Let's play Botticelli!

Previous IQs:

Did your daughter marry a Congresswoman's son? - William J. Clinton
Was Thurlow Weed your closest political ally? - William H. Seward
Did you often take more food than was fair for others helping themselves from the same platter? - William Howard Taft

William x3!

DQs:

Political/military?
Died since 1950?
Best known for a single incident?

IQs:

Did you play Commodore Matt Decker?
Did you seldom use your actual first name in a popular British series?
Does Ed Harris play you on Westworld?

DQ
Not Wooster
DQ

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident

Gotta look up Chelsea's mother-in-law.

Just looked, didn't recognize either of them.

Previous IQs:

Did you play Commodore Matt Decker? - William Windom, on ST:TOS "The Doomsday Machine"
Did you seldom use your actual first name in a popular British series? - Not Wooster, but this guy: https://bakerstreet.fandom.com/wiki/...k_Scott_Holmes
Does Ed Harris play you on Westworld? - William LNU

William x3!

DQs:

Last name start with W?
Republican?
Best known for Federal office?

IQs:

Were you a longtime friend and songwriting partner of Dolly Parton's?
Did you order the destruction of Alderaan?
Have you been played by Robert Hardy, Michael Gambon and John Lithgow, among others?

Not Lyle Waggoner
DQ
DQ

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office

The only paleontologist I know is Ross Gellar.

Oh, yeah, I guess him.

You told me more than you needed to for #9.

Previous IQs:

Were you a longtime friend and songwriting partner of Dolly Parton's? - Not Lyle but Porter Waggoner; different guy, and unrelated, I think (Lyle was the actor and Porter was the musician)
Did you order the destruction of Alderaan? - Grand Moff Wilhuff Tarkin, in Star Wars
Have you been played by Robert Hardy, Michael Gambon and John Lithgow, among others? - Winston Churchill, in The Wilderness Years, Churchill's Secret and The Crown, respectively

DQs:

Died before 1866?
Ever ran for President?
Served in Congress?

IQs:

Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips?
Were your journals as a Confederate soldier among the best-known of the Civil War?
Were you one of the two male leads of The Last Samurai?

Not the Duke of Wellington
DQ
Not Ken Wantanabe

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office
11.Died BEFORE 1866
12.Ran for POTUS (at least once)
13.Served in Congress

Previous IQs:

Did you have a horse named Nelson and a dog named Sweetlips? - Not the Duke of Wellington, but George Washington
Were your journals as a Confederate soldier among the best-known of the Civil War? - Sam Watkins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_R._Watkins
Were you one of the two male leads of The Last Samurai? - Yes, Ken Watanabe

DQs:

Represented a state that ended up in the Confederacy?
Ever served in the U.S. Senate?

IQs:

Were you just one vote away from succeeding Andrew Johnson to the Presidency?
Did you freeze out a diplomat for telling a risque joke at your expense?
Did you favor a pipe in public but cigars in private?

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office
11.Died BEFORE 1866
12.Ran for POTUS (at least once)
13.Served in Congress
14.Home state joined the Union
15.Served in U.S. Senate

3 DQs, though 2 or 3 could be our guy

Previous IQs:

Were you just one vote away from succeeding Andrew Johnson to the Presidency? - Benjamin "Bluff Ben" Wade, Republican of Ohio, president pro tem of the Senate during the 1868 impeachment trial
Did you freeze out a diplomat for telling a risque joke at your expense? - Woodrow Wilson (the British ambassador supposedly joked with friends at a dinner party that, when the President proposed to the woman who would become the second Mrs. Wilson, "she was so surprised she fell out of bed." Wilson later heard about it and made his displeasure known to His Majesty's Government, which recalled the ambassador)
Did you favor a pipe in public but cigars in private? - British PM Harold Wilson

DQs:

Whig?
Ever served in the Cabinet?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did you command the USS Monitor and later lead the US Naval Academy?
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in the 1864 Battle of Cherbourg?
Did you command the USS Carondelet when she made her famous run past Island No. 10?

3 DQs

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office
11.Died BEFORE 1866
12.Ran for POTUS (at least once)
13.Served in Congress
14.Home state joined the Union
15.Served in U.S. Senate
16.Became a Whig
17.Served in the Cabinet

Previous IQs:

Did you command the USS Monitor and later lead the US Naval Academy? - Capt. John Worden
Did you command the USS Kearsarge in the 1864 Battle of Cherbourg? - Capt. John Winslow
Did you command the USS Carondelet when she made her famous run past Island No. 10? - Capt. Henry Walke

Four DQs reserved. Lemme think....

