Lou ReedQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ: Was a "Good Guy" in the film?
IQ:
1. Were you going to be called Starkiller?
2. Do you run Wayne Enterprises?
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Lou ReedQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ: Was a "Good Guy" in the film?
IQ:
1. Were you going to be called Starkiller?
2. Do you run Wayne Enterprises?
Dunno about Starkiller; I'm not Lucius Fox.
L.
1. Not alive
2. Fictional
3. Male
4. Created before 2002
5. Has appeared on TV, although not often
6. Has appeared in print, also not often
7. Mainly known for being in a film
8. Was not the main protagonist of a film
9. Has appeared in more than one film, but not many more
10. Not in a sf/fantasy film
11. Was not the main antagonist in a film
12. Appeared in what was, at the time, a contemporary film
13. Created before 1980
14. Played by a naturalized American actor
15. Was a "good guy"
1. Luke (Starkiller) SkywalkerQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
IQ:
1. Were you a wanted criminal in Casablanca?
2. Did you marry Richard Burton twice?
3. Were you the Keymaster in Ghostbusters?
DQ:
Black and white film?
Yes, I am Victor Laszlo from Casablanca! Good job!
As to the other two, no, I'm not Elizabeth Taylor. Dunno the third.
3. Louis Tully (played by Rick Moranis)Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Sweet, that was a good guess.
Next Letter:
A
IQs:
Did Maren Jensen play your character's daughter?
Did you sing a popular duet with Linda Rondstadt?
Were you a notorious double agent?
Pass on all three.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Jensen played Cmdr. Adama's daughter Athena on the original Battlestar Galactica: http://actormunder.com/images/maren-jensen-01.jpg
Aaron Neville and Rondstadt had a big hit singing "Don't Know Much" together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfW2OwVwzs
Aldrich Ames did huge damage to the U.S. intelligence community.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with A?
IQs:
Was your mother buried in different places in a book and then in a movie?
Did you serve as an aide to your father and then a diplomat?
Did you annoy your wife by going barefoot around the house so that your feet could "breathe"?
DQs.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Not Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
and I'll pass on all the IQs again :(
Gilraen, Aragorn's mom, is mentioned as having been buried in Annuminas in the Lord of the Rings books, but is shown as having been buried in Rivendell in an outtake from the Peter Jackson movie trilogy.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
John Quincy Adams.
Abraham Lincoln.
DQs:
American?
Would be alive today, if real?
Created since 1900?
IQs:
Were you the last top government official in your country to do something that none of your successors have done?
Does your only daughter's name start with Z?
Did you sing about stinky socks?
DQs;Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Not American
2. Not Alive today, if real
3. Created Since 1900
IQs.
1. Clement Atlee
No idea on the other two
It's customary and helpful if you, as gamemaster this round, keep an updated list of answered DQs. Thanks!
A.
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Not alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
As to the earlier IQs:
Hmm. What was Attlee the last to do? Not who I was thinking of.
Princess Anne's daughter is Zara.
Amy Adams in Enchanted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrwxIypQisY
DQs:
Created since 1960?
First appeared in a movie?
More IQs:
Did you hang with Dr. Teeth?
Were you a former governor who served as a diplomat for JFK?
Were you a prominent writer who praised The Lord of the Rings?
National Health Service in the UK.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Not realQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
7. Created after 1960
8. Did not appear first in a movie
I thought about #5 a bit more and reversed it. Sorry :fail:
1. AnimalQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Pass
3. Douglas Adams?
Yes, Animal, in the Electric Mayhem AKA the Muppet Show house band.
The former governor and later diplomat was Averill Harriman.
DQ:
First appeared in a novel?
As to the other IQs, I'll rephrase, and add a new one:
Were you, a woman, the last top government official in your country to do something that none of your successors have done?
Were you a prominent writer and contemporary of Tolkien's who praised The Lord of the Rings?
Is your work showcased at a small museum in San Francisco?
IQsQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Anne Boleyn - gave birth to an English queen before having her head chopped off. In those days, Henry VIII was the governement :p
2. Isaac Asimov?
3. Andy Warhol?
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
7. Created after 1960
8. Did not appear first in a movie
9. Did not first appear in a novel
I'll rephrase again (below).Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
W.H. Auden.
Ansel Adams.
DQs:
First appeared in a TV show?
British?
IQs:
Were you, a woman born since 1650, the last top government official in your country to do something that none of your successors have done?
Did you, a character in a novel, appear in a make-believe office to throw off the bad guys?
Did you complain when filming of a major movie messed up traffic in your neighborhood?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
7. Created after 1960
8. Did not appear first in a movie
9. Did not first appear in a novel
10. First appeared in a TV show
11. Not British
I'll pass on all threeQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Queen Anne was the last to exercise the Royal Veto.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Adam Selene in Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
Isaac Asimov, during the filming of Ghostbusters.
DQs:
European?
Cartoon character?
Considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Are you a Russian tennis player as noted for your good looks as for your skills on the court?
Were you a Civil War officer and then a Reconstruction governor?
Did your mischief in Baltimore later catch up with you?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
7. Created after 1960
8. Did not appear first in a movie
9. Did not first appear in a novel
10. First appeared in a TV show
11. Not British
12. Not European
13. Is a Cartoon character
14. Is considered a "good guy"
1. Anna KournikovaQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Pass
3. Pass
Yes, Anna K.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Adelbert Ames, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain's C.O. in the 20th Maine, and later a carpetbagger Governor of Mississippi, IIRC.
Spiro Agnew.
DQs:
Japanese?
Human?
IQs:
Did Elizabeth Banks play your very conservative girlfriend?
Did you star in a movie which joked that the Nixon who went to China wasn't the same Nixon who returned?
Did you sing the latest 007 opening credits song?
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name does not start with A
4. Not American
5. Alive today, if real
6. Created since 1900
7. Created after 1960
8. Did not appear first in a movie
9. Did not first appear in a novel
10. First appeared in a TV show
11. Not British
12. Not European
13. Is a Cartoon character
14. Is considered a "good guy"
15. Is Japanese
16. Is human
IQ.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Adele
Alec Baldwin on 30 Rock.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Alan Arkin in Simon.
Yes, Adele, in Skyfall.
Hmm. I don't know Japanimation all that well. I'll have to think about my DQs for a bit.
Any ideas...
Nah. You got me. Might as well reveal the answer and start the next round.
The answer is Ash Ketchum - lead of the Pokemon series.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0px-Ash_BW.png
Seriously: you must have heard of Pokemon, haven't you?
I'll start the next round shortly, once I think of someone...
I have indeed heard of Pokemon; I even know about Pikachu. But I didn't know Ash Ketchum. You win, fair and square!
Ok,
Next person thought of and your letter is
B
IQs:
Did you forget your name when you met your future wife?
Did you sing of your crush on the much older Secretary of State?
Did you fake an assassination attempt to win an election?
1. PassQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Pass
3. Can't remember, but it was recent wasn't it?
Bill Clinton, when he met Hillary Rodham at Yale Law School.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Carol Burnett, of John Foster Dulles, in a joke song.
The title character in the political satire Bob Roberts - maybe a decade ago or so.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with B?
IQs:
Did you once play a character who was constantly playing with rubber bands?
Did you confess in a TV interview to masturbating a lot?
Did Phil Silvers memorably play you, a conniving Army sergeant?
DQs.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
IQs:
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Sgt Bilko
Bob Balaban, in Absence of Malice.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Ernest Borgnine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNYrkvYHCbU
Yes, Phil Silvers.
DQs:
American?
Now alive?
IQs:
Are you a reporter who used to play tennis with a prominent public official?
Are you that public official?
Did your wife accidentally kill someone in a car accident in her teens?
DQs.
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
Pass on all of themQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Brit Hume.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
George H.W. Bush.
George W. Bush's wife Laura.
DQs:
European?
Involved in the creative arts, broadly defined?
Died since 1980?
IQs:
Were you Al Gore's campaign manager, and are now a pundit?
Were you a longtime U.S. senator from Missouri?
Were you a basketball star and then a legislator?
DQs.
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
And yet again, pass on them all.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Donna Brazile.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Kit Bond.
Bill Bradley.
DQs:
British?
Political/military?
Died before 1900?
IQs:
Did you costar in Trading Places?
Were you named after a noteworthy ornithologist?
Did you play a man who hid a fugitive while doing the dishes?
DQs.
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
9. Is British
10. This is really a double but is not Political or military
11. Died before 1900
1. Dan AkroydQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Pass
3. Pass
I don't think "Political/military?" is a double question. They're often closely related, and he either is or isn't.
