No, I’m not Bob Balaban (“A Mighty Wind” gave that way for me.)
Was actually going for Bo Diddley, but I’ll let it slide.
IQ: Were you a famously long lived comedian?
No, not George Burns.
Never mind - I’m wrong.
In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Mercutio and Tybalt fight. Romeo and Benvolio try to break up the fight; for whatever reason, I mis-remembered when I wrote the question. I thought it was under Benvolio’s arm that Mercutio was mortally wounded. It isn’t, of course; it’s under Romeo’s arm that Mercutio was wounded, as I now remember (and have verified with the script). No DQ for me!
I was actually going for Montgomery Burns, who is fruitlessly hankered after by Smithers in The Simpsons. I don’t know anything about Perry Mason, so perhaps the next passing Doper could rule on whether your answer was a fair one, and hence if I get a DQ or not?
In the meantime, another IQ: did your exceptional achievement in your field lead to an (admittedly rarely-used) eponym being coined meaning roughly “light years ahead of the competition”?
I should have thought of Mr. Burns!
Meantime, take a DQ for the eponym question, since I don’t even have a guess for it.
Correct. The sneaky prosecutor was in Absence of Malice and the computer genius was in 2010.
IQ: Were you unexpectedly named to command the battlecruiser MacArthur in The Mote in God’s Eye?
No idea who this is. Take a DQ.
IQ: Do you sing your little song-o? (And when the teacher calls your name, is your answer always wrong-o?)
I don’t recognize this at all- ask a DQ.
You are not Bongo the one-eared rabbit/child from Matt Groening’s Life in Hell comics.
DQ: First name begins with B?
IQ: Do you live in a house whose name is an Anglicized version of cul de sac?
Yes.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
No, I am not Bilbo Baggins (Cul de sac literally means “bottom of the bag,” whcih is pretty close to “Bag End”).
IQ: Are you known for your great lyrics and incomprehensible delivery of same?
Not Bob Dylan.
Roderick, Lord Blaine, in the classic Niven and Pournelle sf novel.
DQ: Living?
IQ: Did you write the Seventies funk all-instrumental hit “Love’s Theme”?
No, no longer living.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
No, I’m not Barry White… though I wish I were (he was cool).
IQ: Did you tend to get violent when people used your nickname?
IQ: Didst say “Dost thou think because thou art virtuous there shall be no more cakes and ale?” to a sanctimonious adversary?
No, not Benjamin “Don’t Call Me Bugsy” Siegel