Let's play Botticelli!

IQ: Are you the star tennis player who just had an unexpected run at the Australian Open?
IQ2: Are you the lefty clay court specialist?
IQ3: Are you the fictional NASCAR driver sponsored by Wonder bread?

Dunno x2; not Ricky Bobby (my favorite scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYiWydDyMIE).

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

Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal

DQ: Had a remake, or was itself a remake?

DQ ceded as I hit 20

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
20. no remake and wasn't a remake

Ask your last DQ, if you like.

Thanks!

DQ: Human?

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. I've found memes involving him, but they never went viral AFAICT
17. comedic role
18. arguably the actor's best-known role
19. known for being quotable
20. no remake and wasn't a remake
21. human

Answer #16 revised.

Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question within 24 hours.

Coming back to cry "Uncle!"

OK, I am

Ned Ryerson

The annoying insurance salesman from Groundhog Day (the day on which we started this round).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JEryd3Y_G8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film)

Very nice! Next letter?

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...499b9f6a46.jpg

Did you know the character?

Not really, never saw movie.

You should! Very funny comedy with a serious message at its core.

Go ahead and start the next round, if you wish.

Your letter is:

M

IQs:

Did you head The Citadel after WWII?
Is your heraldic symbol a lion with a book?
Did you command the submarine Red October?

3. DQs

Previous IQs:

Did you head The Citadel after WWII? - Gen. Mark Clark
Is your heraldic symbol a lion with a book? - St. Mark, patron saint of Venice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_t...k.27s_identity
Did you command the submarine Red October? - Marko Ramius

Mark(o) x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?
Last name start with M?

IQs:

Were you married to Keiko and had a daughter named Molly?
Were you the exec producer of FYI?
Were you Maj. Gen. Stanley's winsome daughter?

Not Mikado (KNOW that's wrong!)
DQ
DQ

1.Real
2.Male
3.First name begins "M"

Previous IQs:

Were you married to Keiko and had a daughter named Molly? - Miles O'Brien, on ST: DS9
Were you the exec producer of FYI? - Miles Silverberg, on Murphy Brown
Were you Maj. Gen. Stanley's winsome daughter? - Mabel, in The Pirates of Penzance

DQs:

American?
Living?
Best known for the arts?

IQs:

Did you write "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"?
Did you speak in May 1963 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio?
Were you Frasier's and Niles's dad?

DQ
Not John Foster Dulles (pure guess)
Not Marty Crane

1.Real
2.Male
3.First name begins "M"
4.Living
5.American
6.Not in the Arts

Previous IQs:

Did you write "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"? - Martin Luther
Did you speak in May 1963 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio? - Martin Luther King Jr.
Were you Frasier's and Niles's dad? - Yes, Martin "Marty" Crane

Martin x3!

DQs:

Political/military?
Born since 1964?

IQs:

Are you and just one other woman unique in American history?
Were you the hero of Gary Jennings's historical epic Aztec?
Are you the quite-possibly-insane bad guy in Poe's The Cask of Amontillado?

DQ (ask a more specific IQ please)
DQ
DQ

The MLK one I should have gotten!

1.Real
2.Male
3.First name begins "M"
4.Living
5.American
6.Not in the Arts
7.Formerly military/political
8.Born BEFORE 1964

Should have got Miles Silverberg!!

Previous IQs:

Are you and just one other woman unique in American history? - Well... if you have no answer to the question as posed, I'm not obligated to rephrase it. I'll give you another chance, if you like. If you give a valid answer and it wasn't who I was thinking of, of course, I may rephrase.
Were you the hero of Gary Jennings's historical epic Aztec? - Mixtli (great book, BTW)
Are you the quite-possibly-insane bad guy in Poe's The Cask of Amontillado? - "For the love of God, Montresor! For the love of God!"

DQs:

Retired from Federal elective office?
Greatest fame before 1990?

IQs:

Did you serve as Mayor of Baltimore and then Governor of Maryland?
Are you a former Governor of Massachusetts who now teaches at Northeastern U.?
Were you a JFK supporter who served as Governor of Ohio in the early 1960s?

Not Martin O'Malley
Not Michael Dukakis (he spoke about 20 years ago to UMB class)
DQ for the Buckeye

Not Martha Washington (the unique woman)

1.Real
2.Male
3.First name begins "M"
4.Living
5.American
6.Not in the Arts
7.Formerly military/political
8.Born BEFORE 1964
9.Did not retire from an ELECTED office, federal or otherwise
10.Greatest fame after 1990

How were Martha W. and just one other woman unique?

Correct as to O'Malley and Dukakis. The Buckeye was Mike DiSalle (in whose presence, during a campaign swing, JFK once joked, "Nowhere do I get a warmer welcome and fewer votes than Columbus, Ohio").

