IQ: Was Kurwenal your squire?
One of the DQs asked if I was born in the 20th century. Since we’ve established I was born in the 19th century, I haven’t bothered to print that I was not born in the 20th century.
Yes, I am known for my work in “the arts.”
- Real person
- Male
- Born in the 19th century.
- Not a political figure
- Known for work in “the arts”
No, I am not Isolde’s love Tristan.
IQ: Did you theorize that the existence of the frontier was the defining characteristic of American culture?
I’ll probably recognize this name when I see it… meanwhile, ask a DQ.
The British comic actor Terry-Thomas, in a memorable scene from It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.
DQ: Author?
IQ: Did you say, “The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but we cannot stay in the cradle forever”?
Yes.
- Real person
- Male
- Born in the 19th century
- Not a political figure
- Involved in “the arts”
- An author
No idea who said that. Ask another DQ.
Frederick Jackson Turner. It’s known as the “Turner Thesis” or sometimes the “Frontier Thesis”. I think it had a big influence on Teddy Roosevelt.
DQ: Are you famous for anything other than being an author?
IQ: Was your life bookended by Halley’s Comet?
IQ: Did you play drums in a groundbreaking punk band and in a seminal heavy metal band?
IQ: Are you the grandfather of Kiefer Sutherland?
Leonard Nimoy. In Civilization IV. Don’t remember which tech advance.
IQ: Was a British TV adaptation of your most famous work filmed largely in the city of Bath, England?
IQ: Was probably your best-known work today popularised by a musical?
:: raises eyebrow at Tom Scud ::
Pioneering Russian rocketry expert Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
DQ: American?
IQ: Were you a Penna. congressman from the Gettysburg area who hated, hated, hated Andrew Johnson?
No, not really.
- Real person
- Male
- Born in the 19th century
- Not a political figure
- An author (not well known for anything else)
No, I’m not Mark Twain
No I’m not… Philthy Animal Taylor? (If that’s not right, ask a DQ.)
No, I’m not the most admired Canadian of all time, Tommy Douglas.
I don’t know the work filmed in Bath.
As for the second… No, I’m not Thornton (“Hello Dolly”) Wilder? If that’s not it, ask a DQ.