3 for 3 once again
IQ: Did you play the disabled doctor on "ER"?
IQ2: Are you the 70s singer whose last name is the music genre you play?
IQ3: Are you better known as Cat Stevens?
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3 for 3 once again
IQ: Did you play the disabled doctor on "ER"?
IQ2: Are you the 70s singer whose last name is the music genre you play?
IQ3: Are you better known as Cat Stevens?
Dunno x2; not... Iouseff Muhammad?
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
Laura Innes
Iggy Pop
Yusef Islam
DQ: Died after 1800?
DQ2: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ3: Born North of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQ: Did you betray the most important man in Western culture?
IQ2: Are you the Japanese born MLB player who recently hit a round number hit milestone, as well as a major overall hit milestone?
IQ3: Were you a major folk singer in the 60s and 70s
Not Judas Iscariot, dunno and not Janis Ian.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
Ichiro Suzuki (notched 3000 hit in MLB, got hit #4257 if you count all his professional hits)
DQ: Died after 1850?
IQ: Did you play a chef who befriended a group of foul-mouth kids who hate Canada?
IQ2: Were you the bartender on the "Love Boat"
IQ3: Are you the 2B who's played for the Rangers and Tigers?
Not Isaac Hayes on South Park, Isaac LNU or... another Isaac, I suppose, but dunno.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
Ian Desmond
DQ: Political/Military figure?
IQ: Did you have a famous touchdown dance in the early 90s?
IQ2: Did you play George Costanza's girlfriend who was WAY TOO tanned?
IQ3: Are you the sci-fi author who contracted AIDS after heart surgery?
Thanks. What was Isaac the cheery bartender's last name on The Love Boat?
Dunno, not Imogene or Iain Banks (the last two are guesses).
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
I don't think we ever found out :winks and points at EH: ;)
Ickey Woods (the "Ickey Shuffle")
Ileana Douglas
Isaac Asimov
DQ: Scientist/Inventor?
DQ: Born East of the Appalachians?
DQ reserved
Looks like it's Washington: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Lange. And interesting - hadn't known that about Asimov.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
IQ: Were you key part of Monty Python?
IQ2: Did you write your hit song about your sister's shotgun wedding?
IQ3: Were you the one-time Packer and Colt coach?
DQ: In Arts, broadly defined?
Not Eric Idle, dunno and dunno.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
Billy Idol ("White Wedding")
Lindy Infante
DQ: Writer?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you a famous decapited equestrian?
IQ2: Did you create #1?
IQ3: Did you create all the physics laws any layman needs to know?
Fixed typoQuote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
The Headless Horseman was decapitated; Ichabod Crane was the meek schoolteacher and his quarry. Not Washington Irving, either, nor Sir Isaac Newton.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
14. not a writer
I thought Crane was the Horseman's real name. :). You nailed the other 2 of course. I thought it was Irving FOR SURE!
IQ: Did you go from NCAA BBALL champ to 2-time NBA champ, to ill-fated tenures as CBA commissioner (led league into bankruptcy) and Knicks GM (sexually harassed employee)?
IQ2: Are you the Celtics player who needlessly lost your sister in a car accident?
IQ3: Did you put the 2000 Sixers on your back, dragging them to the Finals?
Not Isaiah Thomas (I knew a lawyer who was involved in the sexual harassment lawsuit), dunno and dunno.
He spells it Isiah Thomas, but yup (interesting trivia!)
Isaiah Thomas (died because she wasn't buckled in)
Allen Iverson
Musician?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you a poker player involved in a cheating scandal with a Macau casino?
IQ2: Did you create a British spy with a famous drink order?
IQ3: Are you the violinist who survived polio?
Dunno, not Ian Fleming, and not... Isaac Stern?
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
14. not a writer
15. not a musician
Phil Ivey (it was baccarat IIRC)
Itzhak Perlman
DQ: Actor?
DQ2: Award winner?
IQ: Were you the martyred Israeli PM?
IQ2: Are you the medieval hero and title character in a classic novel? (I'd have to cheat for better question)
IQ3: Were you a guitarist in Guns and Roses?
IQ: Were you the martyred Israeli PM?
IQ2: Are you the medieval hero and title character in a classic novel? (I'd have to cheat for better question)
IQ3: Were you a guitarist in Guns and Roses?