Happy Mother's Day to your wife and mom, and mother-in-law. :)

Likewise!

DQs:

Rose to political prominence in the state of his birth?
Best known for Senate service?

Two DQs reserved.

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office
11.Died BEFORE 1866
12.Ran for POTUS (at least once)
13.Served in Congress
14.Home state joined the Union
15.Served in U.S. Senate
16.Became a Whig
17.Served in the Cabinet
18.Rose to prominence OUTSIDE his birth state
19.Best known for his time as a U.S. Senator

DQs:

Ran for President as a Whig?
Pro-abolitionism by 1860?

W

1.Real
2.Male
3.Dead
4.American
5.Politics/Military figure
6.Died BEFORE 1950
7.NOT known for single incident
8.LAST name begins "W"
9.NOT a Republican, because the party hadn't been founded yet
10.Best known for Federal office
11.Died BEFORE 1866
12.Ran for POTUS (at least once)
13.Served in Congress
14.Home state joined the Union
15.Served in U.S. Senate
16.Became a Whig
17.Served in the Cabinet
18.Rose to prominence OUTSIDE his birth state
19.Best known for his time as a U.S. Senator
20.Ran for POTUS as a Whig
21.DEFINITELY pro-abolition

How about 5 PM ET on Tuesday for your guess. (About 24 hours)

I've wracked my brains and come up empty, although I bet I'll recognize his name when I see it. You got me.

Giving up 3 hours early? :(

You're right, you WILL recognize the name, because our mystery man is:

DANIEL WEBSTER!

:: Headsmack ::

Of course. Good one.

Your letter is

G

Sure you want to do G again so soon? We just finished a G round on March 31.

Oops!

Have we done D?

Latest update here: http://www.mellophant.com/forums/sho...d-so-far/page2

D was from last year, so yeah your letter is

D

IQs:

Did a magazine article mention that you owned five tuxedos?
Were you a plump judge whom Lincoln appointed to SCOTUS?
Were you, a future British king, known among your family by this name?

Not David Dinkins
DQ
DQ

Previous IQs:

Did a magazine article mention that you owned five tuxedos? - Yes, David Dinkins, at that time NYC mayor
Were you a plump judge whom Lincoln appointed to SCOTUS? - David Davis
Were you, a future British king, known among your family by this name? - David (Prince of Wales and then, briefly, Edward VIII in his day job)

David x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?
Last name start with D?

IQs:

Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24?
Did your future wife play an anonymous baseball player early in her career?
Did Lincoln, in praising you to a White House aide, say you had "a big head full of brains"?

I knew Dinkins, so I'll answer the 1st 2.

Not David Palmer
Not David Duchovny
DQ

D

1) Fictional
2) Male

Oops, right you are. Thanks.

Previous IQs:

Were you a presidential candidate in the first season of 24? - Yes, David Palmer
Did your future wife play an anonymous baseball player early in her career? - Yes, David Duchovny (and Tea Leoni, in A League of Their Own, of course) - good job!
Did Lincoln, in praising you to a White House aide, say you had "a big head full of brains"? - David Tod, Governor of Ohio

David x3 redux!

DQ:

Last name start with D?

IQs:

Were you succeeded by Faramir as Steward of Gondor?
Were you a fictional U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James's?
Did Brian Cox play your hard-drinking dad on TV?

3 DQ

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
2) FIRST name begins "D"

Previous IQs:

Were you succeeded by Faramir as Steward of Gondor? - Denethor, in LOTR
Were you a fictional U.S. ambassador to the Court of St. James's? - Damien Thorne, in The Omen 2
Did Brian Cox play your hard-drinking dad on TV? - Daphne Moon, on Frasier

DQs:

American?
Would be alive today, if real?
First appeared in print?

IQs:

Were you always present, at least in spirit, at Space Patrol roll calls?
Did another fictional character stand in for you, a real person, in a famous play and movie?
Are you that character?

3 more DQ

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print

Previous IQs:

Were you always present, at least in spirit, at Space Patrol roll calls? - Lt. Dahlquist, in the books of Robert A. Heinlein
Did another fictional character stand in for you, a real person, in a famous play and movie? - Clarence Darrow, in Inherit the Wind
Are you that character? - Henry Drummond

DQs:

First appeared in a movie?
Good guy?
First appeared since 1975?

