OK you swept me this time. Take 3 DQs.
not John Cleese, dunno x2
dunno x2, not Jack Black
Here’s a broom. You swept me. Take 3 DQs.
#1 is Jolly R. Blackburn. #2 was Joy Adamson.
#3 Leaf By Niggle is a short story by J. R. R. Tolkein.
So…
Living male American actor who has won a top prize. Caucasian, first name starts with J, born east of the Mississippi in 1960 or earlier, so 55+ years old.
DQs:
- Common first name?
- Best known for action-adventure movies?
3 DQs reserved.
DQ: Best known for movies?
2 DQs reserved.
***Originally Posted by astorian
IQ1) Did you get in a lot of trouble for calling New York City “Hymietown”?
IQ2) Are you a rock legend who was named after the composer of Show Boat?
IQ3) Did you shout “OY” in a series of popular battery commercials?***
Jesse Jackson is correct.
Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead was named after Jerome Kern.
Aussie footballer Jacko (real name Mark Jackson) did the Energizer batter commercials.
DQ1) Win an Oscar?
DQ2) Leading man?
IQs:
- Did you star in One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest?
- Were you an Oscar-winner who played the villain in a Die Hard movie?
- Did you and your brother play the Fabulous Baker Boys?
DQ Roundup
- Real
- Male
- Living
- American
- Known for the arts
- First name starts with J
- Born before 1975
- Known for the performing arts
- Not a singer or musician
- Caucasian
- Was not born after 1960
- Actor
- Has won a top prize
- Born east of the Mississippi
- Common first name
- Known for action-adventure, but not exclusively
- Known for movies, but not exclusively
- Has not won an Oscar
- Has been a leading man, but not always
not Jack Nicholson, not John Hurt, not Jeff Bridges
Correct on 1 and 3. #2 was Jeremy Irons. I don’t recall John Hurt in any of the Die Hard films.
4 DQs reserved.
IQ1) Did you and William Shatner play the same panicky airline passenger?
IQ2) Did you play both a movie star AND the heroic character he portrayed, in a Woody Allen film?
IQ3) Have you portrayed assorted deviants in Secretary, Crash and sex, lies and videotape?
- Jamie Hyneman, of the Mythbusters.
- Julius Caesar (Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus were also the main characters on HBO’s “Rome”.)
- Jeremy Clarkson, of Top Gear.
Yes, I am [SIZE=“7”]James Spader[/SIZE], the voice of Ultron in Avengers 2. Good job, astorian!
Well done, astorian!
(Drat, I was coming on to guess him!)
Cool. I wasn’t sure how old Spader was, but I guess he has a FEW years on me.
He’s probably best known for movies, but he HAS won Emmy awards for Boston Legal.
Next up**… T**
IQs:
- Was your pet dog named Mighty Manfred?
- Did you play That Girl?
- Are you the eponymous protagonist of a play by Shakespeare?
IQ1: Did you write “Harper Valley PTA”?
IQ2: Are you noted for not believing something?
IQ3: Did a Disney film tell the story of your three lives?
Not Marlo Thomas or Timon of Athens
Take a DQ for #1
Not Tom T. Hall or St. Thomas
Take a DQ for #3