Let's play Botticelli!

#1 is Bill Cosby, and #2 is Cliff Huxtable (from The Cosby Show). #3 is Clara Bow, aka "The 'It' Girl."

Hmm, just noticed that while EH asked "has won an award in her field," CIAS's answer amends this to "has won an award in one of her fields." So she's definitely a multi-hyphenate that doesn't include writing, younger than 50 but older than 34, mixed-race (but one of them is not African-American or other heritage that would be considered black like Caribbean).

DQs:

- Best known for films?
- First name begin in the first half of the alphabet (i.e. "L" or earlier)?

Will withhold further DQ and IQs till we see EH's DQs (and the DQ answers).

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not European
5. Last name starts with C
6. Is Involved in the creative arts, as broadly defined.
7. Not known as an author
8. American
9. Born since 1964
10. Partly Caucasian
11. Is not primarily a musician, but is certainly excellent at it.
12. Not born after 1980
13. Has won a major award in one of her fields
14. Is not partly black.
15. Actress
16. Has appeared in movies
17. Is not best known for rock and roll
18. YMMV - but as far as I am concerned, is best known for films.
19. First name does not begin in the first half of the alphabet.

You're not hunting for some old fossil you know...

Previous IQs:

Did you travel a lot but were murdered on a beach in Hawaii? - Capt. James Cook
Were you a famous passenger on a ship named after a kind of dog? - Yes, Darwin of the Beagle
Are you the current SECDEF? - Yes, the U.S. Secretary of Defense, who is now Chuck Hagel

May I ask two DQs, or just one to bring us up to 20? choie, what would useful to know? So far, I'm drawing a blank on this gal.

Man, I don't know. CIAS is adding on the clues now, and the "old fossil" has gotta be a reference to something... Does she play an archeologist? Does she have a name that sounds like a stone or a fossil or bones?

- A really good musician of some sort (singer?)

- But mostly known for film acting, or at least acc. to CIAS -- however, apparently others feel differently. So is/was she also on TV? Or is it her musical talent that's the alternate claim to fame?

- 34-50 years old

- Award-winner (Oscar? Emmy? Grammy?)

- Partly Caucasian, partly... Hispanic? Asian?

Things I guess we could narrow down: the award she won, whether she's also on TV, what her music talent is, her ethnic background (but I doubt that's helpful), if her award was recent, if she's married to anyone famous (not that this would really narrow things down much)...

The only person I can think of who matches any of this is Penelope Cruz, except she's not biracial (I don't think...) and I have no idea what the "fossil" reference would be. So basically I'm stumped. I have a feeling we're going to be embarrassed about this one, EH.

Edited to add: If Mariah Carey were known for acting, I guess that'd work. Cher would've been great but she's too old and also, "Cher" isn't her last name. Arrgh!

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not European
5. Last name starts with C
6. Is Involved in the creative arts, as broadly defined.
7. Not known as an author
8. American
9. Born since 1964
10. Partly Caucasian
11. Is not primarily a musician, but is certainly excellent at it.
12. Not born after 1980
13. Has won a major award in one of her fields
14. Is not partly black.
15. Actress
16. Has appeared in movies.
17. Is not best known for rock and roll
18. YMMV - but as far as I am concerned, is better known for films than her TV appearances.
19. First name does not begin in the first half of the alphabet.

I don't mind you taking the two DQs EH.

Of course, when I tell you the truth you probably wont believe me :p

Oh man, I love how you're giving us more and more clues tucked away in there. And that last line is clearly yet again some kind of hint, but it's whooshing 20,000 miles over my head! Your generosity is all gonna make us feel worse and worse once we learn the answer.

Well, so now we know she's also been on TV, and I guess that some people might know her best from those appearances, but CIAS thinks she's best known for film. If she weren't so young and the first-name initial was in the 1st half of the alphabet, I'd definitely be going for Glenn Close.