DQ:

Retired from a Federal appointive office?

IQs:

Were you a member of Reagan's first-term "troika"?
Were you, also?
Did you, since 2000, hurriedly decide not to seek reelection to your then-current job in order to seek another?

3 DQs but the 3rd one is going to annoy me!

I didn't really think it was Martha, so that's a DQ for you.

1.Real
2.Male
3.First name begins "M"
4.Living
5.American
6.Not in the Arts
7.Formerly military/political
8.Born BEFORE 1964
9.Did not retire from an ELECTED office, federal or otherwise
10.Greatest fame after 1990
11.Resigned from a federally appointed office

Changed the wording for a free hint

Previous IQs:

Are you and just one other woman unique in American history? - Melania Trump and Louisa Adams (John Quincy's wife) are the only two foreign-born First Ladies
Were you a member of Reagan's first-term "troika"? - Michael Deaver
Were you, also? - Ed Meese
Did you, since 2000, hurriedly decide not to seek reelection to your then-current job in order to seek another? - Mike Pence

DQs:

Greatest fame since 2000?
Was on the White House staff?
Appointed by a Republican President?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you President Trump's first national security advisor?
Are you the current U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
At a faculty meeting, did you admit your name wasn't Bruce?

Yes I am indeed the first symptom of what a Trumpster fire this administration is going to be:

MIKE FLYNN!

Woohoo! Yeah, I'm not sure my heart can take another four years of this. I joked to my wife that NPR should just begin every news broadcast with "The latest White House outrage is...."

Previous IQs:

Are you the current U.S. Secretary of the Treasury? - Steven Mnuchin
At a faculty meeting, did you admit your name wasn't Bruce? - Michael: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyVX3uJpqxc

Hmm. It's been awhile since we've played

Z

IQ: Are you the Welsh actress who married into Hollywood royalty?
IQ2: Are you the soccer player who used his head in unapproved ways?
IQ3: Did you take the most famous home movie in history?

Yeah, that is EXACTLY how Chris and Rachel should open their shows from now on!

Not Catherine Zeta-Jones, dunno, and not Abraham Zapruder.

Zinadine Zidane

DQ: Real?

IQ: Are you the most important Geek god?
IQ2: Are you the TE who sexually harassed Lisa Olson?
IQ3: Did you get sick at the laying of the cornerstone of the Washington Monument?

Not Zeus, dunno, and not poor Zachary Taylor.

Z.

1. fictional

Zeke Mowatt (she was the reporter they harassed in the locker room)

DQ: Male?

IQ: Are you the actress known for your bangs and quirkiness?
IQ2: Were you the female lead in "Avatar"?
IQ3: Were you a worthy successor to Leonard Nimoy?

Dunno, not Zoe Saldana, and not Zachary Quinto.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male

Zoey Deschanel

DQ: Would be living, if real?

IQ: Are you the extremely tall defenseman for the Bruins?
IQ2: Were you in the original "Producers" movie?
IQ3: Are you the Roaring 20s figure slated to be played by Christina Ricci in your biopic?

Dunno, not Zero Mostel, and not Zelda Fitzgerald.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real

Zendo Chara

DQ: American?

IQ: Did you play the oldest son on "Home Improvement"?
IQ2: Are you the actress whose breakout role was in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?
IQ3: Were you the first man to win all 3 long running events at the Olympics?

Dunno, dunno (although I remember she was beautiful), and dunno.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American

Zachary T Bryan
Zhang Ziyi (and YES, RAWRR!)
Emil Zatopek

DQ: From film TV?
DQ2: Created after 1900?
DQ3: European?

IQ: Are you Tonto's loyal friend?
IQ2: Are you the famed author of western novels?
IQ3: Did you play the 2nd most evil character in "Titanic"? (The most evil being the iceberg of course)

Not Zane Johnson, not Zane Grey, and not Billy Zane.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European

Is Zane Johnson the character's real name?

IQ: Are you the Swiss theologian important in the Reformation?
IQ2: Are you the Russian contributory to TV technology?
IQ3: Are you the linguist who invented an artificial language?

Just realized it's NOT who I was thinking (Tonto's friend)

I was taking a guess as to the Lone Ranger's real name. I don't know what it really is.

Not Zwingli, dunno and dunno.

Vladimir Zwyorkin
Zemhoff (invented Esperanto)

DQ: From literature (Lone Ranger question)
DQ2: Created after 1950?
DQ3: Speaks English?

IQ: Are you the famous masked man who wielded a sword?
IQ2: Are you the "legendary" video game character?
IQ3: Are you a lesser known Marx brother?

So who IS Tonto's friend?

I was going for Zorro there (just realized I messed it up, and helped with the new batch)

Not Zorro, Zelda or Zeppo.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed after 1950

Does completed=published?

