Dunno any of those three IQs.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
6. American
7. mainly but not entirely involved in military/politics
8. not mainly involved in the performing arts
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Dunno any of those three IQs.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
6. American
7. mainly but not entirely involved in military/politics
8. not mainly involved in the performing arts
Now that's an interesting combo.
IQs:
1. Are you best known not for your life, but for doing nothing for the ten years prior to your death?
2. Are you involved in--nay, integral to--the same debate that was inspired by the above person's unfortunate situation?
3. Were you an actress married to a well-known playwright, yet you were best known for being both an advocate for the arts and a deft identifier of liars on TV?
Delayed DQ from earlier:
Is "K" the first letter of your last name?
Dunno any of those three, either.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
6. American
7. mainly but not entirely involved in military/politics
8. not mainly involved in the performing arts
9. last name starts with K
1. Karen Ann Quinlan, a young woman who fell into a persistant vegetative state in 1975 and, after being on a ventilator for a while, was taken off after a lengthy court case that was a cornerstone of the right-to-die movement. But after her removal from the ventilator, to the surprise of everyone, she ended up breathing on her own. She died ten years later of pneumonia. (Boy, do I remember being creeped out by the various updates on her health on the news as a kid growing up in the '70s and '80s.)
2. Jack Kervorkian, "Dr. Death," whom of course some consider a murderer, others a powerful advocate for the right to die.
3. Kitty Carlisle Hart, wife/widow of Moss Hart (of "You Can't Take It With You" fame, among many others), and who was a major figure in arts philanthropy as well as being a regular panelist on the long-running game show "To Tell the Truth."
New IQs:
Hm. Am I allowed to guess during a DQ or is it only during the IQs that I can guess?
1. Are you the last living child of the president who was assassinated fifty years ago yesterday (or today, depending on one's current time zone)?
2. Did you once receive a famously scathing review saying that as an actor, your emotions ran the gamut from A to B?
3. Are you (allegedly) the mastermind behind numerous acts of violence against the U.S.?
DQs:
1. Are you an ambassador?
2. Are you married?
3. Are you a philanthropist?
You nailed it - well done! I am indeed the new U.S. ambassador to Japan,
Caroline Kennedy.
Yay! I thought it was her with my previous post but wanted to double-check with the last name thing. The Kennedys were on most everyone's mind, I suspect. (At least here in the U.S.)
All righty, my turn! Since we've done my first initial I'll follow it with my second. Your letter is:
L
Wow - excellent guess choie.
Answers from my last lot.
IQs
1. Are you a south african born batsman playing for England who used to have a skunk hairstyle? - Kevin Pietersen
2. Were you a wrestling presenter and interviewer for the WWE? - Kevin Kelley
3. Were you a Blue Peter presenter who died of breast cancer? - Caron Keating
IQs:
1. Do you sing about video games and summertime sadness?
2. Did you play Tank Girl?
3. Were you the original Universal wolf man?
Thanks CIAS! Like I said, it's mainly because of the anniversary of JFK's death that very day; I've been ODing on documentaries and so on, so he and his family were on my mind. Plus, I've always been fascinated by Caroline; she seems so normal and healthy considering the unbelievable number of tragedies in her family.
Forgot to mention my last two answers, not that they matter, but: Katharine Hepburn was the recipient of Dorothy Parker's notorious slam, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the accused mastermind in G-Bay.
Now for CIAS's IQ answers:
1. STUMPED. Wow, if I could I'd answer my favorite singer, Jonathan Coulton, who'd totally fit this. (He wrote two great songs for the Portal games, and has a bittersweet song called "Summer's Over" too.) Otherwise I'm thinking it's someone who did a remake of "Ain't no cure for the summertime blues" by Eddie Cochran, but no clue. Bet I'm going to look stupid on this one.
2. No, I am not Lori Petty. Geeze, where has she been lately? Really good actress.
3. Erm, no I am not Lon Cheney Jr.? Only because he did all those old monster films... but actually I don't remember him being wolfy.
