Indeed he was! One of my favorite Britons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel. Nice mystery name for this round. The other guy I was thinking of was Karl Baedecker, but I now see he was German.Originally posted by CatInASuit
Our next letter is
W.
IQ.
1. Were you a British MP crusading against slavery?
2. Did you win the first Pop Idol in the UK?
3. Were you Faith's watcher in Buffy?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not William Wilberforce; dunno the other two.
2. Will Young
3. Wesley Wyndham Price
DQs:
1. Male
2. Alive
IQs:
1. Are you a lawman played by Chuck Norris?
2. Are you a demon in BtVS?
3. Are you the Fresh Prince?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Walker, Texas Ranger.
Dunno this.
Not Will Smith.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
2. Whistler
DQ:
1. American
IQ:
1. Were you the last successful invader of England?
2. Were you the 28th President of the USA?
3. Are you a judge on "The Voice"?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not William the Conqueror or Woodrow Wilson. Take a DQ for "The Voice" person.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
2. Will.I.Am
DQ: Died before 1960
IQ:
1. Did you play the lead in a self referential titled cop show in the 1980's?
2. Are you one of half of Little Britain?
3. Were you one of the Fugees?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Take another three DQs!
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
William Shatner in T.J. Hooker
David Walliams
Wyclef Jean
DQs
1. British?
2.Known for working in miltary/politics
3. known for working in the media
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
And your next three IQs? Or anyone else's...?
IQs
1. Did you play an evil psychic in Babylon 5?
2. Are you known for your ever-changing mask?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Walter Koenig (Bester), or Walter Kovacs (Rorschach in Watchmen).
IQs:
1. Did you shoot an apple from your son's head?
2. Were you Maggie Thatcher's most reliable advisor?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not William Tell or... dunno the second. Cecil Parkinson, Norman Tebbits, Douglas Howe and John Major aren't Ws.
2. Willie Whitelaw
DQ:
Are you European
IQ:
1. Were you kidnapped in Palestine and held as a hostage
2. Were you a West Indies cricketer who took over 500 Test wickets.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Terry Waite; don't know the cricketer.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
2. Courtney Walsh
DQ:
Is a scientist?
IQ:
1. Are you a Welsh Rugby fullback from the 1970's
2. Are you chief Medical officer for Formula One.
3. Are you also known as "The Kingpin"
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
D'oh! Dunno any of those three.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
1. JPR Wiliams
2. Sid Watkins
3. Wilson Fisk
DQ:
1. Is a businessman
2 DQs reserved
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
DQ:
11. Eastern European?
IQ: Did you become Pope John Paul II?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Karol Wojytla (sp?).
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
A somewhat vague term, so I went with the UN's definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eu...N_geoschme.svg
DQ:
Died after 1990?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
IQ:
1. Did you shoot an apple from your son's head
2. Did you lead Poland away from Communism
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not William Tell or Lech Walesa.
Hmm, running out of W's here.
IQ:
1. Did you kill all the Martians in Mars Attacks
2. Did you get up close and personal with Madonna and a candle.
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Slim Whitman. Dunno the second. Take a DQ.
Willem Dafoe in Body of Evidence
DQ:
Sports person?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
Getting kinda stumped here
IQ:
Are you the current UK Foreign minister?
Were you invited to take over the throne of England?
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not William Hague or William of Orange.
Were you a prolific composer?
Last edited by anyrose; 25 Sep 2013 at 10:24 AM.
Welcome, anyrose! Not William Boyce.
Were you a different prolific composer?
IQ:
1. Was one of your paintings allegedly owned by Donald Sutherland in a film?
2. Though you're best known in a different field, did you once create a short film for a highly regarded British comedy duo's sketch show?
(Edited 'cause I realized I can ask more than one question)
Last edited by choie; 25 Sep 2013 at 03:35 PM.
IQ:
1. Were you considered one of the three permadead characters in Marvel comics before your resurrection
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Not Wagner.
Dunno any of those. DQs for the lot of ye!
