Nope. Wait, what Sitting Bull reference did The Police make?
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Nope. Wait, what Sitting Bull reference did The Police make?
Nope - stumped.
At another guess, its probably someone in civil rights, but I have no idea who it might be.
You guys need more help? Just send me a signal and I'll be glad to provide some more clues...
:iiam:
I began as a painter and rose to fame via portraits of great men; I also ran for NYC Mayor, losing but still active in politics because I was a major anti-federalist, and wrote a book and several monographs on the subject. Also I was kind of an asshat and thought slavery was perfectly kosher. I didn't fight in the war or anything because I was too old, what with being born in the 18th century and all.
Anyway, when I was busy painting the Marquis de Lafayette in Washington DC, I received a letter by horse courier from my home in NY that my wife was sick. The next day I got another letter that she'd died. By the time I rushed home she'd already been buried. I so hated that she'd gotten sick without my knowledge, died before I even knew about it, and was buried before my arrival--and all because of the slowness of correspondence--I gave up painting and, given that I'd studied electromagnetism in the past, began to invent a way to improve the speed of correspondence. :sci:
So, who am I?
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Copy the above and go here to translate
Bravo :bravo:
Thank you good sir. He was a good pick 'cause he had a legitimate major career change, so I felt confident in saying yep, he's in the cultural field. And The Police song is, of course,Spoiler (mouseover to read):
Message in a Bottle: "I'll send an S.O.S. to the world..."
Ah, very good! Well done. Morse painted a famous depiction of the U.S. House of Representatives in his day: http://thegood.files.wordpress.com/2...-f-b-morse.jpg
Well as we didn't get it, would you like to go again choie?
All righty! Sorry about the delay, my head is split in several different places at once.
The letter is... P
IQ:
1. Did your nephew sacrifice his daughter for your life?
2. Were you a stunt woman on Star Trek and an leading star on Babylon 5?
3. Were you the only Halliwell sister to die permanently?
IQs:
Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks?
In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist?
Did you impress Liet Kynes?
CatInASuit IQs:
1. Did your nephew sacrifice his daughter for your life? -- STUMPED though it sounds like something from the bible
2. Were you a stunt woman on Star Trek and an leading star on Babylon 5? -- No, I am not Pat Tallman
3. Were you the only Halliwell sister to die permanently? -- Oh dear, that's a Charmed question, isn't it? Given that I know Shannon Daugherty left, I'll say No, I am not Prue, although for all I know one of the others bought it instead.
Possibly 2 DQs!
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks? -- Is this another Spider-Man question? No, I am not Peter Parker.
2. In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist? - No, I am not Pete Postlethwaite (sp?) Loved him.
3. Did you impress Liet Kynes? -- STUMPED although the name seems really familiar to me.
1 DQ!
Previous IQs:
Did you flirt with a secretary played by Elizabeth Banks? - Yes, Peter Parker - Banks played J. Jonah Jameson's secretary: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...etty_brant.jpg
In one of your last roles, did you play a gangster florist? - Yes, Pete Postelt-howeveryouspellit in The Town. Well done!
Did you impress Liet Kynes? - Paul Atreides impressed the imperial planetologist in Dune.
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Are you the dog of a juvenile cartoon aardvark?
Were you Brett's best buddy on the Nostromo?
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you?
1. This one is also a Spiderman reference, but from Oner Fine Day. Aunt May Parker is the answer.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yes, Pat Tallman
3. Yes, Prue Halliwell
DQ:
Male
IQs:
1. Are you a living Charmed sister?
2. Are you a living Charmed sister?
3. Are you a living Charmed sister?
Gimmes really.
Elendil's Heir IQs:
IQs:
1. No, I am not Pal! (Is it sad that I knew that one?)
2. STUMPED
3. No, I am not President Palmer. Didn't you just ask this one recently?
CatInASuit IQs:
No, I am not Piper, Phoebe or Paige Halliwell!
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
Previous IQs:
Are you the dog of a juvenile cartoon aardvark? - Yes, Pal, in the Arthur books and the PBS series. Nothing to be sad about!
Were you Brett's best buddy on the Nostromo? - Parker, in the movie Alien.
Did Jack Bauer do his best to protect you? - Yes, candidate (and later President) David Palmer, on 24. (Did I ask that recently? Sorry - I forgot. I'm involved in two other Botticelli games right now, too; one on the Straight Dope and another via email with some high school chums).
DQ:
Last name start with P?
IQs:
Did you perform at the White House for JFK?
Were you Tyrion's squire?
Were you a South American soccer god?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Um, given the time period... No I am not Pablo Casals?
2. Ugh, you and GoT. No I am not Please Bite Me. :D
3. No, I am not Pele[/QUOTE]
DQ
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
* Controversy!
Previous IQs:
Did you perform at the White House for JFK? - Yes, Pablo Casals: http://archive1.jfklibrary.org/JFKWH...T-273-3-61.jpg.
Were you Tyrion's squire? - Podrick Payne (a twofer!).
Were you a South American soccer god? - Yes, Pele.
DQ:
Living?
IQs:
Did you work on a crafts project by day, and undo it all by night?
Did you play a turncoat scientist, a top Nazi official and the President of the United States?
Were you a 20th C. Mass. governor with an incredibly WASPy name?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Ooh--no, I am not Penelope. Finally a classic!
2. This has got to be Donald Pleasance, except I don't remember him playing a turncoat scientist, unless that's Blofield? Anyway, No, I am not Donald Pleasance.
3. Geeze, almost all MA governors had WASPy names (except Dukakis), but unfortunately I'm not up on my 20th century governors except of NY and CA. So, STUMPED.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
* Controversy!
Did you work on a crafts project by day, and undo it all by night? - Yes, Penelope, wife of Odysseus
Did you play a turncoat scientist, a top Nazi official and the President of the United States? - Yes, Donald Pleasence (note spelling) in Fantastic Voyage, The Eagle Has Landed and Escape from New York.
Were you a 20th C. Mass. governor with an incredibly WASPy name? - That would be Endicott Peabody.
DQ:
American?
IQs:
Were you wife of the lord of the underworld?
Did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene?
Were you a Laker Girl who went on to greater fame?
OMG, you got me there. That is as WASPy as they come!Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
IQs:
1. Now you're talking my language, baby! No, I am not Persephone. Or Prosperine, if you're going Roman rather than Greek.
2. Hm. Does Guernica count as a crime scene? I'd say the bombing of a civillian village is a crime. So no, I am not Pablo Picasso.
3. No, I am not Paula Abdul.
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
* Controversy!
Previous IQs:
Were you wife of the lord of the underworld? - Right you are.
Did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene? - I'll rephrase.
Were you a Laker Girl who went on to greater fame? - Right again!
IQs:
Before 1900, did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene?
Were you a con artist whose particular form of con has immortalized you?
Were you Florida's sole female U.S. senator?
IQs:
1. Did your sneeze cause you to teleport?
2. Did you have a sterilisation method named after you?
3. Did you play the only half human variant of an alien?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Well, I know Rubens painted Christ being crucified, so I'll say no, I am not Peter Paul Rubens. :D
2. No, I am not Charles Ponzi. But if you tell two others about it, charge them five bucks each and give five to me.
3. STUMPED. The only female politicians I can think of from FL are Janet Reno and Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
CatInASuit IQs:
1. STUMPED. But this sounds like something from Dr. Who or a kid's program.
2. No, I am not Louis Pasteur.
3. Hmm. STUMPED. I can't think of any from Star Trek who were the sole representative of their race, though there are probably a few.
EH gets 1 DQ, CIAS 2. Go for it!
Previous IQs:
Before 1900, did you create a famous illustration of a crime scene? - Jesus's crucifixion was a terrible thing and deeply regrettable, but it was pursuant to the law at the time, so it wasn't a crime scene. Nice try. I was thinking of Paul Revere: http://www.earlyamerica.com/image/re.../massacre2.jpg.
Were you a con artist whose particular form of con has immortalized you? - Yes, Ponzi (I didn't even know his first name).
Were you Florida's sole female U.S. senator? - Paula Hawkins.
DQs:
European?
Involved in the creative arts (broadly defined)?
IQs:
Did you play an imaginary comic on a TV show once?
Were you the lead female character in a car-related TV cartoon?
Did you play a lifeguard and a TV show-within-a-show beauty?
Hey even Pilate said he saw no broken law and he washed his hands of the whole thing. :)
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. No, I am not Joe Piscopo (on TNG)
2. No, I am not Penelope Pitstop.
3. Well, the only lifeguard show I can think of is Baywatch, and I think Pamela Anderson was on Home Improvement, so I'm gonna go with her. No, I am not Pamela Anderson. Hard as it is to believe!
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
* Controversial!
1. Nadia Popov from Rentaghost - If you don't want to give a DQ for that I would understand.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yup - Pasteur
3. Paul McGann - the 8th Doctor - although we don't really talk about it.
DQ:
Born before 1920
IQ:
1. Have you also been known as Squiggle
2. Did you present BBC Gardening Time
3. Did you have a friend you called Betty
Jesus's crucifixion was under Roman law, and consistent with (indeed, at the demand of those charged with implementing) Hebraic law. Doesn't make it good or right, but it wasn't a crime.
You're correct as to all three of my previous IQs.
IQs:
Your maiden name was Digby, but you became much more famous under two of your married names. Who are you?
Did you appear in a thinly-veiled cameo in a Ray Bradbury short story set on a beach?
Did you promise, "Have gun, will travel"?
CatInASuit IQs:
1. Erm.. the only thing I think of is, No I am not Prince?
2. STUMPED, darn you for proving my anglophilia only goes so far
3. No, I am not Paul Simon?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Oh, y'know, I only know this one (I think) because I grew up a stone's throw from Manhasset on Long Island, where the Whitney Estate was. No, I am not Pamela Digby / Churchill / Hayward, I mean (I originally duplicated Whitney).
2. STUMPED. I know nothing of Ray Bradbury except maybe two of his short stories (the one with a couple of kids having a playroom that turned into an African veldt or something like that).
3. No, I am not Jack Palance.
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
* Controversial!
On second thought I think Jack Palance is wrong, so that makes two STUMPEDs.
Previous IQs:
Your maiden name was Digby, but you became much more famous under two of your married names. Who are you? - Very good! Pamela Churchill Harriman became a big Democratic donor and later was U.S. ambassador to Paris.
Did you appear in a thinly-veiled cameo in a Ray Bradbury short story set on a beach? - In the story, an artist who is recognizably described like Picasso frustrates a pesky admirer by making a beautiful drawing on the sand of a beach... just as the tide is coming in.
