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1.Real
Previous IQs:
Were you the last governor of New France? - Pierre Riegaud de Vaudreuil, before the British kicked (many of) the French out of what is now Canada
Did Picard meet you on Risa? - Vash: http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Vash
Were you the first English child born in what is now North Carolina? - Yes, Virginia Dare
DQs:
Male?
Living?
IQs:
Were you Al Haig's top celebrity endorser in 1988?
Did you get a golden ticket to tour Mr. Wonka's factory?
Did you make a fortune as a chic hairdresser before turning to selling shampoo?
Not Abe Vigoda
DQ
Not Vidal Sassoon
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
Previous IQs:
Were you Al Haig's top celebrity endorser in 1988? - Not Abe Vigoda, but Victor Borge
Did you get a golden ticket to tour Mr. Wonka's factory? - Violet Bureaugard
Did you make a fortune as a chic hairdresser before turning to selling shampoo? - Yes, Vidal Sassoon
DQs:
American?
First name start with V?
IQs:
Did you also get a golden ticket to tour Mr. Wonka's factory?
Did an actor and his young, similar-looking nephew both play you?
Did you costar on One Day at a Time?
DQ
Not Voldemort THIS time (the uncle praised his nephew as a well behaved kid actor)
Not Valerie Bertinelli (too busy with Food Network for the reboot)
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
Previous IQs:
Did you also get a golden ticket to tour Mr. Wonka's factory? - Veruca Salt
Did an actor and his young, similar-looking nephew both play you? - Yes, Voldemort, played by Ralph Fiennes and his nephew
Did you costar on One Day at a Time? - Yes, Valerie Bertinelli
DQ:
Died since 1950?
IQs:
Were you considered one of the better rulers of your country, pre-1500?
Did you play Maverick's nemesis?
Did Tom Lehrer sing about both your old job and your new one?
DQ
Not Ving Rhames
Not Fred Vinson
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
6.Died BEFORE 1950
Previous IQs:
Were you considered one of the better rulers of your country, pre-1500? - Emperor Vespasian of Rome
Did you play Maverick's nemesis? - Not Ving Rhames, but Val Kilmer, in Top Gun
Did Tom Lehrer sing about both your old job and your new one? - Not Fred Vinson, but Dr. Wernher von Braun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro
DQs:
Died before 1861?
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you write to a newspaper asking about the existence of Santa Claus?
Did you train Washington's soldiers at Valley Forge?
Did you, against type, play a bad guy in the second season of True Detective?
Not Virginia (the anniversary was recent)
Not von Steuben
Not Ving Rhames
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.Died AFTER 1861
8.Political/Military figure
Previous IQs:
Did you write to a newspaper asking about the existence of Santa Claus? - "Yes, Virginia...."
Did you train Washington's soldiers at Valley Forge? - Yes, von Steuben
Did you, against type, play a bad guy in the second season of True Detective? - Vince Vaughn
DQ:
Held Federal civilian office?
IQs:
Were you a frequent poker partner of Harry Truman's?
Were you another one?
Was Fantine one of your best-loved characters?
Not Arthur Vandenburg
Not Fred Vinson
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.Died AFTER 1861
8.Political/Military figure
9.Held FEDERAL ELECTED CIVILIAN office. (Added the elected part as a free hint)
Previous IQs:
Were you a frequent poker partner of Harry Truman's? - Didn't know that about Vandenburg; I'll rephrase
Were you another one? - Yes, Fred Vinson
Was Fantine one of your best-loved characters? - Victor Hugo, in Les Miserables
DQ:
Died after 1900?
IQs:
You were not an elected official. Were you a frequent poker partner of Harry Truman's?
Were you a notorious Ohio Copperhead expelled from U.S. territory?
Did you briefly appear as a character in the movie Amistad?
DQ (I doubt they were poker buddies, he's just a name from that era I'm familiar with)
DQ
Not Marin Van Buren
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.Died AFTER 1861
8.Political/Military figure
9.Held FEDERAL ELECTED CIVILIAN office. (Added the elected part as a free hint)
10.Died AFTER 1900
Previous IQs:
You were not an elected official. Were you a frequent poker partner of Harry Truman's? - Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, the President's military aide
Were you a notorious Ohio Copperhead expelled from U.S. territory? - Clement Vallandigham
Did you briefly appear as a character in the movie Amistad? - Not Marin but Martin van Buren (which reminds me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr8FTzl8WN0)
DQs:
Served in the U.S. Senate?
