Let's play Botticelli!

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

A mythic blacksmith, did you also go by the name Vulcan? - Hephaestus.
Were you originally described as bucktoothed and frizzy-haired? - Described, not designed (and I don't know if that's true of Howdy Doody). This was Hermione Granger, in the Harry Potter books.
Did your future husband forget his name when he first met you? - Yes, Hillary Clinton, on the occasion when they first met at Yale Law School.

DQs:

American?
Would be alive today, if real?

IQs:

Were you FDR's cadaverous but trusted aide?
Were you the victor at Agincourt?
Were you a PM who was fond of sailing?

[Erictelevision]

Not:
Harry Hopkins
Henry IV
DQ

[Erictelevision]

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last initial "H"
4. Not American
5. Would be living, if real

More info for ya

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you FDR's cadaverous but trusted aide? - Yes, Harry Hopkins.
Were you the victor at Agincourt? - Not Henry IV, but his son, Henry V.
Were you a PM who was fond of sailing? - Edward Heath of the UK.

DQs:

European?
First appeared in print?

IQs:

Were you Shakespeare's wife?
Are you an actress who shares that name?
Did you have to clean the Augean stables?

[Erictelevision]

The stables were a labor of Hercules, who I am not

DQfor the Bard references

[Erictelevision]

1. Fictional
2. Male
3. Last initial "H"
4. Not American
5. Would be living, if real
6. Not European
7. Not from print

More info for ya

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you Shakespeare's wife? - Anne Hathaway
Are you an actress who shares that name? - Ditto
Did you have to clean the Augean stables? - Yes, Hercules

DQs:

From the Northern Hemisphere?
First appeared before 1964?

IQs:

Would no one rid you of "that meddlesome priest"?
Did your creator deny that he meant to insult a particular company in naming you?
Have you played a NASA executive, a keeper of secrets and boyfriend of a designer?

[Erictelevision]

3 DQs

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.First appearance AFTER 1964

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Would no one rid you of "that meddlesome priest"? - King Henry II of England, allegedly complaining about Thomas Becket.
Did your creator deny that he meant to insult a particular company in naming you? - Arthur C. Clarke denied that HAL 9000 was intended to be "one letter better" than IBM.
Have you played a NASA executive, a keeper of secrets and boyfriend of a designer? - Hal Holbrook, in Capricorn One, All the President's Men and Designing Women.

DQs:

From Eastern Hemisphere?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Hemisphere
First appeared in movie?
Generally considered "good guy"?

IQs:

Despite your high post, were you called a "glorified clerk" by your boss?
Was your home Spiegel Grove?
Were you a failed SCOTUS nominee by Nixon?

[Erictelevision]

Not Harry Ellsworth (Nixon's SCOTUS pick)

2 DQS

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Despite your high post, were you called a "glorified clerk" by your boss? - Henry Halleck, U.S. Army chief of staff during the Civil War
Was your home Spiegel Grove? - Rutherford B. Hayes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiegel_Grove
Were you a failed SCOTUS nominee by Nixon? - Nixon never nominated anyone named Harry Ellsworth; this was Haynesworth.

Three DQs reserved.

[Erictelevision]

Misremembered the last name!! Duh!!

[Elendil's Heir]

DQs:

Only appeared on TV?
Human?

One DQ reserved.

IQs:

Are you credited with an early design for the U.S. flag?
Were you VPOTUS from 1861-1865?
Is a noted wall named after you?

[Erictelevision]

DQ
Not Hannibal Hamlin
Not Hadrian

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"
13.Only from TV
14.Human

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

More DQ INFO

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Are you credited with an early design for the U.S. flag? - Francis Hopkinson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franci...ag_controversy
Were you VPOTUS from 1861-1865? - Yes, Hannibal Hamlin, Republican of Maine.
Is a noted wall named after you? - Yes, the Emperor Hadrian.

DQ:

In a TV series still in production?

IQs:

Were you a grumpy old British barrister?
Did ELO sing about you and your unlikely romance?
Were you "the Happy Warrior"?

[Erictelevision]

Not the Happy Warrior, Hubert Humphrey.

DQ for other guys

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"
13.Only from TV
14.Human
15.Show I was on has been revived

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

More DQ INFO

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you a grumpy old British barrister? - Horace Rumpole, "Rumpole of the Bailey"
Did ELO sing about you and your unlikely romance? - Horace Wimp
Were you "the Happy Warrior"? - Yes, Hubert H. Humphrey.

DQs:

Played by same actor in revival?
Canadian?

IQs:

Were you Lincoln's youngest personal aide?
Did the NYT's Linda Greenhouse write a bio of you?
Did you adopt Matilda?

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"
13.Only from TV
14.Human
15.Show I was on has been revived
16.Character did not return in revival
17.Canadian

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

More DQ INFO

[Erictelevision]

1. Not future SoS John Hay
2. Not Hugo Black (educated guess)
3. Not Henry Huggins (uneducated guess)

[Erictelevision]

Answer 9 means 16 was a waste IMO. (That's kinda a hint)

[Elendil's Heir]

Hmm. I don't know Canadian TV and suspect I won't recognize the name.