At least one and possibly two DQs for you, CIAS. Also I'd like to mention that one of your questions includes an interesting clue to the actual answer, so wow, that's a funny coincidence.
1. Lana Del Ray - names of her last two hits over hereQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yup, Lori Petty - and that film is better than most people think.
3. Yup, it was Lon Chaney Jr.
DQ:
1. Real
IQ:
1. Did Kitty Fisher find something of yours?
2. Have you been portrayed by Rhona Mitra and Angelina Jolie?
3. Did you tell Dustin Hoffman to "just act"?
Lori Petty is very good in A League of Their Own, too.
IQs:
Did your husband bother you by hanging around without shoes "so that my feet can breathe"?
Did you joke that your wife's family considered itself just a little better than the Almighty?
Did your father's killer's brother save your life?
CIAS's IQs:
1. No, I am not Lucy Locket. An answer I know solely 'cause I played Lucy Brown in Threepenny Opera, who's based on Lucy Locket in The Beggar's Opera, and I learned the poem then.
2. No, I am not Lara Croft? I don't know who Rhona Mitra is, but the only "L" role I can think of with Jolie is Lara.
3. Heh. No, I am not Sir Lawrence Olivier.
Definitely! I think that's the only movie I've seen her in. Very good film and she's wonderful in it.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
EH IQs:
1. STUMPED, but for some reason I get a Victorian vibe out of this obnoxious husband.
2. STUMPED, ditto.
3. STUMPED and this is totally a GOT reference, isn't it? Probably somebody Lannister then.
Three DQs, damn your eyes.
DQs:
1. Not real.
Previous IQs:
Did your husband bother you by hanging around without shoes "so that my feet can breathe"? - Mary Todd Lincoln
Did you joke that your wife's family considered itself just a little better than the Almighty? - Abraham Lincoln, who said, "One 'd' is enough for God, but the Todds must have two."
Did your father's killer's brother save your life? - Robert Todd Lincoln was riding on a train a few years before his father's death. He slipped on the platform and would have fallen under the wheels, but Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, also an actor, grabbed his hand and saved him.
DQs:
American?
male?
would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you give your name to an alliteratively-named scientific facility?
Did you inspire a Texas judge and an English author?
Were you the hero of Little Round Top?
Oh blimey! Well, I had the right era but wrong side of the pond. Kind of funny that I mistook the bizarre coincidence of Robert Todd Lincoln/Edwin Booth for a GoT reference, LOL!
EH IQ:
1. Oh, I don't know... No, I'm not Lex Luthor? Guy must've had some research institute on Earth 4732944758933435567, right?
2. No, alas, I am not the Jersey Lily herself, Lillie Langtry. See one of the earlier rounds for my knowledge of Roy Bean due to my ridiculous fangirlism of Ms. Langtry. Actually, I hesitate, since I'm not sure of which English author you might mean; I know she inspired Oscar Wilde (Irish) among other poets, but can't think of a specific guy. Still, I'm sure someone was inspired by her!
3. Crapples. I know this one is at Gettsyburg, I was just watching the Ken Burns Civil War last week! Someone Chamberlain. Luther? Lawrence? Leland? It's probably something ridiculous like Lamont or Langford but I'll try Lawrence.
Ugh, two more DQs.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
Rhona Mitra was the original person to play Lara Croft.
Congrats on getting them all.
IQs:
1. Are you a pundit on Match of the Day?
2. Did you sing about waterfalls with TLC?
3. Did you spend 3 million years in stasis onboard a mining ship?
Previous IQs:
Did you give your name to an alliteratively-named scientific facility? - Dr. Lawrence, whose name graces the Lawrence Livermore lab in Livermore, Calif.
Did you inspire a Texas judge and an English author? - Yes, the Jersey Lily. The English author was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who loosely based Irene "The Woman" Adler on her.
Were you the hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His middle name is always given, so I think it's fair play.
DQs:
Last name starts with L?
European?
IQs:
Has the tourism board of Providence, R.I. been promoting your connection to their city lately?
Did one of your characters use "Antwerp" as a hypnotic trigger word?
