The list made by Elendil’s Heir shows that ‘U’ has only been used once, so:
I am U
I really can’t think of many people that fit, so I suspect this will be either ridiculously easy or fiendishly difficult…
IQs
- Were you an actor/playwright who starred in Viva Max?
- Were you one of the original Bond girls?
- Were you King Arthur’s dad?
Not Peter Ustinov (love that movie!), Ursula Andress or Uther Pendragon.
more IQs
- Were you a tenant or owner of a notable E. A. Poe house?
- Are you a currently active singer/dancer/reality TV show judge?
- Were you a French post-Impressionist known for his cityscapes?
IQ: Were you the main character in two acient epics?
IQs:
Did Sean Connery star in the best-known adaptation of one of your works?
Are you a CMU grad who played a hotshot young lawyer in a popular TV show?
Were you a noteworthy black actress of the Seventies?
Not Usher. Two DQs.
Not Ulysses.
Three DQs.
As an aside, I had considered using Joseph Brant - does that name ring any bells at all with any of you?
Brant? No, not a clue.
My #1 was Roderick Usher from the House of Usher; #2 is Usher (so you either got #1 or #2), and the painter is Maurice Utrillo.
DQs:
- Are you alive?
- Does your first name start with U?
- Are you male?
IQs
- Are you Benjamin Krupp’s alter-ego?
- Were you part of the biggest selling musical act from a non-English speaking country?
- Did you start a company that was one of the most famous manufacturers of a product that is now considered obsolete?
PS: I haven’t heard of Joseph Brant either.
#1 was the one I answered. But you’re asking three DQs?
U
- Alive
- First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
Hmmm - is there a von Trapp whose name starts with ‘U’?
Not Underwood of typewriter fame. DQs for the first two.
Yeah, I fouled up.
IQ’s:
- Are you Jimmy Durante’s marionette nemesis?
- Were you an American publisher roundly criticized for including your own poems in anthologies you edited?
- Are you Jimmy Neutron’s idiot friend’s idol?
IQ1: Are you a musician who’s alienated many fans in an effort to maintain copyright in the electronic age?
IQ2: Did you inspire a furor about a century ago that resulted in new food governing food handling?
IQ3: Were you half of the first inter-racial kiss on American network TV?
ETA: Don’t recognize the name Joseph Brant either
- Captain Underpants - title character of a popular kids lit series
- Bjorn Ulvaues of ABBA fame
- Correct about John Underwood
DQ1: Male?
I’ll hold on to my second one for now.
My girls used to watch Jimmy Neutron all the time, but that was too many years ago. Three DQs.
No idea.
Assuming that IQ2 should read “new regulations,” I’m not Upton Sinclair.
I’m going to take a guess and say: Not Lt Uhura.
DQs as appropriate.
U
- Dead
- First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
- Male
ZOJ1 
How do you do a strike-out in this forum? I thought it was /S…
IQ: Is your autobiography, finished days before your death, a classic of American writing?
The puppet was Umbriago, the publisher Louis Untermeyer, and Sheen idolized Ultra-Lord!
DQs:
- Were you a fictional character?
- Were you a religious figure?
- Were you European?
Joseph Brant was an Indian chief around the time of the American Revolution, IIRC.
Prof. P., I love Sheen and Ultra-Lord!
Connery starred in The Name of the Rose, based on Umberto Eco’s book.
Blair Underwood was on L.A. Law.
Leslie Uggams.
Three DQs reserved, to see the answers to Prof. P.'s.
IQs:
Did an Oscar-broadcast joke about you and another celebrity flop?
Were you born in Point Pleasant but grew up in Georgetown?
Did The Simpsons start on your show?
Not Ulysses S Grant.
Three DQs
U
- Dead
- First name (the name I am best known by) starts with ‘U’
- Male
- Real
- Not a religious figure
- European
What was he before, and after, he was in the bathroom?