IQ: Are you the MLB pitcher who went from Milwaukee to LA for a huge contract?
IQ2: Are you the baseball player who is famous for being versatile and not having any extreme weaknesses or strengths?
IQ3: Are you the Notre Dame DL who played in the "Catholic vs. Convicts" game, later playing for the Bears?

Dunno x3.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950

Zach Greinke signed for $100m+
Ben Zobrist is jack of all trades, master of none
Chris Zorich is the DL

Re-asking a previously asked DQ: English speaker?

3 DQs reserved

I don't think you earned a DQ with that "Tonto's best friend" question, since it wasn't Zorro, so doesn't that leave you with the three DQs you just earned?

I agree totally! I messed that up. You're right I have those 3 DQs

DQ:Character speaks English?
DQ2: Adapted for the screen?

DQ reserved

IQ: Are you the tween star who won DWTS several years back?
IQ2: Are you an eccentric male model?

Dunno, and not Derek "Blue Steel" Zoolander.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950
10. character doesn't speak English
11. adapted for the screen

That was Zendaya

DQ: French speaking?
DQ: Made after 2000?

IQ: Are you the kicker who tore his ACL celebrating a made FG?
IQ2: Are you his brother?

Just reminding myself I have a DQ reserved.

Dunno either of your most recent IQs.

Never even heard of Zendaya! Yeesh. Not too hip, I'm afraid.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950
10. character doesn't speak English
11. adapted for the screen
12. not French speaking
13. made before 2000

Those were Lius and Marty Zendajas

DQ: Spanish speaking?
DQ2: Movie win major awards? (And I don't mean leg lamps). ;)
DQ: Book win awards?

IQ: Did you write a song about a monster eating beef chow mein, and washing it down with a pina colada?
IQ2: Were you the mastermind behind 9/11 (NOT OBL)

Dunno and dunno.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950
10. character doesn't speak English
11. adapted for the screen
12. not French-speaking
13. made before 2000
14. not Spanish-speaking
15. movie won major awards
16. book won one award that I can find

Warren Zevon (The Werewolf of London)
Muhammad Zaccari (sure I misspelled that)

DQ: Was the movie a major Oscar winner?
DQ: Book win the author the Nobel Prize for Literature?

IQ: Are you the pitcher who pitched for both Bay Area teams?
IQ2: Are you the volatile Cubs pitcher who was an adequate hitter, by pitcher standards?
IQ3: Are you an early NYC poker pro?

Dunno x3.

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950
10. character doesn't speak English
11. adapted for the screen
12. not French-speaking
13. made before 2000
14. not Spanish-speaking
15. movie won major awards
16. book won one award that I can find
17. movie was a major Oscar winner
18. book won the author the Nobel Prize for Literature

Barry Zito
Carlos Zambrano
Steve Zolotow

DQ: Author still living?
DQ: Author from a Warsaw Pact nation?
DQ: Movie released after 1975?

IQ: Are you a famous Greek lead character?

IQ: Should I not mess with you?

Z.

1. fictional
2. male
3. would be dead now, if real
4. not American
5. not from film or TV
6. created after 1900
7. European
8. from literature
9. completed and published after 1950
10. character doesn't speak English
11. adapted for the screen
12. not French-speaking
13. made before 2000
14. not Spanish-speaking
15. movie won major awards
16. book won one award that I can find
17. movie was a major Oscar winner
18. book won the author the Nobel Prize for Literature
19. author now deceased
20. author from a Warsaw Pact nation
21. movie released before 1975

That's 20, plus a bonus question. Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST on Monday.

Those were:

Zorba
Zohan

Weekend to think.

The answer popped into my head:

Are you. DR. ZHIVAGO?

I am indeed

Dr. Yuri Zhivago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Zhivago_(novel)

Good job, Erictelevision!

Let me sleep on a letter. Coming up later "today".

Your letter is:

G

IQs:

Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
Did you have to borrow money to go to a different city to start a new job?
Did you write Scapegoats of the Empire?

Not George Chamberlain
Not George Washington
DQ

Previous IQs:

Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - George H. Thomas (you're probably thinking of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain)
Did you have to borrow money to go to a different city to start a new job? - Yes, George Washington
Did you write Scapegoats of the Empire? - George Witton, from Breaker Morant

George x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did your gym teacher mock your last name?
Was your wife nicknamed "Weezie"?
Was your middle name "Catlett"?

Not George van Zant (Leonard Skinnard)
Not George Jefferson ("moving on up...")
Not George C. Scott

And yes, I WAS thinking Joshua Chamberlain. :)

1. Fictional
2. Female

Previous IQs:

Did your gym teacher mock your last name? - No, not Lynyrd Skynyrd (sp?); that was the band mocking their gym teacher's name, not the other way around. I was thinking of George "Can't Stand Ya!" Costanza, of Seinfeld
Was your wife nicknamed "Weezie"? - Yes, George Jefferson
Was your middle name "Catlett"? - Not George C. Scott, but George C. Marshall, the great general and later Secretary of State

George x3 again!