Did you promise, "Have gun, will travel"? - This was the heroic gunslinger character Paladin, not Jack Palance.
DQs:
Born in or east of Vienna?
Died since 1900?
IQs:
Was a performance of yours the stuff of fantasies for many boys in the Eighties?
Were you a petty thief before you became a masseuse?
Are you, more than any other single person, usually credited with inventing TV?
Elendil's Heir's IQs:
1. Erm... well, this could probably be many sexpots. No, I am not Phoebe Cates? Thinking of "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" here.
2. No, I am not Phoebe Buffay?
3. No, I am not Philo T. Farnsworth.
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Not born in or east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
* Controversial!
CRAP!!! My geography sucks. Edited DQs, particular #9:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
* Controversial!
Correct as to all three!
IQs:
Were you a Thirties musician with a two-syllable avian nickname?
Were you a charismatic Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the late Seventies?
Are you probably the most famous living person to have been born on Corfu?
1. Correct - its Prince.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Percy Thrower
3. Yup - Paul Simon
DQ:
1. Known mainly for his involvement in the military?
2. Born before 1600?
IQ:
1. Did you assassinate an Archduke?
2. Did you have a theory about right angled triangles?
3. Did you found abity in russia named after an apostle?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Hmm. The only musician from that era I can think of with an 'avian' nickname is someone I thought was just called "Bird," which is only one syllable. But what the hell, I'll go for it: No, I am not Charlie Parker?
2. STUMPED. My knowledge of the Pirates begins with Roberto Clemente and ends with Barry Bonds.
3. No, I am not Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Finally something in my wheelhouse again!
CIAS IQs:
1. Oh crap, I don't remember his first name. But No, I am not (mumble) Princep. Assuming you're talking about Archduke Ferdinand.
2. Heh. No, I am not Pythagoras.
3. Um... what the heck is "abity"? But since the clue implies St. Petersberg, I'm gonna guess... No, I am not Peter the Great? I'm totally just assuming the tsar was egotistical enough to name the city after himself and just pretended it was after the saint, which... let's face it, why wouldn't you be if you're a tsar?
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
* Controversial!
Previous IQs:
Were you a Thirties musician with a two-syllable avian nickname? - Yes, Charlie "Yardbird" (or "Bird") Parker
Were you a charismatic Pittsburgh Pirates slugger of the late Seventies? - Dave Parker
Are you probably the most famous living person to have been born on Corfu? - Yes, Prince Philip (one "l").
DQ:
Born northeast of Vienna?
IQs:
Were you a royal person noted for your admiration of the modern customs of countries other than your own?
Were you an ancient mathematician noted for your theorem, in use to this day?
Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you?
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. Oookay, I played Anna in The King and I so I know the King of Siam counts here, and I'm almost certain his first name began with a "P." I only know his more common name. No, I am not King Mongkut.
2. No, as I told CatInASuit, I am not bloody Pythagoras! :D
3. No, I am not Precious. (Well, I am, but just to my family.)
DQs:
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
* Controversial!
I wish I'd put more ranks into Knowledge (geography)!
Previous IQs:
Were you a royal person noted for your admiration of the modern customs of countries other than your own? - Mongkut wasn't a "P" as far as I know. This was Peter the Great of Russia.
Were you an ancient mathematician noted for your theorem, in use to this day? - Ooops, right you are.
Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you? - I'll rephrase.
DQ:
Political?
IQs:
You are not an American. Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you?
Did you play a guy who lost his car crossing a river?
Did David Letterman repeatedly mock one of your songs?
BZZZT! I was right, my co-lead in The King and I, King Mongkut, gloried in the name of: Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua No DQ for you! (Also, both Peter the Great and Pythagoras were used by CIAS in his last question! :D)Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. No, I am not "Pi" as in Life of Pi?
2. (River cross guy) STUMPED. I can only think of Steve Carell (in The Office(US)) and Jack Weston (in The Four Seasons).
3. No, I am not... Pavarotti? (Yeah doubtful, I just couldn't think of anyone else.) STUMPED probably!
Previous IQs:
You are not an American. Was a novel, not long ago turned into a movie, named after you? - Yes, the lead from Life of Pi.
Did you play a guy who lost his car crossing a river? - Phil Silvers in It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. A little boy told him he could drive across; turns out he couldn't.
Did David Letterman repeatedly mock one of your songs? - Letterman repeatedly welcomed the audience to the "stu-stu-studio," joking about Phil Collins's "Susudio."
DQs:
Political?
Famous for a single incident or event?
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
14. Had some political dealings.
15. Not famous for a single incident or event.
* Controversial!
Yup, you got all three again.
IQs:
1. Are you one of the Birds of a Feather?
2. Did you play the Marquis de Carabas?
3. Did you have a sidekick called Gordon the Gopher?
Okay, three questions trying to prod my Anglophilia. Unfortunately you've reached my limit on one of 'em.
1. No, I am not Pauline Quirke.
2. You couldn't ask me about Johnson from Peep Show instead? No, I am not Patterson Joseph. :)
3. STUMPED. You Brits have way too many goofy animal children's characters! I do know Noddy and the Bunkey, if that helps restore my cred.
IQs:
Were you, in a Disney movie, the trainer of heroes?
Did you help found Kenyon College?
Were you a top lawyer who had the same last name as a top artilleryman?
Oy, I'm embarrassed that the only one I'm sure of is the Disney question!
1. No, I am not Phil from Hercules
2. So very very STUMPED.
3. Well, I'm going to assume Revolutionary War, for no reason whatsoever because it's more likely the artillary dude was from the Revolutionary War, rather than the Lawyer. Trouble is, I don't know any top artillarymen. What the hell. No, I am not Patrick Henry? (If this turns out to be Phillip Schuyler I'm gonna be really pissed off considering I named my online serial after him.)
Presumably two more DQs!
3. Gordon the Gopher - sidekick to Phillip SchofieldQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Known by only one name?
IQ:
1. Were you a disciple of Socrates?
2. Did your nephew describe your death due to the eruption of Versuvius
Previous IQs:
Were you, in a Disney movie, the trainer of heroes? - Correct, Phil(octetes)
Did you help found Kenyon College? - Philander Chase
Were you a top lawyer who had the same last name as a top artilleryman? - Philander Knox, Grant's Atty. Gen. / Henry Knox, Washington's top cannon guy
DQs:
Italian?
Involved in some way with the Papacy?
IQs:
Are yours the Shoes of the Fisherman?
Did you persecute the same sect you later joined?
Did you have a comedic lisp and an oddly-named friend in a Python movie?
Umm, EH: Italy is west of Vienna. See DQ:9
The heel of the boot of Italy is SE of Vienna.
Hmmm, let's take a look at the Botticelli rules in Wikipedia: "The ideal guesser question is one where the chooser says, "D'oh! I should have gotten that," when the answer is revealed." Neither Philander got a "D'oh" from me! :D Better known here as the Ben Weiss Clause, where you kvetched about BW. But I'll allow your DQs anyway just because I'm cool like that.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Elendil's Heir IQs:
1. I have no idea what the shoes of the fisherman refers to. STUMPED.
2. No, I am not Paul / Saul?
3. No, I am not Pontius Piwate. :)
Most of the "shoe/heel" part of the Italian boot is East.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
14. Had some political dealings
15. Not famous for a single incident or event
16. Not Italian
17. Not involved in some way with the Papacy
* Controversial!
Umm - you missed these #848 :confused:
Probably wrong - but what the hey.
Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit3. Gordon the Gopher - sidekick to Phillip SchofieldQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ:
Known by only one name?
IQ:
1. Were you a disciple of Socrates?
2. Did your nephew describe your death due to the eruption of Versuvius
Oh blimey. I'm sorry, I clicked "last new post" and got Elendil's Heir's batch. Sorry, CatInASuit.
CatInASuit's IQs:
1. No, I am not Phaedo
2. No, I am not Pliny the Elder
(YES! My six years of Latin class finally pay off!)
DQs
1. Real
2. Male
3. Last name does not begin with P*
4. Not living
5. Not American
6. European
7. Broadly defined, yeeessss, I'd say he was involved in the creative arts. With the emphasis on broadly.
8. Born before 1920
9. Born east of Vienna
10. Did not die since 1900
11. Not known mainly for his involvement in the military
12. Born before 1600
13. Not born northeast of Vienna
14. Had some political dealings
15. Not famous for a single incident or event
16. Not Italian
17. Not involved in some way with the Papacy
18. Known by only one name
* Controversial!
Actually. Phaedo is a piece of work by the person I was thinking of: PlatoQuote:
Originally posted by choie
Hmm: will need to think on the next DQ.
Phaedo was one of Socrates' disciples present during his death, and yes, he's the namesake of that book (which is, not surprisingly, about Socky's death). See Phaedo on Wikipedia.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
No DQ, Jeril. :) Back to the IQs.
Ha. Reading it again Phaedro was a friend of Socrates not a disciple.
Ok - I'll reword it.
IQ: Were you a disciple of Socrates, and wrote a treatise named after your friend Phaedro. :p
Yes, I am Plato. :D
Previous IQs:
Are yours the Shoes of the Fisherman? - St. Peter, the first Pope.
Did you persecute the same sect you later joined? - Yes, Paul/Saul.
Did you have a comedic lisp and an oddly-named friend in a Python movie? - Correct. He has a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome....
Way to go, CIAS!
Yeeeaaaahhhhhh!!!!
Ok, here we go with M
IQs:
Were you a clergyman with a fabric first name?
Were you the inspiration for the villain in a Pat Conroy novel?
Did Richard Lugar play a key role in your downfall?
...and here we go again....
Pass on all three. I wonder if I actually know any of them?Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Previous IQs:
Were you a clergyman with a fabric first name? - Cotton Mather
Were you the inspiration for the villain in a Pat Conroy novel? - WWII Gen. Mark Clark, who inspired the superintendent in The Lords of Discipline
Did Richard Lugar play a key role in your downfall? - Filipino strongman Ferdinand Marcos. Sen. Lugar was on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at the time, saw that the 1986 "People Power" revolution was something the U.S. should get behind, and persuaded the Reagan Administration to do so.
DQs:
Male?
Real?
Last name start with M?
IQs:
Are you SECNAV?
Were you tried with Handcock and Witton?
Did you give a very, very brief speech at the end of a long fundraiser?
Never heard of him
Never heard of him or the novel
Married to Imelda - the shoe fanatic.
DQs:
1. is Male
2. Is Real
3. Last name does not start with M
IQs
1. Pass
2. Pass
3. Pass
I may start invoking the Ben Weiss clause if this goes on :p
Read all about 'em!
