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3 DQs
R
1.Real
2.Male
Previous IQs:
Did your father play Veruca Salt's gutless dad? - Rory Kinnear
Have you played a pianist, an android and a petty criminal? - Ryan Gosling, in La La Land, Blade Runner 2049 and The Place Beyond the Pines
Were you implied to be the British Prime Minister in Watchmen? - Roy Hattersley
DQs:
American?
Living?
Last name start with R?
IQs:
Were you Earl Hickey's slow brother?
Are you Sterling Archer's go-to undercover name?
Is Morty Smith your timid grandson?
3 more DQs
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
Previous IQs:
Were you Earl Hickey's slow brother? - Randy, on My Name Is Earl
Are you Sterling Archer's go-to undercover name? - Also Randy (once he said he was "Randy Randerson")
Is Morty Smith your timid grandson? - Rick Sanchez, on Rick and Morty
DQs:
Political/military?
Died since 1950?
Considered a good guy?
IQs:
Did Pontius Pilate offer to free you in Life of Brian?
Did he offer to free you, too?
Did Steve Martin pretend to be you, a mentally-disturbed prince, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels?
3 more DQs
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
Previous IQs:
Did Pontius Pilate offer to free you in Life of Brian? - Roger
Did he offer to free you, too? - Roderick
Did Steve Martin pretend to be you, a mentally-disturbed prince, in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels? - Ruprecht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKDX-qJaJ08
DQs:
Involved in the Arts, broadly speaking?
Died after 2000?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you and Cpl. Dwayne Hicks flirt a bit?
Was Stannis Baratheon your brother?
Was he your brother, too?
3 DQs
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
Previous IQs:
Did you and Cpl. Dwayne Hicks flirt a bit? - Ellen Ripley, in Aliens
Was Stannis Baratheon your brother? - Robert Baratheon, on Game of Thrones
Was he your brother, too? - Renly Baratheon, ditto
DQs:
Athlete?
Best known for a single incident?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you known as "The Biter"?
Did you unexpectedly fly to Scotland during WWII?
Were you forced out of the navy, supposedly for impregnating another officer's daughter, but found power and notoriety in another line of work?
DQ
Not Rudolph Hoess
DQ
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
Previous IQs:
Were you known as "The Biter"? - Rorge, in Game of Thrones
Did you unexpectedly fly to Scotland during WWII? - Yes, Rudolf Hoess/Hess
Were you forced out of the navy, supposedly for impregnating another officer's daughter, but found power and notoriety in another line of work? - Reinhard Heydrich, later Himmler's #2 guy in the Gestapo
DQs:
A sports journalist?
Greatest fame before 1975?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Did you make William O. Douglas momentarily feel like committing suicide?
Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you?
A noted composer, were you played by an actor with the same first name as you?
DQ
Not Robin Hood
Not Richard Wagner
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
Previous IQs:
Did you make William O. Douglas momentarily feel like committing suicide? - Richard Nixon, when the then-Vice President told Douglas that his speech to Nixon's college class many years before had inspired Nixon to enter public service.
Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you? - I'll rephrase.
A noted composer, were you played by an actor with the same first name as you? - Yes, Richard Burton played Richard Wagner.
DQs:
Coach or trainer?
Associated with the Olympics?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
You are not Robin Hood. Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you?
Was your dog Seamus briefly famous?
Were you a libertarian municipal employee with a luxuriant mustache?
3 DQs
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
15.Not a coach/trainer
6.No link to Olympics
That last clue should be #16, not 6.
Previous IQs:
You are not Robin Hood. Have both Sean Connery and Patrick Stewart played you? - Richard Lionheart
Was your dog Seamus briefly famous? - Mitt Romney
Were you a libertarian municipal employee with a luxuriant mustache? - Ron Swanson, on Parks and Recreation
DQs:
Associated with pro sports?
Team owner?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Will you, a fictional tough guy, return in another movie this year, almost 40 years after you first appeared on the big screen?
Were you a lobbyist who became White House Chief of Staff in a TV show?
Was your house in Cambridge, Mass. once used as a headquarters by George Washington?
