Let's play Botticelli!

[choie]

1. Did you die while your best friend was trying to stop you duelling who, after your death, promptly killed your murderer in a duel.
2. Were you known for getting out of impossible situations while never using a gun.
3. Do you look exactly the same as your male counterpart apart from a hairbow and a skirt.

This'll get you back for Minnie the Minx, whoever she is when she's at home.

1. No, I am not Mercutio!
2. No, I am not MacGyver!
3. No, I am not Minnie Mouse. (Althuogh it might not be her--she has eyelashes too, whilst Mickey does not.)

Do most historians credit Canadian infantry for your demise?
Was a large exhibit of your work shown at the Akron Art Museum two years ago?
Did you build a replica of part of New York City in Rome?

1. No, I am not Margaret Trudeau? (I'm just kidding, she's not even dead. Stumped.)

2. Oh geeze it could be any M artist, and there are tons of 'em. I'll say no, I am not Monet?

3. Not a clue. Stumped.

Two or three more DQs.

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. No, would not be alive today if real
6. Yes, he generally first appeared in print
7. His first appearance was not in a sci-fi setting
8. Not American
9. Not created since 1950
10. Not created since 1900
11. I guess yeah, European
12. Umm... this kinda depends... He does die in a fictional work, if that helps.
13. Not created since 1800

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Do most historians credit Canadian infantry for your demise? - Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron"
Was a large exhibit of your work shown at the Akron Art Museum two years ago? - M.C. Escher - great show, too!
Did you build a replica of part of New York City in Rome? - Martin Scorsese, for The Gangs of New York

DQs:

Mythical?
Considered a "good guy"?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Were you a mopey French detective?
Did your followers not kill a man because the light changed?
Were you an innovative Navy engineer?

[choie]

I'm having a tougher time answering the DQs about my own guy than I am the IQs!

IQs:

Were you a mopey French detective?
Did your followers not kill a man because the light changed?
Were you an innovative Navy engineer?

1. Heh. No, I am not Maigret.

2. Um... possibly? I think you may have guessed it, because in one story this does sorta happen (though I'm not sure about 'followers'). Tell me who you mean and I'll tell you if you're right. I don't want to mention my guy if this is merely a coincidence.

3. No clue.


DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. First name begins with M
4. Human
5. No, would not be alive today if real
6. Yes, he generally first appeared in print
7. His first appearance was not in a sci-fi setting
8. Not American
9. Not created since 1950
10. Not created since 1900
11. I guess yeah, European
12. Dies in a fictional work
13. Not created since 1800
14. I... guess he's mythical, although I wouldn't have used that particular term; legendary perhaps
15. Mostly considered a "good guy" but... not easy to categorize

(I know, clear as mud, right?)

[CatInASuit]

Correct on all three - congrats

IQs.
1. Did you marry the most beautiful woman in the world?
2. Were you supposedly trapped for all time by your disciple who you fell in love with?
3. Did you fatally wound your father who killed you in the last battle?

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you a mopey French detective? - Yes, Maigret
Did your followers not kill a man because the light changed? - Charles Manson. During one of the criminal trials it came out that some of his "family" were in a car one night and noticed a man in a sports car next to them at a stop light; they idly discussed killing him, but then the light changed and he drove away.
Were you an innovative Navy engineer? - Momsen, who designed a famous scuba-like apparatus for sailors to escape from sunken submarines.

DQ:

Created since 1500?
Born east of Vienna?

Two DQs reserved.

IQs:

Did you deeply regret having your fondest wish granted?
Were you the best-known member of the Diogenes Club?
Did you, on a recent election night, list all the things that wouldn't happen as a result of the election's outcome?

[choie]

WHEW. Thanks for the answers, EH. That middle question turns out to be just a coincidence. The game continues! Sorta.

Did you deeply regret having your fondest wish granted?
Were you the best-known member of the Diogenes Club?
Did you, on a recent election night, list all the things that wouldn't happen as a result of the election's outcome?

1. No, I am not King Midas
2. Dude, you know I know this one. No, I am not Mycroft Holmes.
3. Er... No, I am not John McCain? Otherwise stumped.

1. Did you marry the most beautiful woman in the world?
2. Were you supposedly trapped for all time by your disciple who you fell in love with?
3. Did you fatally wound your father who killed you in the last battle?

1. No, I am not my father, Mortimer. PROVE ME WRONG IF YOU DARE.

I'm stumped on question #3, mainly because I can't quite parse it. This person killed his father... who had previously killed him in an earlier battle? Is this an immortal?

