DQ: Did you win a significant award?
G.
- First name begins with G
- Real
- American
- Not a political figure
- Sorta known for contribution to the arts
- Not an athlete
- Dead
- Not involved in the business side (producing, promoting, managing, etc.) of an artistic endeavor
- Not known more for contributions to another field than for the arts
- Contribution to the arts was primary claim to fame
- Died before 2000
- Male
- Not musical
- Writer
- Born after 1900
- Not a novelist
- Not a poet
- Born before 1950
- Did not win a significant award
IQ: Were you one of a pair of famous thumbs in the film industry?
Yes, I am
Gene Siskel
Well done, Enginerd! Here are the letters we’ve used most recently (scroll down): Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board
Thanks, EH. We’ve been burning through the letters over the past couple of months, so I’ll go with one that was last used in April. The letter is N.
IQ: Did you aprocryphally get bonked on the head with an apple?
IQs:
Did you appear in Hellcats of the Navy?
Did you have a dog named Asta?
Was the name of your best friend based on a physical action?
I’m not Isaac Newton.
I’m not Nancy Davis (Reagan). Two DQs for 1 and 3.
Yes, Nancy Davis.
Nick Charles from The Thin Man.
Nancy’s best friend was Sluggo.
DQs:
Male?
Real?
IQs:
Were you Asta’s other owner?
Were you arguably George Washington’s top general?
Did you write The Time Traveler’s Wife?
DQs - I am:
- Real
- Male
I’m also regularly stumped by EH - three more DQs for those questions.
Aw, shucks…
Nora Charles
Nathanael Greene
Audrey Niffenegger
DQs:
Living?
Last name start with N?
American?
IQs:
Are you Garfield’s cute protege?
Did you patrol the hallways of Hogwarts after hours?
Did you play Merlin in a movie?
IQ: Are you a Romanian tennis pro turned politician?
DQs - I am:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- First name starts with ‘N’
- American
I’m not Nermal or Filch’s cat Mrs. Norris - take a DQ for Merlin.
If this isn’t Martina Navratilova, take a DQ.
Merlin was memorably played by Nicol Williamson in Excalibur. You’re right about the two cats.
DQ:
Died since 1900?
IQs:
Did a Pixar character disconsolately identify himself as you?
Are you a historic person who appeared in The Remains of the Day?
Are you the evil, shapechanging trickster in the Cthulhu mythos?
I was thinking Nastase.
DQ: Were you an actor
DQs - I am:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- First name starts with ‘N’
- American
- Dead after 1900
- Not an actor
I’m not… Nemo? Take two or three more DQs, depending on the answer to #1.
Buzz Lightyear, in a dress for Sid’s sister’s tea party in Toy Story, had been renamed by her as Mrs. Nesbit.
British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
The decidedly unpleasant Nyarlathotep.
DQs:
Dead after 1970?
Political/military?
Most famous for a single incident or act?
IQs:
Were your last words “Kiss me, Hardy”?
Long after your dad badly lost an election, did you have some political success of your own?
Were you a U.S. senator from Wisconsin with a first name apt to get you bullied?
DQs - I am:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- First name starts with ‘N’
- American
- Dead after 1900
- Not an actor
- Dead before 1970
- Not a political or military figure
- Not famous for a single incident or act.
I’m neither Horatio nor Gaylord Nelson. Take another DQ for the second question.
Good work on the Nelsons. The second was Nancy Landon Kassebaum of Kansas.
DQ
Famous for the creative arts (usual definition, i.e. movies, books, plays, painting, sculpture, music, etc.)?
IQs:
Did a future Harry Potter actress play your wife in a Seventies movie?
Did your office feature the front end of a car as part of the decor?
Were you misquoted as saying the secret of your success was to “Get there fustest with the mostest”?
DQs - I am:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- First name starts with ‘N’
- American
- Dead after 1900
- Not an actor
- Dead before 1970
- Not a political or military figure
- Not famous for a single incident or act.
- Not involved in the creative arts
I’m not Nathan Bedford Forrest - two more DQs for your other questions.