What does that "you won't believe me" clue mean? ARRRGH! Does she play a liar? Someone who can't convince others that she's telling the truth? EH, help!!

The "biracial but not part-black" point is what eliminates a lot of actresses from contention. Still stumped, but here goes:

DQs:

Did she win an Oscar?
Is she part Latina?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Female
3. Living
4. Not European
5. Last name starts with C
6. Is Involved in the creative arts, as broadly defined.
7. Not known as an author
8. American
9. Born since 1964
10. Partly Caucasian
11. Is not primarily a musician, but is certainly excellent at it.
12. Not born after 1980
13. Has won a major award in one of her fields
14. Is not partly black.
15. Actress
16. Has appeared in movies.
17. Is not best known for rock and roll
18. YMMV - but as far as I am concerned, is better known for films than her TV appearances.
19. First name does not begin in the first half of the alphabet.
20. No she has not won an oscar.
21. Yes, she is part Latina.

Hmm. Still coming up blank.

Yeah, I've gotta say I'm totally stumped, embarrassingly so. CIAS, you've picked a good one! The only person I can think of is still Penelope Cruz, but I'm really certain she's not American (unless she has dual citizenship), and I know nothing about her music skills. My second choice, until we got the Latin American clue, would've been Madonna... except she's too old.

So who is this chica?!

My oh my, the answer is Tia Carrere.

The clues...She played Cassandra in Wayne's World and also played Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter.

She is part Hawaiian, Spanish, Chinese and Filipino and also a Grammy Award winning singer. She is also Hot.

I was fairly sure one of you would guess who this person is.

Time to think of someone else.

:: headsmack ::

Of course! She was also a femme fatale in one of my favorite Ahnuld movies, True Lies. Good one. (Didn't know she was a singer, though).

Ok, next letter coming right up.

J

IQs:

Was Inga Arvad one of your first lovers?
Did your son Patrick die of a lung malady within days of his birth?
Were you the President of the United States in the Robert Harris alt-hist novel Fatherland?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Was Inga Arvad one of your first lovers?
Did your son Patrick die of a lung malady within days of his birth?
Were you the President of the United States in the Robert Harris alt-hist novel Fatherland?

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I have no idea about the first two.
3. As an alt-hist and given the way people like to play with historical characters: WAG of JFK?

Two, possibly three DQs.

IQs:

Was Inga Arvad one of your first lovers? - This was JFK, during WWII
Did your son Patrick die of a lung malady within days of his birth? - His later wife, Jackie Kennedy
Were you the President of the United States in the Robert Harris alt-hist novel Fatherland? - His dad, Joseph Kennedy Sr. (Great book, BTW).

DQs:

Male?
Real?
Last name start with J?

IQs:

Were you the hero of Little Round Top on July 3, 1863?
Were you duped by the Red-Headed League?
Did Bob Dylan sing about you, a clueless journalist?

Yay, some IQs for you.

1. Are you a biblical character whose name was later used as the eponymous lead, played by Bette Davis, of a film that was an obvious ploy to capitalize on the world's fascination with Gone with the Wind?

2. Is your girlfriend coveted by Rick Springfield?

3. Is your name also my name, and do we tend to gather a crowd that screams at us as we amble out of doors?

Love the phrasing of that last question. ;-)

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Was Inga Arvad one of your first lovers? - This was JFK, during WWII
Did your son Patrick die of a lung malady within days of his birth? - His later wife, Jackie Kennedy
Were you the President of the United States in the Robert Harris alt-hist novel Fatherland? - His dad, Joseph Kennedy Sr. (Great book, BTW).

IQs:

Were you the hero of Little Round Top on July 3, 1863?
Were you duped by the Red-Headed League?
Did Bob Dylan sing about you, a clueless journalist?

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Heh, there was a JFK in there after all.

1. General Jackson??
2. I keep forgetting this one, its Jeremiah something isn't it?
3. Umm - Mr Tambourine man??????

Probably three DQs coming your way.

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Originally posted by choie

Yay, some IQs for you.