Dunno why that double posted. I looked up #2, I think my question will lead you to who I mean.
Not Itzhak Rabin, Ivanhoe or... dunno.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
14. not a writer
15. not a musician
16. not an actor
17. did not win any awards that I can determine
dp
That's Izzy Stratling
DQ: Visual artist?
IQ: Are you the singer whose been in a relationship with Anna Kournikova?
IQ2: Are you #1's dad?
IQ: Did you convince your Spanish boss his wife was cheating with his best friend?
Dunno x2; not Iago (and his boss was a Moor serving Venice, not Spain, if you mean Othello).
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
14. not a writer
15. not a musician
16. not an actor
17. did not win any awards that I can determine
18. visual artist
I was referring to his heritage.
The first 2 were Enrique and Julio Iglesias
DQ: 2-D artist?
DQ2: Most famous work used/parodied in advertising or broader pop culture?
And that gets me to 20.
I.
1. real
2. dead
3. male
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1800
7. born east of the Mississippi River
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. died after 1850
10. not a political/military figure
11. not a scientist/inventor
12. born east of the Appalachians
13. In Arts, broadly defined
14. not a writer
15. not a musician
16. not an actor
17. did not win any awards that I can determine
18. visual artist
19. 2-D artist
20. can't think of his most famous work being used/parodied in advertising or broader pop culture, but it might've happened
Ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Thurs., please.
Thanks! Given your answer to 20, I bet it's either someone I don't know or don't recognize his name.
Time's up, and I am
James Ives
Cofounder of the famous Currier & Ives printmaking firm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Merritt_Ives
Want to start the next round?
Never heard of him!
Your letter is J
You're heard of Currier & Ives, maybe...?
IQs:
After your father suffered a stroke, did you say to a friend, "Old age is a shipwreck"?
Were you the older brother of that person?
Were you the spouse of that person?
dp
Only Ives I know is Burl
3 DQS
Previous IQs:
After your father suffered a stroke, did you say to a friend, "Old age is a shipwreck"? - JFK
Were you the older brother of that person? - Joe Kennedy Sr., killed during WWII
Were you the spouse of that person? - Jackie Kennedy
DQs:
Real?
Male?
American?
IQs:
Did you play an irascible newspaperman, a pathologist and Mountain Girl's boyfriend?
Did Elizabeth Banks play your sexy secretary?
Did you play an immaculately-dressed cop in your last film role?
Not Jack Klugman (what's the last one?). :)
DQ
DQ (do you mean "most recent" or ""final")
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
Previous IQs:
Did you play an irascible newspaperman, a pathologist and Mountain Girl's boyfriend? - J.K. Simmons in Spider-Man, Law & Order and The Ladykillers remake
Did Elizabeth Banks play your sexy secretary? - She was J. Jonah Jameson's (Simmons again) secretary in Spider-Man
Did you play an immaculately-dressed cop in your last film role? - Both most recent and final; James Cagney in Ragtime (on left): https://media.baselineresearch.com/i...84430_full.jpg
DQs:
European?
First name start with J?
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Were you taken in by the Red-Headed League?
Were you the most famous early sex-change patient?
Did you play a troubled millionaire, a lovesick young aristocrat and Mrs. Hudson's famous lodger?
DQ
NOT Helen Jorgensen
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.Not European
5.First initial "J"
6.NOT in Arts
Previous IQs:
Were you taken in by the Red-Headed League? - Jabez Wilson, in the Sherlock Holmes story
Were you the most famous early sex-change patient? - Christine Jorgensen, but close enough
Did you play a troubled millionaire, a lovesick young aristocrat and Mrs. Hudson's famous lodger? - Jeremy Brett, in Rebecca, My Fair Lady and the Granada TV Sherlock Holmes series
DQs:
Born in the Northern Hemisphere?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you a young king slain at his own wedding?
Are you the latest King in the North?
Did Bronn help you learn to fight left-handed?
3 DQs
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.Not European
5.First initial "J"
6.NOT in Arts
7.Born North of the Equator
8.Military/Political figure
Previous IQs:
Were you a young king slain at his own wedding? - Joffrey, in Game of Thrones
Are you the latest King in the North? - Jon Snow, ditto
Did Bronn help you learn to fight left-handed? - Jaime Lannister, ditto
DQs:
Born in the Eastern Hemisphere?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere
Head of state or of government?
