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Danny Devito
Danny Glover (you knew this last time!)
Danny Pintauro
DannyX3
DQ:Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: Living?
IQ: Were you the First Lady who became the focus of the DC social scene for years?
IQ2: Are you the college hoops analyst who played at OK ST?
IQ3: Did you go from army nurse to prime time soap SAHM?
Ah, I didn't make the Danny Glover connection. Neuron misfire.
Not Dolley Madison, dunno and not Dana Delaney.
D.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
Doug Gottlieb
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you hit a key HR for the 1986 Red Sox during the ALCS?
IQ2: Were you a teammate of #1 who played in 3 straight WS at the end of your career?
IQ3: Did you give up a famous WS HR to Kirk Gibson?
Dunno x3
D.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
4. American
Dave Henderson
Don Baylor (86-88)
Dennis Eckersley
They were all on the 88 A's
DQ: Born After 1900?
DQ2: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ3: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQ: Are you beloved British royal who died in a car wreck evading paparazzi?
IQ2: Are you a famous primatologist?
IQ3: Were you the horny "Night Court" DA?
Not Princess Diana, dunno, and not Dan Whatsisname (John LaRouquette).
D.
1. real
2. female
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. born west of the Miss.
7. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line, if it were extended
Correct
Dian Fossey (so?)
Yup, Dan Fielding
DQ: Died before 2000?
IQ: Did you die on the final lap of the Daytona 500?
IQ2: Are you #1's son?
IQ3: Are you a "Top Chef" cheftestant whose "TV wife" was reduced to tears shortly before being told to "pack her knives and go"?
Ding ding ding. You got it! I am indeed
Dian Fossey
The great primatologist and conservationist, villainously slain before her time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Fossey
Well done, eric!
BTW, the next batch were:
Dale Earnhardt Sr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Levitski
DaleX3! Later coming up soon
I am
B
IQs:
Did someone scratch something on your green front door?
Was your traveling companion's father called "the Gaffer"?
Did your father tell your younger brother, not in so many words, that he loved you more?
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Did someone scratch something on your green front door? - Gandalf scratched his initial on Bilbo Baggins's door to let Thorin & Co. know that was to be their meeting place
Was your traveling companion's father called "the Gaffer"? - Frodo Baggins's friend Samwise's father had that nickname
Did your father tell your younger brother, not in so many words, that he loved you more? - Boromir's father told Faramir that, after Boromir's death
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with B?
IQs:
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself to win an election?
Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas?
Were you born in London but spent some time as a child in Cleveland?
DQ
Not Bob Dole
DQ, but this is gonna ROYALLY piss me off!
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
Previous IQs:
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself to win an election? - The title character in the Tim Robbins political satire Bob Roberts
Are you the best-known person from Russell, Kansas? - Yes, Bob Dole
Were you born in London but spent some time as a child in Cleveland? - Bob Hope
Bob x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Have you played a prosecutor, a music impresario and a computer expert?
Have you played a gangster, a party boss and a detective?
Did you say, "Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything"?
3 DQs! I KNEW I should have known the Cleveland guy!
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
Previous IQs:
Have you played a prosecutor, a music impresario and a computer expert? - Bob Balaban, in Absence of Malice, A Mighty Wind and 2010: The Year We Make Contact
Have you played a gangster, a party boss and a detective? - Bob Hoskins, in The Long Good Friday, Enemy at the Gates and Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Did you say, "Just because you like my stuff doesn't mean I owe you anything"? - Bob Dylan
Bob x3 redux!
DQs:
Died since 1964?
Best known for politics/military?
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Did you have to be asked not to make "pew pew" noises for your laser gun while filming Flash Gordon?
Were you born just down the street from Jesus?
Were you a legendary Irish king?
DQ
DQ
Not Beowulf (?)
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
IQs:
Did you have to be asked not to make "pew pew" noises for your laser gun while filming Flash Gordon? - Brian Blessed
Were you born just down the street from Jesus? - Brian called Brian in The Life of Brian
Were you a legendary Irish king? - Beowulf was Scandinavian; Brian Boru was the Irish king
Brian x3!
DQs:
Best known for the Arts?
Greatest fame before 1964?
Born east of the Miss. River?
IQs:
Did your daughter scandalously marry Mr. Wickham?
Did you marry Mr. Darcy?
Were you said to be the most beautiful of your siblings?
3 more DQs
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
9.Best known from the Arts
10.Greatest fame BEFORE 1964
11.Born EAST of the Mississippi (got interesting surprise when I looked this up)
Previous IQs:
Did your daughter scandalously marry Mr. Wickham? - Mr. Bennet in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice (no first name ever given)
Did you marry Mr. Darcy? - Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet, in the same book and many movies since
Were you said to be the most beautiful of your siblings? - Jane Bennet, ditto
Bennet x3!