But the real point is #2, because naturally I jumped out of EH's frying pan into the inevitable CIAS fire. Yes, damn it, I am Merlin! Who, depending on the version of the tale, was trapped by Nimue/Vivianne (the Lady of the Lake) or--in the movie Excalibur--by Morgana le Fay, who really was his disciple.

EH you were so close with that "light changing" question--in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the hero, who time-travelled to Camelot from the 1800s, is arrested due to Merlin's having convinced King Arthur (and the mob in general) that the hero's a heretic who should be burned at the stake because he's so strange. The hero famously predicts an eclipse and is considered an amazing wizard, thus sparing his life.

So I really thought you had me there--never heard of that story about Manson! Plus, you'd just asked me about "mythical" so I thought you were on the right track. (Would you call Merlin mythical? I'm not sure why I wouldn't, exactly... the difference between "legendary" and "mythical" is almost nil, and yet I would definitely call him the former, but not the latter. What do you think?)

And while he does have a reputation as a "good" wizard, he does some messed-up things in many accounts of him, including helping along Ygraine's rape by Uther Pendragon, and the abovementioned Twain novel.

[CatInASuit]

Oh sweet.

Looks like #1 is a completely valid answer. To think I was thinking of Menelaus and Helen of Troy.

#3 follows on from Merlin, and although badly worded refers to Mordred, who dies at that last battle while wounding King Arthur.

Time to think of a new person.

[Elendil's Heir]

Way to go, CIAS! Nicely done.

Previous IQs:

Did you deeply regret having your fondest wish granted? - Yes, Midas.
Were you the best-known member of the Diogenes Club? - Yes, Mycroft.
Did you, on a recent election night, list all the things that wouldn't happen as a result of the election's outcome? - Rachel Maddow, on Election Night 2012, talked at length about all the things Mitt Romney supported that then wouldn't happen.

[choie]

Smartly answered, CIAS! Actually I figured it was a Helen reference, but I was drawing a blank on Menelaus--Paris was the only guy I could remember. But I got lucky with my father's name working, so there you are.

Ah, Rachel Maddow! Good one, EH. Did her list prove accurate, or did the Republicans get what they wanted after all?

[Elendil's Heir]

As I recall, Maddow was mostly right. But then, Obama has not since been able to get passed a lot of what he supported, either. Such is the lot of a second-term President facing a House controlled by the other party.

[CatInASuit]

Ok, here we go again.

This time the letter is T

[Elendil's Heir]

IQs:

Was a statue of you near the White House made of captured cannons?
Are you a noted American male dancer?
Are you a noted American female dancer?

[choie]

1. Are you the ruler of an empire under whom one of your local magistrates executed a group of prisoners allegedly including, most notably, a carpenter / apparent cult leader?

2. Despite the fact that you, as the title character of the most popular novel of the 19th century, were portrayed a noble individual who stood up for your beliefs as well as those around you, has your name come to signify a cowering toady worthy of scorn/derision?

3. Are you an alcoholic adulterer who is considered one of the greatest film actors of the 20th century, often paired (off and on the set) with one of the greatest film actresses of the 20th century?

[CatInASuit]

IQs:

Was a statue of you near the White House made of captured cannons?
Are you a noted American male dancer?
Are you a noted American female dancer?

1. It's probably an American General made from English cannon, but nope stumped.
2/3 None of the noted dancers (Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers etc.) fit the bill, so pass on them as well.

3 DQs to you.

1. Are you the ruler of an empire under whom one of your local magistrates executed a group of prisoners allegedly including, most notably, a carpenter / apparent cult leader?

2. Despite the fact that you, as the title character of the most popular novel of the 19th century, were portrayed a noble individual who stood up for your beliefs as well as those around you, has your name come to signify a cowering toady worthy of scorn/derision?

3. Are you an alcoholic adulterer who is considered one of the greatest film actors of the 20th century, often paired (off and on the set) with one of the greatest film actresses of the 20th century?

1. Hoping I get my Roman Emperors right, at a rough guess its Tiberious
2. Umm, WAG of Tom Jones, although that really doesn't seem to fit.
3. Richard Burton...Oliver Reed...Umm, Peter O'Toole, although I'm not sure that counts???

[choie]

#1 was indeed Tiberius, stepson of Augustus and predecessor of Caligula, who was in charge during 33AD when Christ was, depending on one's history or beliefs, crucified.

