Well, this round seems to have stalled. Let’s say, if the three remaining DQs haven’t all been earned, asked and answered, and everyone eligible hasn’t then asked their “Are you [firstname][lastname]?” questions, by noon Fri. EST, I’ll reveal the answer and start the next round.
I have at least one DQ that I haven’t used yet, if anybody else wants it…
nevermind
I got nuthin’. I’m looking forward to the start of the next round.
I want to try one DQ just to clarify something; I’m taking the response to #12 as meaning this person did serve in the military. Perhaps knowing which conflict/at what time might help…
DQ - Although you say you are not known primarily as a military figure, did you serve in any branch of the US military at any rank during the Vietnam War?
All I did was repeat Enginerd’s wording of that particular DQ, but in any event…
G.
- Real
- Male
- Dead
- American
- Not involved in the creative arts
- Died after 1950
- Born before 1950
- Known as a political/military figure
- G is the initial letter of my last name
- Not an elected official
- Not a Cabinet secretary
- Not known primarily as a military figure
- Not a diplomat
- Not born east of the Mississippi
- Died after 1980
- Not a member of the U.S. judiciary
- Died before 1999
- Did not serve in any branch of the U.S. military at any rank during the Vietnam War
I am officially stumped - I’m looking forward to finding out who this is!
If you want to kill it now instead of waiting until Friday, that’s fine with me…
Yeah, I’m totally buffaloed as well - as I said before, I think any American kid with a passing mark in grade 9 ‘Civics’ would be a better source of ideas than I am at the moment.
Since all the regular players seem stumped, I’ll just go ahead and reveal the answer now: it’s political polling trailblazer
George Gallup
Next round to start in a day or so.
My hat is off to you - what a well considered choice. World famous, household name and such an unusual profession that I’ve no idea how I could have got there with our usual occupation questions. Well deserved win, Elendil’s Heir!!
Indeed - well played, EH!
8 is VERY misleading! His job was a pollster, not lawmaker.
I don’t think it was misleading at all. “Political figure” covers a lot of territory - government officials, sure, but also commentators, political journalists, and, yes, pollsters.
I would consider all those to be media figures, not political figures.
Well, they’re both. If I’d said that the foremost political pollster of his day, a man whose name became synonymous with campaign polling, wasn’t a “political figure,” it would’ve been pretty misleading to you all.
And as I said in post 344,
Still disagree strongly.
However, at least we can finally end this “January 2013” thread. 
In fact, I think I’ll just start the next round on Friday, so it’ll be the March thread.
Good one, Elendil’s Heir! And thanks for letting us know who the person was finally.