Not Yitzhak Rabin, not Sen. Yancey and not Yasmin Bleeth.
Dunno x3.
Not Yolanda and dunno x2.
Dunno x2; not Yakov Smirnov.
Y.
- real
- male
- dead
- not American
1 was Yorgos Lanthimos; 2 was Yogi “If you see a fork in the road, take it” Berra; 3 was Yolanda, in Pulp Fiction (whose boyfriend’s nickname I got wrong–he was “Pumpkin”, she was “Honey Bunny”).
DQs:
1. died after 1990?
2. European?
3. known from politics?
Y.
- real
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1990
- not European
- known from politics, among other things
- Yoko Ono, the song was the “The ballad of Yoko and John”
- Yakko Warner of from Animaniancs
- In Mother Russia the question gets you correct.
DQ:
- Died before 1900?
1 DQ reserved
Y.
- real
- male
- dead
- not American
- died before 1990
- not European
- known from politics, among other things
- died after 1900
IQs:
1. Did you found Yahoo!?
2. Were you on Witchblade?
3. Are you a mascot who not only switched teams but sports (from the Montreal Expos to the Canadiens)?
Correct on Yolanda.
#2 was Yma Sumac, actress/model.
#3 is Yo-Yo Ma.
2 DQs reserved.
#1. Were you succeeded by Chiang Kaishek?
#2. Did you come to town riding on a pony with a feather in your hat?
#3. Were you Li’l Abner’s baby brother?
IQs:
- Did the New York Post announce your death with the simple headline “[Name] Dead”, leading Tim Kazurinsky to suggest better headlines such as “Deadski Redski” and “Flu 1, Commies 0”?
- Are you white and nerdy?
- Did you lead a mutiny against Vladimir Putin and subsequently die in a tragic and completely unexpected plane crash?
Dingdingding! Yes, I am the Chinese nationalist, statesman, philosopher and revolutionary leader
Sun Yat-sen
Good job, Prof. P. - and wow, after just eight DQs!
As luck would happen, I’m reading a book about the day-to-day accounts of 1927, and Chiang Kaishek was big that year.
Let me think a bit, and then I’ll pick a person.
Right.
IQs:
Were you a noted Greek cavalry leader?
Did you win at Thermopylae but lose at Salamis?
Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor?
Congrats, Prof.!
IQs:
1. Did your father buy Twitter?
2. Were you Socrates’ wife?
3. Yo dog, did you put things inside other things as the host of Pimp My Ride?
Good job, Prof! I was thinking Sun Yat-Sen as well - it was my last IQ - but you ninja’d me, so I edited my question to one about Yevgeny What’s-'is-face, the Wagner Group warlord.
IQs:
- Are you the Happy Hooker?
- Are you a Laotian-born Hmong NPR journalist?
- Did you write the Anabasis?
#1. I am not Xenophon.
#2. I am not Xerxes the Great.
#3. Take a DQ.
#1. I’ve used this one before, but no longer recall the aberration that is his name. Take a DQ.
#2. I am not Xanthippe.
#3. Take a DQ.
#1. I am not Xaviera Hollander.
#2. Take a DQ.
#3. I am not Xenophon.
1 was X AE A-XII Musk; 3 was Xzibit.
DQs:
1. real?
2. first name begins with X?
Correct on 1. and 3. 2. is NPR journalist Doualy Xaykaothao (pronounced “Doh-owly Sigh-cow-tao”, if you’re curious).
IQs:
- Are you a founding member of the Society of Jesus, who evangelized India?
- Is your government currently engaged in genocide against a Muslim population in the country’s west?
- Were you one of the Scoobies?