DQs:
Best known for the visual arts (acting, painting, photography, sculpture, etc.)?
Won a top award in his field?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
A fictional character, did you share a Nobel Prize in Economics with a person of Japanese extraction?
Were you the spouse of that fictional character?
Were you their youngest daughter?
3 DQS
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
9.Best known from the Arts
10.Greatest fame BEFORE 1964
11.Born EAST of the Mississippi (got interesting surprise when I looked this up)
12.Actor
3.No top award
Previous IQs:
A fictional character, did you share a Nobel Prize in Economics with a person of Japanese extraction? - President Josiah Bartlet on The West Wing
Were you the spouse of that fictional character? - Dr. Abigail Bartlet
Were you their youngest daughter? - Zoe Bartlet
DQs:
Best known for TV?
Considered handsome?
Best known for a single role?
IQs:
Did your lover's dog bite you when you jumped on the bed too aggressively?
Were you a key character on Desperate Housewives?
Were you a key character in Inherit the Wind?
DQ
DQ
Not William Jennngs Bryan
]1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
9.Best known from the Arts
10.Greatest fame BEFORE 1964
11.Born EAST of the Mississippi (got interesting surprise when I looked this up)
12.Actor
13.No top award
14.NOT from TV
15.NOT noted as handsome (or ugly For that matter)
16.DID have signature role
Previous IQs:
Did your lover's dog bite you when you jumped on the bed too aggressively? - Napoleon Bonaparte
Were you a key character on Desperate Housewives? - Bree
Were you a key character in Inherit the Wind? - Bryan appears nowhere in the play, but a character based on him, Matthew Harrison Brady, does
DQs:
Best known for genre films (Westerns, sf, mysteries, etc.)?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did you make a career playing grizzled, often funny, Western sidekicks?
Did you play a motorcycle tough, a New Orleans bully, a Royal Navy officer and a gangster?
Are you the current British Foreign Secretary?
Not Walter Brennan
Not Marlon Brando
DQ
And I'm more confident in Brando than Brennan
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
9.Best known from the Arts
10.Greatest fame BEFORE 1964
11.Born EAST of the Mississippi (got interesting surprise when I looked this up)
12.Actor
13.No top award
14.NOT from TV
15.NOT noted as handsome (or ugly for that matter)
16.DID have signature role
17.Signature role in genre film
Previous IQs:
Did you make a career playing grizzled, often funny, Western sidekicks? - I was thinking of Wallace Beery, but yeah, Brennan fits, too
Did you play a motorcycle tough, a New Orleans bully, a Royal Navy officer and a gangster? - Yes, Marlon Brando (thought I had you there!) in The Wild One, A Streetcar Named Desire, Mutiny on the Bounty and The Godfather, naturally
Are you the current British Foreign Secretary? - Boris Johnson
DQs:
Signature role in a Western?
Lead actor in the movie he's best known for?
Greatest fame before 1944?
1.Real
2.Male
3.Last name begins "B"
4.American
5.Dead
6.Died AFTER 1964
7.NOT associated with Politics/Military
8.NOT associated with a singular event
9.Best known from the Arts
10.Greatest fame BEFORE 1964
11.Born EAST of the Mississippi (got interesting surprise when I looked this up)
12.Actor
13.No top award
14.NOT from TV
15.NOT noted as handsome (or ugly for that matter)
16.DID have signature role
17.Signature role in genre film
18.Signature role NOT a Western
19.NOT the main character in his signature role
20.Greatest fame BEFORE 1944
How about 11:30 PM Monday night (it's 1:30 AM as I type)
Give you a hint related to 11: he's buried in Dorchester MA. (I'm from Randolph MA)
No, you got me. I give up.
Okay, our mystery man is:
RAY BOLGER, best known as the Scarecrow in the "Wizard of Oz". New letter as soon as I think of one
Ah, good one! Not even remotely on my mind by the end.
Your letter is:
E
IQs:
Did you marry the former Wallis Simpson?
Were you cheered in Breaker Morant at lights out?
Did you marry Bella Swan?
Not Edward VIII
DQ
Not Edward Cullen (ANY fantasy relationship I've been in is STILL a better love story than "Twilight"!)
Previous IQs:
Did you marry the former Wallis Simpson? - Yes, Edward VIII
Were you cheered in Breaker Morant at lights out? - Edward VII, when the British troops give three cheers for their king
Did you marry Bella Swan? - Yes, Edward Cullen
Edward x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you say, "I do not seek windows into men's souls"?
Born in 1926, did you and your mother both have the same first name?
Were you the monarch of Manticore in the Honor Harrington novels?
