Vincent Gardenia
I am utterly clueless at this point, despite the Professor’s huge hints.
Okay. I’m pretty sure I know who this person is, but I have no idea what her name was…
You can have my guess if you need it, SCAd.
Two weeks ago, I had never heard of this person. Two days ago, I’d never heard of her. In fact, this morning I’d never heard of her. But I saw her name in a news piece today just because the ex-planet Pluto has gotten a lot of coverage recently.
Did you suggest the name “Pluto” for Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery in 1930?
That’s the person I’m thinking of - but we’re in endgame, and no more IQs are allowed…
Okay then, are you Venetia Phair?
And lo, not even the deepest annals of the abstruse and recondite are hidden from astorian’s view!
Yes, I am Venetia Katharine Douglas Phair Burney, who at the age of 11 suggested the name Pluto.
Very well done, astorian.
I am impressed yet again. Well done, astorian.
Previous IQs:
Were you the first Anglo child born in the New World? - Yes, Virginia Dare.
Were you a notable King of Gondor? - Valandil.
Were you one of Dany’s dragons? - Viserion, in Game of Thrones.
Okay, on to the letter… F
IQs:
- Are you the bull with the delicate ego?
- Did you have a ventriloquist act with a puppet named Madame?
- Are you the author of How I Did It?
IQ1: Were you the star of the first movie Clint Eastwood was credited in?
IQ2: Did a Stan Freberg sketch have your doctor tell you you should go to Florida for the winter?
IQ3: Did you write The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be?
IQs:
Did you begin your presidency of Oberlin College in 1983?
Did your father force you to watch the execution of your best friend?
Were you Harry Truman’s favorite composer?
IQ1: Did you win a Tony for your own play Torch Song Trilogy?
IQ2: Are you a blues/rock pianist who found his thrill on Blueberry Hill?
IQ3: Were you a silent film actor who was accused of the rape and manslaughter of actress Virginia Rappe?
Not flower-smelling Ferdinand
Not Wayland Flowers
Take a DQ for #3
Not Francis the talking mule.
Take DQs for 2 and 3
No idea on #1- take a DQ
Not Frederick the Great of Prussia
For #3… SOLELY because Harry played the piano, I’ll guess not Frederic Chopin?
Take two DQs if Chopin is wrong.
Not the gay Cookie Monster, Harvey Fierstein
Not Antoine “Fats” Domino
Not Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Previous IQs:
Did you begin your presidency of Oberlin College in 1983? - S. Frederick Starr, later head of the Aspen Institute.
Did your father force you to watch the execution of your best friend? - Yes, Frederick the Great (running away from home when your dad is king isn’t a very good idea).
Were you Harry Truman’s favorite composer? - Yes, Frederic Chopin.
Frederic[k] x3!
DQ:
Real?
IQs:
Were you the first to be named Prince of Ithilien?
Do you play Anna Bates on a popular PBS show?
Renamed “Timmy,” were you mercilessly lampooned in a MPFC sketch?
Correct on 1 and 2.
#3 was Dr. Victor Frankenstein. (It’s available on Amazon.)
DQ: Male?
SUMMARY
- Real
- Male