IQs:

Did a sword always hang above your throne?
Did your creator cry when he killed you off?
Are you that creator?

Not Damocles
DQ
DQ

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) NOT from a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975

Previous IQs:

Did a sword always hang above your throne? - Yes, Damocles
Did your creator cry when he killed you off? - The title character in Little Dorrit
Are you that creator? - Charles Dickens

DQs:

From a song?
Typically carries a gun?

IQs:

Are you the main character from the Irish novel Ulysses?
Are you the short, irascible, glasses-wearing boss of a comics character?
Are you the subordinate of that boss?

3 DQs

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) NOT from a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun

Previous IQs:

Are you the main character from the Irish novel Ulysses? - Stephen Daedalus
Are you the short, irascible, glasses-wearing boss of a comics character? - Mr. Dithers, in Blondie
Are you the subordinate of that boss? - Dagwood Bumstead

DQs:

From comics (if that isn't included in "print")?
Has appeared in movie(s)?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a tough British detective with a canine-related nickname?
Were you often played by Roy Marsden?
Did Halle Berry play you in a biopic?

DQ
DQ
Not Dorothy Dandrige

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) NOT from a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie

To me, "from print" means written word

Thanks.

"Has appeared in movie(s)?" (DQ 13) is different from "First appeared in a movie?" (DQ 7).

Previous IQs:

Were you a tough British detective with a canine-related nickname? - "Bulldog" Drummond
Were you often played by Roy Marsden? - Insp. Adam Dalglish, on the BBC
Did Halle Berry play you in a biopic? - Yes, Dorothy Dandridge

DQs:

First appeared on TV?
White?

IQs:

Did you costar in The Man Who Knew Too Much?
Did you write Chariots of the Gods?
Did the same actress who played your mom also play the wife of a PM?

3 DQs. And I'll edit that DQ answer

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White

Righto.

Previous IQs:

Did you costar in The Man Who Knew Too Much? - Doris Day
Did you write Chariots of the Gods? - Erich von Danniken (sp?)
Did the same actress who played your mom also play the wife of a PM? - Draco Malfoy (Narcissa Malfoy in The Deathly Hallows and Cherie Blair in The Queen; I forget the British actress's name)

DQs:

Sitcom?
Still being produced?
Lead character?

IQs:

Did you, the father of a fictional doctor, appear only once onscreen?
Was your tale parodied on SNL, including a scene set aboard a pirate ship, the Raging Queen?
Did you play a doctor, a patriot and a car?

3 DQ

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White
16) Sitcom
17) No longer in production
18) NOT the lead character

Previous IQs:

Did you, the father of a fictional doctor, appear only once onscreen? - The elderly David McCoy, father of Dr. Leonard H. McCoy, in Star Trek V
Was your tale parodied on SNL, including a scene set aboard a pirate ship, the Raging Queen? - David Copperfield, spoofed on SNL as Miles Cowperthwaite
Did you play a doctor, a patriot and a car? - William Daniels, on St. Elsewhere, 1776 and Knight Rider

DQs:

Sitcom set in NYC or LA?
Sitcom ended before 2000?

One DQ reserved.

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White
16) Sitcom
17) No longer in production
18) NOT the lead character
19) Show NOT set in NYC OR LA
20) Show ended AFTER 2000

Use that last DQ and I'll set your deadline once I answer

DQ:

Actor won an Emmy in the role?

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White
16) Sitcom
17) No longer in production
18) NOT the lead character
19) Show NOT set in NYC OR LA
20) Show ended AFTER 2000
21) Actor Did NOT win Emmy

Please submit your guess by 12 Midnight ET Sunday night (it's almost 12:30 AM Saturday night as I type)

D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White
16) Sitcom
17) No longer in production
18) NOT the lead character
19) Show NOT set in NYC OR LA
20) Show ended AFTER 2000

Bonus hint) Animated character

Use that last DQ and I'll set your deadline once I answer

[QUOTE=Erictelevision;333476]D

1) Fictional
2) Male
3) FIRST name begins "D"
4) American
5) Would be living, if he were real
6) NOT from print
7) Did NOT first appear in a movie
8) Good guy
9) Appeared AFTER 1975
10) NOT from a song
11).NEVER carries gun
12) NOT from comic strip
13) NOT from movie at all
14) First appeared on TV
15) White
16) Sitcom
17) No longer in production
18) NOT the lead character
19) Show NOT set in NYC OR LA
20) Show ended AFTER 2000
21) Actor Did NOT win Emmy

Bonus clue) Animated character

Please submit your guess by 12 Midnight ET Sunday night (it's almost 12:30 AM Saturday night as I type)

Think think think....