3 DQS
1)Real
Previous IQs:
Did you say, "I do not seek windows into men's souls"? - Elizabeth I
Born in 1926, did you and your mother both have the same first name? - Elizabeth II
Were you the monarch of Manticore in the Honor Harrington novels? - Elizabeth III
Elizabeth x3!
DQs:
Male?
Living?
Last name start with E?
IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first Attorney General?
Were you his second Secretary of War?
Did a villain tempt you with Turkish Delight?
Not Edwin Stanton
Still Not Edwin Stanton (IOW DQ)
DQ
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
Previous IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first Attorney General? - Edward Bates
Were you his second Secretary of War? - THIS was Edwin Stanton
Did a villain tempt you with Turkish Delight? - Edmund, in C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
DQs:
American?
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Although not at all best known for it, did you also do several Civil War-themed works?
Did you write Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Have you played a European police officer, a Scout leader, a tattooed criminal and a scientist?
3 more DQS
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arrs in any way
You mean "Arts," I'm sure....
Previous IQs:
Although not at all best known for it, did you also do several Civil War-themed works? - The American painter Edward Hopper: http://obab.blogspot.com/2016/11/daw...by-edward.html
Did you write Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Edward Albee
Have you played a European police officer, a Scout leader, a tattooed criminal and a scientist? - Edward Norton, in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Moonrise Kingdom, American History X and The Hulk
Edward x3!
DQs:
Born since 1964?
Considered a beauty?
Best known for a single incident?
IQs:
Were you a longtime liberal Penna. Congressman?
Did you play Miss Honey in Matilda?
Did you once head the American Red Cross?
DQ
DQ
Not Elizabeth Dole
And, YES I meant "Arts" I :smack when I saw that typo.
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
Previous IQs:
Were you a longtime liberal Penna. Congressman? - Bob Edgar
Did you play Miss Honey in Matilda? - Embeth Davidtz
Did you once head the American Red Cross? - Yes, Elizabeth Dole
DQs:
Political/military?
Born east of the Miss. River?
IQs:
Were you a key character in a recent fantasy series written by a very young man?
Were you Undomiel's husband?
Were you that couple's only son?
3 more DQS
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
Previous IQs:
Were you a key character in a recent fantasy series written by a very young man? - The writer of the Eragon series began as a teenager
Were you Undomiel's husband? - King Elessar FKA Aragorn married Arwen Undomiel in LOTR
Were you that couple's only son? - Eldarion, who succeeded his father as king
DQs:
Best known for military role?
Greatest fame before 1964?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you and your classmates swear to each other you'd never get married, but you all did within just a few years?
Were you the spouse of the best-known of those people?
Were Isildur and Anarion your sons?
3 more DQs
[QUOTE=Erictelevision;266239]1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
12)NOT a military figure
13)Greatest fame AFTER 1964
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
12)NOT a military figure
13)Greatest fame AFTER 1964
Created extra quote tag trying to delete
Previous IQs:
Did you and your classmates swear to each other you'd never get married, but you all did within just a few years? - Dwight D. Eisenhower and several of his West Point pals did this
Were you the spouse of the best-known of those people? - Mamie Eisenhower
Were Isildur and Anarion your sons? - Elendil, in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
DQs:
Held Federal office?
Held elective office?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
A Democrat, did you run for Governor of Ohio in 2014 but were defeated?
Although famous for other things, did you once win a lawsuit for the family of a little girl badly injured by a defective swimming-pool drain?
Were you a noted early American gospel preacher?
3 DQS, though 1&2 annoyingly are stuff I know
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
12)NOT a military figure
13)Greatest fame AFTER 1964
14)Held FEDERAL office
15)Held ELECTED office
Previous IQs:
A Democrat, did you run for Governor of Ohio in 2014 but were defeated? - Edward FitzGerald
Although famous for other things, did you once win a lawsuit for the family of a little girl badly injured by a defective swimming-pool drain? - John Edwards
Were you a noted early American gospel preacher? - the other, earlier John Edwards
Edward(s) x3!
DQs:
Currently in Federal elective office?
Ever served in the U.S. Senate?
Ever served in a Cabinet post?
IQs:
Are you Mitch McConnell's wife?
Are you the green, misunderstood witch in Wicked?
Did you commission the Jazz Bowl?
Not Elaine Chao
Not Esmeralda
DQ
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
12)NOT a military figure
13)Greatest fame AFTER 1964
14)Held FEDERAL office
15)Held ELECTED office
16)Currently holds FEDERAL elected office
17)Currently a U.S. Senator
18)Never in Cabinet
Previous IQs:
Are you Mitch McConnell's wife? - Yes, Elaine Chao
Are you the green, misunderstood witch in Wicked? - Not Esmeralda, but Elphaba (an homage to the initials of the author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frank Baum)
Did you commission the Jazz Bowl? - Eleanor Roosevelt: https://clevelandhistorical.org/inde...iles/show/2067
Hmmm. I don't know my current female U.S. senators as well as I should.