#2 was close with the name, but Tom Jones is an 18th century book if I'm not mistaken. I was looking for Uncle Tom, from Uncle Tom's Cabin (which was only outsold by the Bible in the 1800s). Perhaps the epithet "Uncle Tom" isn't used much in England? It' s a perjorative used against blacks who are seen to be 'happy' to be subservient or deferential to whites. But the actual character isn't like that at all--he's quite dignified (bearing in mind the time period we're talking about). The book is anti-slavery.

#3 I'd love to give to you, although I'm not 100% sure O'Toole would count as a "T" (nor do I know of him romancing a specific great actress). The answer I was looking for is Spencer Tracy, brilliant naturalistic actor who had a decades-long affair with Katharine Hepburn but, due to his Catholicism, couldn't divorce his wife.

Might as well start with the usual DQs:

1. Real?
2. Female?

New IQs:

1. Are you a fictional Australian flight attendant who ended up traveling way farther in a nontraditional flying object "piloted" by a pleasant but mysterious man than you ever did on a plane?

2. Did you travel with this flight attendant and the same, uh, pilot, except you were working for someone who wanted to destroy the abovementioned pleasant guy?

3. Did you once drink a bottle of poison intended for the boy you loved and end up requiring a decidedly unusual form of hands-on medicine in order to be saved from death? (Perhaps making you the world's most famous attention whore.)

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Was a statue of you near the White House made of captured cannons? - George Henry Thomas, a loyal Virginian and a noted U.S. general during the Civil War. Thomas Circle is the setting of the statue.
Are you a noted American male dancer? - Tommy Tune.
Are you a noted American female dancer? - Twyla Tharp.

DQs:

American?
Last name start with T?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Did your brutality towards boys on your country estate relatively recently come to light?
Did your writings on naval power influence a popular national leader, among others, since 1750?
Were you that leader?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with T

New IQs:

1. Are you a fictional Australian flight attendant who ended up traveling way farther in a nontraditional flying object "piloted" by a pleasant but mysterious man than you ever did on a plane?

2. Did you travel with this flight attendant and the same, uh, pilot, except you were working for someone who wanted to destroy the abovementioned pleasant guy?

3. Did you once drink a bottle of poison intended for the boy you loved and end up requiring a decidedly unusual form of hands-on medicine in order to be saved from death? (Perhaps making you the world's most famous attention whore.)

I've heard of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the reference, but its not something that gets used a lot over here. Hold on: Spencer Tracy was an alcoholic? Never knew that.

IQs
1. It took me a while to get this, but how could I forget the lovely Tegan Jovanka...
2. ...and the troubled young man being Turlough, of course.
3. I have no idea, but its not Miley Cyrus - who is probably running her close in the attention stakes

Take a DQ.

IQs:

Did your brutality towards boys on your country estate relatively recently come to light?
Did your writings on naval power influence a popular national leader, among others, since 1750?
Were you that leader?

I have no idea who those dancers were. Have they done any good stuff?

IQs:
1. Nope, stumped, even if I did hear it in the news recently.
2. I'm really hoping this is Thomas Jane, of "All the worlds ships", but it's probably not.
3. Hmm, no idea of the world leader though.

Take 3 more DQs.

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did your brutality towards boys on your country estate relatively recently come to light? - Thomas Jefferson: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...976004/?no-ist
Did your writings on naval power influence a popular national leader, among others, since 1750? - Alfred Thayer Mahan (the T is his middle name, but always used when mentioning him)
Were you that leader? - Theodore Roosevelt

DQs:

Would be alive today, if real?
Created since 1900?
First appeared in a novel?

IQs:

Were you, an American of the late 19th century, recently played by a guy with the wrong accent?
Did your son fail to attend your funeral, although he might have done so relatively easily?
Were you a cinematic bad guy who became a U.S. ambassador to a prominent country?

[choie]

Yeah, Tracy was sadly an alcoholic, which combined with his drug use, depression, diabetes, heart problems, and high blood pressure, contributed to his too-early death. Complicated guy, but brilliant as an actor.

Good on you for the Fifth Doctor companions! 5 was my favorite (sigh, Peter Davison!) and I think Tegan & Turlough were two of the best sidekicks. The correct response for #3, although Miley Cyrus is an awesome guess, was none other than Tinkerbell. I mean, c'mon, is she that insecure that she'll die without applause and validation of her own existence? Not to mention her jealousy issues.

My DQ:

Created by a man?

New IQs:

1. Are you the girlfriend of a notoriously square-jawed and violent detective?

2. Are you blessed with five daughters, three of whom flaut customs when it comes to life partners--but only two of those get your blessing in doing so?