DQs:

Last name start with W?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Were you the most noteworthy Duchess of Devonshire?
Is there a famous Ramsay portrait of you?
Did you famously serve as Prince Regent?

DQ
Not William the Conqueror
DQ

Do you mean "last name G"? I'll answer on that assumption

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real

Previous IQs:

Were you the most noteworthy Duchess of Devonshire? - Georgiana, the subject of the recent biopic The Duchess
Is there a famous Ramsay portrait of you? - Now I got you doing it! William wasn't a "G." This was George III.
Did you famously serve as Prince Regent? - This was George IV.

DQs:

First appeared in print?
Considered a beauty?
American?

IQs:

Were you Ted Baxter's bubble-headed girlfriend?
Were you the subject of a posthumous Hitler cartoon?
Were you an actress who refused to be photographed or filmed in your long, reclusive retirement?

MTM was before my time
DQ
Not Greta Garbo

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American

Previous IQs:

Were you Ted Baxter's bubble-headed girlfriend? - Georgette
Were you the subject of a posthumous Hitler cartoon? - From The New Yorker: historians reading from Hitler's hoax diaries in the Eighties come across the entry, "When I conquer America I must meet the actress Betty Grable. What a tomato!"
Were you an actress who refused to be photographed or filmed in your long, reclusive retirement? - Yes, Greta Garbo

DQs:

From a movie originally?
First appeared since 1980?

IQs:

Did you have all your children killed before committing suicide?
Are you an autistic female rancher and bestselling author?
Were you Lincoln's SECNAV?

Not Joseph Goebbels (if it's not him, I obviously know who it is). ;)
DQ
DQ

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980

WRT 7: they probably changed the character's name when they imported it.

Previous IQs:

Did you have all your children killed before committing suicide? - Yes, Joseph Goebbels
Are you an autistic female rancher and bestselling author? - Temple Grandin
Were you Lincoln's SECNAV? - Gideon Welles

DQs:

First appeared on TV?
Originally European?

IQs:

Did you play Buck Rogers in the Seventies?
Did you play his colleague and later sweetie?
Did you allegedly fart on elevators and blame those guarding you?

DQ
DQ
NOT GEORGE V

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980
10. Originally on TV
11. Originally European

Previous IQs:

Did you play Buck Rogers in the Seventies? - Gil Gerard
Did you play his colleague and later sweetie? - Erin Grey
Did you allegedly fart on elevators and blame those guarding you? - Gerald Ford, according to a recent book on the Secret Service

DQs:

British by birth?
Sitcom character?
First appearance before 1960?

IQs:

Did Colin Firth play you, although he looked nothing like you?
Were you a beauty queen and TV personality who married the Governor of Kentucky?
Were you the best-known stamp collector of your day?

3 DQs

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980
10. Originally on TV
11. Originally European
12. Originally British
13. Sitcom character
14. First appeared AFTER 1960

Previous IQs:

Did Colin Firth play you, although he looked nothing like you? - King George VI, in The King's Speech
Were you a beauty queen and TV personality who married the Governor of Kentucky? - Phyllis George
Were you the best-known stamp collector of your day? - King George V

George x3!

I assume there shouldn't be a question mark at the end of DQ3?

DQs:

First appearance before 1970?
Main character of the sitcom?
Show set in the U.S.?

IQs:

Were you originally described as bucktoothed and frizzy-haired?
Did you play a detective opposite William Shatner as the villain?
Was a fort near Franklin, Tenn. named after you?

Correct, errand punctuation ;)

DQ (though the description is apt)
DQ
DQ

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"?
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980
10. Originally on TV
11. Originally European
12. Originally British
13. Sitcom character
14. First appeared AFTER 1960
15. First American appearance AFTER 1970
16. From the U.S. set version
17. Not the lead in either version

It's still there!

Previous IQs:

Were you originally described as bucktoothed and frizzy-haired? - Hermione Granger
Did you play a detective opposite William Shatner as the villain? - Stuart Granger, as Sherlock Holmes in a TV movie of Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
Was a fort near Franklin, Tenn. named after you? - Gen. Gordon Granger

Granger x3!

DQs:

More a funny character than a serious one?
Married?

One DQ reserved.

Oh geez! I'll delete it when I answer your newest DQs! :eggonface:

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980
10. Originally on TV
11. Originally European
12. Originally British
13. Sitcom character
14. First appeared AFTER 1960
15. First American appearance AFTER 1970
16. From the U.S. set version
17. Not the lead in either version
18. Funny character
19. Married

DQ:

Associated with NYC?