DQ:
Represents a state east of the Miss. River?
Represents a state north of the Mason-Dixon Line, if it extended from coast to coast?
1)Real
2)Female
3)Living
4)1st name begins "E"
5)American
6)NOT in Arts in any way
7)Born BEFORE 1964
8)NOT considered a beauty, YMMV
9)NOT largely known for single incident
10)Born WEST of the Mississippi (looked it up, even though I guessed right)
11)Military/Political figure
12)NOT a military figure
13)Greatest fame AFTER 1964
14)Held FEDERAL office
15)Held ELECTED office
16)Currently holds FEDERAL elected office
17)Currently a U.S. Senator
18)Never in Cabinet
19)Represents state EAST of the Mississippi
20)Represents state NORTH of the Mason-Dixon
How about 4 PM tomorrow for your guess (I'll be at my birthday dinner after)
I GUARANTEE you know who this is.
Ah, I think I do. Are you Sen. Elizabeth Warren?
I'm so glad you persisted, because I am indeed
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN!
Next letter?
OK, thanks! Don't know I didn't think of her earlier. Our next letter is
J
IQ: Are you former wrestler who became an independent Midwest governor?
IQ2: Are you the former Victoria Secret and SI model dating a tennis player?
IQ3: Are you the pride of Seymour, Indiana?
Not Jesse Ventura, dunno, and dunno.
Yes, Jesse "the Body" Ventura
Jarah Mariano is dating Fernando Verdasco
John Mellencamp is from Seymour
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you the former SI model who's friends with Shay Mitchell (wen I learned this, I thought it was SO random!)
IQ: Did you write your famous song about Elle McPherson, not your then-wife as most assume?
IQ: Are you the longtime Congressman implicated in a sexual harassment scandal?
Dunno, not Billy Joel, and dunno.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
Jessica Gomes
Correct (GREAT job getting that!)
John Conyers
DQ: American?
DQ2: Would be living if real?
IQ: Are you the best known ventriloquist/comedian working today?
IQ2: Were you rejected for a federal bench position because of your extreme racism?
IQ3: Did you replace Vincent D'Nofrio on "L&O:CI"?
Dunno, not Jefferson Sessions ("extreme racism" might be an overstatement, but his record was not good), and dunno.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
Jeff Dunham
Correct
Jeff Goldblum
DQ: European?
DQ2: Created before 1950?
IQ: Were you the subject of the song Marty McFly performed at the "Enchantment Under the Sea" dance?
IQ2: Were you the "King of Latenight"?
IQ3: Did you take over for #2?
Not Chuck or Marvin Berry (kidding), not Johnny Carson, and not Jay Leno.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
Johnny B. Goode
DQ: From Mainland Europe?
IQ: Were you the PBS chef parodied by Dan Ackroyd?
IQ2: Were you the PBS chef accused of sexual impropriety?
IQ3: Did you found the company named after the world's widest river?
Of course! The song itself. Duh.
Not Julia "Save the liver!" Child, dunno, and not Jeff Bezos.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
Correct
Jeff Smith (the "Frugal Gourmet")
Correct
DQ: British?
IQ: Were you created by the man who also wrote "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"?
IQ2: Did you found the Church of Latter-Day Saints?
IQ3: Do you have a "Blacklist"?
Not James Bond, Joseph Smith or Joe McCarthy.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
Correct
Correct
James Spader
DQ: From Literature?
IQ: Did you replace Lenin as leader of the USSR?
IQ2: Did you make a name for yourself in noir gangster movies?
IQ3: Did that Julia Child impressionist think you were an "ignorant slut"?
Not Josef Stalin, dunno, and not Jane Curtin.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
James Cagney
DQ: Created before 2000?
IQ: Are you the actress whose daughter wrote an unflattering biography of?
IQ2: Did you lead a French army to a famous upset?
IQ3: Were you Richie Cunningham's sister?
Not Joan "No wire hangers!" Crawford, Marshal Joffrey or Joanie Cunningham.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
Correct
I was going for Joan of Arc (though I understand that your answer is equally valid)
Correct
DQ: Received big screen adaptation?
IQ: Did you play the on again off again girlfriend of a paleontologist who long held a torch for you?
IQ2: Did you meet #1's husband making a movie and eventually marry him?
IQ3: Are you the former baseball closer with a hilariously literal nickname?
