Let's play Botticelli!

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you write about William of Baskerville? - Umberto Eco, in The Name of the Rose (Sean Connery played him in the movie).
Did you star in Jericho? - Skeet Ulrich.
Did you seduce a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? - Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's father, seduced the beautiful Ygraine.

DQs:

Actress?
Born in or east of Vienna?
Won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Are you an actress known for her work with Ingmar Bergman?
Did the Alan Parsons Project do a concept album about the author who created you?
Were you a thin black actress of the Seventies?

[CatInASuit]

Previous IQs:

Did you write about William of Baskerville? - Umberto Eco, in The Name of the Rose (Sean Connery played him in the movie).
Did you star in Jericho? - Skeet Ulrich.
Did you seduce a fictional Duchess of Cornwall? - Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's father, seduced the beautiful Ygraine.

Drat - I like that movie as well, although I also got to read the book and its brilliant.
I should also have got the Arthurian one as well

DQs:

Actress?
Born in or east of Vienna?
Won a top award in her field?

IQs:

Are you an actress known for her work with Ingmar Bergman?
Did the Alan Parsons Project do a concept album about the author who created you?
Were you a thin black actress of the Seventies?

IQs:
1. I should probably know this one, but stumped.
2. I have no idea who the Alan Parsons project are - so Stumped.
3. Nope, no idea.

Another 3 DQs on their way.

Would you like to reconsider your last set of DQs given that #2 is Not Female?

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.

[Elendil's Heir]

Oops, yes. Thanks.

Previous IQs:

Are you an actress known for her work with Ingmar Bergman? - Liv Ullman.
Did the Alan Parsons Project do a concept album about the author who created you? - Alan Parsons Project was a British rock band ( .
Were you a thin black actress of the Seventies? - Leslie Uggams.

Three DQs reserved.

Here are some of the Alan Parsons Project's other best-known songs:





Earlier DQs rephrased:

Actor?
Born in or east of Vienna?
Won a top award in his field?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.

[Elendil's Heir]

DQ:

Musician?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you establish a major pharmaceutical company?
Are you a widely-reviled Hollywood director?
Were you a giant and very nasty spider?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.[/QUOTE]
15. Is a musician

IQs:

Did you establish a major pharmaceutical company?
Are you a widely-reviled Hollywood director?
Were you a giant and very nasty spider?

1. Umm, was there a Mr Uni? Chances are its the first part of the name as I seem to remember it was created from a merger with Lever&Lever. Oh well.
2. Uwe Boll - tax write off man extrodinaire
3. Ungoliant

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you establish a major pharmaceutical company? - Mr. Upjohn (don't know his first name).
Are you a widely-reviled Hollywood director? - Yes, Uwe Boll.
Were you a giant and very nasty spider? - Yes, Ungoliant.

DQ:

Best known as a singer?

IQs:

Were you a literary character whose name was used for another purpose much later?
Did you found a major American law firm?
Did you play a guy whose best friend was named after a bird?

[choie]

Sorry for my absence!

Answers to 1 and 3 were correct of course. For Ustinov I was thinking of his playing Hercule Poirot in a few films, and for his recordings as Winnie-the-Pooh. #2, you had the right track (although I'm not sure if the character's work as a photographer was established in the film of The Odd Couple--I was thinking of the TV series version, which I figured you'd be more likely to know) and the answer is Felix Unger, as played by Tony Randall (or in the film, Jack Lemmon).

New IQs:

1. Are you a country music star who is one of the rare super-successful winners of a TV reality show?

2. Are you a highly regarded caberet singer known for her interpretations of the works of Kurt Weill?

3. Are you a famous author whose most well-known books are not, despite what you might think, about lagomorphs?

DQ:

14. Are you primarily known for playing an instrument?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.[/QUOTE]
15. Is a musician
16. Best known as a singer, its YMMV really, I would say no, but he is certainly well known as a singer.
17. Are you primarily known for playing an instrument - YMMV again, I would say no, but he is certainly well known for playing an instrument

Previous IQs:

Did you establish a major pharmaceutical company? - Mr. Upjohn (don't know his first name).