Previous IQs:
Are you SECNAV? - Ray Mabus is U.S. Secretary of the Navy
Were you tried with Handcock and Witton? - Harry "Breaker" Morant
Did you give a very, very brief speech at the end of a long fundraiser? - Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir was at a long fundraiser that ran very late. She was the featured speaker but simply stood and said, "It's late. We're all tired. Let's go home."
DQs:
American?
Living?
Born since 1950?
IQs:
Did your presence at the Battle of Bladensburg make no difference for your side?
Did you fight and beat The Operative in a movie?
Have you played an astronaut, a fisherman and a rental-car staff person?
Another 2 of 3, I've never heard of. :fail:
1. Pass
2. Mal from Firefly - Woot - got one
3. Long shot: William H Macy
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
You MUST see Breaker Morant - one of my favorite movies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMfPBqDcy9M
Previous IQs:
Did your presence at the Battle of Bladensburg make no difference for your side? - President James Madison. The Americans lost badly, and the British went on to burn the White House.
Did you fight and beat The Operative in a movie? - Yes, Mal in Serenity.
Have you played an astronaut, a fisherman and a rental-car staff person? - Nope - Mark Wahlberg, in Planet of the Apes, The Perfect Storm and Ted.
DQs:
Involved in the creative arts, as broadly defined here?
One DQ reserved.
LOL. U.S. Secretary of the Navy for pete's sake... Cruel!
IQs:
1. Did your father show off your extraordinary artistic talent when you were only six?
2. Did a leader affiliated with a controversial political group once call you "the biggest bastard the world has ever known"?
3. Although you became famous partly while dressing as a woman, has it been said that you are extraordinarily endowed, phallus-wise?
SECNAV: That's par for the course where EH is concerned :pQuote:
Originally posted by choie
1. Hmm, Rough guess on child prodigy: Mozart
2. Someone upsetting political leaders - how about Rupert Murdoch
3. *blinks* - yeah I'm just gonna straight pass on this one.
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts
1. Right on Mozart!
2. LOL, CIAS. Good guess but I thought you'd get this one: Margaret Thatcher. The person who called her that was the leader of Sinn Fein.
3. TV pioneer comic Milton Berle, "Mr. Television," who often dressed in drag on his Texaco Star Theater shows, was rumored to have the "biggest schlong in Hollywood." Phil Silvers allegedly once stood next to Uncle Miltie at a urinal and said, "You'd better feed that thing, or it's liable to turn on you!"
DQs:
1. Are you primarily known as a singer?
2. Born since 1970?
IQs:
1. In a movie that isn't a remake, did you recently play a good role made famous by Billie Burke more than 70 years ago?
2. Are you known for your ubiquity on panel shows?
3. Did one of your most famous roles dream of accusing someone of patricide prior to threatening murder?
Tish tish - SECNAV is common parlance in certain circles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...ry_of_the_Navy
http://www.navy.mil/secnav/
https://twitter.com/SECNAV
IQs:
Did you, as a child, participate in the gala premiere of a major movie in which you did not appear?
Did you write "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"?
Did you write a book about your many pins?
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
EH: You still have a DQ
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IQs:
Choie
1. As I have no idea who Billy Burke is - Pass
2. Paul Merton - although you may need to clarify the question further if you're thinking of someone else.
3. Nope, no idea - Pass
EH:
1. MacCauley Culkin
2. Pass
3. Pass
Plenty of DQs all round.
Previous IQs:
Did you, as a child, participate in the gala premiere of a major movie in which you did not appear? - No, this was Martin Luther King Jr., who sang with the Ebenezer Baptist Church's gospel choir at the (segregated) 1939 Atlanta premiere of Gone with the Wind.
Did you write "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God"? - Martin Luther.
Did you write a book about your many pins? - Former Secretary of State Madeline Albright.
DQs:
Best known for the visual arts (painting, photography, film, theatre, sculpture, etc.)?
Won a major award in your field?
Two DQs reserved.
IQs:
Were you a Canadian PM of Irish ancestry?
Were you a Canadian PM whom a college friend of mine once interviewed?
Were you a beloved TV mom who later came out as a lesbian?
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Not best known for work in the visual arts.
11. Has won a major award in his field
Other than Stephen Harper, I know no other Canadian PMs.
No idea on the TV mom either :fail: Have another 3 DQs
Answers:
1. Michelle Williams played Glinda the Good Witch (my use of "good" role was a clue) in "The Great and Powerful Oz," vs. Billie Burke's Glinda in the 1939 "Wizard of Oz."
2. Ha! You got me there with Paul Merton. I'll ask again.
3. I wouldn't count this as a DQ because technically speaking my clue was accidentally misleading; the word "patricide" was a bad choice. My answer was Mandy Patinkin, and the reference was to his role in "The Princess Bride" as Inigo Montoya. ("Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.")
I'll just take 1 DQ: Are you best known for writing?
New IQs:
1. In addition to appearing on countless panel shows, are you known for playing someone who got engaged against his will and nearly went through with it just for the potential real estate?
2. Have you played the same country head of government three times in three different films?
3. Is your most famous book about a guy who was dying?
Previous IQs:
Were you a Canadian PM of Irish ancestry? - Brian Mulroney
Were you a Canadian PM whom a college friend of mine once interviewed? - Paul Martin (my friend was working on a foreign policy essay on Canadian peacekeeping deployments)
Were you a beloved TV mom who later came out as a lesbian? - Meredith Baxter of Family Ties
Hmmm. Five DQs reserved. Gotta think.
IQs:
Were you a crazy green woman?
Did you eat waaaaaaay more than you should in a comedy movie?
You are a historic bad guy. Does a little fictional kid have your last name as his middle name?
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
IQs:
choie.
1. I'll pass this time round
2. Michael Sheen (Tony Blair)?
3. I'll pass on this one as well?
EH:
1. Margaret Hamilton (WWotW)
2. Pass.
3. Pass.
So 2 DQs each. You have 9 in total, so no more IQs. I've clarified a couple as well to stop them being misleading. I've also changed my mind on (10) as well, its YMMV, so take all 9 DQs.
Time to get asking.
Previous IQs:
Were you a crazy green woman? - I don't think the Wicked Witch was crazy; she was just, y'know, wicked. I was thinking of Marta, the Orion woman in the Federation asylum in ST:TOS "Whom Gods Destroy," but as we've earned all of our DQs, I won't rephrase.
Did you eat waaaaaaay more than you should in a comedy movie? - Mr. Creosote ("Mr." is his first name), who ate, barfed and eventually exploded in a disgusting but very funny (IMHO) scene in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.
You are a historic bad guy. Does a little fictional kid have your last name as his middle name? - Italian dictator Benito Mussolini; Millhouse Mussolini Van Houten is Bart's best friend on The Simpsons.
DQs:
Best known as an actor?
Born east of the Miss. River?
Born north of Mason-Dixon Line?
Four DQs reserved.
Dude! I have to stand up for my RPG not-quite would-be boyfriend. Unless you can give a cite where the Pythons literally say "Mister" is Creosote's first name, that is a total cheat! If you tried that when I was the chooser there'd be hell to pay. :D
The answers to all my perfectly fair questions:
1. David Mitchell, who I believe is contractually obligated to appear on every panel show in the UK, and who's also played Mark Corrigan on Peep Show for eight series. Mark was dating Sophie and was ready to propose to her out of obligation but changed his mind--except she discovered his engagement ring and he went along with it. Her parents' plans to give them her gran's lovely cottage nearly made Mark decide that getting the middle class dream home might be worth marrying someone he disliked.
2. Yes indeed. Adorable Michael Sheen for the Tony Blair trifecta!
3. Mitch Albom, author of Tuesdays with Morrie, a touching best seller about the author's visits with a dying old man.
I'm reserving my DQs for CIAS's answers.
But to summarize: We're talking about an American guy in his late forties to early sixties, whose first, middle or nick name begins with "M," best known for some sort of creative field that may or may not be described as "visual arts" depending on one's POV (originally CIAS said no to this, so it's something iffy here), has won a major award for his work, and who is also considered a writer although that's not his main reason for fame.
Hmmmm. I have a possibility but I'm not sure it's a match.
Ask and ye shall receive. See the first paragraph here: http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0027888/bioQuote:
Originally posted by choie
LOL. I don't count a fanfiction bio as a cite. :D (It's a good try from the user, but obviously not like the Pythons--they're rarely that self-referential and didn't put that much thought into their characters, especially in one-off sketches like Creosote.) Fortunately we don't need it since I think we're above the limit for DQs as it is.
In the style of HIGNFY: :p
Bile and opprobrium to EH for Mr Creosote
Flowers and chocolates to choie for the defence.
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
Hey, IMDB is used by film-lovers as a reliable source of info every day. If either of you have any citation to show that Mr. is NOT the character's first name, I would be delighted to see it. "Bile and opprobrium" indeed. Harrumph.
I still have four DQs. Any thoughts on what to ask next, choie?
Off-topic: The issue is that it is the ONLY source on the matter, something like that should have several references. Besides in the script he is constantly called ' monsieur', by a French Maitre'D. Its an honorific, not his first name. Otherwise several of the other guests are also have a first name of Mr as well. :madsci:Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Well, any male would be addressed as "monsieur" by a French maitre'd in those circumstances. Doesn't matter what his first name is, as it would be unspoken by the maitre'd.
Well, the "born east of the Mississippi" ruined my guess, which was a desperate one anyway. The actor part is probably the best new clue here. So he acts and acts well, in CIAS's opinion, but isn't best known for that, he's a writer of some kind but not best-known for that either, and he's known for something that is sorta-kinda in the visual arts. Who the heck is this Renaissance man?!
What kind of visual arts would anyone be uncertain about, and what type of artist involved in it doesn't include acting, singing or writing? And he's gotta be pretty famous overseas if CIAS knows him.
Hmm. One possibility. Using up one DQ:
DQ: Has he directed films?
(To continue the Creosote Crisis: I have the Meaning of Life script, and he's referred to as "Mr" Creosote when he first arrives by one of the waiters, and later "Monsieur" when addressed. The script only calls him "Mr Creosote." Oh, and for absolute proof this isn't Python territory, there's this: His first name, Mr, was his mothers idea, and his second name "." (silent pronunciation) was his father's given name. A real British writer wouldn't include the full stop (or 'period' as we call it) in the "Mr," since that's not used in UK English. (Same with "Dr" -- the reason being that the last letter of the abbreviation is the same is in the entire word.) Also, having his mother marrying Spiny Norman and giving "Jared" the Subway spokesperson as his son? Dude. That's not Python humor, that's some user trying very hard to be silly and surreal in a Pythonesque manner and failing miserably. Sorry EH, I must remain true to my Python-loving roots.)