Not Julianne Moore, dunno and dunno.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
Jennifer Anniston
Angelina Jolie
Jose Mesa (and YES, he answers to "Joe Table")
DQ: Created after 2010?
DQ2: Considered a "good guy"?
DQ3: Main character?
IQ: Did you go from: SS to manager to league president?
IQ2: Are you the demogauge Senator who drank yourself to death after your fall from grace?
IQ3: Did you play the live in PT wo eventually married your client's son?
Dunno, still not Joe McCarthy, and not Jane Leeves from Frasier.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
That was Joe Cronin
DQ: Love interest of the main lead character?
IQ: Were you the mystery author who solved murders in your spare time?
IQ2: Were you "not bad, just drawn that way."?
IQ3: Are you the actress who's convinced vaccinations caused your son's autism?
Not Jessica the Murder, She Wrote lady, not Jessica Rabbit, and not Jessica... Crawford?
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
Jenny MCarthy
DQ: From work of prose?
IQ: Did you play a modern version of Desdemona in a modern telling of “Othello”?
IQ2: Are you the only 2x SB winning QB not in the Hall of Fame?
IQ3: Are you the former College hoops hoops coach who was replaced by a former player who was recently fired?
Dunno x3
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
16. from a work of prose
Julia Stiles ("O", good flick)
Jim Plunkett
Jim Calhoun (he coached at UCONN, Kevin Ollie just got fired)
DQ: Human?
DQ2: Aimed at children?
DQ3: Have fantasy/sci-fi elements?
IQ: Were you the 1st “America’s Most Wanted”?
IQ2: Did you carry out the first successful Presidential assasination?
Not John Dillinger. Not John Wilkes Booth, may he burn in Hell forever.
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
16. from a work of prose
17. human
18. not aimed at children
19. has fantasy but not sf elements
IQ: Are you the much mocked “Star Wars” character?
IQ2: Are you Kiefer Sutherland’s most durable role?
IQ3: Are you Sam Waterston’s best known character?
Not Jar Jar Binks, Jack Bauer or Jack McCoy.
3 for 3
IQ: Were you the title character of “show about nothing”?
IQ2: Did your character’s lie about being a marine biologist bite him in the ass?
IQ3: Do you play a fictional political figure and did you watch your (RL) son help your Alma mater make history?
Not Jerry Seinfeld (loved that show!), Jason "The sea was angry that day, my friends" Alexander, or... dunno.
Correct (me too!)
Correct
Julia Louis-Dreyfuss (her son played basketball at Northwestern, they were the last power team to make the tournament)
DQ: Adult?
Aaand that's 20
J.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. unknown, but would probably not be alive now if real
5. European
6. created after 1950
7. not from Mainland Europe
8. British
9. from literature
10. created after 2000
11. did not receive big-screen adaptation
12. created before 2010
13. considered a good guy
14. a, but not the sole, main character
15. not the love interest of the main lead character
16. from a work of prose
17. human
18. not aimed at children
19. has fantasy but not sf elements
20. adult
Ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Weds., if you please.
The 2 extra days didn't help, so I cry "Uncle!"
Very well, then - I am
Jonathan Strange
One of the two title characters of Susanna Clarke's wonderful magic-returns-to-Regency-England alternative-history novel, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonath...%26_Mr_Norrell
Want to start the next category?
That was a stumper! Letter soon
Your letter is:
C
Had you heard of the book before?
On to C.
IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Did you write about Henry and Beezus?
Were you the Finch family's cook and maid?
Not Salmon Chase
Not Beverly Cleary
DQ (I SHOULD know this!)
Reading prior rounds, I got #1 wrong
I wasn’t familiar with it
But had you heard of it?
Previous IQs:
Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR? - Simon Cameron, not Salmon P. Chase
Did you write about Henry and Beezus? - Yes, Beverly Cleary
Were you the Finch family's cook and maid? - Calpurnia, in To Kill A Mockingbird
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Were you the head of the Flying Tigers in China?
By your own description, was your brief military service limited to hiding out in the woods with your fellow militiamen?
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"?
DQ
DQ
Not "Wrong Way" Corrigan
1.Fictional
2.Female
I had vaguely heard of it
Previous IQs:
Were you the head of the Flying Tigers in China? - Claire Chennault: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault
By your own description, was your brief military service limited to hiding out in the woods with your fellow militiamen? - Samuel Clemens, during the Civil War, when he was in the Confederate Missouri militia
Were you the first to fly across America, "crash by crash"? - Not Corrigan, but the intrepid Cal Rodgers - quite a tale!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbraith_Perry_Rodgers
DQs:
First appeared since 1950?
First appeared in print?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you play a Texas member of Congress in House of Cards?
Did you forget your name when you first met your future spouse?
Were you that future spouse?
