IQ: Did you punch out a man who told you the major event you’re famous for was faked?
No.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
Not Buzz Aldrin (and good for him, by the way!)
Bob Hoskins, in the 1980 British crime drama The Long Good Friday (also noteworthy as Pierce Brosnan’s film debut, in a small part as an IRA mook).
DQ: American?
IQ: Did you fake an assassination attempt to reach your goal?
Yes.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
I don’t know who this is, so ask a DQ
The conservative politician Bob Roberts, played by Tim Robbins, fakes an assassination attempt to win public sympathy and a U.S. Senate seat, in the movie Bob Roberts.
DQ: Politician?
IQ: Did you famously sing about peculiar seed structures?
No.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
- Not involved in politics
I may well slap my head when I hear the answer, but right now, I can’ t figure what song you’re alluding to.
Ask a DQ.
Billie Holiday sang “Strange Fruit,” about lynching.
DQ: An entertainer of some kind (music, stage, screen, literature, etc.)?
IQ: Did you forget your own name when you first met your future wife?
Hmmm… not an entertainer exactly, but I AM definitely involved in one of the 4 categories you mention.
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
- Not involved in politics
- Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
Charming story, but I don’t know who it’s about. Ask another DQ.
IQ: In the movie Night Shift, did a character praise you with the words “What an actor!”?
No, I’m not Barney Rubble!
Loved that movie! (“Yeah, I think he’s my nephew or something…”)
IQ: Are you someone over whom the One Ring holds no power?
Bill Clinton, introduced to Hillary Rodham when both were students at Yale Law School, blanked when she asked him his name.
DQ: Most famous between 1950 and 2000?
IQ: Did your uncle keep an eye on you after your parents died in a tragic boating accident?
IQ: Are you an NFL quarterback turned auto dealer?
No, I’m not Tom Bombadil (I could never wear those yellow boots!)
Yes
- Real person
- Male
- First name starts with “B”
- Dead
- Born in the 20th century
- Not involved with sports/athletics
- American
- Not involved in politics
- Best known for work in music, theater, movies or literature.
- Best known for work done between 1950-2000
The only NFL quarterback I know who’s a big car dealer is John Elway, but that doesn’t fit the category.
So, ask a DQ.