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    IQ: Are you the former NBA player once married to Vanessa Williams?
    IQ2: Are you the former NBA player who signed with the Lakers due to medical care your child needed?
    IQ3: Were you called "The Voice of God"?

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    Dunno, dunno and not Morgan Freeman.

    F.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. not a political/military figure
    7. partly an inventor, but not his usual professional descriptor
    8. not an author
    9. not an explorer
    10. born after 1850
    11. businessman/entrepreneur, among other things
    12. namesake of his company
    13. main company not still around in 2021
    14. product used by average American
    15. product costs more than a month's pay
    16. unable to determine how company ended

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    Rick Fox
    Derek Fisher
    John Facenda

    DQ: Product portable?
    DQ2: Consumers expected to pay for it all at once?
    DQ3: Product meant for adults?

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    Morgan Freeman has been referred to as "the voice of God" and even played Him twice in movies, so I think my answer was valid.

    F.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. not a political/military figure
    7. partly an inventor, but not his usual professional descriptor
    8. not an author
    9. not an explorer
    10. born after 1850
    11. businessman/entrepreneur, among other things
    12. namesake of his company
    13. main company not still around in 2021
    14. product used by average American
    15. product costs more than a month's pay
    16. unable to determine how company ended
    17. product not portable
    18. most "consumers" expected to pay for its use all at once

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    Fair enough

    IQ: Did you famously narrate NFL FILMS?
    IQ2: Did you play Tootie on "Facts of Life"?
    IQ3: Did you invent te suburbs after WWII?

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    Dunno x3.

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    John Facenda
    Kim Fields
    Frank Leavitt

    DQ: Product designed to,last 10+ years?
    DQ2: Product can be exhausted?
    DQ3: Company demise after 1950?

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    BTW: Facenda was called "The Voice of God"

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    Righto.

    F.

    1. real
    2. male
    3. dead
    4. American
    5. born before 1900
    6. not a political/military figure
    7. partly an inventor, but not his usual professional descriptor
    8. not an author
    9. not an explorer
    10. born after 1850
    11. businessman/entrepreneur, among other things
    12. namesake of his company
    13. main company not still around in 2021
    14. product used by average American
    15. buying entire product costs more than a month's pay
    16. unable to determine how company ended
    17. product not portable
    18. most "consumers" expected to pay for its use all at once
    19. product typically designed to last 10+ years
    20. product cannot be exhausted, as such
    21. original company demise before 1950, I believe

    Answer #15 clarified.

    No more IQs; please ask your "Are you Firstname Lastname?" question by noon EDST Monday.

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    Time to ponder

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    UNCLE!

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    As it happens, I am

    G.W.G. Ferris, Jr.

    An American civil engineer and inventor of the Ferris wheel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George...Gale_Ferris_Jr.

    Start the next round, if you like.

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    GREAT ONE EH! Ever kiss a girl on a Ferris wheel?

    Letter momentarily

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    We're due for

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    Don't think I ever have kissed a girl on a Ferris wheel (I know I have on a merry-go-round, though). I'll have to try that sometime!

    D it is.

    IQs:

    Is an important test of expert and scientific testimony named after you?
    Do you work for the PHB?
    Did James Arness play you for many years?

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    Not Charles Darwin
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    Not Matt Dillon

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    Previous IQs:

    Is an important test of expert and scientific testimony named after you? - Not Mr. Darwin, but Mr. Daubert: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dauber...ceuticals,_Inc.
    Do you work for the PHB? - Dilbert works for the Pointy-Haired Boss
    Did James Arness play you for many years? - Yes, Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke

    DQs:

    Real?
    Male?

    IQs:

    Did you want to get a spacecraft in order for your world to join the Empire of Humanity on more favorable terms?
    Were you Bathsheba's second husband?
    Did you joke, "Winston Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises"?

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    DQ
    DQ
    Not Charles DeGaulle GREAT LINE!) stumbled on doc about him yesterday

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    D

    1) Real
    2) Male

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    Previous IQs:

    Did you want to get a spacecraft in order for your world to join the Empire of Humanity on more favorable terms? - The title character from Niven and Pournelle's sf novel King David's Spaceship
    Were you Bathsheba's second husband? - The Biblical King David
    Did you joke, "Winston Churchill would skin his own mother to make a drum with which to beat his own praises"? - Not Charles De Gaulle, but David Lloyd George, the British PM during WWI

    David x3!

    DQs:

    Living?
    Last name start with D?
    American?

    IQs:

    Were you a lonely hero from Heinlein's Future History?
    Did Roy Marsden play you for many years on British TV?
    Were you Dagwood's boss in Blondie?

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    3 DQ

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    D

    1) Real
    2) Male
    3) Living
    4) FIRST name begins "D"
    5) American

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you a lonely hero from Heinlein's Future History? - Lt. Ezra Dahlquist, who single-handedly foiled a military coup on the Moon but died doing so
    Did Roy Marsden play you for many years on British TV? - DCI Adam Dalglish
    Were you Dagwood's boss in Blondie? - The short-tempered Mr. Dithers

    DQs:

    Best known for the Arts?
    Born since 1950?
    White?