Republican?
IQs:
Were you a prominent black Republican in Cleveland in the late 20th century?
Did Ed Harris play you in The Abyss?
Did you guide Dante in The Inferno?
Weird typo, funny commercial
DQ
DQ
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.LAST name begins V
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.Died AFTER 1861
8.Political/Military figure
9.Held FEDERAL ELECTED CIVILIAN office. (Added the elected part as a free hint)
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.NOT a Senator
12.Republican
Previous IQs:
Were you a prominent black Republican in Cleveland in the late 20th century? - Virgil Brown
Did Ed Harris play you in The Abyss? - Virgil Brigman
Did you guide Dante in The Inferno? - The Roman poet Virgil
Virgil x3!
DQs:
Ever served as POTUS or VPOTUS?
Served in the U.S. House of Representatives?
Last held office in or before 1925?
IQs:
Were you an internationalist Republican after WWII?
Was an act implementing Prohibition named after you?
Was an aircraft carrier named after you, reflecting your strong support of the U.S. Navy?
Not Arthur Vandenberg
YES!! I am Andrew Volstead! Great job! Worried he might be too obscure.
Excellent - thanks! I remember the agents in The Untouchables often mentioning about the Volstead Act. Don't know anything about the man, though. Let's see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Volstead
The aircraft carrier is the USS Carl Vinson, named after this long-serving Congressman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Vinson
I'll start the next round tomorrow.
Excellent! I looked up the Volstead Act, hoping it was named for a person. I assume Carl was Fred's brother?
No mention of it in either of their Wiki bios. Carl was born in Georgia, while Fred was born in Kentucky; no relation, I think.
Our next letter is
O
IQ: Was your death the subject of the movie "Zero Dark Thirty"?
IQ2: Are you the former White House staff member who needed to be physically escorted out of the West Wing after being fired?
IQ3: Are you the actor who became an elite bridge player?
Not Osama bin Laden, Omarosa Manigault-Whatever or Omar Sharif.
3 for 3 (last I knew her last name was Stallworth, but I know that's wrong)
IQ: Did Liam Neeson play you in the movie about your WWII exploits?
IQ2: Did you believe that the simplest explanation was the correct one?
IQ3: Were you acquired for Scottie Pippen's draft rights?
Not Oskar Schindler, William of Ockham/Occam, and dunno.
Correct
Correct
Olden Polynice
DQ: Real?
IQ: Were you the Rockets center who won championships during Jordan's retirement?
IQ2: Were you the Bulls center who went on to play with the Lakers?
IQ3: Were you the NBA center whose ferocious dunks led to a redesign of the backboard base?
Dunno x3.
O.
1. real
Hakeem Olajuwon
Orlando Woolridge
Shaquille O'Neal
DQ: Male?
DQ: Living?
DQ: American?
IQ: Are you the memetic Doper?
IQ2: Were you a key pitcher for the '86 Mets, who later survived a boating accident?
IQ3. Are you the former talk show host many people wish would run for President?
Neither Opal (or Orson Bean), Orel Hershiser nor Bill O'Reilly.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
Correct (I was thinking Opal there)
Bob Ojeda
Oprah Winfrey
DQ: Died after 1900?
DQ2: European?
DQ3: In Arts?
IQ: Are you the only man to win LCS MVP in both leagues?
IQ2: Are you the Fox pundit fired over sexual harassment issues?
IQ3: Are you the rival of #2 who relishes needling/tolling them?
Correct (I was thinking Opal there)
Bob Ojeda
Oprah Winfrey
DQ: Died after 1900?
DQ2: European?
DQ3: In Arts?
IQ: Are you the only man to win LCS MVP in both leagues?
IQ2: Are you the Fox pundit fired over sexual harassment issues?
IQ3: Are you the rival of #2 who relishes needling/trolling them?
Dunno, not Bill O'Reilly, and dunno.
I got one right, so you only get two DQs. I'll answer your first two.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
Nobody has predicted or advocated OReilly run for office
Orel Hershiser ('88 for the Dodgers and '95 for the Indians)
Correct
Keith Olbermann
DQ: Asian?
DQ2: In Arts?