Dan Ackroyd is not a "B." I was thinking of Ralph Bellamy.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
James Bond.
Bob Hoskins in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
DQs:
Died before 1800?
Generally considered a "good guy"?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you knock your boss through several walls?
Were you born in London but raised in Cleveland?
Did you know three brothers, two of whom never spoke?
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
9. Is British
10. Not Political/military
11. Died before 1900
12. Died after 1800?
13. Is Generally considered a "good guy"?
3 Passes again.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Bob Parr in The Incredibles.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Bob Hope.
Bob Newhart and Larry, Darryl and Darryl.
Three DQs reserved.
By leaving the question mark after "Died after 1800?" are you saying it's unknown? Likewise as to "good guy," are you indicating that he might or might not be considered one?
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
9. Is British
10. Not Political/military
11. Died before 1900
12. Died after 1800
13. Is Generally considered a "good guy"
Question marks were left on by mistake. You have 4 DQ's to ask when you are ready.
DQs:
Businessman/entrepreneur?
Died after 1850?
Hmmm. Two DQs reserved.
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
9. Is British
10. Not Political/military
11. Died before 1900
12. Died after 1800
13. Is Generally considered a "good guy"
14. Was a Businessman/entrepreneur
15. Died after 1850
DQs:
Started a business that is still in existence under his name?
Retailer?
1. Is Real
2. Is Male
3. Last Name starts with a B
4. Is not an American
5. Is not alive
6. Is European
7. Is not involved in the creative arts in any sense.
8. Died before 1980.
9. Is British
10. Not Political/military
11. Died before 1900
12. Died after 1800
13. Is Generally considered a "good guy"
14. Was a Businessman/entrepreneur
15. Died after 1850
16. Did not start a business that is still in existence under his name
17. Was not a Retailer
Two DQs still reserved. I gotta think. I have a feeling this is gonna be someone else I've never heard of.
IQs:
Did you ask in the Eighties if people really wanted to hurt you?
Were you arguably the best-known member of Sha Na Na?
Did you make cornrows briefly popular among white girls?
If you have never heard of him, I will be really disappointed.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
1. Boy George (although it was a Culture Club song really, he was just the singer)
2. Sha na na - pass.
3. Cornrows - pass.
Yes, Boy George. He was indeed in Culture Club, but it was him who asked the question.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Bowzer.
Bo Derek in the sex comedy 10.
So we have _____ B_____, a British businessman/entrepreneur who died between 1850-1900. He didn't start a business that still bears his name, and he wasn't a retailer. Hmm. Gotta think.
A light bulb - nay, two light bulbs - have gone off.
IQs:
Were you a British Victorian engineer known for designing bridges and a giant steamship?
Were you a British Victorian known for your involvement in travel and tourism?
Yes, he was a British Victorian engineer known for designing bridges and a giant steamship and possibly the finest engineers EVER, known as Isambard Kingdom BrunelQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Indeed he was! One of my favorite Britons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel. Nice mystery name for this round. The other guy I was thinking of was Karl Baedecker, but I now see he was German.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Our next letter is
W.
IQ.
1. Were you a British MP crusading against slavery?
2. Did you win the first Pop Idol in the UK?
3. Were you Faith's watcher in Buffy?
Not William Wilberforce; dunno the other two.
2. Will YoungQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
3. Wesley Wyndham Price
DQs:
1. Male
2. Alive
IQs:
1. Are you a lawman played by Chuck Norris?
2. Are you a demon in BtVS?
3. Are you the Fresh Prince?
Not Walker, Texas Ranger.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Dunno this.
Not Will Smith.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
2. WhistlerQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
1. American
IQ:
1. Were you the last successful invader of England?
2. Were you the 28th President of the USA?
3. Are you a judge on "The Voice"?
Not William the Conqueror or Woodrow Wilson. Take a DQ for "The Voice" person.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
2. Will.I.Am
DQ: Died before 1960
IQ:
1. Did you play the lead in a self referential titled cop show in the 1980's?
2. Are you one of half of Little Britain?
3. Were you one of the Fugees?
Take another three DQs!
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
William Shatner in T.J. HookerQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
David Walliams
Wyclef Jean
DQs
1. British?
2.Known for working in miltary/politics
3. known for working in the media
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
And your next three IQs? Or anyone else's...?
IQs
1. Did you play an evil psychic in Babylon 5?
2. Are you known for your ever-changing mask?
Not Walter Koenig (Bester), or Walter Kovacs (Rorschach in Watchmen).Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
IQs:
1. Did you shoot an apple from your son's head?
2. Were you Maggie Thatcher's most reliable advisor?
Not William Tell or... dunno the second. Cecil Parkinson, Norman Tebbits, Douglas Howe and John Major aren't Ws.
2. Willie WhitelawQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Are you European
IQ:
1. Were you kidnapped in Palestine and held as a hostage
2. Were you a West Indies cricketer who took over 500 Test wickets.
Not Terry Waite; don't know the cricketer.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
2. Courtney WalshQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Is a scientist?
IQ:
1. Are you a Welsh Rugby fullback from the 1970's
2. Are you chief Medical officer for Formula One.
3. Are you also known as "The Kingpin"
D'oh! Dunno any of those three.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
1. JPR WiliamsQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Sid Watkins
3. Wilson Fisk
DQ:
1. Is a businessman
2 DQs reserved
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
DQ:
11. Eastern European?
IQ: Did you become Pope John Paul II?
Not Karol Wojytla (sp?).
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
A somewhat vague term, so I went with the UN's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eu...N_geoschme.svg
DQ:
Died after 1990?
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
IQ:
1. Did you shoot an apple from your son's head
2. Did you lead Poland away from Communism
Not William Tell or Lech Walesa.
Hmm, running out of W's here.
IQ:
1. Did you kill all the Martians in Mars Attacks
2. Did you get up close and personal with Madonna and a candle.
Not Slim Whitman. Dunno the second. Take a DQ.
Willem Dafoe in Body of EvidenceQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Sports person?
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
Getting kinda stumped here
IQ:
Are you the current UK Foreign minister?
Were you invited to take over the throne of England?
Not William Hague or William of Orange.
Were you a prolific composer?
Welcome, anyrose! Not William Boyce.
Were you a different prolific composer?
IQ:
1. Was one of your paintings allegedly owned by Donald Sutherland in a film?
2. Though you're best known in a different field, did you once create a short film for a highly regarded British comedy duo's sketch show?
(Edited 'cause I realized I can ask more than one question)
IQ:
1. Were you considered one of the three permadead characters in Marvel comics before your resurrection
Not Wagner.Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Dunno any of those. DQs for the lot of ye!Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
me, too? because I don't think Wagner should count since died waaaaaaaay before 1990
Thank goodness. :) No seriously, I think with the Indirect Questions-- I could be wrong on how Botticelli works--the answers don't have to meet the already revealed conditions; I'm assuming that anyway since CatInASuit had an IQ about the current UK Foreign Minister and I'm guessing this dude's both a) alive and b) in politics. If I'm wrong, neither of mine should count either.Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
My answers were Wassily Kandinsky (the film was Six Degrees of Separation) and William Wegmen (perhaps best known for his photography of Weimeraner dogs, and the sketch show was A Bit of Fry and Laurie, FWIW).
DQ:
1. Are you in the arts?*
2. Are you from Poland?
* I'm not sure if this is a dupe re: "media" -- I wouldn't consider a dancer "media," for example
Correct, choie - you aren't limited in your IQs to the scope of DQs already answered. As long as the individual you're asking about has a first or last name matching the one for this round, and he or she has not already been asked about in this round, it's fair game.
anyrose, you may rephrase or narrow the scope of your composer IQ, if you like, or move on.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
14. Not in the arts
15. Not from Poland
Our usual working definition of "the arts" is pretty broad and includes any form of creative arts, BTW - music, theater, movies, TV, painting, dance, writing, sculpture, graphic design, etc. Then you can narrow the focus more in later DQs (i.e. visual arts, writing, etc.). So your question was not a duplicate, choie.
Gotcha, thanks Elendil's Heir. So "media" would likely refer to journalists, TV reporters, newspaper magnates...?
IQ:
1. Are you a legendary 1970s basketball star nicknamed "Clyde"?
2. Did you start out as a batboy who was fired for inadvertently causing a Yankees star to miss play one day, while you yourself ended up with a stellar career as a character actor... actually playing that same legendary baseball star in his film biography?