Were you Jackie Kennedy's social secretary?
Sorry for the delay, gentlemen!
CIAS IQs:
1. STUMPED. Which would be more appropriate if the Match of the Day were cricket rather than football.
2. No, I am not Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez. Great song.
3. No, I am not Dave Lister! Ah, a fellow Dwarfer.
1 DQ to the fellow dressed like Victor Laszlo.
EH, I'm gonna claim I was correct (if only accidentally) re: the Chamberlain question. Judge's ruling please? Impartial Mr. CIAS, will you serve? In the meantime I'll answer your first DQ.
BTW I had no idea Irene Adler was somewhat based on Lillie! OMG, how could I not know this? A fan of both and utterly ignorant.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not the tentacle-fetisher H.G. Lovecraft. (It's gotta be him, right? Even if I didn't hear about this on NPR, I'd guess it from your appreciation of the guy.)
2. STUMPED. It sounds like a spy novel, so I'm tempted to guess Robert Ludlum, but you've never evinced much interest in spy novels so it's probably sci-fi.
3. No, I am not etiquette doyenne Leticia Baldridge.
At least 1 DQ to Mr. Heir.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5.Last name starts with L
Previous IQs:
Has the tourism board of Providence, R.I. been promoting your connection to their city lately? - Correct as to Lovecraft.
Did one of your characters use "Antwerp" as a hypnotic trigger word? - The bad guy in the Ursula K. LeGuin novel The Lathe of Heaven.
Were you Jackie Kennedy's social secretary? - Correct as to Baldridge (distantly related to a high school friend of mine).
I'll give you the Chamberlain guess - close enough.
IQs:
Did you once date Sheryl Crow?
Did Woody Harrelson play you in a courtroom drama?
Did Ned Beatty once play your aide?
Oh cool, I've always been meaning to read Le Guin.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Lance Armstrong.
2. No, I am not Larry... oh crap, the Hustler guy... FLYNT. Or Flint.
3. No, I am not Lex Luthor? Or were you looking for an actor?
Yay, silly modern (but not too modern) trivia--that's in my wheelhouse!
Yes, correct as to all three.
IQs:
Did a member of the People's Front of Judea want to be called by this name?
Was Gareth your lover?
Did your character beg to be kissed by Frank's very warm mouth?
1. Mark LawrensonQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ: Appeared first in a novel?
IQs:
1. Are you a fearsome Australian Fast Bowler with a big moustache
2. Are you an English opera singer?
3. Did you talk about soft creamery butter for an advert?
Hi guys! EH, hope you had a great Thanksgiving. CIAS, I hope you... just had a great couple of days. :)
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Loretta (always wondered if this was a sorta reference to "Get Back.")
2. No, I am not Lynette. (Or is it Linette? The chick from the Arthurian stories, right?)
3. STUMPED but I'm certainly intrigued by the very warm mouth reference.
CIAS IQs:
1. STUMPED and now you're getting me worried. I'm the one who gives you good clues, remember! :) Although your question reminds me of the line exchange in Yes Minister between Hacker and Bernard: "You're very bold, Bernard." "Better for me to be bold than for you to be stumped, Minister.")
2. No, I am not Lynn Dawson. (Now you're speaking my language! Though honestly I don't know if she's actually English... )
3. Hmm. Isn't this a plot point from Kate and Leopold? A movie I only watched because of the time travel premise as research for my Victorian time travel novel, I assure you. Well, and Hugh Jackman. Anyway, I think it is. No, I am not Leopold from Kate and Leopold.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
1. This was a straight up bonzer question: Dennis LilleeQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Correct for the other two.
DQ: Has appeared in other forms of media other than novels
IQs:
1. Did you write about the seven pillars of wisdom?
2. Are you normally dressed in green when rescuing a princess from the next castle
3. Did you write about first contact with the Moties?
IQs:
1. Who is... no, wait, sorry, that's Jeopardy. No, I am not T.E. Lawrence (A fact I know solely because my favorite detective Nero Wolfe used to read The Seven Pillars of Wisdom often)
2. Heh. No, I am not Link. And this too I only know 'cause one of my book editing clients is freakin' obsessed with the Zelda games and in order to make sure she wasn't copying from them, I had to read up on the game. (And yes, she was, um, influenced by the series, along with Tolkien, Rowling, and Lewis. In fairness to her, she wrote her books ten years ago when she was 16. Still, the "homages" were obvious and I had to ensure she got rid of them.)