IQ1: Will you be the starting QB for Buffalo this week?
IQ2: Are you the NFL QB most famous for running out of the back of the end zone for the 0-16 Lions?
IQ3: Were you the QB who played both in Denver and Chicago in the 00s?
Dunno x3.
ISTR some of O'Reilly's more rabid supporters wanted him to run for President awhile back, but Google has failed me.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
Brock Oswiller
Dan Orlovsky
Kyle Orton
DQ: African?
DQ2: Political/Military figure?
DQ3: Died after 1950?
IQ: Are you the FLOTUS who outlived your Presidential husband the longest?
IQ2: Are you #1's second husband?
IQ3: Are you the nuclear scientist who had issues with the FBI?
Not Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (although I believe Lady Bird Johnson actually gets that title), Aristotle Onassis or J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Never heard of any of those QBs!
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
3 for 3 (and that's what I was counting on for those QBs). :)
IQ: Were you the female lead in "Wuthering Heights"?
IQ2: Much to his chagrin, were you Alec Guinness' best known role?
IQ3: Are you the double amputee Olympian who went to prison for murder?
Checked her Wikipedia page, and you're correct about Lady Bird. (34 years v 30-1/2)
Not Olivia de Havilland, Obi-Wan Kenobi (I saw Guinness on stage and afterwards met him when he was appearing in London in A Walk in the Woods in 1988) or Oscar Pretorious (sp?).
Not who I was thinking but I think she was in it too
Correct (that must have been cool)
Correct (Prestorius)
IQ: Were you the first POTUS from outside the continental US?
IQ2: Are you his spouse?
IQ3: Were you frequently the color guy for NBC 4 o'clock NFL games during the 80s?
Not Honolulu-born Barack Obama, his wife the lovely Michelle, or Merlin Olsen.
Correct
Yes she IS lovely :D
Yup, he usually worked with Dicg Enberg.
IQ: Were you the 19th c. British poet who felt the love that dare not speak its name?
IQ2: Are you the sportswriter who moved in with your fellow divorced friend?
IQ3: Are you the most cantankerous Sesame Street resident?
Not Oscar Wilde, Madison or the Grouch.
As to Michelle Obama, did I already post this here?: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...d.php?t=582317
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
I don't know, but I do remember hearing about it. :)
Yup
Oscar X3 :)
IQ: Are you the talented but eccentric NY Giants receiver?
IQ2: Are you the gold standard for SS defense?
IQ3: Are the Gold medal winning boxer from the '92 Olympics?
Dunno x3.
Odell Beckham Jr.
Ozzie Smith
Oscar De La Hoya
DQ: From Latin America?
DQ2: Considered positively by history?
DQ3: Died before 2000?
IQ: Were you Charlie Chaplin's father-in-law?
IQ2: Were you his wife?
IQ3: Were you a major Cold War General?
Not Eugene O'Neill, Oona Chaplin or Omar Bradley.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
12. from Latin America
13. considered positively by history
14. died before 2000
3 for 3
IQ: Are you considered the greatest basketball player to never play in the NBA?
IQ2: Are you the openly gay r&b singer with a nautical name?
IQ3: Did you sing about a "Caribbean Queen"?
Dunno, dunno, and not Billy Ocean.
Oscar Schmidt
Frank Ocean
Correct
DQ: From Caribbean (as opposed to mainland South America)?
DQ2: Military veteran?
IQ: Were you played by both Frank Sinatra and George Clooney?
IQ2: Are you the former federal appointed official who recently announced they are withdrawing from public life?
IQ3: Are you the retired LPGA star?
Not Mr. Ocean (Ocean's 11 etc.), not Sandra Day O'Connor, and dunno.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
12. from Latin America
13. considered positively by history
14. died before 2000
15. not from the Caribbean
16. not a military veteran
Yup, Danny Ocean
Correct
Lorena Ochoa.
DQ: Apoointed official?
Read O’Connor’s Wikipedia page a moment ago. The reason for her withdrawal is sadly what I suspected.
IQ: Are you the notable female Irish writer with the unique name?
IQ2: Did your character go from longshoreman to pub owner?
IQ3: Are you the noted ESPN football writer?
Dunno x3.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
12. from Latin America
13. considered positively by history
14. died before 2000
15. not from the Caribbean
16. not a military veteran
17. appointed to a particular post
Flannery O'Connor
Carol O'Connor
Ian O'Connor
O'ConnorX3
DQ: Died after 1975?
