IQ: Did you post the highest Batting Average for any player who debuted after WWII?
IQ2: Are you the Frosted Flakes spokesman?
IQ3: Did you get murdered while listening to a a Journey hit?
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IQ: Did you post the highest Batting Average for any player who debuted after WWII?
IQ2: Are you the Frosted Flakes spokesman?
IQ3: Did you get murdered while listening to a a Journey hit?
Not Thurman Munson, Tony the Tiger or (many people think) Tony Soprano.
T.
1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would not be alive now if real
5. created by American
6. from literature
7. created after 1900
8. created before 1950
9. from prose
10. not award-winning that I can see
11. no big-screen adaptation
12. not really from a specific genre, I'd say, but that's debatable
13. taught in school commonly
14. not a child at any time
I will be in rural Connecticut through late Tuesday with an iffy Internet connection, so please bear with me.
Tony Gwynn Sr. (.338)
Correct
Correct
Enjoy your long weekend.
DQ: Creator died after 1950?
Many thanks!
T.
1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would not be alive now if real
5. created by American
6. from literature
7. created after 1900
8. created before 1950
9. from prose
10. not award-winning that I can see
11. no big-screen adaptation
12. not really from a specific genre, I'd say, but that's debatable
13. taught in school commonly
14. not a child at any time
15. creator died after 1950
IQ: Are you the openly gay WI Senator?
IQ2: Are you Melissa Etheridge's ex-wife?
IQ3: Are you the former NBA great nicknamed "The Big Fundamental"?
Not Tammy Evans; dunno x2.
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Etheridge (Michaels)
Tim Duncan
DQ: From East of the Mississippi?
DQ2: From North of the Mason-Dixon?
DQ3: Originally intended audience children?
IQ: Did you play the Mad-Hatter in a music video?
IQ2: Are you the former DNC head who became a governor?
IQ3: Did you run across Canada to raise cancer awareness?
Dunno, not Terry McAuliffe and dunno.
T.
1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would not be alive now if real
5. created by American
6. from literature
7. created after 1900
8. created before 1950
9. from prose
10. not award-winning that I can see
11. no big-screen adaptation
12. not really from a specific genre, I'd say, but that's debatable
13. taught in school commonly
14. not a child at any time
15. creator died after 1950
16. unclear if from east of the Miss., but seems likely
17. unclear if from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, but seems likely
18. not originally intended for children, to say the least
Tom Petty ("Don't Come Around Here No More")
Correct
Terry Fox
DQ: Could it be considered Nightmare Fuel?
DQ2: Main character?
I had intended 16 and 17 to refer to the creator. No matter, I'm coming up empty anyway.
Ah, I always interpret DQs as being about the mystery person unless otherwise specified.
T.
1. fictional
2. female
3. American
4. would not be alive now if real
5. created by American
6. from literature
7. created after 1900
8. created before 1950
9. from prose
10. not award-winning that I can see
11. no big-screen adaptation
12. not really from a specific genre, I'd say, but that's debatable
13. taught in school commonly
14. not a child at any time
15. creator died after 1950
16. unclear if from east of the Miss., but seems likely
17. unclear if from north of the Mason-Dixon Line, but seems likely
18. not originally intended for children, to say the least
19. the story could be considered Nightmare Fuel
20. is a main character
20a. creator originally from west of the Miss.
20b. creator originally from south of the Mason-Dixon Line, if it were extended farther west
Go ahead and ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon Thurs. EST.
18 hrs early, but: UNCLE!
I am the doomed
Tessie Hutchinson
in the chilling 1948 American short story "The Lottery," by Shirley Jackson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery
I read that in middle school! :)
'Twas high school for me. Great story, and it really stuck with me!
Would you like me to do the next letter?
Sure. Take a look at the last post here, then go ahead: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...rs-used-so-far
We are WAY overdue for:
U
Merry Christmas Eve! This can wait until Tuesday definitely.
No prob. I have a little time now.
IQs:
Were you a noted Burmese diplomat?
Were you a hero of Arnhem?
Are you a famous Sports Illustrated swimsuit model?
Not U Thant
DQ
Not Kate Upton (she may be Kate Verlander now)
Correct on both; the second was British soldier Robert Urquhart, who later became a UN diplomat himself.
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you the main character of the British version of House of Cards?
Were you his wife?
Were you the main character of the American version of House of Cards?
