And to you, as well!
X.
1. fictional
2. American
3. unclear if would be alive now, if real
4. created after 1900
5. created by an American
6. from TV/movie
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And to you, as well!
X.
1. fictional
2. American
3. unclear if would be alive now, if real
4. created after 1900
5. created by an American
6. from TV/movie
IQ: Are you the main character in a movie Olivia Newton John performed the theme song for?
Dunno... but not in Xanadu?
Yup, going for Xanadu. :)
Xanadu was the dance hall, not a character (human or otherwise).
Kinda assumed I messed that up. :)
IQ: Did you replace Mao as leader of China?
Not Deng Xiaoping.
I'd have to cheat to get more IQs, so I begin 2017 by crying "Uncle!"
OK, it's
Nat X
A huge-Afro'd black nationalist played Chris Rock on SNL:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwjCeXvSF5o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurr...ide_with_Nat_X
Very nice!! Can see/hear him now! :)
Next (hopefully easier) letter?
Why don't you start the next one?
Cool!
Your letter is J
And we're off....
IQs:
Did you like to sail in the Victura?
Have Katie Holmes and Natalie Portman both played you?
Were you POTUS in Robert Harris's Fatherland?
DQ
Not Jackie O (want to see Nat's version)
DQ
IQs:
Did you like to sail in the Victura? - JFK: https://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset-Vie...h8OnhAOrg.aspx
Have Katie Holmes and Natalie Portman both played you? - Yes, Jackie O. (and I want to see the new movie, too)
Were you POTUS in Robert Harris's Fatherland? - Joe Kennedy Sr., in an alternative history set in early 1964 as Hitler is about to meet with that President Kennedy.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you killed when your plane blew up in midair?
Are you the best-known person to hail from Braintree, Mass.?
Are you his also well-known son?
Not:
Joe Kennedy Jr.
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
(I've toured the homestead)
1.Fictional
2.Male
You got 'em all.
IQs:
Were you a child of Caractacus Potts?
Were you another?
Did you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek?
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Were you a child of Caractacus Potts? - Jeremy Potts, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Were you another? - Jemima Potts, ditto.
Did you snatch defeat from the jaws of victory at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Confederate Gen. Jubal Early. His army initially surprised the U.S. troops, drove them from the field and seemed to have won the battle, but then Gen. Phil Sheridan (who was at a conference in a nearby town) dramatically rode back, rallied his forces and defeated Early's men.
DQs:
Last name start with J?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Were you an early sex-change celebrity?
Was Leo McGarry your direct supervisor?
Were you the first VP in the Bartlet Administration?
Not Helen Jorgensen
Not President Jed Bartlett
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
Previous IQs:
Were you an early sex-change celebrity? - Close enough; it was Christine Jorgensen.
Was Leo McGarry your direct supervisor? - This was Josh Lyman; McGarry's supervisor was President Bartlet.
Were you the first VP in the Bartlet Administration? - John Hoynes.
DQs:
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Does your wife have a large estate in Fox Chapel, Pa.?
Did Game Change suggest your wife was a nicer person to the public than to her staff?
Were you once married to Tatum O'Neal?
Not John Kerry
DQ
I AM serious! It's not John McEnroe
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
Previous IQs:
Does your wife have a large estate in Fox Chapel, Pa.? - Yes, John Kerry
Did Game Change suggest your wife was a nicer person to the public than to her staff? - John Edwards's wife Elizabeth
Were you once married to Tatum O'Neal? - Yes, John McEnroe
John x3!
DQ:
First appeared since 1964?
IQs:
Did you direct Cloverfield?
Did you command Space Cruiser C-57D?
Have you recently been playing a tweed-wearing insurance flack?
Not James Cameron (?)
Not James Tiberius Kirk
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
Previous IQs:
Did you direct Cloverfield? - J.J. Abrams
Did you command Space Cruiser C-57D? - J.J. Adams, in Forbidden Planet
Have you recently been playing a tweed-wearing insurance flack? - J.K. Simmons
J. x3!
DQs:
First appeared in print?
American author?
In sf or fantasy?
IQs:
Are you a wheelchair-bound man for whom Brandt works?
Are your best friends Walter and Donny?
Did you play Walter?