1. Fictional
2. Female
3. First name begins "G"
4. Would be alive if real
5. Not considered a beauty, YMMV
6. Not originally from print
7. Not originally American, but best known as an American
8. Not originally from a movie
9. First appearance before 1980
10. Originally on TV
11. Originally European
12. Originally British
13. Sitcom character
14. First appeared AFTER 1960
15. First American appearance AFTER 1970
16. From the U.S. set version
17. Not the lead in either version
18. Funny character
19. Married
20. American version set in NYC (not Manhattan)

How about Noon Eastern on Tuesday (it's almost 2 AM Eastern Monday as I type)

Are you Gloria Bunker LKA Stivic (sp?), Archie's daughter?

Why yes I am!!! Great job Elendil! :)

What was her name in the British version?

Thanks!

Looks like her British equivalent was Rita: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Death_Us_Do_Part

Hmm. OK, our next letter is

D

IQ: Did you learn diction in a famous play and movie?
IQ2: Did you lead a famous WWII bombing raid?
IQ3: Are you derisively nickname "45"?

Not Eliza Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle or Donald Trump.

Nailed all 3 of course

IQ: Were you "unchained" in a recent movie?
IQ2: Are you coach who went from Gainesville to Oklahoma City?
IQ3: Are you an OK STATE hoopster turned radio host?

Not Django; dunno x2.

Billy Donovan went from the Florida Gators to the OKC Thunder
Doug Gottlieb is the hoopster turned broadcaster

DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?

IQ: Are you the only man to win the SB in 3 different capacities?
IQ2: Are you the DE who won a Super Bowl MVP playing for #1?
IQ3: Are you a milestone SB winning QB who followed your iconic coach at your alma mater?

Not Mike Ditka, dunno, and dunno.

D.

1. fictional
2. female

Nice job getting "Iron Mike".

Richard Dent was part of his Bears team
Doug Williams replaced Eddie Robinson at Grambling (Williams was the first African-American QB to win a SB)

DQ: American?
DQ2: Would be living, if real?

IQ: Are you the NBA big man recently involved in a trade in which your former team received 4 quarters in exchange for your dollar bill?
IQ2: Did you give Richard Nixon his big political break?
IQ3: Are you the NBA GM traded by your current employer in part for the best player on a memorable NCAA upset winner?

Dunno, not Dwight D. Eisenhower, and dunno.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real

Demarcus Cousins
Danny Ainge

DQ: Created after 1950?
DQ2: From film/TV

IQ: Do you host a radio show in which your staff get almost as much airtime and publicity?
IQ2: Did you go from a Vietnam nurse to Wisteria Lane SAHM?
IQ3: Are you the sci-fi icon who played a parody of yourself on "Larry Sanders"?

Dunno (I first thought of Howard Stern); not Dana Delaney or David Duchovny.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV

Dan Patrick

From TV?

IQ: Are you the Brockton native who went on to a legendary and iconoclastic pro football career?
IQ2: Did you coach the 80s Denver Nuggets?
IQ3: Are you the former Cowboys RB (and teammate of Ditka) who went on to lose 4 SB as head coach?

You know sports are my weak spot. Take three DQs.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film

Yes I do! It's why I ask sports questions. ;)

Al Davis
Doug Moe
Dan Reeves

DQ: Created after 2000?
DQ2: Movie win awards in marquee categories?
DQ3: Created by American?

IQ: Did Larry Bird claim you were the best teammate he ever had?
IQ2: Were you Secretary of State under Ike?
IQ3: Did you run the CIA during the same period?

Al Davis vaguely rings a bell; never heard of the other two.

Dunno, not John Foster Dulles (Churchill joked "Dull, duller, Dulles"), and not his brother Allen Dulles.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American

Dennis Johnson was the teammate.

DQ: Won technical awards?

IQ: Are you the namesake of the sandwich delis serve when trying to get rid of left over meat?
IQ2: Are you the former politician who shouldn't run a spelling bee?
IQ3: Are you the SF sportscaster who enlisted your brother-in-law and best friend to help raise your 3 daughters?

Not Dagwood Bumstead, Dan "Potatoe" Quayle or... Dan Marino?

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American
11. won no technical awards

Danny Tanner of "Full House"

DQ: Co-creator American?

IQ: Were you an NFL QB who fell in the draft due to unsubstantiated drug rumors?
IQ2: Are you the 80s Met pitcher derailed by cocaine abuse?
IQ3: Are you the 80s Mets OF derailed by drugs?

Dunno why that double posted

Not Dan Marino again (heh), dunno, and not Darryl Strawberry.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American
11. won no technical awards
12. co-creator American

Dwight Gooden

DQ: Film a financial success?

IQ: Are you the actor known for for your size and working with Burt Reynolds?
IQ2: Were you "getting too old for this shit"?
IQ3: Were you the love interest of the Great Gatsby?

