DQ:
Noted for your work with automobiles?
That’s Carl Wickman.
2 DQs reserved.
- Real.
- Male.
- Last name does not start with C.
- Dead.
- American.
- Not known for politics/military.
- Died since 1950.
- Not known for the arts.
- Known for business.
- Died since 2000.
- Founded a company or corporation that still exists today.
- Inventor (using a broad, modern definition of the term).
- Did not sell a product that most “ordinary” Americans use or purchase.
- Product cannot be held with one hand.
- No involvement of electronics or computers in most well-known product.
- Best-known product related to transportation.
- Uncommon first name.
- Product related to ground transportation.
- Known for work with automobiles.
Hmmm. Still drawing a blank.
Ditto.
Well, there’s still one DQ remaining…
Baffle is appropriately named…
No “ordinary” Americans use or purchase this thing that has something to do with automobiles.
So to keep this from laying stagnant, I’ll ask #20.
DQ: Associated with luxury/custom automobiles?
- Real.
- Male.
- Last name does not start with C.
- Dead.
- American.
- Not known for politics/military.
- Died since 1950.
- Not known for the arts.
- Known for business.
- Died since 2000.
- Founded a company or corporation that still exists today.
- Inventor (using a broad, modern definition of the term).
- Did not sell a product that most “ordinary” Americans use or purchase.
- Product cannot be held with one hand.
- No involvement of electronics or computers in most well-known product.
- Best-known product related to transportation.
- Uncommon first name.
- Product related to ground transportation.
- Known for work with automobiles.
- Associated with luxury/custom automobiles.
So that’s 20! When I started this round I thought this person would be too well-known and be guessed easily.
This person is arguably the most famous in person his area of expertise, a widely-popular subculture. His work is considered legendary, is highly collectible, bears his name, and has appeared in numerous movies and television shows, including at least one A-list film in which it was central to the plot.
24 hours starts now!
DQ: Are you Carroll Shelby?
I am in fact Carroll Shelby, race-car driver, car designer, and charlatan behind the famous AC Cobra, often called the Shelby Cobra, one of the fastest, rarest and most sought-after cars of the 1960’s. I later worked with Ford to produce the Shelby Mustang GT500, one of which received a film credit as Eleanor in the 2000 film Gone in 60 Seconds.
Congratulations, SCAdian!
Heh. 
I was looking in the pantry, thinking about what to fix for supper, and noticed the two boxes of chili fixin’s sitting on the shelf. Had a vague recollection that the man also had something to do with race cars, so…
I am W.
IQ1: Were you #43?
IQ2: were you a fictional businessman before becoming the face of a real company?
IQ3: Did the company you founded produce the first Jeeps?
Good one, SCA! I wouldn’t have come up with the answer in a year.
IQs:
- Would you gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today?
- Were you a U.S. President who supported the KKK?
- Are you one of Timmy Turner’s fairy godparents?
DQ.
DQ.
Not Mr Willys.
Not J Wellington Wimpy.
Not … Woodrow Wilson?
Not Wanda.
George W. Bush
**Willy Wonka **
** John Willys ** is correct.
DQ. Real?
DQ. Male?
I vaguely remember having heard of that car guy. Good one.
On to W.
IQs:
Were you the only one in a large group of people to wear military uniform at an important meeting?
Did Arthur C. Clarke write about your grave being destroyed in a terrible cataclysm?
Are you the best-known denizen of Marion, Ohio?
IQ1: Were you the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan?
IQ2: Did you mastermind the Red Wedding?
IQ3: Did you perform with an outrageous old broad puppet named Madame?
Correct on all three.
IQs:
- Were you born Allen Konigsberg?
- Were you the most popular black female recording artist of the 1950’s?
- Have you (or your voice) been in more movies than anybody else?
Can you be any more vague with that first question? 
Three DQs.
Not Grima Wormtongue.
DQ.
Not Wayland.
Not Woody Allen.
DQ.
DQ.
W.
- Real
- Male
Previous IQs:
Were you the only one in a large group of people to wear military uniform at an important meeting? - Rephrased below.
Did Arthur C. Clarke write about your grave being destroyed in a terrible cataclysm? - William Shakespeare.
Are you the best-known denizen of Marion, Ohio? - Warren G. Harding.
DQs:
Last name start with W?
American?
IQs:
Were you the only one in a large group of men to wear military uniform at an important meeting in the Western Hemisphere between 1600-1800?
Did you do more than anyone to see that the Dead Sea Scrolls were available for wide study?
Did you refer to your recurring bouts of depression as “the black dog”?