Animal-Mineral-Vegetable Man, correct x2
holding a DQ
IQ: Are you a Haitian-born American who identified more than twenty new species of birds?
IQ: When you finally caught up with Polliver, did you stick him with the pointy end?
IQ: Did you win the sixth ever Academy Award for Best Original Song?
Textile arts? I’d say a costumer would come under visual arts, but how about a dress designer?
No, focus on music.
The answers so far:
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Last name starts with A
- Dead
- American
- Known for the arts
- Died after 1950
- Not known for the performing arts
- Not known for the visual arts
- Born after 1875
- Greatest fame before 1950
- Not known for writing
- Not associated with food
- Caucasian
- Born east of the Mississippi
- Not associated with scents
- Associated with music
Three more DQs remaining. A composer, producer or conductor? A musical instrument maker like Les Paul, perhaps?
Hi, Baffle! Welcome!
I am not John James Audubon.
I am not Arya Stark.
but, Yes, I am Harold Arlen, composer of the songs from The Wizard of Oz, as well as Blues in the Night, Come Rain or Come Shine, It’s Only a Paper Moon, Lydia, the Tattooed Lady and about 500 others. Well done, Baffle!
Well, shoot- considering that I myself used Yip Harburg in this game a year or so ago, I should have gotten that!!!
I know the songs, but not the guy. Good job, Baffle!
Woohoo! I figured he had to be a composer after everything else was eliminated.
Sooo… I guess I get to pick a new letter then? (Let me know if there’s some predetermined order I should use, otherwise…)
I am R.
IQs:
- Did you co-host a TV series with Buck Owens?
- Was your horse named Trigger?
- Did you first appear in the Latin poem Ysengrimus?
I am not any of those people that I have probably never heard of.
Except for Roy Rogers. I’m definitely not him.
2 for you!
#1 was Roy Clark on Hee Haw.
#3 was Reynard the Fox.
DQs:
- Real?
- Male?
IQ1) Were you the last faithful Roman Catholic to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury?
IQ2) Did Nolan Ryan get you in a headlock and shower you with noogies on the field?
IQ3) Though better known as a guitarist, were you the bassist for the Jeff Beck Group in the Sixties?
IQs:
- Are you married to the overly voluptuous Jessica?
- Did you have air battles with Snoopy?
- Were you King David’s great-grandmother?
Yes and yes.
- Thomas cRanmer?
- Not a clue… Reggie Jackson?
- But I am not Rod Stewart.
Take 2!
- I am not Roger Rabbit.
- Nor am I the Red Baron.
- Unless that’s Ruth, take a DQ.
Correct on all three.
IQs:
- Were you the brother of the legendary founder of Rome?
- Were you one of the most feared men in the early days of the French Revolution?
- Were you assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan?
- No, I am not Remus.
- I am not Maximilien Robespierre.
- Nor am I Robert F. Kennedy.
Grats and welcome to the game, Baffle.
The quizmaster usually sums up the DQ answers in a numbered list. That way, the players don’t have to hunt for the posts and know how close they’re getting to 20.
In your case, it would look like this:
DQ Summary
- Real
- Male
IQ1: Are you a country singer-songwriter known for “King of the Road”?
IQ2: Have you been the #1 ranked men’s tennis player for 302 weeks?
IQ3: Were you one of the “M&M Boys” with Mickey Mantle?
Correct again.
I’m just going to steal your format:
DQ Summary
- Real
- Male
I am not Roger Miller, Roger Federer, or (presumably) Roger Maris.
The other rule you may not be aware of is that everything must come from your memory. No researching on Google or elsewhere, except to verify information particular to your person.
IQs:
- Were you the first superhero to die in a comic book (DC or Marvel)?
- Are you Lucy and Linus’s little brother?
- Are you the daughter of Trigon?