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Correct on the first and third. The second is the title character of Roald Dahl's novel My Uncle Oswald (his girlfriend joked that it was because "it's a whale of a ship!").
Oswald x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you Mork's boss?
Were you the most noteworthy descendant of Lincoln's SECNAV?
Were you a voice actor in the TV animated adaptation of The Hobbit?
O
1.Real
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Were you Mork's boss? - Orson, on Mork and Mindy
Were you the most noteworthy descendant of Lincoln's SECNAV? - Orson Welles, a grandnephew (or something) of Gideon Welles
Were you a voice actor in the TV animated adaptation of The Hobbit? - Orson Bean, recently tragically killed by a car while crossing an L.A. street
Orson x3!
DQs:
Male?
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra?
Did you lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War and later have a college named after you?
Are you the meanest being on Sesame Street?
Not Eugene Ormandy
Not Mr. Oberlin (unsurprised you know this). :)
Not Oscar the Grouch
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
I'm a Joel fanboy and that would have TOTALLY stumped me! Great one!
Thanks. I really thought I'd stumped 'em.
Previous IQs:
Were you the longtime conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra? - Yes, Eugene Ormandy
Did you lead the Freedmen's Bureau after the Civil War and later have a college named after you? - not Mr. (actually Rev.) J.F. Oberlin, who never came to the U.S., but Gen. O.O. Howard
Are you the meanest being on Sesame Street? - Yes, Oscar the Grouch
DQ:
European?
IQs:
Were you Charlie Chaplin's daughter?
Did you make a cameo appearance on the street in Dave?
Were you named one of the top mayors in the country by Time magazine before being elected governor of your state?
Not Oona Chaplin O'Neill
Not Orrin Hatch
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
Previous IQs:
Were you Charlie Chaplin's daughter? - Yes, Oona Chaplin
Did you make a cameo appearance on the street in Dave? - Orrin Hatch wasn't in the movie - this was Tip O'Neill
Were you named one of the top mayors in the country by Time magazine before being elected governor of your state? - Martin O'Malley of Baltimore, Md.
DQs:
From the British Isles?
First name start with O?
IQs:
Were you the subject of a great Russian work of fiction?
Did you say "I have done the state some service, and they know it"?
Were you the villain in several early Star Trek fanfic books?
Not Oscar Zhivago
DQ
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
Previous IQs:
Were you the subject of a great Russian work of fiction? - Heh. Dr. Zhivago's first name was Yuri; I was thinking of Eugene Onegin
Did you say "I have done the state some service, and they know it"? - Othello
Were you the villain in several early Star Trek fanfic books? - Omne
DQs:
English?
Political/military?
Died since 1900?
IQs:
Did you tell a painter to capture your likeness "warts and all"?
Were you a British Army officer who became an early Israeli hero?
Did your wife die on 9-11-01?
DQ
DQ
Not Ted Olson
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
IQs:
Did you tell a painter to capture your likeness "warts and all"? - Oliver Cromwell
Were you a British Army officer who became an early Israeli hero? - Orde Wingate
Did your wife die on 9-11-01? - Yes, Ted Olson
DQs:
Held a noble title or knighthood?
Best known for politics?
IQs:
Were you an American poet known for light verse?
Were you a plump American TV journalist and host?
Were you a young Wildling woman who helped Bran Stark?
Not Ogden Nash
DQ
DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.No noble title, never became Sir
12.Political figure
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.Earned noble title
12.Knighted
13.Political figure
"Held a noble title or knighthood?" was a single question that could have been answered either "yes" or "no." I respectfully suggest that you did not have to break it up and answer it as two questions, and thus take away one of my future questions.
Previous IQs:
Were you an American poet known for light verse? - Yes, Ogden Nash
Were you a plump American TV journalist and host? - Charles Osgood
Were you a young Wildling woman who helped Bran Stark? - Osha, in Game of Thrones
DQs:
Served in the House of Commons?
Died after 1945?
IQs:
Did a movie show you, dressed to the nines, descending into a coal mine?
Did your sister Katherine serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees?
Were you a favorite designer of Jackie Kennedy's?
DQ
DQ
Not Oleg Cassini
I will edit the list to combine 12 and 13, because you're correct that you asked it as a single DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.Earned noble title, was also Knighted
12.Political figure
13.Served in House of Commons
14.Died AFTER 1945
Thanks!
Previous IQs:
Did a movie show you, dressed to the nines, descending into a coal mine? - Oscar Wilde
Did your sister Katherine serve on the Oberlin College board of trustees? - Orville Wright (the physics building is named after the family)
Were you a favorite designer of Jackie Kennedy's? - Yes, Oleg Cassini
DQs:
Conservative?