IQs:
Were you a literary character whose name was used for another purpose much later?
Did you found a major American law firm?
Did you play a guy whose best friend was named after a bird?

Amusingly enough, if I had said Mr Unie, it would also have been correct

And the bad news for me is that I am stumped on all three of those

New IQs:

1. Are you a country music star who is one of the rare super-successful winners of a TV reality show?

2. Are you a highly regarded caberet singer known for her interpretations of the works of Kurt Weill?

3. Are you a famous author whose most well-known books are not, despite what you might think, about lagomorphs?

Another set of three I have no clue at. *sigh*

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you a literary character whose name was used for another purpose much later? - Uriah Heep.
Did you found a major American law firm? - Mr. Ulmer, of Ulmer & Byrne.
Did you play a guy whose best friend was named after a bird? - Robert Uhrich played the lead character on Spenser for Hire; his best friend was Hawk, played by Avery Brooks, later to play Benjamin Sisko on ST: DS9.

Three DQs reserved.

Welcome back, choie. Don't know of any musicians who fit the DQs given thus far. What should we ask next, do you think?

[choie]

#1 was Carrie Underwood (American Idol winner), #2 was Ute Lemper, #3 was John Updike, who wrote the Rabbit... series.

Dang I don't know, EH. This is an interesting one! So from CIAS's POV, he's a musician famous for both singing and playing, although at least from CIAS's estimation, the guy isn't best known as one or the other. I suppose he could also be some other kind of musician (composer? conductor?) while still being a singer/instrumentalist.

So these are ambiguous, at least as I read them. Also interesting is that CIAS thought it could be a very easily guessed person. Presumably not born in the UK, unless he's one of the rare people still alive whose first language is Irish, Gaelic, Manx or Welsh.

What do you think, EH? Between us we have six questions but there are only three left. All I can think of that might actually narrow things a bit is focusing on the geography.

18. Born north of Vienna?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.[/QUOTE]
15. Is a musician
16. Best known as a singer, its YMMV really, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known as a singer.
17. Are you primarily known for playing an instrument - YMMV again, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known for playing an instrument
18. Born north of Vienna.

For 16 and 17, I'll just add this, it is highly likely you know this person for singing or playing an instrument. I just know him for something else as well.

[Elendil's Heir]

Still stumped.

DQ:

Has won an Emmy or its European equivalent?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.
15. Is a musician
16. Best known as a singer, its YMMV really, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known as a singer.
17. Are you primarily known for playing an instrument - YMMV again, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known for playing an instrument
18. Born north of Vienna.
19. Has never won an Emmy or its European equivalent. Bonus hint: Has been nominated for a Tony Award though.

For 16 and 17, I'll just add this, it is highly likely you know this person for singing or playing an instrument. I just know him for something else as well which I consider more important.

[Elendil's Heir]

Thanks for the hint! So this is probably more of a Broadway person. A living European male singer, at least 53 years old, last name starts with U, nominated for a Tony.

Hmm... still nothing.

[CatInASuit]

Just as a further hint, in case anyone got the wrong idea, that Tony nomination wasn't for singing.

[choie]

This is really gonna piss me off because this is totally in my wheelhouse. The Tony nomination is extra weird... not an actor, but has been nominated for a Tony? The only Tony categories that make sense in this context would be best score (assuming he's a composer) or maybe director, or even choreographer. Now CIAS has given us a big hint that there's a third thing this guy is famous for, aside from singer/musician, but it's apparently some niche that CIAS doesn't think we'd connect with him. What, did he win a Eurovision Song Contest or does he own a football team, or something else Eurocentric that we septics wouldn't really follow?

What do you think, should we ask if he's a composer? Dancer? (Dubious... singer/instrumentalist and dancer?) Should this final question ask if he's a classical musician? Or a rock/pop musician? I wish I'd asked earlier if maybe he's known by another name (like Gordon Sumner/Sting) which is why we're not thinking of it.