DQ
DQ
Not Paul Revere
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
15.Not a coach/trainer
16.No link to Olympics
17.Associted with professional sports
18.NOT a team owner
Previous IQs:
Will you, a fictional tough guy, return in another movie this year, almost 40 years after you first appeared on the big screen? - John Rambo
Were you a lobbyist who became White House Chief of Staff in a TV show? - Remy Devereaux, in the American version of House of Cards
Was your house in Cambridge, Mass. once used as a headquarters by George Washington? - Paul Revere lived in Boston proper, not in Cambridge; this was Ralph Waldo Emerson
DQ:
Journalist?
Has won a top award in his field?
Associated with a sport played with a ball?
Two DQs reserved.
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
15.Not a coach/trainer
16.No link to Olympics
17.Associted with professional sports
18.NOT a team owner
19.Earned top honor in his field
20.Associated w/sport played with a ball
You had already asked about journalism, reask the DQ
No more IQs please, use up your 3 reserved DQs and I will set the deadline
No, thanks, I'll just stay at 20. Lemme think....
Please take your duly earned DQs. :D
Oh, all right, since you insist. Thanks.
Associated with baseball?
Involved in sports management or promotion?
Died before 1975?
You earned them fair and square :) (I guess I don't take the "20" literally). :D ;)
R
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Last name begins "R"
6.NOT Political/Military
7.Died AFTER 1950
8.Considered a Good Guy by some
9.No connection to Arts
10.Died BEFORE 2000
11.Associated with Athletics, though not an athlete himself
12.NOT known for singular incident
13.NOT a journalist, Sport or otherwise
14.Most notable achievement BEFORE 1975
15.Not a coach/trainer
16.No link to Olympics
17.Associted with professional sports
18.NOT a team owner
19.Earned top honor in his field
20.Associated w/sport played with a ball
21.NOT associated with baseball
22.Involved with management of the sport
23.Died AFTER 1975
Please submit your guess by 12 noon ET Tuesday (about 36 hours)
Free hint WRT #19: He's in his sport's Hall of Fame
Hmm. Thinkthinkthink....
You got me.
Okay, I gave a couple extra hours. Our mystery man is:
PETE ROZELLE, longtime NFL commissioner
I'll think of a letter
Ah, of course. I've heard of him, of course, but it didn't come to mind.
Your letter is:
Y (because I said so) ;)
Har har.
IQs:
Were you part of a famous musical trio?
Did you costar on Baywatch?
Did you write a series of vampire books?
Not Neil Young
Not Yasmine Bleeth
Not Yan Rice ;)
Previous IQs:
Were you part of a famous musical trio? - I'll rephrase
Did you costar on Baywatch? - Yes, Yasmine Bleeth
Did you write a series of vampire books? - Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
You are not Neil Young. Were you part of a famous musical trio?
Were one of the first two NASA astronauts to enter orbit in a Space Shuttle?
Were you "a fellow of infinite jest"?
DQ
Not Michael Young
Not Yorick
Y
1.Real
Previous IQs:
You are not Neil Young. Were you part of a famous musical trio? - Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul and Mary
Were one of the first two NASA astronauts to enter orbit in a Space Shuttle? - John Young, actually, but you got the "Y" name right
Were you "a fellow of infinite jest"? - Yes, Yorick, from Hamlet
DQ:
Male?
IQs:
Did you once play the President's national security advisor?
Were you the star of Witchblade?
Did an editorial cartoon in 2000 show you throwing a giant fish back into the water?
3 DQs
Y
1.Real
2.Male
Previous IQs:
Did you once play the President's national security advisor? - Yakov Smirnov, in Buckaroo Banzai
Were you the star of Witchblade? - Yancey Butler
Did an editorial cartoon in 2000 show you throwing a giant fish back into the water? - Yasir Arafat, after the breakdown of joint talks with President Clinton and the Israeli PM - the fish was labeled "Peace"
DQs:
Living?
American?
Last name start with Y?
IQs:
Were you one of the Darrins?
Did you star in Logan's Run?
Were you perhaps the best-known Medal of Honor winner of World War I?
I had a feeling #3 was the guy. Because yes I am:
YASSIR ARAFAT!
All right - thanks!