About 9 more hours.

Any last minute guesses?

You got extra time. Our mystery man is:

DALE GRIBBLE from "King of the Hill".

Ah, thanks. Never watched the show.

Want to go again, or shall I?

I'll think of a letter

We're surprisingly due for

J

I don't think I've had a chance to be GM in about three months, but OK....

IQs:

Did you recently discuss the concept of "white privilege" on your show?
Did a rabbit once swim out to attack you?
Do you have a franchise on lower Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio?

Not Jimmy Fallon
Not Jack Benny
DQ

Previous IQs:

Did you recently discuss the concept of "white privilege" on your show? - Yes, Jimmy Fallon
Did a rabbit once swim out to attack you? - Jimmy Carter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_...abbit_incident
Do you have a franchise on lower Euclid Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio? - Jimmy John

Jimmy x3!

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did you direct the WWII movie Unbroken?
Are you that person's also-famous parent?
Are you married to Beth and have a daughter named Summer?

3 DQ

J

1.Real
2.Male

Hint: he's never been in my kitchen. :)

Heh. I expected as much.

Previous IQs:

Did you direct the WWII movie Unbroken? - Angelina Jolie
Are you that person's also-famous parent? - Jon Voight
Are you married to Beth and have a daughter named Summer? - Jerry Smith, in Rick and Morty

DQs:

Living?
American?
Born since 1900?

IQs:

Did you own the Victura?
Were you a post-World War II photojournalist before becoming famous for other things?
Were you the son of that second person?

Not
Jackie Kennedy
Not JFK
Not JFK JR.

J

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Born AFTER 1900

Previous IQs:

Did you own the Victura? - No, this was JFK: https://jfkhyannismuseum.org/jfk-and-victura/
Were you a post-World War II photojournalist before becoming famous for other things? - And this was Jackie Kennedy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacque...d_early_career
Were you the son of that second person? - Yes, JFK Jr.

DQs:

Best known for politics/military?
Last name start with J?

IQs:

Are you the current lieutenant governor of Ohio?
Were you AKA Aegon Targaryen?
Did you costar on a show with Charlie Sheen?

DQ
DQ
Not Jon Cryer

J

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Born AFTER 1900
6.NOT a Political/Military figure
7.FIRST name begins "J"

Previous IQs:

Are you the current lieutenant governor of Ohio? - Jon Husted
Were you AKA Aegon Targaryen? - Jon Snow, in Game of Thrones
Did you costar on a show with Charlie Sheen? - Yes, Jon Cryer, on Two and A Half Men

Jon x3!

DQs:

Best known for the Arts?
Born since 1950?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:
Have you referred to a public figure as "Gabby McGillicuddy"?
Are or were you that public figure?
Did God's Secretaries discuss some of your top religious advisors?

DQ
DQ
Not JP II

J

1.Real
2.Male
3.Living
4.American
5.Born AFTER 1900
6.NOT a Political/Military figure
7.FIRST name begins "J"
8.Best known for the Arts
9.Born AFTER 1950

Previous IQs:

Have you referred to a public figure as "Gabby McGillicuddy"? - Jon Stewart
Are or were you that public figure? - Joe Biden
Did God's Secretaries discuss some of your top religious advisors? - Not Pope John Paul II, but King James I (the book is about the writing of the King James Bible)

DQs:

Best known for the visual arts (movies, TV, stage, painting, photography, etc.)?
Won a top award in his field?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a Confederate general defeated at the Battle of Cedar Creek?
Were you a fictional assassin named after him?
Were you an ornery lawyer in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land?

Had never heard that about:

JON STEWART! :). (I was inspired to pick him because of seeing his Chicago pizza rant on YouTube)

Elendil you are WAY overdue to pick a letter!

Woohoo - thanks!

Previous IQs:

Were you a Confederate general defeated at the Battle of Cedar Creek? - Jubal Early
Were you a fictional assassin named after him? - Also Jubal Early, on Firefly
Were you an ornery lawyer in Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land? - Jubal Harshaw

Jubal x3!