Last edited by Elendil's Heir; 25 Sep 2013 at 08:02 PM.
me, too? because I don't think Wagner should count since died waaaaaaaay before 1990
Thank goodness.No seriously, I think with the Indirect Questions-- I could be wrong on how Botticelli works--the answers don't have to meet the already revealed conditions; I'm assuming that anyway since CatInASuit had an IQ about the current UK Foreign Minister and I'm guessing this dude's both a) alive and b) in politics. If I'm wrong, neither of mine should count either.
My answers were Wassily Kandinsky (the film was Six Degrees of Separation) and William Wegmen (perhaps best known for his photography of Weimeraner dogs, and the sketch show was A Bit of Fry and Laurie, FWIW).
DQ:
1. Are you in the arts?*
2. Are you from Poland?
* I'm not sure if this is a dupe re: "media" -- I wouldn't consider a dancer "media," for example
Last edited by choie; 25 Sep 2013 at 09:24 PM. Reason: well God forbid I shouldn't have to edit my damn post at least once. Ugh!
Correct, choie - you aren't limited in your IQs to the scope of DQs already answered. As long as the individual you're asking about has a first or last name matching the one for this round, and he or she has not already been asked about in this round, it's fair game.
anyrose, you may rephrase or narrow the scope of your composer IQ, if you like, or move on.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
14. Not in the arts
15. Not from Poland
Our usual working definition of "the arts" is pretty broad and includes any form of creative arts, BTW - music, theater, movies, TV, painting, dance, writing, sculpture, graphic design, etc. Then you can narrow the focus more in later DQs (i.e. visual arts, writing, etc.). So your question was not a duplicate, choie.
Gotcha, thanks Elendil's Heir. So "media" would likely refer to journalists, TV reporters, newspaper magnates...?
IQ:
1. Are you a legendary 1970s basketball star nicknamed "Clyde"?
2. Did you start out as a batboy who was fired for inadvertently causing a Yankees star to miss play one day, while you yourself ended up with a stellar career as a character actor... actually playing that same legendary baseball star in his film biography?
3. Are you a fictional doctor whose best friend faked his death in a fight with his nemesis? (Sorry, I had to! That one's a gimme for you...)
IQ: Are you an assistant director for several 21st century sitcoms?
That's how I'd read it.
Not Wilt Chamberlain; dunno the second; not Dr. John H. Watson....IQ:
1. Are you a legendary 1970s basketball star nicknamed "Clyde"?
2. Did you start out as a batboy who was fired for inadvertently causing a Yankees star to miss play one day, while you yourself ended up with a stellar career as a character actor... actually playing that same legendary baseball star in his film biography?
3. Are you a fictional doctor whose best friend faked his death in a fight with his nemesis? (Sorry, I had to! That one's a gimme for you...
Dunno this one.
Wilt Chamberlain's nickname was "Wilt the Stilt." I was thinking Walt "Clyde" Frazier. Not sure if this counts as a "dunno." Maybe I shouldn't be this specific?
Second was William Bendix. One of my favorite pieces of Old Hollywood trivia is that as a young batboy for the Yanks, Bendix fulfilled Babe Ruth's order for some junk food prior to a game, which then made Ruth so ill he couldn't play that day. Bendix was fired. Many years later, Bendix--now a well-known character actor--played Babe Ruth in The Babe Ruth Story.
Anyway I'll just take one DQ that doesn't appear to have been asked yet:
- Are you a real person?
Barry West aka The Flash: its Barry Allen, not Barry West, ignore me, I'm having one of those days...
In the land of the blind, the one-arm man is king.
Ben WeissDunno this one.
DQ: Did you die before 2000?
Has anyone else heard of Ben Weiss? I haven't. The usual rule is that at least one other player must have heard of the IQ person for it to count (to keep it from being too obscure).
choie, your Frasier question did indeed stump me - take another DQ, if you like.
W.
1. Male
2. Dead
3. Not American
4. Died after 1960
5. Not British
6. Not known for working military/politics
7. Not known for working in the media
8. European
9. Not a scientist
10. Not a businessman
11. Eastern European
12. Died after 1990
13. Not a sports person
14. Not in the arts
15. Not from Poland
16. a real person
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