3. Do you have a penchant for history, which made you a natural to direct your first film (in which you played a princess prince in a tower who loved bursting into song)?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with T
5. Would be alive today, if real.
6. Created since 1900.
7. Did not first appeared in a novel.
8. Created by a man - yes and no.

IQs:

Were you, an American of the late 19th century, recently played by a guy with the wrong accent?
Did your son fail to attend your funeral, although he might have done so relatively easily?
Were you a cinematic bad guy who became a U.S. ambassador to a prominent country?

1. Nope drawing a blank here.
2. Ditto
3. ...and again

For some reason, this round EH, you have completely stumped me. Another 3 DQs.

The correct response for #3, although Miley Cyrus is an awesome guess, was none other than Tinkerbell. I mean, c'mon, is she that insecure that she'll die without applause and validation of her own existence? Not to mention her jealousy issues.

New IQs:

1. Are you the girlfriend of a notoriously square-jawed and violent detective?

2. Are you blessed with five daughters, three of whom flaut customs when it comes to life partners--but only two of those get your blessing in doing so?

3. Do you have a penchant for history, which made you a natural to direct your first film (in which you played a princess prince in a tower who loved bursting into song)?

Tinkerbell drank poison?? You know this round is turning into: "Facts I didn't want to know for 10"

1. I didn't think Judge Dredd had a girlfriend otherwise it would be "The Law" aka I'm stumped.
2. This seems like a fairy tale of some kind, but I have no idea
3. Nope, stumped again.

3 DQs to you.

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you, an American of the late 19th century, recently played by a guy with the wrong accent? - Thaddeus Stevens, born in Vermont and representing Pennsylvania in the U.S. Congress, was played by Texan Tommy Lee Jones in the Oscar-winning Lincoln.
Did your son fail to attend your funeral, although he might have done so relatively easily? - Thomas Lincoln, the future President's father; they were not on good terms.
Were you a cinematic bad guy who became a U.S. ambassador to a prominent country? - Damien Thorne (Sam Neill), the Antichrist in the Omen movies, became the U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's.

DQs:

Created by more than one person?
Created since 1950?
First appeared in a movie?

IQs:

Were you a notable warrior whose name was immortalized as the middle name of another notable warrior?
Were you the only foreigner in an otherwise all-American comedy movie cast?
Does your diet include "especially rabbits"?

[choie]

Ooh, interesting mixed answer on that last DQ. Hmm.

Tinkerbell drank poison?? You know this round is turning into: "Facts I didn't want to know for 10"

Sure, she knew that Captain Hook had poisoned Peter's "medicine" and since for some reason Peter isn't listening to her as he reaches for the bottle, she manages to drink it first. As she's dying, that's when Peter Pan asks all the children who believe in fairies to clap their hands. Somehow this approval is enough to return Tink to life.

Oh dear oh dear, you're not gonna like these answers, esp. #3. Square-jawed detective was Dick Tracy, and his girlfriend is Tess Trueheart. (I don't know why I didn't just go for Tracy himself!) #2 is Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof. And #3 is Terry Jones, co-director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and portrayer of Prince Alice Herbert (whose father wanted him to marry the rich girl with huge... tracts of land).

DQs:

9. Created since 1950?
10. First appeared on television?
11. Is this character generally considered a "goody"?

New IQs:

- Are you a Cornish royal, probably mythic, who's the male half of a timeless love story (turned into an opera)?
- After you were accidentally shot and killed, did your young lover go on a rampage that would've destroyed the world if not for a childhood friend?
- As a well-respected author (one of whose books became a much-loved animated film), were you blamed for your wife's suicide as well as the suicide of your mistress (who also killed your young daughter before she died)? And did your son eventually kill himself too?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with T
5. Would be alive today, if real.
6. Created since 1900.
7. Did not first appeared in a novel.
8. Created by a man - yes and no.
9. Yes, Created by more than one person?
10. Created since 1950.
11. Did not first appeared in a movie.
12. First appeared on television.
13. This character is generally considered a "goody".

You have 1 DQ each still, as one of choie's is a duplicate. I'll answer the IQs soon.

[Elendil's Heir]

...Sure, she knew that Captain Hook had poisoned Peter's "medicine" and since for some reason Peter isn't listening to her as he reaches for the bottle, she manages to drink it first. As she's dying, that's when Peter Pan asks all the children who believe in fairies to clap their hands. Somehow this approval is enough to return Tink to life....

My mom still remembers seeing a stage version of Peter Pan when she was a little girl in the early 1940s in NYC, and both crying and frantically clapping her hands to save Tinkerbell!