Not Charles Durning, Danny Glover or Daisy Buchanan.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American
11. won no technical awards
12. co-creator American
13. film was a definite financial success

The first was Dom Deluise

DQ: Live-action character?

IQ: Did you insist it was "wabbit season"?
IQ2: Was your boyfriend notorious for not wearing pants?
IQ3: Were you a popular Nickelodeon cartoon tween?

Durning was quite plump and was in at least a half-dozen Reynolds movies, I think. I believe it's a valid answer. If you feel strongly otherwise, I'll answer your DQ.

As to your IQs, not Daffy Duck, Daisy Duck or... dunno.

Yeah, they did the "Cannonball Run" movies together.

The Nickelodeon character is Doug

DQ: Created before 1975?

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American
11. won no technical awards
12. co-creator American
13. film was a definite financial success
14. created after 1975

IQ: Are you the HoF lineman who was on Monday Night Football?
IQ2: Do you hold the MLB record for consecutive games with a hit?
IQ3: Do you hold the same record in Red Sox history?

Dunno, not Joe DiMaggio, and dunno.

Dan Dierdorf
Don DiMaggio

DQ: Human?
DQ2: Comedic character?

IQ: Are you a famous child explorer?
IQ2: Are you a famously half naked Disney character?
IQ3; Are you the most important biologist in history?

Not Dora, Donald Duck or Charles Darwin.

D.

1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would probably be alive today, if real
5. created after 1950
6. from film/TV
7. from film
8. created before 2000
9. won no awards in marquee categories
10. not created by a sole American
11. won no technical awards
12. co-creator American
13. film was a definite financial success
14. created after 1975
15. human
16. comedic character

IQ: Did a Sumerian legend use your apartment to enter NYC to terrorize the city?

Ding ding ding! Yes, I am indeed

Dana Barrett

Sigourney Weaver's character from Ghostbusters: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...s#Dana_Barrett.

Well done, Eric! What made you think of her?

The fact it was a financial success despite not winning awards.

If. I was wrong, I hoped you would've said,"There is no Dana ONLY Zuul." ;)

Letter coming soon

Your letter is:

F

You're right, that would've been a good answer!

F it is.

IQs:

Did your colleagues watch a movie of your wedding and make wisecracks about it?
Did Earl Warren succeed you in a top post?
Were you an inventor who stood up to Hopper?

DQ (should know that)
Not Fred Vinson
Not Enrico Fermi

Previous IQs:

Did your colleagues watch a movie of your wedding and make wisecracks about it? - Frank Burns, on M*A*S*H
Did Earl Warren succeed you in a top post? - Yes, Fred Vinson, as Chief Justice of the United States
Were you an inventor who stood up to Hopper? - I'll rephrase

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you a fictional inventor who stood up to Hopper?
Are you often credited as the most important person to help develop television?
A fictional person, did you invent Festivus?

DQ
Not Philo T. Farnsworth
Not Frank Costanza

1. Real

Previous IQs:

Were you a fictional inventor who stood up to Hopper? - Flik, in A Bug's Life
Are you often credited as the most important person to help develop television? - Yes, Philo Farnsworth
A fictional person, did you invent Festivus? - Yes, the inimitable Frank "You wanna piece of me?!?" Costanza

DQ:

Male?

IQs:

Were you an astronaut who became an airline executive?
Were you the ominous black bunny in Donnie Darko?
Were you the danger-loving field reporter for FYI?

Not Fred Haise
DQ
Not Frank Fontana. (BTW:he and Murphy were TOTALLY doing it)

1. Real
2. Male

Previous IQs:

Were you an astronaut who became an airline executive? - Not Fred Haise, but Frank Borman, who became CEO of Eastern Airlines
Were you the ominous black bunny in Donnie Darko? - Frank
Were you the danger-loving field reporter for FYI? - Yes, Frank Fontana (nah, I don't think he and Murphy Brown were ever doing it - just pals)

Frank x3!

DQs:

Living?
Last name start with F?

IQs:

Did your dad execute your best friend before your eyes?
Were you the protagonist of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms?
Were both your parents and also your uncle psychologists?

Not Falstaff
DQ
Not Anna Freud

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"

Previous IQs:

Did your dad execute your best friend before your eyes? - Not Falstaff, but Frederick the Great (he'd tried to run away from home with his friend, and his dad the king had the friend executed)
Were you the protagonist of Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms? - Henry Frederick
Were both your parents and also your uncle psychologists? - Not Anna Freud, but Frederick Crane on Frasier

Frederick x3!

DQs:

American?
Born since 1964?
Best known for the arts?

IQs:

Are you a current late-night TV talk show host?
Were you a longtime CBS News exec?
Long before Elvis, would music-loving young women do almost anything to get one of your handkerchiefs?