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
16. Has not directed any films.
Geeze am I stumped. Back to you, EH: what are your thoughts? Someone who writes and acts but isn't best known for either. I'm thinking maybe a stand-up comedian, but I can't think of any who fit the bill. Maybe a rapper if CIAS took my "singer" question literally? Could even be a sports star who's done movies? He didn't say he was best known for the arts, just that the guy's definitely involved in them.
Hmmm.
DQ:
Noted for athletics?
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
16. Has not directed any films.
17. Not noted for the athletics, the sport, but is athletic.
Can't pin this guy down. Think think think.
Seriously, every clue keeps throwing off my previous guess. Until we got "born east of the Mississippi" I was thinking Matt Groening, then I leaned toward Martin Scorsese until "not a director" popped up. (Scorsese has done some acting and writing.) And now this person is apparently... what, a dancer? Acrobat? Gymnast? Writer of some kind, acting chops, dancer/athelete of some kind... Whoever this multi-hyphenate is, I'd like his number!
I do have one possibility in my head... EDITED TO ADD: Crap, no I don't, the birthdate is post-1970. DANG!
CIAS, do I have any more DQs left? If not can I ask some IQs?
EH currently has three DQs remaining and choie has one DQ remaining.
Yes, this person is multi-talented. :)
Arrgh. I was getting certain it was Mos Def. (Rapper/writer, actor, can certainly dance, born in NY... but in 1973.)
EH, you've got more DQs left. Burn one up for me!
So. This is a living American dude, born in the Northeast, first name starts with M, born between 1950 and 1970, involved in the visual arts, has won a major award, multitalented incl. writing. I can't think of anyone who fits all of those criteria. I suspect I may never have heard of him.
A dancer? A comedian? A TV host? Hmm.
DQs:
Uses or displays his body in his performances?
Best known for work on TV?
Yeah, it's the "YMMV" with the visual arts answer that's messing with my head. Originally he said 'no' to that, then changed his mind. That's why I was thinking of a rapper. Firstly, rappers are writers but not singers, many can dance, and lots of them can act. One might or might not consider rap a visual artform. Tons of rappers out of the Northeast, too.
But, OTOH, how many rappers/hip-hop artists are there that UK-based CIAS would know? I liked Mos Def for all of this specifically 'cause he played Ford Prefect in the Hitchhiker's film, and CIAS's last choice was Ford Prefect. But damn it, the birth year screwed that up. Even Eminem would work except that his real last name does begin with "M" as well as his first, so that blows him out as a prospect too. My next choice was Mike Epps, a comedian/actor, but I'm not seeing the athletic part, plus he was born in 1970 so "Not born since 1970" ruins that.
ARGH. CIAS, you picked a real stumper! Or we're asking particularly bad questions, heh.
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
16. Has not directed any films.
17. Not noted for athletics, the sport, but is athletic.
18. Does use or display his body in his performances.
19. Is best known for his work which has appeared on TV.
The questions are good - getting closer. One DQ each left. :)
Man, I just cannot resolve the dichotomy between his being best known for work on TV, but only "YMMV" re: best known for visual arts. Is it that CIAS doesn't consider TV "visual arts"? Is it that what this guy does is mostly non-visual? He's a writer but that's not what he's famous for, he's an actor but that's not what he's famous for, however he is a "performer" whose body is on display during these TV performances, he's not a sports athlete but is athletic...
I would guess Mike J. Nelson but I can't imagine CIAS knowing who he is, plus he's not an athlete, and I don't know if he won an award for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (I can't imagine that he did, but who knows). I'd guess Mike Myers but he fails re: the last name question. Ditto Michael McKean, plus he is best known as an actor.
Okay. DQ: Is he best known as a comedic performer?
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
16. Has not directed any films.
17. Not noted for athletics, the sport, but is athletic.
18. Does use or display his body in his performances.
19. Is best known for his work which has appeared on TV.
20. Not best known as a comedic performer.
Down to one last EH DQ, before final guesses. :)
I'll yield my last DQ to choie - I can't even think of one to ask myself. Nobody who springs to mind fits all DQ answers given so far. I'm stumped.
Ugh. I'm torn between asking if he's a dancer or a musician or a game show host... What the heck could he be famous for on TV as a performer other than acting? And he's known for his writing but not most famous for it? Could he be a chef? The only one with an "M" first name I can think of is Mario Batali, and the thought of him being "athletic" is... well, no. I guess there's Michael Symons but is he really that famous? And the only dancer I can think of with an "M" first name is Maksim from "Dancing with the Stars," but he's not American.
Is this person known as a host/presenter of a television show?
I've never heard of Batali, but I do know of Symon (no final "s," I think). That could be it.
DQs:
1. Male
2. Real
3. Last name does not start with M
4. American
5. Living
6. Born since 1950
7. Definitely involved in the creative arts.
8. Not known as a singer
9. Not born since 1970
10. Best known for work in the visual arts. *YMMV*
11. Has won a major award in his field
12. Not best known for his writing, but certainly known for it.
13. Not best known as an actor - although he certainly has the skills.
14. Born east of the Mississippi
15. Born north of the Mason Dixon line
16. Has not directed any films.
17. Not noted for athletics, the sport, but is athletic.
18. Does use or display his body in his performances.
19. Is best known for his work which has appeared on TV.
20. Not best known as a comedic performer.
21. This person is not known as a host/presenter of a television show?
Final guesses, if you please. :)
Interesting. The trouble is that I don't think he's ever acted before. He's charismatic, certainly; does that mean he has the skills to be an actor? Hmmmm. Well, we shall see! He's the only person who comes close. Trouble is, he seems like a thirtysomething to me rather than a fortysomething.
Edited to add: Well, damn, cross-posted with CIAS. There goes that guess.
I'll guess it anyway because I've got no one else. Are you celebrity chef Michael Symon?
No I am not Celebrity Chef Michael Symon
But you could've been, maybe. :) EH, you get a last Hail Mary pass, I guess. Got anything?
No, I give up. Tell us who, please, CIAS.
You know - when EH said this, I thought he would get it almost immediately.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
I am Mick Foley, American Wrestler and NYT bestseller author for his autobiographies.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ore_Legend.jpg
Have a Nice Day :)
Wrestling's not a sport? (I admit it's a b.s. sport but...) And to think I've been defending you on the Ben White Clause all this time! FIE ON YOU SIR.
No, it was a good choice, I mean, the guy's an NYT bestseller apparently. I admit I'm not in the U.S. mainstream when it comes to certain aspects of my country's pop culture. If you'd said his name completely out of context, I would have thought he was part of Fleetwood Mac or the dude from Mike and the Mechanics.
Congrats for stumping us and driving me crazy, CIAS! You get to pick again.
No-one asked about sports - I got asked about atheltics. One does not equal the other.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
Ah yes but you were the one who specified sports! That's the funny thing! You said "Not noted for athletics, the sport, but is athletic." If you'd just said "Noted for athletics" that would have been both ambiguous and true. But ruling out "sport" regarding wrestling seems, well, not entirely straightforward.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
(In my "Yes Minister" diaries book, "not entirely straightforward" is defined as Civil Service code for "completely criminal." :D)
But it's probably up to interpretation. It is all an act, really, so one might not consider it a sport after all.
Athletics = sports to me.
Never heard of the guy.
:: shrug ::
Apologies for the confusion about athletics, I thought you were talking about the individual activity, not sport in general.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Also go and look him up, he's a hell of a character.
I'll start a new one shortly.
Ok, here we go again. I certainly think you will have heard of this person.
The letter is G
IQs:
Before 1960, did your wife call you "Old Man"?
Did you make your money in the dry-cleaning business?
Were you a trusted counselor to a young spy?
And here we go again...
1. Have you told us about a place with strong women, good-looking men, and average children?
2. Are you a member of a party that could (and totally should, IMHO) have Aretha Franklin singing its theme tune?
3. Is one of your most famous songs used constantly at sports events and also parodied as a fan song for a 50-year-old TV show? Oh, and has your career ended with a staggering downfall due to a seemingly never-ending litany of scandals?
And here we go again indeed....
1. Alf Garnett?Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. Pass
3. Pass
1. Nope pass.Quote:
Originally posted by choie
2. George Galloway
3. Umm George Harrison?
Previous IQs:
Before 1960, did your wife call you "Old Man"? - George Washington
Did you make your money in the dry-cleaning business? - George Jefferson, on All in the Family and The Jeffersons
Were you a trusted counselor to a young spy? - Ol' Golly, in the kids' book Harriet the Spy
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with G?
IQs:
Did you joke that you knew two tunes - one was "Yankee Doodle" and the other wasn't?
Was your husband a failure at everything he tried before 1861?
Did Cherie Lunghi play you in a one-word-name movie?
Answers:
1. Radio personality/storyteller Garrison Keillor tells us about Lake Wobegon, "where the women are strong, the men are good-looking, and the children are average."
2. Yes, of course this one is George Galloway of the Respect Party. :)
3. DUDE. Yeah, "Somewhere" is always used at Football games and we know how scandal-ridden Harrison was. :) No, it's Gary Glitter, whose "Rock and Roll Part 2" (the "Hey" song) is used at every other sports event, and was also used as the basis of the Doctor Who fan song, "Doctorin' the Tardis". And of course his career went splat after he was found to collect child porn and has been convicted of child sex abuse, etc.
New IQs:
1. Did you introduce prune juice to someone one wouldn't expect to enjoy it?
2. Were you gray before you were white?
3. Were you stone cold before you became human?
DQs:
1. Are you alive?
2. Are you from what is currently considered a European country?
Busy, busy - apologies for lateness
DQs:
1. Is real
2. Is male
3. Last name starts with a G
4. Is alive
5. Is not from a European country
I'll come back and answer the IQs tomorrow
1. Pass - Nope, don't recognise the referenceQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. I wonder if this should be someone like the wife of a soldier - but no Stumped.
3. Drat - I should probably know this one, but cannot think of any Cherie Lunghi films. TV series perhaps, but not films - Stumped.
Take 3 DQs.
We try to forget Gary Glitter existed in the UK, let alone use his song at football *soccer* games :(Quote:
Originally posted by choie
1. Erm. I wonder if Grandpa Simpson did this in any of the Simpson episodes?
2. Gandalf the grey to Gandalf the White
3. Galatea -the statue bought to life
Take a DQ.
Previous IQs:
Did you joke that you knew two tunes - one was "Yankee Doodle" and the other wasn't? - Ulysses S. Grant; he was tone-deaf.