Not John Underwood
Not Jane Underwood
Not Frank Underwood
Underwood x3
1.Real
Previous IQs:
Were you the main character of the British version of House of Cards? - Francis Urquhart
Were you his wife? - Elizabeth Urquhart
Were you the main character of the American version of House of Cards? - Yes, Frank Underwood
DQs:
Male?
Living?
IQs:
Did you pretend to want to visit your ailing mother?
Were you a monstrous spider in the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien?
Were you, on the other hand, an extraordinarily beautiful woman in those tales?
Not U.S. GRANT
DQ
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
Previous IQs:
Did you pretend to want to visit your ailing mother? - Not U.S. Grant, but Claire Underwood, also on House of Cards
Were you a monstrous spider in the tales of J.R.R. Tolkien? - Ungoliant
Were you, on the other hand, an extraordinarily beautiful woman in those tales? - Arwen Undomiel
DQs:
American?
Last name start with U?
IQs:
Were you Ygraine's lover?
Did you sing "Scream" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again"?
Did your wife Julia not get along well with the wife of your boss?
DQ
DQ
Not U.S. Grant THIS time (why didn't she like Mary Lincoln?)
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
Previous IQs:
Were you Ygraine's lover? - Uther Pendragon, in the Arthurian legends
Did you sing "Scream" and "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love Again"? - The pop singer Usher
Did your wife Julia not get along well with the wife of your boss? -Yes, U.S. Grant. Mary Todd Lincoln irrationally thought that Mrs. Grant was either flirting with her husband, or hoped to supplant her as a leader of Washington high society.
DQs:
Political/military?
Dead since 1900?
IQs:
Were you a hated member of the Hogwarts faculty?
Did you destroy an entire species in rage after your wife was killed?
Did you write The Name of the Rose?
3 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
Previous IQs:
Were you a hated member of the Hogwarts faculty? - Dolores Umbridge
Did you destroy an entire species in rage after your wife was killed? - Kevin Uxbridge, in an episode of ST:TNG
Did you write The Name of the Rose? - Italian author Umberto Eco
DQs:
Best known for the Arts?
Died after 1950?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your dog named Argos?
Was your catchphrase, "Did I do that?"
Were you a young but talented U.S. Army general during the Civil War?
Not Underdog
Not Steve Uriel
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
Not Underdog
Not Steve Urkel
DQ
Weird typo
Previous IQs:
Was your dog named Argos? - Not Underdog, but Ulysses, in the Greek myths
Was your catchphrase, "Did I do that?" - Yes, Steve Urkel
Were you a young but talented U.S. Army general during the Civil War? - Emory Upton
DQs:
Best known for science/technology?
Won a top award in your field?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Was your death an important reference point in the Old Testament?
Were you an 18th C. Italian monarch?
Did David Letterman mention you repeatedly - and unfunnily - when hosting the Oscars?
DQ
Not Umberto (I remember him being a "U" on the Dope)
Not Uma Thurman (wonder if she HAD met Oprah before)
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
Previous IQs:
Was your death an important reference point in the Old Testament? - "In the year King Uzziah died...."
Were you an 18th C. Italian monarch? - Yes, Umberto (I think maybe there were several)
Did David Letterman mention you repeatedly - and unfunnily - when hosting the Oscars? - Yes, Uma Thurman
DQ:
Athlete?
IQs:
Are you a noted black actress of the Seventies?
Frodo Baggins used what fake name to escape the notice of the spies of Mordor?
Is your company best known for its deviled ham?
3 DQs
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
Previous IQs:
Are you a noted black actress of the Seventies? - Leslie Uggams
Frodo Baggins used what fake name to escape the notice of the spies of Mordor? - Mr. Underhill, on his way from Hobbiton to Bree
Is your company best known for its deviled ham? - Underwood
DQs:
Completed in Olympics?
Black?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Are you a superfast runner?
Are you a widely-hated European-born film director?
Were you the protagonist of the Kate Atkinson novel Life After Life?
Not Usain Bolt
Not Uwe Boll (people HATE him?! I thought he was merely a hack?)
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.Not African-American
Correct on both (yes, some people really seem to loathe Boll); the last is Ursula Todd. Good book, BTW.
DQs:
Associated with NYC?
Considered handsome?
Best known for a single event or incident?
IQs:
Were you the villain in Disney's The Little Mermaid?
Were you the Bond Girl in Dr. No?
Did you write about terrible conditions in Chicago's meat-packing plants?