Lemme take a look at the list and then pick our next letter....

Righto. Our next letter is

R

IQ: Did your future daughter-in-law win the inaugural season of a reality show competition?
IQ2: Did you have a controversial reaction to being a victim of domestic violence?
IQ3: Was your initial choice of a VP a former POTUS?

Dunno, not Rihanna, and not Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Reba McEntire (Kelly Clarkson won "American Idol")
Correct
Correct

DQ: Real?

IQ: Are you Humphrey Bogart's best known role?
IQ2: Did you win the CA Democratic primary, and not get much chance to enjoy it?
IQ3: Were you an African despot during the 80s and 90s?

Not Rick Blaine, Robert Kennedy or Robert Mugabe.

R.

1. real

3 for 3 of course

IQ: Did you play James Bond at the nadir of the franchise?
IQ2: Did you front the band Jerry Bruckheimer borrowed the music of as TV theme songs?
IQ3: Are you the fictional journalist who would've had serious problems in the #metoo era?

Not Roger Moore, dunno and dunno.

Correct
Roger Daltrey (Bruckheimer created the "CSI" shows, they use Who songs as theme songs)
Ron Burgundy

DQ: Male?
DQ2: Living?

IQ: Were you the youngest VPOTUS in the the 20th c.?
IQ2: Are you the eccentric scientist who didn't deal well with life after your wife died?
IQ3: Are you the actress whose hubby pioneered reality TV?

Not Theodore Roosevelt, not Rick Sanchez and dunno.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead

Richard Nixon
Richard Feynman (wife cooked for him, he couldn't cook for himself after her death)
Roma Downey

DQ: American?
DQ2: Born after 1900?

DQ reserved

IQ: Are you the British actor who plays a man child with a goofy smile?
IQ2: Are you the 80s TV actress once married to an intimidating athlete?
IQ3: Did your music accentuate the "Toy Story" franchise?

Ah, didn't know that about Nixon! I see he was 40 and TR was 43 when they became VP.

Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty is an answer that fits that question, so I don't think you earned a DQ for that one. Remember you're free to rephrase an IQ up to the three times.

Not Rowan Atkinson, Robin Givens or Randy Newman.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900

3 for 3! (VERY impressed you knew Robin)

Who is Rick Sanchez? And was I right about Feynman? I had heard that somewhere, but can't think where.

IQ: Are you the pro sports executive whose father replaced a previous guess in the Senate?
IQ2: Did you create a cable news network accused of being the propaganda arm of a political party?
IQ3: Did you run that network until ousted as part of the #metoo movement?

Yes, I still remember Tyson and Givens's very awkward interview, sitting on the couch together, in which she said he hit her now and then.

Not Rick Allen, Rupert Murdoch or Roger Ailes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_S...ick_and_Morty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNhH00OIPP0

Dunno about Feynman. I've heard of him, of course, but don't know that about him.

Roger Godell
Correct
Correct

I remember that "20/20" interview too.

DQ: Died before 1975?

IQ: Are you depicted in the most famous portrait at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts?
IQ2: Were you an influential NY Senator late in the 19th c.?
IQ3: Are you a former NFL receiver murdered in a burglary?

Not Roger Williams, dunno and dunno.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975

Paul Revere
Roscoe Conkling
Reche Caldwell

DQ: Born East of the Mississippi?
DQ2: Born South of the Mason-Dixon?
DQ3: In the Arts, broadly speaking?
DQ4: Died after 2000?

IQ: Were you a HOF-caliber DB with a much more famous twin brother, who's was a HOF-caliber RB?
IQ2: Did you write one of the 2 famous books "that influence many impressionable young minds with unrealistic expectations of the world, the other one involving Orcs."?
IQ3: Are you the action star from a city that nobody is completely sure where it is?

Dunno, not Ayn Rand and dunno.

I think you only have three DQs earned from post 8507, not four.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking

I previously reserved one. :)

Ronde Barber (brother Tiki played in NY, joined media)
Correct (quote newer than I thought)
Rainer Wolfcastle

DQ: Born after 1925?
DQ2: Military/Political figure?

DQ reserved

My previously reserved DQ is noted in post #8500

IQ: Were you JFK's SECDEF?
IQ2: Were you JFK's Secretary of State?
IQ3: Did your brother, whom you succeeded as leader, nearly cause nuclear war in the 60s?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Erictelevision

...My previously reserved DQ is noted in post #8500

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Ah, right you are.

