Alfonso Ribeiro invented “The Carlton” (the dance he did on “Fresh Prince”)
Roger Maris hit 61 HR in 1961
Correct.
2 DQS reserved
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Alfonso Ribeiro invented “The Carlton” (the dance he did on “Fresh Prince”)
Roger Maris hit 61 HR in 1961
Correct.
2 DQS reserved
R.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would now be dead
4. created before 1900
5. not American
6. from literature
7. European
8. created before 1800
9. not from mainland Europe
10. adapted for the screen
11. British
12. best-known movie made after 1950
13. best-known adaptation did not win any marquee Oscars (Picture, Director, Acting)
14. movie made before 2000
15. live-action character
Going out of town for a long weekend - Internet access may be spotty.
Same place you went before? :)
DQ: Human?
DQ2: Movie made after 1975?
IQ:Were you the Philadelphia Eagles dual threat QB in the 80s?
IQ2: Were you the NYC political boss in the 1880s?
IQ3: Did you play Ted Danson's cousin/lover in a movie?
Nope, Chicago this time.
Dunno, not Boss William Tweed (not an R, if that's who you're thinking of), and dunno.
R.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would now be dead
4. created before 1900
5. not American
6. from literature
7. European
8. created before 1800
9. not from mainland Europe
10. adapted for the screen
11. British
12. best-known movie made after 1950
13. best-known adaptation did not win any marquee Oscars (Picture, Director, Acting)
14. movie made before 2000
15. live-action character
16. human
17. best-known movie made after 1975
Randall Cunningham
Roscoe Conklin
Isabella Rosellini ("Cousins")
DQ: Movie aimed at kids/teens?
DQ2: Preserved by LoC Film Registry?
DQ3: Book win major awards? (Pulitzer, Nobel, Newbury etc.)
Ah, yes - but it's Conkling, not Conklin.
R.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would now be dead
4. created before 1900
5. not American
6. from literature
7. European
8. created before 1800
9. not from mainland Europe
10. adapted for the screen
11. British
12. best-known movie made after 1950
13. best-known adaptation did not win any marquee Oscars (Picture, Director, Acting)
14. movie made before 2000
15. live-action character
16. human
17. best-known movie made after 1975
18. movie not aimed at kids/teens
19. not preserved by LoC Film Registry
20. book did not win any major awards
That's 20. Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Tuesday.
Yeah, that didn’t look right. :). Time to ponder.
My bad guess:
RUMPLESTILSKIN
Not bad, but actually I am the very first fictional castaway
Robinson Crusoe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinson_Crusoe
And I didn't figure that out why?!
Next letter?
Hmm. It's been awhile since we've had a round with
K
IQ: Are you the most decorated American figure skater, and the alternate to the ‘94 Olympic team?
IQ2: Did you supply Castro with the missiles the precipitated the Crisis?
IQ3: Do you hold the record for the most points in an NBA game of which there’s existing footage?
Not the lovely Michelle Kwan, Nikita Khruschev or... dunno.
Correct (on both counts). ;)
Correct
Kobe Bryant (there’s seemingly no footage of Chamberlain’s 100-point game)
DQ: Real
IQ: Were you the tailback on the undefeated Dolphins?
IQ2: Are you the only QB to lose 4 consecutive SB?
IQ3: Did you costar with Tom Cruise in “Last Sammurai”?
Dunno, dunno, and not the very talented Ken Watanabe.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
K.
1. fictional
Jim Kiick
Jim Kelly
Correct
DQ:Male?
DQ2: Living, if real?
K.
1. fictional
2. male
I already said he was fictional. Want to ask another DQ?
Will rephrase the DQ: If he were real, would he be living?
IQ: Were you the fictional ship leader named after a marsupial?
IQ2: Did you use a Nietzsche quote for a song title?
IQ3: Did you play J.R. Ewing' foil on "Dallas"?
It occurred to me there are 2 equally valid interpretations of DQ1. :)
Oh, I see. Thanks.
Not Capt. Kangaroo, k.d. lang, or Ken Kercheval (sp?).
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
Correct (Bob Kesham the equally valid answer I thought of)
Kelly Clarkson ("What doesn't kills you makes you stronger")
Correct (and the spelling looks right to me). :)
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you hold Nikki Haley's job during the 80s?
IQ2: Are you the singer/actor who got the chance to study in England during college?
IQ3: Are you the talk show host frequently targeted by Conan O'Brien's barbs about your age?
Not Jeanne Kirkpatrick, Kris Kristofferson (a Rhodes Scholar, wasn't he?) or Larry King.
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
4. American
Correct
Correct (he was indeed a Rhodes Scholar)
Correct
IQ: Are you the rock icon who fell out of a tree?
IQ2: Were you the losing QB in SB XVI?
IQ3: Did the Jets draft you in the famous '83 QB draft?
Dunno x3.
Going out of town for a long weekend, and not sure of my Internet access - let's resume on Sunday night or maybe Monday morning. Thanks!