3. Ummm. Total stab here: No, I am not C.S. Lewis? I might just have him on the brain because of the above answer. Is this a reference to his space trilogy? I read those so long ago I don't remember what the aliens were called. OTOH the name makes me think of the book The Mote in God's Eye but that's by Jerry Pornelle, right? Anyway "Moties" seems goofy as a name for an alien race in a book with "Mote" in the title.
DQ:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
1. Correct Lawrence of ArabiaQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Oh close, but the answer I was looking for was Luigi - Up to you if you want to give a DQ or not, because its possible either way I guess.
3. Right book - wrong author. Jerry Pornelle co-wrote it with Larry Niven
I'll ponder the DQs for now.
Oh, that's funny! IIRC in cases like this, where I'm able to give an answer that fits your question, but isn't the one you're looking for, is that you mark it as a correct guess and then re-ask the question more specifically. EH, that's right, isn't it? Anyway, so no DQ for you, I don't think. :)Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Larry Niven! DUH, of course!! My official guess was Lewis anyway so I was wrong even though "Moties" did make me remember the other book. I'm gobsmacked that the aliens are really called "Moties." Is this a comic novel? It's like if aliens in Dune were called "Dunies."Quote:
Right book - wrong author. Jerry Pornelle co-wrote it with Larry Niven
I shall wait on your DQ good sir.
The Mote in God's Eye really is a very good sf book on first contact (some jokes in there, but not a comic novel by any means). Don't let the somewhat odd alien name deter you. Y'know, I don't think we're ever even told what their real name is.
Correct. If your answer fits the IQ, even if it's not who the person asking had in mind, the asker can rephrase, or let it drop and not try to earn a DQ with a revised IQ.Quote:
Originally posted by choieOh, that's funny! IIRC in cases like this, where I'm able to give an answer that fits your question, but isn't the one you're looking for, is that you mark it as a correct guess and then re-ask the question more specifically. EH, that's right, isn't it? Anyway, so no DQ for you, I don't think. :)....Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Previous IQs:
Did a member of the People's Front of Judea want to be called by this name? - Yes, Loretta in Life of Brian.
Was Gareth your lover? - Yes, Lynette (Lynesse in some tellings of the tale).
Did your character beg to be kissed by Frank's very warm mouth? - Loretta Swit played Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, RN, on the TV show M*A*S*H.
DQ:
Novel published since 1950?
IQs:
Did you star in a movie you have prevented from ever being publicly released?
Were you the quintessential bad guy, such that your name became a byword for cruelty?
Were you and your men the subjects of a sublime epitaph?
IQs:
1. Are you the emo protagonist of a Final Fantasy game?
2. Were you the origin of Nightmare Moon?
3. Did you play both an android and its owner?
I cannot believe I missed a M*A*S*H question! How embarrassing. Hopefully it was from one of the early seasons? I prefer the post-Blake era, I admit.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Jerry Lewis. I've never fully understood why he'd push for that film to be made only to shelve it. Unless it was as terrible as it sounds, which is probaby likely. (But if he had enough objectivity to know it sucked, shouldn't he have been able to figure it out in the first place?)
2. No, I am not Simon Legree? (I was gonna go with Marquis de Sade but I don't know what his real name was.)
3. Oh dear, this is a military question probably. No I am not... Lafayette? (Total stab in the dark.) Likely STUMPED.
CIAS IQs:
1. Erm... gosh, i thought the entirety of FF was mostly emo. But I remember some controversy around Squall, so I'll go with him. No, I am not Squall Lionhart?
2. STUMPED. Is Nightmare Moon the evil version of the children's book "Goodnight Moon"? No seriously I have no clue what this is.