[CatInASuit]

IQs:

Were you a notable warrior whose name was immortalized as the middle name of another notable warrior?
Were you the only foreigner in an otherwise all-American comedy movie cast?
Does your diet include "especially rabbits"?

1. Nope stumped.
2. Terry Thomas
3. A Timber Wolf??

2 DQs for you.

Oh dear oh dear, you're not gonna like these answers, esp. #3. Square-jawed detective was Dick Tracy, and his girlfriend is Tess Trueheart. (I don't know why I didn't just go for Tracy himself!) #2 is Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof. And #3 is Terry Jones, co-director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and portrayer of Prince Alice Herbert (whose father wanted him to marry the rich girl with huge... tracts of land).

New IQs:

- Are you a Cornish royal, probably mythic, who's the male half of a timeless love story (turned into an opera)?
- After you were accidentally shot and killed, did your young lover go on a rampage that would've destroyed the world if not for a childhood friend?
- As a well-respected author (one of whose books became a much-loved animated film), were you blamed for your wife's suicide as well as the suicide of your mistress (who also killed your young daughter before she died)? And did your son eventually kill himself too?

Nope, those answers are fine. Dick Tracy I only know from the Warren Beatty film. I will hold my hands up and say I have never seen Fiddler on the Roof, except for the one obvious song. Terry Jones, well that one was a toughie anyway

1. Tristan - other half Isolde
2. Tara - superbly played by Amber Benson
3. This is going to be another one of those childhood destroying moments isn't it.

Take another DQ.

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you a notable warrior whose name was immortalized as the middle name of another notable warrior? - William Tecumseh Sherman's middle name was that of a great Indian chief.
Were you the only foreigner in an otherwise all-American comedy movie cast? - Yes, Terry-Thomas (note the hyphen) in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
Does your diet include "especially rabbits"? - Taz, the Tasmanian Devil in the Looney Tunes cartoons. Bugs Bunny once reads a list of the VERY many critters that Taz eats, and Taz adds "And especially rabbits!" at the end.

DQs:

Sitcom character?
If married, was his wife also a prominent character?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you an actor/actress (no gender clue) and comic who shares my birthday?
Did you have a "ghastly ordeal" in a novel and a movie?
Are you one of the actors who played that character?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with T
5. Would be alive today, if real.
6. Created since 1900.
7. Did not first appeared in a novel.
8. Created by a man - yes and no.
9. Yes, Created by more than one person?
10. Created since 1950.
11. Did not first appeared in a movie.
12. First appeared on television.
13. This character is generally considered a "goody".
14. Sitcom character
15. Not married.

IQs:

Are you an actor/actress (no gender clue) and comic who shares my birthday?
Did you have a "ghastly ordeal" in a novel and a movie?
Are you one of the actors who played that character?

1. Tom Green
2. Tom Riddle aka Lord Voldemort
3. No idea.

Take at least 1 DQ.

[choie]

Wait, how is CIAS supposed to know your birthday, EH? It's not in your profile...

The answer to the depressing life story with multiple suicides is Ted Hughes, author of The Iron Man, known in the US as The Iron Giant, which was made into the much-loved Brad Bird animated film in the '90s. His wife was Sylvia Plath. His mistress committed suicide after murdering their little daughter, and after Hughes himself had died, his son (by Plath) killed himself too.

My DQ: Created since 1990?

IQs:

1. When under the gun, did someone once correctly guess that your favorite food is "sandwiches"?

2. Despite your flaws or, shall we say, shortcomings, are you still considered the "nice one" when compared to your repulsive (albeit not to each other) siblings?

3. When you first met a young human girl, were you planning on betraying her--but ended up saving her life, a choice that petrified you?

[Elendil's Heir]

...IQs:

1. When under the gun, did someone once correctly guess that your favorite food is "sandwiches"?....

Heehee. I think I know this. GREAT question!

Previous IQs:

Are you an actor/actress (no gender clue) and comic who shares my birthday? - Lily Tomlin.
Did you have a "ghastly ordeal" in a novel and a movie? - No, the "ghastly ordeal" was in quotations on purpose. This was British vanity press chief Timothy Cavendish, a character in David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (and the very good movie made from it).
Are you one of the actors who played that character? - Tom Hanks plays Cavendish in a very brief scene.

DQs:

A lead character of that sitcom?
Sitcom has had original episodes since 2000?
Character sometimes uses a real gun in his work?

IQs:

Were you a longtime U.S. senator from Mississippi?
Were you a great Athenian admiral?
Did you play the girlfriend of a boxer and the sister of a gangster?