Previous IQs:
Were you one of the Darrins? - Dick York, on Bewitched
Did you star in Logan's Run? - Michael York
Were you perhaps the best-known Medal of Honor winner of World War I? - Alvin York
York x3!
Lemme think of our next letter....
OK, I see it's been awhile since we've had a go at
G
IQ: Did your estate have a view of the world capital named after you?
IQ2: Did Jamie Foxx recently play you in a one-off revival of your character?
IQ3: Did you try to pull a fast one on the unemployment office by using your friend's apartment as a perspective boss's phone number?
Not George Washington? (Mount Vernon isn't that close). Dunno and not George Costanza.
Correct (thought it was on the banks)
George Jefferson
Correct (“and you want to be my latex salesman”)
DQ: Real?
IQ: Are you the artist famous for your SW motifs?
IQ2: Are you the First Lady who found out the minister's position on sin was,"he's against it."?
IQ3: Did you save Southern agriculture by pioneering uses for peanuts?
Dunno, not Grace Coolidge (great story) and not George Washington Carver.
G.
1. real
Georgia O'Keefe
DQ: Male?
IQ: Were you the AZ lawmaker severely wounded in an assasination attempt?
IQ2: Are you the Asian actress with an onomonopaeic first name?
IQ3: Did you, along with your on-screen cousin, leave the "Hawaii 5-0" reboot in a pay dispute?
Oh, of course! And I saw an exhibit of her work not long ago.
Not Gabby Gifford, Gong Li or Grace Park.
G.
1. real
2. male
3 for 3
IQ: Did you lose a Presidential election in which a notorious campaign ad that only aired once?
IQ2: Were a Democratic Presidential nominee from what is now an EXTREMELY red state?
IQ3: Did you criticize a Presidential candidate”s economic policies, only to later become his running mate?
Not Barry Goldwater, dunno, and not George H.W. Bush.
Correct
George McGovern of SD
Correct
DQ: Living?
IQ: Did you play the ostensible main character in a popular sitcom that recently ended?
IQ2: Are you the POTUS shot while at the train station?
IQ3: Were you the NY governor who flamed out running for POTUS in 2016?
Do you remember if Poppy Bush used the Horton ad multiple times?
Dunno, not James A. Garfield, and not George Pataki.
The Willie Horton ad was by an "independent" pro-Bush committee, not the Bush campaign itself, but yes, it ran repeatedly IIRC.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
I was on,y 10 when that election took place (1st one I remember) thanks for that information
Johnny Galecki
Correct
Correct
DQ: American?
IQ: Prior to JFK, were you the youngest ELECTED POTUS?
IQ2: Are you the current NFL commissioner?
IQ3: Were you the Italian scientist excommunicated from the Catholic Church?
Not U.S. Grant (guessing - I remember he was relatively young), dunno, and not Galileo.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
Correct (48 IIRC)
Roger Godell
Correct
DQ: European?
IQ: Are you the Father of Genetics?
IQ2: Were you the Russian advisor who took SEVERAL methods to FINALLY murder?
IQ3 Are you the American cyclist NOT ruined by scandal?
Not Gregor Mendel, or Grigori Rasputin, and dunno.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
Correct
Correct
Greg LeMond
DQ: Died after 1900?
IQ: Are you the McDonald's character who appeared in a commercial with DJT in the 90s?
IQ2: Were you King Lear's daughter?
IQ3: Are you the subject of a famous legend?
Not Grumbler (?), Goneril or Sir Galahad.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
Grimace (the purple "thing")
Correct
Not who I thought of, but yeah he works
DQ: Born before 1950?
IQ: Are you the "Father of American Rocketry"?
IQ2: Were you the child star who ran in the CA gubernatorial election?
IQ3: Did 9/11 push your affair with your subordinate, who mysteriously disappeared, off the the front page?
Did your Boy Scout friend have a legal wedding eventually? :)
Not Robert Goddard, dunno and not Congressman Gary Whatshisface.