DQ for the wheelchair user (phrase you used a pet peeve of mine)
DQ
DQ
]1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
Previous IQs:
Are you a wheelchair-using male (sorry) for whom Brandt works? - Jeffrey Lebowski, in The Big Lebowski
Are your best friends Walter and Donny? - Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski
Did you play Walter? - John Goodman
DQs:
First appeared on TV?
Often used a gun?
IQs:
Did you direct a movie set in your own house?
Were you Atticus Finch's son?
Were you the patriarch of The Beverly Hillbillies?
It's okay, you had no possible way of knowing that. :)
DQ
Don't know Scout's brother
Not Jed Clampett
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
11.Used gun in past, not in the events depicted
12.Did not originally appear on TV
Previous IQs:
Did you direct a movie set in your own house? - Joss Whedon
Were you Atticus Finch's son? - Jem Finch
Were you the patriarch of The Beverly Hillbillies? - Yes, Jed Clampett
DQs:
First appeared in movie(s)?
From crime drama?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you Peter Parker's boss?
Were you a noted Utilitarian philosopher and political theorist?
Were you a hero of Little Round Top?
3 DQs though I SHOULD know the Civil War question
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
11.Used gun in past, not in the events depicted
12.Did not originally appear on TV
13.Not ORIGINALLY from a movie
14.A crime was involved, but not thought of as a "crime drama"
Previous IQs:
Were you Peter Parker's boss? - J. Jonah Jameson
Were you a noted Utilitarian philosopher and political theorist? - Jeremy Bentham
Were you a hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
DQs:
Originally in comics?
Appeared in more than one movie?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted economics and political theorist?
Did you play Sherlock Holmes on Granada TV?
Did the Red-Headed League take advantage of you?
3 more DQS!
]1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
11.Used gun in past, not in the events depicted
12.Did not originally appear on TV
13.Not ORIGINALLY from a movie
14.A crime was involved, but not thought of as a "crime drama"
15.Not from a comic
16.Only in 1 movie
Should have got Chamberlain!
Long one of my heroes.
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted economics and political theorist? - John Stuart Mill
Did you play Sherlock Holmes on Granada TV? - Jeremy Brett
Did the Red-Headed League take advantage of you? - Jabez Wilson, in the Conan Doyle story
DQs:
Movie set in the present day at the time it was released?
Movie came out since 2000?
Was the main villain of the movie?
Two DQs reserved.
I'll stop asking IQs, since this will otherwise take me over 20 DQs.
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
11.Used gun in past, not in the events depicted
12.Did not originally appear on TV
13.Not ORIGINALLY from a movie
14.A crime was involved, but not thought of as a "crime drama"
15.Not from a comic
16.Only in 1 movie
17.Movie was contemporary when released
18.Released BEFORE 2000
19.Was movie's only real villian
You've got a DQ to play with, ask another (or more) IQ. :)
DQ:
Played by an American actor?
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "J"
4.NOT considered "good guy"
5.Never made explicit, but most likely American
6.Would be alive if real
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Not originally from print (novel or short story)
9.Not from sci-fi or fantasy genre
10.American creator
11.Used gun in past, not in the events depicted
12.Did not originally appear on TV
13.Not ORIGINALLY from a movie
14.A crime was involved, but not thought of as a "crime drama"
15.Not from a comic
16.Only in 1 movie
17.Movie was contemporary when released
18.Released BEFORE 2000
19.Was movie's only real villain
20.Played by American actor
How about 3PM ET tomorrow as a deadline?
I guarantee it's a movie you're familiar with/can quote the movie st famous exchange
Hmmm. Think think think....
Okay, it's after 3.
Is it Col. Nathan Jesseps from the film (originally play) "A Few Good Men"?
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT IT IS!!! ;)
Ah! A good one. But as to DQ5, of course he's American! He's a Marine officer about to be assigned to the NSC, after all.
You're of course correct! Next letter?
Go ahead and do another, if you like.
Let me think... letter soon
Okay, your letter is
W
IQs:
Did your friend and boss once ask, "How is the horse?"
Did you joke that as a kid you wore Fat Boy Jeans?
Were you perhaps the best-known American at the dedication of the Eiffel Tower?
Not William Howard Taft. He was governor-general of the Philippines under TR
DQ
Not William Randolph Hearst
To easily find this later, we are now on
W
Previous IQs:
Did your friend and boss once ask, "How is the horse?" - Yes, William Howard Taft. T.R. asked after Taft cabled to say he'd had a nice long ride on horseback.