Keith Richards
Ken Anderson
Ken O'Brien
3 DQS reserved
DQ: Created by American?
DQ2: Created after 1950?
DQ3: From Literature?
IQ: Did you play Tootie on "Facts of Life"? (Inspired by the death of Ms. Garrett)
IQ2: Are you the ESPN baseball draft guru?
IQ3: Were you Surgeon General in the 80s?
When did Keith Richards fall out of a tree?
Dunno x2; not C. Everett Koop.
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
4. American
5. created by an American
6. created after 1950
7. not from literature
On vacation (in Jamaica I'd assume)
Kim Fields
Keith Law
Correct
DQ: Created after 2000?
DQ2: From TV?
IQ: Were you LeVar Burton's breakout role?
IQ2: Are you Mrs. John Travolta?
IQ3: Did you come between the Fabulous Baker Boys?
Not Kunta Kinte, dunno, and not Michelle Pfeiffer's character whose name I forget. Take two DQs.
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
4. American
5. created by an American
6. created after 1950
7. not from literature
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
Correct
Kelly Preston
Not who I thought it was
DQ: From a movie?
DQ2: Considered a "good guy"?
IQ: Are you an actress whose last name is a merger of a musical instrument and a job in the Arts?
IQ2: Were you a major foreign policy voice in the 70s?
IQ3: Are you the civil rights leader who turned 22 on the day my mom was born?
Dunno, not Kissinger, and not MLK Jr.
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
4. American
5. created by an American
6. created after 1950
7. not from literature
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. not from a movie, although he's appeared in at least one that I know of
11. most people, if they had an opinion at all, would consider him a good guy
Kim Bassinger (don’t know her filmography well enough for better IQ)
Correct
Correct (now you know my mom’s DOB). :)
DQ: From a comic/manga?
IQ: Were you the main character in “The Wonder Years”?
IQ2: Did you famously defend your home against the “Wet Bandits”?
IQ3: Were you Obama’s Interior Secretary?
"Basinger" only has one "s," so your clue doesn't quite work, but I'll allow it.
Not Kevin, dunno, and not Ken Salazar.
K.
1. fictional
2. male
3. would still be alive, if real
4. American
5. created by an American
6. created after 1950
7. not from literature
8. created before 2000
9. not from TV
10. not from a movie, although he's appeared in at least one that I know of
11. most people, if they had an opinion at all, would consider him a good guy
12. not from a comic/manga
Sorry, thought she spelled it "Bassinger". :(
Yup, Kevin Arnold
Kevin McCallister
Correct
DQ: From a toy?
IQ: Are you Barbie's boyfriend?
IQ2: Are you the Canadian kid who died constantly?
IQ3: Were you the HUD Secretary who was NOT in the wrong place at the wrong time?
Not Kiefer Sutherland in Designated Survivor, or Kenny from South Park, but yes, I am indeed
Ken Carson
Barbie's longtime but anatomically incorrect boyfriend, hilariously played by Michael Keaton in Toy Story 3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_(doll)
Good job, erict.!
Thanks!
BTW: I was going for Tom Kirkman for IQ3 (Kiefer Sutherland is Real of course). ☺️ And I forgot Ken's last name
Next letter coming up.
Your letter is
G
IQs:
Did you have a dog named Sweetlips?
Did your two sisters pretend you didn't exist anymore after 1861?
Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio?
DQ
Not Julia Grant
Not U.S. Grant
Previous IQs:
Did you have a dog named Sweetlips? - George Washington
Did your two sisters pretend you didn't exist anymore after 1861? - George H. Thomas, a Virginian who remained loyal to the U.S. during the Civil War and was thereafter shunned by his sisters
Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - George Armstrong Custer
George x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Did you see a future assassin in the street a few days before he struck someone else?
Were you married to that person?
Did you paint American Gothic?
Not US Grant THIS time
Not Julia Grant
Not Grant Wood (name came to me at last moment). :)
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins “G”
You got 'em backwards - Julia Grant noticed John Wilkes Booth on a Washington, D.C. street; the general did not. But I'll give it to you. Correct as to Grant Wood.
IQs:
Were you President of France in the Sixties?
Were you President of France right after him?
Did you hold the post in the late Seventies?
Not Charles De Gaulle
DQ
Not Jacques Chirac
Previous IQs:
Were you President of France in the Sixties? - Yes, Charles de Gaulle
Were you President of France right after him? - Georges Pompidou
Did you hold the post in the late Seventies? - Chirac didn't get the job until later (and isn't a "G"); this was Giscard d'Estaing
DQs:
American?
First appeared since 1950?
IQs:
Did you often speak and write about Lake Wobegone?
Did you blast the U.S. Constitution as "a covenant with death"?
Are you SpongeBob's pet?
