OK, then. Thanks. The new letter is
A.
Were you a “Great” leader who conquered much of the known world?
IQ1: Were you best known for striking black and whites of nature?
IQ2: Was your head removed due to being found guilty of incest and treason?
IQ3: Were you known for outing Rock Hudson and his HIV status?
IQ1: Did you go to hell and back in WWII, and then repeat the trip in Hollywood?
IQ2: Did you live many and many a year ago in a kingdom by the sea?
IQ3: Did you see the best minds of your generation destroyed by madness?
Not Alexander.
Not Ansel Adams or Anne Boleyn. Dunno the third. One DQ.
Not Audie Murphy, Alfred the Great or Allen Ginsberg.
ok… then (IQ2b) were you a woman who lived “many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea”?
IQ3 was Army Archerd, noted gossip columnist
DQ1: Are you male?
IQ1: Did she rock you gently, rock you slowly?
IQ2: Were you an industrialist who was also a philanthropist; establishing public libraries in much of the English-speaking world?
IQ3: Although you’re not a quarterback, do you call football plays?
No, I’m not Anne of Cleves.
I can hear that rock song, but don’t know the singer. Take a DQ.
I’m not Andrew Carnegie (my hometown has a Carnegie Library).
Dunno about football person. Another DQ.
A.
- Male
IQ: Did you kill the 1st Treasury Secretary in a duel?
I’m not Aaron Burr.
IQ1: Did you marry an unwitting john in True Romance?
IQ2: Are you the actress who played the character referred to in IQ1?
IQ3: Are you the title character of an Edgar Allan Poe poem?
That’s Andy Kim doing “Rock Me Gently.” The football person is Al Michaels, who “calls the plays” nowadays on NBC’s Sunday Night football, and who used to do it on ABC’s Monday Night Football.
As for Andrew Carnegie–yep, my little city’s public library got its start thanks to Mr. Carnegie, as did the public library in the small Ontario town I used to live in. Great benefactor, and I am thankful for his philanthropy.
DQ: Are you currently alive?
DQ: Are you fictional?
Dunno the first two; never saw the movie.
No, I’m not… Angelique?
A.
- Male
- Dead
- Not fictional
Alabama Whirley was played by Patricia Arquette in True Romance. And the Poe character was Annabel Lee (who lived “many and many a year ago in a kingdom by the sea” - I was going to get her into this game, damn it! :p).
DQs:
- Are you American?
- Did you die before 1900?
- Are you known for contributions to the arts?
IQ1. Could it be claimed that you were the world’s first press secretary/spokesman?
IQ2. Have you been hearing that crap since you were at UCLA?
IQ3. Do you have no quarrel with the VC?
IQ1: Did you play lead guitar on the studio recording of one of Eric Clapton’s most famous songs?
IQ2: Did your essays about the land surrounding your Wisconsin home strongly influence the American conservation movement?
IQ3: Did you just become the first Slovenian player to win the Stanley Cup?
Annabel, of course! :smack:
Dunno the first, although I should.
I’m not Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, er, I mean First Officer Murdock.
Not Muhammad Ali.
Ouch. Take three DQs.
A.
- Male
- Dead
- Not fictional
- American
- Died after 1900
- Not known for contributions to the arts
IQ: Is Bob Cousy the only person who called you by your given 1st name, Arnold?
The first press secretary/spokesman could be claimed to be the brother of Moses, Aaron, who spoke for Moses because of Moses’ speech impediment.
DQ. Does your last name begin with ‘A’?
IQ1. Did you write a 13 volume memoir of your early wastrel ways and your eventual reform?
IQ2. Did you serve as Lord High Constable during the last coronation?
IQ3. Is the local theater in Mount Airy, NC named after you?