Living?
IQs:
Are you the current North Korean leader?
Did you direct Avatar?
Is God's Secretaries about an important work you commissioned?
Not Kim Jon Un
Not James Cameron
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.NOT European
5.First initial "J"
6.NOT in Arts
7.Born North of the Equator
8.Military/Political figure
9.NOT from Eastern Hemisphere
10.Living
11.Head is State/Government
Previous IQs:
Are you the current North Korean leader? - Yes, Kim Jong-un
Did you direct Avatar? - Yes, James Cameron
Is God's Secretaries about an important work you commissioned? - King James I, who authorized what became the King James Bible
DQ:
Democratically-elected to current post?
IQs:
Did a song describe you with a word repeated three times?
Were you the son of an eccentric British inventor?
Were you the daughter?
3 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.NOT European
5.First initial "J"
6.NOT in Arts
7.Born North of the Equator
8.Military/Political figure
9.NOT from Eastern Hemisphere
10.Living
11.Head is State/Government
12.Came to power democratically
Previous IQs:
Did a song describe you with a word repeated three times? - "Jumpin' Jack Flash, he's a gas, gas, gas!"
Were you the son of an eccentric British inventor? - Jeremy Potts, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Were you the daughter? - Jemima Potts, ditto
DQs:
Native language is Spanish?
Friendly to the U.S.?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did your late father hold the same political post you now do?
Did you star in Das Boot?
You are fictional. Despite your much-better-known nickname, is your first name actually "Forsythe"?
Why yes, i am current Canadian PM, and son of a former PM:
JUSTIN TRUDEAU. (I happen to see the current "Rolling Stone" on the newsstand at Barnes&Noble the other day.)
All right - thanks!
Previous IQs:
Did you star in Das Boot? - Jorgen Porchnow (sp?)
You are fictional. Despite your much-better-known nickname, is your first name actually "Forsythe"? - Jughead Jones in the Archie comics
Our next letter is
N
IQ: Did you think your most famous job wasn't "worth a warm pail of spit"?
IQ2: Are you the most famous native of Yorba Linda CA?
IQ3: Did Charlie Brown name-drop you while handing out the scripts for the Christmas play?
Not John Nance Garner (he supposedly said "piss" originally), Richard Nixon or... dunno.
Couldn't remember if it was "piss" or "spit"
Correct
Nebuchadnezzar
DQ: Real?
IQ: Did you win the WSOP MAIN EVENT in 1999, the first year I was eligible to play?
IQ2: Did you narrate "The Great Gatsby"
IQ3: Are you the medieval Frenchman who may have predicted the future?
Dunno, not Nick Carroway, and not Nostradamus.
N.
1. fictional
Noel Furlong (BTW: if I had omitted the year, would you have considered it a fair question? I wouldn't have)
DQ: Female?
IQ: Are you the movie detective who worked with his wife?
IQ2: Are you that wife?
IQ3: Are you the famously conservative actor who is the definitive Memetic Badass?
I don't know anything about WSOP, so don't worry about it.
Not Nick or Nora; not the demigod Chuck Norris.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
Though it might be Nick or Chuck!
IQ: Are you the prolific scientist who may have been on the Autism Spectrum?
IQ2: Did you go from pitching coach to bartender?
IQ3: Did we WANT you on that wall, did we NEED you on that wall?
BTW: of course Chuck is the page image for Memetic Badass at tvtropes.net
Not Sir Isaac Newton, the guy from Cheers (I forget his name), and not the colonel from A Few Good Men. Take two (or more) DQs.
Nicola Tesla
You got it right, his name is Nicolas Colasanto
Got it right, going for Jack Nicholson
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you co-invent calculus?
IQ2: Are you the singer who appeared in "Vegas Vacation"?
IQ3: Are you the screenwriter who's my cousin-in-law's aunt?
Ah, for the colonel, I was trying to remember the character name.
Dunno x3.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
That's Isaac Newton
Wayne Newton
Nora Ephron
DQ: European?
DQ2: Created by European?
DQ3: Created after 1900?
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
IQ: Did you achieve "peace in our time"?
IQ2: Do you play a physicist who overcame selective mutism and is in an erstaz homosexual relationship with an engineer?
IQ3: Is she "Always on your Mind"?