3. Are you a fictional doctor whose best friend faked his death in a fight with his nemesis? (Sorry, I had to! That one's a gimme for you... :D)
IQ: Are you an assistant director for several 21st century sitcoms?
That's how I'd read it.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Not Wilt Chamberlain; dunno the second; not Dr. John H. Watson.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Dunno this one.Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
Wilt Chamberlain's nickname was "Wilt the Stilt." I was thinking Walt "Clyde" Frazier. Not sure if this counts as a "dunno." Maybe I shouldn't be this specific?Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Second was William Bendix. One of my favorite pieces of Old Hollywood trivia is that as a young batboy for the Yanks, Bendix fulfilled Babe Ruth's order for some junk food prior to a game, which then made Ruth so ill he couldn't play that day. Bendix was fired. Many years later, Bendix--now a well-known character actor--played Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story.
Anyway I'll just take one DQ that doesn't appear to have been asked yet:
- Are you a real person?
Barry West aka The Flash :smack: its Barry Allen, not Barry West, ignore me, I'm having one of those days...Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Ben WeissQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's HeirDunno this one.Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
DQ: Did you die before 2000?
Has anyone else heard of Ben Weiss? I haven't. The usual rule is that at least one other player must have heard of the IQ person for it to count (to keep it from being too obscure).
choie, your Frasier question did indeed stump me - take another DQ, if you like.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
14. Not in the arts
15. Not from Poland
16. a real person
DQ: Are you Jewish?
IQ:
1. Have you ever lived under the name of Sanders?
2. Were you ever an insanely wealthy ambassador to the UK?
3. Did you ever direct a film about some Cuban musicians?
see? I told you I'm no good at this
Not Winnie the Pooh, Walter Annenberg or Wim Wenders.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Keep at it! You're doing fine.Quote:
Originally posted by anyrose
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
14. Not in the arts
15. Not from Poland
16. a real person
17. Jewish
Bloody hell, I thought Walter Annenberg would stump you. :) Working in nonprofits I thought I might have overestimated how well known he was to regular folks. However...
IQ: Are you a Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter?
Yes! I amQuote:
Originally posted by choie
Simon Wiesenthal!
Good job, choie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal
Please pick a person, tell us a letter and start our next round.
Yay!!! It was basically eliminating so many professions from the list that made me think "what the heck else would someone be famous for?" Sadly, Eastern Europe and Jewish clinched it for me.
Y'all are gonna get a record number of DQs, because I am notoriously bad at guessing IQs. Anyway, here we go! The letter is....
Okay no, changing my option after reading the whole thread (to make sure I wasn't duplicating anyone), because someone here clearly knows way too much about this person's, um, era. I'll explain once this is over so as not to give away whom this is not.
The letter is R.
R it is.
IQs:
Did you call your wife "Mommy"?
Have you won a major award in almost every field of the performing arts?
In your first screen appearance, did you have bird poop in your hair?
IQs:
No, I am not Ronald Reagan
Nor am I Rita Moreno
Stumped! (And curious.)
Here, have a DQ.
Right on both. The third is Radagast, the wizard (and friend to all birds and small furry things) in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: http://buriedplanet.com/userfiles/radagast.jpg
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you pretend to be calling your dad in a TV commercial?
Were you a Cabinet officer who died in an airplane crash?
Did you once see a young man eating pie with his hands?
Oh man, haven't seen the Hobbit film. And I just realized you can basically get all your DQs by stumping me with every "R" name in Simarillion!
- Stumped!
- No I am not Ron Brown (ugh that day is very vivid to me)
- The only pie-eating contexts I can remember are a vague memory of a Stephen King story and a Kids in the Hall sketch. Stumped!
Take your two DQs. (See, this is gonna be over in record time.)
DQ answer:
1. No, I am not real.
Heh. I'll try not to overdo it on Tolkien questions.
Answers:
Ron Reagan Jr. in a credit-card ad.
Yes, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown (may I ask why that day remains so vivid for you?).
Reginald Barclay in ST:TNG creates a Holodeck version of Wesley Crusher, dressed as a foppish youth, eating pie in the episode "Hollow Pursuits": http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...1at92717PM.png
DQs:
Male?
Last name start with R?
IQs:
Did a character you famously played, and his best friend, go on a game show together?
Do some people still prefer you to Jeremy Brett in a great role?
Were you a military man who gave his name to an article of clothing?
Oh for pete's sake, how did I not get the Reg Barclay / Wes-as-Little-Lord-Fauntleroy pie reference?! Bad TNG-fan! As for Brown's death... Clinton was the first president I'd ever voted for who'd won, so I was a close follower of his administration, and when I first heard the news reports about the crash I was just sickened but couldn't stop watching them. First reports just said that he was missing, but obviously there wasn't much hope for his survival (or anyone else's on board).
IQs:
1. Hee! No, I am not Tony Randall. OSCAR (growling): Aristophanes...
2. Nor am I Basil Rathbone. And thank you for the gimme.
3. Erm... No I am not... Teddy Roosevelt? Is he the one they named the "Teddy" after? No, that was the bear, wasn't it? And why would they name lingerie after him anyway? Argh. Take yet another DQ!
DQs
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name starts with R
(DAMN you're good!)
Seriously don't worry about not getting the IQs. I struggle with all the American ones, there have been several people I have never heard of before, and I'm pretty sure I could do a load of British ones that you would never get.
Don't forget, you don't have to give the answer the person is expecting as long as the answer fits the criteria of the question. (at which point EH will go and refine the question further until the gets the answer he was looking for in the first place. :D )
IQs:
1. Did you recently play Deadpool and Green Lantern?
2. Did you play Mystique in several X-Men movies
3. Did you friends include Errol the Hamster and Kevin the Gerbil?
So no really obscure Brits then :pQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
PS: Name does ring a bell from somewhere.
Answers:
Yes, Tony Randall on The Odd Couple: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzgwEMKZgBg
Yes, Basil Rathbone, who IMHO wasn't as good a Sherlock Holmes as Jeremy Brett.
The third is Lord Raglan, from the Crimean War, who gave his name to a kind of sweater.
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Did your lover kick and scream while dying?
Were you the younger brother of a much more famous man, who continued his work after he died?
Did the President joke about how he would announce your Cabinet appointment?
I'd probably know more British historic folks than I would American historic folks. Which is a result of rampant Anlgophilia and a pathetic number of points in my Knowledge [American History] score (or whatever D&D calls it).Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
If I'd been right about Teddy Roosevelt inspiring the teddy (lingerie item) then this would've worked! I suppose I could've B.S.'ed my way into it, but I couldn't see how on earth there would've been a believable connection. :) OTOH I was gonna tempted to guess Robert Jockeyshorts, so there you go.Quote:
Don't forget, you don't have to give the answer the person is expecting as long as the answer fits the criteria of the question. (at which point EH will go and refine the question further until the gets the answer he was looking for in the first place. :D )
CatInASuit's IQs:
1. (Green Latner dude) No, I am not Seth Rogan
2. (Mystique gal) No I am not the former Mrs. John Stamos. :) Her first name's Rebecca but the spelling of her last name gives me hives... is it Romijin?
3. (Errol Hamster pal) Aha! See, this is an example of my Anglophilia (and illicit viewing of BBC through various... methods). No, I am not Roland the Rat. Or I suppose it's just Roland Rat?
BTW now that I've revealed the person isn't real, I will say that it was your knowledge of Tudor history as evidenced in past rounds that made me change my original choice from Katherine Howard. :D
Oooookay, I might wanna ask for a judges' call on this one. Is he truly of equal standing to Botticelli? :D I guess the sweaters are popular enough, but... Oh well, take your bloody DQ and, to quote Eliza Doolittle, may you never have a day's luck with it!Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Elendil's Heir's IQs:
1. Did your lover kick and scream while dying? Robert Browning? Only because I like the idea of Elizabeth being a fighter. No, I'm sure that's wrong. STUMPED.
2. Were you the younger brother of a much more famous man, who continued his work after he died? Holy crap, if this famous guy continued to work after he died, he deserves to be more famous than his brother! Ohh, I see. Sorry, ambiguous clause there. Well, I'm betting this isn't whom you were thinking of, but I'll say No, I'm not Robert F. Kennedy. Who continued to work for the Civil Rights Act that began under JFK and was made into law under LBJ. (C'mon, that's gotta count!)
3. Did the President joke about how he would announce your Cabinet appointment? Damnit, I said I wasn't RFK! Sheesh.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
Answers:
Roy Batty's girlfriend Tris did not go gently into that good night in Blade Runner.