Was Prime Minister?
IQs:
Did you play Burt Wonderstone's girlfriend?
Did you costar in Captain Blood?
Did you win an Oscar for Moonstruck?
Not Cheri Oteri (?!)
Not Laurence Olivier
Not gubernatorial cousin Olympia Dukakis
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.Earned noble title, was also Knighted
12.Political figure
13.Served in House of Commons
14.Died AFTER 1945
15.STARTED a Conservative
16.NEVER became PM
Previous IQs:
Did you play Burt Wonderstone's girlfriend? - Olivia Wilde
Did you costar in Captain Blood? - Olivia de Havilland
Did you win an Oscar for Moonstruck? - Yes, Olympia Dukakis
DQs:
Served as any of the following: Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, Home Secretary?
Ended his career in the Labour Party?
IQs:
Were you the young protagonist of the animated film The Point?
Did you use a trick-of-the-eye artwork to help people find common ground?
Were you a police officer mentioned in an Arlo Guthrie song?
3 DQ
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.Earned noble title, was also Knighted
12.Political figure
13.Served in House of Commons
14.Died AFTER 1945
15.STARTED a Conservative
16.NEVER became PM
17.Never held ANY of those offices
18.While in Labour along the way, did NOT finish as member of Labour Party
Previous IQs:
Were you the young protagonist of the animated film The Point? - Oblio
Did you use a trick-of-the-eye artwork to help people find common ground? - Rev. J.F. Oberlin, namesake of the college: http://www.oberlinlibstaff.com/omeka_oca/items/show/180
Were you a police officer mentioned in an Arlo Guthrie song? - Office Obie, in "Alice's Restaurant"
I'm drawing a blank on this guy. Lemme think....
Ask those 3 outstanding DQs and I'll answer and set the deadline.
Still can't figure out who this is.
DQs:
Died since 2000?
Best known for a single incident?
Served in the Cabinet?
O
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.NOT American
5.European
6.From British Isles
7.First initial "O"
8.English
9.Political/Military
10.Died AFTER 1900
11.Earned noble title, was also Knighted
12.Political figure
13.Served in House of Commons
14.Died AFTER 1945
15.STARTED a Conservative
16.NEVER became PM
17.Never held ANY of those offices
18.While in Labour along the way, did NOT finish as member of Labour Party
19.Died BEFORE 2000
20.NOT known for singular incident
21.Never in Cabinet (much to his disappointment)
How about 2:30 PM Sunday ET for your guess (2:30 AM Saturday as I type)
OK, thanks, but for now I'm still stumped.
I lost track of the day of the week! That should be 2:30 SATURDAY. I'll be occupied today. I'll check later and reveal the answer if you like.
Wildass guess: Are you Oscar Levant?
No, I am in fact:
OSWALD MOSLEY, the British fascist
All yours EH!
Of course! :: headsmack :: Shoulda thought of him.
You won, so start the next round too, if you like.
Thanks! I'll think of a letter.
Your letter is
B
IQs:
Were you a former Arizona governor who served in the Clinton Cabinet?
Do all of the members of the Philosophy Department of the University of Wollamaloo seem to have this first name?
Has this name long been (mistakenly) thought to have been sung in the original release of ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down"?
Not one-time Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
DQ
Not Bruuuce
Previous IQs:
Were you a former Arizona governor who served in the Clinton Cabinet? - Yes, Bruce Babbitt
Do all of the members of the Philosophy Department of the University of Wollamaloo seem to have this first name? - Bruce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gw1Ur62x0Q
Has this name long been (mistakenly) thought to have been sung in the original release of ELO's "Don't Bring Me Down"? - Yes, Bruuuuce!: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27...Misheard_lyric
Bruce x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you fall off an outdoor stage in your last political campaign?
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself?
Have you played a Soviet official, a pirate, a detective and a gangster?
Not Bob Dole
Not Boris Yelstsin (?)
DQ
B
1.Fictional
Dunno why, but I thought maybe Howard Woloowitz was their officiant
It ended up being Mark Hamill.
Previous IQs:
Did you fall off an outdoor stage in your last political campaign? - Yes, Bob Dole, poor guy, in 1996
Did you fake an assassination attempt against yourself? - The title character in the political satire Bob Roberts
Have you played a Soviet official, a pirate, a detective and a gangster? - Bob Hoskins, in Enemy at the Gates, Hook, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Long Good Friday
Bob x3!
DQs:
Male?
