Haven’t heard from astorian yet. I’ll give him(?) until noon, or thereabouts, then reveal.
No? Well, then:
I am novelist Youngblood Hawke, eponymous protagonist of Herman Wouk’s novel (1962), portrayed on screen (1964) by James Franciscus.
Heard of the book, never read it.
I’ve read several Wouk novels, but never heard of that one. Oh well.
I was waiting to see if anyone would object that Youngblood Hawke was too obscure, but it’s been 24 hours and no one has, so…
I am Z.
No, I’ve heard of the book/him, and he was a good choice.
IQs:
- Are you the chief of the Greek pantheon?
- Are you a highly delusional Gotham city villain?
- Are you a homicidal and masochistic Gotham city villain?
Not Zeus.
DQ.
DQ.
Also never heard of Mr. Hawke. So it goes.
IQs:
Did you discover a prominent Western U.S. mountain?
Did you show your dad parts of your flower?
Did Strauss write a notable tone poem about you?
Correct on Zeus. #2 is Maxie Zeus. #3 is Mr. Zsasz.
DQs:
- Real?
- Male?
IQs:
- Did your 60-some-year-old daughter pass away recently?
- Did you invent Esperanto?
- Are you considered by many to be the “father of television”?
Ah, well, I’d never heard of Y, but as Prof P had all is fair.
IQ1: Did you perform in “Valley Girl”?
IQ2: Did you also perform in “Valley Girl”?
IQ3: Did you win a Nobel Prize for your work on femtosecond chemistry?
I’d never heard of Y, but some players have never heard of my mystery guests either, even though I was sure they were famous enough.
IQ1: Is your mother Denise Kendall on The Cosby Show, and is your father a four-time Grammy winner?
IQ2: Did you play Lt. Uhura in the* Star Trek* remakes?
IQ3: Did you portray Petty Officer Jennifer Coates on JAG?
DQ.
Not Ludwig Zamenhof.
DQ.
Three DQs.
Three DQs.
Z.
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- Real*
- Male
- In that he was claimed to have been real, and there is no solid proof either way, so…
#1 is Zsa Zsa Gabor. Correct on Zamenhof. #3 was Zworykin, inventor of the cathode ray tube.
DQs:
- Last name starts with Z?
- European?
IQs:
- Were you “the Human Chameleon”?
- Did you speak thus? [I know you were waiting for this one.]
- Are you an energy monster who is the ultimate foe in the Marvel Universe?
Zoe Kravitz (daughter of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet), Zoe Saldana, Zoe McLellan
Zoe x3!
DQ: Alive?
holding 2 DQs
IQ1) Are you the drummer of a popular British rock band and the son of the drummer of an even MORE popular British rock band?
IQ2) Did you sing “Anatevka” and “To Life” in the original Broadway production of a very popular musical?
IQ3) Were you a dentist in New York before becoming a very successful novelist?
Frank and a teenaged Moon Unit Zappa performed in “Valley Girl”, and Ahmed Zewail was the chemist.
Holding 3 DQ.
:: coughs ::
IQ1: Are you credited with the authorship of the Yasna Haptanghaiti as well as the Gathas?
IQ2: Are you the creation of New York–based pulp writer Johnston McCulley?
IQ3: Are you the eponymous character in a book by Nikos Kazantzakis?