Knew I messed up Chirac
Not Garrison Keillor
Not Gouvenor Morris
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
IQs:
Did you often speak and write about Lake Wobegone? - Yes, Garrison Keillor
Did you blast the U.S. Constitution as "a covenant with death"? - Not Gouverneur Morris (who helped write it, after all), but William Lloyd Garrison, the radical abolitionist, who strongly disapproved of its protection of slavery
Are you SpongeBob's pet? - Gary the snail: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/1e/a6/39/1...1d7cc24bb6.jpg
DQs:
First appeared in print?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Were you Lancelot's son?
Did you face off against the Green Knight?
Were you Lynesse's illicit lover?
DQ
Not the Green Lantern
DQ
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
Had wondered about something from previous round: Eric the Red was Leif Ericson’s dad.
I vaguely remember that. I must admit I'm not strong on Viking lore.
Previous IQs:
Were you Lancelot's son? - Sir Galahad
Did you face off against the Green Knight? - Not Green Lantern, but Sir Gawaine
Were you Lynesse's illicit lover? - Sir Gareth
DQs:
First appeared in a movie?
A contemporary and not historic character at the time he first appeared?
Protagonist?
IQs:
Do you still posthumously hold the top rank in the U.S. Navy?
Were you a key developer of Dungeons & Dragons?
Were you recently interviewed by Hemispheres, the United Airlines in-flight magazine?
3 more DQs (if #1 was army, I had a guess)
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
8.NOT from a movie
9.Contemporarious setting to appearance
10.Protagonist
Previous IQs:
Do you still posthumously hold the top rank in the U.S. Navy? - George Dewey, who holds a unique rank: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admira...United_States)
Were you a key developer of Dungeons & Dragons? - Gary Gygax
Were you recently interviewed by Hemispheres, the United Airlines in-flight magazine? - Glenn Close
DQs:
First appeared on a TV show?
First appeared after 2000?
Associated with NYC?
IQs:
Did you serve as Sheriff of Nottingham in some retellings of the Robin Hood tales?
Did a Congressman mock your catchphrase in opposing Federal funds to keep up your birthplace?
Are you a radio shamus created since 1980?
3 DQs
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
8.NOT from a movie
9.Contemporarious setting to appearance
10.Protagonist
11.From TV
12.First appeared AFTER 2000
13.NOT associated with NYC
Previous IQs:
Did you serve as Sheriff of Nottingham in some retellings of the Robin Hood tales? - Sir Guy of Gisborne
Did a Congressman mock your catchphrase in opposing Federal funds to keep up your birthplace? - Big-band leader Guy Lombardo; one legislator said "Ah-one, ah-two, ah-seven million dollars" and voted against it
Are you a radio shamus created since 1980? - Guy Noir, from A Prairie Home Companion
Guy x3!
DQs:
Considered handsome?
In a sitcom?
In a show that's still airing?
IQs:
Did Mark Twain help you sell your memoir?
Was Sgt. Carter your nemesis?
Did you refuse Lord North's resignation?
Not U.S. Grant
DQ
NOT General Gage (?)
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
8.NOT from a movie
9.Contemporarious setting to appearance
10.Protagonist
11.From TV
12.First appeared AFTER 2000
13.NOT associated with NYC
14.NOT considered handsome (or ugly FTM)
15.NOT from a sitcom
16.Show has ended its run
Previous IQs:
Did Mark Twain help you sell your memoir? - Yes, U.S. Grant
Was Sgt. Carter your nemesis? - Gomer Pyle, USMC
Did you refuse Lord North's resignation? - King George III, several times during the American Revolution
DQs:
From a crime drama?
Show ended run after 2010?
IQs:
Were you an early U.S. Secretary of the Treasury?
Were you the second actor to play Albus Dumbledore?
Were you an early American rocketry pioneer?
Not Elbridge Gerry
DQ
Not Robert Goddard
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
8.NOT from a movie
9.Contemporarious setting to appearance
10.Protagonist
11.From TV
12.First appeared AFTER 2000
13.NOT associated with NYC
14.NOT considered handsome (or ugly FTM)
15.NOT from a sitcom
16.Show has ended its run
17.NOT a crime drama
18.Ended AFTER 2010
Previous IQs:
Were you an early U.S. Secretary of the Treasury? - Not Elbridge Gerry, but Albert Gallatin
Were you the second actor to play Albus Dumbledore? - Michael Gambon
Were you an early American rocketry pioneer? - Yes, Robert Goddard
DQs:
Drama?
Actor won an Emmy?
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.First name begins G
4.American
5.First appears AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.NOT considered "evil". I wouldn't call his temperament "good"
8.NOT from a movie
9.Contemporarious setting to appearance
10.Protagonist
11.From TV
12.First appeared AFTER 2000
13.NOT associated with NYC
14.NOT considered handsome (or ugly FTM)
15.NOT from a sitcom
16.Show has ended its run
17.NOT a crime drama
18.Ended AFTER 2010
19.Drama
20.Despite SEVERAL nominations, NEVER earned the actor an Emmy
That's 20. How about Noon ET tomorrow for your guess
Can't think of who this is. Probably from a show I didn't watch... lemme think....