Last name start with B?
IQs:
Have you played a network executive, a concierge, a computer expert and a Federal prosecutor?
Did you once pretend to be a PR guy advising Lincoln on his Gettysburg Address?
Did you semi-commit to naming your son after a baseball player?
3 DQs
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
Previous IQs:
Have you played a network executive, a concierge, a computer expert and a Federal prosecutor? - Bob Balaban, in Seinfeld, The Grand Budapest Hotel, 2010 and Absence of Malice
Did you once pretend to be a PR guy advising Lincoln on his Gettysburg Address? - Bob Newhart
Did you semi-commit to naming your son after a baseball player? - Bob Costas: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/...160-story.html
Bob x3 redux!
DQs:
American?
First appeared since 1950?
First appeared in print?
IQs:
Did you play the Duke of Oxford in Kenneth Branagh's movie Henry V?
Was your mother a prostitute catering to soldiers?
Did you hit your head, not fatally, during an Olympic competition?
DQ (assuming it isn't Kenneth himself)
Not Bob Hope (I don't REALLY think this is correct)
The only one I can think of isn't a "B" so another DQ for you
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
Previous IQs:
Did you play the Duke of Oxford in Kenneth Branagh's movie Henry V? - Brian Blessed; Branagh (hey, another B!) directed and played the title role
Was your mother a prostitute catering to soldiers? - The title character in The Life of Brian
Did you hit your head, not fatally, during an Olympic competition? - Brian Boitano
DQs:
First appeared onscreen?
A good guy?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did your wife write in her memoir extensively about her college experience, but only about three paragraphs about her grad school experience?
Were you #2 in your medical-school class after making a simple mistake on a final exam?
Are you a former governor recently pardoned by the President?
How did I NOT guess Michelle's buddy?!
DQ
Not Clara Barton
Not Rod Blogovich
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
Previous IQs:
Did your wife write in her memoir extensively about her college experience, but only about three paragraphs about her grad school experience? - Barack Obama
Were you #2 in your medical-school class after making a simple mistake on a final exam? - Dr. Julian Bashir on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Are you a former governor recently pardoned by the President? - Close enough: Rod Blagojevich
DQs:
First appeared in a movie?
Usually carried a gun?
IQs:
Did you own the Cafe Americain?
Did you take part in a famous San Francisco car chase?
Were you Leia's adoptive father?
Not Rick Blaine
Not Bullitt
Not Boba Fett
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
Previous IQs:
Did you own the Cafe Americain? - Yes, Rick Blaine
Did you take part in a famous San Francisco car chase? - Yes, Bullitt
Were you [Princess] Leia's adoptive father? - Not Boba Fett (that would be an interesting alternative universe!), but Bail Organa (Jimmy Smits in the movies)
DQ:
From after 1980?
IQs:
Were you the Texas redneck persona of a movie reviewer?
Did you recently fly west to see a former subordinate start an important new job?
Did you command a craft with the identifier XD-1?
DQ
Not Barack Obama
DQ
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
11.From AFTER 1980
Previous IQs:
Were you the Texas redneck persona of a movie reviewer? - Joe Bob Briggs, who wrote about drive-in movies
Did you recently fly west to see a former subordinate start an important new job? - Not Barack Obama (I already used him as an IQ in post 8258), but Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a former clerk of whom was just sworn in as a Federal judge in California
Did you command a craft with the identifier XD-1? - David Bowman of the Discovery in 2001: A Space Odyssey
DQs:
From after 2000?
Genre movie (sf, fantasy, Western, etc.)?
Appeared in a sequel?
IQs:
Were you Adrian Veidt's genetically-engineered lynx?
Were you an acerbic longtime Cleveland commentator?
Were you the longtime Governor of Iowa?
3 DQs
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
11.From AFTER 1980
12.From BEFORE 2000
13.Genre film
14.Appeared in sequel(s)
Previous IQs:
Were you Adrian Veidt's genetically-engineered lynx? - Bubastis: https://watchmen.fandom.com/wiki/Bubastis
Were you an acerbic longtime Cleveland commentator? - Roldo Bartimole
Were you the longtime Governor of Iowa? - Terry Branstad
DQs:
Lead character?
Actor won an Oscar in the role?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Are you a cyborg spy who talks to himself in the third person?
Have you played both a future President and the mayor of a big city?
Did you write Enemy Mine?