[CatInASuit]

DQs:

1. Not real
2. Male
3. American
4. Last name starts with T
5. Would be alive today, if real.
6. Created since 1900.
7. Did not first appeared in a novel.
8. Created by a man - yes and no.
9. Yes, Created by more than one person?
10. Created since 1950.
11. Did not first appeared in a movie.
12. First appeared on television.
13. This character is generally considered a "goody".
14. Sitcom character
15. Not married.
16. Created since 1990
17. Is a lead character of that sitcom.
18. Sitcom has had original episodes since 2000.
19. Character does not use a real gun in his work.

1 DQ left

IQs:

1. When under the gun, did someone once correctly guess that your favorite food is "sandwiches"?

2. Despite your flaws or, shall we say, shortcomings, are you still considered the "nice one" when compared to your repulsive (albeit not to each other) siblings?

3. When you first met a young human girl, were you planning on betraying her--but ended up saving her life, a choice that petrified you?

Let's just say, I have drawn a complete blank on all three. You could possibly have guessed the person and I wouldn't have a clue.

IQs:

Were you a longtime U.S. senator from Mississippi?
Were you a great Athenian admiral?
Did you play the girlfriend of a boxer and the sister of a gangster?

1. Teddy Kennedy?
2. I probably should know, but cannot remember, Stumped once again
3. And stumped for probably the final time this round.

[choie]

Hee. I don't mean to be rude, especially coming from a country where we're so notoriously bad at distinguishing any geography outside our own provincial little towns, but I am totally cracking up at the guess of a senator from Mississippi = Teddy Kennedy. That's like... guessing that Princess Diana was from Glasgow. Cute. (The Kennedys are notoriously royalty from Massachusetts, with accents that are fairly unique but very much Boston upper-class stereotypes. Mississippean accents are Southern and usually depicted when a role is a stereotypical redneck, although James Earl Jones is from Mississippi so go figure.)

#1 was Joey Tribbiani, from Friends. It was in the episode "The One with the Embryos," where Monica and Rachel battle Joey and Chandler in a mock gameshow (hosted by Ross) asking who knows the other team better. The guys won, and thus took 'ownership' of Monica/Rachel's apartment. One of my favorite episodes.

#2 is Tyrian, from Game of Thrones. (The "shortcomics" was a pun considering he's a little person, played by Peter Dinklage. Also the "repulsive but not to each other" was a clue re: his siblings Cersei and Jamie, who are... close.) And this is a show I don't even freakin' watch, from a series of books I've never read! Talk about cultural osmosis.

#3 is Mr. Tumnus the Faun from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, who is the first creature Lucy Pevensie meets in Narnia. He invites her home planning to turn her over to the White Witch, but doesn't and is petrified

literally, since he ends up turned to stone.

I'm tempted to ask if the character is blond, or if the sitcom is still on the air, or if it's won an Emmy. Hmm.

DQ:

Was the sitcom still on the air as of 2010?

[Elendil's Heir]

choie, that's one of my favorite Friends episodes, too.

The Game of Thrones character's name is spelled "Tyrion."

As to Mr. Tumnus, you might appreciate this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=578481

Previous IQs:

Were you a longtime U.S. senator from Mississippi? - Thad Cochran.
Were you a great Athenian admiral? - Themistocles.
Did you play the girlfriend of a boxer and the sister of a gangster? - Talia Shire, in Rocky and The Godfather.

May I ask my three earned DQs, or are we limited to just twenty?

[choie]

choie, that's one of my favorite Friends episodes, too.

For everyone who says David Schwimmer isn't funny, I just point to his performance in that episode. (Well, that and "Greenzo" from 30 Rock.)

My bad on Tyrion, but c'mon, you gotta give it up for my ability to pull that many references to a show I've never seen a single episode of out of my... mind.

As for that thread, that's awesome. But I'm a little disappointed that I can't resurrect that zombie to write: "How much cud could a cud chewer chew if a cud chewer could chew cud?"

[Elendil's Heir]

Being the host of the quiz show was definitely a standout performance for Schwimmer. I think my other favorite Ross moment was when he surprised his son as the Hannukah Armadillo.

[CatInASuit]

#1 was Joey Tribbiani, from Friends. It was in the episode "The One with the Embryos," where Monica and Rachel battle Joey and Chandler in a mock gameshow (hosted by Ross) asking who knows the other team better. The guys won, and thus took 'ownership' of Monica/Rachel's apartment. One of my favorite episodes.

You know how I said that you could have guessed the answer and I wouldn't have a clue.

Congrats choie , you did.

Yes, I am Joey Tribbiani from Friends.

Over to you.

[Elendil's Heir]

Nicely done, choie!