DQ
Not Bill Clinton
Not Hillary Clinton
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Did NOT first appear I print (though she's a composite of print characters)
5.Would be living, if real
I looked it up, will edit 4 for accuracy after the next batch
Previous IQs:
Did you play a Texas member of Congress in House of Cards? - Cicely Tyson
Did you forget your name when you first met your future spouse? - Yes, Bill Clinton, at Yale law school
Were you that future spouse? - Yes, Hillary Clinton
DQ:
Has appeared in a movie?
IQs:
Did you choose between Kerslake and Gould?
Did Sam Neill once play you in a long black wig?
Were you the dad of the guy whom Neill played?
3 DQS
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
Previous IQs:
Did you choose between Kerslake and Gould? - King Charles III, selecting the next British prime minister in Jeffrey Archer's terrific political novel First Among Equals
Did Sam Neill once play you in a long black wig? - King Charles II
Were you the dad of the guy whom Neill played? - King Charles (wait for it!) I
DQs:
protagonist of the movie?
considered a beauty?
first appeared after 2000?
IQs:
Did you give your wife a four-word summary of a preacher's very long sermon?
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar?
Did you play Scarecrow?
Not “Silent Cal” Coolidge
DQ
Not Susan St. James (last minute moment of clarity)
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
Previous IQs:
Did you give your wife a four-word summary of a preacher's very long sermon? - Yes, Calvin Coolidge. Do you remember the four words?
Were you Lord Nelson's #2 guy at Trafalgar? - Adm. Collingwood
Did you play Scarecrow? - Susan St. James is not a "C." This was Cillian Murphy in the recent Batman movies.
DQs:
Love interest of the protagonist?
American?
IQs:
Were you elected mayor of the unnamed city on Hill Street Blues?
Were you a top official who, in your earlier public service, personally hanged convicted murders?
Are you credited with surveying a major American city but have your name often misspelled today?
Don’t know the 4 words. :(
I kinda knew I messed up Susan
DQ
Not Grover Cleveland
Not Mr. Cleavland
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
The story goes that Calvin Coolidge went to church alone and was gone a long time. When he returned, his wife asked what took so long. He explained that the preacher had given a very long sermon.
"What was it about?" she asked.
"Sin," he said.
"Well, what did he say about it?"
"He was against it."
Previous IQs:
Were you elected mayor of the unnamed city on Hill Street Blues? - Ozzie Cleveland
Were you a top official who, in your earlier public service, personally hanged convicted murders? - Yes, Grover Cleveland, while he was sheriff of Buffalo, N.Y.
Are you credited with surveying a major American city but have your name often misspelled today? - Close enough, I guess - it was Moses Cleaveland
Cleveland x3!
DQ:
European?
IQs:
Are you a kid on South Park?
Does your creator mostly keep to himself these days in Chagrin Falls, Ohio?
Are you the person after whom #2 is named?
Not Eric Cartman ("I'm NOT fat, I'm big-boned")
DQ
DQ
My misspelling in #3 from te last batch was a typo.
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
Previous IQs:
Are you a kid on South Park? - Yes, Cartman
Does your creator mostly keep to himself these days in Chagrin Falls, Ohio? - Bill Watterson created Calvin and Hobbes
Are you the person after whom #2 is named? - Protestant theologian John Calvin
DQs:
British?
Story is contemporary (set at roughly the same time as when it first appeared)?
IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College?
Were you a hero of the Battle of Franklin?
Were you the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1920?
DQ (this is one of YOUR go tos I never remember)
Not Joshua Chamberlain
Not John Cox (only man either ticket never to become POTUS)
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
Previous IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a hero of the Battle of Franklin? - Not Chamberlain, who wasn't there, but Jacob Cox
Were you the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1920? - Not John, but James Cox - close enough
Three Ohioans, as it happens.
DQs:
Last name start with C?
Story set in the UK?
IQs:
Did you talk about Earendil recently on national TV?
Were you a fictional animated VPOTUS?
Do you voice Mr. Krabs?
3 DQS
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
15.Set in UK
16.BOTH names start "C".
Previous IQs:
Did you talk about Earendil recently on national TV? - Tolkien junkie Stephen Colbert
Were you a fictional animated VPOTUS? - Cletus Spuckler, on The Simpsons
Do you voice Mr. Krabs? - Clancy Brown, on SpongeBob SquarePants
DQs:
The best-known role of the actress who played her?
Genre character (spy, crime, sf, fantasy, etc.)?
Associated with London?
IQs:
Were you Himmler to Adam Sutler's Hitler?
Did your political miscalculation lead to Brexit?
Were you head of the Abwehr?
DQ
Not PM Cameron
DQ
C.