DQ
Not Barry Bostwick
DQ
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
11.From AFTER 1980
12.From BEFORE 2000
13.Genre film
14.Appeared in sequel(s)
15.NOT the lead character
16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar
Previous IQs:
Are you a cyborg spy who talks to himself in the third person? - Barry, on the spy comedy Archer
Have you played both a future President and the mayor of a big city? - Yes, Barry Bostwick, in George Washington and Spin City
Did you write Enemy Mine? - sf author Barry Longyear
Barry x3!
DQs:
The actor's best-known role?
Movie set in the present day at the time it was released?
Two DQs reserved.
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
11.From AFTER 1980
12.From BEFORE 2000
13.Genre film
14.Appeared in sequel(s)
15.NOT the lead character
16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar
17.Actor's best known FILM role
18.Set contemporarariously to release
Hint related to 17: I was just watching the other day his best known scene from his best known TV role
Hmmm.
DQs:
Handsome guy?
Sf movie?
B
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last name "B"
4.American
5.From AFTER 1950
6.NOT originally from print
7.First appeared on screen
8.DEFINITELY a "Good Guy"
9.First appeared in a movie
10.Never carries a gun
11.From AFTER 1980
12.From BEFORE 2000
13.Genre film
14.Appeared in sequel(s)
15.NOT the lead character
16.Role DID NOT garner an Oscar
17.Actor's best known FILM role
18.Set contemporarariously to release
19.Not notably handsome
20.Lite sci-fi
How about 2 PM ET Sunday
Googled something related to this. Answer made sense.Quote:
Originally posted by Erictelevision
Thinkthinkthink....
I gave an extra hour, so our mystery man is:
Dr. Emmett Brown from the "Back to the Future" movies.
The TV scene I referenced was Jim taking his driving test on "Taxi".
BTW: what does a yellow light mean?
"SLOW DOWN!"
Great pick, Eric - a great character in a great movie. Want to start the next round, or shall I?
Whaaat Doooes a yellooow liiiight meeann? ;)
Let me think of a letter
Your letter is
G
G
it is.
IQs:
Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"?
Did a friend say he'd never seen you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs stole an entire ham from the kitchen table?
Did you appear in only a single scene of a Spielberg movie?
Not George Meade
DQ
Not Goldie Hawn
Previous IQs:
Were you "the Rock of Chickamauga"? - Not Meade, but George H. Thomas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Henry_Thomas
Did a friend say he'd never seen you laugh as heartily as when one of your dogs stole an entire ham from the kitchen table? - George Washington
Did you appear in only a single scene of a Spielberg movie? - Not Goldie Hawn, but Gen. George C. Marshall, in Saving Private Ryan
George x3!
DQs:
Real?
Male?
American?
IQs:
Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend?
Did Jack Benny send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your honeymoon night in Cleveland?
And for you, too?
Not Georgina
Not George Burns
Not Gracie Allen
Wonder if they swung by Bob's parents? ;)
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
Deduced the recent lateral puzzle on the Dope. :)
Previous IQs:
Were you Ted Baxter's girlfriend? - Close enough; it was Georgette
Did Jack Benny send ham and eggs to your hotel room on your honeymoon night in Cleveland? - Yes, Gracie Allen
And for you, too? - Yes, George Burns (who later joked that Gracie said the meal was the best thing about their wedding night)
IQs:
Are you SpongeBob's pet?
Did your wife long struggle with her stuttering?
Was your wife disappointed not to get the White House welcome she'd been really looking forward to?
DQ
Not George HW Bush
Not US Grant
Previous IQs:
Are you SpongeBob's pet? - Gary the Snail
Did your wife long struggle with her stuttering? - Not GHWB, but John Glenn
Was your wife disappointed not to get the White House welcome she'd been really looking forward to? - Not US Grant, but Gus Grissom, after his Project Mercury mission didn't quite go as planned
DQs:
Living?
Born since 1950?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Did you write the Long Telegram, advocating containment of the USSR after WWII?
Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio?
Was your fictional brother presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman?
DQ
Not Julia Grant
DQ
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
Previous IQs:
Did you write the Long Telegram, advocating containment of the USSR after WWII? - US diplomat George F. Kennan
Are you the best-known person from New Rumley, Ohio? - Not Julia Grant, but George Armstrong Custer
Was your fictional brother presented with the Medal of Honor by President Truman? - George Bailey, in It's A Wonderful Life (third photo here): https://aurorasginjoint.com/2013/12/...onderful-life/
George x3 redux!
DQs:
Born before 1850?
Best known for politics/military?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you sail to meet your fiancee aboard the steamer Constitution?
Does a thinly-veiled version of you appear in the movie Gone Girl?
Did you say that you'd be glad to have a certain then-U.S. senator "Barack my world"?
