Was Oliver Hazard Perry a friend and shipmate of yours? - Capt. Lawrence, whose dying words “Don’t give up the ship” adorned a flag which Perry later flew during the Battle of Lake Erie
Did you wish a houseguest would use his goddamn prepositions? - Yes, Lionel Twain, of 22 Twain
Was a still-standing fort named after you in Pennsylvania? - Lord Ligonier
DQs:
Ever won an Emmy?
Greatest fame before 1980?
IQs:
Are you the longtime producer of SNL?
Did you first play Cmdr. Adama?
Were you Data’s and B4’s “brother”?
Respectively:
I am not Lorne Michaels.
I am not Lorne Greene.
I am not Lore. Oh, I see what you did there.
DQs
1. real
2. male
3. last name doesn’t start with L
4. living
5. American
6. known for the Arts
7. born before 1979
8. best known for the performing arts
9. known as an actor
10. not best known for movies
11. born before 1960
12. best known for TV shows
13. has won an Emmy
14. greatest fame after 1980
Were you a Treasury secretary and a president of Hahvahd?
Were you the most outspoken of a trio of Vermont rustics?
Are you a videogame character known by name for his particular threads?
Were you a Treasury secretary and a president of Hahvahd? - Larry Summers
Were you the most outspoken of a trio of Vermont rustics? - Yes, Larry, brother of Darryl and his other brother Darryl, on Newhart
Are you a videogame character known by name for his particular threads? - Yes, Leisure Suit Larry
DQ:
Show is still in production (allowing for any COVID suspension)?
IQs:
Were you a Swedish punk hacker?
Were you George and Weezie’s only son?
Did you particularly admire the talking horses you met?
IQ1: Were you a voice actor best known for a lazy lasagna loving cat?
IQ2: Did you give your mother 40 whacks?
IQ3: Are you a country singer with a large band?
Respectively:
I am not Lisbeth Salander.
Take a DQ.
I am not Lemuel Gulliver.
IQ1: I am not Lorenzo Music.
IQ2: I am not Lizzie Borden.
IQ3: I am not Lyle Lovett.
DQs
1. real
2. male
3. last name doesn’t start with L
4. living
5. American
6. known for the Arts
7. born before 1979
8. best known for the performing arts
9. known as an actor
10. not best known for movies
11. born before 1960
12. best known for TV shows
13. has won a (Daytime) Emmy
14. greatest fame after 1980
15. most prominent person on a show
16. won for a show in a broad category (not sci-fi/fantasy/horror or anything otherwise fantastical)
17. show is not still in production
Note clarification to answer 13. (I figure a Daytime Emmy is still an Emmy.)
Were you a Swedish punk hacker? - correct, Lisbeth Salander
Were you George and Weezie’s only son? - Lionel Jefferson, on All in the Family and The Jeffersons
Did you particularly admire the talking horses you met? - Yes, Lemuel Gulliver
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Were you a friendly amphibian in a series of kids’ books?
Did you portray Ben Franklin as kindly and absent-minded and Sam Adams as a blowhard and a mooch?
Were you killed by your younger son in the bathroom?
1. I am not Larry David.
2. Take a DQ.
3. I am not Larry Bird?
Respectively:
Take a DQ.
I am not Robert Lawson.
I am not whoever Lannister.
DQs
1. real
2. male
3. last name doesn’t start with L
4. living
5. American
6. known for the Arts
7. born before 1979
8. best known for the performing arts
9. known as an actor
10. not best known for movies
11. born before 1960
12. best known for TV shows
13. has won a (Daytime) Emmy
14. greatest fame after 1980
15. most prominent person on a show
16. won for a show in a broad category (not sci-fi/fantasy/horror or anything otherwise fantastical)
17. show is not still in production
18. appeared on show as self
19. from a network TV show
Were you a friendly amphibian in a series of kids’ books? - Lyle the Crocodile (a favorite of mine as a boy)
Did you portray Ben Franklin as kindly and absent-minded and Sam Adams as a blowhard and a mooch? - Yes, Robert Lawson, in Ben and Me and Mr. Revere and I (also favorites)
Were you killed by your younger son in the bathroom? - Yes, Tywin Lannister
IQ1: Are you the leader of a hardcore punk bank that appeared on Saturday Night Live at John Belushi’s urging, and were subsequently permanently banned to the point of being cut from reruns?
IQ2: Are you the last surviving human on the mining ship Red Dwarf?
IQ3: Did you compose the music for West Side Story?
IQ1: Take a DQ.
IQ2: I am not Dave Lister.
IQ3: I am not Leonard Bernstein.
DQs
1/. real
2. male
3. last name doesn’t start with L
4. living
5. American
6. known for the Arts
7. born before 1979
8. best known for the performing arts
9. known as an actor
10. not best known for movies
11. born before 1960
12. best known for TV shows
13. has won a (Daytime) Emmy
14. greatest fame after 1980
15. most prominent person on a show
16. won for a show in a broad category (not sci-fi/fantasy/horror or anything otherwise fantastical)
17. show is not still in production
18. appeared on show as self
19. from a network TV show
20. not host of or personality on talk show
21. uncommon first name
22. became famous and is most associated with shows before 1999
Well, that’s it for IQs. Please get all DQs in by 3:00PM 4/17 EDT.