DQ2: Had good relationship w/USA?
DQ3: Held the equivalent of minor Cabinet position (HUD, HHS, EDUCATION, LABOR ETC)
Those were my final DQs, so it’s almost time to think.
O.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. died after 1900
6. not European
7. not Asian
8. not in the Arts
9. not African
10. sorta kinda a political/military figure
11. died after 1950
12. from Latin America
13. considered positively by history
14. died before 2000
15. not from the Caribbean
16. not a military veteran
17. appointed to a particular post
18. died after 1975
19. attitude towards the USA unknown, as far as I can determine
20. did not hold the equivalent of minor Cabinet position (HUD, HHS, Education, Labor, etc.)
And a freebie:
21. did not hold a governmental office
Deadline?
How about Sun. noon EST?
Great!
It's early, but I'll guess:
Daniel Ortega
Not bad, but Ortega's alive and is again holding a governmental post in Nicaragua. I was thinking instead of
Oscar Romero
The martyred bishop of El Salvador, canonized a few weeks ago by Pope Francis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero
Start the next round, if you like, or I will.
Your letter is:
F
IQs:
Were you the action guy on FYI?
Did your colleagues refer to you as "Ferret Face"?
Were you captain of the Hill Street Station?
DQ (I can see him, name not coming to me)
DQ
Not Fontana
Previous IQs:
Were you the action guy on FYI? - Frank Fontana, on Murphy Brown
Did your colleagues refer to you as "Ferret Face"? - Maj. Frank Burns, on M*A*S*H
Were you captain of the Hill Street Station? - Francis X. "Frank" Furillo, on Hill Street Blues
Frank x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with F?
IQs:
Did you praise George Washington's generalship during the 1776-77 New Jersey campaign?
Were your dad, your mom and your uncle all psychiatrists?
Despite having the same last name and both holding Federal posts, were you no relation to a Georgia Congressman who got a carrier named after him?
Not Frederick the Great
Not Frederick Crane
Not Frederick Vinson
FrederickX3
1.Real
2.Male
3.Only name begins "F"
Swept 'em!
IQs:
Were you a bad guy in the first Deadpool movie?
Were you known as "the Swamp Fox"?
Was your poem later associated with the song "To Anacreon in Heaven"?
DQ
Not Francis Marion
Not Francis Scott Key (I believe that song's melody is used for the "Star Spangled Banner")
Correct as to both. The first guy was just known as Francis. Francis x3!
DQ:
Living?
IQs:
Were you an RNC Chair in the Eighties?
Were you a Dick Tracy parody?
Did you create Downton Abbey?
DQ
Not Frank Drebin
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Only name begins "F"
4.Dead
Previous IQs:
Were you an RNC Chair in the Eighties? - Frank Fahrenkopf
Were you a Dick Tracy parody? - I'll rephrase
Did you create Downton Abbey? - Julian Fellowes
DQs:
American?
Born since 1800?
IQs:
Were you a Dick Tracy parody from before 1970?
Were you Phyllis Diller's never-seen husband?
Are you often credited with the invention of TV?
DQ
DQ
Not Philo T. Farnsworth
1.Real
2.Male
3.Only name begins "F"
4.Dead
5.American
6.Born AFTER 1800
Previous IQs:
Were you a Dick Tracy parody from before 1970? - Fearless Fosdick, in Pogo
Were you Phyllis Diller's never-seen husband? - Fang
Are you often credited with the invention of TV? - Yes, Philo Farnsworth
DQs:
Born after 1900?
Political/military?
IQs:
Were you hit in the face by a seagull while on a rollercoaster?
Did you read the comics to kids over the radio during a newspaper strike?
Did you escape an ambush, being encouraged to run away by your father?
Not Fabio
Not FDR
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
3.Only name begins "F"
4.Dead
5.American
6.Born AFTER 1800
7.Born AFTER 1900
8.Associated with a political figure
Previous IQs:
Were you hit in the face by a seagull while on a rollercoaster? - Yes, Fabio (very good!)
Did you read the comics to kids over the radio during a newspaper strike? - Not FDR, but NYC Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia
Did you escape an ambush, being encouraged to run away by your father? - Fleance, the murdered Banquo's son in Shakespeare's Macbeth
DQs:
Born after 1950?