Not Ursula
Not Ursula Andress
Not Upton Sinclair
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.NOT African-American
15.Secondarily associated with NYC
16.Considered okay looking, YMMV
17.NOT known for single event
Three for three.
IQs:
Was your "gold" the subject of a movie?
Were you a medieval Pope?
Were you a fictional character who gave his name to a rock band?
Not Ullee
Not Urban (1 of several)
DQ
You can probably credit "The Jungle" for the creation of the FDA and clean food legislation.
Previous IQs:
Was your "gold" the subject of a movie? - Yes, the title character of Ulee's Gold, referring to the honey he gathered
Were you a medieval Pope? - Yes, any of the Urbans
Were you a fictional character who gave his name to a rock band? - Uriah Heep
DQ:
Greatest fame after 1964?
IQs:
Were you credited with making the 1984 LA Olympics such a big success?
Were you one of Saddam Hussein's dangerous sons?
Were you a very early English king mentioned in passing in a Sherlock Holmes story?
Not Peter Uberroth
Not Uday Hussein
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.NOT African-American
15.Secondarily associated with NYC
16.Considered okay looking, YMMV
17.NOT known for single event
18.Greatest fame AFTER 1964
Previous IQs:
Were you credited with making the 1984 LA Olympics such a big success? - Yes, Peter Ueberroth
Were you one of Saddam Hussein's dangerous sons? - Yes, Uday Hussein
Were you a very early English king mentioned in passing in a Sherlock Holmes story? - King Uffa
DQ:
Greatest fame after 2000?
IQs:
Were you the star of the TV show Jericho?
Did you play a SWAT officer early in your career?
2 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Last name "U"
6.Not political/military in any way
7.Died AFTER 1900
8.NOT in Arts
9.Died AFTER 1950
10.NOT involved in science/technology
11.Won a top trophy in his field (reworded it for most accurate answer)
12.Competitor (what he did didn't really require athleticism)
13.NOT an Olympian (his "event" isn't an Olympic sport (yet))
14.NOT African-American
15.Secondarily associated with NYC
16.Considered okay looking, YMMV
17.NOT known for single event
18.Greatest fame AFTER 1964
19.Gratest fame BEFORE 2000
I'll happily go past 20
Previous IQs:
Were you the star of the TV show Jericho? - Skeet Ulrich
Did you play a SWAT officer early in your career? - Robert Urich, on the original TV cop show SWAT
Lemme think about this guy. Right now I'm drawing a blank.
But Happy New Year, just the same!
Happy New Year!
To you, too!
IQ:
Are you a famous race-car driver?
I'm none of the Unsers
Al
Al, Jr
Bobby
Then you got me. I give up.
Stu Ungar, the 3-time WSOP Main Event champion (died of cardiac arrest due to drug abuse shortly after his final win)
Hmm. Don't know him.
Start the next round if you like
Thanks! Looks like we're overdue for
X
As in previous rounds, you may ask about people or characters with an "X" middle name.
IQ: Are you the Chris Rock character who bitterly lamented February being Black History Month?
IQ2: Are you the Persian king?
IQ3: Are you the former Chinese leader?
Probably going to be a short round. Not Nat X (I love that guy - and his awesome 'fro! - always going on and on about "The Man"), Xerxes or Deng Xiaoping.
IQ: Were you a college football coach at Tennessee during WWII?
IQ2: Were you MA AG in the 80s?
Dunno; not Francis X. Morrissey.
Dana X. Bible
Frank X. Belotti
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
X.
1. real
2. male
I have no idea what's going on, but this is about the only thread with activity, so I'm just popping in to say hi. Got redirected here from the Giraffe Boards.
Hi! :wave:
IQ: Are you the famed madam?
IQ2: Did you lead the country in points and rebounds?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of a Catholic HS in Westwood MA?
Not Xaviera Hollander, not Michael X. Jordan, and not Pius X.
Correct
Xavier McDaniel
St. Xavier (Xavierian Brothers HS)
DQ: American?
DQ2: Dead?
X.
1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive
IQ: Are you the Red Sox SS?
IQ2: Are you the Padre OF?
Take two.
Xander Bogaerts
Xavier Nady
DQ: Born after 1975?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
IQ: Were you the governor on "Benson"?
Found this while reading an unrelated Wikipedia article.
Dunno the Benson governor.
X.
1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive
5. born before 1975
6. not in the Arts, however defined
Eugene X. Gatling
DQ: Born after 1950?