1. Are you a biblical character whose name was later used as the eponymous lead, played by Bette Davis, of a film that was an obvious ploy to capitalize on the world's fascination with Gone with the Wind?

2. Is your girlfriend coveted by Rick Springfield?

3. Is your name also my name, and do we tend to gather a crowd that screams at us as we amble out of doors?

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1. Probably not Job then.
2. As I don't know who Rick Springfield, Stumped.
3. I so wish this was a Wombles questions. Great question, completely stumped, looking forward to the answer.

More DQs on their way to you.

First, LOL about Job, but #1 is Jezebel, as in the biblical Jezebel and the film by the same name, coincidentally rushed out and released in 1938 when Warner Bros. knew David O. Selznick and MGM were producing the biggest, hottest best-seller of the era. Bette Davis (who was once considered briefly for Scarlett!) plays a southern belle heartbreaker not unlike Scarlett.

#2 is Jesse, as in the song by Rick Springfield called Jesse's Girl. Springfield is an actor/singer, who started on General Hospital. See, you know so much of our crap pop culture exports, I can't tell what you're likely to know or not!

#3 is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. As in the kids' song:

"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
"There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!"

(Seems rude to me to shout this even if they do share names. Shouldn't the "Schmidt" at least be plural? Sheesh!)

More IQs:

1. Was your time in power so contentious that there's never been another person in power (in your country) to share that name, even though it's hardly uncommon?
2. A supposedly 'obnoxious and disliked' person despite all you'd done for your country, did you, just before you died, express relief that one of your former rival (yet now much-respected) fellow patriots was still alive?
3. Were you that incredibly talented rival... who had actually died earlier that same (bizarrely appropriate) day?

DQs

4. Alive?
5. American?
6. Known for being involved in government/politics?

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

#3 is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. As in the kids' song

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...Which I now can't get out of my head. Dammit. Thanks a lot, me!

Previous IQs:

Were you the hero of Little Round Top on July 3, 1863? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, colonel of the 20th Maine
Were you duped by the Red-Headed League? -Jabez Wilson, in the Sherlock Holmes story
Did Bob Dylan sing about you, a clueless journalist? - Mr. Jones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwtXRW-Aa_s

DQs:

Born since 1950?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Are you a great warrior who got his hand chopped off?
Are you a holder of the Palm Leaf of Axanar?
Did you serve as a mentor to Icheb?

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

First, LOL about Job, but #1 is Jezebel, as in the biblical Jezebel and the film by the same name, coincidentally rushed out and released in 1938 when Warner Bros. knew David O. Selznick and MGM were producing the biggest, hottest best-seller of the era. Bette Davis (who was once considered briefly for Scarlett!) plays a southern belle heartbreaker not unlike Scarlett.

#2 is Jesse, as in the song by Rick Springfield called Jesse's Girl. Springfield is an actor/singer, who started on General Hospital. See, you know so much of our crap pop culture exports, I can't tell what you're likely to know or not!

#3 is John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt. As in the kids' song:

"John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
His name is my name too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
"There goes John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!"

(Seems rude to me to shout this even if they do share names. Shouldn't the "Schmidt" at least be plural? Sheesh!)

More IQs:

1. Was your time in power so contentious that there's never been another person in power (in your country) to share that name, even though it's hardly uncommon?
2. A supposedly 'obnoxious and disliked' person despite all you'd done for your country, did you, just before you died, express relief that one of your former rival (yet now much-respected) fellow patriots was still alive?
3. Were you that incredibly talented rival... who had actually died earlier that same (bizarrely appropriate) day?

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You know, I still have no idea who the answers to the previous 2 & 3 are, and somehow I feel grateful for it.

1. Would have said James I, but there was a James II. Will go with Kim Jong-Il instead.

And again for this batch, no idea who 2&3 are. Take another couple of DQs.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you a great warrior who got his hand chopped off?
Are you a holder of the Palm Leaf of Axanar?
Did you serve as a mentor to Icheb?