Oh wait. Wait. I may know who it is, although calling this person as well known as Botticelli might be pushing it, so I may be wrong... EH, do you mind if I ask the rock/pop musician question?

[CatInASuit]

Now CIAS has given us a big hint that there's a third thing this guy is famous for, aside from singer/musician, but it's apparently some niche that CIAS doesn't think we'd connect with him.

Now I never said that, this person is incredibly famous for singing, playing and something else, which I can almost certainly guarantee you will be aware of, at least once you know who he is.

As for the rest of your post, well I will raise a smile at some of its accuracy, but as to what precisely it is, well I couldn't possibly comment.

[choie]

LOL. Okay, I'm pulling the trigger on this. Feel free to kick me, EH. One thing that's making me doubt myself is that I can't visualize this guy's home country being east of Vienna. But my geography is famously awful, so it's quite possible parts of the country are indeed e. of V.

20. Are you a pop/rock singer/musician?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:
1. Real
2. Not Female
3. Last name starts with U
4. Living
5. Not American
6. Not born since 1975.
7. Is best known for the arts.
8. Is European.
9. Most famous for work ni the performing arts.
10. Not born since 1960.
11. First language is not English.
12. Not an Actor.
13. Born west of Vienna.
14. Has won a (actually several) top award(s) in his field.
15. Is a musician
16. Best known as a singer, its YMMV really, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known as a singer.
17. Are you primarily known for playing an instrument - YMMV again, I would say no, but he is certainly very well known for playing an instrument
18. Born north of Vienna.
19. Has never won an Emmy or its European equivalent. Bonus hint: Has been nominated for a Tony Award though.
20. Is most certainly a pop/rock singer/musician. Qualifies as all four really.

For 16 and 17, I'll just add this, it is highly likely you know this person for singing or playing an instrument. I just know him for something else as well which I consider more important.

[CatInASuit]

LOL. Okay, I'm pulling the trigger on this. Feel free to kick me, EH. One thing that's making me doubt myself is that I can't visualize this guy's home country being east of Vienna. But my geography is famously awful, so it's quite possible parts of the country are indeed e. of V.

*throws in another large hint* Careful, his birthplace is west of Vienna, not necessarily the country he comes from.

[choie]

WEST WEST WEST I knew that. I told you my geography is bad. That's what I meant. I need to look at a map when/if this is proven correct.

And also? If you hadn't mentioned the Tony thing I would never have got this. About twenty feet away from me is my CD collection of musicals, including Chess, which I was obsessed with back in the mid-1990s.

My guess is: Bjorn Ulveas?

(From ABBA, just in case EH doesn't know him.)

[CatInASuit]

WEST WEST WEST I knew that. I told you my geography is bad. That's what I meant. I need to look at a map when/if this is proven correct.

And also? If you hadn't mentioned the Tony thing I would never have got this. About twenty feet away from me is my CD collection of musicals, including Chess, which I was obsessed with back in the mid-1990s.

My guess is: Bjorn Ulveas?

(From ABBA, just in case EH doesn't know him.)

*BING* *BING* *BING* - and we have a winner folks.

Yes, I am Bjorn Ulvaeus of Abba fame, singer, musician and above all songwriter, not just for the group but two other hit musicals as well, not to mention the film that was made of Mamma Mia which is currently the biggest grossing musical ever. If EH, hasn't heard of something that he has done, I would be amazed.

And, of course, they did win the Eurovision song contest.

Also, Gothenburg is West of Vienna, but most of Sweden is above Austria.

*finishes by whistling One Night in Bangkok*

[choie]

Hoo boy, that was a toughie! Very sadly I don't think we here in the US are wont to think of ABBA separately, even though Ulvaeus and Andersson have done so much more work since then. Theater types know their names, though--that's why your Tony clue helped.

