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[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

I am S!

Last month: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb...3#post21948093 1

[atimnie]

1. Were you disco queen who also did new wave and gospel?
2. Were you an "evil" kid in the original Toy Story?
3. Were you half a puppeteering team in the late 60s/early 70s? 2

[Knowed Out]

IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?
IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints? 3

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by atimnie

1. Were you disco queen who also did new wave and gospel?
2. Were you an "evil" kid in the original Toy Story?
3. Were you half a puppeteering team in the late 60s/early 70s?

1. I am not Donna Summer.
2. I don't recall, but he's a trash collector in Toy Story 3. Take a DQ.
3. That's not Shari Lewis, so take a DQ. 4

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Knowed Out

IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?
IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints?

Offsides! Illegal use of knowledge of the Botticelli Host's weakness!

Take 3 DQs. 5

[atimnie]

2 was Sid, 3 was not Shari Lewis, but Sid Krofft.

Real?
Male? 6

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1) Real
2) Female 7

[Elendil's Heir]

IQs:

Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Were you his second?
Were you his SECSTATE? 8

[atimnie]

1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?
2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?
3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song? 9

[kitap]

1. Did you have a book written about you called The Lost Sister of Wyoming?
2. Did you create the Cherokee alphabet?
3. Did you dub Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot? 10

[Knowed Out]

IQ1: Are you QB for the Detroit Lions?
IQ2: Are you head coach of the LA Rams?
IQ3: Are you head coach of the New Orleans Saints?

Offsides! Illegal use of knowledge of the Botticelli Host's weakness!

Take 3 DQs.

Upon further review, the call is reversed.

Matthew Stafford, Sean McVay, Sean Payton

DQ: Alive?
DQ: Last name start with S?
DQ: American? 11

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1) Real
2) Female
3) Alive
4) First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
5) Not American 12

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Were you Lincoln's first SECWAR?
Were you his second?
Were you his SECSTATE?

I am not Simon Cameron, nor Edwin Stanton, nor William Seward.

Originally Posted by atimnie

1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?
2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?
3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song?

#1. I assume that's one of the Wild Pair from Opposites Attract. Take a DQ.
#2. I think of the Platters for Only You. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Ringo Starr (??). Take a DQ if I'm wrong.

Originally Posted by kitap

1. Did you have a book written about you called The Lost Sister of Wyoming?
2. Did you create the Cherokee alphabet?
3. Did you dub Annie Oakley Little Sure Shot?

#1. I am not Sacagaweah (??). Take a DQ if I'm wrong.
#2. I am not Sequoiah.
#3. I am not Sitting Bull. 13

[kitap]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

#1. I am not Sacagaweah (??). Take a DQ if I'm wrong.
#2. I am not Sequoiah.
#3. I am not Sitting Bull.

#1 was actually Frances Slocum. The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. She was captured by Indians in 1778 at about age 6 and assimilated.

DQ: Do your hips not lie? 14

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by kitap

#1 was actually Frances Slocum. The Wyoming Valley of Pennsylvania. She was captured by Indians in 1778 at about age 6 and assimilated.

DQ: Do your hips not lie?

I am not Shakira.

But, kitap, DQs are for asking the real "20 Questions" type (until the end game). So, I'm counting that DQ as an IQ, and saying ask again. (Look at previous games if you need guidance.) 15

[atimnie]

1. Were you animated into a music video by Paula Abdul?
2. Were you a mustachioed singer with the song Only You?
3. Were you originally Maharishi in a Beatles song?

1 was MC Skat Kat, in Opposites Attract
2 was Scatman John
3 was Sexy Sadie

Known for the arts?
Popular in this century?
1 DQ reserved 16

[Knowed Out]

IQ: Did you sing Smooth Operator? 17

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1) Real
2) Female
3) Alive
4) First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
5) Not American
6) Known for the arts
7) Popular in this century 18

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Knowed Out

IQ: Did you sing Smooth Operator?

I am not Sade. 19

[Elendil's Heir]

Swept me!

IQs:

Was your brother a noted pre-1897 American general?
Was your brother a noted pre-1897 U.S. senator?
Were you #2's Catholic wife? 20

[atimnie]

Reserved DQ

Singer? 21

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

DQs:

1) Real
2) Female
3) Alive
4) First name starts with S (which is her only name, professionally)
5) Not American
6) Known for the arts
7) Popular in this century
8) Singer 22

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Swept me!