Did you joke that as a kid you wore Fat Boy Jeans? - William Clinton
Were you perhaps the best-known American at the dedication of the Eiffel Tower? - Not Hearst, but William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
William x3!
DQs:
real?
male?
IQs:
Were you Garth's best friend in Aurora, Illinois?
Were you the victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
Did you play "Trapper John"?
Not Wayne Campbell
DQ
Not Wayne Rogers
1.Real
2.Female
BTW: PARTY ON ELENDIL! :D
Previous IQs:
Were you Garth's best friend in Aurora, Illinois? - Yes, Wayne Campbell
Were you the victor of the Battle of Fallen Timbers? - "Mad Anthony" Wayne
Did you play "Trapper John"? - Yes, Wayne Rogers
Wayne x3!
DQ:
Living?
IQs:
Did you play an aging ballerina in Black Swan?
Did your music make Martians' heads explode?
Did just about every member of David Letterman's staff get their picture taken with you while outside of NYC?
3 DQs (though it could be the "Black Swan" actress, never saw WHOLE movie ;))
1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
Previous IQs:
Did you play an aging ballerina in Black Swan? - Winona Ryder
Did your music make Martians' heads explode? - Slim Whitman, in Mars Attacks!
Did just about every member of David Letterman's staff get their picture taken with you while outside of NYC? - Wayne Newton, when Letterman did a show in Vegas
DQs:
American?
last name start with W?
best known for the arts?
IQs:
Did you become Acting President after Josiah Bartlet briefly stepped down under the 25th Amendment?
Are you an Air Force Reserve officer on the White House staff?
Were you the first popularly-elected mayor of Washington, D.C.?
3DQs
1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
4.Not American
5.Last name begins "W"
6.From Arts
Previous IQs:
Did you become Acting President after Josiah Bartlet briefly stepped down under the 25th Amendment? - Glen Allen Walken (John Goodman) on The West Wing.
Are you an Air Force Reserve officer on the White House staff? - Will Bailey (Josh Malina), ditto.
Were you the first popularly-elected mayor of Washington, D.C.? - Walter Washington, believe it or not.
DQs:
Actress?
European?
Born since 1964?
IQs:
Were you the antihero of Breaking Bad?
Did you pull a gun on a fellow bowler?
Did you interview a President one summer while sitting in lawn chairs?
Not Walter White
DQ
Not previous Botticelli target Walter Cronkite (solved with that very question)
1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
4.Not American
5.Last name begins "W"
6.From Arts
7.Actress
8.European
9.Born since 1964
Previous IQs:
Were you the antihero of Breaking Bad? - Yes, Walter White
Did you pull a gun on a fellow bowler? - Walter Sobchack, in The Big Lebowski
Did you interview a President one summer while sitting in lawn chairs? - Yes, Walter Cronkite (I gotta rephrase my questions)
Walter x3!
DQ:
British?
IQs:
Did you star in the sitcom 227?
Have you played a former prison guard, an unhappy fiancee and a young, poetry-loving romantic?
Are you best known for your Weimaraner photographs?
Not Jackee Harry
DQ
DQ
I made a "Big Lebowski" reference on Facebook yesterday.
1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
4.Not American
5.Last name begins "W"
6.From Arts
7.Actress
8.European
9.Born since 1964
10.British
Love that movie!
IQs:
Did you star in the sitcom 227? - Jackee Harry isn't a "W." This was Wanda Sykes.
Have you played a former prison guard, an unhappy fiancee and a young, poetry-loving romantic? - Kate Winslet, in The Reader, Titanic and Sense and Sensibility.
Are you best known for your Weimaraner photographs? - William Wegman: https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...william+wegman
DQs:
Considered a beauty?
Born since 1990?
Has won an Oscar?
IQs:
Did you fiercely defend segregation in your inaugural address?
Is Gromit your dog?
Did Mel Gibson portray you in a highly ahistorical movie?
Not George Wallace ("Segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever")
DQ
Not William Wallace ("You can take my life but you can not take my freedom!")
1.Real
2.Female
3.Living
4.Not American
5.Last name begins "W"
6.From Arts
7.Actress
8.European
9.Born since 1964
10.British
11.Born IN 1990
12.Considered a beauty
13.No Oscar
Previous IQs:
Did you fiercely defend segregation in your inaugural address? - Yes, George Wallace, the putz
Is Gromit your dog? - Wallace, of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_and_Gromit
Did Mel Gibson portray you in a highly ahistorical movie? - Yes, William Wallace, in Braveheart
Wallace x3
DQ:
Best known for movies?
