Yes, I’m real
No, I’m not Robert Palmerthe nattily dressed rocker (nor Robert Palmer the dweebish moron music critic).
Would you be the current Shah if the title still existed?
Not Reza Pahlavi, but again- a name I hoped I’d see.
You guys are goooood!
Are you the author of the Spenser novels?
Did you play a role on Broadway later played in film by Peter O’Toole?
Not Robert B. Parker
Hmmm… I ought to know this, but I can’t think of it. Ask a DQ. (I’ll kick myself later.)
Yup, that’s the guy.
Are you a British politico, lately Baron [name] of Northampton?
Robert Preston, Henry II in the Broadway production of The Lion in Winter.
DQ: Were you alive at any point after 1900?
IQ: Did you run recently for Governor of Virginia?
No idea who this is- ask a DQ
Yes, I was alive after 1900
SUMMARY:
Real person
Alive after 1900
I don’t know who ran for governor of Virginia. Ask a DQ
H. Russell Potts, longtime State Senator, ran as an Independent in 2005.
DQ: Was your fame in any way connected to the arts, fine or otherwise?
IQ: Did you have to settle with Huey Lewis to resolve a plagiarism suit?
Not Ray Parker Jr. (what a joke! BOTH “Ghostbusters” and “I Want a New Drug” were ripped off from M’s “Pop Muzik”, so Huey had a lot of nerve suing!).
No, I was not involved in the arts.
SUMMARY:
Real person
Alive after 1900
Not involved in the arts
I was about to until I saw it was covered.
Are you (sadly no longer) Live and Smokin’?
Not Richard Pryor
Are you living a long and happy life in Durham?
Daniel
Were you the first female composer to win an Oscar for Best Original Score?
Do you think a bird in the book is worth two in the bush?
Daniel
Do you look ‘fabulous’ in a gown?
Did you teach us to “set it and forget it”?