Were you the top dude in Dune, at least at first?
Did a law professor from Cleveland advise those who prosecuted you?
Did a British cop repeatedly deny he was you?
I’m not Stilgar or OJ Simpson(?). Take a DQ or two, depending on Simpson.
I have no idea on 1 or 2. I’m not Samuel, but the only reason I know that is because I’ve missed this question before - apparently this isn’t the first time I’ve done S. Take 2 DQs.
This was the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. Stilgar was pretty far down the food chain from him.
Prof. Michael Scharf (another S!) of CWRU Law advised the team prosecuting Saddam Hussein.
Det. Gaskell of Scotland Yard insisted he was not Sir Philip bleedin’ Sydney:
DQs:
European?
First appeared since 1900?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a British Admiralty official who got some important islands named after you?
Did Christopher Walken play your character’s laconic husband?
Were you played by an actress who’d won fame playing a dude?
Right on Samuel; it may have been me that used that one before. I grow old, I grow old…
was William Shakespeare. The precise meaning of it has been debated for years - did he not like his wife? Was he gay? Did the 2nd best bed mean the comfy one that they slept in, as opposed to the fancy one that was reserved for guests? No one knows, but that hasn’t stopped a lot of ink and electrons flowing…
was Igor Stravinsky, and the ballet was ‘Le Sacre du Printemps’. Stravinsky blamed the riot on Njinsky’s choreography, while Njinsky blamed the music.
DQ1: Do you originally appear in a work of written literature?
IQ1: Did you learn to quit worrying and love the bomb?
IQ2: Was your name also that of a character of a female detective on a popular crime show that was cancelled in 2009?
The Earl of Sandwich and the eventual Hawaii. Sarah, Plain and Tall, played by Glenn Close.
I was thinking of the Shadout Mapes, also in Dune, played by Linda Hunt, who won an Oscar for playing an Indonesian man in The Year of Living Dangerously. (When did Meryl Streep ever play a dude?)
On to B.
IQs:
Are you an sf writer perhaps best known for Enemy Mine?
Did you play a retro dad and a more recent priest?
Did your parents die in a boating accident?
I was thinking of Streep in The Deer Hunter for this question, but after looking it up it appears they were engaged but not married.
For B:
IQ1: Are you the shortest man to ever play in the NBA?
IQ2: Did your fame help to popularize the Arkansas toothpick?
IQ3: Did you unsuccessfully lobby the mayor to close the beaches?