And I totally thought all of Sweden was... if not east of Vienna, at least right on top of it. But looking at Wikipedia I do see Gothenburg is his birthplace, and that is slightly NW of Vienna. I was busy thinking of French celebrities this whole time.

The Eurovision Song Contest thing is hysterical. Ooh and look, at the bottom of his article on Wikipedia it says he also wrote the show's theme in 2013!

A cruel but fair choice, Mr. Suit. Gimme a bit to think of a good one myself.

[CatInASuit]

Any ideas about the next person for us to guess at, choie?

[Elendil's Heir]

Nicely done, both of you. I know ABBA, of course, but couldn't recall any of the members' actual names.

[choie]

Oh, right, sorry. The letter is C

[Elendil's Heir]

IQs:

Are you credited with taking fast, decisive action to preserve democracy in your country in the early 1980s?
Are you perhaps the best-known graduate of the Gordonstoun School?
Did your wife, who was also your first cousin, worry that you were going to Hell?

[choie]

1. Hmmm. The first name that comes to me is Corazon Aquino, but she didn't preserve democracy--she brought it. Also that was mid-eighties anyway. So, stumped!

2. That would likely be Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, sayeth the Anglophile.

3. I have a vague recollection that Charles Darwin was married to a cousin, and they didn't agree on religion. But I don't know if they were actual first cousins or if it was a second cousin/generational difference. (Seems kinda ironic for a guy who believes in evolution to marry a cousin, for some reason...) Eh, I'll say Darwin?

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Are you credited with taking fast, decisive action to preserve democracy in your country in the early 1980s? - King Juan Carlos of Spain, during an attempted military coup.
Are you perhaps the best-known graduate of the Gordonstoun School? - Yes, the current Prince of Wales.
Did your wife, who was also your first cousin, worry that you were going to Hell? - Yes, Charles Darwin. She thought his theory of evolution was sinful.

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

You are fictional. Were you famously seen in front of a giant poster of yourself?
Were you a noteworthy 19th C. American preacher and college president?
Were your friends key to the movie Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid?

[CatInASuit]

Excellent, here we go again.

IQs:
1. Did you play a slob whose only companions include the hologram of his dead bunk mate and something evolved from his pet?
2. Did you write a song which is allegedly about Warren Beatty, but no-one has ever confirmed it.
3. Did you fall in love with someone truly scrumptious?

[choie]

Oops, ninja'ed by CIAS. Will answer him too.

Wow I don't remember that coup attempt in Spain at all! That's embarrassing.

Answers to EH IQs:

1. No, I am not Charles Foster Kane? That's a pretty iconic image.

2. I want to say Charles Wesley but I'm pretty sure he was in the 18th century. (Also I think the school may have been named for his brother, not for him, plus I don't think either of them was the president, so basically, a sucky guess.) The only other religious figure that springs to mind from the 19th century is Brigham Young, and... yeah, not likely (and there's no "C" there anyway). In short, stumped.

3. Oh geeze I don't remember this film very well. Presumably the answer isn't Carl Reiner, the director, since I can't see how his friends would've helped much (unless there were more classic contemporaries of his in the film than I remember). Probably stumped.

CIAS IQs:

1. BOYS FROM THE DWARF! No, I am not Craig Charles. I love this show. (Well, as far as Series 6, anyway.)

2. Heh, no, I am not Carly Simon.

3. Great clue. No, I am not... oh crap, I don't remember if his first or last name was Caractacus? I feel like it was "Caractacus Potter" or something like that. Anyway, Dick van Dyke's character from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang..

DQ:

1. Real

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

You are fictional. Were you famously seen in front of a giant poster of yourself? - Yes, from Citizen Kane: http://www.haywiremag.com/wp-content...tizenKane3.jpg
Were you a noteworthy 19th C. American preacher and college president? - Charles Grandison Finney, of Oberlin College.
Were your friends key to the movie Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid? - Carlotta. "Friends of Carlotta" was a codephrase IIRC.

DQs:

Male?
Living?