Married to a political figure?
IQs:
Were you FDR's beloved Scottie?
Did you angrily destroy a helipad at your home with a sledge?
Do some people think you're his son?
YES!! I am FDR's faithful companion
FALA!
(inspired by your pick of Checkers awhile back). Next letter
Woohoo! Thanks - good one. I see the pup even has his own Wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fala_(dog)
Other previous IQs:
Did you angrily destroy a helipad at your home with a sledge? - Frank Sinatra, after JFK cancelled a visit due to concerns about his Mob ties
Do some people think you're his son? - TV journalist Ronan Farrow
Been awhile since we did
P
IQ: Are you my celebrity crush’s ex-husband?
IQ2: Are you #1’s grandfather, the man responsible for the legislation that helps middle class students afford college?
IQ3:Were you the only American to win gold at Grenoble?
Dunno, not Claiborne Pell, and dunno.
Clay Pell
Correct
Peggy Fleming
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Did you play a character originally played by Donald Sutherland?
IQ2: Did you write the “Boom Box Song”?
IQ3: Did you write a song about a women’s vagina, that seemingly was about a car?
Dunno x3.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
P.
1. real
2. male
Parnell Robets
Peter Gabriel (“In Your Eyes”)
Prince (“Little Red Corvette”)
DQ: Living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: Political figure?
IQ: Was your biggest hit “Downtown”?
IQ2: Are you the “Queen of the Hill”?
IQ3: Are you the boxer nicknamed “Sweatpea”?
Not Petula Clark, dunno, and dunno.
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. not a political figure
Correct
Peggy Hill
Pernell Whitaker
DQ: European?
DQ2: In Arts, broadly defined?
IQ: Are you the actor turned charitable food purveyor?
IQ2: Did you record the album “Graceland”?
IQ3: Were you the IL Senator who tried to succeed Reagan in the WH?
Not Paul Newman, Paul Simon or, um, Paul Simon. And see this: https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-l...onologue/n9661
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
Answer #4 corrected.
3 for 3 funny video! :D
IQ: Are you the Greek-American tennis champion?
IQ2: Are you the actress-director formerly married to Meathead?
IQ3: Are you the former NBA star now coaching your alma mater?
Robinson Crusoe is on TCM tonight.
Thanks. Dunno, not Penny Marshall, and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Pete Sampras
Correct
Penny Hardaway (Memphis)
DQ: Business figure?
DQ2: Asian?
IQ: Could you not define pornography, but knew when you saw it?
IQ2: Were you the first daytime talk show host to become popular?
IQ3: Did you famously ask pet,”Is THAT your final answer?”
IQ: Could you not define pornography, but knew when you saw it?
IQ2: Were you the first daytime talk show host to become popular?
IQ3: Did you famously ask people,”Is THAT your final answer?
Not Potter Stewart, Phil Donahue or Regis Philbin.
Also not Potter Stewart, Phil Donahue or Regis Philbin.
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
3 for 3 (or should I say 6 for 6). ;)
IQ: Were you the analyst on “Celebrity Poker”?
IQ2: Are you the poker player who believes “If there weren’t luck involved, I’d win every one”?
IQ3: Are you the poker player known for your disguises and animated histrionics?
Dunno x3, as you no doubt expected.
Nope, not particularly surprised
Phil Gordon
Phil Hellmuth
Phil Laak
PhilX3
DQ: Born before 1950?
DQ: African?
DQ: Scientist?
IQ: Did you formulate an Internet maxim regarding parody?
IQ2: Are you the NFL QB who's raising 8 kids with his college sweetheart?
IQ3: Are you the NFL QB with SB completion % record?
Not Phil Godwin, dunno and dunno.
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
10. born before 1950
11. not African
12. not a scientist
That was Mr. Poe
Philip Rivers
Phil Simms
DQ: Athlete?
DQ2: Australian?
DQ3: Has positive public reputation?
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
10. born before 1950
11. not African
12. not a scientist
13. not an athlete
14. not Australian
15. has mixed public reputation, I think it would be fair to say
IQ: Are you Prince Harry's sister-in-law?
IQ2: Are you his paternal grandfather?
IQ3: Were you the NBA coach who won titles in Chicago and LA?
