IQ1) Did you play with The Atomic Rooster and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown before joining your best-known band?
IQ2) Have Benmont Tench and Mike Campbell appeared on most of your recordings?
IQ3) Did you catch Crown outside your house, and kill him?
DQs:
There’s no such thing as “a real identity” for Brainiac, since he’s had somthing like a half-dozen incarnations over the years. The only “earthly” ID I know of is Milton Fine, who isn’t a P. If I’m wrong, take a DQ.
Take 3 DQs.
I think I know who he’s thinking of, and I think the question would have been better phrased “Are you an alias for Brainiac”, or more revealingly “Was it revealed that you were originally Brainiac?”. Bonus hint: he wasn’t particularly “Earthly”.
Previous Qs:
Were you Adm. Farragut’s half-brother? - David Dixon Porter, who also became an admiral.
Are you credited with devising a popular kind of scam? - Yes, Mr. Ponzi.
Were you Brett’s buddy on the Nostromo? - Parker, played by Yaphet Kotto.
DQs:
Ever ran for President?
One DQ reserved.
IQs:
Did you run for POTUS as the Democratic nominee between 1880 and 1920?
Did Jack Bauer protect you in your first run for President?
Were you a noted cavalry officer of the Civil War?
DQs:
I watched the 1st season of 24, but don’t recall.
Take 3 DQs.
Correct on Thomas Paine.
John Paul Jones.
Close - it was actually Oliver’s little brother, Matthew Calbraith Perry.
Two DQs reserved.
IQ1: Were you a prospector who resorted to cannibalism after being snowed in?
IQ2: Were you an army general who became president of the US?
IQ3: Did you unsuccessfully run for president several times from the 1960s into the '90s?
Take a DQ for #1.
I’m not Franklin Pierce. (??)
I am not Pat Paulsen.
Alferd Packer.
Correct.
Correct.
Yes, I realized I couldn’t really ask the question without a lot of caveats, especially since Brainiac’s been around for decades and new writers will change and retcon willy-nilly.
I will take Some Call Me… Tim’s suggestion and rephrase it as
IQ1: Was it revealed that you were originally Brainiac? Bonus hint: he wasn’t particularly “Earthly.” Bonus bonus hint: This alleged later version of Brainiac revealed himself to be the original Brainiac.
IQ2: Are you an enemy of Jonah Hex, having obtained your alias from a family business Hex’s father tried to blackmail you over?
IQ3: Is your actual name Gregori Arcane, reanimated by your brother Anton to fight Swamp Thing?
Don’t know about this Brainiac, and never read Jonah Hex. Take 2 DQs.
Pulsar Stargrave, El Papagayo (the family business was parrots), correct
Holding 2 DQs
Previous IQs:
Did you run for POTUS as the Democratic nominee between 1880 and 1920? - Alton Parker lost in a landslide to T.R. in 1904.
Did Jack Bauer protect you in your first run for President? - David Palmer.
Were you a noted cavalry officer of the Civil War? - Alfred Pleasonton.
DQ:
Served in the U.S. Cabinet?
Two DQs reserved, unless Prof. P. lets everyone now holding one ask 'em. What else do we need to know? I can’t figure out who our mystery guy is.
DQs:
That’s all twenty, folks. Everyone who scored a DQ gets one “Are you Firstname Lastname?” question. In the spirit of the holidays, I will tell you that this man, in addition to his political and diplomatic career, was also a scientist, and that there he has a definite connection to the Christmas holidays we celebrate. You have until 6 p.m. tomorrow. Good luck!
IQ1: Are you a failed LSH applicant with the ability to make things tacky?
IQ2: Did Ultra Boy once suspect you of secretly being Superboy?
IQ3: Did you repeatedly attempt to kill Ted Knight?
…aaand I’m about tapped out for DC P trivia. It may be time to ask DQ 20, or I’ll be tempted to start on the Marvel trivia, and no one wants that.
I’d give you 3 DQ’s but that time has passed.
Edit conflicts are my bane!
Anyhow, I think I have one left over from Polk if it comes to that, though I’m not inspired enough to make a guess at the moment.
Answers were:
Plaid Lad
Pete Ross
Doctor Phosporous (in the '90s Starman comic, Ted was ex-Starman at this point)