DQ1: Born West of the Atlantic?
DQ2: Known for the arts, as usually defined for our purposes?
IQ1: Was your predecessor menaced by a small, furry creature - possibly a nutria?
IQ2: Did you have a horse called trigger?
IQ3: Was your name mentioned as a candidate to succeed Nixon in the parallel universe of the Watchmen?
#1. is Gioacchino Rossini, composer of The Barber of Seville, William Tell, The Italian Girl in Algiers, among many others. He made much of the fact that he was a leap year baby. (1792)
#2. is Rollo, who was the great-great-great-grandfather of William the Conqueror, and the first in a line of Normans who had a fascinating history in France, England, Sicily and the Balkans.
#3. is Sonny Rollins, now 82 and still playing 150+ gigs a year…
DQ: Were you born after 1900 AD?
I’ll save the other two for the moment, if I may.
Prof: Not Rachael Ray, 2 DQs
MissTake-Not Robert Reed 2 DQs
fan- Not Roy Rogers, 2 DQs
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DQ Info
1)Male
2)Dead
3)Real
4)1st initial “R”
5)Died after 1900
6)Not in Art
7)Born After 1900
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fan-What does “Born west of the Atlantic” mean? (I think I know, just wouldn’t have phrased it that way)
Born in the Americas, or any place between the Americas and the International Date Line.
As for my IQs:
#1: Ronald Reagan succeeded Jimmy Carter
#2: Was indeed Roy Rogers.
#3: Could also have been Ronald Reagan, but I had forgotten about the film - in the Watchmen comic, Robert Redford is mentioned as running to succeed Nixon.
DQ1: Known for sports?
DQ2: Died after 01/01/1985?
1)Male
2)Dead
3)Real
4)1st initial is “R”
5)Died after 1900
6)Not in the Arts, per our definition
7)Born after 1900
8)Born in the New World
9)Not in Sports
10)Died before 1/1/85
IQ1: Does your name shine, to the everlasting glory of the infantry?
IQ2: Were you one of Sgt Fury’s Howling Commandos?
IQ3: Were you the father of the nuclear navy?
DQ1: Were you born in the United States?
DQ2: Are you known for your contributions to science or technology?
IQ1: Are you an expert in extinguishing burning oil wells?
IQ2: Is your nickname Tank?
IQ3: Did you found McDonald’s?
IQ1: Were you and your brother murdered in the '60’s?
IQ2: Were you the first African American to receive the Nobel Prize?
IQ3: Were you not a crook?
SCA-Not Nimitz, 2 DQs
Well that was quick because MissTake has correctly identified:
Robert F Kennedy!
Well done, MissTake!
Answers: Reed Richards, Richard Palmer for my two.
Well! Congratulations, MissTake!
You’re obviously not a Heinlein fan, etv, or you would have recognised Rodger Young. #2 was “Rebel” Ralston, and #3 was Hyman G Rickover. (Nimitz’s name was Chester.)
COOL!
#2 was Ralph Bunche
#3 was Tricky Dick Nixon
Your new letter is L
IQ: Is your husband one the most unpopular Presidents in recent memory?
I am not Laura Bush
Good heavens, this game has started to move quickly! Well done, Miss Take!
IQ1: Whatever you want, do you get?
IQ2: Are you a renaissance composer?
IQ3: Are you the leader of the Métis rebellion, which is named for you?
I am not Lola
Too many to chose, so I’ll go with Lupo
DQ