Tap tap tap. Is this thing on?
Are you a prominent figure from the Protestant Reformation?
Sorry, I don’t often have the chance to dope on weekends - should have warned you all beforehand.
I’m not Jacques Cousteau, if that’s what you mean, otherwise take a DQ.
Jung Chang authored several novels about China, but assuming you didn’t confuse your Far-Eastern empires, take a DQ.
Unless you’ve forgotten about Ted Heath and the answer is James Callaghan, I got nothin’.
I already told you I’m not Jesus Christ. What? He’s a legitimate answer to your question, isn’t he? Oh alright, take a DQ.
All other IQs get a DQ, although I’m going to kick myself for one or two I’m sure.
DQ update:
Male
Real Person
Dead
Not American
Alive during 20th century
Not born after 1899
Not involved in government/politics
Have served in military
Have you been both a Bear and a Titan?
I smell American sport, hence an almost-automatic DQ.
Sternvogel, you have an outstanding DQ from earlier (as do many others, but they probably haven’t noticed my previous post yet).
The author I was thinking of was James Clavell, who wrote Shogun and Noble House.
DQ: Were you born prior to 1800?
IQ: Were you a famous English general who fought against France in the War of Spanish Succession?
Edit - To clarify the IQ.
Not born prior to 1800.
I am not John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough KG (26 May/24 June 1650 – 16 June 1722). And I in no way looked that up. I’m leaving work now to catch my private jet home.
Only one of the above is true. Take another DQ.
Were you the father of the man who proclaimed ‘Peace in our time.’?
Florida-born linebacker Jeremy Cain.
DQ: Were you an entertainer of some kind?
J… J… J… James Chamberlain? So unfair! I imagine it’s unlikely his name is as common as ‘James’, or you wouldn’t have asked.
I was not an entertainer.
ETA: Damn. It was Joseph Chamberlain. Another DQ for Wargamer, he’s due 2.
I’m assuming Jenni Craig just earned me a DQ.
DQ: Are you famous for your creative work?
IQ: Could you figure out how to hide a poison dart in a Nazi’s souffle without making it collapse?
Yes, no, and no - the latter sounds like Monty Python, so I am not John Cleese, but if I guessed incorrectly take another DQ.
ETA summary:
Male
Real Person
Dead
Not American
Alive during 20th century
Not born after 1899
Not involved in government/politics
Have served in military
Not born before 1800
Not an entertainer
Not known for creative work
The author of much-derided tracts is Jack Chick (see current Pit thread).
The protestant reformer is John Calvin.
DQ1: Are you British?
DQ2: Are you best known for service in wartime?
IQ: Are you an American peanut farmer who came to prominence in the 1970s?
Are you European?
Is your fame related to your military service?
IQ: Did you play Lara in a movie set during the late 1910’s?
Julia Child worked for the OSS during World War II.
DQ: Were you European?
IQ: Do you like to wish upon a star?
Did you once play a crusty old New York cop named Waldo?
This is Jerry Coleman, whose memorable turns of phrase allegedly include “There’s a deep fly ball – Winfield is going back, back…Oh! He hits his head against the wall. It’s rolling toward second base.”
DQ: Were you killed in battle?
IQ: Did you win an Olympic gold medal in women’s springboard diving?
Did you claim Quebec for France?
Did you like to say “Sock it to me?”
Did you win first place in the first event of the first Olympics of the modern era?
Is your grandmother’s name Daisy Mae Moses?