Yes, David and his longtime companion Mark eventually got married, but it was a family-only ceremony and we didn't attend.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
Correct
Gary Coleman
Gary "whatshisname" was Condit (got the "G" obviously)
DQ: From a traditional NATO country? (Traditional=never in Warsaw Pact)
BTW: all together now 1...2...3... AWW! :D
IQ: Were you known as "Mr. Hockey"?
IQ2: Were you the Sox manager who left a clearly gassed Pedro Martinez in game 7 of the 2003 ALCS?
IQ3: Did you pain "American Gothic"?
BTW: the legend I was thinking of above was Gilgamesh
Not Gordie Howe, dunno, and not Grant Wood (he painted it, even if it was a pain).
Don't understand this.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
"Aww" about your friend and his hubby. Sorry for the non-sequitor
Correct (pleasantly surprised)
Grady Little
Correct (why was it a pain?)
DQ: Died before 2000?
IQ: Were you the oil tycoon known by your 1st initial?
IQ: Were you the "Extra Crispy Colonel"?
IQ: Were you the Colonel who dropped character to lament that you're replaceable?
You wrote, "Did you pain "American Gothic"?"Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Not J. Paul Getty, George Hamilton or Jim Gaffigan (LOL, I loved that ad - one of the possible replacements was a dog).
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
I completely forgot I made that typo! :) I even noticed it shortly after making it.
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Did you play a butler turned politician, as well as network executive?
IQ2: Were you the closer for the 70s Yankees?
IQ3: Are you a golfer whose back woes ended your career?
Not Robert Guillaime, dunno, and dunno.
Correct
Rich “Goose” Goosage
Grace Park
DQ: Political/Military figure?
DQ reserved
IQ: Did you recently conduct an enlightening interview with 45?
IQ2: Did your “Plan” get the European democracies back on their feet after WWII?
IQ3: Were you the platinum blonde SI model?
Not George Stephanopolous, George Marshall or Grace Helfer (sp?).
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
Correct
Correct
Genevieve Morton
DQ: In Arts?
DQ: Died before 1975?
IQ: Were you a spiritual advisor to several presidents, who was subject of the joke: "what's the unit of measurement for a preachers influence on his flock?
IQ2: Were you the famous Chicago movie reviewer?
IQ3: Were you the "Today Show" movie reviewer?
Not Billy Graham, Gene Siskel or Gene Shalit.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
3 for 3
IQ: Are you the legendary UCONN women’s basketball coach?
IQ2: Were you the female Israeli PM?
IQ3: Did you win 3 Super Bowls with 3 different QBs?
Dunno, not Golda Meir, and not George Hallas.
Geno Auriemma
Correct
Joe Gibbs
DQ: Born After 1900?
DQ2: Scientist/Inventor?
IQ: Were you the radio voice of the Patriots?
IQ2: Were you the American actress who became a Monaque princess?
IQ3: Are you the only HOF punter?
Dunno, not Grace Kelly, and dunno.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
13. born before 1900
14. scientist/inventor
Gil Santos
Correct (is that the correct adjective for someone from Monaco?)
Ray Guy
DQ: Frain Mainland Europe?
DQ2: Won award for his scientific work?
Got my answer on google
Close, but I think it's this: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/monegasque?s=ts
What's "Frain"?
Oops!
DQ: FROM mainland Europe.
That's what I saw when I googled the question.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
But you didn't spell it that way, either.Quote:
Originally posted by ErictelevisionThat's what I saw when I googled the question.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
13. born before 1900
14. scientist/inventor
15. from mainland Europe
16. did not win an award for his scientific work that I can see, although he helped several others snag Nobels
I probably spelled it right when I Googled.
IQ: Are you the Father of Wireless communication?
IQ2: Did you give William Shatner his big break?
IQ3: Are you the MLB player famous for going crazy after being called out for too much pine tar on your bat?
Gotcha.
Not Guglielmo Marconi, Gene Roddenberry and dunno.
Thought it might be Marconi!
Correct
George Brett
DQ: Were he alive at the time, would he have co-won those Nobels?
IQ: Were you the Patriots QB during the 70s and 80s?
IQ2: Are you the former athlete who participated in a “cruise ship Olympics” with my celebrity crush?
IQ3: Did you hold several Cabinet posts for GOO POTUS late in the 20th century?