Not Pippa Whateverherlastnameisnow, Prince Philip or Phil Jackson.
Actually, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is Harry's sister-in-law, but would her sister be, also?
I screwed up which prince is married to Kate! I cede the DQ. You got the others.
IQ: Are you the singer who met her hubby at the X Games?
IQ2: Are you the author whose last name is a title for a major world leader?
IQ3: Are you the "Fast & the Furious" star killed in a fiery car crash?
Getting ready to go do my civic duty. Make sure you do the same Elendil. :D
Dunno, dunno and not Paul Walker.
Yes, I voted after work. A mixed bag of election results here in Ohio - more bad than good, I'm afraid.
P!nk
Alexander Pope
Correct
DQ: From Latin America?
DQ2: Military figure?
I live in deep blue MA we have a VERY popular GOP gov. It helps he's not batshit crazy.
IQ: Are you likely to become Speaker come January? :). (Watching returns)
IQ2: Did you live in the oldest home in Boston?
IQ3: Are you Chair of the DNC?
Not Nancy Pelosi, Paul Revere or Tom Perez.
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
10. born before 1950
11. not African
12. not a scientist
13. not an athlete
14. not Australian
15. has a mixed public reputation, I think it would be fair to say
16. not from Latin America
17. not a military figure
3 for 3 (learned Perez's name last nite)
IQ: Were you Inspector Gadget's niece?
IQ2: Are you the bear who famously wears a yellow rain hat and blue jacket?
IQ3: Were you the forever upbeat "American Idol" judge?
Not Penny (?), Paddington or Paula Abdul.
3 for 3 once again. What would you call Paddington's coat?
IQ: Are you the former Celtics great nicknamed "The Truth"?
IQ2: Are you the Diamondbacks 1B headed to FA and a HUGE payday?
IQ3: Were you the former Twins manager who was the only man to triple for his 3000 hit?
A raincoat or slicker? Wiki says it's a duffle coat, though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddington_Bear
Dunno x3.
Paul Pierce
Paul Goldschmidt
Paul Molitor
PaulX3
DQ: Criminal or victim?
DQ2: From Caribbean?
DQ3: Born after 1975?
That's 20, so this will be interesting
I had a Paddington Bear doll as a kid. The clothes were felt (IIRC) not evocative of slickers, at least for the coat
In the Dope game, aren't 1 & 2 the same guy?
Misread the second.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
10. born before 1950
11. not African
12. not a scientist
13. not an athlete
14. not Australian
15. has a mixed public reputation, I think it would be fair to say
16. not from Latin America
17. not a military figure
18. neither a criminal nor a victim
19. not from the Caribbean
See DQ10. Sure you want to ask if he was born after 1975?
New DQ20: Born BEFORE 1975?
Fixed logic paradoxQuote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
P.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. naturalized American
5. not a political figure
6. not European
7. not in the Arts, broadly defined
8. not a business figure
9. not Asian
10. born before 1950
11. not African
12. not a scientist
13. not an athlete
14. not Australian
15. has a mixed public reputation, I think it would be fair to say
16. not from Latin America
17. not a military figure
18. neither a criminal nor a victim
19. not from the Caribbean
20. born after 1925
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by 9pm EDST tomorrow.
Found an Irene Adler reference at tvtropes on the Jeopardy page
Link, please?Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Tvtropes.net/Jeopardy
Coming back to concede
Linky no worky.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
The answer is
Peter Arnett
New Zealand-born journalist, famous/notorious for his coverage of the First Gulf War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Arnett
Good one! Should I think of a letter?
I see you won on the Dope, congrats! I can run the game here, so you're only running 1. :)
Thanks! Go right ahead and start the next round, if you please.
Thanks. We like avoid hard letters, so I'll bite the bullet and say your letter is:
Q
IQs:
Did you help 007 in Jamaica?
Are you a scrawny American character actor?
Were you a Jack Klugman TV role?
Not Quarrel
DQ
Not Quincy M.E.
IQs:
Did you help 007 in Jamaica? - Yes, Quarrel, in Dr. No
Are you a scrawny American character actor? - D.J. Quarles, who often plays rail-thin hillbillies
Were you a Jack Klugman TV role? - Yes, Quincy
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you spend a lot of time at Notre Dame?
Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals?
Did you customarily get your teeth cleaned on Election Day?