IQs:

Was your brother a noted pre-1897 American general?
Was your brother a noted pre-1897 U.S. senator?
Were you #2's Catholic wife?

But, right back atcha. Take 3 DQs. 23

[atimnie]

I know who this is, but I'm not ready to host the game again. 24

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by atimnie

I know who this is, but I'm not ready to host the game again.

Well, I know that feeling. You can, of course, give out clues as to who you think it is without giving it away completely. 25

[Elendil's Heir]

Previous IQs:

Was your brother a noted pre-1897 American general? - John Sherman
Was your brother a noted pre-1897 U.S. senator? - William Tecumseh Sherman
Were you #2's Catholic wife? - Ellen Sherman

Sherman x3!

DQs:

European?
Has won a Grammy?
Rock/pop?

IQs:

Did you sing "Cheap Thrills"?
Were you a notorious escaped convict in The Hound of the Baskervilles?
Were your brothers Robert and Renly? 26

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

IQs:

Did you sing "Cheap Thrills"?

Yes, I am Princess Pepperwinkle's favorite female singer, Sia!

Good job, EH! 27

[atimnie]

After eliminating Sade and Shakira, it was fairly obvious, aside from both of those being popular in the last century. 28

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

Hips Don't Lie came out in 2005, so Shakira's still good for the 21st Century. 29

[Elendil's Heir]

Good one, PP! Here's more on her: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sia_(musician)

And I actually love that song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIHHydwec8

Right, then! Our next letter is

N 30

[atimnie]

1. Were you fragged by your own men in Viet Nam, but still managed appearances in Twisted Sister videos?
2. Are you a yellow skinned church goer who even Rev. Lovejoy finds to be overly sanctimonious?
3. Were you a singer/songwriter, associated with The Beatles and The Monkees, whose biggest hits were written by someone else? 31

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Did you play Lois Lane on The Adventures of Superman?
2) Did you write the poem Custard the Dragon?
3) Were you a centaur who was killed by Hercules? 32

[De La Rue]

IQs:
1. Did you reportedly enjoy cottage cheese and ketchup sandwiches?
2. Did your father hide your name in his drawings?
3. Did you feign insanity and committ yourself to an insane asylum, writing "Ten Days in a Mad-House" about what you experienced? 33

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by atimnie

1. Were you fragged by your own men in Viet Nam, but still managed appearances in Twisted Sister videos?
2. Are you a yellow skinned church goer who even Rev. Lovejoy finds to be overly sanctimonious?
3. Were you a singer/songwriter, associated with The Beatles and The Monkees, whose biggest hits were written by someone else?

Not Doug "You're all worthless and weak!" Neidermeyer, Ned Flanders and dunno.

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1) Did you play Lois Lane on The Adventures of Superman?
2) Did you write the poem Custard the Dragon?
3) Were you a centaur who was killed by Hercules?

Not Noelle Noel (sp?), dunno, and not... Nimue?

Originally Posted by De La Rue

IQs:
1. Did you reportedly enjoy cottage cheese and ketchup sandwiches?
2. Did your father hide your name in his drawings?
3. Did you feign insanity and committ yourself to an insane asylum, writing "Ten Days in a Mad-House" about what you experienced?

Not Richard Nixon, Nina Hirschfeld or Nellie Bly. 34

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Did you play Lois Lane on The Adventures of Superman?
2) Did you write the poem Custard the Dragon?
3) Were you a centaur who was killed by Hercules?
Not Noelle Noel (sp?), dunno, and not... Nimue?

#1. Correct on Noel Neill. (close enough)
#2 was Ogden Nash.
#3 was Nessus.

DQs:

1) Real?
2) Male? 35

[De La Rue]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Not Richard Nixon, Nina Hirschfeld or Nellie Bly.

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Did you repeatedly warn a weatherman about stepping off a curb?
2. Did you lead a group that took its name from a common term for the Dalit caste of India?
3. Did you write about Milo's adventures in the Lands Beyond? 36

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Were you the front man for Herman's Hermits?
2) Are you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
3) Do you hang around with Sluggo? 37

[atimnie]

3. Were you a singer/songwriter, associated with The Beatles and The Monkees, whose biggest hits were written by someone else?
That was Harry Nilsson, with Everybody's Talkin' and Without You being written by others.

Holding the DQ for now... 38

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by De La Rue

A clean sweep!