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:blink: :blink:
Nope, not a clue for any of them. Take 3 DQs.

Interesting! Not getting 2# and #3, I understand (although it's such a great piece of trivia), but #1 surprises me. :D Still I can't say you're wrong in your guess, although that's not the intended answer. My phrasing was poor, so I'll ask again.

#2 was John Adams, the U.S.'s 2nd president/1st vice president, and the chief proponent of American independence, pushing Congress to declare it via a certain document written mostly by the guy he also pushed into that role... #3, Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence, musician, and inventor of a crapload of things.

Awesomely, both died hours apart on the same day: July 4, 1826--the 50th anniversary of the official ratification of the Declaration of Independence. Adams's last words were reported by his family to be: "Thomas Jefferson survives." (He didn't know Jefferson had actually died earlier, since of course, news hadn't reached Massachusetts yet, and I doubt he'd've been told even if it had.) And, more trivia, Adams outlived all but one of his fellow signers of the Declaration. Possibly one of the coolest and actually accurate historical coincidences ever.

Um, anyway. New IQs:

1. Born before 1700, were you the ruler of the land, whose time in that role was so contentious (although history may have exaggerated that awfulness) that it is likely the reason that despite your name being extraordinarily common in your country, no one who succeeded you has borne that name?

2. Are you someone who was remarkably prolific both in your brilliant career as a musician as well as your family life, fathering 21 kids by two different wives?

3. Speaking of prolific, are you so successful in your scandalous/notorious sexual conquests that it's quite likely that, if you weren't fictional, you'd have far surpassed the abovementioned man's record (although none of those kids would've been legitimate)?

DQs:

8. Born after 1850?
9. European?

Previous IQs:

Are you a great warrior who got his hand chopped off? - Jaime Lannister, in Game of Thrones
Are you a holder of the Palm Leaf of Axanar? - James T. Kirk
Did you serve as a mentor to Icheb? - Capt. Kathryn Janeway of USS Voyager

DQs:

Best known for the creative arts?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Are you the next-to-most-recent President of Iraq?
Do some fans speculate that your middle name is Hamish?
Are you believed, by some, to have been President of the United States for a single day?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Are you a holder of the Palm Leaf of Axanar? - James T. Kirk

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Good God, seriously? That sounds like a name straight from Galaxy Quest or a Futurama spoof.

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

New IQs:

1. Born before 1700, were you the ruler of the land, whose time in that role was so contentious (although history may have exaggerated that awfulness) that it is likely the reason that despite your name being extraordinarily common in your country, no one who succeeded you has borne that name?

2. Are you someone who was remarkably prolific both in your brilliant career as a musician as well as your family life, fathering 21 kids by two different wives?

3. Speaking of prolific, are you so successful in your scandalous/notorious sexual conquests that it's quite likely that, if you weren't fictional, you'd have far surpassed the abovementioned man's record (although none of those kids would've been legitimate)?

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1. I guess you meant King John then
2. This one I don't know.
3. Don Juan

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Are you the next-to-most-recent President of Iraq?
Do some fans speculate that your middle name is Hamish?
Are you believed, by some, to have been President of the United States for a single day?

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Nope: stumped on all three, although the part of me going to hell, thinks the answer to #2 is Jesus, as in Jesus H. Christ.

Oh Jesus Hamish Christ, that's hilarious. :)

Yep on Don Juan and King John. (Who was somewhat connected to the Adams/Jefferson answers due to the "independence document" theme, i.e. the Magna Carta.) The only John in a British royal family I can recall is the young son of George V. And sadly anyone believing in a curse on that name would have had that confirmed by that poor kid's life. The missing piece of the puzzle is the intensely prolific composer Johann Sebastian Bach.

IQs:

- Are you a model / 'author' / millionaire / reality star / generally ubiquitous presence?
- Are you the daughter of a supercouple consisting of a famous crooner and a popular actress, and you yourself are an actress as well (usually in comedies)?
- Are you the above's mom, perhaps best-known for having a not-very-sexy shower scene?