DQ (though a more specific question could be him)
Not Fred Friendly
Not Fredric Chopin

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts

Previous IQs:

Are you a current late-night TV talk show host? - Jimmy Fallon
Were you a longtime CBS News exec? - Yes, Fred Friendly
Long before Elvis, would music-loving young women do almost anything to get one of your handkerchiefs? - I'll rephrase

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (writing, acting, painting, photography, sculpture, etc.)?

IQs:

You are not Chopin. Long before Elvis, would music-loving young women do almost anything to get one of your handkerchiefs?
Did Nellie Bly beat your record?
Were you J. Edgar Hoover's longtime aide and possibly lover?

DQ
Not Phineas Fogg
Not Frank Tolson

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts
8. Secondarily known as actor, better known in another TV genre

Previous IQs:

You are not Chopin. Long before Elvis, would music-loving young women do almost anything to get one of your handkerchiefs? - Franz "Lisztomania" Liszt
Did Nellie Bly beat your record? - Phileas (not Phineas) Fogg, yes
Were you J. Edgar Hoover's longtime aide and possibly lover? - Yes, Frank Tolson

DQ:

Currently appearing or having his work featured on a TV show that is having new episodes made?

IQs:

Did you play the top crook in the movie SkyHeist?
Did your future wife first see you in the street, eating a loaf of bread?
Were you a noted Irish nationalist of the 1790s?

3 DQS

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts
8. Secondarily known as actor, better known in another TV genre
9. Not currently appearing on a show in current production

Ooops, I see Tolson's first name was Clyde and not Frank. Doesn't matter - you got it anyway.

Previous IQs:

Did you play the top crook in the movie SkyHeist? - Frank Gorshin
Did your future wife first see you in the street, eating a loaf of bread? - Benjamin Franklin, just after he arrived in Philadelphia
Were you a noted Irish nationalist of the 1790s? - Edward FitzGerald

DQs:

Greatest fame before 2000?
Best-known TV show appeared on ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX?
Won an Emmy?

IQs:

Did you play "the Nanny"?
Were you Oscar Madison's apartment mate?
Are you a noted conservative Federal judge now serving in Chicago?

Not Fran Drescher
Not Felix Unger
DQ

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts
8. Secondarily known as actor, better known in another TV genre
9. Not currently appearing on a show in current production
10. Greatest fame after 2000 (though it's debatable)
11. Never won Emmy
12. Best known show appeared on a broadcast network

Previous IQs:

Did you play "the Nanny"? - Yes, Fran Drescher
Were you Oscar Madison's apartment mate? - Yes, Felix Unger
Are you a noted conservative Federal judge now serving in Chicago? - Frank Easterbrook

DQ:

Born in the UK?

IQs:

Did you sculpt the 16th President of the U.S.?
Did you build a Boston department-store empire?
Were you president of Oberlin College beginning in 1983?

Not August French
Not Marshall Fields
DQ

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts
8. Secondarily known as actor, better known in another TV genre
9. Not currently appearing on a show in current production
10. Greatest fame after 2000 (though it's debatable)
11. Never won Emmy
12. Best known show appeared on a broadcast network
13. Born in UK

Previous IQs:

Did you sculpt the 16th President of the U.S.? - His name was actually Daniel Chester French, but you got the last one right
Did you build a Boston department-store empire? - Marshall Fields was in Chicago; this was Filene's
Were you president of Oberlin College beginning in 1983? - Frederick Starr, now of the Aspen Institute

DQs:

Talk show host in the US?
Considered handsome?

IQs:

Did you command the CSS Virginia in April 1862?
Did your mom buy a large apartment right next to yours so she could come and go as she pleased, much to your wife's chagrin?
Were you a friendly young turtle appearing on PBS?

3 DQs

PISSED at myself for missing Filenes!

1. Real
2. Male
3. Living
4. Last initial "F"
5. Born BEFORE 1964
6. Naturalized American
7. In Arts
8. Secondarily known as actor, better known in another TV genre
9. Not currently appearing on a show in current production
10. Greatest fame after 2000 (though it's debatable)
11. Never won Emmy
12. Best known show appeared on a broadcast network
13. Born in UK
14. Best known for his US based talk show
15. Not especially good looking, YMMV

Previous IQs:

Did you command the CSS Virginia in April 1862? - Franklin Buchanan
Did your mom buy a large apartment right next to yours so she could come and go as she pleased, much to your wife's chagrin? - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Were you a friendly young turtle appearing on PBS? - Frankin

Franklin x3!

DQ:

Late-night talk show host?
Best known as a comic?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you a Scotsman who was a voice actor in How to Train Your Dragon?
Were you either of a pair of Italian tailors bossed around by Oscar?
Did Dean Martin joke that he had Scotch older than you?