DQ
Not John Gotti
Not Grace Jones
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
Previous IQs:
Did you sail to meet your fiancee aboard the steamer Constitution? - Grace Kelly, on her way to Monaco
Does a thinly-veiled version of you appear in the movie Gone Girl? - Not John Gotti, but cable-news legal commentator Nancy Grace
Did you say that you'd be glad to have a certain then-U.S. senator "Barack my world"? - Not Grace Jones, but the second-named title character of the TV show Will & Grace
Grace x3!
DQs:
Best known for a single incident?
Considered a "good guy"?
More known for politics than military service?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a TV actor later elected to Congress from Iowa?
Did you play Grandpa Walton?
Did Jon Stewart usually "do" your voice as a flustered Southern belle?
Should have known Princess Grace! BTW, she was Grace Adler
Not Fred Grande
DQ
Not Newt Gingrich
[QUOTE=Erictelevision;331347]G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
Previous IQs:
Were you a TV actor later elected to Congress from Iowa? - Close enough; it was Fred Grandy, from The Love Boat
Did you play Grandpa Walton? - Will Geer, on The Waltons
Did Jon Stewart usually "do" your voice as a flustered Southern belle? - Not Newt Gingrich, but Sen. Lindsey Graham
DQs:
Born east of the Miss. River?
Born south of the Mason-Dixon Line?
Event was before 1941?
IQs:
Were you originally known as Olorin?
Were you maybe reborn, but maybe not?
Did the actor who played you not do what every other actor in his particular group did, after 1995?
3 DQs
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
Take another DQ
Previous IQs:
Were you originally known as Olorin? - Gandalf the Grey, in Tolkien's writings
Were you maybe reborn, but maybe not? - The Elf-lord Glorfindel, ditto
Did the actor who played you not do what every other actor in his particular group did, after 1995? - Every actor who played a member of the Fellowship of the Ring got a tattoo with the Tengwar (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengwar) symbol for "9" somewhere on his body but John Rhys-Davies, who played Gimli
DQs:
Event took place before 1900?
One or more people died as a result of the event?
Event happened within the U.S.?
IQs:
Does a certain Starfleet captain favor your famous tea?
Do you own the bar Bad Alibi in Portland?
Did Ahnuld succeed you as Governor of California?
DQ
DQ
Not Gray Davis
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
Previous IQs:
Does a certain Starfleet captain favor your famous tea? - Earl Grey tea (Capt. Picard)
Do you own the bar Bad Alibi in Portland? - Grey, on the TV detective show Stumptown
Did Ahnuld succeed you as Governor of California? - Yes, Gray Davis
Grey/Gray x3!
DQs:
Died in the event himself?
Event was an accident?
IQs:
Did you carry out executions while serving as sheriff?
Were you a protege of Hari Seldon?
Did a coworker jokingly call you a "lunkhead"?
Not Grover Cleveland
DQ
DQ
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
17.Did not die as a result of the event
18.Was an "accident", in that his actions were not deliberate
"Nanook of the North" on TCM at 12:30 am
All right!
Previous IQs:
Did you carry out executions while serving as sheriff? - Yes, Grover Cleveland, in Buffalo, N.Y.
Were you a protege of Hari Seldon? - Gaal Dornick, in the Foundation books of Isaac Asimov
Did a coworker jokingly call you a "lunkhead"? - Geordi LaForge, by Data, on ST:TNG
DQs:
Event was military in nature?
More than 50 people died in the event?
As that's 20 DQs, I won't ask any more IQs.
G
1.Real
2.Male
3.American
4.Dead
5.Born BEFORE 1950
6.Last name "G"
7.Born AFTER 1850
8.Was a Political/Military Figury, though known for something unrelated that happened during his service
9.Known for single event (wasn't really a SINGLE incident)
10.NOT considered a "good guy", though what he did wasn't malicious
11.NO connection to Politics
12.Place of birth unknown
13.Event took place BEFORE 1941
14.Event took place AFTER 1900
15.More than 1 person died as a result of the event
16.Event took place in U.S.
17.Did not die as a result of the event
18.Was an "accident", in that his actions were not deliberate
19.Event was NOT military in nature
20.More than 50 people died in the event
Let's say 1:30 PM ET Tuesday for your guess (it's 1:50 AM ET Monday as I type)
Hmmm. Can't quite figure this out....
Still have 12 hours. :)
No, you got me. I give up.
Our mystery man is:
Albert Gitchell, believed to be "Patient Zero" in the American outbreak of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918
I know of the pandemic, of course, but never heard of him. Certainly apropos for right now!