3. STUMPED again. I can only think of Brent Spiner!
You're racking up those DQs, mister!
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
Previous IQs:
Did you star in a movie you have prevented from ever being publicly released? - Yes, Jerry Lewis, in this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried
Were you the quintessential bad guy, such that your name became a byword for cruelty? - Yes, Simon Legree, from Uncle Tom's Cabin
Were you and your men the subjects of a sublime epitaph? - Leonidas of Sparta, at Thermopylae. The best translation of their epitaph, I believe, reads:
Tell them in Sparta, passerby,
that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
DQ:
European character?
IQs:
Were you the first head of the British National Theatre?
Did Michael Caine play you in a 1988 film?
Did you write the children's classic Ben and Me?
IQs
1. I'm going to guess the answer is again Lawrence Olivier, although he seems pretty late--surely there was a British National Theatre before the 20th century, no? Well, I'll guess anyway. No, I am (still) not Sir Lawrence Olivier. (The "still" is 'cause he was already an answer re: telling Dustin Hoffman "have you ever tried acting?" vs. the Method.)
2. Oh gosh, a Michael Caine role? The guy's been in everything, I'll never figure that one out! STUMPED.
3. Awww I loved that! No, I am not Robert Lawson.
DQs
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
1. Correct on Squall Leonheart being a whiny emo, wrong on all FF games being emo.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Nightmare Moon aka Princess Luna from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
3. Lance Henrikssen as Bishop and appearing right at the end of Alien 3 in a more human form.
DQs:
1. Appeared in a Science-Fiction novel?
2. British?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
1. Did your affair help bring down a kingdom and you ended your life as a penitent?
2. Did you have a mentor called Jaga and a magic sword?
3. Did you have a wolf, a serpent and a female amongst your children
Previous IQs:
Were you the first head of the British National Theatre? - Yes, Sir Laurence (sp) Olivier.
Did Michael Caine play you in a 1988 film? - Lawrence Jamieson, a suave con artist in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, one of my favorite comedies.
Did you write the children's classic Ben and Me? - Yes, Robert Lawson. If you liked that book, check out Paul Revere's Horse and Captain Kidd's Cat, which are even better IMHO.
One DQ reserved, awaiting answers to CIAS's DQs.
IQs:
Did Truman Capote play you in his final screen appearance?
Were you an actor from a famous family of actors?
Did you appear with unusually long sideburns in a recent film marking the National Theatre's 50th anniversary?
CIAS IQs:
1. Um... no, I am not Sir Launcelot?
2. Utterly STUMPED.
3. No, I am not Loki. (And I like how "a female" is included among the unusual offspring!)
EH IQs:
1. Oh God, I hope this is right because I'll love you for this reference: No, I am not Lionel Twain? (Murder By Death is one of my favorite comedies, unjustly ignored I think!)
2. No, I am not Lionel Barrymore
3. STUMPED like Gary Senise in Forrest Gump. No clue, sadly. Angela Lansbury! :D
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
Previous IQs:
Did Truman Capote play you in his final screen appearance? - Yes, Lionel Twain of 22 Twain in Murder by Death ("The moose! The moose! Use your damn prepositions!"). Well done!
Were you an actor from a famous family of actors? - Yes, Lionel Barrymore.
Did you appear with unusually long sideburns in a recent film marking the National Theatre's 50th anniversary? - John Lithgow.
DQ:
Generally considered an action hero?
IQs:
Are you a hacker with a very bad attitude?
Did you tell the men of your city to knock it off with their fighting, or there would be unwelcome consequences?
Was your sweetie relieved that you showed no signs of cancer?
So awesome. I have to say, Capote had to act against real thespians--I mean, Alec Guinesss, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Elsa Lancaster, that's a pretty impressive cast and it's not even the whole bunch--and he didn't do a bad job at all."What meaning of this?"
"I will tell you, Mr. Wang, if you can tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this century can't say his prepositions or articles! "What is the," Mr. Wang! "What is the meaning of this?"
"That what I said. What meaning of this?"