I can't find the Friends trivia game scenes all in one place, but here they are in segments:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotat...&v=ckuYt0c1sBo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotat...&v=EHGgRRgVgkM

[choie]

Ha, awesome. I think it was the "sitcom character" and "not married" that somehow tipped me to the Joey possibility. Good choice!

Hmm, this one might be easy, but let's give it a whirl. Sorry if the letter is a repeat...

A

[Elendil's Heir]

One of my all-time favorite Friends lines also just occurred to me. Phoebe's relentlessly cheerful boyfriend (played by Alec Baldwin) is starting to get on her nerves. She finally complains, "You're like Santa Claus... in Vegas... on Prozac... getting laid!"

On to A.

IQs:

Was your cunning wife the former Peggy Shippen?
Did you like to hang out around the house with no shoes on, which happened to annoy your wife?
Was your mom Gilraen?

[choie]

Wow, I think I missed those later Friends episodes almost completely! It's hard to imagine Phoebe being annoyed with someone being cheerful.

1. Hmm. The only Peggy I know offhand didn't seem that cunning, but admittedly I only ever watched commercials for it. Oh well. No, I am not Al Bundy? From Married with Children?

2. I know this is wrong, but it amuses me: No, I am not Prince Albert, aka Mr. Queen Victoria?

3. I have two choices here, because I know that's from LOTR, but I don't know which of the two big "A" characters it refers to. Except Arwen wasn't actually all that important in the book, is she? She's just in the Appendix or something? (Sorry, sorry, don't hit me.) So I'll pick No, I am not Aragorn?

Probably up to 3 DQs for you right off the bat.

[CatInASuit]

IQs:

1. Were you known for your "Letters from America"?
2. Did you once tell an American footballer how long was left until the planet was destroyed, while he was fighting for his life?
3. Is your name an anagram for a sexual act?

[choie]

IQs:

1. Were you known for your "Letters from America"?
2. Did you once tell an American footballer how long was left until the planet was destroyed, while he was fighting for his life?
3. Is your name an anagram for a sexual act?

1. No, I am not Alistair Cooke.

2. Yipe, I feel I should know this... but I don't.

3. No, I am not... Alex Ors? No, I have no idea. Heh.

Wow, 2 DQs. Five questions down!

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Was your cunning wife the former Peggy Shippen? - Benedict Arnold. She was the daughter of a prominent Tory family in Philadelphia and, her diary later made clear, had a lot to do with persuading him to betray the patriot cause.
Did you like to hang out around the house with no shoes on, which happened to annoy your wife? - Abraham Lincoln. He said that his feet "needed to breathe."
Was your mom Gilraen? - Yes, Aragorn.

DQs:

Real?
Male?

IQs:

Did Charlize Theron play you on the big screen?
Did you lose the White House to a Texas Democrat?
Were you killed by baddies before your son came of age?

[choie]

Oh damn, I remember you asking the foot question about Lincoln before, too!

Did Charlize Theron play you on the big screen?
Did you lose the White House to a Texas Democrat?
Were you killed by baddies before your son came of age?

1. No, I am not Aileen Wormous? No, that's not spelled right. Warmous? Wourmos? Wsidf3wereiueos? Well, you know who I mean. Her.

2. No, I am not Barry AuH2O! (Seriously, wasn't LBJ the only Texas Democrat to win the White House? The only White House opponent he had was Goldwater in '64, since he didn't run in '68.)

3. No, I am not Tsarina Alexandra Romanov. Admittedly the son was also killed, presumably at the same time, but you didn't specify that the kid had to be alive.


DQ

Real
Male

[Elendil's Heir]

Wow - none of those three were who I was thinking of, but they're fair answers, so I'll rephrase.

IQs:

Did Charlize Theron play you on the big screen, not in Monster?
Did you fictionally lose the White House to a Texas Democrat?
Were you killed by baddies before your non-royal son came of age?

[CatInASuit]

IQs:

1. Were you known for your "Letters from America"?
2. Did you once tell an American footballer how long was left until the planet was destroyed, while he was fighting for his life?
3. Is your name an anagram for a sexual act?

1, Correct
2. Flash, Flash I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the Earth, said by Dale Arden. in the glorious film Flash Gordon.
3. Right sexual act, wrong anagram - Axl Rose, Lead Singer of Guns'n'Roses.

DQs:
Last name begins with 'A'?
Alive?

IQs:
1. Did you chop off the hand of your son in the same way your own hand was?
2. Did your divorced wife become a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers?
3. Is a part of the body named after your only weakness?