1.Fictional
2.Female
3.First appeared AFTER 1950
4.Originally from print, though her character did things in the movie, another character had done in the book
5.Would be living, if real
6.From a movie
7.NOT a main protagonist
8.Considered a beauty (according to Wikipedia AND me)
9.First appeared AFTER 2000 (book character IN 2000)
10.Briefly the love interest of the protagonist
11.NOT American
12.European
13.British
14.Set contemporarious to publication
15.Set in UK
16.BOTH names start "C".
17.Actress' best known role
18.Fantasy character
19.Not directly associated w/London
BTW: please take both DQs.
Happy Easter
To you, as well!
Previous IQs:
Were you Himmler to Adam Sutler's Hitler? - Mr. Creedy, in V for Vendetta
Did your political miscalculation lead to Brexit? - Yes, David Cameron
Were you head of the Abwehr? - Adm. Wilhelm Canaris, during WWII
DQ:
In the Harry Potter series?
One DQ reserved.
IQ:
Are you of Asian ancestry and the one-time girlfriend of Harry Potter?
YES! I am indeed
CHO CHANG! :)
Woohoo! Good one - thanks. Our next letter will be
F
IQ: Are you the tennis player dating a former VS and SI model?
IQ2: Are you the tennis player with 2 sets of twins?
IQ3: Are you the famous 3 named architect?
Not Roger Federer, dunno, and not Frank Lloyd Wright.
Once again you reversed the tennis players. ;)
Fernando Verdasco is dating the model
Roger Federer has 2 sets of twins
Correct of course
DQ: Real?
D'oh! You have another DQ coming your way, then.
F.
1. real
DQ: Male
IQ: Are you the beloved Presbyterian minister who hosted a TV show?
IQ2: Did you have a son who famously got caught masturbating to Glamour?
IQ3: Were you the one-dimensional doctor in the 4077?
Dunno (a Frank, I suppose, but it's not coming to me), not Frank Costanza, and not Frank Burns.
F.
1. real
2. male
Fred Rodgers
DQ: Living
IQ: Are you the red-haired former British royal?
IQ2: Are you Leslie Nielsen's "Naked Gun" character?
IQ3: Were you the Chief Justice during the middle of the 20th century?
Not Sarah Ferguson, Frank Drebin or Fred Vinson.
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
3 for 3
DQ: Were you the "Chairman of the Board"?
DQ: Did you Front the band who inspired Lady Gaga's stage name?
DQ: Were you the Italian nuclear scientist who worked on the Manhattan Project?
Not Frank Sinatra, dunno, and not Enrico Fermi.
Freddie Mercury
DQ: American?
IQ: Were you TV's Riddler?
IQ2: Are you the golfer nicknamed "Boom Boom"?
IQ3: Are you the greatest Italian tennis player?
Huh. Didn't know of the Lady Gaga link.
Not Frank Gorshin, dunno and dunno.
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
Fred Couples
Francesca Schiavone
DQ: Died after 1900?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
IQ: Did you cohost a radio show with Christopher Russo? (Watching MLB NETWORK)
IQ2: Did you hit a famous HR for the 1975 Red Sox?
IQ3: Are you an ancestor of a recent First Lady?
Not Frank Gifford, dunno and not Frederick Douglass (Michelle Obama?).
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
Mike Francesca ("Mike & the Mad Dog")
Carlton Fisk
Franklin Pierce
DQ: Died after 1800?
DQ2: Author?
DQ3: Born East of the Mississippi?
IQ: Were you knocked unconscious by a vicious hit in the 1960 NFL CHAMPIONSHIP game?
IQ2: Were you the last guy cut from the 1964 Celtics?
IQ3: Are you the namesake of NYC's domestic airport?
Who is Franklin Pierce related to?
Not Frank Gifford, dunno, and not Fiorello LaGuardia.
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
7. died after 1800
8. author
9. born east of the Mississippi
Barbara Bush is his great-great-great granddaughter (IIRC)
Correct
Ray Flynn
Correct
DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line?
IQ: Did you famously write about the Mohican Tribe?
IQ2: Were you the only Cabinet Secretary to serve FDR's entire presidency?
IQ3: Were you the first man to win a posthumous acting Oscar?
BTW: just googled it, Franklin and Barbara are 4th cousins 4 times removed.
Ah, that's right. Pierce was her maiden name, I think.
Not James Fenimore Cooper, Frances Perkins or Peter Finch (for Network, I think).
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
7. died after 1800
8. author
9. born east of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
3 for 3 (and yes, her maiden name IS Pierce, and Finch was "mad as hell wouldn't take it anymore")
IQ: Did your character give a terrible response when a woman declares her love for you?
IQ2: Are you #1's wife?