Roy Disney (you're right, I could've worded that better).
Yes, Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy. JFK, knowing it would be a controversial appointment, joked that he would open the door at 2am, look both ways down the street, and then whisper "It's Bobby."
DQs:
European?
Would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did a cartoonist show you helping a bruised and battered Bill Clinton across the street?
Were you a jurist who acted as a prosecutor at Nuremberg?
Did the Beatles sing about you on The White Album?
Oh! Disney, yes, duh.
IQs:
1. Okay this must be someone who helped Clinton, or perhaps took pressure off him, during the Lewinsky mess. Um. I am not... Janet Reno? (Crap this might be entirely unrelated... I'm going to hit myself after this, aren't I?)
2. STUMPED. I was gonna say Robert Earl Warren and then I realized, no, idiot, you're conflating "Robert Earl Hughes*" with "Earl Warren." Plus Earl Warren wasn't at Nuremberg. Though the conflation amuses me. Imagine the size of the courtroom chair necessary for him!
3. No, I did not creep into my room only to find Gideon's Bible. (Rocky Raccoon.)
Probably earned yourself 2 DQs unless I actually hit the googly with Reno.
DQs:
Mmmmm okay, you've handed me an ethical quandary. I don't know if I'm supposed to guide your questions toward more specificity or not. That said I vow I am being technically accurate with all these responses according to a perfectly legitimate definition of one of your terms:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European
6. Would not be alive today if real
* Throughout my childhood he was always referenced in The Guinness Book of World Records as the world's fattest man in history. He may have been supplanted by now.
If a DQ isn't capable of being answered Y/N, you can ask for it to be rephrased, or answer it as best you can, acknowledging any ambiguity, perhaps saying, in effect, "This is the least misleading answer."
Answers:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I couldn't find it through Google Images, but at the time Clinton appointed her to the Supreme Court, he was going through a particularly rough patch in the White House. She was such a popular pick, the cartoon showed a tiny, frail-looking Ginsburg helping a much bigger but battered-looking Clinton across the street, reversing the usual roles of a little old lady and a big strong Boy Scout.
Robert Jackson, then an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Yes, Rocky Raccoon.
DQs:
Human?
First appeared in print?
IQs:
Did your future father-in-law tell an unpleasant group, "I've got $10 in my pocket but I'd flush it down the toilet before I gave it to you"?
Did your brother Stannis think he should be in charge after you died?
After you died (allegedly while with your mistress), was your body secretly moved?
Okaaaay, well, I think I revealed that there is ambiguity in one of your questions, but bearing in mind the above, I should specify that the question in particular was the one about Europe. Which I answered accurately depending on how one resolves the ambiguity. :D So, if you wanna rephrase for your next inevitable slew of DQs, go for it.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Robert Jackson, huh? And to think you carped at poor anyrose for Ben Weiss!
IQs:
1. Not a clue, but curious. What unpleasant group? Okay they're asking for money, and I don't think Nazis went door-to-door, so that lets them out. Scientologists? No I'm not L. Ron Hubbard? Oh man, that would be hilarious if true. But yeah, call me STUMPED.
2. Oh good lord, this is a Game of Thrones question isn't it? I don't even have HBO. Through cultural osmosis I vaguely know the Stannis name but God only knows who he's related to. I want to invoke what I will now call the Ben Weiss clause, but since GoT is so freakin' ubiquitous I guess I'll have to say I'm STUMPED.
3. No, I am not Nelson Rockefeller! IN YO FACE!
Two DQs. Oy.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European*
6. Would not be alive today if he were real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
* An asterisk to note the ambiguity. "But is the truth, as Hitchcock observes, in the box? No, there isn't room, the ambiguity has put on weight."
Answers:
Rosalyn Carter's husband Jimmy's dad James Sr. was asked by the KKK for a contribution.
King Robert Baratheon, from, yes, Game of Thrones.
Yes, Nelson Rockefeller.
Justice Jackson is pretty well-known, I'd say:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_H._Jackson
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_no...on%20nuremberg
If no other player has heard of him, I'll withdraw the question.
Two (maybe one) DQ reserved for now.
Congrats: I thought the last might stump you.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
The first one is Ryan Reynolds - Seth Rogan played Green Hornet instead.
DQ:
1. Appeared in a novel first.
Umm. Who?Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
OK, I'll withdraw the Justice Jackson question, then.
DQ:
First appeared in print since 1900?
IQs:
Was the Knight of Flowers your lover?
Were you a famous Pittsburgh Pirate killed in plane crash?
Did you sing about Christmas in Capetown?
CatInASuit -- No IQs? I'll add your DQ to the list...
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Was the Knight of Flowers your lover?
Hmm. Is this is some Arthurian reference? Ooh, or maybe Ivanhoe? Just in case it's the latter, I'll say No, I'm not Rebecca. (Talk about a stab in the dark.)
2. Ah, well, I know two baseball players who died in plane crashes, and one of 'em starts with an "R" so I'll go with: No, I am not Roberto Clemente? (The other is Thurmon Munson. Yes, I grew up in the 1970s!) Unfortunately I only know Munson was a Yankee, I don't know if Clemente was a Pirate.
3. Erm, I suppose this isn't a "Do They Know It's Christmas?" thing, right? Ugh, Capetown isn't in Ethiopia so probably not. But just in case I'll say No, I am not Robert (Bob) Geldof.
Probably 0 for 3 here.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European*
6. Would not be alive today if I were real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
* Warning: ambiguous! controversy! Danger Will Robinson!
Renly Baratheon was the Knight of Flowers's lover in Game of Thrones.
Yes, Roberto Clemente, who is still revered in Pittsburgh.
Randy Newman - no fan of Apartheid, he: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqsFfILSLgA.
DQs:
First appeared in print after 1800?
Generally considered a "good guy"?
IQs:
Did the Beatles once drag you offstage when you opened for them?
Did modern adaptations of your story cast you as a U.S. Navy pilot and an astronaut?
Were you "the only law west of the Pecos"?
IQs.
1. Did you give your name to a rhyme about the colours of a rainbow?
2. Did you have a hit song for a film about three parapsychologists?
3. Were you responsible for tales of the unexpected?
[QUOTE=Elendil's Heir;230874]Renly Baratheon was the Knight of Flowers's lover in Game of Thrones.[quote]
Oh bloody hell with the GoT reference again! You are evil, you know that? Go ahead, ask me a Breaking Bad question next, since yes I am the sole person who's out of the zeitgeist and could not be more ignorant about either one of these two shows! :)
Elendil's "sadist" Heir IQs:
1. Heh. Okay, The Beatles, now we're talking my language again. No, I am not Roy Orbison.
2. I'm going to guess this one considering the context : No, I am not Robinson Crusoe? Seems like it'd make sense to have him stranded on, like, the moon, or some little island somewhere.
3. Ah! And I only know this one 'cause I'm a fan of Lillie Langtry biographies (especially the awesome BBC version w/Francesca Annis): No, I'm not Judge Roy Bean!
I suspect #2 is where you'll get your DQ...
CatInASuit's IQs:
1. (Rainbow guy): Um... no, I am not Roy G. Biv? That can't be right...
2. (Parapsychologists): Damn it. Ghostbusters by Roy... Ray or Roy something Jr. Damnit. Right outta my head. STUMPED.
3. (Tales of the Unexpected): No I am not... Rod Serling? Maybe?
At least 1 DQ here, probably 3. Ugh.
As for your DQs, EH.... I'm really not sure how to answer the "good guy" question. It's kind of a controversial thing... I'll just say that not everyone, including me, would agree with my answer, but I think it's what the general populace would consider the "correct" answer. :D
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European *
6. Would not be alive if real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
11. First appeared in print after 1800
12. Is generally considered a "good guy." **
* Warning: ambiguous!
** But YMMV
1. So close. Richard III aka Richard of York gave battle in vain.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Ray Parker Jr. - Close enough
3. Roald Dahl. Rod Serling was the Twilight zone.
2 DQs for me to ponder.
As it happens, I've never seen Breaking Bad and know very little about it, either.
You're correct as to all three answers: Roy Orbison (the crowd went wild for him and, as the story goes, the Beatles were concerned that he'd overshadow them); Robinson Crusoe (in two not-very-good movies: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060640/?ref_=nv_sr_1 and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058530/?ref_=nv_sr_2); and Judge Roy Bean. Well done!
IQs:
Did you and another top government official switch jobs with each other in 1985?
Are you a baseball player who shares a name with a later musician?