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not... David Lightman? From WarGames? (Depending on your definition of "very bad attitude." I mean, his teacher certainly didn't appreciate his 'asexual reproduction' insult!)
2. STUMPED like a tree in The Lorax.
3. No, I am not Chloe Lane on Days of Our Lives. Wow, I'm impressed that you know so much about daytime soap operas to remember that old storyline! :smug:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
* Clarification because I must: I believe him to be one, considering things he accomplishes that few others do, but I don't believe the gen. pop. would, using the standard definition of the term. :fist:
Previous IQs:
Are you a hacker with a very bad attitude? - I'll rephrase.
Did you tell the men of your city to knock it off with their fighting, or there would be unwelcome consequences? This was Lysistrata, in the ancient Greek play of the same name. She and the women of her city (Athens, I think) told the men that they'd get no sex if they didn't stop a dumb war.
Was your sweetie relieved that you showed no signs of cancer? I'll rephrase.
DQ:
Upper-class or aristocratic?
IQs:
IQs:
Are you a female hacker with a very bad attitude?
Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
Were you an early critic of the Warren Commission's work?
Damn my lack of Greek drama cred! I know Greek myths and Roman classical stuff, but Greek drama is generally not my metier, with one or two exceptions.
1. All right, STUMPED like, um, a very stumpy thing.
2. No, I am not Viki Lord on One Life to Live, who after her mastectomy was found to be cancer-free, and was then able to marry her sweetie Ben. (Dude, I'm a soap fan, and heroines are either raped or have cancer, or both. I can do this all day. You're gonna have to get waaay more specific!)
3. No, I am not Mark Lane, famous author of Rush to Judgment. (Spent two weeks obsessively watching Kennedy assassination videos--and my sister and I saw Lane on a CSPAN roundtable about the Commission.)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
* But he so is.
Previous IQs:
Are you a female hacker with a very bad attitude? - Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
Were you an early critic of the Warren Commission's work? - Yes, Mark Lane.
DQ:
Generally associated with London?
IQs:
You are not a soap opera character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
Did you, during your career, play a translator, an Air Force officer and a tycoon?
Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time?
2. thunder...Thunder..THUNDERCATS....HOOOOO!!!!! Lion-O was the person in question. The fact Jaga was dead didn't seem to stop him appearing on occasions.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQs:
1. Appeared in a crime novel?
2. First novel written after 1980?
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Lisa from Funky Winkerbean. (Admittedly her remission eventually ended and she died, but what do you expect if you're living in the world's most depressing comic strip?)
2. Total in the dark: No, I am not Larry Hagman? I know the tycoon and translator roles, but the air force thing makes me unsure; he was an Astronaut in I Dream of Jeannie, right?
3. Probably not what you're looking for, but no, I am not Mrs. Lovett. (Well, I'd say Sweeney Todd's being a grumpy, murdering guy who never really loved her andcounts as giving her a 'hard time.')Spoiler (mouseover to read):
eventually tossed her in an oven
CIAS: (Thundercats?? They had Thundercats in the UK?)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980**
* Again. MMMV.
** Oh I'm wise to your tricksy ways, mister! Don't think you're gonna sneak two questions past me! If you wanna know if he appeared in more than one book, that's a second question. :D
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
Did you, during your career, play a translator, an Air Force officer and a tycoon? - Yes, Larry Hagman. The Air Force role was indeed I Dream of Genie; the first and the third were Fail-Safe and Dallas, of course.
Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time? - I'll rephrase.
IQs:
You are not a soap opera or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
You are a young American woman. Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time?
Did I, for once in my life, have a bit of showbiz gossip before my sister did when I told her you'd gotten married?
1. No, I am not Mary Beth Lacey, of Cagney and Lacey, whose hubby was definitely thrilled when they learned her breast cancer had not returned.
2. Oh duuuuuh! No, I am not Lisa Loopner. :) Good one.
3. STUMPED. Argh, this actually sounds familiar, too, but maybe I'm thinking of some other thing.
1 DQ, on a silver platter, sir.
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
You are a young American woman. Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time? - Yes, Lisa Loopner on SNL.
