Hmmm … if we’re backing up from the Prof to me, should we also back up from O to N? 
I am P.
IQs:
- Did you, conceivably, do it in the Conservatory with a lead pipe?
- Did you play me in The Adventures of Superman?
- Have you been described as “the anti-C. S. Lewis”?
Not Professor Plum.
Not that guy whose name I should know because you ask about him all the time. 
Not … Philip Pullman?
Nope. Go ahead and take a big “P” in the thread*.
IQ1: Were you the assistant to the man who unexpectedly made you CEO of his fictional arms and technology manufacturer?
IQ2: Were you the actress who played IQ1?
IQ3: Are you an American downhill skier, whose name makes you sound like a character on Sesame Street?
*I promise, I’m not actually a 14 year-old boy in real life. But I do have one living in my brain…
Correct, the incredible Phil Tead, and correct.
DQ: Real?
IQs:
- Did you write *Dr. Zhivago *?
- Are you Sean Astin’s mother?
- Were you one of the stars of Mad About You?
IQs:
In the works of Isaac Asimov, are you the First Speaker of the Second Foundation?
Are you the imaginary brother of a young Russian man who, for a time, believed you actually existed?
Did you command mortar boats during the American Civil War and later become an admiral?
IQ1: Does Clark Gregg play you in MARVEL Agents of SHIELD?
IQ2: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
IQ3: Are you QB for the LA Chargers?
Three DQs.
Not Boris Pasternak.
DQ.
DQ.
I haven’t had my coffee yet – three DQs.
P
- Fictional
- Correct.
- Patty Duke (then Patty Duke Astin)
- Paul Reiser
DQs:
- Male?
- Created by an American author (or authors)?
IQs:
- Did you host The Tonight Show before Johnny Carson?
- Were you one of Daddy Warbucks’s bodyguards?
- Were you a notable French portraitist in the time of Napoleon who added an apostrophe to the middle of your name?
Oh, bother (said Pooh) – David Dixon Porter, right?
DQ. (I thought that was Steve Allen…)
Not Punjab.
DQ.
P
- Fictional
- Male
- Created by an American author (or authors)
Previous IQs:
In the works of Isaac Asimov, are you the First Speaker of the Second Foundation? - Preem Palver
Are you the imaginary brother of a young Russian man who, for a time, believed you actually existed? - Pavel Chekov, an only child under the influence of an alien lifeform, wanted to avenge his brother Piotr’s death at the hands of the Klingons
Did you command mortar boats during the American Civil War and later become an admiral? - Yes, David Dixon Porter
DQs:
First appeared in print?
First appeared after 1950?
IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College?
Were you a young aardvark’s puppy?
Were you trainer to the gods in Disney’s Hercules?
- Between Steve and Johnny was Jack Paar.
- Correct.
- Pierre-Paul Prud’hon
2 DQs reserved.
IQ1: Does Clark Gregg play you in MARVEL Agents of SHIELD?
IQ2: Are you QB for the Dallas Cowboys?
IQ3: Are you QB for the LA Chargers?
DQ.
Not Pal.
DQ.
Three DQs.
P
- Fictional
- Male
- Created by an American author (or authors)
- First appeared in print
- Did not first appear after 1950
DQs:
- From a work of prose fiction?
- First appeared in 1900 or later?
Previous IQs:
Did you found Kenyon College? - Episcopal Bishop Philander Chase of Ohio
Were you a young aardvark’s puppy? - Yes, Pal, Arthur’s dog
Were you trainer to the gods in Disney’s Hercules? - Philoctetes
DQs:
Last name start with P?
Considered a good guy?
IQs:
Were you Lady Jessica’s only son?
Were you a top economist who declined a Federal appointment by JFK?
Did you do metalwork on the frigate USS Constitution?
P
- Fictional
- Male
- Created by an American author (or authors)
- First appeared in print
- Did not first appear after 1950
- From a work of prose fiction
- First appeared in 1900 or later
- Last name starts with P
- Considered a good guy
EH, go ahead and take the DQ for Porter, if you wish – I did award it to you.
Answers to IQs later…