[choie]

Did Charlize Theron play you on the big screen, not in Monster?
Did you fictionally lose the White House to a Texas Democrat?
Were you killed by baddies before your non-royal son came of age?

Sadly my knowledge of the Theron oeuvre is not encyclopedic, so I'll have to say Stumped on this one.
No, I am not Alan Alda on The West Wing? Was Jimmy Smits's character from Texas?
Hmm. Well, I guess that lets out Arathorn. I guess Stumped.

Oh I cannot beLIEVE I didn't take more time to work on that freaking anagram. DAMN.

1. Did you chop off the hand of your son in the same way your own hand was?
2. Did your divorced wife become a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers?
3. Is a part of the body named after your only weakness?

Hell no, but that's pretty hardcore. Stumped and curious. But if you're gonna pull out Flash Gordon references I have basically no chance of guessing anything! WAIT! Edited to add: No, I am not Anakin Skywalker YAY got it after I hit POST!

Wasn't Fergie a spokesperson for WW? No, I am not Prince Andrew?

Heh, no, I am not Achilles.


DQs:

Real
Male
Last name begins with 'A'
Not alive

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Did Charlize Theron play you on the big screen, not in Monster? - The title character in Aeon Flux.
Did you fictionally lose the White House to a Texas Democrat? - Yes, this was actually a twofer, as Alan Alda played another "A," Arnold Vinick.
Were you killed by baddies before your non-royal son came of age? - Brainfart. I should have said "fictional," not "non-royal." Yes, this is Arathorn, father of Aragorn.

DQ:

Died since 1900?

IQs:

Were you Peer Gynt's mom?
Were you a SE Ohio Congressman in the 1970s and 1980s?
Are you the most recent actor to play Harvey Dent?

[CatInASuit]

Flash Gordon, you know not of Flash Gordon. It's got a longer, finer heritage than Star Trek. Tsk, tsk, tsk. OTOH, yup its good old Anakin Skywalker.

IQs.
1. Did you find that your entire reality was a lie and your job was to save it
2. Did you become the British Prime Minister after World War II
3. After leading your country to victory were you killed by your wife and her new lover.

[choie]

Sorry for the delay, gents. Could've sworn I was up to date on this!

EH, that's funny about the Arathorn goof! Got it without even realizing I'd gotten it.


EH IQs:

1. Well, Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite was literally the first classical music I ever heard (in Kindgergarten, for some reason). But the only characters I know are him and Anitra--as in Anitra's Dance--well, unless the Mountain King is actually a character too. So although I have no idea if Anitra is indeed his mother, I'll say No, I am not Anitra.

2. Oh man, you with your Ohio statesmen! And I like that you had to clarify Southeast Ohio, because otherwise I'd've been confused by all the other Ohio congresspeople cluttering my memory. Of course I'm stumped.

3. No, I am not Aaron Eckhert.

Flash Gordon, you know not of Flash Gordon. It's got a longer, finer heritage than Star Trek. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Well, sure, but wasn't the movie rather a famous disaster? I only vaguely remember Sam Jones as the lead in it. (Assuming that was the guy's name...)

CIAS IQs:

1. Hmm. Well... No, I am not Arthur Dent? I'm not sure if this would count, he only found out the Earth was a big computer and his brain had the answer to Life, the Universe and Everything. OTOH, I didn't read the last two books so maybe there's something in there that makes this work. Maybe?

2. Er.. no, I am not Atlee? Clement Atlee, I think? I'm gonna be pissed off if I mixed up Asquith and Atlee. Or if there was yet another A I'm forgetting. Oh crap, I bet it's Anthony Eden, isn't it? Argh. Everyone post-Churchill and pre-Heath is a blur.

3. I want this to be a Roman emperor, but I don't think you'd've used 'country' instead of 'empire.' But it sounds like ancient hijinks, so I'll go with Greece or Egypt. Okay, No, I am not Agemmemnon (sp)? I don't remember much about him except for his wife having a rather unfortunate and easily mockable name.

DQs:

Real
Male
Last name begins with 'A'
Not alive
Died before 1900

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you Peer Gynt's mom? - This was Aase:
Were you a SE Ohio Congressman in the 1970s and 1980s? - Douglas Applegate. I was a summer intern for him in the late '80s.
Are you the most recent actor to play Harvey Dent? - Close enough: Aaron Eckhart.

DQs:

American?
Died before 1800?

IQs:

Were you a plump early movie star caught up in scandal?
Did a college president refer to you as "that rascal"?
Did you perform in Madrid in 2004, in a concert now on YouTube in its entirety?