Okay, times up
It's NOT lupus but it IS:
GREGORY HOUSE from the show "House"
Ah, nice! Never watched it, but of course I know the character.
Want to start the next round, or shall I?
Go for it
Thanks. Our next letter is
L
IQ: Did you invent the microscope?
IQ2: Did Dana Carvey mention you, under another name?
IQ3: Are you Michael Cohen's lawyer?
Not Lavoissiere (sp?), Lucifer ("Could it have been... SATAN?"), and not Lanny Davis.
Leuveenhook
Correct
Correct
DQ: Real?
IQ: Did you mix Coke with milk?
IQ2: Was George Costanza based on you?
IQ3: Were you the fictional character who was horrified to learn your paternal lineage?
Not Jeffrey "the Dude" Lebowski, Larry David or Luke Skywalker.
L.
1. real
He drank White Russians, I was thinking Laverne DeFazio
DQ: American?
IQ: Are you the new Laker coach?
IQ2: Did you write a Gospel?
IQ3: Was your son on the first TV GUIDE cover?
From Laverne & Shirley? I don't remember that detail about her.
Dunno, not Luke, and dunno.
L.
1. real
2. American
Luke Walton
Correct
Lucille Ball (Desi. Jr.)
DQ: Living?
DQ2: In Arts?
IQ: Were you the 1st POTUS born outside the original colonies?
IQ: Are you the longtime RI Senator?
IQ3: Did you found the American Nazi Party?
Not Abraham Lincoln, not Lincoln Chaffee, and not George Lincoln Rockwell. Lincoln x3!
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
Correct on all counts! :D
IQ: Are you the Kennedy in-law who was part of the "Rat Pack"?
IQ2: Did you play a character who WAS serious, and name was NOT Shirley?
IQ3: Did you create a Broadway musical about a Founding Father?
Not Peter Lawford, Leslie "You can tell me, I'm a doctor" Neilsen or Lin-Manuel Miranda.
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Did you write about "Main Street"?
IQ2: Did you co-lead the Voyage of Discovery?
IQ3: Did you take the POTUS oath of office from someone whose namesake was my celebrity crush's major rival?
Not Sinclair Lewis, Meriwether Lewis or... Lyndon Johnson?
3 for 3
The judge who swore LBJ in in Dallas was named Sarah Hughes, like the skater (they’re NOT related BTW)
IQ: Are you the worst holder in football history?
IQ2: Are you their brother?
IQ3: Are you the famously temperate FLOTUS?
Dunno, dunno, and not... Mary Todd Lincoln? (Or would you say she was intemperate?).
Lucy van Pelt
Linus van Pelt
Lucy Hayes
DQ: Born after 1900?
DQ: Male?
DQ reserved
IQ: Are you the Framingham native who played for your hometown Red Sox, and now are a local media member?
IQ2: Were you a NYC taxi dispatcher?
IQ3: Did you famously HATE spunk?
Dunno, not Louie DePalma from Taxi, and not Lou Grant.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
Lou Merloni
Correct
Correct
LouX3! :)
DQ: Born after 1850?
IQ: Were you the longtime Dallas Cowboys coach?
IQ2: Do you play a gender flipped Watson?
IQ3: Are you the Steeler RB in a protracted holdout? (Watching RedZone)
Using my reserved DQ:
DQ: Born East of the Mississippi?
Not Tom Landry, Lucy Liou or... Lynn Swann?
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
Correct (pleasantly surprised)
Correct (spelled Liu, BTW)
Leveon Bell (Swann was a WR)
DQ: Born after 1800?
IQ: Are you the famously acrobatic Steelers WR?
IQ2: Are you the AK Senator seen as a key Kavanaugh vote?
IQ3: Were you Laverne DaFazio's bf?
Dunno, not Lisa Murkowski, and dunno.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
That's Lynn Swann
Correct
Lenny
DQ: Died before 1875?
DQ: Born South of the Mason-Dixon Line
IQ: Did you play the Chief on "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego"?
IQ2: Are you the disgraced cyclist?
IQ3: Did you front the Velvet Underground?
D'oh! Should've stuck with Swann the second time 'round.
Dunno, not Lance Armstrong, and dunno.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
Lynne Thigpen
Correct
Lou Reed
DQ: Author?
DQ2: Died Before 1900?
IQ: Are you the most famous Jewish mobster?
IQ2: Did you win the Women’s figure skating gold medal at the 1998 Olympics?
IQ3: Are you the play-by-play man at the WSOP?
Not Meyer Lansky, dunno, and dunno.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
Correct
Tara Lipinski narrowly upset Michelle Kwan
Lon Mechearean (no promises on the spelling)
DQ: Writer of prose?
DQ2: Born West of the Appalachians?