EXACTLY why I picked him. :). Letter soon
Your letter is:
H
IQs:
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.?
Did you play a ventriloquist, a bookstore owner, a doctor and a professor?
Did you play that actor's son in several movies?
3 DQs
H
it is.
Previous IQs:
Did you live in Troublesome Gulch, Colo.? - Gary Hart
Did you play a ventriloquist, a bookstore owner, a doctor and a professor? - Anthony Hopkins, in Magic, 84 Charing Cross Road, The Silence of the Lambs and Shadowlands
Did you play that actor's son in several movies? - Chris Hemsworth, as Thor to Hopkins's Odin in the MCU series
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with H?
IQs:
Did you criticize your leading lady, who then had an intensive rehearsal session with the director?
Did you give the longest speech of its type in history?
Were you that person's grandson?
Not Rex Harrison
Not William Henry Harrison
Not Benjamin Harrison
HarrisonX3
H
1.Fictinal
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
Swept me! Harrison x3 indeed.
You misspelled "Fictional" above, FYI if you were going to cut and paste your answers.
IQs:
Did Emma Woodhouse take a particular interest in you?
Were you the subject of a recent historical biopic, with Leslie Odom playing an ally and friend of yours?
Did Ol' Golly look after you at home?
3 more DQs. (I originally had someone else for Rex, but deduced the 3 Harrisons)
Previous IQs:
Did Emma Woodhouse take a particular interest in you? - Harriet Smith, in Jane Austen's Emma
Were you the subject of a recent historical biopic, with Leslie Odom playing an ally and friend of yours? - Harriet Tubman
Did Ol' Golly look after you at home? - The title character of the YA novel Harriet the Spy
Harriet x3!
DQs:
American?
First appeared since 1900?
First appeared in print?
IQs:
Were you a galactic rock star?
Were you "the Unspeakable" in the works of a particular author?
Were you that author?
Not Han Solo
DQ
DQ
H
1.Fictinal
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
"Fictional" is still misspelled, despite my post 8325.
Previous IQs:
Were you a galactic rock star? - Han Solo, although a very cool dude, has no musical skills that I'm aware of; this was Hotblack Desiato, in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Were you "the Unspeakable" in the works of a particular author? - The evil demigod Hastur
Were you that author? - H.P. Lovecraft
DQs:
First appeared after 1950?
First appeared in movies?
Good guy?
IQs:
Are you buried in the same cemetery as Commodore Perry?
Are you, too?
Were you Grant's SECSTATE?
DQ
DQ
Not John Hay (not him, I THINK he was in Harrison's Cabinet)
COMPLETELY forgot to fix that!
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
Previous IQs:
Are you buried in the same cemetery as Commodore Perry? - Alexander Hamilton
Are you, too? - Eliza Hamilton
Were you Grant's SECSTATE? - John Hay was McKinley's and TR's SECSTATE; this was Hamilton Fish
Hamilton x3!
DQs:
Protagonist?
Movie appeared after 1980?
From a genre film (Western, sf, fantasy, detective, etc.)?
IQs:
Were you door-warden at Meduseld?
Were you Beren and Luthien's faithful dog?
Were you a captain of Elves in Lothlorien?
3. DQS! Couldn't even fathom guesses!
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
Previous IQs:
Were you door-warden at Meduseld? - Hama, in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (Meduseld was the great hall of the kings of Rohan)
Were you Beren and Luthien's faithful dog? - Huan, in Tolkien's The Silmarillion
Were you a captain of Elves in Lothlorien? - Haldir, also in LOTR
DQs:
Movie from after 2000?
Appeared in only a single movie?
White?
IQs:
Did Charlize Theron play your former lover?
Were you a U.S. Army officer known as "the Superb"?
Did George Washington get a military appointment that you, a Bay State man, kinda sorta hoped to get for yourself?
DQ
Not Horatio Gates
Not Henry Lee
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
Previous IQs:
Did Charlize Theron play your former lover? - The title character (Will Smith) of the movie Hancock
Were you a U.S. Army officer known as "the Superb"? - Not Horatio Gates, but Winfield Scott Hancock, during the Civil War
Did George Washington get a military appointment that you, a Bay State man, kinda sorta hoped to get for yourself? - Not Henry Lee, who was from Virginia, but John Hancock of Massachusetts
Hancock x3!
DQs:
from a comedy?
movie won at least one Oscar?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did your wife not allow your Jewish friends to come in the house?
Did you play a Greek hero, an ambitious U.S. senator and a hard-working lawyer?