Was your husband a failure at everything he tried before 1861? - His wife, Julia Grant.
Did Cherie Lunghi play you in a one-word-name movie? - Guinevere in a favorite movie of my youth, Excalibur (she was beautiful, too!).
DQs:
American?
Best known for the creative arts (broadly defined)?
Born since 1960?
IQs:
Did you practically invent the fantasy RPG?
Did you say you hated spunk?
Have you talked about Lake Wobegone, Minn. for years now?
Erm, EH? I think you need to read the questions/answers I'm asking. See #916 and #919.
CIAS, the only one you missed (and for shame!) was Guinan, from ST:TNG, who introduced Worf to prune juice, or as he called it: "A warrior's drink!"
My sole DQ: Involved in politics?
IQs:
1. Did you write an autobiography that implied rather boldly that nothing in it was true (although it was)?
2. Was the film adaptation of one of your stories highly memorable for a) the first revealing shot of its mysterious main character and b) zither music?
3. With four Tony awards for musical theater on your own shelf, were you married to a man who won two Tonys, an Emmy and an Oscar for directing/choreographing musicals all in the same year?
Sorry. The Lake Wobegone question is withdrawn. Thus:
IQs:
Did you practically invent the fantasy RPG?
Did you say you hated spunk?
Did your dad have a hard time on the Farragut?
DQs:
1. Is real
2. Is male
3. Last name starts with a G
4. Is alive
5. Is not from a European country
6. Is American
7. Is not best known for the creative arts (broadly defined)
8. Not born since 1960
9. Is not involved in politics
choie - I think I missed that episode...Quote:
Originally posted by choie
1. No idea on the autobiography.
2. Sounds like the Princess Pride, perhaps, so William Golderstein?
3. I'm not great on musicals, so I'll have to pass on that one.
So, that's 2 or 3 DQs there.
1. Gary Gygax - I really should know that oneQuote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. English or American, I'll pass either way.
3. Don't know the Farragut - so Pass.
2 DQs to you good sir.
The prune juice scene - Dorn's expression and line reading are awesome. This is from Yesterday's Enterprise from Season 3, one of the best episodes ever, so if you haven't seen it, get thee to Netflix (or Love films or whatever the equivalent is over yonder).
My answers:
1. Did you write an autobiography that implied rather boldly that nothing in it was true (although it was)? - Graham Chapman, who wrote A Liar's Autobiography.
2. Was the film adaptation of one of your stories highly memorable for a) the first revealing shot of its mysterious main character and b) zither music? - Erm... was The Princess Bride really known for zither music? The correct answer is Graham Greene and the film is The Third Man. And I should say that the film actually came first, the story second. So if you want you can ding me a DQ. Anyway, the great moment is when Joseph Cotton (Martins) sees a man he's assumed was dead for the first part of the movie. Orson Welles's face is brilliant. If they remade this, Kevin Spacey would be a perfect Lime.
3. With four Tony awards for musical theater on your own shelf, were you married to a man who won two Tonys, an Emmy and an Oscar for directing/choreographing musicals all in the same year? - This would be the effervescent dancer/actress/singer Gwen Verdon, of Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity, Chicago and umpteen more, who was married to Bob Fosse. Whom I assume you've heard of.
I'll let you decide if my goof on the adaptation thing merits the loss of a DQ. In the meantime, my two other DQs are:
1. Are you known for being a sports figure?
2. Born since 1950?
IQs:
1. Do you claim to be a tailor but shouldn't really be trusted with anything sharper than a pin (and probably not even that)?
2. Did you hold the highest office in the land more times, not successively, than anyone else?
3. Were you the first person to orbit the Earth?
Previous IQs:
Did you practically invent the fantasy RPG? - Yes, Gary Gygax.
Did you say you hated spunk? - Lou Grant, in an episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Did your dad have a hard time on the Farragut? - Ens. Garrovick, in the ST:TOS episode "Obsession." His dad had commanded the Farragut and a young officer named James T. Kirk.
DQs:
Scientist/inventor?
Born east of the Miss. River?
IQs:
Were you one of George Washington's favorite generals?
Did you end up in a coffee shop on your flop of a wedding day?
Were you a native of Cadiz, Spain who went on to greater fame in another country?
DQs:
1. Is real
2. Is male
3. Last name starts with a G
4. Is alive
5. Is not from a European country
6. Is American
7. Is not best known for the creative arts (broadly defined)
8. Not born since 1960
9. Is not involved in politics
10. Not known for being a sports figure.
11. Born since 1950.
12. Is a Scientist, not an inventor.
13. Not born east of the Miss. River.
Take the extra DQ: I hadn't a clue anywayQuote:
Originally posted by choie
1. Nope stumped.
2. William Gladstone
3. Yuri Gagarin
1. No idea.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
2. This sounds like a 'Friends' question, but no, I'm stumped
3. Guido Fawkes?
So a couple of DQs to choie and a couple to EH.
Previous IQs:
Were you one of George Washington's favorite generals? - Nathanael Greene.
Did you end up in a coffee shop on your flop of a wedding day? - Rachel Green, yes, in the Friends series premiere.
Were you a native of Cadiz, Spain who went on to greater fame in another country? - George Meade, victor at the Battle of Gettysburg.
DQs:
Also known as a businessman?
Best known for computer science?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you and your wife set up a very generous foundation named after you both?
Did you hold a still-unique rank in the U.S. military?
Are you a comic with a feline nickname?
DQs:
1. Is real
2. Is male
3. Last name starts with a G
4. Is alive
5. Is not from a European country
6. Is American
7. Is not best known for the creative arts (broadly defined)
8. Not born since 1960
9. Is not involved in politics
10. Not known for being a sports figure.
11. Born since 1950.
12. Is a Scientist, not an inventor.
13. Not born east of the Miss. River.
14. Known as a businessman
15. Best known for computer science.
You certainly did set up a foundation. I am Bill Gates.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
Congrats EH.
Sweet! Thanks, CIAS. That was fun.
Other previous IQs:
Did you hold a still-unique rank in the U.S. military? - George Dewey, naval hero of the Spanish-American War, is still the one-and-only "Admiral of the Navy."
Are you a comic with a feline nickname? - Bobcat Goldthwaite.
Lemme think of our next person....
Our letters so far, from oldest to most recent: EDBM JHBH CMNW LABW RPSP MG.
Our next letter:
K.
Here we go!
IQs:
1. Are you a tremendously well-regarded leader in the music world and, oh yeah, a Nazi (though in fairness, you did marry a partially Jewish spouse)?
2. Did you use footwear in an unorthodox way when trying to make an angry protest in front of an august body?
3. Are you a revolutionary who was a favorite of a dictator, and after your somewhat inevitable assassination, a dance company (among many other entities) was named in your honor?
Not Klemperer, Khruschev or Kirov.
1. Would you have just loved it if you could beat them in a famous TV meltdown?
2. Did you play a character who thought the London underground was a subversive movement?
3. Do you have a nephew called Robin who looks like you only smaller?
OMG I love all these questions. Don't be afraid to pull the Ben Weiss clause on him, CIAS. Fight back against all those ancient U.S. Civil War sub-noteworthy generals he gave us as questions by giving him obscure Parliamentary backbenchers, Wolverhampton Wanders players, and minor Thunderbirds characters.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Just saw this.
BZZZT on Klemperer! Good heavens, he was Jewish and escaped the Nazi regime! The correct answer was Herbert von Karajan.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
DQ time, baby.
1. Real?
Dunno the first or third. As to the second, I'm not Kevin Kline, who played the hilariously, violently stoopid Otto in A Fish Called Wanda. Two DQs.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
K.
1. real
IQs:
1. Are you the brother-in-law of a young woman who thinks she knows way more about love and human nature than she actually does?
2. Did you once nearly win a beautiful lounge suite but just didn't know enough about football to win the prize? (Okay, a fictional version of you?)
3. Did you meet the same grisly fate as your cousin, and in exactly the same way, and due to the same accusation--although in your case, it was true?
1. Kevin Keegan
3. Kermit the Frog
DQs:
1. Male?
2. Alive?
IQs:
1. Are you a former Newcastle Utd and Northern Ireland football player who was declared bankrupt due to gambling?
2. Are you considered Australia's greatest all round cricketer?
3. Did you wind up playing someone who was found under a pier in a straight jacket?
Not... Mr. Knightley?Quote:
Originally posted by choie
I think this is a Python reference, but dunno.
Intriguing, but dunno.
Dunno any of these. Three DQs.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
Heh, CIAS is taking my advice I see.
Answers to IQs:
1. Yes indeed, the lovely, charming but sometimes curmudgeonly Mr. Knightly, from Emma.
2. Right on Monty Python. The answer we were looking for was Karl Marx.
3. Katherine (or Kathryn, or Catherine) Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII whom he called his "Rose without a Thorn." Like her cousin Anne Boleyn, she was beheaded due to treasonous wanton behavior--except Anne's charges were likely lies cobbled together by people who knew Henry wanted a new wife who'd give him a son, whereas KH was a young foolish girl who had flirted and probably slept with at least two others before she was married (both of whom were executed even though they'd had the affair not knowing their lover was going to be queen) and likely continued the flirtations after marriage.
DQs:
1. Born after 1960?
2. European as we now consider it?
New IQs:
1. Did you recently play a famous Jane Austen lead in the style of one of the Bronte sisters thanks to your idiot director who apparently thought the Regency occured in the mid-1850s, that a middle-class British family would actually have a pig running through its house, and that a properly-bred young woman would ever meet a gentleman in the dawn, alone, and clad only in a nightgown?
2. Are you married to the subject of one of the most popular memes on the Internet (though I believe it predated the web, could be wrong here)?
3. Did you once find yourself in the awkward position of giving birth to a baby not your own?
Not the lissome Keira Knightley as Miss Bennet (although I don't recall the movie quite like that); dunno the second; not Kira Nerys.
You should've guessed I was going for a "Kira" trifecta: the second is Kyra Sedgewick, who is married to Kevin Bacon (as in the "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" game).
And yeah, that Pride and Prejudice was crazily inappropriate for the period and style. It was Emily Bronte's Pride and Prejudice, not Jane Austen's. Knightly did the best she could, as did MacFeyden (sp?), but the direction was atrocious. 1995's miniseries version was waaay better, and Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth a much truer Elizabeth/Darcy thanks in large part to better scripting and directing, and of course having more time to elaborate on their characterizations in a six-part miniseries vs. a 2-hour movie.