Did you capture Vincennes and Kaskaskia?
Yay! Well, that will soothe me as I ignore Kylah's upcoming broken heart at having upset Rangin...
1. (top gov. official role swap) Well, we're into 2nd term Reagan era, that leaves me with... uh oh. I'm pretty sure Rice was only involved in Bush I, so she's out. Richard Thornburgh or Donald Regan. I know Regan better, so let's go with him. No, thank God, I am not Donald Regan.
2. (baseball & singer) Tsk tsk tsk. You should have been way more specific on this. No matter who you're thinking of I can think of multiple different pairings who meet this one! Could go with Babe Ruth (Ruth Brown) or Pee Wee Reese (Della Reese)... heck, you didn't even specify *which* name he shares, so it could be Phil Rizzuto and Phil Collins! :D But I'll go with a classic: No, I am not Jackie Robinson (Smokey Robinson).
3. (capture Vincennes...) Now you find my weakness again. Military stuff. Honestly when I see the name "Vincennes" my brain immediately turns to Jack Vincennes from L.A. Confidential, which shows you my ignorance. This sounds really unlikely but: No I am not Rommel? (Oh God, I probably don't even have the right war... Kaskaskia sounds Alaskan to me... )
Correct, Donald Regan and Jim Baker swapped jobs - Regan became White House chief of staff and Baker became Secretary of the Treasury (it worked out a lot better for Baker). I'll rephrase the baseball/singer question. Heheheh. As to Vincennes and Kaskaskia, that was Gen. George Rogers Clark, during the American Revolution (both towns are in present-day Indiana).
DQ:
Has ever appeared in a movie?
IQs:
Are you a baseball player who shares a last name with a later musician, although it's only the baseball player's first name that starts with R, and the musician's name almost invariably appears in a five-word band name?
Did you write of Uncle Einar?
Did you play, in the same movie, two kinds of "farm workers"?
Oops I didn't even spot CatInASuit's answers. Richard III is featured in a poem about rainbows? The mind boggles. And I think you're overly generous with my "Roy or Ray something Jr." I'd take a third DQ if I were you. ROALD DAHL. I should be ashamed of myself. Rod fuckin' Serling indeed.
More emabarrassment at the hands of Elendil's Heir. OMG, mixing up WWII and the American Revolution. That's disgraceful. Almost as bad as my thinking an Indiana town was in Alaska. (Okay, we've got my three weaknesses: Geography, Military History, and American History.)
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. (Crazy specific baseball dude.) Holy crap. Well, I walked into this one. No, I am not... oy, this is reaching... Bobby Mercer? (I can only think of Bob Marley and the Wailers as a five-word band name that contains someone that concievably fits. Trouble is I don't know if either Marley or Mercer's real first name was Robert.) Probably STUMPED unless I managed to pull this one out of my, um, hindquarters?
2. Did you write of Uncle Einar? STUMPED.
3. Did you play, in the same movie, two kinds of "farm workers"? I can't even begin to guess at the scare quotes' meaning. Is it gonna be an ant farm or something? STUMPED.
Take your two, and probably three, well-earned DQs. If y'all can't guess this guy in six DQs... well, I dunno, but I'll be very very surprised.
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European *
6. Would not be alive if real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
11. First appeared in print after 1800
12. Is generally considered a "good guy." **
13. Has appeared in a movie.
* Warning: ambiguous!
** But YMMV
Answers:
Rogers Hornsby and Bruce Hornsby (and the Range).
Ray Bradbury.
Ray Bolger played both the Scarecrow, and the Kansas farm hand who was Dorothy's favorite, in The Wizard of Oz.
DQs:
Science fiction or fantasy character?
Appeared in more than one novel?
A lead character of that (or those) novel?
IQs:
Did Sasha and Sam work for you?
Did an Irish actor play you, a Scotsman?
Were you the second known commander of the battlecruiser MacArthur?
DQs:
1. Action/Adventure novel set on Earth
IQ:
1. Were you part of a shipwrecked family from Switzerland?
Man, if I could find any reference that Bobby Murcer (correct spelling apparently) was actually born "Robert" I would claim that as properly answered, since Bob Marley was indeed a Robert. But though Murcer's dad was Robert, I can only find "Bobby Ray Murcer" as the baseball player's name. Rats.
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. (Sasha/Sam) No, I am not Rick Blaine.
2. (Scot played by Irish) No, I am not Rob Roy. (Liam Neeson, right?)
3. Were you the second known commander of the battlecruiser MacArthur? -- I have no idea, and unless it was someone like Robert F. Kennedy I bet this is gonna be a Ben Weiss Clause candidate. :D STUMPED
CatInASuit IQ:
1. (Swiss family...) No, I am not one of the Robinsons.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European *
6. Would not be alive if real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
11. First appeared in print after 1800
12. Is generally considered a "good guy." **
13. Has appeared in a movie.
14. Not a science fiction or fantasy character
15. Has appeared in more than one novel
16. Was a lead in both novels
17. Was not in an action/adventure novel set on Earth
* Warning: ambiguous!
** But YMMV
Correct as to Rick Blaine of Casablanca, and Rob Roy, who was indeed played by Liam Neeson. Well done. The MacArthur's commander was Roderick, Lord Blaine, in Niven and Pournelle's classic sf adventure The Mote in God's Eye.
DQ:
Were the novels romances?
IQs:
Was a priest the only person to attend your funeral?
Did your mother-in-law give you a house... with her own right next door?
Did one of your biographers think your childhood asthma was psychosomatic?
IQs:
1. No, I am not... Eleanor Rigby
2, STUMPED
3. No, I am not Teddy Roosevelt. Awesome! My sister's forcing me to watch American Exprerience: The Presidents pays off!
Hmmm. I'm afraid I can't think of a way to answer that DQ in a way that is both accurate and doesn't give away more than you're asking. Kindly rephrase. :)
Correct as to Eleanor Rigby and T.R. The second is Eleanor Roosevelt. FDR's mom gave them a NYC townhouse as a wedding present - but her own was adjoining, and she had keys to all the doors, so she came and went as she wished. Not an ideal situation for poor Eleanor.
Rephrased DQ:
Is the first novel in which this character appears considered primarily a romance?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did a men's magazine once mention you, rather surprisingly, swimming in the nude?
In filming one of your movies, did you ask someone about a shirt ad that didn't exist?
Did you get a smile from a famous person on a bet?
IQs:
1. Did a men's magazine once mention you, rather surprisingly, swimming in the nude? -- Dude, didn't you just use Eleanor Roosevelt already? :) No, I have no clue, just wanted to put that image in your mind. STUMPED.
Stumped on the other two as well.
DQs
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European *
6. Would not be alive if real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
11. First appeared in print after 1800
12. Is generally considered a "good guy." **
13. Has appeared in a movie.
14. Not a science fiction or fantasy character
15. Has appeared in more than one novel
16. Was a lead in both novels
17. Was not in an action/adventure novel set on Earth
18. The first novel is generally considered a romance
* Warning: ambiguous!
** But YMMV
Did a men's magazine once mention you, rather surprisingly, swimming in the nude? - Fred Rogers, in a GQ interview.
In filming one of your movies, did you ask someone about a shirt ad that didn't exist? - Roman Polanski, asking the author of Rosemary's Baby about a New Yorker shirt ad referred to in the book.
Did you get a smile from a famous person on a bet? - Will Rogers was warned that President Calvin Coolidge was not much on jokes, but bet a friend he could get the President to smile. When they were introduced, Rogers cupped his hand around his ear and said, "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name...?" Coolidge smiled.
DQs:
First novel was written by a woman?
First appeared in print after 1850?
One DQ waived, as we just get 20 questions.
Ooh I didn't realize there was a limit on DQs!
DQs
1. Not real
2. Male
3. Last name begins with "R"
4. Not American
5. Not European *
6. Would not be alive if real
7. Human
8. First appeared in print
9. First appeared in a novel
10. Did not first appear in print since 1900
11. First appeared in print after 1800
12. Is generally considered a "good guy." **
13. Has appeared in a movie.
14. Not a science fiction or fantasy character
15. Has appeared in more than one novel
16. Was a lead in both novels
17. Was not in an action/adventure novel set on Earth
18. The first novel is generally considered a romance
19. The first novel was written by a woman
20. Did not first appear in print after 1850
* Warning: ambiguous!
** But YMMV
CIAS and anyrose (if she returns), any thoughts?
We have a fictional non-American male, last name starting with R, who first appeared in a romance novel written by a woman, published between 1800-1850. To me that suggests Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters or perhaps Mary Shelley. Hmmm.