Not Neville Chamberlain, dunno, and dunno.
Kunnal Nayyar from "The Big Bang Theory"
Willie Nelson
DQ: From Literature?
DQ2: Creator from Mainland Europe?
IQ: Are you the biggest bully in Springfield?
IQ2: Did you title your memoirs "I Never Wanted to be Vice President of Anything"?
IQ3: Are you the advenrer who circled the earth in less than 3 months?
Not Nelson ("Ha-ha!") Muntz, dunno, and not Nellie Bly.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
Forgot we know Nelson's last name
That's Nelson Rockefeller
Correct
DQ: From a song?
BTW: are you including ALL written forms in Literature? Not just prose
IQ: Are you a comedian turned poker commentator?
IQ2: Are you a fan favorite poker player who avoids animal products?
IQ3: Are you the Hall of Fame baseball umpire?
Dunno x3.
Define it as you wish, and I'll then answer. Please be specific. From past rounds, I think I correctly answered your question.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
Norman Chad was a comedian, then sportswriter, now he does commentary on the WSOP
Daniel Negraneau is a vegan poker player
Nestor Shylock is the ump
DQ: From poem or play?
DQ2: Creator from U.K.?
DQ3: Created after 1700?
IQ: Did you play the less than amorous landlord on "Three's Company"?
IQ2: Are you the first great fullback in NFL history?
IQ3: Are you the lefty clay court specialist?
BTW: the ump spelled his name Chylak.
Not Norman Fell, dunno and dunno.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
Bronko Nagurski
Rafael Nadal
DQ: From a work of literature that can be acted out on stage?
DQ2: Created before 1800?
IQ: Are you the Serbian rival of Nadal and Federer?
IQ2: Are you the teenage girl who solves mysteries in a famous series of novels?
IQ3: Did my celebrity crush nearly replace you in your sports marquee event, after your rival's estranged husband assaulted you?
Dunno, not Nancy Drew, and not Nancy Kerrigan.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
Novak Djokovic
Correct (surprised this stumped on the Dope)
Correct (pleasantly surprised you knew that, Michelle was the alternate)
DQ: Been adapted for the big screen?
I didn't know that Michelle K. was the alternate, but I did remember that she was your ice-skating celebrity crush. And I don't remember too many other skaters from back then.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
15. has been adapted for the big screen
Ha! Good memory. :D
IQ: Did you drive from office the man who held your eventual title, the first time in 40 years someone like you held the job?
IQ2: Were you the CNN host who focused on salacious court cases?
IQ3: Did you famously win your last golf major at age 46?
Dunno, not Nancy Grace, and not Jack Nicklaus.
Newt Gingrich helped oust Jim Wright
DQ: Adaptation win major Oscars?
IQ: Did you famously win the "54-hole Slam"?
IQ2: Were you an actor turned nut farmer?
IQ3: Were you the accountant who wasted your afternoons in a Boston bar?
Ah, Newt - good one. Of course.
Dunno x2; not Norrrrrrrrrrrrm on Cheers.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
15. has been adapted for the big screen
16. adaptation did not win major Oscar
Greg Norman
Jim Nabors (macadamia specifically)
Yes, Norm Peterson
DQ: Had multiple adaptations?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you the union activist play Sally Field?
IQ2: Are you the protagonist in "Sunset Boulevard"?
DQ: Character Asian?
Neither of the Normas, Rae or Desmond.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
15. has been adapted for the big screen
16. adaptation did not win major Oscar
17. has had multiple adaptations
18. character Asian
IQ: Are you the First Lady who urged kids to "Just Say No to Drugs"?
IQ2: Were you the first woman to be 3rd in the Presidential succession?
IQ3: Were you the member of the "Glee" club who married the cheerleader in the series finale?
Not Nancy Reagan, Nancy Pelosi or Nancy Dunnoherlastname.
The last is Naya Rivera (couldn't think of another Nancy)
DQ: More recent adaptation better known?
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
15. has been adapted for the big screen
16. adaptation did not win major Oscar
17. has had multiple adaptations
18. character Asian
19. more recent adaptation probably better known, I guess
IQ: Did you create many of the shows that led to the "Rural Purge"?
Dunno. Take a DQ.
Norman Lear
DQ: Human?
