Don’t ask me – I bought a copy back in '79 or '80; still have it, still haven’t read it. I did see three or four minutes of the movie when I was on the boat, though.
YES! I am Gurney Halleck, weapons master of House Atreides!
@SunUp is up!
I was actually thinking more of the Harkonnen clan. Good call,SunUp!
I thought, a little after posting it, that I should have gone with “A Harkonnen?” instead, to have a shot at another one with my second DQ. But, it worked out. Or, I guess I could have gone with the classic question “A good guy?” and gotten pretty much the same thing.
At any rate, it takes away some of the sting from Mafia.
Let’s go with:
T
IQs:
- Did you play a number of bald-headed brutes in the 1950’s?
- Did you sail the Kon-Tiki?
- Are you a trickster hero from Germanic folklore whose name is a reference to the moon?
IQ1: Were you terrible, untamed, and magnificent?
IQ2: Were you a 0-6-0T?
IQ3: Were you one of the most notable people killed at the Battle of Five Armies?
IQs:
- Did you sail the Queen Anne’s Revenge?
- Are you a lieutenant colonel who endorsed Biden in 2020 and now a member of the current administration’s cabinet?
- Did you claim to be in love with a pigeon?
Previous IQs:
Although often mistaken for a Frenchman, did you always note that you were, in fact, Belgian? - Yes, Hercule Poirot
Were you a Civil War general known, among other things, for his nervous habit of rubbing his elbows? - Henry Halleck
Are you a non-American featured in the decor of the U.S. House of Representatives? - Hammurabi
On to T.
IQs:
You were a leading character in an early movie of a particular director; your name later appeared, slightly changed, in dialogue for a later movie by the same director. Who were you?
Were you “the Sledge of Nashville”?
Did you hold Cmdr. Spock’s job in an alternate timeline?
I am not Tor Johnson.
I am not Thor Heyerdahl.
Take a DQ.
Take a DQ.
I am not Thomas the Tank Engine.
I am not Thorin Oakenshield.
Take a DQ.
I am not Tulsi Gabbard.
Take another DQ.
Take a DQ.
I am not Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas.
Take a DQ.
Tarzan
correct (I’m impressed)
correct
DQ: Real?
correct, correct, and Tyll Eulenspiegel (which means Owl-glass, or Owl’s Mirror).
DQ: Male?
Correct; Edward Teach (aka Blackbeard) and Nikola Tesla
DQs:
Created after 1950?
American creator?
Augh!
I was in a covid-haze last night when I answered the first DQ.
It should have been “real”, not fictional, so I’m throwing back @knoodler 's DQs and setting things to:
T
- Real
- Male
Yeesh! I hope you bonce back quickly! 
DQs:
Living?
American?
IQs:
- Did you marry Professor Ian Miller in a huge, lavish wedding?
- Were you an Anglican bishop who was also an activist against Apartheid?
- Are you the CEO of one of the world’s largest companies who also supports LGBTQ+ rights and equality?
Take a DQ.
I am not Desmond Tutu.
I am not Tim Apple… uh, I mean, Tim Cook.
IQs:
- Did you write Jaguars Ripped My Flesh?
- Did you promote hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for Covid-19?
- Were you the rat in Charlotte’s Web?
Take a DQ.
I am not Donald Trump.
I am not Templeton.