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H it is.
IQs:
Did you write the anti-union novel The Bread-Winners, but are better remembered for something else?
Were you a member of the Maine militia, but are better remembered for something else?
Were you AKA Vulcan?
No DQs, I think…
Nicely done… 3 DQs
Previous IQs:
Did you write the anti-union novel The Bread-Winners, but are better remembered for something else? - John Hay, Lincoln’s aide and McKinley’s and Roosevelt’s SECSTATE
Were you a member of the Maine militia, but are better remembered for something else? - Hannibal Hamlin, Lincoln’s first Vice President, the only man to serve simultaneously in the military and as VP
Were you AKA Vulcan? - Haphaestus, blacksmith of the gods
DQs:
Male?
Living?
Last name start with H?
IQs:
Did you appoint Fred Vinson Chief Justice of the United States?
Did you play a handsome young lawyer on L.A. Law?
Does your wife have an unprecedented title?
DQs so far:
-** Real**
- Male
- Dead
**-Last name starts with H
**
Two DQs
#1 and #2 are Hatta and Haigha (one to go and one to come, distortions of Hatter and Hare from the first book).
#3 is Herbie Hancock.
DQs:
1 DQ reserved.
DQs so far:
-** Real**
- Male
- Dead
-Last name starts with H
-Died after 1900
** - Known for the Arts**
IQ1: Did you portray Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the film The Paper Chase?
IQ2: Are you considered the Father of Dynamation?
IQ3: Are you a comic strip viking drawn by Dik Browne?
Knowed Out
IQ1: Did you portray Professor Charles W. Kingsfield in the film The Paper Chase?I’m not John Houseman.
IQ2: Are you considered the Father of Dynamation?Yes, I am Ray Harryhausen!
Ding Ding DING!! Winner!!
IQ3: Are you a comic strip viking drawn by Dik Browne?
Boy . That sure felt like it came from left field! Great job! KnowedOut
Whoa! What a guess, KO!
He shoots, he scores! Attaboy, KO!
Previous IQs:
Did you appoint Fred Vinson Chief Justice of the United States? - Harry Truman
Did you play a handsome young lawyer on L.A. Law? - Yes, Harry Hamlin
Does your wife have an unprecedented title? - Prince Harry’s wife Meghan is the first-ever Duchess of Sussex
Harry x3!
Hee hee… I was going through Harry names in my head, and I remembered Clash of the Titans which starred Harry Hamlin, but a review said the real star was Harryhausen. That alliteration stuck with me for all these years.
The next letter is D.
IQs:
Were you a public figure who loved the nightlife and owned five tuxedos?
Were you a plump judge and Lincoln friend who ended up on SCOTUS?
Are you either a sweet young woman or a murderous former U.S. Cavalry sergeant?
IQ
Was your first big hit cartoon character going to be Mortimer Mouse, till your wife talked you into a name change?
take 3 DQs unless the first one is Diamond Jim Brady.
not Walt Disney
That’s exactly right!
I Qs
Ray Harryhausen also got a shoutout in Monsters Inc., with a swanky restaurant named after him:
Previous IQs:
Were you a public figure who loved the nightlife and owned five tuxedos? - Former NYC Mayor David Dinkins
Were you a plump judge and Lincoln friend who ended up on SCOTUS? - David Davis
Are you either a sweet young woman or a murderous former U.S. Cavalry sergeant? - Dolores Abnernathy AKA Wyatt, on Westworld
DQs:
Real?
Male?
Last name start with D?
IQs:
Did your actress girlfriend appear beaten-up and nude in one of your early movies?
Were you running for President in the first season of 24?
Did the planet you ruled want to get a spacecraft in order to have more clout with the Empire?