Thought it might be Marconi!
Correct
George Brett
DQ: Were he alive at the time, would he have co-won those Nobels?
IQ: Were you the Patriots QB during the 70s and 80s?
IQ2: Are you the former athlete who participated in a “cruise ship Olympics” with my celebrity crush?
IQ3: Did you hold several Cabinet posts for GOP POTUS late in the 20th century?
Dunno, dunno and not James Baker.
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
13. born before 1900
14. scientist/inventor
15. from mainland Europe
16. did not win an award for his scientific work that I can see, although he helped several others snag Nobels
17. were he alive at the time, could have co-won those Nobels - and could have during his lifetime, too, I'd say
Steve Grogan
Greg Louganis
George Schultz
3 DQs reserved
DQ: Invented a tangible object?
DQ2: Namesake of something?
DQ reserved
James Baker starts with no "G"! :: headsmack ::
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
13. born before 1900
14. scientist/inventor
15. from mainland Europe
16. did not win an award for his scientific work that I can see, although he helped several others snag Nobels
17. were he alive at the time, could have co-won those Nobels - and could have during his lifetime, too, I'd say
18. invented a tangible object
19. namesake of something
DQ: Object used by typical civilian American?
G.
1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. not American
5. European
6. died after 1900
7. born before 1950
8. from a traditional NATO country
9. died before 2000
10. not a political/military figure
11. not in the Arts
12. died before 1975
13. born before 1900
14. scientist/inventor
15. from mainland Europe
16. did not win an award for his scientific work that I can see, although he helped several others snag Nobels
17. were he alive at the time, could have co-won those Nobels - and could have during his lifetime, too, I'd say
18. invented a tangible object
19. namesake of something
20. object not used by typical civilian American
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST Thursday.
I think I know who this is, are you:
Mr. Geiger?
Right you are! I am indeed
Hans Geiger
Inventor of the Geiger counter for detecting radioactivity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Geiger
Well done, erict!
Yeah, LOTS of Laureates worked with him. My HS crush was born on what would've been his 95th birthday, my cousin his 101st. Letter coming up.
Your letter is
O
IQs:
Did you have a memorable quip when passing through U.S. Customs?
Were you a slob of a fictional sportswriter?
Were you the hero of Heinlein's Glory Road?
DQ
Not Oscar Madison
DQ
Previous IQs:
Did you have a memorable quip when passing through U.S. Customs? - Oscar Wilde who, when asked if he had anything to declare, supposedly replied, "Only my genius!"
Were you a slob of a fictional sportswriter? - Yes, Oscar Madison from The Odd Couple
Were you the hero of Heinlein's Glory Road? - Oscar Gordon
Oscar x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Did the US Justice Department just sue you, a former White House staffer?
Are you also known as Mithrandir and Tharkun?
Are you an American actor who has become a Straight Dope meme?
Not Omorosa
DQ
Not Orson Bean
1.Real
2.Male
IQs:
Did the US Justice Department just sue you, a former White House staffer? - Yes, Omarosa
Are you also known as Mithrandir and Tharkun? - Olorin AKA Gandalf, in the writings of JRR Tolkien
Are you an American actor who has become a Straight Dope meme? - Yes, Orson Bean
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Were you a little bit country?
Were you a little bit rock and roll?
Did you play the title role in the remake of Sabrina?
Not Marie Osmond
Not Donny Osmond
Not Olivia Newton John
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
Previous IQs:
Were you a little bit country? - Yes, Marie Osmond
Were you a little bit rock and roll? - Yes, Donny Osmond
Did you play the title role in the remake of Sabrina? - Not ONJ, but Julia Ormond
DQ:
European?
IQs:
Were you one of Drew Carey's pals in his eponymous sitcom?
To your credit, did you, a white man, refuse to obey segregation laws in your hometown?
Did you say "I have done the state some service, and they know it"?