Uh, anyway. I'll reserve my 1 DQ and other IQs for now, waiting on the answers to my and CIAS's DQs when he gets to 'em.
We will have to agree to disagree. I prefer the Knightley version of P&P, although not by a huge margin, to the BBC miniseries. Better cinematography, much better soundtrack (Oscar-nominated!), a better Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and although Ehle is no orc, Knightley is simply luminous in that role.
Heh, someone's got it bad. "EH and Keira, sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..." How many times have you read the book? 'Cause those who are nuts about P&P (who read it before they all started falling in love with droopy Darcy from the later film) tend to prefer the earlier version, which may not have as pretty pictures, music or actors but at least focuses its attention on the actual storylines and supporting characters that matter (such as Jane and Bingley, Wickham and Lydia, Charlotte Lucas, Collins...), retains the appropriate time period, omits crazy things like nightgown-clad single girls dashing out to meet men in fields unescorted, and doesn't turn Mr. Darcy into an emo whiner. Though I should say that I think the cinematography was very appropriate for the story; Austen is mainly about candlelit drawing rooms and conversation, not sunlit fields at dawn. 1995 devotes its money shot to the glory that is Pemberley as well it should (and one silly bit with Colin Firth's bath, but even that's more appropriate than Eliza's sunrise walk in her nightie).
Of course Knightley is pretty, but that doesn't make her Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet, whose chief trait is not supposed to be luminosity or even great beauty (except for "fine eyes") but intelligence. Macfayden is pretty too, but that soppy sap he was given to play is no Darcy either. Feh. And the very idea that Donald freakin' Sutherland is better than Benjamin Whitelaw as Mr. Bennet! Mr. Bennet barely even exists in the film, whereas Mr. B. in the miniseries is his arch, somewhat callous self whose somewhat poignant realization that he's just as guilty as his wife for his young daughters' flightiness is all too brief--as he acknowledges himself.
Yeah, so I'm as passionate about my Austen as you are about your Keira!
Anyway, understanding that a gallant knight must defend his lady fair, when you get a chance to step down off your charger, couldja maybe answer the DQs on the table? :)
Sorry, I overlooked those DQs.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
You're right choie - sometimes it is fun to pick obscure people EH is likely never to have heard of :p
1. Keith GillespieQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Keith Miller
3. Patsy Kensit (in Lethal Weapon 2)
DQs:
1. American
2. Mainly involved in Military/Politics
3. Mainly involved in the performing arts
IQs
1. Are you a south african born batsman playing for England who used to have a skunk hairstyle?
2. Were you a wrestling presenter and interviewer for the WWE?
3. Were you a Blue Peter presenter who died of breast cancer?
Dunno any of those three IQs.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
6. American
7. mainly but not entirely involved in military/politics
8. not mainly involved in the performing arts
Now that's an interesting combo.
IQs:
1. Are you best known not for your life, but for doing nothing for the ten years prior to your death?
2. Are you involved in--nay, integral to--the same debate that was inspired by the above person's unfortunate situation?
3. Were you an actress married to a well-known playwright, yet you were best known for being both an advocate for the arts and a deft identifier of liars on TV?
Delayed DQ from earlier:
Is "K" the first letter of your last name?
Dunno any of those three, either.
K.
1. real
2. female
3. alive
4. born before 1960
5. not European
6. American
7. mainly but not entirely involved in military/politics
8. not mainly involved in the performing arts
9. last name starts with K
1. Karen Ann Quinlan, a young woman who fell into a persistant vegetative state in 1975 and, after being on a ventilator for a while, was taken off after a lengthy court case that was a cornerstone of the right-to-die movement. But after her removal from the ventilator, to the surprise of everyone, she ended up breathing on her own. She died ten years later of pneumonia. (Boy, do I remember being creeped out by the various updates on her health on the news as a kid growing up in the '70s and '80s.)
2. Jack Kervorkian, "Dr. Death," whom of course some consider a murderer, others a powerful advocate for the right to die.
3. Kitty Carlisle Hart, wife/widow of Moss Hart (of "You Can't Take It With You" fame, among many others), and who was a major figure in arts philanthropy as well as being a regular panelist on the long-running game show "To Tell the Truth."
New IQs:
Hm. Am I allowed to guess during a DQ or is it only during the IQs that I can guess?
1. Are you the last living child of the president who was assassinated fifty years ago yesterday (or today, depending on one's current time zone)?
2. Did you once receive a famously scathing review saying that as an actor, your emotions ran the gamut from A to B?
3. Are you (allegedly) the mastermind behind numerous acts of violence against the U.S.?
DQs:
1. Are you an ambassador?
2. Are you married?
3. Are you a philanthropist?
You nailed it - well done! I am indeed the new U.S. ambassador to Japan,
Caroline Kennedy.
Yay! I thought it was her with my previous post but wanted to double-check with the last name thing. The Kennedys were on most everyone's mind, I suspect. (At least here in the U.S.)
All righty, my turn! Since we've done my first initial I'll follow it with my second. Your letter is:
L
Wow - excellent guess choie.
Answers from my last lot.
IQs
1. Are you a south african born batsman playing for England who used to have a skunk hairstyle? - Kevin Pietersen
2. Were you a wrestling presenter and interviewer for the WWE? - Kevin Kelley
3. Were you a Blue Peter presenter who died of breast cancer? - Caron Keating
IQs:
1. Do you sing about video games and summertime sadness?
2. Did you play Tank Girl?
3. Were you the original Universal wolf man?
Thanks CIAS! Like I said, it's mainly because of the anniversary of JFK's death that very day; I've been ODing on documentaries and so on, so he and his family were on my mind. Plus, I've always been fascinated by Caroline; she seems so normal and healthy considering the unbelievable number of tragedies in her family.
Forgot to mention my last two answers, not that they matter, but: Katharine Hepburn was the recipient of Dorothy Parker's notorious slam, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the accused mastermind in G-Bay.
Now for CIAS's IQ answers:
1. STUMPED. Wow, if I could I'd answer my favorite singer, Jonathan Coulton, who'd totally fit this. (He wrote two great songs for the Portal games, and has a bittersweet song called "Summer's Over" too.) Otherwise I'm thinking it's someone who did a remake of "Ain't no cure for the summertime blues" by Eddie Cochran, but no clue. Bet I'm going to look stupid on this one.
2. No, I am not Lori Petty. Geeze, where has she been lately? Really good actress.
3. Erm, no I am not Lon Cheney Jr.? Only because he did all those old monster films... but actually I don't remember him being wolfy.
At least one and possibly two DQs for you, CIAS. Also I'd like to mention that one of your questions includes an interesting clue to the actual answer, so wow, that's a funny coincidence.
1. Lana Del Ray - names of her last two hits over hereQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Yup, Lori Petty - and that film is better than most people think.
3. Yup, it was Lon Chaney Jr.
DQ:
1. Real
IQ:
1. Did Kitty Fisher find something of yours?
2. Have you been portrayed by Rhona Mitra and Angelina Jolie?
3. Did you tell Dustin Hoffman to "just act"?
Lori Petty is very good in A League of Their Own, too.
IQs:
Did your husband bother you by hanging around without shoes "so that my feet can breathe"?
Did you joke that your wife's family considered itself just a little better than the Almighty?
Did your father's killer's brother save your life?
CIAS's IQs:
1. No, I am not Lucy Locket. An answer I know solely 'cause I played Lucy Brown in Threepenny Opera, who's based on Lucy Locket in The Beggar's Opera, and I learned the poem then.
2. No, I am not Lara Croft? I don't know who Rhona Mitra is, but the only "L" role I can think of with Jolie is Lara.
3. Heh. No, I am not Sir Lawrence Olivier.
Definitely! I think that's the only movie I've seen her in. Very good film and she's wonderful in it.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
EH IQs:
1. STUMPED, but for some reason I get a Victorian vibe out of this obnoxious husband.
2. STUMPED, ditto.
3. STUMPED and this is totally a GOT reference, isn't it? Probably somebody Lannister then.
Three DQs, damn your eyes.
DQs:
1. Not real.
Previous IQs:
Did your husband bother you by hanging around without shoes "so that my feet can breathe"? - Mary Todd Lincoln
Did you joke that your wife's family considered itself just a little better than the Almighty? - Abraham Lincoln, who said, "One 'd' is enough for God, but the Todds must have two."
Did your father's killer's brother save your life? - Robert Todd Lincoln was riding on a train a few years before his father's death. He slipped on the platform and would have fallen under the wheels, but Edwin Booth, the brother of John Wilkes Booth, also an actor, grabbed his hand and saved him.
DQs:
American?
male?
would be alive today, if real?
IQs:
Did you give your name to an alliteratively-named scientific facility?
Did you inspire a Texas judge and an English author?
Were you the hero of Little Round Top?
Oh blimey! Well, I had the right era but wrong side of the pond. Kind of funny that I mistook the bizarre coincidence of Robert Todd Lincoln/Edwin Booth for a GoT reference, LOL!
EH IQ:
1. Oh, I don't know... No, I'm not Lex Luthor? Guy must've had some research institute on Earth 4732944758933435567, right?
2. No, alas, I am not the Jersey Lily herself, Lillie Langtry. See one of the earlier rounds for my knowledge of Roy Bean due to my ridiculous fangirlism of Ms. Langtry. Actually, I hesitate, since I'm not sure of which English author you might mean; I know she inspired Oscar Wilde (Irish) among other poets, but can't think of a specific guy. Still, I'm sure someone was inspired by her!
3. Crapples. I know this one is at Gettsyburg, I was just watching the Ken Burns Civil War last week! Someone Chamberlain. Luther? Lawrence? Leland? It's probably something ridiculous like Lamont or Langford but I'll try Lawrence.
Ugh, two more DQs.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
Rhona Mitra was the original person to play Lara Croft.
Congrats on getting them all.
IQs:
1. Are you a pundit on Match of the Day?
2. Did you sing about waterfalls with TLC?
3. Did you spend 3 million years in stasis onboard a mining ship?
Previous IQs:
Did you give your name to an alliteratively-named scientific facility? - Dr. Lawrence, whose name graces the Lawrence Livermore lab in Livermore, Calif.
Did you inspire a Texas judge and an English author? - Yes, the Jersey Lily. The English author was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who loosely based Irene "The Woman" Adler on her.
Were you the hero of Little Round Top? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. His middle name is always given, so I think it's fair play.
DQs:
Last name starts with L?
European?
IQs:
Has the tourism board of Providence, R.I. been promoting your connection to their city lately?
Did one of your characters use "Antwerp" as a hypnotic trigger word?
Were you Jackie Kennedy's social secretary?
Sorry for the delay, gentlemen!