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. not European
5. created by European
6. created before 1900
7. not from literature
8. creator not from mainland Europe
9. not from a song
10. from poem or play, loosely speaking
11. creator from U.K.
12. created after 1700
13. from a work of literature that can be acted out on stage
14. created after 1800
15. has been adapted for the big screen
16. adaptation did not win major Oscar
17. has had multiple adaptations
18. character Asian
19. more recent adaptation probably better known, I guess
20. human
21. not Norman Lear
Ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Monday, if you please.
DQ: Are you Nosferatu?
I am not. I am, instead,
Nanki-Poo
Runaway son of the Emperor of Japan, and romantic hero of the 1885 Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera The Mikado: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mikado
D'oh! My old HS put on "The Mikado"! Next letter?
I was in a HS production, too, playing one of the Emperor's courtiers (and got to carry his banner).
OK, our next letter is
K
Have at you!
IQ: Are you my celebrity crush, and soon to be ex-wife of the grandson of the man who helped make college affordable for working and middle class kids?
IQ2: Were you the first "American Idol"?
IQ3: Are you the wife of Vinnie Barbarino?
Not Michelle Kwan, dunno and dunno (the latter two, I'll recognize the names as soon as you write them).
Correct
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Preston
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you the football broadcaster whose catchphrase was,"Whoa Nellie!"
IQ2: Are you the philosopher quoted by Wayne Campbell?
IQ3: Are you the Rhodes Scholar turned versatile entertainer?
Just as I thought. The two Kellys!
Dunno, not Kant, and not Kris Kristofferson.
K.
1. real
2. male
Keith Jackson
Soren Kierkegaard
Correct
DQ: Living?
DQ2: American?
IQ: Are you the Cavs big man whose shoulder was dislocated during the 2016 playoffs?
IQ2: Were you the player who wrecked #1's shoulder?
IQ3: Are you the former teammate of #1 who was just traded to #2's former team?
Dunno, not Kobe Bryant, and not Kyrie Irving
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
Kevin Love
Kelly Olynyk
Correct (very nice! Thought I could get a sweep)
DQ: Born After 1950?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
IQ: Are you the reality star who became famous because of a sex tape?
IQ2: Are you #1's sister, known as a crunchy mom?
IQ3: Are you the other sister?
Not Kim Kardashian, dunno, and not Krystal Kardashian.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined
Khloe
Kourtney
DQ: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ2: Born South of the Mason-Dixon?
IQ: Did you play Catwoman on the big screen?
IQ2: Did you infamously interrupt Taylor Swift's acceptance speech?
IQ3: Are you Mr. Nicole Kidman?
Not Eartha Kitt (I thought she was only on TV in that role, though), Kanye West or Ken Urban.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
I misremembered who played her in the movie. You nailed the others of course.
IQ: Were you Obama's Interior Secretary?
IQ2: Were you the annoying neighbor, and BFF of the eldest sister, on "Full House"?
IQ3: Did you once score 81 points in a game, and go out on a 60 point game?
Keith Urban, I now remember, but I was close.
Dunno x3.
Didn't even notice. May I take a DQ, or is it too late?
Ken Salazar
Kimmy Gibbler
Kobe Bryant
DQ: From Film/TV?
DQ2: Won major awards in his field?
DQ reserved
IQ: Did you play J.R. Ewing's rival on "Dallas"?
IQ2: Did you costar with Tom Cruise in "The Last Samurai"?
IQ3: Did you play the BFF of the daughter on "Gilmore Girls"?
Sure, take another DQ, since it was the "K" name.
Dunno, not Ken Watanabe, and dunno.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
Answer #6 clarified.
DQ: Won non-Arts award?
Ken Kercheval
Correct
Keiko Agena
DQ: Born after 1975?
DQ2: Born East of the Appalachians?
IQ: Are you the actor who famously has cameos in your brother's directorial efforts?
IQ2: Are you the rock icon who apocryphally did something unseemly with your dad's remains?
IQ3: Did your death temporarily break up The Who?
Not Ken Howard, dunno, and not Keith Moon.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
I asked the other DQ because you got a first name wrong in a previous round
Correct
Keith Richards (supposedly snorted his father's ashes)
Correct
DQ: From TV?
DQ2: Famous SO?
IQ: Were you the Usual Suspect?
IQ2: Did your parents leave you "Home Alone" at Christmas?