    IQs:

    Did Jerry guess your name was Mulva?
    Did Stephen King say you were one of his favorite British literary villains?
    Were you Harry Rehnquist's wife's codename?

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    Not Delores
    DQ
    DQ

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    1) Real
    2) Male
    3) Living
    4) FIRST name begins "D"
    5) American
    6) No connection to Ars
    7) Born AFTER 1950
    8) White

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    Needed to look up 7 & 8 (latter a Google image search) to confirm what I should have known

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    Thanks. You misspelled "Arts," for future rounds, BTW.

    Previous IQs:

    Did Jerry guess your name was Mulva? - Yes, Dolores, on Seinfeld
    Did Stephen King say you were one of his favorite British literary villains? - Dolores Umbridge, from the Harry Potter tales
    Were you Harry Rehnquist's wife's codename? - He was Boris, and she ended up as Doris (not Natasha), in True Lies

    DQs:

    Political/military?

    One DQ reserved.

    IQs:

    Were you pursued by DCI Harry "Snapper" Organs?
    Were you, too?
    Did Jerry Ford try to get you impeached?

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    DQ
    DQ
    Not William O. Douglas

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    1) Real
    2) Male
    3) Living
    4) FIRST name begins "D"
    5) American
    6) No connection to Arts
    7) Born AFTER 1950
    8) White
    9) Associated with a Political/Military figure

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    And yeah, I :facepalmed: when I saw that typo

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you pursued by DCI Harry "Snapper" Organs? - Doug Piranha, on Monty Python:
    Were you, too? - His brother Dinsdale
    Did Jerry Ford try to get you impeached? - Yes, Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

    DQs:

    Associated with a political/military figure now in Federal office?
    Democrat?

    IQs:

    Were you President Reagan's last White House chief of staff?
    Did you play King Tommen's wife?
    Were you one of the leaders of the Mad Scientists' Club?

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    Not Mike Denver
    DQ
    DQ

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    D

    1) Real
    2) Male
    3) Living
    4) FIRST name begins "D"
    5) American
    6) No connection to Arts
    7) Born AFTER 1950
    8) White
    9) Associated with a Political/Military figure
    10) Associated with a currently serving Political/Military figure
    11) Democrat

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    Not Mike Deaver
    DQ
    DQ

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    Previous IQs:

    Were you President Reagan's last White House chief of staff? - Mike Deaver was never chief of staff; this was Kenneth Duberstein
    Did you play King Tommen's wife? - Natalie Dormer, on Game of Thrones
    Were you one of the leaders of the Mad Scientists' Club? - Mortimer Dalrymple, in the kids' books of the same name

    DQs:

    Best known for who he's married to?

    Two DQs reserved.

    IQs:

    Are you the Second Gentleman of the United States?
    Later a US senator, were you known for your controversial Nixon Administration report on the breakdown of black families?
    Are you one of Illinois's current US senators?
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    YES, I AM INDEED:

    Douglas Emhoff, the husband of VPOTUS Kamala Harris

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    Thanks! Good one. Seems like a nice guy, from all I've read.

    My other previous IQs:

    Later a US senator, were you known for your controversial Nixon Administration report on the breakdown of black families? - Daniel Patrick Moynihan
    Are you one of Illinois's current US senators? - Dick Durbin

    Lemme check the list and think of our next letter.
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    Aaaaand our next letter is

    A

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    IQ: Did you set early Cold War policy?
    IQ2: Were you a political ally of Jefferson who later became infamous?
    IQ3: Were you the 1st person to have the previous mystery person's title?

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    Not Dean Acheson, Aaron Burr or John Adams.

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    Correct
    Correct
    Not John, but his wife Abby (2nd Spouse)

    DQ: Real?

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    IQ: Are you the Midwestern governor who lost running for POTUS against a war hero, and thought it would be a good idea to challenge him again?
    IQ2: Are you the general best known for your facial hair?
    IQ3: Are you the famous CBS news curmudgeon whose daughter hosted a local PBS public affairs program?

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    Mystery person #2 above, you agreed, was Aaron Burr, who served as VPOTUS. John Adams was "the 1st person to have the previous mystery person's title." I don't think you get a DQ.

    Not Adlai, Ambrose or Andy.

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    He mystery person was Emhoff (maybe I phrased that poorly)

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    3 for 3

    Stevenson, Burnside and Rooney respectively

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    Emhoff is not an "A," in any event.

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    I never said he was

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    IQ: Are you the late night writer who pretends to be offended by your boss's racist jokes?
    IQ2: Are you the baseball legend they had hoped to pay tribute to at the All-Star game?
    IQ3: Did you play an amateur detective in a small Maine town with a HILARIOUSLY high murder rate?

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    Dunno, not Hank Aaron and not Angela Lansbury.

    Quote Originally posted by Erictelevision View post
    I never said he was
    Uh... reading posts 9143 and 9144 together, I thought you were.

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    Sorry I was vague

    Amber Ruffin on Seth Meyers
    Correct
    Correct

    DQ: Real?

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