Rainer Wolfcastle - good one! Know what his middle name is? (Don't look it up!)

Not Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk or Raul Castro.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly

Don't know his middle name, but I bet it's a great pun!

3 for 3 of course

DQ: Best known as a civilian?

IQ: Are you the music legend who's set to turn 80, on the same day my celebrity crush turns 40?
IQ: Are you the corporate mascot once voiced by the former Toyota spokesman?
IQ: Were you the coach in a famous college hoops upset?

Dunno x3.

Not a pun, but still funny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ier_Wolfcastle

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian

Ringo Starr
Ronald McDonald
Rollie Massimmino

DQ: Died after 2000?
DQ2: Positive reputation?
DQ3: Died of natural causes?

That IS a hilarious middle name!

IQ: Did you play a neat freak who shared an apartment with your fellow divorced slob?
IQ2: Did James Corden play you in a parody music video, opposite Shaggy?
IQ3: Did your book launch the environmental movement?

Not Tony Randall, dunno, and not Rachel Carson.

Heh. Look up Millhouse's middle name sometime, too.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes

Correct
Robert Mueller
Correct

DQ: Committed a crime?

IQ: Did you title your memoir: "I never wanted to be Vice President of anything"?
IQ2: Despite subsequent research debunking it, do Republicans blame you for costing Poppy Bush reelection?
IQ3: Are you the TV pundit who met your SO doing odd jobs around her house?

Milhous has a RIDICULOUS middle name! Groening was obviously trying to see what he could get away with!

Not Nelson Rockefeller, not Ross Perot and dunno.

Millhouse had Italian grandparents, as I recall.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes
16. did not commit a crime

At least, none that I know of - and none which made him Botticelli-worthy.

Correct
Correct
Rachel Maddow

DQ: Famous, rather than infamous?

IQ: Did your character famously screw the pooch on "Jeopardy"?
IQ2: Did a trial that actually exonerated you nevertheless ruin your career?
IQ3: Are you the HOF WR who endured the then-worst SB coaching defeat to a future HOF TE?

Not John Ratzenburger on Cheers, not R. Fatty Arbuckle and dunno.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes
16. did not commit a crime
17. arguably more infamous than famous

Correct
Correct
Raymond Berry (Patriots v Mike Ditka's Bears)

DQ: Did something that would've led evening news or be above the fold in the newspaper?

IQ: Did your character deliver the famous "Jaws" ad lib?
IQ2: Are you the Jeopardy champion who has a friendly rivalry with Ken Jennings?
IQ3: Did your song help launch Julia Roberts' career?

Not Roy Scheider, dunno and not Roy Orbison.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes
16. did not commit a crime
17. arguably more infamous than famous
18. did something that would've led evening news or been above the fold in the newspaper

Correct
Brad Rutter
Correct

DQ: Did they receive/desire a Presidential pardon?

Happy Father's Day! Call your Dad! :)

IQ: Did you take arguably the most famous photo of the 20th century?
IQ2: Are you the SCOTUS justice whose health is of great concern to liberals?
IQ3: Did you famously avenge your friend's death by beating up a roided up Russian dude?

Not Robert Isendstadt (sp?), Ruth Bader Ginsburg and dunno.

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes
16. did not commit a crime
17. arguably more infamous than famous
18. did something that would've led evening news or been above the fold in the newspaper
19. did not receive or desire a Presidential pardon

No more IQs, please.

Joe Rosenthal (Iwo Jima flag raising) (Eisenstaedt was Alfred)
Correct
Rocky Balboa

DQ: Act took place outside the U.S.?
DQ2: Act related to the Cold War?

R.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. American
5. born after 1900
6. died after 1975
7. born east of the Mississippi
8. born north of the Mason-Dixon Line
9. not in the Arts, broadly speaking
10. not born after 1925
11. not a military/political figure except, I suppose, indirectly
12. best known as a civilian
13. died after 2000
14. mostly negative reputation, I'd say
15. died of natural causes
16. did not commit a crime
17. arguably more infamous than famous
18. did something that would've led evening news or been above the fold in the newspaper
19. did not receive or desire a Presidential pardon
20. act(s) took place inside the U.S.
21. act(s) not related to the Cold War

Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EST tomorrow.

My guess: Richard Pearle?