IQ3: Were you Winnie Cooper's first love?
Not Keyser Soze, Kevin or Whatsisface from The Wonder Years
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
Whatishisface is Kevin Arnold
BTW, the "Home Alone" Kevin was McAllister
So: he didn't have a famous SO?
DQ: Played the lead character on the TV show?
IQ: Were you the Canadian kid in the parka who died constantly?
IQ2: Are you the former ESPN anchor who went on to MSNBC, later working for Al Gore?
IQ3: Are you the Walter Cronkite Expy in Springfield?
Not Kenny on South Park, dunno, and not Kent Brockman.
That's not what you asked, but I'll answer it anyway.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
14a. didn't have a famous SO
15. did not play the lead character on any TV show
The MSNBC guy is Keith Olbermann
DQ: Known for Drama
Sorry my other question was vague.
No worries.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
14a. didn't have a famous SO
15. did not play the lead character on any TV show
16. not known for Drama
IQ: Did you go from HUD secretary to POTUS?
IQ2: Are you the country singer who underwent a bad facelift?
IQ3: Are you the conductor of the Boston Pops?
Not Keifer Sutherland on Designated Survivor, dunno, and not Keith Lockhart.
Correct
Kenny Rogers
Correct (very impressed you got that!). :)
DQ: From "family sitcom"? (As opposed to work or adult friends sitcoms)
Because of a miscommunication, I have an asked DQ that has yet to be answered. That's my next DQ. :D
IQ: Were you the main character in "Roots"?
IQ2: Are you the Knick big man Phil Jackson seemed intent on alienating before he got fired?
IQ3: Are you the former WR who wrote a book after his rookie year titled,"Give Me the Damn Ball"?
Not Kunta Kinte, Kobe Bryant or... dunno.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
14a. didn't have a famous SO
15. did not play the lead character on any TV show
16. not known for Drama
17. not on a family sitcom
Kristof Porzingis
Keyshawn Johnson
DQ: Won awards outside his main field?
DQ: Show win major awards?
IQ: Are you the former NBA point guard who became mayor of your state capital hometown?
IQ2: Were you the member of the "Glee" club who used a wheelchair?
IQ3: Are you the NBA great who shares a hometown with a musical icon?
Non game note:
Former Botticelli target Edie Windsor passed away. I hadn't known she remarried.
Me either!
Dunno x3.
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
14a. didn't have a famous SO
15. did not play the lead character on any TV show
16. not known for Drama
17. not on a family sitcom
18. has not won awards outside his main field
19. no show he was on won major awards
Kevin Johnson is the mayor of Sacramento
Kevin McHale played Artie
Kevin McHale (different one of course). Is from Hibbing Minnesota, like Bob Dylan
DQ: Was his secondary field Athletics?
DQ2: From a workplace comedy?
DQ3: Played the lead character's SO?
K.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. American
5. born after 1950
6. In Arts, very broadly defined, but not exclusively
7. born east of the Miss.
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. from film/TV
10. has not won any major awards in his field
11. born before 1975
12. born west of the Appalachians
13. best known from TV
14. not a famous SO
14a. didn't have a famous SO
15. did not play the lead character on any TV show
16. not known for Drama
17. not on a family sitcom
18. has not won awards outside his main field
19. no show he was on won major awards
20. secondary field not athletics
21. not in any workplace comedy
22. did not play any lead character's SO
OK, ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" character by, say, noon EST Sat., please.
Coming back to cry "Uncle!"
It's D-list, "kinda famous for being kinda famous" celebrity
Kato Kaelin
Best known for his role as a quirky witness in the O.J. Simpson murder trial: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kato_Kaelin
Want to start the next round?
Very nice!! I'll have a letter this evening.
Your letter is
A
You'd heard of him, I hope.
IQs:
Were you Scout and Jem's dad?
Were you succeeded by Neil Gorsuch?
Were you a longtime Soviet foreign minister?
Absolutely! I was in HS during the trial.
Not Atticus Finch
Not Antonin Scalia. (SHOULD have been someone else)
Not Yuri Andropov
Absolutely! I was in HS during the trial.