Not Oswald Lee Harvey
Not Lee Harvey Oswald (I saw you mention on the Dope of this being his ONE redeeming virtue)
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
Previous IQs:
Were you one of Drew Carey's pals in his eponymous sitcom? - Yes, Oswald
To your credit, did you, a white man, refuse to obey segregation laws in your hometown? - Yes, that other Oswald, in New Orleans (and yes, I do think it was his only redeeming characteristic - he was otherwise a bully, a mooch, an egotist and a murderer)
Did you say "I have done the state some service, and they know it"? - The title character of Shakespeare's Othello, speaking of Venice
IQs:
Were you a composer with a similar name to another composer?
Were you a British officer who was an early hero of Israel?
Did you devise the Klingon language?
3 DQs! I assume you're reserving the earned DQ?
Yes, sorry.
Previous IQs:
Were you a composer with a similar name to another composer? - Offenbach: http://starecat.com/content/wp-conte...lways-bach.jpg
Were you a British officer who was an early hero of Israel? - Orde Wingate
Did you devise the Klingon language? - Marc Okrand
DQs:
Living?
British?
Political/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Have you played a folk singer, a computer wiz and a pilot?
Were you shot and killed in a Latin American church?
Are you one of Sesame Street's less pleasant residents?
DQ
Not Oscar Romero
Not Oscar the Grouch
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
Previous IQs:
Have you played a folk singer, a computer wiz and a pilot? - The very talented Oscar Isaac, in Inside Llewyn Davis, Ex Machina and Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Were you shot and killed in a Latin American church? - Yes, the martyred Bishop Oscar Romero
Are you one of Sesame Street's less pleasant residents? - Yes, Oscar the Grouch
Oscar x3!
DQ:
First name start with O?
IQs:
Were you a Russian prince about whom music was later written?
Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony?
Were you a noted ancient one-named writer?
DQ
Not Eugene Ormandy
Not Ovid
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
8.First name begins "O"
Previous IQs:
Were you a Russian prince about whom music was later written? - Onegin
Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Symphony? - Yes, Eugene Ormandy
Were you a noted ancient one-named writer? - Yes, Ovid
DQ:
Born in or east of Vienna?
IQs:
Were you an aging pitcher brought to the Cleveland Indians to very good World Series effect?
Were you a Biblical person who wasted his seed on the ground?
Were you the nude organist on Monty Python's Flying Circus?
Not Orel Hershiser (if Mesa nails down the save, they win)
Not Onan
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
8.First name begins "O"
9.Born IN Vienna (to my mild surprise)
Previous IQs:
Were you an aging pitcher brought to the Cleveland Indians to very good World Series effect? - Yes, Orel Hershiser
Were you a Biblical person who wasted his seed on the ground? - Yes, Onan
Were you the nude organist on Monty Python's Flying Circus? - Also Onan!
DQ:
Best known for political role?
IQs:
Were you an actor and noted bridge player?
Were you a beloved Cleveland Indians player from the Nineties?
Were you an Oklahoma televangelist?
Not Omar Sharif
Not Omar Vizquel (a HOFer IMO)
Not Oral Roberts
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
8.First name begins "O"
9.Born IN Vienna (to my mild surprise)
10.NOT best known for political activity
Swept me - Omar x3! (And enthusiastically agreed as to Omar V. and a future BHOF spot).
IQs:
Were you Mork's boss?
Did your principal name end in "n," and were you regarded as a pretty good ruler of your ancient country?
Were you a foe of Spider-Man?
Not Ork ("Nanu, Nanu!")
DQ
DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you Mork's boss? - No, he was from Ork, but his boss was named Orson
Did your principal name end in "n," and were you regarded as a pretty good ruler of your ancient country? - Emperor Octavian of Rome
Were you a foe of Spider-Man? - Dr. Otto "Doc Oc" Octavius
DQs:
Royalty or nobility?
Ever exercised battlefield command?
Greatest fame before 1816?
IQs:
Did you write The Orchid Thief?
Did you have a bit part as a cop in Trading Places?
Did you play Eowyn?
3 DQs
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
8.First name begins "O"
9.Born IN Vienna (to my mild surprise)
10.NOT best known for political activity
11.NOT a noble/royal
12.Veteran of combat, but wasn't an officer
13.Greatest fame AFTER 1816
Watched a YouTube video that mentioned our mystery man.