Why yes, I am indeed:

TV's. Craig Ferguson! :)

Woohoo! Thanks.

My other previous IQs:

Were you either of a pair of Italian tailors bossed around by Oscar? - The Fannuccis, in the Stallone Mafia-comedy Oscar
Did Dean Martin joke that he had Scotch older than you? - Mia Farrow, the much younger wife of his friend Frank Sinatra

OK, our next letter is

S

IQ: Did you lose 2 Presidential elections to the same person?
IQ2: Are you a 19th c. politician, and #1's grandfather?
IQ3: Are a Greek writer noted for tragedies?

Not Adlai Stevenson (to Ike both times, 1952 and 1956), the original Adlai Stevenson, or Sophocles.

3 for 3 of course

IQ: Do you cohost a Miami based sports radio talk show?
IQ2: Did you meet your wife at the gym shortly after she returned from her honeymoon?
IQ3: Do you have a "Blacklist"?

Dunno x3.

"Stugotz" cohosts "The Dan Lebatard Show"
Jerry Seinfeld met his wife that way
James Spader

DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: First initial "S"

IQ: Are you the fictional "Man of Steel"?
IQ2: Were you the real "Man of Steel"?
IQ3: Are you the famously well aging Italian actress?

Not Superman, Stalin (ptui!) or Sophia Loren.

S.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with S

3 for 3 of course

IQ: Are you the Western Senator who co-chaired a deficit reduction committee?
IQ2: Are you the PA Senator who flipped parties controversially?
IQ3: Did you miss the most infamous FG attempt in SB history?

Not Alan Kooi Simpson, "Snarlin'" Arlen Specter or... dunno.

Scott Norwood

DQ: Living?

IQ: Are you the most famous beagle?
IQ2: Are you the greatest jockey of all time?
IQ3: Are you a BAU member currently serving a prison sentence?

Not Snoopy, dunno and dunno.

S.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with S
4. dead

Willie Shoemaker
Spencer Reid

DQ: American?
DQ2: Died after 1900?

IQ: Were you the IL Senator famous for debates with Lincoln?
IQ2: Are you the Latina SC justice?
IQ3: Were you the Sportscenter anchor who frequently used street slang in your reports?

Not Stephen Douglas or Sonia Sotomayor; dunno.

S.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with S
4. dead
5. naturalized American
6. died before 1900

Stuart Scott

DQ: Died after 1850?

IQ: Were you the AZ lawmaker turned milestone Justice?
IQ2: Are you unfairly considered Mozart's enemy?
IQ3: Did you play a radio station owner who previously was very attached to your red stapler?

Not Sandra Day O'Connor, Antonio Salieri or Stephen Root.

S.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with S
4. dead
5. naturalized American
6. died before 1900
7. died after 1850

3 for 3

IQ: Are you famous for your marches, who has a musical instrument named after you?
IQ2: Are you the Texas founding father with a college named after you?
IQ3: Are you the American traditional songwriter without a namesake instrument?

If you could award me 3 DQs that would be GREAT. ;)

Not J.P. Sousa, Sam Houston or Stephen Foster.

see below

Will rephrase #2

IQ: Is a state capital and college named in your honor?
IQ2: Are you a Trump supporter previously best known for being a live-in babysitter and the future brother-in-law of a beloved 70s TV character?
IQ3: Are you a governor who survived a recall election, only to crash and burn running for POTUS?

Not Steve Austin, Scott Baio or Scott Walker.

He spelled it Stephen Austin, but 3 for 3. :)

IQ: Are you the MLB pitcher who led the "Miracle Mets" to the '69 WS?
IQ2: Are you the all-time great pitcher who held on too long chasing a strikeout milestone?
IQ3. Are you the young pitcher who's gone from phenom to injury plagued underachiever?

Dunno x3.

Tom Seaver
Steve Carlton (held on to get 4000 strikeouts)
Stephen Strasberg

DQ: European?
DQ: In Arts?

DQ reserved

IQ: Are you an all-time great NHL coach?
IQ2: Are you a MLB manager who twice famously got fired just before teams won championships?
IQ3: Did your runner-up finish in the WSOP MAIN EVENT launch the poker boom?

Dunno x3.

S.

1. real
2. male
3. last name starts with S
4. dead
5. naturalized American
6. died before 1900
7. died after 1850
8. European
9. in Arts

Scotty Bowman is the hockey coach
Buck Showalter managed the Yankees before Torre and Arizona before Brenly
Sam Farha was the 2003 runner-up

DQ: Writer?
DQ: From traditional NATO nation?
DQ: Spoke Romance language?

DQ reserved

IQ: Did you create the Simpsons?
IQ2: Were you a lothario bartender?
IQ3: Are you the Red Wings great who went on the Lightning GM job?