IQs:
Did you play Hermione Granger?
Did you once sail on the Orontes?
Were you Alexander Graham Bell's lab assistant, referred to by name in the first-ever telephone call?
Yes, I am the lovely and talented
EMMA WATSON
BTW:
DQ
NOT Watson
She is certainly both. Mrowrrrr.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Other previous IQs:
Did you once sail on the Orontes? - Yes, Dr. John H. Watson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orontes_(1862)
Were you Alexander Graham Bell's lab assistant, referred to by name in the first-ever telephone call? - Also named Watson.
Watson x3!
Let me think of our next letter....
You reversed which one I didn't know. ;)
OK, then, our next letter is
L
Have at you!
IQ: Did you go from astronaut to oil tycoon?
IQ2: Did you have two brothers named Darryl?
IQ3: Are you the coach of the Warriors?
Not Larry Hagman from I Dream of Genie and Dallas, not Larry from The Newhart Show, and... dunno. Probably another Larry, but you got me.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
I messed that up, so I cede the DQ, will reask the IQ
IQ: Did you go from interim coach of the Warriors to coach of the Lakers?
IQ2. Were many of your ideas incorporated into the Declaration of Independence?
IQ3: Were you the best player on the losing side of the most watched college basketball game?
Dunno, not John Locke, and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Luke Walton
Correct of course
Larry Bird. ('79 title game)
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Do you provide play-by-play on ESPN poker coverage?
IQ2: Are you a actor who was said to be unable to be typecast?
IQ3: Are you his namesake son?
Dunno, not Lon Chaney, and not Lon Chaney Jr.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
Lon Mecharean (misspelled it I'm sure)
Only noticed the LonX3 after the fact. :)
DQ: Would be living if real?
IQ: Did you nearly come to blows over a missing poker ante? (Lon covered the incident)
IQ2: Were you aloft with a precious gem?
IQ3: Did you write a noted religious text?
Dunno, not "Lucy in the Sky," and not St. Luke.
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
Jeff Lisandro is the poker player
DQ: From TV/Film?
IQ: Did you provide dirt cheap psychiatric help?
IQ2. Are you the driving force behind the Reformation?
IQ3: Are you a major agricultural figure who shares his name with a CA city?
Not Lucy Van Pelt, Martin Luther or... dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Luther Burbank
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you the co-creator of "Seinfeld"
IQ2: Are you the openly gay member of a 90s boy band?
IQ3: Are you the WR nicknamed after Disney's biggest woobie?
Not Larry David, Lance Bass or... dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Lance Alworth was nicknamed Bambi
DQ reserved
IQ: Were you the havoc wrecking LB for the 80s Giants?
IQ2: Were you the notorious Nazi filmmaker?
IQ3: Do you host the 10 PM slot on MSNBC?
Dunno, not Leni Riefenstahl (who I actually used as a Botticelli subject on the SDMB - no one got it), and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Lawrence Taylor
Correct (surprised you could stump Dopers with her)
Lawrence O'Donnell
2DQs reserved
Post #4490 has an unanswered DQ.
I can start using my 4 DQs once I get that answer.
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
DQ: American?
DQ2: Created by American?
DQ3:Created after 1900?
DQ4: From literature?
IQ: Do you fervently believe in an entity your creator INSISTED was not a Santa Claus expy?
IQ2: Were you a Star Wars character who loved malt liquor?
IQ3: Did you help engineer the AFL-NFL merger?
Not Linus Van Pelt, not Billy Dee "Lando Calrissian" Williams ("Gets 'em every time!"), and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
3 makes sense, given 7. ;).
That was Lamar Hunt
DQ: Created after 1750?
IQ: Did you believe in a "Great Society"?
IQ2: Were you the subject of a Kinks song?
IQ3: Were you a fictional late night talk show host?
Indeed it does.
Not Lyndon B. Johnson, not L-O-L-A Lola, and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
Larry Sanders
DQ: European?
IQ: Are you the Steeler WR with 2 famously acrobatic SB catches?
IQ2: Did you appear in a music video with a wrestler you "managed"?
IQ3: Were you that wrestler?
I
Not Lynn Swann; dunno the other two.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
Cyndi Lauper
Captain Lou Albano
DQ: Adapted for big screen?