CIAS IQs:
1. STUMPED. Which would be more appropriate if the Match of the Day were cricket rather than football.
2. No, I am not Lisa "Left Eye" Lopez. Great song.
3. No, I am not Dave Lister! Ah, a fellow Dwarfer.
1 DQ to the fellow dressed like Victor Laszlo.
EH, I'm gonna claim I was correct (if only accidentally) re: the Chamberlain question. Judge's ruling please? Impartial Mr. CIAS, will you serve? In the meantime I'll answer your first DQ.
BTW I had no idea Irene Adler was somewhat based on Lillie! OMG, how could I not know this? A fan of both and utterly ignorant.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not the tentacle-fetisher H.G. Lovecraft. (It's gotta be him, right? Even if I didn't hear about this on NPR, I'd guess it from your appreciation of the guy.)
2. STUMPED. It sounds like a spy novel, so I'm tempted to guess Robert Ludlum, but you've never evinced much interest in spy novels so it's probably sci-fi.
3. No, I am not etiquette doyenne Leticia Baldridge.
At least 1 DQ to Mr. Heir.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5.Last name starts with L
Previous IQs:
Has the tourism board of Providence, R.I. been promoting your connection to their city lately? - Correct as to Lovecraft.
Did one of your characters use "Antwerp" as a hypnotic trigger word? - The bad guy in the Ursula K. LeGuin novel The Lathe of Heaven.
Were you Jackie Kennedy's social secretary? - Correct as to Baldridge (distantly related to a high school friend of mine).
I'll give you the Chamberlain guess - close enough.
IQs:
Did you once date Sheryl Crow?
Did Woody Harrelson play you in a courtroom drama?
Did Ned Beatty once play your aide?
Oh cool, I've always been meaning to read Le Guin.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Lance Armstrong.
2. No, I am not Larry... oh crap, the Hustler guy... FLYNT. Or Flint.
3. No, I am not Lex Luthor? Or were you looking for an actor?
Yay, silly modern (but not too modern) trivia--that's in my wheelhouse!
Yes, correct as to all three.
IQs:
Did a member of the People's Front of Judea want to be called by this name?
Was Gareth your lover?
Did your character beg to be kissed by Frank's very warm mouth?
1. Mark LawrensonQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQ: Appeared first in a novel?
IQs:
1. Are you a fearsome Australian Fast Bowler with a big moustache
2. Are you an English opera singer?
3. Did you talk about soft creamery butter for an advert?
Hi guys! EH, hope you had a great Thanksgiving. CIAS, I hope you... just had a great couple of days. :)
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Loretta (always wondered if this was a sorta reference to "Get Back.")
2. No, I am not Lynette. (Or is it Linette? The chick from the Arthurian stories, right?)
3. STUMPED but I'm certainly intrigued by the very warm mouth reference.
CIAS IQs:
1. STUMPED and now you're getting me worried. I'm the one who gives you good clues, remember! :) Although your question reminds me of the line exchange in Yes Minister between Hacker and Bernard: "You're very bold, Bernard." "Better for me to be bold than for you to be stumped, Minister.")
2. No, I am not Lynn Dawson. (Now you're speaking my language! Though honestly I don't know if she's actually English... )
3. Hmm. Isn't this a plot point from Kate and Leopold? A movie I only watched because of the time travel premise as research for my Victorian time travel novel, I assure you. Well, and Hugh Jackman. Anyway, I think it is. No, I am not Leopold from Kate and Leopold.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
1. This was a straight up bonzer question: Dennis LilleeQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Correct for the other two.
DQ: Has appeared in other forms of media other than novels
IQs:
1. Did you write about the seven pillars of wisdom?
2. Are you normally dressed in green when rescuing a princess from the next castle
3. Did you write about first contact with the Moties?
IQs:
1. Who is... no, wait, sorry, that's Jeopardy. No, I am not T.E. Lawrence (A fact I know solely because my favorite detective Nero Wolfe used to read The Seven Pillars of Wisdom often)
2. Heh. No, I am not Link. And this too I only know 'cause one of my book editing clients is freakin' obsessed with the Zelda games and in order to make sure she wasn't copying from them, I had to read up on the game. (And yes, she was, um, influenced by the series, along with Tolkien, Rowling, and Lewis. In fairness to her, she wrote her books ten years ago when she was 16. Still, the "homages" were obvious and I had to ensure she got rid of them.)
3. Ummm. Total stab here: No, I am not C.S. Lewis? I might just have him on the brain because of the above answer. Is this a reference to his space trilogy? I read those so long ago I don't remember what the aliens were called. OTOH the name makes me think of the book The Mote in God's Eye but that's by Jerry Pornelle, right? Anyway "Moties" seems goofy as a name for an alien race in a book with "Mote" in the title.
DQ:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
1. Correct Lawrence of ArabiaQuote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Oh close, but the answer I was looking for was Luigi - Up to you if you want to give a DQ or not, because its possible either way I guess.
3. Right book - wrong author. Jerry Pornelle co-wrote it with Larry Niven
I'll ponder the DQs for now.
Oh, that's funny! IIRC in cases like this, where I'm able to give an answer that fits your question, but isn't the one you're looking for, is that you mark it as a correct guess and then re-ask the question more specifically. EH, that's right, isn't it? Anyway, so no DQ for you, I don't think. :)Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Larry Niven! DUH, of course!! My official guess was Lewis anyway so I was wrong even though "Moties" did make me remember the other book. I'm gobsmacked that the aliens are really called "Moties." Is this a comic novel? It's like if aliens in Dune were called "Dunies."Quote:
Right book - wrong author. Jerry Pornelle co-wrote it with Larry Niven
I shall wait on your DQ good sir.
The Mote in God's Eye really is a very good sf book on first contact (some jokes in there, but not a comic novel by any means). Don't let the somewhat odd alien name deter you. Y'know, I don't think we're ever even told what their real name is.
Correct. If your answer fits the IQ, even if it's not who the person asking had in mind, the asker can rephrase, or let it drop and not try to earn a DQ with a revised IQ.Quote:
Originally posted by choieOh, that's funny! IIRC in cases like this, where I'm able to give an answer that fits your question, but isn't the one you're looking for, is that you mark it as a correct guess and then re-ask the question more specifically. EH, that's right, isn't it? Anyway, so no DQ for you, I don't think. :)....Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
Previous IQs:
Did a member of the People's Front of Judea want to be called by this name? - Yes, Loretta in Life of Brian.
Was Gareth your lover? - Yes, Lynette (Lynesse in some tellings of the tale).
Did your character beg to be kissed by Frank's very warm mouth? - Loretta Swit played Maj. Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, RN, on the TV show M*A*S*H.
DQ:
Novel published since 1950?
IQs:
Did you star in a movie you have prevented from ever being publicly released?
Were you the quintessential bad guy, such that your name became a byword for cruelty?
Were you and your men the subjects of a sublime epitaph?
IQs:
1. Are you the emo protagonist of a Final Fantasy game?
2. Were you the origin of Nightmare Moon?
3. Did you play both an android and its owner?
I cannot believe I missed a M*A*S*H question! How embarrassing. Hopefully it was from one of the early seasons? I prefer the post-Blake era, I admit.
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Jerry Lewis. I've never fully understood why he'd push for that film to be made only to shelve it. Unless it was as terrible as it sounds, which is probaby likely. (But if he had enough objectivity to know it sucked, shouldn't he have been able to figure it out in the first place?)
2. No, I am not Simon Legree? (I was gonna go with Marquis de Sade but I don't know what his real name was.)
3. Oh dear, this is a military question probably. No I am not... Lafayette? (Total stab in the dark.) Likely STUMPED.
CIAS IQs:
1. Erm... gosh, i thought the entirety of FF was mostly emo. But I remember some controversy around Squall, so I'll go with him. No, I am not Squall Lionhart?
2. STUMPED. Is Nightmare Moon the evil version of the children's book "Goodnight Moon"? No seriously I have no clue what this is.
3. STUMPED again. I can only think of Brent Spiner!
You're racking up those DQs, mister!
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
Previous IQs:
Did you star in a movie you have prevented from ever being publicly released? - Yes, Jerry Lewis, in this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Day_the_Clown_Cried
Were you the quintessential bad guy, such that your name became a byword for cruelty? - Yes, Simon Legree, from Uncle Tom's Cabin
Were you and your men the subjects of a sublime epitaph? - Leonidas of Sparta, at Thermopylae. The best translation of their epitaph, I believe, reads:
Tell them in Sparta, passerby,
that here, obedient to their laws, we lie.
DQ:
European character?
IQs:
Were you the first head of the British National Theatre?
Did Michael Caine play you in a 1988 film?
Did you write the children's classic Ben and Me?
IQs
1. I'm going to guess the answer is again Lawrence Olivier, although he seems pretty late--surely there was a British National Theatre before the 20th century, no? Well, I'll guess anyway. No, I am (still) not Sir Lawrence Olivier. (The "still" is 'cause he was already an answer re: telling Dustin Hoffman "have you ever tried acting?" vs. the Method.)
2. Oh gosh, a Michael Caine role? The guy's been in everything, I'll never figure that one out! STUMPED.
3. Awww I loved that! No, I am not Robert Lawson.
DQs
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
1. Correct on Squall Leonheart being a whiny emo, wrong on all FF games being emo.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
2. Nightmare Moon aka Princess Luna from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
3. Lance Henrikssen as Bishop and appearing right at the end of Alien 3 in a more human form.
DQs:
1. Appeared in a Science-Fiction novel?
2. British?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
1. Did your affair help bring down a kingdom and you ended your life as a penitent?
2. Did you have a mentor called Jaga and a magic sword?
3. Did you have a wolf, a serpent and a female amongst your children
Previous IQs:
Were you the first head of the British National Theatre? - Yes, Sir Laurence (sp) Olivier.
Did Michael Caine play you in a 1988 film? - Lawrence Jamieson, a suave con artist in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, one of my favorite comedies.
Did you write the children's classic Ben and Me? - Yes, Robert Lawson. If you liked that book, check out Paul Revere's Horse and Captain Kidd's Cat, which are even better IMHO.
One DQ reserved, awaiting answers to CIAS's DQs.
IQs:
Did Truman Capote play you in his final screen appearance?
Were you an actor from a famous family of actors?
Did you appear with unusually long sideburns in a recent film marking the National Theatre's 50th anniversary?
CIAS IQs:
1. Um... no, I am not Sir Launcelot?
2. Utterly STUMPED.
3. No, I am not Loki. (And I like how "a female" is included among the unusual offspring!)
EH IQs:
1. Oh God, I hope this is right because I'll love you for this reference: No, I am not Lionel Twain? (Murder By Death is one of my favorite comedies, unjustly ignored I think!)