Hmm, only person I can think of is...
Are you Mr Rochester from Jane Eyre?
Great guess. I'll bet that's it.
Yes indeed, I am Edward Rochester! Well done, CatInASuit.
Just to explain some of the asterisked answers FWIW:
- England is not on the European Continent, and at the time of the novel wasn't part of the EU.
- His "good guy" cred is low with me, what with being a philandering would-be bigamist and asshat most of the time.
- The second novel is Wide Sargasso Sea, which is definitely not a romance
Your turn, CIAS!
I will admit to that being a lucky guess on my part - I thought afterwards that there wasn't a sequel to Jane Eyre so it was a dud guess.
Your new letter is P
The sequel was written many years later by a different author, I think, so it wasn't much of a dud guess.
P, eh?
IQs:
Were you Brett's buddy belowdecks?
Did you flirt with a character played by Elizabeth Banks?
Were you First Speaker in an Asimov book?
IQs:
1. Did you circumnavigate the globe in fewer than three months?
2. Did you circumnavigate the globe in fewer than three months?
3. Did you circumnavigate the globe in fewer than three months?
:)
Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Ah, a set of easy questions up front:Quote:
Originally posted by choie
EH
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Pass
choie
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Pass
That was easy, I have no clue about any of them :D
Okay, turn in your UK card.
1. Phileas Fogg, the main character in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
2. Passepartout, Fogg's servant who travels with him, in Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
3. Michael Palin, the Monty Python comedian-turned-travel writer, who replicated Fogg's journey in the TV documentary Around the World in Eighty Days
DQs:
1. Are you real?
2. Are you female?
3rd DQ reserved
IQs:
1. While you lay dying of gangrene, did you compose your own death sonnet?
2. Prior to one of your most famous roles, did you play someone who often had his arm inserted into a cow's uterus?
3. After playing one of your most famous roles (coincidentally, the same as above), did you play someone who was highly flammable?
And you thought you were bad at this game :DQuote:
Originally posted by choie
1. Not realQuote:
Originally posted by choie
2. Not female
1. Person writing poetry on deathbed. WAG: PoeQuote:
Originally posted by choie
2. Peter Davidson - Tristam in All Creatures Great and Small
3. Jon Pertwee - Worzel Gummidge
Definite anglophile. :madsci:
Heh. Enough to know that it's Davison, not Davidson! (He's my favorite Doctor and loved him in All Creatures, Campion and The Last Detective.)Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Pertwee is my 2nd favorite, though Patrick Troughton comes close.
Answer to #1 was Sir Philip Sidney, Elizabethan soldier, poet and author. Also the son-in-law of Francis Walsingham, which should interest Elendil's Heir as it relates to the unsolved Yorktown mystery.
DQs:
First appeared in print?
If real, would you be alive now?
IQs:
1. Are you a super-wealthy guy who tried to run for U.S. President under your own political party?
2. Are you a former chat show host and DJ who named his son after a 1970s song?
3. Are you the Oscar-nominated son and brother of two Oscar winners?
As to Sir Philip Bleedin' Sidney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-KQkZnwis0. Didn't know he was Walsingham's son-in-law!
Were you Brett's buddy belowdecks? - Parker, played by Yaphet Kotto in the movie Alien.
Did you flirt with a character played by Elizabeth Banks? - Peter Parker, in the first Spider-Man movie; Banks played J. Jonah Jameson's cute secretary.
Were you First Speaker in an Asimov book? - Preem Palver in the Foundation series.
DQs:
Last name start with P?
American?
Created since 1900?
IQs:
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you?
Were you often in jeopardy in a kids' automotive-related cartoon?
Did your famous court case come out of New Orleans?
I know, cool bit of trivia, isn't it? Ugh, how'd you like to have Walsingham as a father-in-law? I don't know if that'd be super-scary or if it'd make you super-safe, at least for a while. Then again he died ridiculously young (Sidney did, that is) so he didn't have to endure what Walsingham did to people who irked him.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
He's also the nephew of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, i.e. the first guy Elizabeth I loved, and nearly married into the Deveraux family (i.e. the same family as Robert Deveraux, the Earl of Essex, the last guy Elizabeth I loved).
And yep, I thought of Philip Sidney because Michael Palin played him in MPFC! "Whilst I rest, read to me a while from Shakespeare's Gay Boys in Bondage." (I also mentioned him 'cause I thought CIAS was the Tudor expert! Wanted to give him/her a gimme. :))
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not female
3. First appeared in print
4. If real, would be alive now
5. Last name starts with P
6. Not American
7. Created since 1900
IQs
choie
1. Ron Paul
2. Stumped - my knowledge of chatshow hosts is very limited
3. Erm, very little idea - WAG: Chris Penn??
Elendil's Heir
1. Umm - the POTUS - that's probably not a great answer. Stumped
2. Penelope Pistop
3. Famous Court cases - new Orleans - stumped again
Choie: Where did you get the idea I'm a tudor expert?? My only knowledge is in knowing that I know nothing :D
Oh dear CatInASuit. I thought you were big on the Tudors 'cause you asked or maybe answered a couple of IQs in earlier rounds about, IIRC, Mary Tudor and Jane Grey.
My answers were:
1. Ross Perot. Ron Paul isn't super-rich (I don't think) and didn't create his own party--he ran as a Republican or Libertarian, I don't remember which. Perot, a billionaire, created the "United We Stand" party. :rolleyes:
2. Alan Partridge. Named his kid Fernando after the ABBA song. Fictional radio and tv chat show host as well as ex-sports reporter and current North Norwich Digital DJ/autobiographer. I was gonna give you the hint that he shot one of his guests in the face but I thought that would be too obvious!
3. Peter Fonda (dad Henry Fonda, sister Jane both Oscar winners; Peter was nominated both as a writer for Easy Rider and as Best Actor for Ulee's Gold). Chris Penn was a good guess, since both his parents were in show biz too.
I think I'll just take two DQs however, considering you came close with Ron Paul. He is the spiritual leader of the Tea Party. (Personally I'd give you EH's #1 too. Total Ben Weiss Clause!)
DQs:
1. Are you magical?
2. Did you first appear in a book?
IQs:
1. Have you ever possessed a scar in the shape of lightning?
2. Do you always know where your towel is?
3. Have you ever kidnapped anyone, and then do the same to her daughter, and her daughter, ad infinitum?
Yes, I certainly do know where my towel is: I am Ford Prefect.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
That was a bit shorter than I thought it would be :fail:
Back over to you choie.
Congrats, choie!
My IQs:
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you? - David Palmer, the candidate in the first season of 24, and later President.
Were you often in jeopardy in a kids' automotive-related cartoon? - Yes, Penelope Pitstop.
Did your famous court case come out of New Orleans? - The plaintiff in Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld "separate but equal" segregation. The courtroom in which the original trial was held is part of the New Orleans city museum, which I once visited.
Yay! Honestly I thinking of Ford Prefect once I found out he first appeared in print, because I'm staring at my Hitchhikers Guide omnibus right now. Sorry about that, CIAS.
Okay the new letter is S
IQs:
Did you have the giant stone head of an Olmec war god in your basement?
Did you drink quite a few glasses of water to make sure you'd spot a visitor?
Were you that visitor?
1. No, I am not.. well, any of the Simpsons since it's in their basement, but I guess the gift was to Bart for giving blood to Burns, right? So No, I am not Bart Simpson.
2 and 3 are STUMPED and I can't even fathom. Was the first person drunk and needed to sober up?
Well, Homer (and/or Marge) owned the house, so he would've been the answer to the first question. (I love the head of Xtapolapocetl; it's my favorite Simpsons running sight gag: http://simpsons.wikia.com/wiki/Olmec_head).
The second was definitely Bart, on Christmas Eve, which means...
Santa Claus was the third answer.
Shall I take two DQs, or one?
Yeah, the head cracks me up too! But wait, what episode is it where Bart drinks water waiting for Santa Claus? It sounds like it would've been an early episode--it's a kid-like thing to do and Bart behaves more genuinely childish in the earlier seasons. But I thought I knew all the Christmas episodes at least through Season 10 or so.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Oh two, definitely!Quote:
Shall I take two DQs, or one?
Tests out Anglophile knowledge.
1. Are you a member of the Goon Show?
2. Are you a member of the Goon Show?
3. Are you a member of the Goon Show?
;)
Blimey. Two out of three here...