IQs:

Did you wear a kilt in an outdoor photo op after getting married?
Did you try to help George Bailey?
Were you the principal villain at My Lai?

[CatInASuit]

It was Caractacus Potts, so close enough.

IQ:
1. Did you wind up running from Vernicious Knids?
2. Are you possibly the heir to Ankh Morpork despite being raised a dwarf?
3. Did you start by having premonitions and end up giving birth to a demon while in a coma?

[choie]

EH IQs:

1. I feel like this could be Prince Charles again. But probably not. Stumped?
2. No, I am not Clarence the Angel!
3. Hmmm. To me, the principal villain of that massacre was Captain Malina, but since that doesn't count as a "C" name (though I can think of a "c" name for him!), I'll go with the guy you're probably thinking of, and say no, I'm not Lt. whatsisname Calley. Thank God.

CIAS IQs:

1. Okay, this is from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so no, I'm not Charlie Bucket?

2. I.... have literally no idea what Ankh Morpork is. A comics reference? Game reference? It sounds Egyptian but Morpork sure as heck doesn't. Stumped as heck.

3. Why yes. Yes I did. Oh wait, you mean the game. No, I am not Cordelia from Buffy / Angel.


DQs:

Real
Not male
Not living

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did you wear a kilt in an outdoor photo op after getting married? - Yes, Prince Charles. Did I already ask about him this round?
Did you try to help George Bailey? - Yes, Clarence in It's a Wonderful Life.
Were you the principal villain at My Lai? - Yes, Lt. Calley.

IQs:

Did your best-known character refer to his son-in-law as "Meathead"?
Were you punished with a bad job for doing well in a card game?
Was your house often destroyed while you bathed?

[CatInASuit]

2. Are you possibly the heir to Ankh Morpork despite being raised a dwarf?

Terry Pratchet reference - the answer is Corporal Carrot.

DQ:
1. Died before 1900

IQs:
1. Are you a real English Aristocrat famous for finding a complete tomb
2. Are you a fictional English Aristocrat famous for raiding tombs
3. Are you famous for the huge number of romance novels you have written?

[choie]

Did you wear a kilt in an outdoor photo op after getting married? - Yes, Prince Charles. Did I already ask about him this round?

Yes, like, two rounds ago. Graduate of the Gordonstoun school, remember?[/quote]

EH IQs:

1. No, I am not Caroll O'Connor in All in the Family

2. Moving on to another CBS sitcom, no, I am not Charles Emerson Winchester III in M.A.S.H., which happens to be my favorite sitcom of all time.

3. Now this one intrigues me. Someone's house is continually destroyed? While s/he bathes? For some reason the only character I can remember who's known for bathing a lot is the captain of the "B" ark in Life, the Universe and Everything (or was it Restaurant at the End of the Universe?), but his house wasn't destroyed. Sadly I'm gonna have to admit to being Stumped!

Terry Pratchet reference - the answer is Corporal Carrot.

Oh geeze, Terry Pratchett. Someday I have to read his stuff. I know I'm missing out on a lot of geek humor by not reading him.

CIAS IQs:

1. Damn. This is a King Tut reference, I'm sure of it. Can't remember the name, though. Stumped!

2. I've never played the game and I don't know if she's actually an aristocrat (she does have a butler played by wonderful Chris Barrie in the films, which is the sum total of my interest in this series), but I'll guess: No, I am not Lara Croft?

3. Dude! You're in my bailiwick now. (I write/edit them for a living. Well, fantasy romance & romantic suspense, but same diff.) Honestly this could be anyone from Catherine Cookson to Catherine Coulter to Loretta Chase to Jennifer Cruisie to Philippa Carr to Jackie Collins. But, seeing as you're a guy from the UK, I'm gonna guess you're referring to the one and only Lady in Pink who churned out crappy fluffy title after crappy fluffy title. So, no, I am most assuredly not Barbara Cartland.