IQ3: Did you play the character who got the disappointing reply from #1?
BTW: I PROMISE there won’t be any math in this thread. ;)
Heh. Not Harrison "I know" Ford, Callista Flockhart or the late Carrie Fisher.
Very nice! 3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the Scot replaced by a Brit in your signature job?
IQ2: Are you the poker player who famously makes fruit salad without a knife?
IQ3: Are you the reigning SB winning QB?
Dunno x3.
Craig Ferguson was replaced by James Corden on "The Late Late Show"
Chris Ferguson throws cards to cut his fruit
Nick Foles QBed Philadelphia to the win
DQ: Died after 1850?
DQ2: Writer of prose?
DQ3: Born East of the Appalachians?
IQ: Did you create a math theorem that took centuries to prove?
IQ2: Did you pioneer psychoanalysis?
IQ3: Did you discover a numerical sequence important to nature?
Not Fermat, Freud or Fibonacci.
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
7. died after 1800
8. author
9. born east of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
11. died before 1850
12. not best known as a writer of prose
13. born east of the Appalachians
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the child care expert who advocated "sleep training"?
IQ2: Are you the author who shares a last name with #1?
IQ3: Are you the Italian Stallion's brother?
Dunno x2; not the odious Frank Stallone: https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/...ing/476857002/
John Ferber
Edna Ferber
Correct (I had heard about that!)
DQ: Award winner?
Dq2: Playwrite?
Richard Ferber
Edna Ferber
Correct (I had heard about that!)
Got Dr.’s name wrong
IQ: Were you America’s first Postmaster General?
IQ2: Did you demand R-E-S-P-E-C-T?
IQ3: Are you the iron man NFL QB?
Not Ben Franklin, Aretha Franklin or some football Franklin. Take a DQ.
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
7. died after 1800
8. author
9. born east of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
11. died before 1850
12. not best known as a writer of prose
13. born east of the Appalachians
14. won no award that I can find
15. not a playwright
Correct
Correct
Brett Favre
DQ: Poet?
F.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. died before 1900
6. in the Arts, broadly defined
7. died after 1800
8. author
9. born east of the Mississippi
10. born south of the Mason-Dixon Line
11. died before 1850
12. not best known as a writer of prose
13. born east of the Appalachians
14. won no award that I can find
15. not a playwright
16. best known as a poet
IQ: Did you reject an NFL contract in favor of Yale Law School?
IQ2: Are you Gregory Peck’s most famous role?
IQ3: Are you the HP CEO who ran for POTUS?
Dunno, not Atticus Finch, and not Carly Fiorina.
Jerry Ford
DQ: Best known poem set to music at some point?
IQ: Did you famously compose a song while witnessing a key War of 1812 battle?
IQ2: Did you create Daisy Buchanan?
IQ3: Are you #2's wife?
BTW: I would've assumed Coughlin was American too, am not surprised his fame isn't broad.
He didn't compose the song, which predated the battle, but yes, indeed, I amQuote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Francis Scott Key
Lawyer and poet, who wrote the poem which became the American national anthem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Scott_Key
Good job, Eric!
Go me! Letter when I think of one. (Or pick name for letter we're due for)
We're about due for another
H
IQs:
Did you once try to get Andrew Johnson to sit down and shut up?
Were you the daughter of a linguist who learned an alien language?
Were you a handsome young member of the cast of L.A. Law?
Not Hannibal Hamlin
DQ (though i suspect it’s a Mr. Hamlin)
Not Harry Hamlin
Previous IQs:
Did you once try to get Andrew Johnson to sit down and shut up? - Yes, Hannibal Hamlin, when Johnson appeared to be drunk at his VP inauguration in 1865
Were you the daughter of a linguist who learned an alien language? - Hannah, in Arrival
Were you a handsome young member of the cast of L.A. Law? - Yes, Harry Hamlin
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Was your best-known work first performed in Fishamble Street in Dublin?
Were you Stonewall Jackson's very talented cartographer?
Are you the gatekeeper of Asgard?
Not Henry Joyce
DQ
DQ
1)Real
Previous IQs:
Was your best-known work first performed in Fishamble Street in Dublin? - Not Henry Joyce, but George Frederick Handel (his Messiah oratorio)
Were you Stonewall Jackson's very talented cartographer? - Jedediah Hotchkiss
Are you the gatekeeper of Asgard? - Heimdall (sp?)
DQs:
Male?
Living?
American?
IQs:
Was your ship the Half Moon?
Did Bruce Willis play you in movie that became a semi-cult favorite?
Did Paul Newman provide your voice near the end of his life?
Not Henry Hudson
Not Hudson Hawk
DQ
(I almost got #1 wrong, but once I got it, led to getting #2)