1. No I am not Spike Milligan. (Almost wrote Spike Jones!)
2. No I am not Peter Sellers.
3. STUMPED. Crud, I feel like it's Henry something. (Obviously starting with an S.) I'm going to kick myself.
Take yourself one DQ, hot off the griddle.
I agree, it was an early episode - don't remember when, exactly. Bart drank so much water that he'd have to get up to pee during the night and thus would be more likely to spot Santa.
DQs:
Real?
Male?
IQs:
Did you and your sweetie often hang out at Ft. Belvedere?
Did you say you remembered someone even though, as far as everyone knew, you'd never met him before?
Did you compose a hit song at least in part as a rebuke to your record label?
1. Ha! No, I am not Wallis Simpson.
2. No, I am not... O.J. Simpson? (No, probably STUMPED, I'm just guessing him because you're on a Simpson roll...)
3. God only knows. Erm... No I am not Paul Simon? (TOTAL stab in the dark. If this turns out to be Sting I will be really angry with myself considering he's my favorite pop singer.)
Probably 2 DQs.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
Did you and your sweetie often hang out at Ft. Belvedere? - Yes, Wallis Simpson. Very good.
Did you say you remembered someone even though, as far as everyone knew, you'd never met him before? - Khan Noonien Singh said in ST: The Wrath of Khan that he recognized Chekov, even though Chekov didn't appear in ST:TOS "Space Seed," the episode in which Khan first appeared.
Did you compose a hit song at least in part as a rebuke to your record label? -Sarah Bareilles (sp?) wrote the ironic, anti-love song "Love Song" because the label said she would make better money if she wrote... you know.
DQs:
Last name start with S?
Living?
IQs:
Were you Spock's romantic rival?
Did you begin every concert with "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
Did you write about your boyfriend, with great satisfaction, lancing your boil?
IQs:
1. No, I am not... Stahn? This was in Amok Time wasn't it? The Pon Farr episode? For some reason this is one of the TOS episodes that was always being repeated on the few times I'd watch it on Channel 11. That and The Trouble with Tribbles.
2. This can't be the answer you want, but No, I am not Van Cliburn. (Well, I know he did begin his concerts this way! Does that count?)
3. I.... I can honestly say I have no idea about the boil-lancing boyfriend. No I am not Dan Savage?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
Were you Spock's romantic rival? - Close - it was Stonn.
Did you begin every concert with "The Star-Spangled Banner"? - Van Cliburn isn't an "S." This was the March King, John Phillip Sousa.
Did you write about your boyfriend, with great satisfaction, lancing your boil? - David Sedaris.
DQs:
American?
Died before 1900?
Political/military?
IQs:
Did you smack around a gunsel?
Was your father a diplomat and your mother a teacher?
Did you wink at a young woman at a funeral?
The last of the missing Goons: Harry Secombe
DQ:
Sports person
IQ:
1. Were you rescued from a cyber dog's dog food machine?
2. Did you play the Cooler King?
3. Was your best friend a talking great dane?
Man EH, I can't believe you're not gonna give me Stonn / Stahn! Yeesh. Tough crowd.
EH IQs:
IQs:
1. No, I am not Sam Spade.
2. No, I am not Spock.
3. STUMPED (funeral winker)
CIAS IQs:
1. Okay... the only cyberdog I can think of right now is K9 from Doctor Who. I think the companion around then (the Tom Baker years?) with an "S" name was Sarah Jane, so I'm say no, I am not Sarah Jane?
2. STUMPED (cooler king? Someone hipper than Elvis, or is this someone who's, like, the leader of the refrigerators?)
3. No, I am not Shaggy!
EH gets 1, CIAS gets either 1 or 2 depending on whether I was right about K9/Sarah Jane.
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Not political/military
8. Not a sports person
(You may want to make what you're asking a bit more specific. For example, if my person was Alexander Godonov, he was known for being a ballet dancer but also a famous defector. Thus I could have hypothetically answered Yes to DQ #7 since I would say he's known for a political act too--EH didn't specify whether this was the person's primary trait. In other words, your shortcutting the questions gives me room to be bitchy. :D)
Stonn and Stahn are spelled differently and would (I think) be pronounced differently. So tough noogies.
Correct as to Sam Spade and Spock. The guy who winked at the funeral was Superman, at Batman's funeral in The Dark Knight Returns graphic novel; he winks at Robin because he realizes that Batman isn't really dead.
DQ:
Died before 1800?
IQs:
Did you keep your tobacco in a slipper?
Were you a dried-up old woman in several books and short stories, but a much younger, prettier woman in a movie?
Were you a noted musician mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story?
OMG. When your turn comes, I am sooooo going to give you the most freakin' obscure names you never heard of. We're talking romance novel characters. And when you argue, I'll say, "Oh, but Jackie Collins is one of the most famous authors around, of course you should know every action in every scene of one of her most famous heroes!"Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Fortunately you made up for your crazy obscure references with this set of IQs, for which I thank you.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Sherlock Holmes, of course! I appreciate the easy one for a change.
2. STUMPED though I feel I should know this. Books and short stories... could be Trek books, could be Star Wars, could be Holmes (but I would know of a recurring character in Holmes).
3. No, I am not Pablo de Sarasate. Dude! Why not just ask me about Nero Wolfe while you're at it. :)
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Not political/military
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
Did you keep your tobacco in a slipper? - Yup, Sherlock himself.
Were you a dried-up old woman in several books and short stories, but a much younger, prettier woman in a movie? - Dr. Susan Calvin in Asimov's robot tales, and then in the Will Smith movie I, Robot.
Were you a noted musician mentioned in a Sherlock Holmes story? - I bow before your Sarasate-knowing awesomeness.
DQs:
Involved in the creative arts?
Born east of the Mississippi River?
1. Shaun the Sheep from A Close ShaveQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Steve Mcquuen in the Great Escape
3. Shaggy was correct
DQs:
Hmm, have to think on that
Dang, I thought I had a shot with K9/Sarah Jane, especially knowing you're a Who fan.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Not political/military
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was involved in the creative arts
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
Thanks.
IQs:
Did you call a time-out for a wartime foe's wedding night?
Were you the inhuman villain of a Denzel Washington movie?
Was your dad careful to note that he'd earned a Ph.D. in an unusual field?
Well I'm thoroughly embarrassed to say that the only one of these I know, God help me, is the reference to the utterly craptastic Virtuosity. No, I am not SID.
A clear sign of having spent too many nights watching bad movies on HBO.
Just to answer the others that will be utterly wrong: No, I am not William Tecumseh Sherman (yeah right, I'm sure he'd've stopped just 'cause Lee was having his nuptials) and no, I am not, um... Ned Stark, just to make you laugh at the idea of anyone in GoT getting a PhD. Plus, he's Sean Bean, so why not.
Take your two DQs!
Did you call a time-out for a wartime foe's wedding night? - This was the great Moslem warrior Saladin, during the Crusades.
Were you the inhuman villain of a Denzel Washington movie? - Yes, the villainous computer program SID (Sadistic, Intelligent, Dangerous).
Was your dad careful to note that he'd earned a Ph.D. in an unusual field? - Scott Evil's dad was Dr. Evil, not just Mr. Evil.
DQs:
Writer?
Won a major award in his field?
IQs:
Did a George W. Bush prop stand in for you, kind of?
Were you the actor who played the character referred to above?
Were you forced to marry someone you really, really didn't want to?
Okay big shot, there are like three things I know about GoT, and one of them is the controversy over George Bush's head. But I don't think he was supposed to be anyone, so I'm just gonna say...
1. No, I am not Severed Head on a Pike Dude
2. STUMPED (much like the above unfortunate dude)
3. No, I am not one of the Sabine women (HA!)
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political/military NOTE: I've changed this answer after double-checking. I remind you that terseness is not your friend.
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was involved in the creative arts
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer *
13. Won awards
* See answer under Political/Military. You will do well to be more specific in your wording, sir, especially with this guy. And yeah this is the kind of answer you're gonna get as long as you keep giving me Game of Freakin' Thrones questions. :D
Get ready for three more, ma'am.
Did a George W. Bush prop stand in for you, kind of? - This was the aforementioned Ned Stark: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...led-STAKE.html
Were you the actor who played the character referred to above? - And the aforementioned Sean Bean.
Were you forced to marry someone you really, really didn't want to? - "One of the Sabine women"? Nice try, but you need a personal name, and it's Sansa Stark, Ned's eldest daughter.
DQs:
Ever held elective office?
Born north of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Best known for writing fiction?
IQs:
Did you work as a journalist in San Francisco for awhile?