IQ: Were you the Civil Rights era figure who advocated a more aggressive resistance than MLK?
Not Malcolm X.
X.
1. real
2. male
3. American
4. alive
5. born before 1975
6. not in the Arts, however defined
7. born before 1950
IQ: Are you a noted Ancient Greek writer?
Not... Xenophon?
Yup. I'm unsurprisingly running out of "X"s
I always think of Xenophon as a cavalry leader. Didn't know he was a writer, too.
He probably was. I'm crying "Uncle"!
So soon? OK, I am
Paul X. Kelley
The top U.S. Marine Corps general in the Reagan years and, from all I've read, an outstanding warrior and patriot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_X._Kelley
Too obscure?
Yeah, but no more obscure than Peanut. ;)
Heh. Want to start the next round?
Your letter is
S
IQs:
Was your dad called "the Gaffer"?
Did your dad threaten to kill you in a "hunting accident" unless you left home and made room for your (more loved by your dad) younger brother?
Did Robert Lawson depict you in a kids' book as a mooch and a rabble-rouser?
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Was your dad called "the Gaffer"? - Samwise Gamgee in LOTR
Did your dad threaten to kill you in a "hunting accident" unless you left home and made room for your (more loved by your dad) younger brother? - Samwell Tarly in GOT
Did Robert Lawson depict you in a kids' book as a mooch and a rabble-rouser? - Sam Adams in Mr. Revere and I
Sam x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
American?
IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Were you his second?
Were you his only SECSTATE?
Not Edwin Stanton
Not Salmon Chase
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
Previous IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron
Were you his second? - This was Edwin Stanton
Were you his only SECSTATE? - William Seward
Although you had Stanton in the wrong slot, I'll give it to you.
DQs:
Would be alive today, if real?
Last name start with S?
IQs:
Are you Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-wife, a notable singer?
Did Clint Eastwood direct a movie about something you did in 2009?
Were you the longtime featured piano act at the Carlyle in NYC?
Thanks for the Stanton leeway. TOTALLY should have known Seward!
3 DQs
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name.
Did you mean to say that his family name was not revealed?
Previous IQs:
Are you Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber's ex-wife, a notable singer? - Sarah Brightman
Did Clint Eastwood direct a movie about something you did in 2009? - Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Were you the longtime featured piano act at the Carlyle in NYC? - Bobby Short
DQs:
Good guy?
First appeared since 1964?
First appeared in print?
IQs:
Were you a noted newspaper editor who also went by a nickname?
Did your friends call you "Cump"?
An actor, does your best-known character have the middle name Tiberius?
DQ
DQ
Not William Shatner
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name.
And the Sully movie is a movie I want to see! :(
It's pretty good. I saw it a few weeks ago. Tom Hanks turns in his usually-solid performance; I've read that the movie is unfair to the NTSB and its investigation, though.
Previous IQs:
Were you a noted newspaper editor who also went by a nickname? - James "Scotty" Reston of the NYT
Did your friends call you "Cump"? - Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
An actor, does your best-known character have the middle name Tiberius? - Yes, William Shatner AKA Capt. James T. Kirk
DQs:
First appeared in a movie?
In genre fiction (mystery, sf, fantasy, etc.)?
IQs:
Did you try to cover up a tryst by saying you'd been hiking the Appalachian Trail?
Were you the protagonist's love interest in All the King's Men?
Were you #2's brother, a doctor?
Not John Scott (SC governor)
DQ
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
9.From a movie
10.But NOT a genre movie
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name
OK, thanks.
Previous IQs:
Did you try to cover up a tryst by saying you'd been hiking the Appalachian Trail? - Yes, the South Carolina governor, but his name was Sanford.
Were you the protagonist's love interest in All the King's Men? - Anne Stanton
Were you #2's brother, a doctor? - Adam Stanton
DQs:
White?
Romantic movie?
Appeared in more than one movie?
IQs:
Were you a teenage witch?
Were you once known as Annatar?
Did some call you Curunir?
Not Sabrina
DQ
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
9.From a movie
10.But NOT a genre movie
11.White
12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
13.Only 1 movie
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name
Previous IQs:
Were you a teenage witch? - Yes, Sabrina
Were you once known as Annatar? - Sauron, in LOTR
Did some call you Curunir? - Saruman, ditto
DQs:
Movie appeared since 2000?
Actor win an Oscar for playing the role?