DQs:

11. From the UK?

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.
11. Is from the UK.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

IQs:

- Are you a model / 'author' / millionaire / reality star / generally ubiquitous presence?
- Are you the daughter of a supercouple consisting of a famous crooner and a popular actress, and you yourself are an actress as well (usually in comedies)?
- Are you the above's mom, perhaps best-known for having a not-very-sexy shower scene?

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1. Jordan
2. Jamie Lee Curtis
3. Janet Leigh

Blam! Killshot in three blasts.

- Is your one surviving song in a family-friendly musical all about your getting seduced into committing suicide, including a line referring to how long your corpse will take to rot?
- Are you one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence whose name is used for a lead role in an Emmy-winning drama series?
- Are you a conductor known for your decades-long association with the Metropolitan Opera?

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Are you a holder of the Palm Leaf of Axanar? - James T. Kirk

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Good God, seriously? That sounds like a name straight from Galaxy Quest or a Futurama spoof.

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I kid you not!: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Palm..._Peace_Mission

Previous IQs:

Are you the next-to-most-recent President of Iraq? - Jalad Talibani (sp?)
Do some fans speculate that your middle name is Hamish? - Dr. John H. Watson (Conan Doyle never said for sure)
Are you believed, by some, to have been President of the United States for a single day? - Withdrawn; I thought his first name was John, but it was David. In any event, it was this guy (I don't buy the theory myself): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison

DQs:

Best known for the performing arts?
Has been knighted?

IQs:

You were a top politico; did a rabbit once trouble you while you were in office?
Did you once propose that the U.S. Army acquire camels?
Were you an early scholar of the JFK assassination and wrote Six Seconds in Dallas?

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.
11. Is from the UK.
12. Best known for the performing arts
13. Has been knighted

Good DQs, EH.

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

Blam! Killshot in three blasts.

- Is your one surviving song in a family-friendly musical all about your getting seduced into committing suicide, including a line referring to how long your corpse will take to rot?
- Are you one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence whose name is used for a lead role in an Emmy-winning drama series?
- Are you a conductor known for your decades-long association with the Metropolitan Opera?

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and Blam, Blam, Blam back in return. Stumped on all 3.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

You were a top politico; did a rabbit once trouble you while you were in office?
Did you once propose that the U.S. Army acquire camels?
Were you an early scholar of the JFK assassination and wrote Six Seconds in Dallas?

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Nope, stumped on all three of these as well.

DQs galore to all and sundry.

Yay! Yes, that knighthood question came out of left field--interesting! And gives me an idea, too.

The musical character is Jud Fry, from Oklahoma, a scummy farmhand whom hero Curly tries to convince to kill himself in "Pore Jud is Daid," (sic) which includes the awesome lines:

Poor Jud is dead
A candle lights his head
He's lookin' oh so purty and so nice
He looks like he's asleep
It's a shame that he won't keep
But it's summer and we're runnin' outta ice

It's a great dark comic number, which is rare for Rodgers & Hammerstein. #2 is Josiah Bartlett, relative of fictional President "Jed" Bartlett from The West Wing. #3 is James Levine.

IQs:

- Are you a formidable actress whose regal performance (one of many) won you an Oscar--even though you were only on screen for about 10 minutes?
- Are you the well-respected cellist brother of one of the most successful musical theater composers in history?
- Does one of your most famous roles share both a) a name with another character you played in a Shakespearean film, as well as b) a speech impediment that itself plays a part in another of your films?

DQs:

14. Has won an at least one award?
15. Is an actor?
16. Born before 1940?

I think you've got it, choie.