DQ2: Originally written in English?
Pleasantly surprised you knew Swann. :)
IQ: Are you a baseball player who lost records to Cal Ripken and Alex Rodriguez?
IQ2: Are you the disgraced cyclist?
IQ3: Are you the main character on "NCIS"?
I grew up not far from Pittsburgh when Swann was a big deal for the Steelers (along with Mean Joe Greene, Terry Bradshaw, Franco Harris, etc.)
Not Lou Gehrig, Lance Armstrong or... dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
Leroy Gibbs
DQ: Movie released after 1975?
IQ: Were you the 2B for the 80s Detroit Tigers?
IQ2: Were you the 1st POTUS born outside an original colony?
IQ3: Did you beat my celebrity crush in their sport's marquee competition?
Dunno, not Abraham Lincoln, and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
Lou Whitaker
Tara Lipinski
DQ: Movie had sequels (as opposed to remakes)?
DQ2: Movie win marquee Oscars (acting/director/film)?
IQ: Were you accused of taking a dive in your famous fight with Ali?
IQ2: Are you the "Impossible Dream" pitcher who became a dentist?
IQ3: Did the Great Depression begin on your husband's watch?
Dunno, dunno and not Lou Hoover.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
Sonny Liston was accused of throwing the Ali fight
Jim Lonborg became a dentist
DQ: Remake a financial success?
DQ2: Remake more highly regarded?
IQ: Did you refuse to play in Quebec, and subsequently get traded to Philadelphia?
IQ2: Did you have a "Series of Unfortunate Events"?
IQ3: Were you a gentle giant who accidentally killed someone in a classic novel?
Dunno, not Lemony Snicket, and not Lenny in Of Mice and Men.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
16. some remakes were big financial successes
17. remakes were often more highly regarded than the movie in which this character first appeared
WRT 16 & 17: multiple remakes and NO version won big Oscars? Hmm
The other one from the last round was Eric Lindros
DQ: Book commonly assigned in HS?
IQ: Were you a famously eccentric Red Sox pitcher in the 70s?
IQ2: Were you a WS winning pitcher for the '68 Tigers?
IQ3: Did you have a famous 80s TV vehicle named after you?
That isn't the question you asked.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Dunno x3.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
16. some remakes were big financial successes
17. remakes were often more highly regarded than the movie in which this character first appeared
18. as far as I know, book not commonly assigned in high school
That isn't the question you asked.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Dunno x3.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
16. some remakes were big financial successes
17. remakes were often more highly regarded than the movie in which this character first appeared
18. as far as I know, book not commonly assigned in high school
Bill "Spaceman" Lee
Mickey Lolich
Robert E. Lee ("Dukes of Hazzard")
DQ: Original movie won major Oscars?
DQ2: Best regarded remake won major Oscars?
DQ3: Most recent remake released after 2000?
Duplicate post because this thing is a POS!
#15 already answers your first DQ above, so ask another, if you wish.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
16. some remakes were big financial successes
17. remakes were often more highly regarded than the movie in which this character first appeared
18. as far as I know, book not commonly assigned in high school
19. Tastes differ, but the "best-regarded remake" won no Oscars
20. most recent remake released after 2000
Duh! Yeah I missed that!
DQ: Did any movie version linger in "development hell"? (IOW: take extended time to get made)
L.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now if real
4. not originally from TV/film
5. not American
6. not created by an American
7. created before 1900
8. from literature
9. created after 1750
10. European
11. adapted for the big screen
12. originally written in English
13. the first movie in which this character appeared was released before 1975
14. movie had sequels AND remakes
15. movie did not win any Oscars
16. some remakes were big financial successes
17. remakes were often more highly regarded than the movie in which this character first appeared
18. as far as I know, book not commonly assigned in high school
19. Tastes differ, but the "best-regarded remake" won no Oscars
20. most recent remake released after 2000
21. as far as I know, no movie version lingered in "development hell"
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Thurs.
I see my deadline passed 24 hours ago. My phone is temperamental, but I'm stumped anyway.
OK, then, I am
Inspector Lestrade
of the Sherlock Holmes tales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Lestrade. According to IMDb.com, he made his first screen appearance in 1921: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0035...ef_=fn_ch_ch_1.