IQs:
Do many people think you did what John Rolfe actually did?
Did you play Prince Philip on The Crown?
Were you one of Charlie's original Angels?
3 DQs
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
9.From a movie
10.But NOT a genre movie
11.White
12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
13.Only 1 movie
14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name
Previous IQs:
Do many people think you did what John Rolfe actually did? - John Smith didn't marry Pocahontas; Rolfe did
Did you play Prince Philip on The Crown? - Matt Smith
Were you one of Charlie's original Angels? - Jaclyn Smith
Smith x3!
DQs:
Comedy?
Movie released before 1985?
Movie takes place in the U.S.?
IQs:
Were you grumpy in early 1961 when a movie costar of yours was very distracted and often absent from the set?
Were you that costar?
Were you that costar's also-famous daughter?
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN 1 and 3!
Not Spencer Tracy
DQ
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be living, if real (informed speculation)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
9.From a movie
10.But NOT a genre movie
11.White
12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
13.Only 1 movie
14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination
16.Comedy
17.Movie released IN 1985
18.Set in the US
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name
As always, totally willing to go beyond 20
I ironically just read an article about the actor and the movie.
Thanks, but 20 DQs is as good a stopping point as any.
Previous IQs:
Were you grumpy in early 1961 when a movie costar of yours was very distracted and often absent from the set? - Yes, Spencer Tracy - very good!
Were you that costar? - Frank Sinatra, who was busy organizing the entertainment for JFK's inaugural ball
Were you that costar's also-famous daughter? - Nancy Sinatra
DQs:
Movie released before July 1, 1985?
Movie targeted at teenagers?
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.American
4.Would be dead if real (actor is dead)
5.Nickname "S"
6.Good guy (not the "hero" per se)
7.First appeared AFTER 1964
8.Did not first appear in print
9.From a movie
10.But NOT a genre movie
11.White
12.Not a love story (movie had romantic elements)
13.Only 1 movie
14.Movie released BEFORE 2000
15.Role DID NOT garner Oscar nomination
16.Comedy
17.Movie released IN 1985
18.Set in the US
19.Aimed at teens/tweens
20.Released BEFORE 7/1/85 (Thank you IMDb)
Checked Wikipedia, the family name was revealed, "S" was not a given name
How about 11:30 PM Monday night for your guess (about 23 hours)
Tracy was a VERY LUCKY GUESS! :D
Hmm. Can't figure out who this is. I give up.
Sorry to leave you hanging. The mystery man is:
SLOTH from "Goonies".
Ah! Never saw it. Want to start the next round, or shall I?
It's a kid classic! "Goonies never say die!" :)
Your letter is:
G
Right, then.
IQs:
Was your middle name Ewart?
Did you once take out your penis and thump it on the bar to get the bartender's attention?
Did you write, as a young man, that you found the whistle of nearby bullets "charming"?
3 DQs (that 2nd one is BIZARRE!)
Previous IQs:
Was your middle name Ewart? - William Gladstone, British PM
Did you once take out your penis and thump it on the bar to get the bartender's attention? - Graham Chapman of Monty Python fame, after being kept waiting (he thought) too long
Did you write, as a young man, that you found the whistle of nearby bullets "charming"? - George Washington, of his French and Indian War experiences
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Does a statue of you stand in Times Square?
Were you married to Weezie and have a son named Lionel?
Did you say, in a press conference, that you saved your feelings for your wife?
DQ
Not George Jefferson ("moving on up, to the East Side...")
Not George HW Bush
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
Previous IQs:
Does a statue of you stand in Times Square? - George M. Cohan
Were you married to Weezie and have a son named Lionel? - Yes, George Jefferson
Did you say, in a press conference, that you saved your feelings for your wife? - Not GHWB, but George C. Marshall, when asked by a reporter how he "felt" about a pending bill in Congress
George x3!
DQs:
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you meet another famous person and hit it off, but neither of you recognized the other?
Were you Chuck Yeager's sweetheart at an important time?
Did you once have to put on someone else's damp wig?
3 DQS
I should have made a Plan to guess George Marshall. ;)
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real (given when she was originally created)
Previous IQs:
Did you meet another famous person and hit it off, but neither of you recognized the other? - American actress Ava Gardner and British author J.R.R. Tolkien, when she visited Oxford U. in the early 1960s
Were you Chuck Yeager's sweetheart at an important time? - Glynnis, after whom he named the airplane in which he broke the sound barrier
Did you once have to put on someone else's damp wig? - Glenn Close, early in her Broadway career, as an understudy when she went on in Act 2 for the star who had just been fired
DQs:
First appeared in literature?