Previous IQs:
Did you write The Orchid Thief? - American author Susan Orlean
Did you have a bit part as a cop in Trading Places? - Director and actor Frank Oz
Did you play Eowyn? - Miranda Otto
DQs:
Greatest fame after 1918?
Considered Austrian?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you say that anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made?
Did you bring the Bynars aboard the USS Enterprise?
Was your sister Katherine on the board of trustees of Oberlin College?
Not Thomas "Tip" O'Neill
DQ
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.NOT American
4.European
5.Dead
6.NOT British
7.Political/Military figure
8.First name begins "O"
9.Born IN Vienna (to my mild surprise)
10.NOT best known for political activity
11.NOT a noble/royal
12.Veteran of combat, but wasn't an officer
13.Greatest fame AFTER 1816
14.Greatest fame AFTER 1918
15.Probably NOT considered Austrian
Previous IQs:
Did you say that anyone who loves the law or sausage should never see either made? - Tip O'Neill was best known for saying "All politics is local," but this was Otto von Bismarck
Did you bring the Bynars aboard the USS Enterprise? - Cmdr. Orfil Quinteros
Was your sister Katherine on the board of trustees of Oberlin College? - Orville Wright
DQs:
Typically considered German?
Best known for a single incident?
Greatest fame after 1945?
IQs:
Did you rescue Mussolini?
Were you an inflatable character on Airplane!?
Were you an early aviator who inspired the Wright Brothers?
YES! I am:
OTTO SKORZENY! Nice job!
I watched a YouTube video about Tito, whom Skorzeny tried to assasinate.
Thanks, but as to your DQ answer 12, he was an officer.
Other previous IQs:
Were you an inflatable character on Airplane!? - Otto the Autopilot
Were you an early aviator who inspired the Wright Brothers? - Otto Lilienthal
Otto x3!
Next round to start later today, I hope.
I didn't notice it in his Wikipedia page, but you're probably correct.
Yeah, you don't get to lead a mission like that without being an officer. I see he was an SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel), the same rank as Eichmann. I'm actually surprised he didn't rise higher by the end of the war: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Skorzeny
Right, then. Your next letter is
N
IQ: Did apocryphally practice your instrument while your city was destroyed?
IQ2: Did you achieve "peace in our time"?
IQ3: Did you famously consult an astrologer when planning your hubby's political moves?
Not Nero, Neville Chamberlain (for certain values of "our time"), or Nancy Reagan.
3 for 3 of course (and yeah, Neville was HOPELESSLY naive there)
IQ: Did you play a pitching coach turned bartender?
IQ2: Did you play a character who ordered your subordinates to shove a poisoned rag down a guy's throat?
IQ3: Did Charlie Brown mention you while directing the Christmas play?
Dunno, dunno, and not St. Nick.
Nicholas Colosanto from "Cheers"
Jack Nicholson from "A Few Good Men"
Nebuchadnezzar
DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?
DQ3: American?
IQ: Are you the patron saint of children?
IQ2: Were your boots made for walking?
IQ3: Are 3rd in line to the Presidency?
Not St. Nick, Nancy Sinatra or Nancy Pelosi.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Are you the fictional character whose last name is a combination of a U.s. coin and a pest but vital animal?
IQ2: Are you the 1930s detective who worked with his wife?
IQ3: Are you that wife?
Not Nicklesomething, and not Nick or Nora.
Yup, Nicholas Nicklebee
And you nailed Nick and Mora Charles
IQ: Did you initiate De-Stalinization?
IQ2: Are you the screenwriter who is my cousin-in-law's aunt?
IQ3: Are you the most famous Boston accountant?
Not Nikita Khruschev, dunno, and dunno.
I was just kidding with "Nicklesomething." It's actually "Nickleby," but take a DQ if you want.
Yes
Nora Ephron
Norm Peterson
DQ: If he were real, would he be alive?
DQ2: Created by an American?
DQ3: From TV/Film?
IQ: Are you the pitcher who famously beat up a guy half your age after he charged the mound?
IQ2: Are you the star 3B for the Colorado Rockies?
IQ3: Are you the VPOTUS whose birthday fell on a fateful day?