Did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself?
Were you played in a movie by a person who once, many years before, met the author of the book on which that movie was based?
AHA! Hoist by your own petard, sir! I call foul on two of your evil Game of Thrones DQs due to the incorrectness of your questions/answers -- as proven by your own link. (Admittedly, it's the Daily Fail, which CIAS will concur is hardly a bastion of journalistic exactness, but I did a quick check that bears out the facts.)
The George Bush head was not anyone in particular, much less Ned Stark (thus invalidating both your IQ answers #1 and #2 and making me correct)! The quote from the Mail, bolding mine:
The ever-corpsable Sean Bean's head (as Ned Stark) was thus entirely distinct from George W. Bush's unnamed Severed Head Dude. So I reject two of your DQs. And, as a wise man once said, tough noogies. :D (Besides, honestly, would a head that resembled George Bush ever be playing a character embodied, so to speak, by the lovely lovely Sean Bean?)Quote:
Sansa Stark refuses at first, but then looks up to see not only her father, but also George W. Bush.
IQs:
1. No, I am not Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)? (The only reason I associate Twain with SanFran is that I seem to recall he did in Time's Arrow on TNG. Yes, everything I know about American history I learned from terrible Star Trek episodes.
2. No, I am not Sonny Corinthos from General Hospital. (Worked his way up to mob boss.)
3. Ooh if only this question were about the actor who'd played someone instead of the character, I'd go with Stephen Fry (who played the voice of "the Guide" in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and was a friend of Douglas Adams). But it wasn't, so STUMPED.
DQ:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political/military *
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was involved in the creative arts
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer *
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
* Part of the Terseness is Not Your Friend category.
Ah, I'd misremembered whose head GWB represented. I withdraw my DQs, chastened.
Did you work as a journalist in San Francisco for awhile? - Yes, Sam Clemens.
Did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself? - I'll rephrase.
Were you played in a movie by a person who once, many years before, met the author of the book on which that movie was based? - Saruman in the LOTR movies was played by Christopher Lee, who met Tolkien once in Oxford in the Sixties.
DQs:
Appointed to any Federal office?
Died before 1865?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Before 1600, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself?
Did your creator liken your role to that of a person with a superhero's name, but not his characteristics?
Did you play that character in several films?
Hmm.
DQs:
1. Was involved in the American Civil War?
Oh bleh, I should've remembered Christopher Lee.
IQs:
1. Gonna use my I, Claudius cred and say No, I am not Sejanus. (Was built up to power as a soldier then prefect under the scummy emperor Tiberius, and when Tiberius fled into exile Sejanus became consul and was basically in charge of ruling.) In I, Claudius, of course, Sejanus was played by Sir Patrick Stewart.
STUMPED on both 2 and 3. Unless you mean Samwise and Sean Astin? (Only guessing them 'cause of your LOTR love. I really can't imagine Tolkien referring to the word 'superhero'!)
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political/military *
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was involved in the creative arts
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer *
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
15. Was not appointed to any Federal office
16. Did not die before 1865
17. Was not involved in the Civil War
* Part of the Terseness is Not Your Friend category.
Because y'all are getting close to running out of questions I'm going to help you out by stressing: By simply asking something like "Military?" you're inviting a response of "yes" if this person was indeed in the army. But if you ask "Famous for being Military?" that's a different question. So I'm going to be a lamb and give you fuller answers below.
DQs as they should've been asked:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political, but not what he's famous for
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was very much involved in the creative arts, but not what he's most famous for
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer, but not what he's most famous for
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
15. Was not appointed to any Federal office
16. Did not die before 1865
17. Was not involved in the Civil War
Now who could be fairer than that?
Thanks for the clarified answers. I think "best known for" is implicit in all IQs.
Before 1600, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself? - I'll rephrase again.
Did your creator liken your role to that of a person with a superhero's name, but not his characteristics? - Yes, this is Samwise, but not for the reason you think - Tolkien likened him to Frodo's "batman," in British Army parlance (i.e. personal aide, valet and guard)
Did you play that character in several films? - Yes, Sean Astin. Well done!
IQs:
You are neither an ancient Roman nor Greek. Before 1600, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself?
Did you wrongly pooh-pooh the warnings of scouts before a big battle?
Did your horse Rienzi end up stuffed and mounted in a museum?
Implicit, shmimplicit. I may play a mind-reader but I ain't one! Plus to deny some of these aspects of this person's life would be kind of false, especially one of them since it's how he first rose to fame.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
And after that "batman" clue you deserve all the obfuscation you get! :D Seriously, full marks for clever wordplay/punning in your clue, but you will reap what you sow. (Of course an anglophile knows very well about the role of batmen in WWI (and prior).) I'm astonished that my pulled-out-of-my-ass guess of Sam / Astin was right; I totally wouldn't have gone there if it weren't for your known LOTR-loving as well as the earlier Saruman question.
IQs:
1. Don't wanna play with ancient Rome or Greece, eh? My BBC history lessons continue: No, I am not Edward Seymour, who was Lord Protector of England during Edward VI's regency only to kidnap the young King and end up executed for his various crimes. Seymour rose to power under Henry VIII, who's certainly considered evil by his wife's fans and a multitude of Catholics. (I could've gone with Edward's brother Thomas, who IMHO was nastier but not as highly positioned--I wouldn't call him a boss.)
2. Oh geeze military history. Um. The only real person I can think of is Gen. Custer, but that's not an S name. I dunno, I'm not Darth Sidious? I'm sure Palpatine must've ignored someone's advice at some point...
3. LOL. STUFFED. I mean, STUMPED.
You are neither an ancient Roman nor Greek. Before 1600, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself? - I'll rephrase again.
Did you wrongly pooh-pooh the warnings of scouts before a big battle? - William T. Sherman, before the Battle of Shiloh.
Did your horse Rienzi end up stuffed and mounted in a museum? - Philip Sheridan, another U.S. general in the Civil War.
Two DQs reserved. Any suggestions, CIAS?
IQ:
You are fictional. Before 100 BC, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself?
Heh, okay, you got me. All I can think of are people like Siegfried and he wasn't evil, so STUMPED.
You are neither an ancient Roman nor Greek. Before 1600, did you work for an evil boss and then become one yourself? - Sauron was Morgoth's lieutenant before he became the Big Bad all by himself.
Three DQs reserved. CIAS, where are you?
Well, seeing as my knowledge of 19th Century Americans is pretty limited, I'm not going to be much use on this one.
Chances are he died before 1865 - American Civil War as just about everyone got involved in that.
Dabbled in writing and politics, probably more likely to be a business man who supported people in politics rather than directly be involved.
Those are my current thoughts.
So....
A dead American male, first name started with S, died between 1865 and 1900, not notable for Civil War service, never elected to office. Involved in politics, writing and the creative arts, but not particularly known for those things. Born east of the Mississippi. Hmmm. Lemme think.
DQ:
Thought of today as a "Wild West" figure?
Two DQs reserved.
Mwah ha ha... I think I picked a really good one this time.
CIAS I would say even as a UK person you've most likely heard of this person. You'll at least recognize him via one of his names.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political, but not what he's famous for
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was very much involved in the creative arts, but not what he's most famous for
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer, but not what he's most famous for
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
15. Was not appointed to any Federal office
16. Did not die before 1865
17. Was not involved in the Civil War
18. No, I would say he's not thought of as a "Wild West" figure.
DQ:
Best known as a businessman?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political, but not what he's famous for
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was very much involved in the creative arts, but not what he's most famous for
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer, but not what he's most famous for
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
15. Was not appointed to any Federal office
16. Did not die before 1865
17. Was not involved in the Civil War
18. No, I would say he's not thought of as a "Wild West" figure
19. Not best known as a businessman
Still stumped. One more DQ:
Were you best known for union and labor issues?
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with S
4. Not living
5. American
6. Died before 1900
7. Political, but not what he's famous for
8. Not a sports person
9. Did not die before 1800
10. Was very much involved in the creative arts, but not what he's most famous for
11. Was born east of the Mississippi River
12. Was a writer, but not what he's most famous for
13. Won awards
14. Did not hold elective office
15. Was not appointed to any Federal office
16. Did not die before 1865
17. Was not involved in the Civil War
18. No, I would say he's not thought of as a "Wild West" figure
19. Not best known as a businessman
20. Not best known for union and labor issues.
Here's one hint for free. The Police made a reference to one of this person's accomplishments in a famous song.
Still stumped. I guess we go to the final questions.
Are you... Sitting Bull?