IQ: Are you the "Hick from French Lick"?
IQ2: Are the LB who inflicted the most famous injury in the history of MNF?
IQ3: Are the AL version of Jackie Robinson?
Not Larry Bird, dunno and dunno.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
14. not solely a writer of prose
15. born east of the Appalachians
Correct
Lawrence Taylor (he snapped Joe Theismann's leg like kindling)
Larry Doby
LarryX3!
DQ: First initial "L"?
DQ2: Works commonly taught in schools?
IQ: Did you create "Little Women"?
IQ2: Were you the most famous writer of the Harlem Renaissance?
IQ3: Are you the horticulturist who shares a name with a CA city?
D'oh! Larry Doby - shoulda got that.
Not Louisa Mae Alcott, Langston Hughes or... Miss Los Angeles?
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
14. not solely a writer of prose
15. born east of the Appalachians
16. last name starts with L
17. works not commonly taught in schools
Thought it was Louisa FOR SURE!
Correct
Correct
Luther Burbank
DQ: Has non-Arts area of fame?
BTW: committee chairman or ranking member would be. WAY TOO specific an area of leadership. :)
IQ: Did you famously get into a heated argument over a poker ante?
IQ2: Did you replace the"King of Late Nigt"?
IQ3: Did you create a competing show when you lost out to the above?
IQ: Did you famously get into a heated argument over a poker ante?
IQ2: Did you replace the"King of Late Night"?
IQ3: Did you create a competing show when you lost out to the above?
I figured out the Dope Botticelli (1st time ever!). :)
Dunno, not Jay Leno, and not David Letterman.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
14. not solely a writer of prose
15. born east of the Appalachians
16. last name starts with L
17. works not commonly taught in schools
18. famous outside of the Arts, in a limited way
Jeff Lisandro
Correct
Correct
DQ: Secondary fame Political?
IQ: Were your ideas an inspiration for the DoI?
IQ2: Did you play a Warrior Princess and Cylon?
IQ3: Were you the Stooge unrelated to your comedy partners?
Not John Locke, Lucy Lawless or Larry (Fine?).
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
14. not solely a writer of prose
15. born east of the Appalachians
16. last name starts with L
17. works not commonly taught in schools
18. famous outside of the Arts, in a limited way
19. secondary fame quasi-political
3 for 3
BTW: the Dope Botticelli was EXACTLY who I guessed. :)
IQ: Are you future HOF WR whose dad was a sportswriter, and served as a ball boy as a kid?
IQ2: Are you the boy band member who almost became a cosmonaut?
IQ3: Are you the famously perpetual 3rd party Presidential candidate?
Good on ya for guessing McCain. Don't know why I had such a mental block - guess I was thinking of longer-ago senators.
Dunno, not Lance Bass and dunno (guess you don't mean Ross Perot or Harold Stassen).
Thanks! Dopers tend to use obscure guys
Larry Fitzgerald
Correct
Lyndon LaRouche
DQ: Considered famous, rather than infamous?
DQ2: Award winner for her written work? (It's my 21st DQ, answer at your discretion)
LaRouche! Of course.
L.
1. real
2. American
3. dead
4. in the Arts
5. born before 1900
6. female
7. born before 1850
8. born east of the Mississippi
9. born after 1800
10. died after 1875
11. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
12. author, among other things
13. died before 1900
14. not solely a writer of prose
15. born east of the Appalachians
16. last name starts with L
17. works not commonly taught in schools
18. famous outside of the Arts, in a limited way
19. secondary fame quasi-political
20. considered famous, rather than infamous
21. not an award-winner for her written work, to my knowledge
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Mon.
A bit late but, are you:
LUCRETIA MOTT
I am not (her last name didn't start with an L, among other things). I am, rather,
Emma Lazarus
who composed the famous poem about the Statue of Liberty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Lazarus
Want to start the next round?
Very nice! Letter soon
We're overdue for:
N. (Among easy letters)
IQs:
Did you costar in Hellcats of the Navy?
Did your first book pertain to an ancient timepiece?
Did someone very much like you, a real person, appear in Gone Girl?
3 DQS
Previous IQs:
Did you costar in Hellcats of the Navy? - the future Nancy Reagan
Did your first book pertain to an ancient timepiece? - Nancy Drew: http://www.prestoimages.net/store30/...d2555104_1.jpg
Did someone very much like you, a real person, appear in Gone Girl? - cable TV legal-affairs commentator Nancy Grace
Nancy x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with N?
IQs:
Was a very large man sorry to see you go in a book written by a British woman?
Were you Filch's cat?
Was your brother a psychiatrist and your dad a retired cop?
Not Norbid
DQ
Not Niles Crane (did double-take before answering)
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
Previous IQs:
Was a very large man sorry to see you go in a book written by a British woman? - Close, but it was Norbert the little dragon, tearfully let go by Hagrid in the Harry Potter books
Were you Filch's cat? - Mrs. Norris
Was your brother a psychiatrist and your dad a retired cop? - Yes, Dr. Niles Crane from Frasier
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Did Gen. Sherman call you "that devil"?
