correct, Willie Nelson, Willie Mays
Willie x 3!
DQ: South American?
DQ: Known for a product or business?
#1 is Wade Wilson.
Correct on #2.
#3 was Mae West.
DQ: Died after 1850?
2 DQs reserved.
IQ1: Are you the defensive coordinator for the LA Rams, having previously served twice in the same role for the Denver Broncos?
IQ2: Were you president during the Teapot Dome scandal?
IQ3: Are you thought to have killed up to 23 in the “Atlanta Child Murders” from 1979-1981?
Ha, this is quite funny - correct on Wozniak and Billy Chrystal, the latter of whom I had somehow confused with Billy Wilder (which was the ‘W’ I was going for - hadn’t even occurred to me about Billy being a nickname)! So good that you even get the ones I’m not going for.
The first was Willard White - one DQ reserved.
IQ: Did you serve more than once as Prime Minister of the UK in Victorian times?
IQ: Did you write The Woman in White?
IQ: Were you head of German military intelligence in WWII?
Dunno, not Warren G. Harding, and not Wayne Williams.
Not William Ewart Gladstone, Willkie Collins or Wilhelm Canaris.
W.
- real
- dead
- last name started with W
- male
- born in the Western Hemisphere
- died before 1900
- not known for the Arts
- not American
- not known for politics
- died after 1800
- not South American
- known for a product or business
- died after 1850
Swept (as I very much suspected), nicely done. However, I still have a DQ in reserve:
Known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers?
IQ: Are the composer of Crown Imperial?
IQ: Were you a character in a sitcom where a lot of dramatic tension came from the fact that you were currently subordinate (both at work and in the activity central to the show) to someone who was of a lower standing than you in previous military service (and perhaps socially, also)?
IQ: Were you the title character in a film in which a child befriends you and helps you escape?
IQ: Are you the Canadian inventor of the light bulb who sold your patent to Thomas Edison, who then reworked it to make it commercially viable?
Dunno, dunno and not (Free) Willie.
Hmm… dunno.
W.
- real
- dead
- last name started with W
- male
- born in the Western Hemisphere
- died before 1900
- not known for the Arts
- not American
- not known for politics
- died after 1800
- not South American
- known for a product or business
- died after 1850
- known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers
IQ1: Did you play the Singing Surgeon in early episodes of MASH?
IQ2: Did you sing “I Love Rocky Road”?
IQ3: Are you an author who accidentally killed your wife while pretending you were William Tell?
That was Henry Woodward.
DQs:
- Known for a service rather than an actual product?
- Canadian?
1 DQ reserved.
Dunno, dunno, and not William S. Burroughs.
W.
- real
- dead
- last name started with W
- male
- born in the Western Hemisphere
- died before 1900
- not known for the Arts
- not American
- not known for politics
- died after 1800
- not South American
- known for a product or business
- died after 1850
- known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers
- known for an actual product and not a service
- not Canadian
Huh. Well, that leaves Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. And Greenland.
A point of clarification, EH, if you please: when I think of the Western Hemisphere, I think of North and South America and surrounding island nations. That’s the one I’ve used previously. However, looking at maps, they seem to indicate that the Western Hemisphere includes Western Europe and Western Africa.
Which definition are you using in this game?
Loudon Wainwrite, Weird Al Yankovic, correct
Prof, that’s why I always avoided asking about hemispheres. There’s always that tiny bit of a chance.
Last time we clarified hemispheres (at my instigation) we settled on “west of the Greenwich Meridian [and east of the international dateline]”. Assuming that remains the case for this game, most of the UK is in play as well as some of France, Spain, and Portugal. In addition to Prof. P’s list, of course.
Is it permissible for us to discuss amongst ourselves any ideas we have?
Correct on Willy, the others are William Walton, and Sergeant Arthur Wilson from Dad’s Army. Maybe that one is a bit Brit-centric, was it ever shown across the pond?
DQ: known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine?
DQ: Inventor of the product you are known for?
Yes, we frequently discuss ideas. Many times it helps.
Correct, and yes, of course.
W.
- real
- dead
- last name started with W
- male
- born in the Western Hemisphere
- died before 1900
- not known for the Arts
- not American
- not known for politics
- died after 1800
- not South American
- known for a product or business
- died after 1850
- known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers
- known for an actual product and not a service
- not Canadian
- known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine)
- inventor of the product I am known for
DQ: European?
Heh, this was one of the things I was going to discuss - I have a strong hunch this person is British. This is because I feel it is unlikely the inventor of a product in the given time period would be from the Americas but not North America. They are also unlikely to be Mexican, Spanish, or French because W is barely used in those languages. If they are confirmed as European, British (or Irish) is practically a certainty.
Having said all that, sadly I have no inspiration yet on who it might actually be!
IQ: Are you the author of Trainspotting?
IQ: Are you the founder of a bakery that still bears your name?
IQ: Were you the founder of one of the most successful yet hated American businesses?
Dunno, not Mr. Wonder or… dunno.
W.
- real
- dead
- last name started with W
- male
- born in the Western Hemisphere
- died before 1900
- not known for the Arts
- not American
- not known for politics
- died after 1800
- not South American
- known for a product or business
- died after 1850
- known for a product/business commonly purchased/used by retail consumers
- known for an actual product and not a service
- not Canadian
- known for a consumable product (as opposed to something durable such as a machine)
- inventor of the product I am known for
- European