DQs:

1. Real
2. Not male
3. Not living
4. Died before 1900

[choie]

Did you wear a kilt in an outdoor photo op after getting married? - Yes, Prince Charles. Did I already ask about him this round?

Yes, like, two posts earlier. Graduate of the Gordonstoun school, remember?

EH IQs:

1. No, I am not Carroll O'Connor in All in the Family

2. Moving on to another CBS sitcom, no, I am not Charles Emerson Winchester III in M.A.S.H., which happens to be my favorite sitcom of all time.

3. Now this one intrigues me. Someone's house is continually destroyed? While s/he bathes? For some reason the only character I can remember who's known for bathing a lot is the captain of the "B" ark in Life, the Universe and Everything (or was it Restaurant at the End of the Universe?), but his house wasn't destroyed. Sadly I'm gonna have to admit to being Stumped!

Terry Pratchet reference - the answer is Corporal Carrot.

Oh geeze, Terry Pratchett. Someday I have to read his stuff. I know I'm missing out on a lot of geek humor by not reading him.

CIAS IQs:

1. Damn. This is a King Tut reference, I'm sure of it. Can't remember the name, though. Stumped!

2. I've never played the game and I don't know if she's actually an aristocrat (she does have a butler played by wonderful Chris Barrie in the films, which is the sum total of my interest in this series), but I'll guess: No, I am not Lara Croft?

3. Dude! You're in my bailiwick now. (I write/edit them for a living. Well, fantasy romance & romantic suspense, but same diff.) Honestly this could be anyone from Catherine Cookson to Catherine Coulter to Loretta Chase to Jennifer Cruisie to Philippa Carr to Jackie Collins. But, seeing as you're a guy from the UK, I'm gonna guess you're referring to the one and only Lady in Pink who churned out crappy fluffy title after crappy fluffy title. So, no, I am most assuredly not Barbara Cartland.

DQs:

1. Real
2. Not male
3. Not living
4. Died before 1900

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did your best-known character refer to his son-in-law as "Meathead"? - Yes, Carroll O'Connor.
Were you punished with a bad job for doing well in a card game? - Yes, Maj. Winchester, reassigned to a field hospital because he was beating a general at cards.
Was your house often destroyed while you bathed? - Cleveland Brown, in a running gag on Family Guy:

DQ:

Last name start with C?

IQs:

Does Ryan Stiles often impersonate you?
Did you achieve early fame for singing about your crush on a much older man?
Did you have a pony named Macaroni?

[CatInASuit]

IQs:
1. Are you a real English Aristocrat famous for finding a complete tomb
2. Are you a fictional English Aristocrat famous for raiding tombs
3. Are you famous for the huge number of romance novels you have written?

1. Howard Carter
2. Yes, it's Lady Lara Croft
3. Given the volume, it could only be Barbara Cartland

DQ: European?

IQ:
1. Were you responsible for Minnie the Moocher?
2. As a happy regent, did you enjoy smoking, drinking and listening to your musicians?
3. Did you survive being turned to stone because you were looking through a camera lens?

[choie]

EH IQs:

1. Ha! No, I am not Carol Channing.

2. Oh wow. Does it say a lot about my lack of pop culture knowledge that the only person I can think of is Judy Garland, who had a very early hit (as in, she was 14 or so) with her song about Clark Gable? ("You Made Me Love You... I didn't wanna do it...") Since obviously that's not it, I'm gonna take a huge stab and say No, I'm not Christina Aguilera, although I'm almost certain that's wrong.

3) Oh dear. This is going to be a president, I just know it. It's gotta be a Yankee Doodle reference. Um.... Chester A. Arthur? (I'd guess Jimmy Carter except he doesn't seem the type to ride horses. Mmm, could be Grover Cleveland too. Eh, I'll stick with Arthur, it'd be at least something mildly interesting about the guy.)


CIAS IQs:

1. No, I am not Cab Calloway. Hi-de-hidee-hidee-hi!

2. A happy regent! The only one I can think of is George IV. Damn, if this is British history I'm gonna be really annoyed with myself. Stumped, blast you.