Two notable recent portrayals:
Eddie Marsan on the big screen: http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/...20130617185342
And Rupert Graves on the small: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/2yMJ498FEH0/maxresdefault.jpg
Not a Holmes guy! Good stumper. :)
Want me to go next?
Sure!
Your letter is
C
IQs:
Does your love affair end tragically in Atonement?
Did Ian Fleming say that he imagined that James Bond looked a lot like you?
Were you a key figure in the movie Auto Focus?
DQ
Not Hoagy Carmichael
Not Bob Crane
Correct on the latter two; the first is Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) in the movie.
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you a hero of Little Round Top?
Did you share a car with FDR, but you died and he didn't?
Did you sing "My Heart Will Go On"?
Not General Chamberlain
Not Anton Cermak
Not Celine Dion (pounds chest). ;)
1.Real
Correct on all three (although Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was just a colonel at the time). Well done.
IQs:
Were you and Abraham Lincoln born on the same February day in 1809?
Did you and Aldous Huxley die on the same day as JFK in 1963?
Were you a shipwright and lord of the Grey Havens?
NOT Charles Darwin (brain frantically searching for that)
Not CS Lewis
DQ
I got Chamberlain because you use that question frequently. :)
Correct on both; the third was Cirdan, in Tolkien's works (also famous as the only bearded Elf we know of).
Clearly I gotta rephrase my Chamberlain question!
DQ:
Male?
IQs:
Did you have the risible alternative name "Teleporno"?
Were you the youngest Brady girl?
Did you get a crappy assignment because a superior owed you a lot of money?
DQ
NOT Cindy Brady (please read that with a lisp). ;)
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
Previous IQs:
Did you have the risible alternative name "Teleporno"? - Celeborn, Galadriel's husband
Were you the youngest Brady girl? - Yes, Cindy Brady
Did you get a crappy assignment because a superior owed you a lot of money? - Charles Emerson Winchester on M*A*S*H
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Do you play Varys in Game of Thrones?
Were you the Human inventor of the warp drive?
Are you the actor who played him in a movie?
3 DQs
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
Previous IQs:
Do you play Varys in Game of Thrones? - Irish actor Conleth Hill
Were you the Human inventor of the warp drive? - Zephram Cochrane
Are you the actor who played him in a movie? - James Cromwell, in Star Trek: First Contact
DQs:
Died since 1900?
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your dad a retired, disabled police officer?
Was yours, too?
Were you married to the person in the previous question?
I'm none of the Cranes:
Niles
Frasier
Lilith
I know you weren't thinking Lilith, but I forget Niles' wife's name.
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Died before 1900
6.Political figure
Correct on all.
IQs:
What was Niles Crane's wife's name? (heheheh)
Did your recurring role on The Donna Reed Show lead to an even more high-profile gig?
Did you found a Mass. paper company that provides high-grade cotton bond for printing U.S. currency?
Not Maris Crane (KNEW it sounded like Mavis)
NOT Carol Burnett
DQ
Previous IQs:
What was Niles Crane's wife's name? (heheheh) - Yes, Maris Crane
Did your recurring role on The Donna Reed Show lead to an even more high-profile gig? - I don't believe Carol Burnett had a recurring role on that show. Are you guessing, or is that true? I was thinking of Bob Crane, who later went on to Hogan's Heroes.
Did you found a Mass. paper company that provides high-grade cotton bond for printing U.S. currency? - Mr. Crane (of Crane's).
Crane x3!
DQ:
Last name start with C?
One DQ reserved (maybe).
IQs:
Were you, more than any other person, politically responsible for the Erie Canal?
Was it said that, "like a mackerel in moonlight, [you] shined and stank"?
Were you TR's VP?
I didn't really think it was Carol. You earned a DQ fair and square. :)
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Died before 1900
6.Political figure
7.Last name begins "C"
Thanks. And my latest IQs?Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Didn't even see them!
NOT DeWitt Clinton
DQ
Scuyler Colfax
Previous IQs:
Were you, more than any other person, politically responsible for the Erie Canal? - Yes, DeWitt Clinton
Was it said that, "like a mackerel in moonlight, [you] shined and stank"? - This was said of Henry Clay
Were you TR's VP? - Not Schuyler Colfax, who was U.S. Grant's VP, but Charles W. Fairbanks
DQs:
Held Federal office?
Died before 1861?
IQs:
Were you the first U.S. Vice President to resign?
Did you serve twice on the U.S. Supreme Court and also run for President?