Does a statue of you stand in Langley, Va.?
Were you one of George Washington's top generals?
Not Nathan Bedford Forest
Not Nathan Hale
Not Nathan(iel) Greene
NathanX3
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
Swept me - well done (but it's "Forrest" with two R's)!
IQs:
Do some historians think that your best-known work, long taken seriously, was actually a satire?
Did you own Asta?
Did you, too?
I thought I might have gyped the general of an “R”
DQ (but VERY curious)
Not Nick Charles
Not Nora Charles
Previous IQs:
Do some historians think that your best-known work, long taken seriously, was actually a satire? - Niccolo Machiavelli
Did you own Asta? - Yes, Nick Charles
Did you, too? - Yes, Nora Charles
DQ:
Best known for the Arts?
IQs:
Did your dad hold the same job, decades earlier, that Martin O'Malley did?
Are you a surly teen superheroine?
Were you a stuffy Federation bureaucrat?
Yarrr, 'tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day!: https://www.coolthings.com/avast-its...oard-me-matey/
Not House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
Not Nancy Drew
DQ
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
Previous IQs:
Did your dad hold the same job, decades earlier, that Martin O'Malley did? - Yes, Nancy Pelosi's dad was also mayor of Baltimore
Are you a surly teen superheroine? - Nancy Drew was never surly; this is Negasonic Teenage Warhead in the Deadpool movies
Were you a stuffy Federation bureaucrat? - Nils Baris, from ST:TOS "The Trouble with Tribbles"
DQs:
Political/military?
Born in or since 1964?
IQs:
Did you get a happy-birthday call from JFK just hours before he died?
Have you played a superhero, a police commander and a convicted criminal preparing for prison?
Were you best friends of a plump bus driver?
Not John Nance Garner
Not Edward Norton (read oral history of “Rounders” earlier today)
Not Ed Norton
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
7.NO link to Politics/Military
8.Born AFTER 1964
Swept me again!
IQs:
Did you sing "Beyond Antares"?
Did you once appear on the cover of Time magazine, surrounded by other people from your play?
Were you one of LBJ's Attorneys General?
DQ
Not Nabokov
DQ
I forgot the letter for a sec, had guesses for 2 and 3
BTW: if you're interested, the article about "Rounders" is @ theringer.com
Previous IQs:
Did you sing "Beyond Antares"? - Nichelle Nichols (or Nyota Uhura): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiMUV7riSAM
Did you once appear on the cover of Time magazine, surrounded by other people from your play? - Not Nabokov: https://playwrightatliberty.files.wo...pg?w=226&h=300
Were you one of LBJ's Attorneys General? - Nicholas Katzenbach
DQs:
Born after 1990?
Considered a beauty?
Businesswoman?
IQs:
Did you costar in the 2002 movie of Nicholas Nickleby?
Were you an early Christian bishop in what is now Turkey?
Did you invent basketball?
DQ
Not St. Nicholas (AKA Santa Claus)
Not James Naismith
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
7.NO link to Politics/Military
8.Born AFTER 1964
10.Born BEFORE 1990
11.Considered a beauty
12.NOT a businesswoman
Previous IQs:
Did you costar in the 2002 movie of Nicholas Nickleby? - Nathan Lane
Were you an early Christian bishop in what is now Turkey? - Yes, St. Nick
Did you invent basketball? - Yes, Dr. Naismith
DQ:
TV or pop culture personality?
IQs:
Have you played a scientist, a monarch and a revolutionary?
Did you write The Time Traveler's Wife?
Was your pupil not ennobled for distinguished service because then you'd have to be, as well?
DQ
Not Nicholas Sparks
DQ
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
7.NO link to Politics/Military
8.Born AFTER 1964
10.Born BEFORE 1990
11.Considered a beauty
12.NOT a businesswoman
13.NOT specifically a TV/pop culture figure
Previous IQs:
Have you played a scientist, a monarch and a revolutionary? - Natalie Portman, in Thor, The Phantom Menace and V for Vendetta
Did you write The Time Traveler's Wife? - Not Nicholas Sparks, but Audrey Niffenegger (sp?)
Was your pupil not ennobled for distinguished service because then you'd have to be, as well? - The title characters of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
DQ:
A model?
Married to another famous person?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you recently defeated in your campaign for Governor of New York?
Was Bebe Rebozo one of your best friends?
Was Joan Allen play this person in an Oliver Stone movie?
Not Cynthia Nixon
Not Richard Nixon
Not Pat Nixon
NixonX3
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
7.NO link to Politics/Military
8.Born AFTER 1964
10.Born BEFORE 1990
11.Considered a beauty
12.NOT a businesswoman
13.NOT specifically a TV/pop culture figure
14.NOT a model
15.No famous DH
Swept me again.
