You are not Dr. Henry Jekyll, sometimes known as Mr. Edward Hyde.
DQ: Are you known as a scientist or inventor?
IQ1: Was Regis Philbin the “Ed McMahon” of your late night talk show?
IQ2: Did you win major league baseball’s first "Rookie of the Year 'award?
IQ3: Did you win big bucks answering boxing questions on “The $64,000 Question” before becoming a popular newspaper advice columnist?
IQ1: Did the dancer Salome make you lose your head?
IQ2: Can you be reached at 867-5309?
IQ3: Were you replaced by a member of the Police when you sat out your band’s reunion tour?
No, Im not Jack Paar, Reggie Jackson or Dr. Joyce Brothers.
No, I’m not John the Baptist, Jenny or… dunno about the third.
J.
- Real person
- Male
- Born after 1900
- American
- Dead
- Not best known as a performer on stage, screen or television
- Last name started with J
- Not a political figure
- Did some writing, but not best known for that
- Did not die before 1950
- Not known for athletic achievements
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Not involved in painting, sculpting, photography or any of the other fine arts
- Not a scientist or inventor
Dr Joyce Brothers is absolutely right!
But Regis Philbin was Joey Bishop’s sidekick. And Jackie Robinson was the first baseball Rookie of the Year
DQ1: Were you still alive in the 21st century?
DQ2: Were you known as a businessman or entrepreneur?
You are not John Densmore, formerly of The Doors, who chose not to participate in the Doors of the 21st Century reunion, and was replaced with Stewart Copeland.
astorian asked my businessman DQ, so I’ll hold off on my DQ until I see the answer.
IQ: Did you outrage America with your soulful rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the 1968 World Series?
IQ2: Did you create a popular literary monarch who lived in the city of Celesteville?
IQ3: Were you given a magical ring by a dying alien superhero?
You got me on the first. The second is about Babar and the third is about Green Lantern, I think, but I’ll be damned if I can remember their names.
J.
- Real person
- Male
- Born after 1900
- American
- Dead
- Not best known as a performer on stage, screen or television
- Last name started with J
- Not a political figure
- Did some writing, but not best known for that
- Did not die before 1950
- Not known for athletic achievements
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Not involved in painting, sculpting, photography or any of the other fine arts
- Not a scientist or inventor
- Not still alive in the 21st century
- Not best known as a businessman or entrepreneur
Jose Feliciano did the soul version of the anthem at the 1968 World Series
Jean de Brunhoff created King Babr the elephant
Hal Jordan was Green Lantern.
DQ1: Were you Caucasian?
DQ2: Were you known as a villain or criminal?
DQ3: Were you known for one special/memorable event, rather than for a long career?
Good questions, astorian.
J.
- Real person
- Male
- Born after 1900
- American
- Dead
- Not best known as a performer on stage, screen or television
- Last name started with J
- Not a political figure
- Did some writing, but not best known for that
- Did not die before 1950
- Not known for athletic achievements
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Not involved in painting, sculpting, photography or any of the other fine arts
- Not a scientist or inventor
- Not still alive in the 21st century
- Not best known as a businessman or entrepreneur
- Caucasian
- Not known as a villain or criminal
- Not known for one special/memorable event, rather than for a long career
I’m just dropping in with a bump - I believe ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness still has an unasked DQ coming, which would make our requisite 20.
Table talk - are there any military figures who meet the criteria? The writing could be memoirs, and the long career could be in Korea or Vietnam…
Forgot I still had a DQ left. I like Le Minstre’s question
DQ: Are you a military figure?
J.
- Real person
- Male
- Born after 1900
- American
- Dead
- Not best known as a performer on stage, screen or television
- Last name started with J
- Not a political figure
- Did some writing, but not best known for that
- Did not die before 1950
- Not known for athletic achievements
- Born east of the Mississippi River
- Not involved in painting, sculpting, photography or any of the other fine arts
- Not a scientist or inventor
- Not still alive in the 21st century
- Not best known as a businessman or entrepreneur
- Caucasian
- Not known as a villain or criminal
- Not known for one special/memorable event, rather than for a long career
- Not a military figure
Everyone who has, in this round, earned a DQ may now each ask one “Are you [firstname lastname]?” question by noon EST on Feb. 3.
Table talk (We are allowed to brainstorm as long as it doesn’t involve research, right? If we aren’t, disregard this post.) - what can someone become famous for outside of the military, crime, business, science/invention, athletics, politics or any of the arts? (I mean, we’ve got performance onstage, screen or television, writing, painting, sculpture, photography, or any of the other fine arts - even though music isn’t specifically mentioned in there, I’m assuming between ‘performance onstage’ and ‘any of the other fine arts’, we’ve got that eliminated.) So what the heck did this 20th century American Caucasian male born east of the Mississippi DO? Any ideas?
Yes, of course you can brainstorm as long as you do no research. Go for it.
Brainstorming: Religious figure maybe? I was thinking the Rev. Jim Jones, he fits all of the criteria except #19 and possibly #18. Despite a lengthy career as a preacher and social activist, I would argue he’s best known for one event, the mass suicide at Jonestown, and as a mass murderer, he’s definitely a villian (#18).
Maybe some other religous type? Although a televangelist may be eliminated under #6.
Ooh… what about a radio personality? The performance DQ (#6) rules out stage, screen, and television, but does not rule out radio.
C’mon, sportsfans! I’ll extend this until 9am EST on Feb. 6.
Gah! I’m stumped. There’s no one I can think of at all that fulfills all of those criteria.
OK, it’s Robert Weston Smith, commonly known as
Wolfman Jack
I’ll start the next round in a few days.
Dang, my radio hunch was correct. I still wouldn’t have gotten him because (a) I didn’t know his real name and (b) I didn’t realize he was dead. I just thought he wasn’t on the air in LA anymore, and was either retired or on an oldies station in another market.