First appeared since 1900?
Considered a beauty?
IQs:
Were you known as "Pap" and "Old Slow Trot," among other nicknames?
Were you Lincoln's foe in the November 1864 election?
Did you extensively study the cultivation and utilization of peanuts?
DQ
Not George McLelland
Not George Washington Carver
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute" (best uncreepy answer)
Previous IQs:
Were you known as "Pap" and "Old Slow Trot," among other nicknames? - Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas of Civil War fame
Were you Lincoln's foe in the November 1864 election? - Yes, George McClellan (no final "d")
Did you extensively study the cultivation and utilization of peanuts? - Yes, George Washington Carver
George x3 redux!
DQ:
A juvenile?
IQs:
A musician, were you injured in a bus crash while on tour?
Was Edith your mom and Michael your husband?
Were you a Seventies disco queen with a six-letter last name?
Not Gloria Estefan ("Coming out of the Light" her comeback song)
Not Gloria Bunker Stivic
Not Gloria Gaynor, who no longer survives I believe
Gloria X3!
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute"
9.Juvenile
I was wrong, Gloria Gaynor is alive.
Yes, Gloria x3. Well done.
IQs:
Were you a notorious interstellar prostitute?
Were you one of several failed British generals during the American Revolution?
Did Sherlock Holmes keep a portrait of you in his rooms?
DQ
Not General Gage
DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you a notorious interstellar prostitute? - Eccentrica Gallumbits, a triple-breasted alien in Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series
Were you one of several failed British generals during the American Revolution? - Yes, Gen. Gage
Did Sherlock Holmes keep a portrait of you in his rooms? - Gen. George "Chinese" Gordon
DQs:
Appeared in a work written for children?
Associated with NYC?
IQs:
Did Conan O'Brien visit your apartment on-camera last fall?
Did a later writer say that your name was mispronounced in the best-known work about you?
Were you a recent Director of the CIA?
DQ
DQ
Not Robert Gates
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute"
9.Juvenile
10.Appewred in work aimed at children
11.NOT associated w/NYC
Previous IQs:
Did Conan O'Brien visit your apartment on-camera last fall? - Israeli actress and Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot (she didn't let him in)
Did a later writer say that your name was mispronounced in the best-known work about you? - In the novel Wicked, a Wizard of Oz prequel, it's stated that the Good Witch's name was actually Galinda, not Glinda
Were you a recent Director of the CIA? - I'll rephrase
DQs:
Associated with frontier life?
Still living with parents at time of story?
IQs:
You are not Robert Gates. Were you a recent Director of the CIA?
Were you a pitchman for Powdermilk Biscuits?
Did you notoriously call the U.S. Constitution "a covenant with Hell"?
DQ
DQ
Not Gouvernor Morris
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute"
9.Juvenile
10.Appeared in work aimed at children
11.NOT associated w/NYC
12.Associated with non-urban setting (I wouldn't call it "frontier")
13.Does NOT live with her parents during the story
Previous IQs:
You are not Robert Gates. Were you a recent Director of the CIA? - Porter Goss
Were you a pitchman for Powdermilk Biscuits? - Garrison Keillor, on A Prairie Home Companion
Did you notoriously call the U.S. Constitution "a covenant with Hell"? - Not Gouverneur Morris, but firebrand abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison
DQs:
Is an orphan?
In a serious or light-hearted work of fiction?
One DQ reserved
IQs:
Just in time, did you rush Federal reinforcements up Little Round Top?
Are you one of humorist David Sedaris's sisters?
Did you have a lung removed in your house?
Not George Pickett (Pickett's Charge)
DQ
Not US Grant (?)
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute"
9.Juvenile
10.Appeared in work aimed at children
11.NOT associated w/NYC
12.Associated with non-urban setting (I wouldn't call it "frontier")
13.Does NOT live with her parents during the story
14.NOT an orphan
15.Generally lighthearted, but had heavy elements
Previous IQs:
Just in time, did you rush Federal reinforcements up Little Round Top? - Not Pickett, who was a Confederate general, but Gouverneur Warren, a U.S. general
Are you one of humorist David Sedaris's sisters? - Gretchen Sedaris
Did you have a lung removed in your house? - Not Grant (he had throat cancer, not lung cancer, IIRC), but King George VI, at Buckingham Palace
DQs:
Is the main character of the story?