Not Quasimodo
DQ
Sorry Frank Fantana it's NOT Dan Quayle
1.Real
I almost gave an answer for IQ1 totally out of your wheelhouse.
Previous IQs:
Did you spend a lot of time at Notre Dame? - Yes, Quasimodo
Were you one of the Rude Mechanicals? - Peter Quince, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night's Dream
Did you customarily get your teeth cleaned on Election Day? - Yes, Dan Quayle
DQ:
Male?
IQs:
Were you a U.S. Army general who John Hay, aide to President Lincoln, praised for military skill but criticized for political naivete?
Did you take a dangerous ocean voyage with your famous father while still quite young?
Did you command the starship Protector?
DQ
Not John Quincy Adams (was his dad's Secretary when he represented the revolting colonies)
DQ
1.Real
2.Male
Did you recognize the "Murphy Brown" reference? :)
It's Fontana, but yes. Although he didn't have much to do with the Quayle episode, as I recall...?
Previous IQs:
Were you a U.S. Army general who John Hay, aide to President Lincoln, praised for military skill but criticized for political naivete? - Quincy Gillmore
Did you take a dangerous ocean voyage with your famous father while still quite young? - Yes, John Quincy Adams
Did you command the starship Protector? - Capt. Peter Quincy Taggart in Galaxy Quest
DQs:
Living?
American?
IQs:
Are you an all-powerful alien who bedevils a starship captain?
Are you his eventual wife?
Are you another of his kind, who tries to commit suicide?
3 DQs
Yeah, I saw the misspelling too late. And his famous line was his only real contribution to the episode.
1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
Previous IQs:
Are you an all-powerful alien who bedevils a starship captain? - Q, on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Are you his eventual wife? - Another Q
Are you another of his kind, who tries to commit suicide? - Yet another Q
DQs:
Best known for politics/military?
Born since 1950?
First name start with Q?
IQs:
Were you a grizzled shark-hunter in Jaws?
Did Tom Selleck play you in a movie set in Australia?
Are you the corrupt mayor of Springfield with a thick Kennedyesque accent?
Not Quint, who needed a bigger boat
Not Quigley From Down Under
Not Mayor Quimby
1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Not known for Politics/Miltary
6.First initial "Q"
7.Born AFTER 1950
BTW: I was thinking of Oliver Stone when I wrote that
When you wrote what?
Swept me, in any event.
IQs:
Are you the director of Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and The Hateful Eight?
Did you write The Naked Civil Servant?
Did you and your brother have a menagerie of animals in the White House?
I originally confused our mystery man with someone else
YES! I am Quentin Tarantino! (I confused him with Oliver Stone)
DQ (probably another Quentin)
Not Quentin Roosevelt
Woohoo! Thanks, Eric.
The second is British author Quentin Crisp. Correct as to Quentin Roosevelt.
I'll start the next round tomorrow.
Excellent! See you later
OK, our next letter is
T
IQ: Were you the first African American on the SCOTUS?
IQ2: Are you the 2nd?
IQ3: Did you found UVa?
Not Thurgood Marshall, Clarence Thomas or Thomas Jefferson.
3 for 3
IQ: Are you the NBA coach who just traded your best player?
IQ2: Are you the ESPN baseball analyst who,previously covered Cal Ripken?
IQ3:Are you the Speaker of the House who lost your seat in the Gingrich Revolution?
Dunno, dunno and not Tom Foley (D-Wash.).
Tom Thibideau (he traded Jimmy Butler)
Tim Kurkjian
Correct
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
IQ: Are you the stoic NFL coach who made fedoras popular?
IQ2: Did you manage the Twins to their 2 WS titles?
IQ3: Did you tell Jerry Seinfeld that "they're real and they're SPECTACULAR!"
Not Tom Landry, dunno, and I should remember the third (former costar of Lois and Clark), but I can't for the life of me. Take two DQs.
Correct
Tom Kelly
Teri Hatcher (Who DID indeed play Lois on "The New Adventures of Superman")
2 DQs reserved
IQ: Are you my least favorite figure skater, because you upset my celebrity crush in their marquee event?
IQ2: Did you investigate Iran Contra, and later get rejected for SoD?
IQ3: Did you write a song that gives women a ready-made fake name and phone number to give creepy guys?
Teri Hatcher! :: headsmack :: of course. I could see her but was blanking on her name. She was also a Bond Girl in the Pierce Brosnan era.