Did your wife appear more than you did in ads for your company?
TOTALLY overthought John Hancock!
Not Harry Truman
Not Harry Hamlin
Not Harry Shearer
HarryX3
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
Previous IQs:
Did your wife not allow your Jewish friends to come in the house? - Yes, Harry Truman
Did you play a Greek hero, an ambitious U.S. senator and a hard-working lawyer? - Yes, Harry Hamlin, in Clash of the Titans, Favorite Son and L.A. Law
Did your wife appear more than you did in ads for your company? - Not Harry Shearer, but Harry Helmsley, whose wife Leona was in all their hotel's ads
And yes, Harry x3!
DQs:
Lead actor in movie was an SNL alum?
Movie got more than 75% on Rotten Tomatoes?
IQ:
Were you one of the two Czech brothers and "wild and crazy guys"?
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
18.Lead actor NOT SNL alum
19.Movie rated 75+% "Fresh"
See my IQ - thanks.
Duh, I DID see it!
DQ for that "WILD AND CRAZY GUY!"
Previous IQ:
Were you one of the two Czech brothers and "wild and crazy guys"? - Horga and Yortuk were the SNL characters (Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, but I forget which played which)
DQ:
Movie had a sequel?
I already addressed that with DQ14
Ah, gotcha.
DQ:
Character was a friend of the protagonist's?
H
1.Fictional
2.Male
3.FIRST name "H"
4.American
5.First appeared AFTER 1900
6.First appearance NOT in print
7.First appeared AFTER 1950
8.From a movie
9.Considered "good guy", not that he had much of a reputation
10.NOT the protagonist
11.Movie From AFTER 1980
12.NOT a genre film
13.Movie from BEFORE 2000
14.Single movie
15.Presumably white (never appeared on screen)
16.Movie a comedy
17.No Oscars won
18.Lead actor NOT SNL alum
19.Movie rated 75+% "Fresh"
20.MC was an unintentional irritant
Enjoy your Easter while you ruminate. Post your guess by 3 PM ET Monday
You got me again.
Our mystery man is:
HERB the supermarket manager from "Mr. Mom"! I'll think of a letter
I don't remember that movie at all.
Michael Keaton played an auto engineer who got laid of (movie made during Reagan recession), wife went to work in advertising. He became SAHD with a STEEP learning curve.
Letter when I think of someone.
Your letter is:
P
P
it is.
IQs:
Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863?
Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets?
Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc?
3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Did you surrender Vicksburg in July 1863? - Gen. Pemberton
Did Andre Braugher play you on Homicide: Life on the Streets? - Det. Pembleton
Did you play an expert musicologist in What's Up, Doc? - Austin Pendleton
DQs:
Real?
Male?
First name start with P?
IQs:
An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot?
Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency?
Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari?
Not Pemberton
Not James K. Polk
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
Previous IQs:
An Episcopal bishop in addition to your better-known gig, were you nearly disemboweled by an enemy cannon shot? - Not Pemberton, but Confederate Gen. Leonidas Polk
Were you the first "dark horse" to win the Presidency? - Yes, James K. Polk
Were you the subject of a song remade for the racing movie Ford vs. Ferrari? - Polk Salad Annie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8DyNHHrUhA
Polk x3!
DQs:
American?
Living?
IQs:
Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"?
Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video?
Were you her mom?
Not Peppermint Patty
DQ
DQ
The only famous costar I remember was MCCauley Culkin
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
Previous IQs:
Were you followed around by a little girl who called you "Sir"? - Yes, Peppermint Patty
Were you the daughter of a famous man and appeared in a Michael Jackson music video? - Lisa Marie Presley
Were you her mom? - Priscilla Presley
DQs:
Best known for the Arts?
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie?
Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers?
Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"?
DQ
Not Plutarch
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
Previous IQs:
Will Tom Hanks play your manager in an upcoming movie? - Elvis Presley
Did Hamilton, Madison and Jay use you as a pen name for The Federalist Papers? - Not Plutarch, but Publius
Did you coin the phrase "the winter soldiers"? - Thomas Paine, during the Valley Forge encampment
DQs:
Actress?
Considered a beauty?
IQs:
Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name?
Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager?
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy?
Not P!nk (who overcame Caronavirus)
Not Colonel Tom Parker
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
Previous IQs:
Are you a singer who uses an exclamation point as part of her stage name? - Yes, P!nk
Were you Elvis Presley's longtime manager? - Yes, Col. Tom Parker
Were you First Speaker of the Second Foundation in Asimov's Foundation Trilogy? - Preem Palver
DQ:
Best known for movies?