From comics?
Character ever appear in a movie?
IQs:
Did your character die in a book but live on in a sequel to the movie based on that book?
Did you star in Shakes the Clown?
Did you often play colorful sidekicks in cowboy movies?
3 DQS
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.Last name begins "G"
4.American
5.Would be dead if real
6.First appeared IN 1900 (thanks Wikipedia)
7.Originally from literature
8.Considered "cute"
9.Juvenile
10.Appeared in work aimed at children
11.NOT associated w/NYC
12.Associated with non-urban setting (I wouldn't call it "frontier")
13.Does NOT live with her parents during the story
14.NOT an orphan
15.Generally lighthearted, but had heavy elements
16.Main character
17.NOT from comics
18.WAS in movie (several versions, 1 best known)
Previous IQs:
Did your character die in a book but live on in a sequel to the movie based on that book? - Jeff Goldblum's scientist character in Jurassic Park
Did you star in Shakes the Clown? - Bobcat Goldthwait
Did you often play colorful sidekicks in cowboy movies? - Gabby Hayes
Hmm. I think I may have it.
IQ:
Did you take your dog to a distant place and inadvertently kill two witches?
YES! You DO have it! I am indeed:
Dorothy Gale from "The Wizard of Oz".
Excellent! Thanks. Our next letter is
C
IQ: Were you the alleged beneficiary of a "corrupt bargain"?
IQ2: Did you sing a Grammy-winning duet with Jason Mraz?
IQ3: Are you the ESPN football analyst famous for your nicknames and catchphrases?
Not Henry Clay, Chris Cornell (?), dunno.
Correct of course
Colbie Callait ("Lucky")
Chris Berman
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you the former NFL receiver who overcame alcoholism to put together a HOF career?
IQ2: Are you the former NFL receiver who famously mistranslated Spanish?
IQ3: Are you former Bengals RB who won a SB with the Patriots?
Dunno x3.
C.
1. real
2. male
Cris Carter
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson (he wore 85, of course)
Corey Dillon
DQ: Living?
DQ2: American?
DQ reserved
IQ: Did you go from NJ governor to national punchline?
IQ2: Did you go from NJ governor to "W"'s EPA?
IQ3: Did you resign the Vice Presidency to become a Senator?
Not Chris "Beach Chair" Christie, Christie Todd Whitman or John C. Calhoun.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the supermodel who helps celebrities lip sync their favorite songs?
IQ2: I'd you win a talent competition and go on to judge a blatant ripoff of it?
IQ: Were you considered the power behind the throne during the '00s?
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the supermodel who helps celebrities lip sync their favorite songs?
IQ2: Did you win a talent competition and go on to judge a blatant ripoff of it?
IQ: Were you considered the power behind the throne during the '00s?
Fixed typo
Dunno, dunno and not Dick Cheney.
Chrissy Teigen co-hosts "Lip Sync Battle"
Kelly Clarkson won "American Idol", will now be a judge on "The Voice"
Correct of course
DQ: In Arts, broadly defined?
DQ: Born after 1900?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you the former government official, and noted football fan, who serves on the CFB playoff committee?
IQ2: Are you the tennis great who went on a magical U.S. Open run in the twilight of your career?
IQ3: Did you play the character who told the pizza delivery guy to,"keep the change you filthy animal."
Not Condoleeza Rice, Chrissy Evert and... dunno.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
Correct of course
Jimmy Connors (went to the semis in '91)
Macauly Culkin ("Home Alone")
DQ: Born after 1950?
DQ2: Athlete?
DQ3: Born East of the Mississippi?
IQ: Are you the tennis great who won a Grand Slam every year for about 12 straight years?
IQ2: Are you the MMA fighter who briefly transitioned to boxing?
IQ3: Are you the greatest Chinese figure skater?
Looked it up, was 13 straight years.
Not Jimmy Connors; dunno x2.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
Chris Evert ('75-'88)
Connor McGregor (lost to Mayweather)
Lu Chen
DQ: Died before 2000?
DQ2: Born West of the Continental Divide?
DQ3: Military/Political figure?
DQ4: Born South of the Missouri River?
IQ: Did you star in a movie spoofing Hitler, before fully realizing what a monster he was?
IQ2: Were you the Giants QB who ran into the buzzsaw that was the Ravens defense in the SB?