Not Atticus Finch
Not Antonin Scalia. (SHOULD have been Merrit Garland)
Not Yuri Andropov
Previous IQs:
Were you Scout and Jem's dad? - Yes, Atticus Finch
Were you succeeded by Neil Gorsuch? - Yes, Antonin Scalia (and I agree with you about Garland)
Were you a longtime Soviet foreign minister? - Yuri Andropov was never foreign minister; this was Andrei Gromyko
DQ:
Male?
IQs:
Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi?
Were you an AI rebel leader in a Heinlein novel?
Were you later AKA Sauron?
3 DQS
1.Real
Previous IQs:
Were you a Civil War general and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi? - Adelbert Ames
Were you an AI rebel leader in a Heinlein novel? - Adam Selene, in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Were you later AKA Sauron? - Annatar, in the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien
DQs:
Male?
Living?
Last name start with A?
IQs:
Did Mark Rylance win an Oscar for playing you?
Are you the most recent British Princess Royal?
Did you succeed Churchill as PM?
DQ
Not Princess Anne (forget who her DH is)
Not Clemente Atlee
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
Previous IQs:
Did Mark Rylance win an Oscar for playing you? - Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, in Bridge of Spies
Are you the most recent British Princess Royal? - Yes, Princess Anne
Did you succeed Churchill as PM? - Correct, but spelled "Clement Attlee"
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Did you also succeed Churchill as PM?
Did you create the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination?
Did a Canadian and a Latino both play you, many years apart?
dp
Not Anthony Eden
DQ (annoyingly)
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
Previous IQs:
Did you also succeed Churchill as PM? - Yes, Anthony Eden
Did you create the album Tales of Mystery and Imagination? - Alan Parsons
Did a Canadian and a Latino both play you, many years apart? - Commander Adama of Battlestar Galactica, played by Lorne Greene and Edward James Olmos
DQs:
Died since 1950?
Political/military?
IQs:
Did you help found Kenyon College?
Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same first name as that guy?
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules?
3 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
Previous IQs:
Did you help found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a U.S. Attorney General with the same first name as that guy? - Philander Knox
Were you "trainer to the gods" in Disney's Hercules? - Philoctetes (Danny DeVito)
Phil x3!
DQ:
Ever held Federal elective office?
Greatest fame before 1975?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your catchphrase, "Keep the faith, baby"?
Did Jeremy Renner play your character's future husband in a recent movie?
Were you the (later) best-known person at the Battle of New Hope Church?
Not Al Koch
DQ
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
Previous IQs:
Was your catchphrase, "Keep the faith, baby"? - Adam Clayton Powell, longtime Congressman from Harlem
Did Jeremy Renner play your character's future husband in a recent movie? - Amy Adams, in Arrival
Were you the (later) best-known person at the Battle of New Hope Church? - Ambrose Bierce, then a young Army lieutenant
DQs:
Ever held state elected office?
Greatest fame before 1939?
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg?
Did you and the Empire State Building appear on a New Yorker cover together?
Did you joke that your Secret Service codename was just your own name?
DQ
Not Anthony Weiner (LOVE phallic humor)
Not Albert Gore Jr.
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
Previous IQs:
Did you lose badly at Fredericksburg? - Ambrose Burnside
Did you and the Empire State Building appear on a New Yorker cover together? - Yes, Anthony Weiner - one of my all-time favorite TNY covers: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQGtKpXCcAAE1T8.jpg
Did you joke that your Secret Service codename was just your own name? - Yes, former VP Al Gore
DQs:
Military figure?
Usually considered a "good guy"?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did Kiefer Sutherland costar in a movie about a guy who plotted to kill you?
Did LBJ unsuccessfully nominate you to become Chief Justice of the United States?
Did you often go about the house barefoot because you said your feet "needed to breathe"?
DQ
Not Abe Fortas
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
Previous IQs:
Did Kiefer Sutherland costar in a movie about a guy who plotted to kill you? - Spiro Agnew (Flashback)
Did LBJ unsuccessfully nominate you to become Chief Justice of the United States? - Yes, Abe Fortas
Did you often go about the house barefoot because you said your feet "needed to breathe"? - Abraham Lincoln, to his wife's distress
DQ:
Best known as a social activist?
Best known for a single incident?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you a noted Sixties radical with the same initials as a notorious tyrant?
Did you play a sf character with the middle name "Lafayette"?
Is your sister nicknamed "D.W."?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
See my IQs above?
