery man is:
BRANDON TARTIKOFF, NBC entertainment head during the 80s, who greenlit their biggest hits of the era.
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Ah, of course! Good one. Just saw him in a clip from Saved by the Bell the other day.
Want to start the next round, or pass?
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IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo?
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works?
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Not President Palmer
2 DQ
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Previous IQs:
Were you Brett's boss aboard the USCSS Nostromo? - Parker (Yaphet Kotto), in Alien
Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - He wasn't President until later, but yes, David Palmer
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation, in Asimov's works? - Preem Palver
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective?
Did you found a woolens company?
Did you surrender Vicksburg?
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Previous IQs:
Were you a Baltimore homicide detective? - Pembleton (Andre Braugher), in Homicide: Life on the Streets
Did you found a woolens company? - Mr. Pendleton
Did you surrender Vicksburg? - Yes, Confederate Gen. Pemberton
Pe-ton x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu?
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts?
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Not Phil Hartman
Not Prince Philip
Not Phil Collins
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
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Previous IQs:
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Not Phil Hartman, but Philoctetes (called "Phil," and voiced by Danny De Vito)
Were you arguably the best-known person to have been born on Corfu? - Yes, the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
A rock star, are you also a collector of historical Alamo artifacts? - Yes, Phil Collins; here's a good article about his hobby and a recent controversy: https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-t...ttle-of-alamo/
Phil x3!
DQ:
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic?
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist?
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam?
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DQ
DQ
Not Phil Garner (I know him for his Brewer ties)
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
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Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a Clint Eastwood-directed biopic? - Charlie "Yardbird" Parker
Did you play a secretive henchman, a dying tycoon, a mysterious wanderer and a gangster florist? - Pete Postlethwaite, in The Usual Suspects, Inception, James and the Giant Peach and The Town
Were you a Pittsburgh Pirates played who was likened to Yosemite Sam? - Yes, Phil Garner, who I rooted for back in the day
DQs:
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero?
Were you Odysseus's wife?
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom?
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DQ
Not Penelope
Not Phoebe Buffay
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Previous IQs:
Were you a noted young Greek hero? - Perseus
Were you Odysseus's wife? - Yes, Penelope
Did Terri Garr play your long-lost mom? - Yes, Phoebe Buffay, on Friends
DQ:
Political/military? (unanswered from above)
Best known for single incident?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows?
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower?
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek?
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D’oh! Sorry I missed that!
Not Jeff Probst
Not William Penn
DQ
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
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I was tempted to give 6 a hint and the “incident” he’s known for isn’t usually what that question means
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Previous IQs:
Do you host the Survivor shows? - Yes, Jeff Probst
Does your statue stand atop a very tall city hall tower? - Yes, William Penn, in Philadelphia
Did you win a come-from-behind victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Maj. Gen. Phil Sheridan, during the American Civil War
DQ:
Now in elective office?
IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993?
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin?
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York?
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Not Mike Pence
DQ
Not George Pataki
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
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Previous IQs:
Are you the first Vice President from Indiana since 1993? - Yes, Mike Pence
Was your selection announced at the battleship USS Wisconsin? - Paul Ryan, in Newport News, Va., when picked by Mitt Romney as his running mate in 2012
Did you defeat Mario Cuomo to become Governor of New York? - Yes, George Pataki
DQ:
Best known for military?
IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title?
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century?
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
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Previous IQs:
Did the Beatles sing about you, a woman, in a song with a two-word title? - Penny Lane was a place, not a person; this was "Dear Prudence"
Were you an acerbic British playwright of the 20th century? - Harold Pinter
Were you AKA Mr. Incredible? - Bob Parr, in The Incredibles
DQs:
Once held elective office?
Best known as a Federal official?
Last name starts with P?
IQs:
Was your dad a mayor of Baltimore?
Were you introduced simultaneously with someone else on SNL, and pretended to be surprised to find him there?
Were you, too, that night?
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Not Nancy Pelosi
Not Art’s former collaborator Paul Simon
Not former IL Senator Paul Simon
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
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Swept me!
IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office?
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care?
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War?
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Not Paul Tsongas
Not Patrick Kennedy
Not Pemberton
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Previous IQs:
Were you a former Lowell, Mass. official who ran for higher office? - Yes, Paul Tsongas
Were you thought killed, but later revived with very advanced medical care? - Not Patrick Kennedy, who was not "thought killed," but astronaut Frank Poole, in Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey and a much-later sequel
Were you a noted cavalry commander of the American Civil War? - Pemberton had no particular cavalry experience, and I already asked about him; this was Gen. Alfred Pleasanton
DQs:
Now holds Federal office?
Democrat?
IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title?
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched?
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
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Fun hint: just saw something about his most notable ex that bummed me out.
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Previous IQs:
Did Judi Dench play you in a movie that bore your name as its title? - The lead in Philomena
Did you play a guy whose car got stuck in a river as a little boy watched? - Phil Silvers, in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Did you own the watering hole where the FYI crew often gathered? - Yes, Phil, on Murphy Brown
Phil x3!
DQs:
Served in the Cabinet?
From a state west of the Mississippi?
IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator?
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name?
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council?
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DQ
DQ
Not Colin Powell (I DISTINCTLY Remember watching his presentation, it’s what brought me around on invading Iraq)
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi
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IQs:
Were you a Lincoln assassination conspirator? - Lewis Powell
Were you a Supreme Court justice who coincidentally had the same name? - Another, unrelated Lewis Powell
Did George Tenet sit behind you when you addressed the UN Security Council? - Yes, Colin Powell
Powell x3!
Yes, I think Powell's UN presentation had that effect on a lot of people. Too bad it wasn't all the 100% truth.
DQs:
Held a top Federal bureaucratic post?
Best known before 1945?
IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show?
Did you play Roz Doyle?
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo?
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
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If you get to 20, I’ll give you a free clue if you don’t ask about it
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Previous IQs:
Were you the title character of an Eighties kids show? - Punky Brewster
Did you play Roz Doyle? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
Were you the horndog incestuous son in Taboo? - Paul
DQs:
From north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Best known for activity since 2000?
I never say no to free clues, thanks!
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P
1) Real
2) Male
3) American
4) Living
5) Born AFTER 1950
6) Military/Political figure
7) Not best known for single incident
8) Not in elective office
9) Not best known for military
10) Never held elective office
11) Best known job federal level
12) LAST initial P
13) NOT currently in Federal office
14) Democrat
15) Never in Cabinet
16) From EAST of the Mississippi[
17) No top Federal bearuracratic post
18) Best known for activity AFTER 1945
19) From NORTH of the Mason-Dixon Line
20) Best known for activities ATTER 2000
Freebie: Best known for his former SO
Please submit your guess by 3 PM ET SUNDAY
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