Previous IQs:

You were a top politico; did a rabbit once trouble you while you were in office? - Jimmy Carter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_...abbit_incident
Did you once propose that the U.S. Army acquire camels? - Jefferson Davis when he was U.S. Secretary of War; he was later President of the Confederate States
Were you an early scholar of the JFK assassination and wrote Six Seconds in Dallas? - College professor and later private eye Josiah Thompson

Three DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did the characters playing you, your brother, your sister-in-law and your nephew all lack the accent of the country they were supposedly from?
Did you quip, "In the long run, we're all dead"?
Were you Lincoln's aide and McKinley's Secretary of State?

If my guess is right and that's who you were aiming toward, I'll give you the win on that!

Great first question, heh. Embarrassed that I never thought of using that person myself.

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.
11. Is from the UK.
12. Best known for the performing arts
13. Has been knighted
14. Has won at least one major award
15. Is not an actor
16. Was not born before 1940

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

IQs:

- Are you a formidable actress whose regal performance (one of many) won you an Oscar--even though you were only on screen for about 10 minutes?
- Are you the well-respected cellist brother of one of the most successful musical theater composers in history?
- Does one of your most famous roles share both a) a name with another character you played in a Shakespearean film, as well as b) a speech impediment that itself plays a part in another of your films?

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1. That would be Dame Judi Dench from Shakespeare in Love
2. Julian Lloyd Webber
3. Derek Jacobi perchance?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did the characters playing you, your brother, your sister-in-law and your nephew all lack the accent of the country they were supposedly from?
Did you quip, "In the long run, we're all dead"?
Were you Lincoln's aide and McKinley's Secretary of State?

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And EH continues to rack even more DQs, as I'm stumped on all three again.

Damn, I coulda sworn it was gonna be Derek Jacobi.

Previous IQs:

Did the characters playing you, your brother, your sister-in-law and your nephew all lack the accent of the country they were supposedly from? - Jean-Luc Picard. All of the actors had English accents despite supposedly being French (a friend of mine suggested that maybe the French lost another war a few generations before ST:TNG began).
Did you quip, "In the long run, we're all dead"? - British economist John Maynard Keynes.
Were you Lincoln's aide and McKinley's Secretary of State? - John Hay.

DQs:

Musician?
English?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you one of the most famous early trangendered people?
Were you a key character in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land?
Were you Greedo's boss?

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.
11. Is from the UK.
12. Best known for the performing arts
13. Has been knighted
14. Has won at least one major award
15. Is not an actor
16. Was not born before 1940
17. Musician
18. Not English

Quote:

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Originally posted by Elendil's Heir

Damn, I coulda sworn it was gonna be Derek Jacobi.

Previous IQs:

Did the characters playing you, your brother, your sister-in-law and your nephew all lack the accent of the country they were supposedly from? - Jean-Luc Picard. All of the actors had English accents despite supposedly being French (a friend of mine suggested that maybe the French lost another war a few generations before ST:TNG began).
Did you quip, "In the long run, we're all dead"? - British economist John Maynard Keynes.
Were you Lincoln's aide and McKinley's Secretary of State? - John Hay.

IQs:

Were you one of the most famous early trangendered people?
Were you a key character in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land?
Were you Greedo's boss?

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You currently have about 8 DQs outstanding as I have been hopeless in guessing your IQs. Two more won't make a difference, although the last one is Jabba the Hut.

Also, I believe in the Picard IQ, that it should be actors and not characters ;)

Yeah, damn, I thought Jacobi was it. Now the 'not English' thing threw off my two other options now that we know he's a musician. But I may have a hint. Although I'm not sure if he's knighted or just received honors like a CBE or whatever...

IQs:

1. Were you married to a model, who appeared in a couple of your music videos, including one famously referring to her as someone who lives in a better neighborhood than you?

2. As a highly-respected character actor, did you star in one of the most controversial, widely-watched and downright frightening U.S. TV movies in the 1980s, as Reagan's cold war rhetoric turned everyone's mind toward nuclear war?

3. In addition to expressing your musical interest about, um, what's occurring in the latest feline status updates, are you a guy who possibly owns more female undergarments than male...well, assuming you 've kept all the ones thrown at you by crazed fans over the decades?