Not Nolan Ryan, dunno, and not John Nance Garner (wished a happy birthday over the phone by JFK on 11/22/63).
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
Correct (Robin Ventura his famous victim)
Nolan Arenado
Correct
DQ: Created before 1950?
IQ: Do you harbor a crush on the sister of the boy you bully?
IQ2: Are you married to the 1st great American female soccer player?
IQ3: Did you perform a gymnastics routine full of non-standard maneuvers?
Dunno, dunno and not Nadia Comeneci (sp?).
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
Nelson from "The Simpsons"
Nomar Garciaparra (married to Mia Hamm)
Nikki Soohoo (in the movie "Stick it")
DQ: European?
DQ2: Created after 1925?
DQ3: Main character?
IQ: Were you a character in "The Mikado"?
IQ2: Were you a major figure in Ancient Egypt?
IQ3: Did you inspire Beethoven's famous piece?
Not Nanki-Poo, Nefertiti or Napoleon.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
3 for 3
IQ: Did you play the tomboy on "The Facts of Life"?
IQ2: Were you a copyright infringing Dracula?
IQ3: Are you the golfer notorious for your Sunday collapses?
Looking for something else, found that it was Finley Dunn (had to look twice) who made the "all politics is local" quip. He ALSO said,"it is our job to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable".
Dunno, not Nosferatu and not Norman.
Nancy Mckeon
Correct
Yes, Greg Norman
DQ: Asian?
IQ: Are you the singer who famously turned down the opportunity to pose for Playboy during the 00's?
IQ2: Are you the commentator for the WSOP?
IQ3: Did your shows lead to the "Rural Purge"?
Dunno x3.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
Nelly Furtado
Norman Chad
Norman Lear
DQ: African?
DQ2: Considered heroic?
DQ3: Created after 1900?
IQ: Are you the greatest Serbian tennis player?
IQ2: Are you the most successful female Wimbledon player in history?
IQ3: Are you a HOF umpire
Not Ilie Nastase, not Martina Navratilova, and dunno.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
Novak Djokovic (Nastase is Romanian)
Correct
Nestor Chylak
DQ: From Latin America/Caribbean?
DQ2: Had multiple adaptations?
IQ: Are you Gloria Swanson's most famous role?
IQ2: Are you the role that earned Sally Field an Oscar?
IQ3: Did you play the original landlord on "Three's Company"?
Not Nora Desmond, Norma Rae or Norman Fell.
Never heard of Chylak before - interesting career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestor_Chylak
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
3 for 3 of course
IQ: Were you an actor turned macadamia farmer?
IQ2: Did you die in a skiing accident because you weren't wearing a helmet?
IQ3: Are you a famously lazy postman?
Not Paul Newman, dunno, and not Newman! My favorite scene of his: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17S0TOfaw3E
Jim Nabors
Natasha Richardson
And yes,"NEWMAN!"
DQ: Did its adaptation win awards?
DQ2: Considered a kid-friendly character?
IQ: Did you create a famous teen temptress?
IQ2:Are you Mr. Megan Mullally?
IQ3: Are you the female teen mystery solver?
Dunno, dunno, and not Nancy Drew.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
17. has not had any adaptations
18. not particularly a kid-friendly character, but not a villain, by any means
Nabokov
Nick Offerman (their SlingTV commercials are HILARIOUS!)
Correct
DQ: Earthling?
DQ2: Human?
Aaand that's 20
Ah, I should have thought of Megan Mullaly.
N.
1. fictional
2. male
3. not American
4. if he were real, would be dead today
5. partly created by an American
6. from TV/film
7. created before 1950
8. not European
9. created before 1925
10. main character
11. not Asian
12. not African
13. considered heroic, sorta
14. created after 1900
15. not from Latin America/Caribbean
16. has not had multiple adaptations
17. has not had any adaptations
18. not particularly a kid-friendly character, but not a villain, by any means
19. Earthling
20. Human
Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by Thursday noon EST.
Today was the anniversary of the Pine Tar HR I referenced in a recent round
Righto!
I am
Nanook of the North
His real name was Allakariallak, and he was the subject of a groundbreaking (but largely fictionalized) 1922 documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanook_of_the_North
Very nice!