Sorry!! :(
Not Abby Hoffman (almost stumped me)
DQ
DQ
Sorry!! :(
Not Abbie Hoffman (almost stumped me)
DQ
DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted Sixties radical with the same initials as a notorious tyrant? - Yes, Abby Hoffman
Did you play a sf character with the middle name "Lafayette"? - Avery Brooks played Benjamin Lafayette Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Is your sister nicknamed "D.W."? - Arthur the Aardvark, on the PBS kids' show Arthur
DQs:
Businessman/entrepreneur?
Was wealthy at time of death?
Two DQs reserved.
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
17.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
18.Died upper middle class I'd say
DQs:
Died before 1975?
Ever held a Federal appointive office?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.First name begins "A"
5.American
6.Died AFTER 1950
7.Political/Military figure
8.Never held Federal elected office
9.Greatest fame BEFORE 1975
10.Never held State elected office
11.Greatest fame AFTER 1939
12.Born NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
13.NOT a military figure
14.Considered a good guy by most people YMMV. (I considered making this more definitive, but some dislike him)
15.NOT a social activist
16.Associated with certain event, but the event was part of larger era
17.NOT a businessman/entrepreneur
18.Died upper middle class I'd say
19.Died AFTER 1975
20.Held FEDERAL appointed office
How about 2PM ET tomorrow for your guess
Were you Abe Fortas?
Nope. See post #5369. Still have 14 hours
Hour left, any last minute guesses?
You got me. Who is it?
ARCHIBALD COX, the Watergate Special Prosecutor.
Pick the next letter if you'd like.
Thanks! Let's move on to
O
IQ: Were you the first POTUS not born in the contiguous US?
IQ2: Are you his SO?
IQ3: Did you supposedly pick your infamous date due to liking Porsches?
I assume you recognize Cox?
Yes, of course.
Not Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, or... dunno.
I thought so. :)
Correct
Correct
Osama Bin Laden
DQ: Real?
IQ: Are you a slob newspaper writer?
IQ2: Did you create factory jobs to save the workforce from extermination?
IQ3: Are you the melancholic Sesame Street resident?
Did any of my Cox DQ answers lead you astray?
No, looks like they were all on the mark.
Hmm. Never heard that about bin Laden and 9/11.
Not Oscar Madison, Oskar Schindler or Oscar the Grouch (although he's more snappish than melancholic, I'd say). Oscar/Oskar x3!
O.
1. real
The OBL thing may be an UL.
IQ: Are you the famed Brotherly Love conductor?
IQ2: Were you the first Olympic gymnast to achieve a perfect 10?
IQ3: Are you the gold medal winning Ukrainian figure skater?
Not Eugene Ormandy, Olga Korbut or Oksana Baiul (sp?).
3 for 3
IQ: Are you the NFL legend who benefited from jury nullification?
IQ2: Were you the murder victim of the player who recently committed suicide?
IQ3: Are you the legendary college hoops coach whose former school was implicated in the current scandal?
Not O.J. Simpson, dunno, and dunno.
Aaron Hernandez murdered Odin Llyod
Lute Olsen coached at Arizona
DQ: Female?
DQ2: Dead?
IQ: Are you the member of the Fearsome Foursome who lived near the Little House on the Prairie?
IQ2: Did you from the the band whose name people say when impersonating a Boston accent?
IQ3: Did you play bass in that band?
Aaron Hernandez murdered Odin Llyod
Lute Olsen coached at Arizona
DQ: Female?
DQ2: Dead?
IQ: Are you the member of the Fearsome Foursome who lived near the Little House on the Prairie?
IQ2: Did you front the the band whose name people say when impersonating a Boston accent?
IQ3: Did you play bass in that band?
Fixed typo
Not Merlin Olsen, dunno and dunno.
O.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
Correct (Very nice! Wasn't sure you knew that)
Ric Ocasek fronted The Cars
Benjamin Orr played bass (and occasionally sang)
DQ: Died After 1900?
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you go from talk show host to cable network founder?
IQ2: Did you star in "Wuthering Heights"?
IQ3: Did you have a controversial song about God?
Not Oprah Winfrey, Sir Laurence Olivier or... dunno.
O.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
4. died before 1900
5. American
Born elsewhere, and unclear whether she was ever naturalized, but a resident of the U.S. and best known for her time here.