Irvine Welsh, Thomas Warburton, Sam Walton (of WalMart). However I will accept your answer for/withdraw my second question as again it was too British! I thought it might actually be the answer.
Any suggestions from the floor for the last couple of DQs? Would it help if I asked if the product is edible?
Edible, mechanical, wearable, pick one or another. We’re trailing badly here, so anything will help.
Just don’t ever ask about hemispheres again.
DQ: Is the product edible?
holding a DQ
Sorry about causing the confusion with hemispheres. I think my idea behind was that it eliminates a larger proportion of the globe than things like “Born in the Americas”, but in practice that’s probably not helpful.
I don’t think we’re looking for a mechanical (and probably not a wearable) product due to the confirmation that it is a consumable.
DQ: Does/did the product you invented bear your name?
Holding one more DQ, if allowed. I assume the time for IQs has passed.
W.
Please ask all earned DQs by noon EST tomorrow.
DQ: Are you Johnnie Walker?
Ooh, nice one. That’s got to be it!
Are you Thomas Bramwell Welch?
Ding ding ding! I am indeed
Johnnie Walker
A Scotsman who made a fortune inventing and selling a product that he, a teetotaler, did not himself consume: John Walker (grocer) - Wikipedia
Well done, Prof. P.!
That was a lucky shot.
And on to… X.
In the past, we’ve allowed the use of people with “X” middle names. OK with you?
IQs:
Was your fleet defeated at Salamis?
Were you a noted Greek cavalryman and writer?
Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor?
Oh, yeah. Bring it on, Francis.
Good work.
X is super hardcore - these might be the only IQs I can come up with!
Were you the eccentric publisher of an outlandish magazine that nevertheless helped publicise an important truth?
Are you principal of a school for others with similar abilities to yourself?
Did you have a ‘rival’ despite having the same goal, who met the same sad fate as you?
IQ1: Are you a Navarese co-founder of the Society of Jesus?
IQ2: Are you a professional wrestler who is a member of New Day?
IQ3: Are you a Spanish bandleader who at one time was married to Charo?
Take DQs for 1 and 3.
I am not Charles Xavier.
Previous IQs:
Was your fleet defeated at Salamis? - Yes, Xerxes the Great
Were you a noted Greek cavalryman and writer? - Yes, Xenophon
Were you intended to be Cmdr. Spock’s successor? - Xon: Star Trek: Phase II | Memory Alpha | Fandom
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Is the Federal courthouse in Boston named after you?
Were you and your sweetheart unable to have a child, something your heartbroken sweetheart revealed to your mom in her kitchen?
Were you commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Eighties?
DQ:
Take 3 DQs.