IQs:
Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker?
Were you a costar of Hart to Hart?
Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's?
3 DQs, though I almost misremembered "Remington Steele".
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
Previous IQs:
Did you play a cop's wife, a noblewoman and a matchmaker? - Gwyneth Paltrow, in Se7en, Shakespeare in Love and Emma
Were you a costar of Hart to Hart? - Stephanie Powers
Were you a trusted lieutenant of Capt. Jack Aubrey's? - Lt. Tom Pullings, in the Napoleonic naval adventures of Patrick O'Brian
DQs:
Best known for TV?
Best known for comedy work?
White?
IQs:
Did you play Roz on Frasier?
Did you joke about your husband Fang?
Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter?
Not Peri Gilpin
DQ
Not Penny
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
Previous IQs:
Did you play Roz on Frasier? - Yes, Peri Gilpin
Did you joke about your husband Fang? - Comedian Phyllis Diller
Did you marry Leonard Hofstadter? - Yes, Penny LNU
DQ:
Sitcom star?
IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends?
Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star?
Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer?
Not Dorothy Parker
Not Patti Lupone
Not Puccini
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
Previous IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted observer of American pop culture trends? - I'll rephrase
Are you a longtime Italian-American Broadway star? - Yes, Patty LuPone
Were you a noted Italian Baroque composer? - Puccini wrote later than in the Baroque era; this was Palestrina
DQ:
Greatest fame before 2000?
IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends?
Did you play Bob Newhart's wife?
Did you play a famous sister on TV?
DQ
Not Suzanne Pleshette
DQ
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
Previous IQs:
Are you an oft-quoted and still-living observer of American pop culture trends? - Faith Popcorn
Did you play Bob Newhart's wife? - Yes, Suzanne Pleshette (thought I had you!)
Did you play a famous sister on TV? - Eve Plumb, on The Brady Bunch
DQs:
Sitcom still being produced?
Won an Emmy in her role?
IQs:
Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2?
Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader?
Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident?
3 DQs
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
16.Show has ended
17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated
Previous IQs:
Did Jackie Gleason play you in The Sting, Part 2? - Con man Trevor Plantagenet
Were you advised to say nothing before meeting a leader? - Peregrin "Pippin" Took, in The Return of the King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hOazRmDMOg
Did you nearly go to war over the Trent Incident? - Lord Palmerston, British prime minister during the American Civil War
DQs:
Show won a Best Sitcom Emmy (or whatever it's called)?
She was considered a breakout star in her role?
Show set in NYC?
P
1.Real
2.Female
3.LAST name begins "P"
4.American
5.Living
6.Best known for Arts
7.Born AFTER 1950
8.Actess
9.Considered beauty
10.NOT best known for movies
11.Best known for TV
12.Best known for comedy
13.Wouldn't consider her white, but definitely NOT African American
14.Sitcom actress (didn't play the lead)
15.Greatest fame AFTER 2000
16.Show has ended
17.NEVER won Emmy, much less nominated
18.Show, despite 2 nominations, never won Best Comedy Series Emmy (official name of category, according to Wikipedia)
19.She was the breakout star, given she was least known before
20.Show NOT set in NYC
Please submit your guess by Noon ET tomorrow (Monday)
Hmm. Right now I'm drawing a blank....
Any final guesses?
Ok, you got a few extra hours. Our mystery woman is:
AUBREY PLAZA of "Parks & Recreation".
Ah, thanks. Never watched that show.
I'll start the next round, unless you'd like to again.
I'll think of a letter
Your letter is
W
IQs:
Did you win the Battle of Hastings?
Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga?
Did you win the Battle of Atlanta?
Not William the Conqueror
DQ
Not William Tecumseh Sherman
Previous IQs:
Did you win the Battle of Hastings? - Yes, William the Conqueror
Did you lose the Battle of Chickamauga? - William Rosecrans
Did you win the Battle of Atlanta? - Yes, William T. Sherman
William x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty?
Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio?
Did Otto eat you last?
3 DQs
W
1.Real
Previous IQs:
Did you play a Congressional staffer in Evan Almighty? - Wanda Sykes
Were you recently appointed to the Court of Appeals by the Governor of Ohio? - Judge Wanda Jones
Did Otto eat you last? - The title character of A Fish Called Wanda
Wanda x3!
DQs:
Male?
Living?
American?
IQs:
Did your daughter marry a Congresswoman's son?
Was Thurlow Weed your closest political ally?
Did you often take more food than was fair for others helping themselves from the same platter?
3 DQs yet again
W
1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American