Not bad, but no, I am

Roger B. Smith

The GM chairman immortalized by Michael Moore's scathing documentary Roger & Me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_%26_Me

Lemme think of our next letter....

Good one! I think I remember seeing the movie

Why is he an indirect political figure?

Quote:

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Originally posted by Erictelevision

Why is he an indirect political figure?

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His decisions as CEO in closing some factories and opening others had a definite political impact on national, and particularly Michigan, politics.

OK, it's been awhile, let's go to the head of the alphabet with

A

IQ: Were you the Truman Cabinet member who set early Cold War policy?
IQ2: Were you the USOC chairman who eventually led the IOC?
IQ3: Are you the Civil War general with a famous facial feature?

That makes sense. GM was a HUGE employer back then in MI.

Not Dean Acheson, Juan-Antonio Samarranch or Ambrose Burnside (and Acheson was famous for his bristly moustache!).

Correct
Avery Brundage (Samarranche was Spanish)
Correct

DQ: Real?

IQ: Were you the member of the Magnificent 7 who became a doctor?
IQ2: Did you coanchor Weekend Update with Seth Meyers?
IQ3: Are you John Ritter's widow?

Dunno, not Amy Poehler and dunno.

A.

1. fictional

Amy Chow
Correct
Amy Yasbeck

AmyX3!

DQ: American?
DQ2: Created after 1900?

IQ: Were you college roomies with Tommy Lee Jones?
IQ2: Were you the central figure in the Teapot Dome Scandal?
IQ3: Did your research lead to modern computers?

Not Al Gore, Albert Fall or the great Alan Turing. Al x3!

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900

3 for 3

Almost AlbertX3

IQ: Were you the member of the "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" who went on marry an older man?
IQ2: Are you the member of the "Sisterhood" whose breakout role was a frumpy fashion magazine employee?
IQ3: Are you the noted 20th c photographer?

Dunno, not Anne Hathaway and not Ansel Adams.

Amber Tsmblyn (David Cross)
America Ferrera ("Ugly Betty")
Correct

DQ: European?
DQ2: Created after 1950?

IQ: Were you a not very subtle expy for Jesus?
IQ2: Are you the famous author whose natural death was overshadowed by a notorious assasination?
IQ3: Did your firing ruin your weekend?

Not Aslan, not Aldous Huxley (C.S. Lewis died that day, too) and dunno.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950

Correct
Correct (on all counts)
Archibald Cox

DQ: Asian?

IQ: Are you the famously incompetent terrorist?
IQ2: Are you the TV character who's a walking tvtropes.net?
IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Prize for a lesser achievement because you refused to share it with your rival?

Archibald Cox - funny.

Dunno x3.

Achmed
Abed from "Community"
Albert Einstein

3 DQs reserved

Hmm. What's the story on Einstein and his Nobel?

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian

I may be misremembering, but the committee wanted him to share it with Tesla, but their relationship was fraught, so they went with someone less worthy.

DQ: African?
DQ2: From literature?
DQ3: Male?

Never heard that before. Thanks.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male

IQ: Are you a character in a Lady Gaga song?
IQ2: Were you the Clinton advisor whose name sounds like a ski resort city?
IQ3: Were you the GOP political operative known for sleazy attack ads?

Not Alejandro, dunno and not the late unlamented Lee Atwater.

Correct
Les Aspin (forgot if he was SECDEF OR SECSTATE)
Correct (on all counts!)

DQ: From Latin America?

IQ: Were you the ABC executive during the 70s and 80s?
IQ2: Are you the antagonist in the most famous biographic Broadway musical?
IQ3: Ar you the doctor turned humanitarian?

Checked Wikipedia, Aspin was at the Pentagon

Correct. Left after the unfortunate events of Black Hawk Down.

Quote:

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Originally posted by Erictelevision

IQ: Were you the ABC executive during the 70s and 80s?
IQ2: Are you the antagonist in the most famous biographic Broadway musical?
IQ3: Ar you the doctor turned humanitarian?

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Not Roger Ailes, Auntie Mame or Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth

Roone Arledge
Aaron Burr
Correct

DQ: Created after 2000?
DQ2: Humanoid?

Thoroughly read his page. He fell on his sword (wondered if it was that or got thrown under the bus)

IQ: Are you the industrialist who went on to become a partial namesake of a Pittsburgh college?
IQ2: Are you the program director at Bravo?
IQ3: Are you the most famous woman from Weymouth MA?

Thought they had same 1st name, nope.