Did I, for once in my life, have a bit of showbiz gossip before my sister did when I told her you'd gotten married? - She was gobsmacked when I was the first to tell her that Lyle Lovett had married Julia Roberts, both because she heard it from me, and because of the unlikely pairing.
DQ:
Was a lead character in a movie?
IQs:
You are not a soap opera, Cagney and Lacey or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer when he visited you in your apartment?
Were you Bill Clinton's first SecTreas?
Was the wife of one of your political allies asked not to write to you on a particular kind of paper?
LOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.
IQs:
1. I'm gonna give up mainly because as a hypochondriac I'm tired of thinking about cancer! So STUMPED already.
2. No, I am not Lloyd Bentsen.
3. STUMPED and very curious.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980
17. Was not a lead character in a movie.*
* This should not be taken as indicating that he was in a movie at all. Assume what you wish!
LOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.
IQs:
1. I'm gonna give up mainly because as a hypochondriac I'm tired of thinking about cancer! So STUMPED already.
2. No, I am not Lloyd Bentsen.
3. STUMPED and very curious.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980
17. Was not a lead character in a movie.*
* This should not be taken as indicating that he was in a movie at all. Assume what you wish!
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera, Cagney and Lacey or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer when he visited you in your apartment? - Superman used his X-ray vision in the first Superman movie to see that Lois Lane, although a smoker, didn't (yet) have any signs of lung cancer.
Were you Bill Clinton's first SecTreas? - Yes, Lloyd Bentsen.
Was the wife of one of your political allies asked not to write to you on a particular kind of paper? - Winston Churchill's wife Clementine, visiting a conservative friend's country home, was asked not to write to Lloyd George on the stationery of that house. Quite offended, she left at once.
Two DQs reserved. CIAS, any thoughts on what we should ask next? So far I'm stumped.
IQs:
Did you send a book to a bankrupt client of yours, but return none of his money?
Did you declare, "Put that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it"?
Were you muckraking journalist of the early 20th century?
Clementine Churchill and Lloyd freakin' George. Oh I cannot wait until it's your turn, buddy boy!
STUMPED on all of them, who are probably some distant relatives of yours--or maybe the "obsidian pipe" one's your plumber! :D
Well, no, hold on. On the muckraker question it's just possible you consider this an "L" name, so I'll say:
2. No, I am not H.L. Mencken.
You've got as many DQs as you can, Mr. Obscure Trivia Guy. Let's see what CIAS has to say for himself!
Previous IQs:
Did you send a book to a bankrupt client of yours, but return none of his money? - Frank Lloyd Wright (he always used the middle name, so I think it's fair play).
Did you declare, "Put that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it"? - Larry Linville, playing Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H.
Were you muckraking journalist of the early 20th century? - Mencken wasn't a muckraker; he was a cynical essayist. I was thinking of Lincoln Steffens.
Thinking, thinking, thinking....
Not that it matters 'cause you've got your DQs I think between the two of you, but IMHO Question #2 should really have been phrased "Did you PLAY someone who declared..." or "Did YOUR CHARACTER declare..." a la your Loretta Swit question above. Also, because as I said I know my M*A*S*H but the phrase really seemed off to me, I just checked on Google and interestingly, that quote appears only once on Google.... and it's by you, on an SDMB M*A*S*H trivia thread! Are you sure it wasn't a slur against a Chinese guy, saying "put that in your opium pipe and smoke it"? (Just searched, and I think I'm right.)
And at least one recent biography of Mencken calls him a muckraker, so I may be crazy, but I'm not completely alone in that.
I reeeeeeeally hope you guess this one. I am definitely looking forward to the wacko questions I'm gonna ask, heh heh heh!
Seriously?? - that should probably not be a DQ, because there is no way for the guesser to even begin to speculate on the person in question.Quote:
Originally posted by choieLOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
...and yes, we had lots of US kids cartoons in the UK.
Might be worth asking if the character was an antagonist, but certainly not sure what to ask next. Perhaps worth asking if the character died in the novel, they are your DQ's. Go for it.