Fair point about Picard, CIAS. Withdrawn.

Previous IQs:

Were you one of the most famous early trangendered people? - Christine Jorgenson
Were you a key character in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land? - Jubal Harshaw
Were you Greedo's boss? - Yes, Jabba the Hutt

DQ:

Rock musician?

Four DQs reserved.

What should we ask next, choie?

Hmmm. Might as well confirm from which of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Northern Ireland our good sir knight hails. If my suspicion's right, he's Welsh. But I would rule out Northern Ireland or Scotland first, just because I think those are more populated than Wales. (Watch, it'll be someone from Manx or one of the Channel Islands....)

Well then... let's come it from a different angle.

DQ:

Born in or north of Manchester, England?: http://www.uktravelcentre.com/wp-con...12/uk-maps.gif

DQs

1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name start with J
4. Alive
5. Not American
6. Is not known for being involved in government/politics
7. Born before 1950
8. Born after 1850
9. European
10. Is best known for the creative arts.
11. Is from the UK.
12. Best known for the performing arts
13. Has been knighted
14. Has won at least one major award
15. Is not an actor
16. Was not born before 1940
17. Musician
18. Not English
19. Definitely born south of Manchester.

Seriously, you think I need a map for that? :P


Last DQ coming up...

Did you get my IQs, CIAS?

I did miss them and strictly speaking, I shouldn't be answering these as you have enough DQs, but...

Quote:

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Originally posted by choie

IQs:

1. Were you married to a model, who appeared in a couple of your music videos, including one famously referring to her as someone who lives in a better neighborhood than you?

2. As a highly-respected character actor, did you star in one of the most controversial, widely-watched and downright frightening U.S. TV movies in the 1980s, as Reagan's cold war rhetoric turned everyone's mind toward nuclear war?

3. In addition to expressing your musical interest about, um, what's occurring in the latest feline status updates, are you a guy who possibly owns more female undergarments than male...well, assuming you 've kept all the ones thrown at you by crazed fans over the decades?

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1. Billy Joel and his uptown girl
2. I have no idea who this is...

3. Yes, I am Tom Jones, Welsh Singer extraordinaire.


Congrats choie, another last minute mind reading trick pulled off successfully. :D

Yay! Well, unless I miscalculated (very possible!) I don't think I had any DQs left, although EH had a metric ton of them. (I hope you appreciated the stereotypically Welsh "what's occurring" hint in there. :)) Jones was a perfect choice, CIAS. Not obscure by any means, but still, one of those people who springs to mind all that easily. It was only the "Musician" and above all "Not English" (but still UK) that tipped me off. If we were still stuck in the UK without anything specific, I'd've been thinking Mick Jagger or Elton John for sure.

The missing IQ answer is Jason Robards, Jr., wonderful actor, and the controversial movie that basically gripped the entire U.S. was The Day After, which depicted the horrific aftermath of a nuclear explosion. If you were in the U.S. in the 1980s and had access to a TV set, you were either watching this movie or purposely trying to avoid watching it because it was so heavily warned to be scary/disturbing as hell. And it was. I think the UK's version of this was the much more subtle/heartbreaking When the Wind Blows animated film.

(But my favorite of Robards's roles is his playing Ben Bradlee in All the President's Men.)

S'anyway, let me give a think about whom to pick next.

Tom Jones! Very good, choie.

Thank you, thank you. It's not unusual for me to guess someone from the UK. :)

I've got someone. The letter is... W

"It's not unusual"? :: groan ::

IQs:

Were you a titan of British abolitionism?
Did you write a letter to your draft board on Oxford stationery?
Did you begin your service as U.S. Secretary of State in 1993?

Hmm...

1. No, I am not Wilberforce. (Forget his first name... Charles? No, that was Wesley. William, I think, assuming there's a theme from below.)
2. No, I am not William Jefferson Clinton?
3. No, I am not William Christopher.