Did you once, and only once, pass out duplicate handwritten notes to the press?
You don't need any more questions because I had never heard that about:
HENRY CLAY
Nice job!
Excellent! Yes, Clay was a brilliant man but, according to his critics, quite corrupt, so that was a memorable description someone came up with. Clay knew Mary Todd's family in Kentucky and she definitely met him in her youth, but I haven't been able to confirm that her future husband, who was a big admirer of Clay, ever did. He was a remarkable pre-Civil War statesman.
Previous IQs:
Were you the first U.S. Vice President to resign? - John C. Calhoun (Spiro Agnew was the other)
Did you serve twice on the U.S. Supreme Court and also run for President? - Charles Evans Hughes
Did you once, and only once, pass out duplicate handwritten notes to the press? - Calvin Coolidge, who simply wrote in pencil, "I do not choose to run in 1928"
Let's next go with
R
IQ: Were you Secretary of State under JFK?
IQ2: Were you at the Pentagon under JFK?
IQ3: Did you inspire a Tumblr account as a take off of Biggie?
Not Dean Rusk, Robert McNamara or... dunno.
I ALWAYS reverse them in my mind
The last was Ruth Bader Ginsberg (Notorious RBG)
DQ: Real?
IQ: Were you the commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia?
IQ2: Was your most famous role George Gipp?
IQ3: Did your character go from butler to lieutenant governor?
BTW: sorry I'm just now coming back. Had iPad completely restored, lost login stuff temporarily.
Ah, yes, the Notorious RBG! Good one.
Not Robert E. Lee, Ronald Reagan or Robert Guillaime (sp?) of Benson.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
R.
1. fictional
IQ: Were you not bad, just drawn that way?
IQ2: Are you the most famous male porn star?
IQ3: Are you the most popular MSNBC pundit?
Not Jessica Rabbit (mrowrrrrr!), or Ron Jeremy (ewwwww); dunno the third.
Rachel Maddow
DQ: Would be living if real?
IQ: Are you an otherwise no-brainer HoF pitcher linked to PEDs?
IQ2: Was your sexy wife attracted to an inter species marriage by your sense of humor?
IQ3: Were you nicknamed "Mr. Rebublican"?
Not Alex Rodriguez, not Roger Rabbit, and not Robert A. Taft of Ohio (whom my great-grandfather knew).
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
A-Rod was a SS. I was going for Roger Clemens.
DQ: Created after 1950?
IQ: Were you suspended for a whole season for PED use and obstructing the investigation?
IQ2: Were you Reagan's Treasury secretary?
IQ3: Is your ex-wife a "Holla back girl"?
Not A-Rod, Donald Regan or... dunno.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
Gavin Rossdale
DQ: From film/TV
IQ: Are you in prison for trying to sell Obama's Senate seat?
IQ2: Are you the Patriot TE who is clearly enjoying being famous?
IQ3: Are you the former Red Sox slugger considered the weakest HoFer ever inducted?
Not Rod Blagoyevitch (sp?); dunno x2.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
Rob Gronkowski
Jim Rice
DQ: American?
DQ: Created by an American?
BTW: I THINK it's Blogavitch.
Now that it's asked and answered, I see we were both a bit off: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
IQ: Are you the MA native who does color on Red Sox TV broadcasts?
IQ2: Did my celebrity crush meet you at a White House event, subsequently transferring to your Rocky Mtn. alma mater?
IQ3: Are you a member of "W"'s Cabinet who coined the term "unknown unknowns"?
Dunno, not Condoleeza Rice, not Donald Rumsfeld.
Jerry Remy is from Somerset
DQ: Male?
BTW: Michelle ultimately graduated from U of Denver (but you probably figured that out). :)
IQ: Are you the NFL RB nicknamed "The Diesel"?
IQ2: Are you the subject of the biopic "42"?
IQ3: Did you famously average a triple double for a whole season?
Dunno, not Jackie Robinson, and not LeBron James.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
John Riggins
Correct
Oscar Roberston
DQ: Created before 2000?
IQ: Were you a #1 draft pick so good your was willing to wait for you to fulfill your military obligations?
IQ2: Did your boss "affectionately" (?) refer to you as "Turd Blossom"?
IQ3: Have you been portrayed in movies by both a cannibal and the most evil resident of Greyskull?
John Riggins
Correct
Oscar Roberston
DQ: Created before 2000?