IQ3: Did you cost your team the chance at a national championship by calling a timeout you didn't have?
Not Charlie Chaplin, dunno and dunno.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. died before 2000
11. born east of the Continental Divide
12. military/political figure, of a sort
13. born south of the Missouri River
Correct (he said he couldn't have made "The Dictator" if he knew the extent of Nazi evil)
Kerry Collins
Chris Webber
DQ: Appointed official?
DQ2: Died of natural causes?
IQ: Were you the fullback in the "Pony Express" backfield?
IQ2: Are you the "Whose Line is it Anyway" cast member who is notoriously bad at both impressions and the game "If you know what I mean"?
IQ3: Did you go from a MTV game show to SNL?
Dunno, not Colin Mochrie (love him!) and dunno.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. died before 2000
11. born east of the Continental Divide
12. military/political figure, of a sort
13. born south of the Missouri River
14. not an appointed official
15. died of natural causes
Craig James
Correct (I love him too! He's HILARIOUSLY terrible at "If you know what I mean")
Colin Quinn (he was on "Remote Control")
DQ: Gained his power legitimately?
DQ2: From territory won in Mexican War?
IQ: Did your wife, perhaps apocryphally, tell White House staff,"Take care of everything, we'll be back in 4 years."?
IQ2: Did you leave a high job in one branch of the federal government to seek the highest job in another branch, only to eventually hold the highest job in the branch you intially left?
IQ3: Were you the character in a James Cameron movie played by his then-wife?
Not Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Charles Evans Hughes or Sarah Connor.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. died before 2000
11. born east of the Continental Divide
12. military/political figure, of a sort
13. born south of the Missouri River
14. not an appointed official
15. died of natural causes
16. had no power
17. from territory won in the Mexican War
Was going for Grover himself (I'll give you credit)
Correct (worried the convoluted phrasing would throw you)
Correct
IQ: Were you the 1st First Child born in your father's presence?
IQ2: Are you the most recent Presidential candidate to win the popular vote but lose the Electoral College?
IQ3: Were you the 1st Boomer POTUS?
I'm not... Amy Carter? Not Hillary or Bill Clinton.
That's their daughter, Chelsea (I had wondered about this once, I thought it was Amy too)
DQ: Informal POTUS advisor?
IQ: Are you the 90's TV dad later revealed to be a child predator?
IQ2: Are you the would-be HOF pitcher who lied to Congress?
IQ3: Are you the dominant Dodger pitcher?
Not Stephen Collins (also appeared in ST:TMP), dunno and dunno.
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. died before 2000
11. born east of the Continental Divide
12. military/political figure, of a sort
13. born south of the Missouri River
14. not an appointed official
15. died of natural causes
16. had no power
17. from territory won in the Mexican War
18. not an informal POTUS advisor
Correct
Roger Clemens
Clayton Kershaw
DQ: Infamous rather than famous?
DQ2: Associated with a scandal?
IQ: Did you have your first kiss while mourning your brother being KIA in Vietnam?
IQ2: Are you the singer who took your stage name from the group you originally fronted?
IQ3: Are you the scientist whose backstory is being told in a prequel series to the popular show you're the breakout character on?
C.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. not in the Arts, however defined
6. born after 1900
7. born after 1950
8. not an athlete
9. born west of the Mississippi
10. died before 2000
11. born east of the Continental Divide
12. military/political figure, of a sort
13. born south of the Missouri River
14. not an appointed official
15. died of natural causes
16. had no power
17. from territory won in the Mexican War
18. not an informal POTUS advisor
19. not infamous rather than famous
20. associated with a quasi-scandal
That's 20, so I decline to answer another three IQs. Please ask me your final specific-name question by, say, noon EST Tuesday.
I noticed I hit 20 too late.
FTR:
Winnie Cooper
Alice Cooper
Sheldon Cooper
CooperX3
Would you have known those?
Only the third, I think.
OK, time's up, and I am (woof)
Checkers
The Nixon family's dog, and subject of the then-VP nominee's famous 1952 televised speech:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers_speech
http://presidentialpetmuseum.com/wp-...ogCheckers.jpg
Very nice! Never determined whether it was human. :)
Next letter?
:: wags tail ::
OK, thanks - let's go with
D
IQ: Did you play an M&M in a SB commercial?
IQ2: Were you "getting too old for this shit"?
IQ3: Did you play the son on "Who's the Boss"?
Dunno x3