2. No, I am not Lionel Barrymore
3. STUMPED like Gary Senise in Forrest Gump. No clue, sadly. Angela Lansbury! :D
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
Previous IQs:
Did Truman Capote play you in his final screen appearance? - Yes, Lionel Twain of 22 Twain in Murder by Death ("The moose! The moose! Use your damn prepositions!"). Well done!
Were you an actor from a famous family of actors? - Yes, Lionel Barrymore.
Did you appear with unusually long sideburns in a recent film marking the National Theatre's 50th anniversary? - John Lithgow.
DQ:
Generally considered an action hero?
IQs:
Are you a hacker with a very bad attitude?
Did you tell the men of your city to knock it off with their fighting, or there would be unwelcome consequences?
Was your sweetie relieved that you showed no signs of cancer?
So awesome. I have to say, Capote had to act against real thespians--I mean, Alec Guinesss, Peter Sellers, Maggie Smith, David Niven, Elsa Lancaster, that's a pretty impressive cast and it's not even the whole bunch--and he didn't do a bad job at all."What meaning of this?"
"I will tell you, Mr. Wang, if you can tell me why a man who possesses one of the most brilliant minds of this century can't say his prepositions or articles! "What is the," Mr. Wang! "What is the meaning of this?"
"That what I said. What meaning of this?"
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not... David Lightman? From WarGames? (Depending on your definition of "very bad attitude." I mean, his teacher certainly didn't appreciate his 'asexual reproduction' insult!)
2. STUMPED like a tree in The Lorax.
3. No, I am not Chloe Lane on Days of Our Lives. Wow, I'm impressed that you know so much about daytime soap operas to remember that old storyline! :smug:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
* Clarification because I must: I believe him to be one, considering things he accomplishes that few others do, but I don't believe the gen. pop. would, using the standard definition of the term. :fist:
Previous IQs:
Are you a hacker with a very bad attitude? - I'll rephrase.
Did you tell the men of your city to knock it off with their fighting, or there would be unwelcome consequences? This was Lysistrata, in the ancient Greek play of the same name. She and the women of her city (Athens, I think) told the men that they'd get no sex if they didn't stop a dumb war.
Was your sweetie relieved that you showed no signs of cancer? I'll rephrase.
DQ:
Upper-class or aristocratic?
IQs:
IQs:
Are you a female hacker with a very bad attitude?
Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
Were you an early critic of the Warren Commission's work?
Damn my lack of Greek drama cred! I know Greek myths and Roman classical stuff, but Greek drama is generally not my metier, with one or two exceptions.
1. All right, STUMPED like, um, a very stumpy thing.
2. No, I am not Viki Lord on One Life to Live, who after her mastectomy was found to be cancer-free, and was then able to marry her sweetie Ben. (Dude, I'm a soap fan, and heroines are either raped or have cancer, or both. I can do this all day. You're gonna have to get waaay more specific!)
3. No, I am not Mark Lane, famous author of Rush to Judgment. (Spent two weeks obsessively watching Kennedy assassination videos--and my sister and I saw Lane on a CSPAN roundtable about the Commission.)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
* But he so is.
Previous IQs:
Are you a female hacker with a very bad attitude? - Lisbeth Salander in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
Were you an early critic of the Warren Commission's work? - Yes, Mark Lane.
DQ:
Generally associated with London?
IQs:
You are not a soap opera character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
Did you, during your career, play a translator, an Air Force officer and a tycoon?
Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time?
2. thunder...Thunder..THUNDERCATS....HOOOOO!!!!! Lion-O was the person in question. The fact Jaga was dead didn't seem to stop him appearing on occasions.Quote:
Originally posted by CatInASuit
DQs:
1. Appeared in a crime novel?
2. First novel written after 1980?
EH IQs:
1. No, I am not Lisa from Funky Winkerbean. (Admittedly her remission eventually ended and she died, but what do you expect if you're living in the world's most depressing comic strip?)
2. Total in the dark: No, I am not Larry Hagman? I know the tycoon and translator roles, but the air force thing makes me unsure; he was an Astronaut in I Dream of Jeannie, right?
3. Probably not what you're looking for, but no, I am not Mrs. Lovett. (Well, I'd say Sweeney Todd's being a grumpy, murdering guy who never really loved her andcounts as giving her a 'hard time.')Spoiler (mouseover to read):
eventually tossed her in an oven
CIAS: (Thundercats?? They had Thundercats in the UK?)
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.*
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980**
* Again. MMMV.
** Oh I'm wise to your tricksy ways, mister! Don't think you're gonna sneak two questions past me! If you wanna know if he appeared in more than one book, that's a second question. :D
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
Did you, during your career, play a translator, an Air Force officer and a tycoon? - Yes, Larry Hagman. The Air Force role was indeed I Dream of Genie; the first and the third were Fail-Safe and Dallas, of course.
Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time? - I'll rephrase.
IQs:
You are not a soap opera or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer?
You are a young American woman. Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time?
Did I, for once in my life, have a bit of showbiz gossip before my sister did when I told her you'd gotten married?
1. No, I am not Mary Beth Lacey, of Cagney and Lacey, whose hubby was definitely thrilled when they learned her breast cancer had not returned.
2. Oh duuuuuh! No, I am not Lisa Loopner. :) Good one.
3. STUMPED. Argh, this actually sounds familiar, too, but maybe I'm thinking of some other thing.
1 DQ, on a silver platter, sir.
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer? - I'll rephrase again.
You are a young American woman. Did your friend Todd often give you a hard time? - Yes, Lisa Loopner on SNL.
Did I, for once in my life, have a bit of showbiz gossip before my sister did when I told her you'd gotten married? - She was gobsmacked when I was the first to tell her that Lyle Lovett had married Julia Roberts, both because she heard it from me, and because of the unlikely pairing.
DQ:
Was a lead character in a movie?
IQs:
You are not a soap opera, Cagney and Lacey or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer when he visited you in your apartment?
Were you Bill Clinton's first SecTreas?
Was the wife of one of your political allies asked not to write to you on a particular kind of paper?
LOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.
IQs:
1. I'm gonna give up mainly because as a hypochondriac I'm tired of thinking about cancer! So STUMPED already.
2. No, I am not Lloyd Bentsen.
3. STUMPED and very curious.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980
17. Was not a lead character in a movie.*
* This should not be taken as indicating that he was in a movie at all. Assume what you wish!
LOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.
IQs:
1. I'm gonna give up mainly because as a hypochondriac I'm tired of thinking about cancer! So STUMPED already.
2. No, I am not Lloyd Bentsen.
3. STUMPED and very curious.
DQs:
1. Not real
2. Not American
3. Male
4. Would not be alive today if real. And more's the pity.
5. Last name starts with L
6. First appeared in a novel
7. Has indeed appeared in other forms of media other than novels
8. Published since 1950
9. European
10. Did not appear in a science fiction novel
11. British
12. Not generally considered an action hero.
13. Not upper-class or aristocratic.
14. Not generally associated with London except perhaps once.
15. Did not appear in a crime novel
16. Written after 1980
17. Was not a lead character in a movie.*
* This should not be taken as indicating that he was in a movie at all. Assume what you wish!
Previous IQs:
You are not a soap opera, Cagney and Lacey or Funky Winkerbean character. Was your male sweetie relieved that you, a female, showed no signs of cancer when he visited you in your apartment? - Superman used his X-ray vision in the first Superman movie to see that Lois Lane, although a smoker, didn't (yet) have any signs of lung cancer.
Were you Bill Clinton's first SecTreas? - Yes, Lloyd Bentsen.
Was the wife of one of your political allies asked not to write to you on a particular kind of paper? - Winston Churchill's wife Clementine, visiting a conservative friend's country home, was asked not to write to Lloyd George on the stationery of that house. Quite offended, she left at once.
Two DQs reserved. CIAS, any thoughts on what we should ask next? So far I'm stumped.
IQs:
Did you send a book to a bankrupt client of yours, but return none of his money?
Did you declare, "Put that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it"?
Were you muckraking journalist of the early 20th century?
Clementine Churchill and Lloyd freakin' George. Oh I cannot wait until it's your turn, buddy boy!
STUMPED on all of them, who are probably some distant relatives of yours--or maybe the "obsidian pipe" one's your plumber! :D
Well, no, hold on. On the muckraker question it's just possible you consider this an "L" name, so I'll say:
2. No, I am not H.L. Mencken.
You've got as many DQs as you can, Mr. Obscure Trivia Guy. Let's see what CIAS has to say for himself!
Previous IQs:
Did you send a book to a bankrupt client of yours, but return none of his money? - Frank Lloyd Wright (he always used the middle name, so I think it's fair play).
Did you declare, "Put that in your obsidian pipe and smoke it"? - Larry Linville, playing Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H.
Were you muckraking journalist of the early 20th century? - Mencken wasn't a muckraker; he was a cynical essayist. I was thinking of Lincoln Steffens.
Thinking, thinking, thinking....
Not that it matters 'cause you've got your DQs I think between the two of you, but IMHO Question #2 should really have been phrased "Did you PLAY someone who declared..." or "Did YOUR CHARACTER declare..." a la your Loretta Swit question above. Also, because as I said I know my M*A*S*H but the phrase really seemed off to me, I just checked on Google and interestingly, that quote appears only once on Google.... and it's by you, on an SDMB M*A*S*H trivia thread! Are you sure it wasn't a slur against a Chinese guy, saying "put that in your opium pipe and smoke it"? (Just searched, and I think I'm right.)
And at least one recent biography of Mencken calls him a muckraker, so I may be crazy, but I'm not completely alone in that.
I reeeeeeeally hope you guess this one. I am definitely looking forward to the wacko questions I'm gonna ask, heh heh heh!
Seriously?? - that should probably not be a DQ, because there is no way for the guesser to even begin to speculate on the person in question.Quote:
Originally posted by choieLOL, wait, the "I" in that question was actually YOU?! I thought you were talking about fictional siblings. Dang, so I suppose it'd be fair for me to ask, "Are you my mother's favorite Tony-award winner?" Yeesh! Well, you heard it here first, CIAS: FA cup losing teams are good subjects for you, and I'll stick with soap opera plots and completely personal and highly vague descriptions.Quote:
Originally posted by Elendil's Heir
...and yes, we had lots of US kids cartoons in the UK.
Might be worth asking if the character was an antagonist, but certainly not sure what to ask next. Perhaps worth asking if the character died in the novel, they are your DQ's. Go for it.