IQ: Were you a #1 draft pick so good your team was willing to wait for you to fulfill your military obligations?
IQ2: Did your boss "affectionately" (?) refer to you as "Turd Blossom"?
IQ3: Have you been portrayed in movies by both a cannibal and the most evil resident of Greyskull?
Fixed typos
Dunno, not Karl Rove, and dunno.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
David Robinson
Correct (I had forgotten who had the nickname)
Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins and Frank Langella respectively)
DQ: From TV (narrowing it down). ;)
DQ: Won major awards?
IQ: Are you an Arnold Schwartzenegger expy in the Simpsons-verse?
IQ2: Did you play the most famous native of Ork?
IQ3: During the 80's did you give people a glimpse of the lives of the "beautiful people"?
Not Rainier Luftwaffe Wolfcastle ("Ze goggles! Ze do nossing!"), Robin Williams, or Robin Leach.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
IQ: Are you a Heisman winning QB who also had a military obligation, but once you debuted: coined the term for a desperation pass, got nicknamed after a superhero, had a classic quote comparing yourself to Joe Namath, and retired with the passer rating record? (Sorry it's a long question, lots of great stuff about him)
IQ: Are you the NBA champion coach better known for having your face caved in by a sucker punch?
IQ3: Did you set a milestone record in the 1-mile race?
Dunno the first two; not Roger Bannister.
Roger "Hail Mary throwing Captain America I have just as much sex as Joe Namath except it's with the same girl" Staubach
Rudy Tomjanovich (punched by Kermit Washington)
Correct of course
DQ: Show currently airing?
DQ2: Considered a "cult classic"?
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
11. not currently airing to my knowledge, but it's a big world!
12. considered a cult classic by some
IQ: Were you on the wrong side of Michael Jordan's famous game winner against Cleveland, later joining him for several titles?
IQ: Do you remind San Diego to "stay classy", and frequently believe "that escalated quickly"?
IQ3: Are you the only modern major leaguer with 7 hits in a 9-inning game?
9 made 11 a waste! SMH
Dunno, not Ron Burgundy, and dunno.
Ask another #11, if you like.
New DQ11: Movie get sequel(s)?
Ron Harper
Rennie Stennet
2 DQs reserved
DQ: Preserved by the National Film Registry?
DQ reserved
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
11. no sequel
12. considered a cult classic by some
13. selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress
DQ: Created after 1975?
IQ: Did you set the record for receiving TDs during the Pats 16-0 season?
IQ2: Are you the intimidating LHP with a name more fitting for a porn star?
IQ3: Did you want "Give them something to talk about"?
Dunno x3.
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
11. no sequel
12. considered a cult classic by some
13. selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress
14. created after 1975
Randy Moss
Randy Johnson (*giggles like a 6th grader*)
Bonnie Raitt
DQ: First initial "R"?
DQ2: Became subject of meme?
DQ3: Comedic role?
IQ: Did you famously break a stadium light with a HR?
IQ2: Did you play the character in #1?
Not Roy Hobbs, not Robert Redford (in The Natural).
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
11. no sequel
12. considered a cult classic by some
13. selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress
14. created after 1975
15. last name starts with R
16. don't know of any memes involving him
17. comedic role
IQ: Did you appear in a training montage that RL natives know is implausible?
IQ2: Did you teach your players,"There's no crying in baseball! No crying!"?
IQ3: Were you Clinton's Labor Secretary?
Dunno, not Tom Hanks's character whose name I don't recall in A League of Their Own, and not Robert Reich. Take two DQs.
Rocky Balboa (People from Philadelphia know he can't run that route that fast)
Rogers Hornsby
DQ: The actor's best known role?
DQ: Known for being quotable?
For my last IQ:
IQ: Did you famously tell people,"That's just like, your opinion, man."
Hmm. Neither Jeff Bridges nor Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski is an "R."
R.
1. fictional
2. would probably still be living if real
3. created after 1950
4. from film/TV
5. American
6. created by American(s)
7. male
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. won no major awards at the time of release, although has been recognized since for excellence
11. no sequel
12. considered a cult classic by some
13. selected by the National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress
14. created after 1975
15. last name starts with R
16. don't know of any memes involving him
17. comedic role
18. arguably the actor's best-known role
19. known for being quotable
I was hoping the "Dude"'s real name would work.
Hmm