3. Okay, someone meeting Medusa... with a camera? So a time traveler, presumably. Is this a Doctor Who reference? I can't think of a companion with a "c" name, although I'm sure there were some. Hm. Who else turns people to stone? The snake thingy in Harry Potter froze people... oh wait, this is coming together now. Vague memories... Wasn't one of the tiny underclass kids a photographer? Colin Creevy? Hot damn I bet that's it. No I am not Colin Creevy?

DQs:

1. Real
2. Not male
3. Not living
4. Died before 1900
5. Last name did not start with C
6. Not European


(I'm actually kinda regretting picking this person...)

[CatInASuit]

IQ:
2. As a happy regent, did you enjoy smoking, drinking and listening to your musicians?
3. Did you survive being turned to stone because you were looking through a camera lens?

2. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl and he called for his fiddler's three.
3. Correct on Colin Creevy.

DQ:
1. American

IQ:
1. Are you a fictional chinese detective dealing with number one son?
2. Were you alleged to have had lovers of the equine persuasion?
3. Did you promote your horse to the ruling council?

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Does Ryan Stiles often impersonate you? - Yes, Carol Channing (once, imagining her as an astronaut landing on the Moon, he said, "Why, it's just as dry and barren as I am!").
Did you achieve early fame for singing about your crush on a much older man? - Carol Burnett sang about being madly in love with the very stodgy and unsexy Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles.
Did you have a pony named Macaroni? - Caroline Kennedy.

DQs:

American?
Political/military?

IQs:

Were you Admiral Lord Nelson's top guy at Trafalgar?
Were you the Secret Service agent who raced on foot to catch JFK's limo after the fatal shots were fired in Dallas?
Were you one of the musical Muses?

[choie]

2. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he.
He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl and he called for his fiddler's three.

Oh that is just eeevil! Seriously, awesome clue. I got stuck on the "regent" and only thought of someone who's acting in place of the real ruler. (In fact, isn't that the actual definition? Maybe you meant "regnant"?) But fair do's, that was a good one and I doubt I'd have gotten it even if you'd said "a senescient regnant."


CIAS IQs:

1. No, I am not Charlie Chan. Of course I can only hear Peter Sellars's parody in Murder By Death, whose accent got on Truman Capote-as-Lionel Twain's nerves. "What manner of death?" "IS THE. IS THE. Say your goddamn articles!"

2. Neeeiigh, I am not Catherine the Great.

3. No, I am not Caligula. I, Claudius is on perma-rotation as one of the best series ever.

Did you achieve early fame for singing about your crush on a much older man? - Carol Burnett sang about being madly in love with the very stodgy and unsexy Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles.
Did you have a pony named Macaroni? - Caroline Kennedy.

Would NEVER in a million years have thought of Carol Burnett! I'll have to find that recording. And dang, so close with a Kennedy!

EH IQs:

1. Um... No, I am not the Duke of Cornwall?

2. Oh crap, I should know this, I spent all summer in a Kennedy Assassination frenzy. But I'm picturing an H or W name for some reason. Isn't there a B.S. theory that the so-called "extra" gunshot heard on the police scanner is this guy allegedly shot Kennedy by accident? Anyway, Stumped.

3. No, I am not Calliope, who crashed to the ground according to Bruce Springsteen. (Actually I have the bad luck to have websites on a server that my host named "Calliope," and true to her name, she crashes like every other month. I've begged my host to change the name just to avoid the bad juju!)

DQs:

1. Real
2. Not male
3. Not living
4. Died before 1900
5. Not European
6. Last name did not begin with a C
7. Not American
8. I would have to say yes, political/military

Elendil's Heir, you get a substitute question, because CIAS just beat you to the "American?" question one post up. C'mon guys, work together!

[Jizzelbin]

[QUOTE=choie;236416]================================================== =

Think of it as a simple 20 questions game, except the answer is always a person (rather than animal, vegetable or mineral).

