DQ1: Known for the arts?
DQ2: Born east of the Mississippi?
IQ1: Did you end Joe Theismann’s career in 1985?
IQ2: Is your repertoire largely referred to as “champagne music”?
IQ3: Are you a linebacker for the Pittsburgh Steelers whose middle name is Olajuwon, named after NBA star Hakeen Olajuwon?
Previous IQs:
Did you provide Mater’s voice in a Pixar film? - Yes, Larry the Cable Guy, in the *Cars *franchise.
Did Civil War hero Chamberlain go by this middle name throughout his childhood? - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Joshua Chamberlain - Wikipedia
Was your dad nicknamed “Light-horse Harry”? - Yes, Robert E. Lee.
DQ:
Died before 1900?
IQs:
Were your last words immortalized on a battle flag?
Were you almost a son to George Washington?
Were you Lady Mary’s rival for the love of Matthew Crawley?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- Last name starts with L
- American
- Died before 1970
- Not political/military
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of the Mississippi
- Died after 1900
I am not Lawrence Welk. Take 2 DQs for the others.
I am not the Marquis de Lafayette. Take 2 DQs for the others.
For the first time since August (mea culpa!), I’ve updated the “Botticelli letters we’ve used so far” thread: Botticelli - the letters we've used so far - Thread Games - Straight Dope Message Board
Previous IQs:
Were your last words immortalized on a battle flag? - Capt. James Lawrence: James Lawrence - Wikipedia
Were you almost a son to George Washington? - Yes, Lafayette.
Were you Lady Mary’s rival for the love of Matthew Crawley? - Lavinia Swire, on Downton Abbey.
DQs:
Died after 1935?
Businessman/tycoon?
IQs:
Were you a matriarch of the Sackville-Bagginses?
Are you a fictional knight who had several incestuous children with your sister?
Are you that sister?
Lawrence Taylor, correct, Lawrence Tillman
DQ: Born north of Mason-Dixon line?
holding 1 DQ
IQ1: Are you a Gotham City detective who married Dinah Drake, aka the first Black Canary?
IQ2: Are you a slow-witted but loyal member of the Silver Age Metal Men?
IQ3: Are you a wheelchair-bound student who attended Metropolis University with Clark Kent who was actually a mermaid, hiding your lower half with a blanket?
IQ1: Were you famously kidnapped when you were very young?
IQ2: Were you the father of IQ1?
IQ3: Were you a New Yorker with the nickname, “Lucky”?
IQ1) Were you an understudy to Charlie Chaplin in British vaudeville, and did you emigrate to America with him?
IQ2) Are you a 20th century sports superstar whose real last name was “Barrow”?
IQ3) Were you murdered with an ice axe in Mexico, in 1940?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- Last name starts with L
- American
- Died before 1970
- Not political/military
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of the Mississippi
- Died after 1900
- Died before 1935
- Not famous as a businessman/tycoon
- Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
Well, since we’ve been doing alphabetical runs since about then, it wasn’t as useful a tool as it is now. Thanks for keeping it updated!
I am not Lobelia.
I am not Jaime Lannister.
I am not Cersei Lannister.
I am not Larry Lance.
I am not Lead.
I am not Lori Lemaris.
I am not Charles Lindbergh, Jr.
I am not Charles Lindbergh, Sr.
I am not Lucky Luciano.
I am not Stan Laurel.
Take 2 DQs.
DQ: Known from a historical event?
IQ1: Are you the author of Little Women?
IQ2: Were you a defensive end for the Oakland Raiders and currently an NFL analyst for FOX?
IQ3: Are you a standup comedian whose stage name is a variation of your actual Hungarian surname Székely?
DQs:
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- Last name starts with L
- American
- Died before 1970
- Not political/military
- Not known for the arts
- Born east of the Mississippi
- Died after 1900
- Died before 1935
- Not famous as a businessman/tycoon
- Born north of the Mason-Dixon line
- Not known from a historical event