IQs:
Were you one of the cabbies on the TV show Taxi?
Did you have a hit with "Torn" in the late Nineties?
Did your name evolve from "great king" to "total loser"?
Not Elaine Nardo
Not Natalie Imbruglia
Not Nebuchadnezzar
Previous IQs:
Were you one of the cabbies on the TV show Taxi? - Yes, Elaine Nardo
Did you have a hit with "Torn" in the late Nineties? - Yes, Natalie Imbruglia
Did your name evolve from "great king" to "total loser"? - Not Nebuchadnezzar (never heard anyone called that), but Nimrod
DQ:
Scientist/inventor?
IQs:
Did Capt. Picard have a fling with you?
Were you the chef of the USS Voyager?
Were you an awful being in the Lovecraft mythos?
You've never heard of Nebuchadnezzar?
1.Real
2.Female
3.FIRST name begins "N"
4.American
5.Living
6.NOT in Arts at all
7.NO link to Politics/Military
8.Born AFTER 1964
10.Born BEFORE 1990
11.Considered a beauty
12.NOT a businesswoman
13.NOT specifically a TV/pop culture figure
14.NOT a model
15.No famous DH
16.NOT a scientist/inventor
I agree that Marshall is the GOAT Chief Justice.
Hilarious you got an Irene Adler IQ! :)
Yeah, that was sweet.
Of course I know the name; I've just never heard it used in calling someone a total loser.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
And my three most recent IQs...?
Sorry, didn't even see them! :smack:
3 DQS
No worries.
Previous IQs:
Did Capt. Picard have a fling with you? - Nella Darren
Were you the chef of the USS Voyager? - Neelix
Were you an awful being in the Lovecraft mythos? - Nyarlathotep
DQs:
Athlete?
Has won a top award in her field?
One DQ reserved.
IQ (to bring us up to 20):
Were you reportedly less than thrilled to be in a Disneyland parade?
YES!! I am
Nancy "this is so lame" Kerrigan
Great job!
One of my favorite Michelle Kwan pics is her wearing Mickey ears and leaning into the dorkiness.
The NBC corespondent was Irving R. Levine (he focused on business and the Market)
Ah, yes. Heard of him, but couldn't have named him. And I had an inkling you might be thinking of a skater!
Our next letter is
M
IQ: Did you give your name to politically devious actions/motivations?
IQ2: Did you meet your soon-to-be ex-husband interviewing for a State Department internship?
IQ3: Did you win 6 championships during the 1990s, and it could have been 8 consecutive if you hadn't temporarily retired in the wake of your father's murder?
Not Machiavelli, dunno, and not Michael Jordan.
Heading out of town tomorrow - might have spotty computer access through late Sun.
Correct
Michelle Kwan (he got the position IIRC)
Correct (pleasantly surprised)
DQ: Real?
IQ: Do you play an interior designer who lives with your gay bff?
IQ2: Do you play that bff?
IQ3: Are you the early TV figure who cross-dressed?
BTW: the guys who murdered Jordan's dad didn't realize who he was until they were changed.
Enjoy your weekend world traveler. ;)
Not Ian McKellen (?), dunno, and dunno.
M.
1. real
Debra Messing
Eric McCormck (both from "Will & Grace")
Milton Berle
DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?
DQ3: American?
IQ: Did you leave the show "Criminal Minds" due to its excessive violence, only to join the much more violent "Homeland"?
IQ2: Are you the comedian revered by other comedians who died young from cancer?
IQ3: Were you the Yankees manager charged with keeping Babe Ruth in line?
Not Mandy Patinkin, dunno, and dunno.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
Correct
Mitch Hedberg
Miller Huggins
DQ: Died after 1900?
DQ2: European?
IQ: Were you the ACTUAL "Uptown Girl"?
IQ3: Are you the Senate Majority Leader?
IQ3: Was Charlie Sheen's "Major League" character based on you?
Not Christie Brinkley (not an "M"?), Mitch "Yertle the Turle" McConnell, and dunno.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
The song was ACTUALLY about Elle McPherson (you, to my surprise, knew this before)
Correct
Mitch Williams
DQ: From tradition NATO nation (Western democracy)
DQ: Born After 1900?
IQ: Did you survive a car crash that apocryphally decapitated your mother?
IQ2: Were you that mother?
IQ3: Were you the longtime costar with #1 on her show, now entering season 20?
Dunno x3.
Hmm. I don't remember that about McPherson at all.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
See post #5877 for the Elle McPherson nugget
Mariska Hargitay
Jayne Mansfield
Christopher Meloni
DQ: In Arts, broadly defined?
DQ2: Died after 1950?
DQ3: Speaker of a Romance language?
IQ: Did you hold the single season HR record from 1961 to 1998?
IQ2: Are you the all-time HR leader among switch-hitters?
IQ3: Are you the dairy farmer who hosted te most famous music festival in history?
Not Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski (guessing) or Max Yasgur.