1. One person is "it" -- I'm "it" now -- meaning that I've thought of a person with an initial. I tell the other players what the initial is. In this case, it's "R."

2. The players get a total of 20 yes/no questions to narrow down whom it could be. However, before you can ask me one of those yes/no questions (which are called "Direct Questions"), you have to "earn" them.

3. To earn a DQ, you as a player have to think of up to 3 people who share that initial (either first or last name, doesn't matter). Then you ask the "it" (me) specific questions (which are called "Indirect Questions") to see if I can guess whom you're asking about. If I can't, you've stumped me, and earned your DQ.

4. If I come up with someone who matches your question but isn't actually the person you were thinking of, I still "win" that round. For example, you could think of Franklin Roosevelt and ask, "Are you a member of a famous wealthy New York family who became president?" If I guess Theodore Roosevelt, that doesn't count as a wrong answer even though he's not whom you were thinking of, because TR does match the requirements of your question.
/QUOTE]

Thanks belatedly for that. Pretty generous of you, actually. No, it's too complicated for me but now I can probably enjoy watching u guys play and have some idea of what's going on. Something I can only barely say for American Football.

Just a way to avoid some people bleating out random guesses. Yeah, I do get the game, I guess, just as I get older not as interested in new games as I could be.

[Elendil's Heir]

Sorry for missing the earlier "American?" DQ.

Previous IQs:

Were you Admiral Lord Nelson's top guy at Trafalgar? - Adm. Cuthbert Collingwood.
Were you the Secret Service agent who raced on foot to catch JFK's limo after the fatal shots were fired in Dallas? - Clint Hill, on whom the Clint Eastwood character in In the Line of Fire was very loosely based.
Were you one of the musical Muses? - Yes, Calliope, although Bruce wrote about "the calliope," the musical instrument, and not the Muse, I think.

DQs:

Originally from the Northern Hemisphere?
Died before 1800?
Royalty?

IQs:

Were you a notable Frankish king?
Were you a historic emperor in Asimov's Foundation series?
Were you the last showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise?

[choie]

No problem, J. Enjoy watching!

Were you one of the musical Muses? - Yes, Calliope, although Bruce wrote about "the calliope," the musical instrument, and not the Muse, I think.

I know, I was just kidding.

EH IQs:

1. No, I am not... Charlemagne? I don't remember if he was Frankish or if he'd be considered a Norman. My knowledge of that era is wobbly.

2. Dude, you so know I'm stumped here.

3. I have no idea and can somewhat proudly say I never watched an episode of that show. Narrow-minded of me, but there you go. Stumped.

DQs:

1. Real
2. Not male
3. Not living
4. Died before 1900
5. Not European
6. Last name did not begin with a C
7. Not American
8. I would have to say yes, political/military
9. Originally from the Northern Hemisphere
10. Died before 1800
11. Royalty

[CatInASuit]

IQs:

1. Did you accurately predict the outcome of the Trojan War?
2. Were you the last recruited member of Roj Blake's original team?
3. Did you met you death due to a pair of asps, rather than be captured?

[Elendil's Heir]

...1. No, I am not Charlie Chan. Of course I can only hear Peter Sellars's parody in Murder By Death, whose accent got on Truman Capote-as-Lionel Twain's nerves. "What manner of death?" "IS THE. IS THE. Say your goddamn articles!"....

Heh. "Listen - cow on wall speaks!"

Previous IQs:

Were you a notable Frankish king? - Yes, Charlemagne.
Were you a historic emperor in Asimov's Foundation series? - Cleon.
Were you the last showrunner of Star Trek: Enterprise? - Manny Cotto.

There are maybe five or six actually good ENT episodes, I'd say, so you haven't missed much.

DQs:

Died before 1500?
Originally from Western Hemisphere?

IQs:

Were you Agamemnon's wife?
Did you defend the granaries at the start of your play?
Did you fly across America, crash by crash?