Not Andrew Carnegie, dunno and not Abigail Adams.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid

Correct (thought it might be Andrew Mellon)
Andy Cohen
Correct (nice job!)

DQ: From film?

IQ: Were you played by a combination of David Prowse and James Earl Jones?
IQ2: Were you killed at an event that marked it 250th anniversary shortly before we went into quarantine?
IQ3: Are you a British royal known for your anatomical quirky?

Not Anakin Skywalker, not Crispus Attucks and not... Prince Andrew?

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film

Correct
Correct
Anne Boleyn (extra breast and fingers)

DQ: From TV?

IQ: Are you the 1970s most politically incorrect TV character?
IQ2: Are you the comic who ran into #metoo controversy?
IQ3: Were you the 1st woman Secretary of State?

Ah. I'd read of Anne's extra finger, I remember now, but not an extra breast (!). The Wiki bio says she had a good figure, but no mention of that. Any reputable cite for it?

Not Archie Bunker, not Adam Sandler and not Madeline Albright.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film
14. from TV

I only meant her extra finger and breast

Correct
Aziz Ansari
Correct

DQ: Show currently airing?

IQ: Were you AKA Gordon Shumway?
IQ2: Were you a controversial CA Senator?
IQ3: Did you go from DL to judge?

Dunno x3.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film
14. from TV
15. show not currently airing

ALF
Alan Cranston
Alan Page

DQ: Protagonist?
DQ2: Created after 1980?
DQ3: Played by actor (as opposed to puppet)?

I don't remember Cranston being particularly controversial. What did you mean?

I remember a "Home Alone" parody mentioned Cranston. I thought he also had harassment issues.

If you want to ignore DQ2, that's fine.

I don't remember either of those things, so thanks.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film
14. from TV
15. show not currently airing
16. one of but not the sole protagonist
17. played by an actor

IQ: Did you formerly cohost a debate show with Sean Hannity before he became the sole host?
IQ2: Are you the Western Senator with a very unusual middle name?
IQ3: Were you the famous African-American author late in the 20th and early 21st century?

Dunno, not Alan Kooi Simpson and not Alex Haley.

Alan Colmes
Correct
Maya Angelou (Haley didn't live into this century)

DQ: Created after 1975?

DQ reserved

IQ: Are you the famously conservative son of hippie parents from a Midwest college town?
IQ2: Are you a notorious conspiracy theorist with a right wing radio audience?
IQ3: Are you the football player turned actor who played the adoptive father of your best friend's son, alongside your RL wife?

Dunno x3.

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film
14. from TV
15. show not currently airing
16. one of but not the sole protagonist
17. played by an actor
18. created after 1975

No more IQs, please.

Alex Keaton ("Family Ties" was set in Columbus OH)
Alex Jones
Alex Karras ("Webster")

AlexX3

DQ: Show won awards?
DQ2: Actor won awards?
DQ3: Show aired on network TV?
DQ4: Kid-friendly character?

Good job. I shoulda known all those Alexes!

A.

1. fictional
2. not American
3. created after 1900
4. not European
5. created after 1950
6. not Asian
7. not African
8. not from literature
9. male
10. not from Latin America
10a. not from Earth
11. created before 2000
12. humanoid
13. not from film
14. from TV
15. show not currently airing
16. one of but not the sole protagonist
17. played by an actor
18. created after 1975
19. won no awards that I could find
20. neither did the actor for this role
21. show aired on network TV
22. not particularly a kid-friendly character, although by no means an unfriendly one, either

Please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by 6pm EST tomorrow.

I have NO IDEA!

I am

Commander Adama

of the original Battlestar Galactica:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comman...tar_Galactica)
https://en.battlestarwikiclone.org/wiki/Adama_(TOS)

Want to go next, or shall I go again?

I watched the reboot intermittently (For Grace Park, of course)

You rightly earned continued control (plus I've monopolized the game lately)

OK, thanks!

Our next letter is

T

IQ: Were you a key Manhattan Project scientist?
IQ2: Did America, with the help of FDR, have a very fitting way to celebrate the bicentennial of your birth?
IQ3: Did you the play the detective whose vice was sweets, not cigarettes?

Not Dr. Teller, dunno and not David Tennant.

Correct
Thomas Jefferson (the Memorial was dedicated on his bicentennial)
Telly Savalas

DQ: Real?
DQ2: Male?

T.

1. fictional
2. male