Ah. I knew Billy Joel; I didn't remember the McPherson connection.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
9. in the Arts, broadly defined
10. died after 1950
11. not a speaker of a Romance language
Roger Maris
Mickey Mantle
Correct
DQ: Won a major award? (NOT a leg lamp!). ;)
DQ2: Died before 2000?
IQ: Was today the 64th anniversary of your iconic WS defensive play?
IQ2: Are you the leader of Germany?
IQ3: Were you happy when "de plane, de plane" arrived?
Still not Willie Mays, not Angela Merkel and not Ricardo Montalban.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
9. in the Arts, broadly defined
10. died after 1950
11. not a speaker of a Romance language
12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
13. died before 2000
Thought it might be KHAAAN! ;)
IQ: Did you believe that "Greed is good, greed works"?
IQ2: Did you go from auto engineer to SAHD with a STEEP learning curve?
IQ3: Did you sing about the "Joker"?
Not Gordon Gekko, dunno and dunno.
Michael Douglas
Michael Keaton
Steve Miller
DQ: Actor?
DQ2: Scandinavian?
DQ3: Famous SO?
IQ: Were you Nixon's corrupt AG?
IQ2: Were you the BoSox slugger twice suspended for PEDs?
IQ3: Were you the PBS host whose sign-off was "Bye Bye"?
D'oh! I wasn't thinking "M."
Not John Mitchell, dunno, and not Mr. Rogers.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
9. in the Arts, broadly defined
10. died after 1950
11. not a speaker of a Romance language
12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
13. died before 2000
14. not an actor
15. not Scandinavian
16. didn't have a famous SO
Yup
Manny Ramirez
John McGlauglin
DQ: Singer?
DQ: Ever appeared on TV?
IQ: Were you the American 100m champ during the 90s with a colorful name?
IQ2: Were you a contemporary of #1 who held records in the 200 and 400m races?
IQ3: Are you the hurdler who went 12 years without losing?
Yup
Manny Ramirez
John McGlaughlin
DQ: Singer?
DQ: Ever appeared on TV?
IQ: Were you the American 100m champ during the 90s with a colorful name?
IQ2: Were you a contemporary of #1 who held records in the 200 and 400m races?
IQ3: Are you the hurdler who went 12 years without losing?
Fixed typo
Dunno x3.
Mr. Rogers said "Bye bye" on PBS too, so I'm going to have to turn you down for that one.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
9. in the Arts, broadly defined
10. died after 1950
11. not a speaker of a Romance language
12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
13. died before 2000
14. not an actor
15. not Scandinavian
16. didn't have a famous SO
17. not a singer
Ah, I watched "The McGlaughlin Group" MUCH more recently than "Mister Roger's Neighborhood". ;)
Maurice Green
Michael Johnson
Edwin Moses
DQ: Author?
DQ2: Died after 1975?
DQ3: Notable circumstances of death?
Uh, WAIT A SEC! Where's the "M" in Fred Rodgers?!
"Mr." The vast majority of his audience wouldn't even know his first name.
M.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. European
7. from a traditional NATO country (Western democracy)
8. born after 1900
9. in the Arts, broadly defined
10. died after 1950
11. not a speaker of a Romance language
12. did not win a major award ("fra GEE lay" or otherwise)
13. died before 2000
14. not an actor
15. not Scandinavian
16. didn't have a famous SO
17. not a singer
18. not an author
19. died after 1975
20. circumstances of his death weren't notable
That makes sense. Time to ponder, BTW: when's my deadline?
How about by noon EST Sat.?
Sounds good to me, time to ponder.
Coming back to concede
BTW: a notoriously confusingly laid out building at my alma mater is named Weatkey. :)
I don't get it.
Our Botticelli person is
Christopher Robin Milne
A fictionalized version of him appeared in his father's books about Winnie-the-Pooh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin_Milne
And a recent movie: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Robin_(film)
I was referring to the Dope game with that comment.
VERY nice pick with Christopher Robin! The movie looks good, may see it.
Shall I pick a letter?
Sorry, I still don't get the Weatkey reference.
Yes, please pick a letter.
We're about due for:
V
And Weatkey?
IQs:
Were you a Fifties actor whose name suggested he was not a juvenile?
Are you a longtime Pro Wrestling exec?
Were you an early King of Gondor?
A building at my college is named after Phyllis Wheatley
Not Victor Mature (I used a similar construction to ask about him before). :)
Not Vince McMahon
Not Voldemort
Ah, got it!
Previous IQs:
Were you a Fifties actor whose name suggested he was not a juvenile? - Yes, Victor Mature
Are you a longtime Pro Wrestling exec? - Yes, Vince McMahon
Were you an early King of Gondor? - Not Voldemort (wrong fandom!), but Valandil
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you the last governor of New France?
Did Picard meet you on Risa?
Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina?
DQ
DQ
Not the appeareantly anarchoristically named Virginia Dare