Not Tonya Harding, John Tower (usually abbreviated SECDEF) and dunno.
Tara Lipinski beat Michelle in 1998
Correct (thanks for the better abbreviation)
Tommy Tutone ("Jenny/867-5309)
2 more DQS reserved, 4 total
IQ: Did you mastermind the scandal depicted in the movie in which Allison Janney won an Oscar for playing your mother?
IQ2: Were you the military hero the GOP installed as VP, in an effort to get you off the world stage, only to see you succeed upon the assasination of the POTUS?
IQ3: Did you go from Exxon to Foggy Bottom?
Not Tonya Harding (great movie - and Janney definitely earned that Oscar!), Theodore Roosevelt or Rex Tillerson.
If you can answer my DQs from post #6575 I can start emptying my backlog. :)
And 3 for 3 of course
IQ: Were you the star attraction at 19th c. "Freak shows"?
IQ2: Did you originate the role of Spider-Man on the big screen?
IQ3: Are you the country star who likes to threaten to "put a boot in your ass"?
Sorry - I missed those DQs.
Not Tom Thumb (who visited Lincoln in the White House!), Tobey McGuire (sp?) or Toby Keith.
T.
1. real
2. male
Correct
Correct (Toby)
Correct
DQ: Living?
DQ2: American?
DQ3: In Arts?
DQ reserved
IQ: Do you host “The Great American Foodtruck Race”?
IQ2: Did you play Cleopatra in what was then the most expensive movie of all-time?
IQ3: Did you play Daniel-son’s love interest in”Karate Kid II”, and later treat Spencer Reid for anthrax exposure?
Dunno, not Elizabeth Taylor, and dunno.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
Tyler Florence
Correct
Tamilyn Tomita
DQ: Born after 1950?
DQ2: European?
DQ3: Actor?
IQ: Are you the POTUS who was alive at the same time as Washington, yet have living grandchildren?
IQ2: Were you the first actor to win consecutive Best Actor Oscars?
IQ3: Were you the 2nd to achieve that?
BTW: one of the times I watched that episode of "Criminal Minds", "Karate Kid II" happened to be airing simultaneously.
Not John Tyler, Spencer Tracy or Tom Hanks.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
Correct (this factoid makes my head hurt whenever I think about it)
Correct
Correct
IQ: Are you the fictional child whose illness was never mentioned, but the consensus is kidney disease?
IQ2: Are you the diminutive Scientologist?
IQ3: Are you the Scientologist many people believe is afraid to come out, due to Scientology's influence?
Yeah, that's pretty remarkable about President Tyler, this many years later.
Not Timmay from South Park, Tom Cruise or John Travolta.
Tiny Tim from "A Christmas Carol"
Correct
Correct
DQ: Author?
IQ: Did your husband recently become the youngest EGOT?
IQ2: Are you the future NFL,HOFer drafted as a catcher by the Expos?
IQ3: Are you the Revere native whose baseball career was ruined by a vicious beaning?
Kidney disease, huh? Never heard that theory before.
Dunno x3.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
Chrissy Teigen
Tom Brady
Tony Conigliaro
It's mentioned in his Wikipedia page.
DQ: Born after 1980?
DQ2: Singer?
DQ3: American-born?
IQ: Did your HR saving catch lead to the All-Star game tie?
IQ2: Did you have the most cumulative time as Speaker of the House?
IQ3: Did you have the longest continuous term as Speaker?
Dunno, not Tip O'Neill and dunno.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
Tori's Hunter
I messed this up, no,DQ
THAT was Tip
DQ: Solo artist?
IQ: Are you the actor whose TV detective sucked lollipops in lieu of cigarettes?
IQ2: Did Angela Bassett play you in your biopic?
IQ3: Were you her abusive husband?
BTW: the second guy was Ssm Rayburn.
Not Telly Savalas, Tina or Ike Turner.
I thought that particular Speaker was probably Sam Rayburn, but of course he's not a T.
T.
1. real
2. male
3. living
4. not American
5. in the Arts
6. born after 1950
7. European by family but not by birth
8. not best known as an actor
9. not an author
10. born before 1980
11. singer
12. not American-born
13. solo artist
Yup, which I figured out too late
3 for 3. BTW: Who loves ya baby! :)