Previous IQs:

Were you Lincoln's youngest personal aide? - Yes, John Hay, whose grave I have visited.
Did the NYT's Linda Greenhouse write a bio of you? - Close; it was Harry Blackmun.
Did you adopt Matilda? - Miss Honey, in the book and movie Matilda.

DQ:

Lead character?
Are you in DeGrassi?

IQ:

Were you McKinley's kingmaker?

[Erictelevision]

Don't remember McKinley's mentor

DQ

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"
13.Only from TV
14.Human
15.Show I was on has been revived
16.Character did not return in revival
17.Canadian
18.Not a Degrassi cast member
19.Lead character in part of show he appears in

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

More DQ INFO

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQ:

Were you McKinley's kingmaker? - Marcus Hanna

One DQ reserved.

Hmm. Not sure who this person is. I'll PM CIAS and see if he wants to take a crack at it.

[Erictelevision]

KNEW Mark Hanna!! This guy might be tad obscure if you weren't a fan of show. (HINT)

[CatInASuit]

Hmmm. The only Canadian show I remember is the one about the Mountie. So I'm stuffed on this one.

[Elendil's Heir]

Want to use my final DQ, CIAS?

[CatInASuit]

Sure -I'll give it a go.

DQ. Show revived in the two years?

[Erictelevision]

1.Fictional
2.Male
3.Last initial "H"
4.Not American
5.Would be living, if real
6.Not European
7.Not from print
8.From Northern Hemisphere
9.Only appearance AFTER 1964
10.Not from Eastern Hemisphere
11.Not from a movie
12.Guess he's a "good guy"
13.Only from TV
14.Human
15.Show I was on has been revived
16.Character did not return in revival
17.Canadian
18.Not a Degrassi cast member
19.Lead character in part of show he appears in
20.Revival began more than 2 years ago

Note subtle change to 9 (made for accuracy)

More DQ INFO

[Elendil's Heir]

I don't know enough Canadian TV to even come up with an "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question, so I'm out for this round.

And if you don't mind my asking, Eric, why do you use the "Reply with quote" function for DQs? Why not just cut and paste?

[Erictelevision]

Too much of a dummy to c+p.

[Erictelevision]

Any last guesses?

[Elendil's Heir]

Dummy? Not so. Perish the thought.

Anyway, I'm stumped, and I give up.

[Erictelevision]

Okay, I'll cop to not tech savvy.

Anyway: I am CAPTAIN HAIR The "superhero" from the Drew Carey-era "WLiiA"

Your new letter is K

[Elendil's Heir]

Never heard of him (or her). CIAS?

[CatInASuit]

Nope. I have no clue who this person is. Have you got a good link?

[Elendil's Heir]

As neither of us knew of him (or her), would you like to start the next round, CIAS?

[CatInASuit]

Given the slightly small playing population, it was always likely to happen.

I'm fine with either of you starting, just remember I'm British so I'm unlikely to guess the more obscure ones.

[Erictelevision]

Okay

The letter is K

[Elendil's Heir]

I think we should all play names that will be familiar worldwide. I've certainly tried to do so.

IQs:

Are you arguably the best-known person from Riverside, Iowa?
Did your wife call you "Bunny"?
Are you that wife?

[Erictelevision]

DQ
Not JFK
Not Jackie Kennedy

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Are you arguably the best-known person from Riverside, Iowa? - James T. Kirk
Did your wife call you "Bunny"? - Yes, JFK
Are you that wife? - Yes, Jackie Kennedy

DQ:

Real?

IQs:

Were you - perhaps unfairly - the heavy in Breaker Morant?
Did you tell a subordinate that the boss was drunk and couldn't take an important call?
Were all of your prize exotic fish eaten by Otto?

[Erictelevision]

1. Real

3 DQs

[CatInASuit]

IQs.

1. Did you attempt to break the Internet?
2. Are you a space alien from the Simpsons?
3. Are you the other space alien from the Simpsons?

[Erictelevision]

Not Kim Kardashian
DQ
DQ

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Were you - perhaps unfairly - the heavy in Breaker Morant? - Lord Kitchener.
Did you tell a subordinate that the boss was drunk and couldn't take an important call? - Henry Kissinger, who during the Yom Kippur War told NSC aide Brent Scowcroft that President Nixon was drunk and couldn't speak that night with British PM Ted Heath.
Were all of your prize exotic fish eaten by Otto? - The stuttering, long-suffering Ken in A Fish Called Wanda.

DQs:

Male?
American?
Living?

IQs:

Were you a Federal cavalry commander after whom a New Jersey town was named?
Were you an independent counsel who plagued Bill Clinton?
Did you draw Dennis the Menace?