Iolanthe, the title character from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta of the same name. She is banished from the land of the Fairies for her dalliance with the Lord Chancellor. Despite her immortality, she appears to be a girl of seventeen, which causes great trouble for her son, Strephon. When he is seen embracing his mother, his bride to be, Phyllis, is extremely jealous and rejects him.
At any rate -
DQ: Is the letter ‘I’ the initial of your last name?
Imogene Coca was cranky Aunt Edna in National Lampoon’s Vacation, in which her dog was dragged to death behind Chevy Chase’s car.
Iva Toguri D’Aquino was the radio propagandist pardoned by Gerald Ford.
Ish Kabibble was the cornet player/comic sidekick for Kay Kyser.
You got Izzy Stradlin and Isaac Bashevis Singer right.
DQ1: Are you English?
DQ2: Were you a musician or composer?
DQ3: Were you still alive in the 21st century?
I Am:
IQ: Were you an heiress and philanthropist best known for your unfortunate name?
IQ: Were you a real-life pianist who appeared as a character in Robert Altman’s Gosford Park?
Did you write most of the music on the album In the Court of the Crimson King?
Did David Bowie dedicate the song “Jean Genie” to you?
Were you booted from the official lineup of the Rolling Stones before they became famous?
I am not Ima Hogg.
Ask a DQ
I am not Iggy Pop.
Should know but don’t. Another DQ.
Another DQ..
Pianist Ian Stewart was booted from the Rolling Stones
Keyboard/sax/flute player Ian McDonald (later in Foreigner) wrote most of the music on In the Court of the Crimson King.
Ivor Novello was the pianist who appeared as a character in Gosford Park.
DQ1: Are you a pop/rock musician?
DQ2: Were you at your career peak after 1960?
IQ: Are you the title character of a Mozart opera, whose name is the Latinate version of a character from the Iliad?
This was Ira Einhorn, who killed his girlfriend and split for France, where he lived for many years under a false name. After a protracted court battle, during which the Philadelphia D.A. agreed not to seek the death penalty, Einhorn was extradited, returned, convicted and imprisoned.
DQ: Better known as a solo artist or for your role in a group?
IQ: Did you variously play a doctor, a detective and a scheming politician?
Not sure on this one. Ask a DQ.
Unfamiliar with this work. Ask a DQ.
Am:
Has the band been inducted into the Rck ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame?
Idomeneo, re di Creta tells of the fortunes of Idomeneus after the fall of Troy. Caught in a storm on the voyage home, he promises Neptune that if he survives, he will sacrifice the first person he sees on shore. Of course, the first person he sees is Idamante, his son. Hilarity ensues… (No, not really.)
DQ: Born after 1950?
IQ: Did you play as the terrestrial part of the first terrestrial/orbital flute duet?
The late (and very talented) Ian Richardson played Dr. Joseph Bell, the Scotsman who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes; Holmes himself; and Francis Urquhart, the devilishly ambitious British MP in House of Cards and its sequels.
DQ: Did your group have any American Top 40 hits after 1975?
IQ: Did you complain when the filming of Ghostbusters disrupted your daily routine?
IQ: Was your most famous role (on a real show) the son of a popular actress (a fictional actress who appeared on a show which existed only in the imaginations of the creators of the real show)?
Don’t know. Ask a DQ
I’d say Ivan Reitman, but I’m pretty sure I’d be wrong
Not getting it. Another DQ
I Am:
Did the other members of your successful band continue recording under a new name after you hanged yourself?