IQs:
1. Did you repeatedly warn a weatherman about stepping off a curb?
2. Did you lead a group that took its name from a common term for the Dalit caste of India?
3. Did you write about Milo's adventures in the Lands Beyond?

I'm not Ned "It's a doozie!" Ryerson, not Elliott Ness, and dunno.

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1) Were you the front man for Herman's Hermits?
2) Are you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
3) Do you hang around with Sluggo?

Dunno, not Capt. Nemo, and not Nancy.

N.

1. real
2. male 39

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Were you the front man for Herman's Hermits?
2) Are you one of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
3) Do you hang around with Sluggo?
Dunno, not Capt. Nemo, and not Nancy.

#1 was Peter Noone. Correct on the others.

DQ: Alive? 40

[atimnie]

DQ. Known for the arts? 41

[Elendil's Heir]

N.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. kinda sorta known for the arts 42

[De La Rue]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

I'm not Ned "It's a doozie!" Ryerson, not Elliott Ness, and dunno.

3 was Norton Juster, author of The Phantom Tollbooth.

IQs:
1. Did you create a popular video game about constructing things with blocks?
2. Are you a quarterback recently traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars?
3. Did a bust of you inspire the Bride of Frankenstein's hairstyle?


DQ: died before 1900? 43

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by De La Rue

...

IQs:
1. Did you create a popular video game about constructing things with blocks?
2. Are you a quarterback recently traded to the Jacksonville Jaguars?
3. Did a bust of you inspire the Bride of Frankenstein's hairstyle?....

Dunno, dunno, and not Nefertiti.

N.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. kinda sorta known for the arts
5. died before 1900 44

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Did you record Don't Know Much with Linda Ronstadt?
2) Are you a Lord of Order in DC Comics who empowered Dr. Fate's helmet?
3) Are you the Knight of the Round Table who has the shortest screen time in Monty Python and the Holy Grail? 45

[De La Rue]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Dunno, dunno, and not Nefertiti.

1 was Notch, creator of Minecraft; 2 was Nick Foles (who I just learned was not traded, but signed with the Jaguars as a free agent. I apologize.).

IQs:
1. Are you a linguist who has said that human language is "without significant analogue in the animal world"?
2. Were you a chimpanzee who was taught sign language?
3. Are you the title character of a 1994 Rob Reiner film, of which Roger Ebert said "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it"?


DQs:
1. died before 1700?
2. last name begins with N? 46

[Elendil's Heir]

Originally Posted by Prof. Pepperwinkle

IQs:

1) Did you record Don't Know Much with Linda Ronstadt?
2) Are you a Lord of Order in DC Comics who empowered Dr. Fate's helmet?
3) Are you the Knight of the Round Table who has the shortest screen time in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Not Aaron Neville, dunno, and not the aptly-named Sir Not Appearing In This Film.

Originally Posted by De La Rue

...

IQs:
1. Are you a linguist who has said that human language is "without significant analogue in the animal world"?
2. Were you a chimpanzee who was taught sign language?
3. Are you the title character of a 1994 Rob Reiner film, of which Roger Ebert said "I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant audience-insulting moment of it"?....

Dunno, dunno, and not North (but if only Ebert had let us know how he really felt).

N.

1. real
2. male
3. dead
4. kinda sorta known for the arts
5. died before 1900
6. died after 1700
7. first name begins with N 47

[Prof. Pepperwinkle]

IQs:

1) Did you record Don't Know Much with Linda Ronstadt?
2) Are you a Lord of Order in DC Comics who empowered Dr. Fate's helmet?
3) Are you the Knight of the Round Table who has the shortest screen time in Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Not Aaron Neville, dunno, and not the aptly-named Sir Not Appearing In This Film.

#2 was Nabu. Correct on the others.

DQ: European? 48

[De La Rue]

Originally Posted by Elendil's Heir

Dunno, dunno, and not North (but if only Ebert had let us know how he really felt).

1 was Noam Chomsky; 2 was Nim Chimpsky.

IQs:
1. Did you direct Touch Guys Don't Dance?
2. Did you do the singing voice of Sawyer in Cats Don't Dance?
3. Did you found Atari?


DQs:
1. died after 1800?
2. primarily known for something besides kinda sorta the arts? 49

[atimnie]

1. Are you half of the team hosting YouTube's Good Mythical Morning?
2. Did you do the music for the 1960s Batman TV show?
3. Did you play a tap dancing groupie who very nearly loved a motorcycle riding delivery boy? 50